You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Chapter 206 Self-Reliance
The town of Sig entered a period of rapid development.

It can be said that things are changing rapidly.

Thirty to forty brick houses were completed every day.

Hundreds of acres of wasteland are reclaimed every day.

The pasture was harvested in the summer, yielding millions of kilograms of fodder.

Roman stored it away.

Although the yield per mu is only about a thousand jin, no variety improvement has been carried out and the soil is not fertile.

A single crop of pasture requires a growth cycle of two to three months.

But Roman also planted a lot, intermittently planting six or seven thousand acres of pasture.

As far as the eye can see, both sides of the riverbank are covered with pasture, mainly alfalfa, supplemented with deer antler grass and ryegrass.

Lush and verdant, it's very pleasing to the eye.

The tall grass can be waist-high, while the short grass can be knee-high.

These forage grasses grow extremely vigorously, are full of juice, and are sweet and delicious after being ensiled, with extremely high nutritional value.

And it can be harvested again in the fall.

This year, Roman's farm raised 2,500 pigs, nearly 4,000 sheep, and more than 10,000 chickens.

Sub-units are used for breeding superior varieties.

Select the healthiest, best-looking, and most robust pigs, sheep, or chickens of their kind for specialized breeding.

This is a long-term process.

The growth rate of pig farming is the highest.

The main advantage is that they produce many offspring, resulting in a high meat yield, making them a very high-quality source of meat.

Sheep and chicken are not so cost-effective.

Roman raises sheep not only for mutton, but also for the additional benefits—sheep milk, sheepskin, and wool are all valuable commodities.

We raise chickens for eggs. Now, most of the chickens in a henhouse are hens, and we can get three to four thousand eggs every day.

Roman built two more farms for this purpose, raising the animals separately.

After all, the biggest fear in centralized farming is disease, so hygiene is paramount.

Maintaining hygiene requires manpower.

A pig produces several kilograms of manure every day, and a sheep produces one or two kilograms every day.

The manure was shoveled twice a day, and a layer of slaked lime was sprinkled every three days for sterilization and disinfection.

Roman increased the number of people in the breeding department to about 1,700, but they were still struggling to keep up with the workload.

Although all the adult poultry and livestock were put to market in the spring.

But now, a new batch of poultry and livestock is slowly growing up, and there are more of them. Their demand for feed is increasing day by day, and they will probably be ready for market by late autumn.

Therefore, we will need to send more people later.

Now, Condry is a labor reserve base for Sigge town. Whenever there is a shortage of manpower, Roman will relocate a group of people here.

The difficulty lies in how to digest it quickly.

When someone works in a certain position for a period of time, even without anyone supervising them, they know how to do their job and that as long as they do their job well, they can enjoy three meals a day – that's what it means to be "digested".

It's not simple.

In an era where almost everyone drops out of prenatal education, it's incredibly difficult to do a good job!

Roman assigned them tasks, breaking down the steps into specific tasks for each day: some transported feed, some scattered feed, some shoveled manure, and some spread lime.

These fixed tasks cannot be properly disciplined in less than a month. They need to be constantly reminded to remember what they should and should not do.

Otherwise, their imaginative minds would always drive them to do some inexplicable things.

Some were lazy, some were unruly, some meant well but did bad things, or some experienced great maladjustment.

They had farmed the land and raised pigs for their entire lives, and had never encountered a situation where pigs were kept in captivity and fed. So they chose to open the pigpen, let the pigs roam freely, and let them forage for food.

In this situation, just attack directly.

Anyone who dares to disrupt the production process will be beaten to death, one by one, and then hung up as a demonstration.

Did I feed you three meals a day just so you could cause trouble?

Yaki was very strict in his management. Every day, he would limp around inspecting the five large farms. If he found any problems, he would beat people up. He took his responsibilities very seriously.

He knew how much Roman valued the farm, and he couldn't let Roman down.

The ones who have been beaten the most recently are those academic failures that Roman let go of.

Those children weren't good at studying, but at least they had studied and knew some words.

Yaki viewed them as the next generation of managers, sharing his knowledge of animal husbandry with them. He would conduct regular daily spot checks, and punish those who couldn't answer.

He himself was quite diligent. Roman encouraged him to learn more words, and Yaki kept his vocabulary book with him every day, and his learning speed was surprisingly fast.

It can only be said that a person who studies consciously and diligently will be more efficient than someone who is not interested in studying.

……

During this period.

The Duke of Gael's messenger arrived once again.

This time his attitude was very stern.

We must send troops!
What the hell!
In my last reply, I mentioned that you were short-handed and bedridden. I was very busy, so I didn't hold it against you.

Then you turned around and dealt with six powerful nobles, what a display of power!

Count Condé's complaint letters to you keep coming, and it looks like they're about to reach the Iron King. How am I supposed to explain this to him?
You're shameless, but the Rift Armor Clan still has a sense of shame!
You still dare to say you don't have any troops?

The situation at the front is critical now, you must send a thousand men over. Once the fighting at the front has subsided, I will make sure Count Condé has no objections to you.

……

Roman could tell that Gale was really anxious.

They even painted a picture of him helping to seize the lands of Count Kant.

Unfortunately, he didn't eat it.

Roman's reply was also very simple.

Rumors, all rumors, they're slandering me.

How many men did I have under my command when I first received the title?
Would you like me to talk to you about logistics, troop strength, provisions, and warhorses?

They're basically dragging it out until it's too late.

Roman told Seth to be as polite and tactful as possible. He could be arrogant in his actions, but not in his words, otherwise Gale would dare to abandon the main battlefield and lead his army to attack him directly.

After Seth finished writing, he lit a candle, melted the wax seal, and then told his servant to deliver it to the messenger.

Immediately afterwards, Roman said to everyone, "We don't have time, let's stand on our own."

We could delay it last time, but we can't this time.

Gail was getting desperate; she couldn't be fooled anymore.

Gael is a split-armored being, and so is Roman, but they are lord and vassal.

After Roman accepted the investiture, he could no longer use the name of the Armor-Cracking Warrior to do things.

He can only use his own name.

The emblem of the Grand Duke of Cracked Armor is a blood-red greatbow, simple and pure.

Roman's banner had more details, but the main structure remained the same, with a large bow still at the very center.

All the coats of arms of the vassals of the Cracked Armored Guard must include a bow, though the specific details may differ—some may have a different color, others a different structure, and the bow may be placed on top or below the body—to signify loyalty.

Roman is changing his flag this time, which is to erase the mark of the Cracked Armor family. His actions are tantamount to rebellion.

This is something the master cannot tolerate.

On this land, nobles succeeded to the throne in various ways.

Ordinary nobles generally followed the primogeniture system, which had the advantages of contributing to social stability, ensuring the purity and continuation of the family bloodline, and allowing them to establish connections with relatives on their mother's side, thus gaining support from various quarters.

But some nobles are quite different.

For example, the lord of the sea fort only chooses the person with the purest bloodline to inherit the throne. If the eldest son's bloodline is not pure, he will still have to become a commoner.

The Cracked Armor Family was designated by the previous Grand Duke.

If I say you can, you can; if I say you can't, you can't.

The Fury Tide family's succession method is to select the strongest member.

Only the strongest heir of the Raging Tide family can inherit the title of Grand Duke. Therefore, the Raging Tide family is an extremely powerful family and the strongest duke in the Black Iron Lands.

Everyone had anticipated Roman's decision.

"Then what name do you intend to use to establish yourself?" Sais asked.

Roman still went this far. If Ulster were still the Grand Duke, Roman might not have been so extreme. The Duke gave him a great deal of freedom and tacitly approved of all his actions.

But Ulster's death completely dispelled his concerns.

He was incredibly arrogant from a young age, so how could he care about his brothers and sisters?

Even if Gail were to him, he would probably still be a stranger.

(End of this chapter)