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

Chapter 301 Don't we have an army?

A war is unlikely in the short term.

Sinnoh itself is also waging war against Crescent Moon.

It's quite normal for a full-scale war between kingdoms to last for one or two years.

In this situation, fighting against another force would be an extremely difficult task.

More than a hundred years ago.

This land was ravaged by war and turmoil, and the Papacy struggled to spread its faith, managing to gain some influence.

The rise of the Conquerors pushed the Papacy's power back to the Sinnoh Peninsula, effectively sealing off its influence.

However, the peaceful development that followed for over a century also brought a profound influence to the Vatican.

The Black Iron Lands have tens of millions of believers in the gods—most of whom are shallow believers who only pray to "the gods above," and the proportion of fanatics is negligible in the face of such a large number.

Even so, the Jihad Army raised its flag in Kande and within a few months it attracted more than 10,000 believers to join it.

However, if a large-scale mobilization is to be carried out, the Lord of the Black Iron is still an obstacle that cannot be bypassed.

Sinnoh has been negotiating with the Black Iron faction, hoping to gain control over the mobilization of grassroots believers.

The Black Iron King refused, because the Holy See's initiation of a holy war would deplete the war potential of the Black Iron lands.

With the Wrathful Tide family's situation ambiguous, the Lord of Black Iron had no choice but to suppress the Papacy's offensive through more moderate political means to avoid escalating the conflict.

Despite the fact that the Conqueror Order was in complete disarray, it could still prove effective in crucial moments.

Therefore, it is now a tug-of-war between divine right and royal power.

It seems like a stick trying to catch a wolf, but both sides are afraid.

According to Roman, the Iron King was bound to fall sooner or later, and it was noon now.

Roman wasn't concerned with who had the better political skills, but rather with who had the stronger military.

The Black Iron King wielded a brittle hemp stalk that would break with a single swing.

The Vatican is a real wolf; once it tastes blood, no one can stop it.

The world is still unclear about the true mobilization capabilities of the Papacy, and the Papacy itself is probably still unaware of its own strength—it doesn't know how powerful it is—its power is simply too great.

In reality, once the Papacy goes all out, the Black Iron Lands are instantly engulfed in flames, making it impossible to quell the rebellion. The Lord of Blackburg is like a lone boat in a vast ocean.

After all, the Vatican has now truly established the name of a holy war of faith. If it develops for another two years, its fanatical religious expedition could crush all the nations of the land.

The answer is that it's far better for the lower classes to follow the idiotic Papacy than to follow the idiotic nobles.

Unless the Black Iron King can find strong reinforcements—Roman happens to play that role.

He did everything he had to do.

Before the Dark Iron King is dealt with, Sinnoh and the Holy See have no possibility of threatening Origin Territory and Plenty Territory.

Roman was confident in involving the army in production.

Because there's simply no one left to do the work.

While he was stationed in Fengrao City to seize the time for spring plowing, spring plowing had also begun in Origin City.

Large-scale planting requires the mobilization of a large number of people.

Origin City also needs to transport a large amount of supplies to Abundance City, which means that a portion of the administrative resources need to be allocated to maintain the transportation line.

The separation between the two places has become the biggest problem plaguing Origin City and Plenty City.

This problem must be solved!

Although he could transmit instructions through the Warcraft Witch, it was very inefficient and the transportation of supplies was troublesome.

Therefore, Roman desperately wanted to carve through the mountain and build a bridge across the river to completely open up the passage between Origin City and the outside world.

The mountain-opening project is massive, with an unimaginable scale and difficulty. The manpower and material resources required are incalculable, so it is impossible to start construction now.

Let's deal with the current issue first.

Before Roman sent his troops, the meadow pastures of Origin City had been completed and the grass seeds had been sown.

The number of pigs and sheep grazed is calculated in tens of thousands. Origin City has allicin, which can be used on livestock. The disease prevention system is also very complete, with strict hygiene control. Once a sick animal is found, it must be isolated in time.

This year's piglets and lambs were all bred from high-quality breeding pigs and sheep blessed by Geviel. By autumn, he will have tens of thousands more adult pigs and sheep, and he can fully expect the quality of their meat.

Here in Fengrao City.

It took Roman about twenty days to finally count the number of residents in the city of abundance while working.

A total of more than 43,000 people.

More than 10,000 of them were former residents of the Kangde territory, survivors of Roman's plunder, and remnants of the Kangde territory.

There were also over ten thousand holy warriors, whose morale was truly high. Roman massacred six thousand people in the sweeping battle, breaking their mental defenses, and then hanged another group of people, who were completely reduced to Roman's slaves. They were also strictly guarded, forbidden from gathering, and each of them had a square tally mark drawn on their face. Tattooing was a way to show their status as slaves. If their wounds got infected and they died, it didn't matter, there were plenty of people.

The largest group consisted of believers who joined the Jihadist Army, numbering over 20,000, who fled on the battlefield.

But where can one escape to?
These people were originally from other noble territories who fled here to join the Holy War Army. If they tried to escape back, they would surely be beaten to death by the lords there.

He could only run back to Kande Territory, anxiously awaiting Roman's trial.

Roman didn't say anything.

Let's get back to farming.

This is such a large piece of land.

If we delay any longer, it will be too late.

He implemented a reign of terror and dictatorship, using the deterrent power of the army to push production forward. At the beginning of the month, the war had just ended, and by the end of the month, he had led them to cultivate 30,000 mu of land.

But new problems have arisen.

"No matter what it takes, we must transport 10,000 tons of peat from Origin City!" Roman said to the two legion commanders without room for argument.

Origin City has a total of about a hundred ships. Each small ship can easily carry ten tons, and they all came from spoils of war—shipbuilding is too difficult, the manufacturing cycle is too long, and it requires a lot of resources and effort.

However, transporting it over is very difficult.

If the fertilizer can't be transported, then there will be no fertilizer available.

Roman collected all the excrement and sludge fermented fertilizer from the city of abundance, but only managed to obtain a few thousand tons of manure, which was far from enough.

Even if we brought in 10,000 tons of peat, it still wouldn't be enough.

With 100,000 mu of land, the amount of peat and manure per mu is only a little over 300 jin, which is barely enough.

Dick looked somewhat troubled: "We don't have that much transport capacity."

Water transport is easy; from the dock in Origin City to King's Ferry, one can make three round trips a day.

But the key point is transporting goods from the King's Ferry to the City of Abundance. Although the wide and flat secondary black iron road can be used, it is impossible to transport them without thousands of cattle and horses.

Roman calmly replied, "We don't have cattle or horses, but don't we have an army?"

The deputy commander was speechless for a moment.

He thought about it and found no way to refute it.

Soldiers are much stronger physically than farmers, and they understand the importance of teamwork. As long as there are enough people, they can pull even a transport vehicle weighing several thousand kilograms.

Especially those at the Knight level, their cart-pulling efficiency is comparable to that of a lean horse.

After all, lean horses need rest, while humans have a more powerful heat dissipation system, greater endurance, and faster physical recovery than livestock.

Now I know how Green and Aaron felt when they first arrived in Skye.

Not to mention company commanders and battalion commanders, even deputy regimental commanders have to take the lead; the military regulations clearly state this.

“I understand,” Jett said expressionlessly. “I’ll make the arrangements.”

He was the regimental commander, but he knew even better what those peat moats represented.

He endured hardship in the army, bearing the infamy of the soldiers.

The army only needs to endure hardship for a period of time to ensure that the poor have something to eat this year.

Roman added, "We'll gather several thousand boatmen in Origin City to pull the boats upstream."

The King's Ferry downstream can transport supplies, and the bridgehead of the city of Abundance upstream can also deliver them.

Hundreds of boat trackers, pulling long ropes, walked along both banks, able to pull boats weighing over ten tons upstream. Once they passed through the Silver Dragon Gorge, the journey was shorter and faster than the one required to reach Junwangdu.

(End of this chapter)