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

Chapter 307 I'm the King of Farming! (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leaders, Please Vote!)
the next day.

Roman rode his horse to Coal Iron Town.

Behind the Origin Manor, several witches, who were dead drunk last night and still haven't woken up today, are hanging in the air.

Let's hang it for two days first.

Hopefully, they will learn from this experience.

The town of Meitie is now growing larger and larger.

With over 6,000 people involved in various aspects of the industry, including coal mining, iron transportation, coking, iron smelting, casting, forging, and steel rolling, the town boasts a complete population structure, encompassing not only workers but also their families who provide laundry and cooking services. It can be considered a major town.

The amount of grain that Roman sends here every month is not small; even with the rationing system in place, they are not shortchanged.

But the result is that this coal and iron town produces steel farm tools that neither Origin City nor Abundance City can absorb.

Unfortunately, for an ancient agrarian society, the demand for steel was really not large, even the consumption for casting weapons was only so-so.

Now, the infrastructure of Origin City is becoming more and more complete, and the stone-paved road leading to Coal and Iron Town has also been built.

The area between Origin City and Coal and Iron Town is dotted with post stations for transport convoys to rest.

When Roman arrived in Coal Iron Town, Ruto and Lax greeted him.

"Don't stop production, keep ramping up production. I'll have Sais allocate manpower for you," Roman said.

“Yes, sir,” Ruto replied respectfully.

Roman has always been very confident in Coal Iron Town. He has invested countless resources there, including more than forty blue gems alone.

Its purpose is to enable emergency resumption of production in the event of a production accident.

It doesn't matter if people die; people die while smelting iron.

But production cannot stop. If production continues for several years, those who survive will be elite backbone personnel who can stand on their own.

Roman stayed here for four or five days.

He conducted a brief inspection, corrected some potential production hazards, and then left in a hurry.

……

Meadow pasture.

The grass seeds grew wildly in spring and are now extremely lush and verdant, each stalk tender and juicy.

The seeds of the pasture grass were also selected.

Therefore, they have a significant advantage over weeds.

Roman started planting pasture grass as soon as he arrived in Sigge Town. Now, after cultivation, he can plant it once a year and harvest three crops at a time, making it an excellent feed.

"Don't just raise meat sheep, you should also raise some regular sheep," Roman said.

Meat sheep are ordinary sheep, which produce less wool. When a sheep reaches adulthood and is slaughtered, it is considered good if it can yield two kilograms of wool.

Sheep, on the other hand, weigh at least four pounds.

If raised properly, the wool can be sheared twice a year, and after several years, it will be a continuous source of textile raw materials.

Yaki said, "Sir, the sheep breeds here aren't as good as the highland sheep. I've heard that Icelandic sheep are also very good, but..."

There's nothing we can do if the goods can't be shipped out.

After being instructed by Roman, Yagi learned about the advantages of hybridization, and the mule was the best example of this.

However, even the most skilled cook cannot cook without rice; the scarcity of germplasm resources is the biggest challenge that meadow pastures face in hybridization.

With war raging across the eastern plateau and the Arctic Ocean, what merchant would risk their life to transport sheep for you? Nobody would think it would be profitable.

"Leave this to me. I'll find a way to get them over here this year. You just need to do a good job," Roman said, putting his arm around Yaki's shoulder.

"I will!" Yaki was encouraged and couldn't contain his excitement, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

Roman was also very happy; it's not easy to find someone down-to-earth and hardworking.

After his inspection, he left Origin City and returned to the Land of Abundance.

……

Origin City is continuously supplying various resources to Abundance City, and this time he brought back cotton seeds.

Growing cotton requires a huge amount of labor.

But spring planting in Plenty City had only just ended, and Roman had no reason to let them sit idle.

The best piece of land was planted with spring wheat, but aren't there second-best pieces of land?
Continue to reclaim wasteland and continue to farm.

Roman plans to try planting several thousand acres of cotton. Last year, he only planted a few hundred acres on a small scale.

This year, they're getting serious.

Even if the yield of these thousands of acres of cotton is only 20 jin of seed cotton per acre, it is still a significant amount, with 5 to 6 jin of pure cotton per acre.

In other words, one acre of cotton can meet the clothing needs of an adult for a year.

All sorts of things!
I am the king of farming!

Agricultural production must be maximized!
Roman spent the entire month of April directing cotton planting.

Because there's no land left to farm in Origin City.

Roman also brought over a thousand-strong construction team from Origin City, treating it as a business trip to guide road paving and house construction.

I have to say, the roads in Plenty City are in terrible condition. One of the reasons Roman had to redeploy troops to increase transport capacity was because of these awful roads. Damn it! I'll punch you twice.

It was at this time that the Black Iron royal family replied.

The long court negotiations finally came to a conclusion.

Trade privileges can be granted.

But the royal family must be able to equip an army of 30,000 with weapons and shields, a million arrows, and a promise to provide them with an army to defend the king.

Roman agreed immediately.

He will deliver those weapons to Blackburg before the end of this year.

After obtaining trade privileges, Roman immediately assembled a fleet.

He summoned two businessmen, Morey and Daken.

The latter worked diligently for him for two or three years and kept his promises.

Morey was just bored out of his mind.

Although life in Origin City was safe, merchants in this era were truly restless.

“I will send troops with you, and you will help me sell my goods.” Roman casually pulled out a map, pointed north, and said, “You go here first.”

Daken gazed eagerly at the map: "Sir, what goods should we sell?"

“Salt, farm tools.” Roman gestured. “The pirates have now taken over the north, but if they want to establish themselves, they need to resume production, and they lack steel farm tools.”

“Take my flag to the north and exchange farm tools for farmers… farmers—cotton farmers,” he said confidently.

This is just the beginning; they will have to go to Iceland and the highlands later.

In those chaotic years, caravans going north were practically committing suicide, but Roman didn't care about that.

"You must help me sell at least five million catties of salt and five hundred thousand pieces of ironware this year!"

"Huh?" Not only Daken, but Morey also gaped open.

"This...this won't sell, will it?"

"Then lower the price!"

罗曼敲了敲桌子，“1枚铜币三斤食盐、5枚铜币一口铁锅、1枚铜币一把菜刀、1枚铜币一把镰刀、3枚铜币一把锄头……”

Both of them were completely dizzy.

These are all incredibly cheap!

In peacetime, one copper coin could buy a pound of salt, but now, in times of chaos, even 1.5 copper coins couldn't buy a pound of salt.

So you got three pounds of salt for one copper coin?
This is treason!

“This is too much of a loss…” Daken said subconsciously, but fell silent when he saw Roman’s dissatisfied look.

"That's settled then. I won't treat you unfairly. Well, I guess you could say I'm hiring you. Morey's annual salary is 150 gold coins, and Daken's is 100 gold coins. If you do well, I'll give you extra bonuses. Do you have any objections?"

Both of them were convinced.

How could I dare to have any objections?

The king in front of them was so generous. Although they had known each other for a long time, they were still surprised by his lavish spending.

They're providing both ships and people, with such high salaries, and they've got both safety and financial security guaranteed.

Don't even mention it! We have to go through fire and water.

(End of this chapter)