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

Chapter 314 I'll Give Him an Irresistible Reason

Chapter 314 I'll Give Him an Irresistible Reason (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leaders, Please Vote)
The first batch of resettled residents numbered approximately 13,000.

Brick houses are being built, and roads are being repaired.

They can set a good example.

After the celebration, everyone tasted meat and received good treatment, which should have boosted their enthusiasm for labor and construction.

Those who were allocated housing were overjoyed, while those who weren't were deeply disappointed.

Anyway, the work efficiency will definitely improve in the future.

Furthermore, based on this period of adjustment, Roman discovered that the model of Origin City was not very suitable for Plenty City.

The terrain of Plenty City is too fragmented, and the farmland is also very scattered.

The commute is tiring, taking more than an hour each day.

Roman had no choice but to adopt a model of having a settlement guarding a piece of farmland, with the brick houses built on the edge of the farmland.

Similar to land contracting, it is still subject to a tax system.

Each settlement in Fengrao City was required to have its own small kitchen for the unified distribution of meals.

But before there is a clear output and grain reserves, they still have to rely on Roman to allocate grain to feed them.

Farm tools, heavy plows, oxen, and draft horses were also allocated accordingly.

Each settlement will have about ten agricultural instructors assigned to manage the kitchen and farm. Once a new batch of agricultural instructors has been trained, they can return home.

Let's leave it at that for now; it's the only option we have.

Otherwise, the management costs would be too high.

It can be maintained in the short term, but it won't work in the long term.

Roman had to withdraw his troops.

It's fine to ask them to help with farming in an emergency, but now that half a year has passed, the city of abundance should be able to operate on its own.

The first problem these settlements face is the next round of planting.

Since soybeans can't be grown, we can only grow some vegetables.
Turnips, radishes, cabbage, onions, peas, broad beans, lettuce, alfalfa, garlic...

Garlic, in particular, is cold-resistant, has a wide range of uses, and there's no harm in eating more of it, so we should plant more of it.

If hospitals keep allicin on hand, they can greatly reduce the mortality rate of pregnant women.

Roman walked through all those farmlands one by one.

All settlements received the corresponding instructions.

What vegetables should be planted on this plot of land, and what beans should be planted on that plot?

Roman arranged everything meticulously, using thousands of acres as the unit.

Fertilizer is also needed when sowing vegetables to increase yield; organic fertilizer is effective for all crops.

But Plenty City has no swamps or peat, so it has to be transported from Origin City every time.

Thousands of boat trackers mustered all their strength to pull the boats, laden with peat, upstream.

This round of planting will involve cultivating the original 100,000 mu of land, and also clearing out 10,000 mu of grassland for livestock breeding, building livestock farms, and bringing over a batch of piglets from the city of Origin.

It's said to be multifaceted, but this is the limit.

Because Roman couldn't spare the manpower to cultivate more land.

The main reason is to develop infrastructure.

Roman then dispatched another construction team of over a thousand people from Origin City—the basic infrastructure of Origin City was almost complete.

But not in the City of Abundance.

If infrastructure construction such as building houses and paving roads had a progress bar, then the progress bar in the first half of the year only increased by one-fifth.

I can't take it anymore!
We only got one-fifth done in the first half of the year, but we have to get the remaining four-fifths done in the second half.

There's no room for discussion!
The worse the road conditions, the more necessary it is to repair roads; this is the most effective way to improve organizational capacity.

The population of Origin City is growing rapidly. It is now close to breaking the 70,000 mark.

The newly added slaves were raised and then put into labor and construction.

Roman summoned Morey and Daken while they were still in Origin City.

“Go to Iceland and find the King of Iceland. Tell him I want to do wool business with him.”

"Yes, Your Highness."

"What if he refuses?" they both asked at the same time.

Upon hearing this, Roman paused for a moment: "I will give him a reason he cannot refuse."

He said, “Tell the King of Iceland this: if you refuse to do business with me or collect my taxes, then I will cooperate with the pirates and support Alex to become the new King of Iceland.”

Upon hearing this, both of them became somewhat tense.

The first king of Iceland was also a pirate king, but he was defeated by the conquerors. After the two kings met in Iceland, the latter gave him the title of king of Iceland.

It bestowed the entire land of Igor, the whole of Iceland, and the Thorn Peninsula upon the pirate king.

Thus, the Kingdom of Iceland was born.

But when Alex landed with a new group of pirates, Iceland also became a target for the pirates, and Roman had many slaves from Iceland.

Now the King of Iceland has lost Ego (no one listens to him) and the thorn peninsula (which has been conquered by Alex), and now only Iceland remains.

Alex was full, but he certainly wouldn't mind eating until he was stuffed.

If the King of the Valley and the Pirate King join forces, the King of Iceland will truly collapse.

So Roman was just threatening and didn't actually want to do it.

Iceland is surrounded by the sea, a natural barrier with a superior geographical location and developed trade. Although it is an island, it is not small in size and millions of people live there. It has rivers and plains, which are suitable for grazing and farming, and it has a large quantity and excellent quality of wool.

Once the pirates occupy Iceland, given their level of sophistication, Iceland's production will inevitably be disrupted.

What he wanted was a stable wool-producing base, not land ravaged by pirates.

He wanted to transport a large quantity of wool from Iceland to Origin City, where female textile workers would process it into clothing and bedding in textile factories.

Of course, it's unlikely that they could be directly dumped.

At this stage, we need to prioritize our own use.

If this plan succeeds, the residents of Origin City and Plenty City will be able to work even in winter!

He was fed up with their destitute state, with no clothes to wear.

When Morey saw that Roman had put it this way, he immediately understood that he had a heavy responsibility: "Your Highness, I happen to be very familiar with Iceland, and I will not fail in my mission."

Roman noticed that the young businessman in front of him had become more confident since he took the initiative to seek out the witch.

It's worth noting that when he negotiated with Morey before, the latter, while a competent businessman, was precisely too competent, thus lacking a spirit of adventure and acting with extreme caution.

I'm much more efficient and decisive now.

He's got the makings of someone who's destined for great things.

Roman thought Morey was indeed worthy of being the son of a great businessman; he had both courage and boldness.

He was the messenger of the King of the Valley, who set foot on Icelandic soil to threaten the King of Iceland, and it would be normal for the latter to kill him.

“Alright, I’ll wait for your good news,” Roman said. “This time I don’t want slaves. Just send me sheep from Iceland, the more breeds the better.”

Soon, the caravan from Origin City set sail again.

Carrying salt and iron, they traveled down the Bro River, heading north.

Roman called it a threat, but what if the King of Iceland really did something foolish and dared to kill his messenger?

That would be courting death!

Roman assembled his army from the city of Plenty.

Now is the time to start recruiting.

Military force is the greatest weapon of our time.

This is also the source of Roman's confidence to look down upon the entire land.

Seven thousand soldiers might be enough.

But perhaps that's not enough.

Because with only 7,000 people, it's impossible to launch a simultaneous attack.