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

Chapter 340 The storm is coming
Any great pioneering movement cannot be separated from the support of a strong regime.

The period of the conquerors also included a period of expansion.

Pioneers can become pioneer lords.

That period was a time of positive progress, and the Black Iron Land is still enjoying the benefits brought by that pioneering work.

However, the results of clearing the land were not necessarily good.

The pioneers struggled against the heavens and the earth, clearing a piece of land with their bare hands.

It is true that they are indomitable and determined, and it is also true that they are strong and virtuous.

Although they possessed hunting bows and leather armor, they were certainly no match for the noble knights who were fully armored and wielded sharp lances.

Moreover, the nobles didn't intend to kill all the settlers, otherwise there would be no one to farm for them—their goal was clear: to kill only the leaders.

The pioneers at the bottom level, seeing their lord dead, might not be willing to risk their lives to drag those conquering knights down from their horses.

Some pioneering lords managed to hold their ground by virtue of their prestige and the advantages of their location.

However, most of the pioneering lords had not yet accumulated military capital; they didn't even have castles and could only be considered manor lords, so naturally they couldn't defend their territory.

For example, Kant's leadership.

That land was not originally developed by the Earl of Conde's ancestors.

But when that pioneering land became the territory of Kant, the Black Iron King did not intervene.

Now it has become the City of Abundance again, and the Iron King still hasn't intervened.

This was true then, and it is true now. History is like a circle, and only the eternal law of the survival of the fittest remains unchanged.

Unless a force can provide all the means of production needed for land reclamation and protect the rights of the land reclamation pioneers.

Roman's idea was very clear.

Anyone who tries to stop him from farming will be planted in the ground.

After he finishes farming, he'll plant all the idiots in the ground.

There's no room for negotiation.

The land needs blood and corpses to nourish it, and the aristocracy of the old era is the best nourishment.

After Roman saw that the city of abundance had settled down, he began to send people to transplant various fruit trees from the town of Apple and plant them in the reclaimed areas.

The director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Barlow, personally led a team to prune the branches and leaves and wrap the roots of the fruit trees with soil and burlap sacks—most of the seedlings were between one and three meters tall.

Grapes can be used to make wine, which can be sold in department stores and is much more expensive than beer.

It is easy to harvest wealth, and the planting difficulty is not high. Hardwood cuttings are used for propagation, which is very fast. Once they survive, with proper management, stable output can be obtained in two or three years.

After the rice harvest in June.

High temperatures are hitting, signaling the beginning of early autumn.

Roman had no choice but to reduce the intensity of his work.

This year, the fishponds and winding rivers next to the paddy fields brought Roman more than 300,000 jin of fish.

Those fish, with just a little feeding and the addition of fermented pasture and animal manure, can provide plankton with a great deal of nutrients, resulting in a yield that is more than ten times higher than that of wild fish.

Around the same time, an outbreak of disease occurred in a chicken coop at the meadow pasture, probably due to the high temperature and some other reason.

By the time this was discovered, it was too late; it alarmed both Yaki and Roman.

Thousands of laying hens died in droves.

Roman made a decision—burn it all.

They abandoned the farms and simply piled up large amounts of firewood in the chicken coops and set them on fire for a thorough disinfection. Because current disinfection methods are not perfect, they can only splash lime water, which is too slow and difficult to clean up. Using extreme methods is more efficient and effective.

Thick black smoke blotted out the sky and was clearly visible from ten miles away.

After the flames went out, the entire farm was pitch black, but the main structure remained intact.

Roman used explosives to blow it down, burying the chicken coop completely.

The staff at the chicken coop were also quarantined, and were made to wash themselves with soap and be left to rest for a few days.

Roman's decisive and efficient style also left a very deep impression on Yaki.

After all, there were 20,000 chickens, and they were all gone in an instant; it was practically an extermination order.

A strong man cuts off his own arm rather than suffer the consequences. With densely populated chicken farms and the current high temperatures, some things are unavoidable.

Other farms are fine.

Pigs, sheep, cattle, and horses are large livestock with strong resistance and are not prone to accidents.

This year, domestic pigs are gradually being sold on a large scale.

This autumn, it is expected to bring nearly two million catties of pork and 500,000 catties of mutton to Roman.

After years of domestication, wild donkeys and wild horses have finally crossbred to produce reliable mules.

The first batch of high-quality foals, donkeys, and mules are all in their juvenile stage and will need to wait another two or three years before they can become qualified draft animals.

But once you reach adulthood, you can use it for more than ten years.

A great find!

There are plenty of good things to be had!

A continuous stream of harvests!
The seeds that Roman sowed years ago have finally borne abundant fruit.

There is nothing more delightful than this.

If there is any, it belongs to the military.

Roman is still recruiting soldiers to form logistics units such as medics and cooks.

Supporting an army of nearly 20,000 people with a workforce of over 200,000 is a considerable burden.

More than 10,000 of the new recruits served as auxiliary soldiers. In the past, they were constantly on the move, but now most of them have settled down. Their training time adds up to half a year, so their skills have gradually improved.

Among them, the fastest growing group was the group of people who originally had veteran backgrounds and were then transformed into think tank members by Roman.

He first added points to the think tanks, raising them all to the level of first-tier knights, with a few think tanks even reaching the level of second-tier knights.

During the day, Roman instilled various kinds of knowledge in them and had them personally practice various kinds of labor to accumulate experience and continuously master knowledge that seemed to come from their very bones.

We cannot neglect martial arts either; as a think tank, we need strong military force to maintain management.

Roman led them in practical exercises at night, entering various dungeons to hone their fearless spirit and train their combat awareness.

Jeter is the publicly acknowledged instructor, while Roman is the covert one. Each apostle is the elite of the elite, the warrior among warriors. These battle-hardened veterans are not merely acclaimed.

Ordinary infantry battalions were used to fill in the gaps.

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Roman spent several months farming in a state of blissful oblivion, as if he were in seclusion cultivating his inner strength. As his skills improved, his sense of fulfillment grew richer and richer.

In the outside world.

The political struggles in the upper echelons of the Black Iron Land seemed to vanish in an instant.

Since its failed attempt to persuade Éo III to lift the ban, the Papacy has shown no intention of further negotiation.

But with the Vatican's silence, a sense of impending doom hung over everyone's hearts.

It appears to be formless and solidified, yet it also seems to be unpredictable and turbulent.

Like the calm before the storm.

It wasn't until Grand Duke Payne of the Raging Tide left Blackburg that Io III, sensing an ominous atmosphere, issued a warrant for the king's return that autumn.

The Black Iron King commanded the Kings of Iceland, the King of the Highlands, the King of Winterfell, the Free Cities, the Duke of Oakwood, the King of the Valley, and other kings of the lands. The lords of Berchtesgaden, Seaburg, Staghills, Roselands, and other lands ordered their kings and lords to come to Blackburg to defend the king.

When the news reached the valley, Roman, who had been in seclusion for several months, opened his eyes.

A storm is coming!

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