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

Chapter 35 Power and Might

Roman believed that this land must have been a forest in the past, but it was cleared away during the reclamation process, and because of the lack of suitable tools, the tree stumps buried underground had never been cleared out.

There's no need to clear it out; there's plenty of land, and there's no need to struggle with those deeply rooted tree stumps.

There may still be dozens or hundreds of these tree stumps.

Roman would not tolerate any debris in the soil that might affect his harvest.

Theoretically speaking, the total labor force of Sige Town is about 1,100 to 1,200 people.

In reality, Roman only had a maximum of about 700 available workers, as the rest of the workforce was needed to maintain the basic operations of the town of Sig.

Composting is a very important thing, and nowadays most of the labor force is collecting manure.

According to Roman's estimate, the work will be basically completed in three days.

When the new heavy plow is forged, the labor force freed from the work of collecting manure will turn these two thousand acres of land upside down.

"Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir," the farmers replied in different voices, many of them staring intently at the heavy plow, clearly very curious about this new type of plow.

Roman waved them off to do their jobs.

Compared to a light plow, a heavy plow is heavier, moves slower, and requires two oxen to pull it.

However, a single deep plowing can cultivate half a meter of land width, and only one deep plowing is needed. Two oxen can plow 6 acres of land per day—provided that they cannot frequently change direction, otherwise it will waste a lot of time. Therefore, Roman also chose such a flat and wide piece of land for collective labor.

After all the heavy plows are cast, it will only take ten days to harrow these two thousand acres of land.

However, the blacksmith's workshop was inefficient. Roman had asked Lax, and he said it would take at least seven days to manufacture the 40th heavy plow.

Therefore, once a heavy plow has been cast, it should be put into use immediately.

Roman needs to clear this land as much as possible in the next thirteen days.

By then, the manure had basically fermented.

Deep cultivation is just the foundation. The subsequent sowing and fertilization are also very important.

This is also a race against time with nature, to avoid missing the best time for planting in spring.

The principle of meticulous farming is to not cheat the land, otherwise the land will cheat you in return.

But once the planting is complete, it will save a lot of labor – at least four-fifths of the workforce will be freed from heavy field work during the following spring and summer.

That was Roman's goal.

These people have been bound to this vast and boundless land for generations.

They carried an invisible mountain on their backs, weighing them down so much that they could never lift their heads and were forced to do endless, arduous labor.

Day after day, year after year, through hundreds of generations of rise and fall, the seeds sown on this land sprout again and again, but they have never been able to break through that invisible shackle.

It was as if a terrible curse shrouded this barbaric and dark era.

……

Even now, Roman hasn't told them that this spring, Sige Town will only plant these two thousand acres of land.

The farmers, upon learning of this, might launch a riot.

From their perspective, Roman was trying to starve them; the harvest from two thousand acres of land was simply not enough for them to eat.

In this era where food is of paramount importance, farmers generally have an extremely conservative and cautious attitude towards farming—this is purely a survival instinct, since even a slight mishap in agricultural production can lead to major problems.

This matter cannot be kept secret; the farmers will soon find out.

But it doesn't matter; he will suppress those disturbances. Even if a hundred or so farmers die, in exchange for the continued orderly development of Sigge Town, Roman sees it as a worthwhile deal.

He was determined to carry out his will!
Roman had high expectations for this group of workers.

Because there are many more things for them to do in the future.

The interface of 【Life Story】 is a large grid-like map, and Roman's Origin Manor is located in a corner of Sig Town.

Only the maps he had explored were lit up, while the unexplored maps were dark. Roman was still unaware of all the resource points in his territory.
While in the mountains, Roman surveyed resource areas such as iron ore and stone ore.

However, it is impossible to mine it in the deep mountains.

Roman needs to find more, more suitable, and more abundant resource points.

This would require a great deal of manpower and resources, and he would not allow these people to be tied to this land, as that would be an intolerable waste for him.

However, exploring resources is a lengthy process, and it would take Roman at least six months to a year to traverse every corner of this basin.

He doesn't have time to look at the map right now, so he has to put it aside for the time being.

One must eat one bite at a time. Roman decided to focus on leveling up his life skills first.

For example, the skill 【Gather】.

Upgrading this skill is very simple: just keep chopping down trees, quarrying, and mining!
To the north of Origin Manor lies a large mixed forest that extends to the foot of the mountain.

Roman was annoyed by the forest when he was clearing land and planting vegetables at Origin Manor.

Cut it down!

Just do it!

Roman immediately handed over the task of tilling the land to Moore. Since the area that needed to be deeply tilled had been marked out, there was no need for him to stay there any longer.

Roman first looked at the group of children. Hans and Gehrman were temporarily serving as teachers at the manor, and because of the large number of students, the classrooms were open-air.

Then, start teaching letters and numbers.

These children have a very poor foundation.

Fortunately, Roman didn't have high hopes for them; he only needed them to receive literacy education.

He took a sharp axe from the storeroom, held it in his hand, and then walked alone into the forest north of the manor.

After having lunch in Sig Town, Gweil was taken back to Origin Manor by Aaron and Green. After meeting Roman, she followed them.

"What are you doing here with me?" Roman asked, turning his head.

Gweil stood there, somewhat flustered, and said, "Master, didn't you say I was your personal attendant?"

Roman originally intended to send Gweil to receive education with the other children, but then he thought that Gweil was a special case and Hans and Gehmann might not be able to accept her. If something unexpected happened, it would be troublesome.

So he said, "Then come here."

Gweil beamed and tiptoed toward Roman.

She was a jinx, but she wasn't afraid to bring bad luck to Roman.

The lower classes of this era, naturally influenced by their environment, developed a sense of obedience to the aristocratic class.

If the identity of a witch is full of unknowns and terror.

The status of a nobleman then represented power and authority.

This gave Gweil, who was dependent on the powerful, a strong sense of security.

(End of this chapter)