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George nodded, he suddenly understood why there were so few people.That chaotic time in the time of the mist.There are not only plagues and monsters, but also wars, firstly the friction between the various lords, and then the war caused by the people from the southern desert going north.In that war, all countries participated.In fact, not many people died on the battlefield, but the forced taxes made the people's livelihood difficult, and the recruitment of strong men made a lot of farmland deserted in the war.

And in the fog, the grain production began to decrease again, and the nobles intensified oppression for the sake of war, causing the territory to violently form a vicious circle.

Under the superposition of various factors, the famine began to spread.The population also began to lose a lot.

In the end, the population was cut in half during these ten years.

Now, with the addition of the Northern Kuroshio's loss-making business, it can be said that the Qiongying family has indeed been hit a little bit devastated.

"Then how much plowing field starters are left

"My family doesn't have much cultivated land, George, we have to open up wasteland."

The Dome Eagle territory is 36 square kilometers, which is larger than the basin.The land is dominated by plains and hills, and there are many rivers. Although the land is far less fertile than the basin, it is very suitable for farming.There are not many forests and mountains like the basin.Therefore, the amount of land that can be turned into farmland in the Qiongying territory is more than three times that of the basin.

However, the Qiongying family did not pay much attention to farming. It may be because of the fear of the Grand Duke Yongfeng. The Qiongying family attaches great importance to horses and livestock.And if a horse wants to keep alive, it needs 250 mu of land for breeding and activities, otherwise it can only be used as a draft horse.And the fighters also need a lot of venues for training and learning riding skills.

This makes the plowing here itself not much.

And with the loss of population, the cultivated land became even less.

Now, excluding the vineyards and orchards, the land used for food production is only 3000 million mu. This place is located in a plain, and it is larger than the Windsinger Basin. However, the farmland is only half of the basin, and the basin produces two seasons a year.

But before, people here never had to worry about food and clothing.

In previous years, apart from plowing the fields, the residents were famous for the bonus spices that the residents could obtain from trades such as spices, wine, cotton, sericulture, livestock, fishery, hunting, handicrafts, etc., and the same was true for perfumes.From the use of spices in Eagle Castle, we can get a glimpse of leopards.In addition to horses, there are also a large number of musk oxen.

And Leiden is called the Earl of Tulip, and the tulip balm, a specialty of his territory, is famous all over the world.In the territory under Leiden's rule, there is also a Viscount who is also known as Viscount Laurel.

In the entire Qiongying territory, in addition to these large-scale spice production areas, there are also a large number of natural trees that can produce spices in many woodlands. The leaders collect these things, and most of the lords don't care.And in this territory, there are many residents who deal with spices and perfumes, and there are also many workshops. Of course, most of these workshops belong to the nobles.

But the citizens can still get a lot of dividends from the production of spices and perfumes.

Therefore, the residents do not need to exchange grain for daily necessities. The 3000 million mu harvested twice a year can only be used for food.So it is enough to support 300 million people. If it is only used for food, 1 mu of land for one person is more than enough to rub, and the output of two seasons can be produced by feeding the extra grain.As for the other 5 mu of land, it will be used to pay taxes.

Therefore, Qiongying has always had a lot of food.

But now, with climate change, most of Qiongying's land can no longer produce two seasons of food, and the harvest has been greatly reduced.Domestic food production has the same problem.The shortage of food has made everything a castle in the air.As a result, various industries have also received a big blow, and the lives of the people in Qiongying gradually began to worsen.

In previous years, with the income from other industries, residents can live a very comfortable life with an average of 1 mu of land per person.But now, even with 10 mu of land, one person can’t survive. Taxes have never been reduced.

Taxation, in fact, Qiongying's taxation on the subjects and vassals is one in twenty.But after layers of exploitation, only 10 acres of the 5 acres in the hands of the common people remained.

Therefore, Qiongying received less and less taxes, but there were more and more riots in the territory.

In fact, because the citizens of Qiongying are relatively wealthy, the people in many territories should have a good life, even if the price of food is high, they can afford it.But the key point is that Qiongying has been involved in various disputes in the past ten years.Many citizens had to obey the orders of the lord and participate in various voluntary labors.

These citizens who originally worked for their own lives, once they participated in too many military services, their income would naturally be greatly reduced.The turmoil also made the entire Qiongying's food storage less and less.

In the whole kingdom of the Eldar, the situation is the same as that of the eagle.

Just how much impact this dispute has had and how much the people cannot survive, we can find out from the price of food that it has risen by 4 to 5 times. Now 1 catty of wheat costs 810 copper coins.Almost, 1 bushel costs 1 piece of silver fox.

The situation in the entire Kingdom of Eldar is similar to this. Food can meet domestic needs, but because of the emergence of disasters and continuous wars, the nobles are hoarding food.

And because the country lost the food support from the basin, it also supported Clear Water City.This makes the food price slightly higher than that of Qiongying.This is unimaginable for this big grain-producing country.

The production of food is not only related to future survival, but also related to the current army construction.So George is very concerned about this.

And if there is not enough food produced, productivity will not be able to develop.Without enough productivity, it would be impossible to build the modern magic army that George planned.Without this army, future wars cannot be won.

So in this Qiongying territory, their first task is to get rid of those nobles who suck the blood of the common people.As long as they are dealt with, the production and productivity of food will be able to be improved.

All the dawn squads have followed the nobles to various territories today, and the sanctuary has also sent some people, led by old Jim's deputy priest Wendell.

What this group of people are going to is the territory of Earl Benjamin, the largest grain producer among the eagles, and this territory also borders the valley, which is the location that Alfonso once mentioned.

At this time, George and Tanya had already walked out of the gate connecting the inner wall of the castle.George looked around and found that the surrounding fog had disappeared.It suddenly occurred to him that Alfonso seemed to have mentioned, after dinner, that he was going to visit the cathedral.It must have been a temporary enshrinement of the sacred object in the hand to the cathedral.

In the distant barracks, the Dawn Knights were training the local soldiers, and outside the wilderness, there were crowds of people.

It can be seen that they seem to be lining up, but many local soldiers can't even tell the left and right

These armies are gradually being reorganized and trained according to the plan George and Garvey have discussed before: modern magic forces.

And through this kind of training, the Knights of the Dawn will also build up ideas for the recruits in the strict military discipline.

0442 Modern Magic Force

The idea of ​​this modern magic army, George has already finalized it with Garvey.

The [-] sergeants in the shelter had already started this training last year.

Garvey has always been the best general in Sanctuary, and the Bianhe lords of all ages also rely on wars for their survival, otherwise they cannot support thousands of troops with tens of thousands of people in the territory.

The Bianhe warriors in history have always been one of the best fighters in Rodunk.Its military law is strict and its soldiers are extremely disciplined.When Garvey's generation started to fight against zombies, the most elite troops in his hands already had the shadow of modern troops.

For the three corps, the main force of the sanctuary that George led all the way, because they have experienced various life-and-death battles from the beginning, they are extremely fierce, but because of lack of time, they have not carried out real military discipline construction.Although Garvey later led Jack to practice them with Bian He's training method, these guys who crawled out of the dead man's body could not get rid of the old soldier's oily smell.

But because the soldiers of the three corps have enough ideological awareness and enough combat experience.So like the old Red Army who have gone through the Long March, they don't need to be restrained by the inertia brought about by training, and can still face any challenge with their own willpower and experience.

These 1 people will mainly face hell-level battles on the battlefield in the future, so the most important training time is to focus on this kind of special training in the shelter school grounds.Familiar with how to deal with monsters at the top of the pyramid, such as great demon lords and fallen angels, so there is no time for regular military training.

However, the training resources of the shelter school can only meet the training of more than 1 people.The rest of the troops had to undergo regular training.

At present, the training results of the army in the sanctuary are not bad, and the army has also begun to reorganize.

The troops of the future shelter will be divided into 3 parts.Some of the 1 second-line sergeants led by the core 2 people of the sanctuary came from iron knights or gray-robed veterans.The goal of these 3 people is to attack Yongfeng City and get rid of that fallen angel.

The second part is the 5 second-line troops in the sanctuary who came from wandering knights, wandering mercenaries, or gray knights. After adding magic weapons and even the magic cannon that Anthony mentioned in the future, this second-line troop will be able to reach the same number of saints. The level goal of the Knights Templar is to attack the Western Territory.Put pressure on the battle situation in the south, and take the opportunity to regain this lost ground.

The formation of this second-line army is different from that of the main force. They are not fighting the doomsday-level dungeon of Wing Wind City, but are fighting in groups in the western region.

The third part is that the third-line troops that George intends to establish in Qiongying are the same as the second-line troops in the sanctuary.But in terms of productivity, their rune language and magic equipment will be relatively small.

Therefore, the magic weapon equipment of the third-line troops may be one level lower than that of the second-line troops.

Therefore, in George's plan, the troops in Qiongying must be equipped with muskets and artillery to meet the firepower!

George has always had a great obsession with muskets and artillery.In the military industry system of the shelter, I am afraid that it is impossible to free up more people to make these things.However, in a country with a large sea trade like Elda, there are some basic, although still primitive, muskets and gunpowder, and they are made by hand.But the gunpowder formula in this world, George has already got it in Qiongying.

George has asked Anthony to spend some energy on researching firearms and granular gunpowder.

Although the alchemy furnace in the sanctuary has a large production task of magic weapons, it cannot help Qiongying in terms of productivity.But in Anthony's plans, some hydraulic vehicles will be set up at the sanctuary this year.In order to reduce the energy consumption of the alchemy furnace, conventional armor equipment can be repaired with a hydraulic hammer.

After George read his plan, he knew that it could not only be used to make weapons and equipment, but also can be used to drill pipes with hydraulic power!

As for equipment such as small artillery, they don't even need to produce it by themselves. The current shipping in various regions has basically stagnated because of the fog and the pirates in the southern wilderness.There are a lot of artillery on the ship, and the city is covered with ashes.So the price is very low.Through Alfonso and Leiden, they can purchase in large quantities.