Chapter 407 Bundled Lease and Sale
The fields outside Kempson began to crawl with large iron-clad four-legged spiders. They were used to cultivate new land, and the front was equipped with a shovel similar to the spider's "pincers", which could turn the soil and uproot trees while turning the soil.
Looking down from the sky, it was a group of strange four-legged insects eating the earth, turning the endless green of spring into brown and black soil ready for planting.
Even when controlling these new agricultural tools, Rorschach encountered cost issues, because the tower spirit was now in the "junction" and needed it to control these big guys. Not only did it have to place a core as a terminal in each tiller, but it also had to add additional computing units to reduce the burden on the tower spirit.
Yes, they also consume computing resources, especially now that the tower spirit is controlling the army in the factory and the field.
Finally, Caroline came up with a solution: "Now the so-called 'computing core' has changed from a container for artificial souls to a 'terminal' for the tower spirit to descend from the 'junction'.
"Then you don't need to make complete cores for all the receiving ends, but from the perspective of building ritual magic, design an abstract system to connect with the tower spirit. "
Using symbols and simplified symbols to trigger the law of similarity is a common practice of the Order Church. In the past, mages would also use this to borrow power, but after the mass extinction of the symbolic world, this craft gradually lost its importance.
Now Rorschach has to reconsider because of the reality. Under the guidance of Caroline and through telegram communication with Kano, he obtained a new "terminal" - a schematic diagram of the computing core architecture outlined by the circuit, and the shape was fitted through a special wiring method. From the overall perspective, it is a tree that keeps branching.
The external computing unit is still indispensable, no However, we can continue to reduce costs by only installing them on one mother machine, and then let the mother machine control other surrounding structures.
The above are all technical difficulties. To put these big guys on the ground to replace draft horses and oxen, Rorschach needs to promote them vigorously. The first step is to establish a new company: "Zwillinger" Agricultural and Commercial Society. The second step is to subcontract the reclaimed fields to refugees.
Previously, most refugees had been organized and stuffed into factories, and the remaining few became tenants. Since it was winter when they came, all they could do was to take care of the pastures for the wealthy farmers and lords.
Now The blessings of the refugees are coming again! After the agricultural structure completes the reclamation, all refugees can claim the land. Why claim it? Because there is no need to spend money in the early stage, from reclamation, seeds, to subsequent fertilizers and other costs, all are recorded in the account of the agricultural and commercial society, and only need to be paid with grain at the harvest.
If the harvest is good and the grain is paid, the land will belong to the claimant, and the autonomous committee of the special zone will issue property rights recognized by the kingdom. If these "arrears" are not paid, there will be no socially active groups to collect them, only Rorschach will reclaim the land.
With such favorable treatment, it is almost like picking up farmland for free. Not to mention refugees, even local residents strongly demand to obtain the qualification to cultivate the land. Although the reclamation has not been completed and the specific plan has not been implemented, people are everywhere asking about the situation, and even some landowners from other places want to claim the land.
Kempson is now holding a joint meeting. The first president of the "Zwillinger" Agricultural and Commercial Society, Frey the half-elf, Andre representing the steel plant, Gao Po of the precision factory, and Horn of Basif are all present.
"Sir, the amount you set is too high. I am afraid it will not be reached based on the harvest in previous years." Frey has farmed before, and he was shocked when he saw the draft given by Rorschach. According to Rorschach's standards, even if the farmers who took over the wasteland were dead, the final harvest had to be turned in in full to pay off the debt. If it was not completed, it would be a waste of work.
"Small households don't want to do it, but there are big households who do it." Horn is familiar with the middle class of the Kingdom of Byrne. He started from his own experience: "For ordinary farmers, it is naturally impossible to treat the new land as a place to live and work. But for the big farmers, this is a good investment.
"We provide everything from land reclamation to seeds, to farmland structures and artificial fertilizers. Big farmers only need to produce one season's harvest to redeem the property rights of the land. Where can you find such a good thing?"
Gao Bo and Andre also responded: "The farm tools and fertilizers we provide now are all loss-making."
Rorschach can provide land reclamation and subsequent packaging services. It can be foreseen that for the landowners who are eager for land, they only need to provide manpower. Even if the harvest cannot meet Rorschach's requirements, they are willing to pay money and food to make up the difference and then take the new land.
These Rorschach did not fully consider when drafting the draft. If such a plan is really implemented, it seems that there is no threshold for claiming, but it will become a carnival of mergers and acquisitions by big farmers.
"First, we need to introduce purchase restrictions, at least let refugees get land first. Secondly, adjust the grain collection plan, reduce the proportion of grain collection in the first year, and provide three, five or even ten-year contracts.
"But the agreement between the Special Administrative Region and the Royal Family and the City Hall is still there, and we must collect a lot of grain. Therefore, it cannot be lowered too low, and propaganda must be made to make small farmers believe:
"If they work hard on the land, the harvest will not be enough to redeem the land. But if we use our agricultural structures and our artificial fertilizers and accept the guidance of the agricultural and commercial cooperatives, we can have a good harvest and repay the money that the agricultural and commercial cooperatives have credited them."
There is a cruel truth. The "industrialization" created by Rorschach can increase agricultural income, but it can only make farmers go from half full to seven-tenths full. The bulk of the growth will be taken away to feed the growing non-agricultural population.
He added: "For local farmers, we also need to promote new farm tools and artificial fertilizers. Spring plowing is about to start. We can first let them pile up base fertilizer and plant the previously fallow land."
With chemical fertilizers, simply eliminating rotational fallows can create a doubling of growth. As for soil hardening, salinization or acidification, and water eutrophication, no one here can realize it in advance.
Andre frowned: "Now the draft horses are requisitioned by the army, and laborers are also joining the army. The shortage of labor should make the implementation of our construct go smoothly, but about fertilizer. Not necessarily everyone will accept it immediately. After all, this is the first time If it appears, most people will have doubts.”
"Then do a good job of publicity to dispel doubts." Luo Xia's profiteer soul was burning: "Also, we adopt bundled leasing and sales. If you want to rent constructs for farming, you must buy our fertilizers. The policy is the same. You can use offset by future harvests.”
After the meeting, Andre had one last question: "Teacher, why not just let the newly established agricultural and commercial cooperatives take the lead? There is no need to transfer the property rights of the land, just let the agricultural and commercial cooperatives hire refugees to farm."
"Haha, what are you doing to His Majesty the King?" If Luo Xia accepts the fief, he can do this, but now he has to discuss business. And Rorschach doesn't particularly care about land. Giving refugees space to take root is more important.