Chapter 202 Year-End 2

"Lord, the cultivated area we have integrated this year totals 13,000 hectares, including 10,000 hectares in Alda and 3,000 hectares in Bairding. Next year we will speed up the progress and plan to continue using it for two to three years. It will take time to integrate the remaining 60,000 hectares in the two places.”

In the hall of the castle, Agriculture Minister Hansel was reporting on the results of his work.

The so-called integration of cultivated land means that scattered small pieces of cultivated land from the homes of gentry and landlords in various places are pieced together into a large area of ​​cultivated land through replacement, transfer, etc., and this large piece of cultivated land is managed by only one family.

Or the small plots of cultivated land held by homesteaders can be connected together, and the newly established farmers' association can provide intensive management and guidance, such as raising funds from each household to carry out some public affairs.

By establishing large farms one by one in this way, the landlords will be willing to spend money to build large-scale water conservancy projects, pave roads and bridges on their own large arable land, without having to worry about being taken advantage of and spending a large sum of money. After the money, the neighbors benefited.

"So slow?"

Paul slammed the table. He thought it would be done in half a year, but he didn't expect it would still take several years.

Apparently, the Lord is quite dissatisfied with the progress of the Ministry of Agriculture.

"Uh... Lord Grayman, please listen to my explanation..."

Hansel looked embarrassed and began to complain to Paul.

"This aspect of work is not easy to do! Both landlords and farmers are afraid of suffering a slight loss during land replacement, but they are focused on how to take advantage of it. There is intrigue among landlords, and farmers and landlords are fighting over this. We often encounter fights among farmers, and even large-scale armed fights between entire villages.”

"Furthermore, we are short of manpower and can only carry out land replacement work one village at a time. I hope that we can be assigned more affairs officers in the coming year."

Paul angrily said: "Why do these people have such no sense of the overall situation? Isn't it just a few meters of land, a little more or a little less?"

"Hahaha, Lord Lord, let alone a few square meters, even a few inches missing is like killing them. Moreover, the quality of farmland varies from place to place, which brings great challenges to how to measure it. difficulties.”

"Okay, anyway, you should work harder and try to finish it for me next year!"

Hansel took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat.

"This... we will try our best..."

Paul asked again: "How is the promotion of new farming technology going?"

"This is going very well. Farmers' associations in various places have introduced the crop rotation system to various villages and towns, and landowners have responded that they will start testing it next year. But the homesteaders are not very enthusiastic. After all, they have little land and always need to plant some. Edible crops produce enough food for the whole family.”

"These small households don't have to force themselves. When grain production increases and they have money to buy rations from the market, they will naturally have the courage to experiment."

"Yes, Lord Lord."

Hansel continued to report: "Due to the promotion of harvesters, everyone has surplus labor to open up new cultivated land. Next year we estimate that the cultivated land area will increase by about one-sixth, including Alda and Bailding."

Paul nodded with satisfaction: "This is good, but the new farmland must also follow the large farm model."

"Of course, Lord, we will strictly monitor it."

…

After reporting on the agricultural matters that concerned him most, Paul went on to listen to business, finance, immigration, military and other matters.

Overall, the situation satisfied him.

Since the introduction of a series of measures to support business, a total of twenty-three factories of various types have been built in Alda and Bairding, producing cans, paper, porcelain, salt and other items.

Now the products from the two places have begun to be sold in the northwest territories, and a small amount has even been sold near Jingyao.

Paul believes that when the southbound route is fully opened, trade will grow even more rapidly, and without layers of tariffs, the profits will be even greater.

When profits rise, more businessmen will be attracted to invest in building factories.

Thanks to the establishment of various private factories and the sales of various new products, the tax revenue of the Government Affairs Council reached 23,000 silver coins this year, while the Gleiman family's industry income reached 25,000 silver coins. The total adds up to nearly 50,000 silver coins. Ten thousand silver coins.

After going out for various expenses, there was still a surplus of 10,000 silver coins.

"Spend it! Spend it all! Next year I hope the surplus will not exceed two thousand silver coins!"

Paul waved his hands and said something that made everyone in the Government Affairs Council stunned.

"Only when coins are flowing can they be considered wealth, otherwise they will just be a pile of metal lying around and gathering dust!"

"I suddenly thought of an idea. Why don't we invest more money in education next year? There is such a shortage of talents in the territory. It is always good to invest in education."

This idea received a response from everyone, especially the female counselor Miss Dias, who was particularly concerned about the affairs of Weiss College.

There is no mistake. One post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, one read!

In terms of immigration, the Government Administration has received a total of 1,563 refugees so far. Most of these people are young and middle-aged men and women. They are too old or too young to survive in the Northwest Gulf.

Most of these people were placed in various newly opened factories.

"More refugees will arrive tomorrow."

Hansel said to everyone.

"Now that Earl Alda's leadership is spreading to immigration, and the refugees will automatically gather to us. In addition to the rebellion in the south, those who suffer orcs in the northeast are also running. side."

After the reports of the Political Affairs Council reported, the military headed by Schroder began to report military content.

The scale of the army has not expanded, but it has made great progress in weapons and equipment.

In terms of the army, with the successful development of the hair gun, small batches have begun, and the first camp of the Army accepted the task of equipment testing.

The Navy is the head of military expenses. This year, the Navy took over three new sailing warships. According to Austin's six -six planning, the other three were also built in tightly.

However, the Navy Commander is not satisfied with this batch of ships. In order to be able to equip them as soon as possible, many woods have not been fully dry, which makes these sailing battleships do not have too long.

Therefore, he proposed that the construction of the next group of warships must be based on the formal process, so that the wood is fully drying to create a batch of qualified warships.

"Austin, my next plan is to develop private merchant ships and sell businessmen to do business south. But you know that the production capacity of the shipyard is limited."

Paul's words made the Navy Commander extremely depressed.