Chapter 363 Let's Start the Agricultural Revolution Together

King Rodney asked everyone about the reward plan for Paul Graiman, and there was a murmur below.

Before anyone among the ministers could answer, a gentle voice sounded from beside the king.

"Father, why don't you reward Count Grayman with ten thousand gold coins?"

This was the little princess's suggestion. Irene knew that Paul was short of money now. The more you earn, the more you spend.

Before the king could answer, the finance minister suddenly became anxious. This princess really didn't know how expensive food and rice were.

Hansel was already very dissatisfied when the king gave Hansel a monetary reward just now. Although it was a thousand gold coins, mosquitoes, no matter how small they were, were still meat.

However, His Majesty has already said it, and the King cannot take back what he says casually.

He immediately stood up to stop: "Your Majesty, the situation is critical now, money is needed everywhere, and the rebellion in the south is a bottomless pit. How about other ways to replace monetary rewards."

The king pondered for a moment and asked the finance minister: "Do you have any good ideas?"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer winked at the Prime Minister, Rupert, and they had already discussed it.

Rupert stood up, caressed the king's chest and saluted, and suggested: "Your Majesty, we have carefully inquired about the past history of the Graiman family. A hundred years ago, this family was exiled to the Northwest Gulf for participating in the struggle for the throne. They are still guilty today. There is no right to enfeoff any vassal. Your Majesty might as well forgive the Greiman family's crimes and restore their rights as a lord. For a true noble, there is no better reward than receiving the honor he deserves. "

Irene on the side felt very disdainful. Tsk, Paul was living a good life without his vassals. On the contrary, his ally brother Myron was almost killed by his vassals. Wasn't the royal family themselves disgraced by their vassal Giles?

However, King Rodney liked Rupert's proposal very much. He patted the armrest of the throne and said with joy: "That's right. For a true nobleman, nothing is more important than honor."

Wonderful, you don’t have to spend a penny and you can still make the other person feel grateful.

"Okay, that's settled."

King Rodney made the final decision and ordered the Lord Privy Seal: "Write an edict now and have Hansel Abbott take it and send it to Earl Greyman."

"Your Majesty!" Harrison, who had been silent all this time, took a step forward and suddenly shouted.

"Harrison, what else can you do?"

"Your Majesty, please ask Count Grayman to allow his fleet to stay in Westport for a while longer to help us guard the west coast."

"Oh? Don't we have enough troops of our own?"

"Your Majesty, it takes time to train sailors who can be used in combat. We don't have many civilian sailors to begin with. And..."

"And what?"

"Goblins appeared in this battle. What I'm worried about is whether the pirates will quietly release the goblins into the area around Westport. If this is the case, with their reproductive ability, they may become a large number of goblins." trouble."

The king thought for a while and then said: "You are right, we do need more people."

He said to the Lord Privy Seal: "Write Harrison's suggestion into the edict, but use polite words. The decision-making power still lies with Earl Greyman."

The edict was quickly completed, and the ministers handed it over to the king for reading. Rodney was very satisfied and stamped his seal on it.

The next day, Hansel and his servant Tommen rushed north with the king's order.

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In the warehouse of the Huxin Town Machinery Factory, Paul was enthusiastically visiting the products of the agricultural machinery factory with several lords from the neighboring territory.

With the addition of a series of agricultural machinery such as harvesters and the crop rotation system, Arda's agricultural production has made great progress.

After careful consideration, he decided to promote Arda's new agricultural technology and experience to surrounding territories.

British history shows that the development of agriculture is one of the important prerequisites for the industrial revolution. It is nonsense to do anything without enough food to feed people's stomachs. In the work of the Government Affairs Council, agriculture has always been a top priority. Hansel, the director of the Ministry of Agriculture, is an important position second only to the general manager of the Government Affairs Council.

The three counties under the control of Huxin Town alone cannot produce much effect, and the entire northwest bay must be involved.

Come. Only in this way can we feed a larger population and generate more labor force.

The lords who came were Duke Henry Ferdinand, Earl Price Parker, Earl Winifred Heller and his son Viscount Derrick Heller, and of course Paul's ally brother Myron Garnard. Earl, but he has been a permanent resident of Lake Town for a long time, and under the management of the Government Affairs Council, his territory Baierding has already started agricultural reforms.

Prior to this, agricultural machinery produced in Huxin Town was not sold outside Alda, Baierding and Emden. On the one hand, in order to ensure Alda's technological advantage, on the other hand, there is no patent law outside these three places, and the Lord's Court of Alda cannot control the outside world.

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"Why, didn't you say before that you would wait until the customs union is established before selling food?"

Henry Ferdinand, now the Duke of the Northwest, asked Paul while looking at the harvester in front of him. Manda, the direct territory of the Ferdinand family, is a large agricultural territory. If there are things in this warehouse, it will be even more powerful.

"Customs union?" Paul smiled bitterly, making people scratch their heads when talking about this.

He asked everyone, "What about you? How is the response in your respective territories?"

Earl Parker and Earl Heller shook their heads helplessly. It was clear from their responses that they had encountered considerable resistance.

Earl Heller's son Derrick shouted in dissatisfaction: "They are all short-sighted country landlords. They usually say that they will obey the orders of the lord, but if their interests are really touched, they will shake their heads and oppose it."

Paul felt the same way: "It's the same here. This alliance will probably take a few years."

For the several lords present, they are all collecting taxes anyway. Collecting taxes in business and agriculture is the same. From the development of Arda, it seems that the potential for business is greater.

Larnaca of the Parker family and Portree of the Heller family are not far from Arda or Bayerdin. They have benefited a lot from the commercial development of these two places. Since Arda opened up a new route, those merchants from Horn Bay, who are dressed more luxuriously than nobles, have come across the ocean to do business, which is really enviable.

However, those lords who owned a lot of land were not very supportive of the customs union, such as Earl Morley Malcolm, who had participated in the usurper war. Duke Henry Ferdinand was an exception, because the agriculture in his territory was the most advantageous in the northwest bay.