Since summoning Ruvid that day, Master Odin has become more diligent. The next afternoon, he arranged for Shangkunas to go to Xiaoshixi with three entourage knights to mark the water truck section on site, and also brought several experienced serfs from Shuchetun.

Lead the group to the place in memory, and stop from time to time on the road to cut into the soul space for comparison.

The group walked and stopped like this, and successfully completed three marks before sunset. In everyone's eyes, Baron Odin's search like a headless fly had a miraculous effect, which made several serfs call the Lord Lord favored by the gods.

"Lord, the water level of these three river sections is deep enough and the river bank is very stable. They are all very suitable for building water trucks. If two water trucks can be repaired before the end of spring plowing, all three planting and squatting will achieve a good harvest this year!"

An old serf said excitedly that the serf was a private property belonging to the lord. The serf mainly collected 70% of the farming and harvesting, and kept 30% of them.

Under normal harvests, the hardworking serfs worked for a year, and 30% of the output was only enough to barely maintain their living needs for a year. If the climate was not good, it would be a disaster in the years when there was no rain or water. I could only ask the nobles to leave more food for them.

A wise lord would not let the serfs starve to death. If they really starve to death, who will farm next year? It’s just that it is inevitable to eliminate a group of old and weak serfs.

This is the cruel serf system.

But Odin didn't think so. Although he had no intention of changing the serf system, extreme oppression would undoubtedly suppress the enthusiasm of serfs, and the yield would naturally be low.

From the perspective of productivity, a suitable output share will greatly increase the grain output of Jushi Town.

And food, in this world, is a hard currency!

The production increase plan was also written on the agenda by Odin.

After a busy afternoon, I returned to the castle, entered the soul space as usual, and tried again, but the second page of the Book of Mystery could not be opened. He probably lacked certain conditions, mental power, or some kind of key?

There is no way to know.

Let go of your discouraged mind, correct your attitude, and start practicing fighting skills by picking up the one-handed sword.

...

A regular pace of life will make people forget the passage of time.

In the morning, I practice knight class, in the afternoon, in the castle reading or going to the town to supervise Ruvid's work progress, and in the night, I enter the soul space to practice one-handed sword and mental power.

After exhausting your mental power, you just go to sleep directly to avoid facing the boring night life.

Odin came a week later in this state.

...

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

On the training ground behind the castle, two swift sword shadows intersected back and forth, making loud collisions.

One side is attacking wildly, slashing, sweeping, and stabbing. Three ordinary sword moves are used in turn. The moves are very fast, the moves are connected very smoothly, and the offensive is fierce.

The other side only defends, stands horizontally, blocks vertically, sweeps and drives, and eliminates the attack without leaking.

Even Carlo and the other two who were working hard were attracted by the wonderful tricks and watched the scene.

It was Kunas who accompanied Odin to feed the moves on the court. Odin's crazy attack lasted for nearly ten minutes before stopping.

"Sir Baron, you have been taking the knight class for the first time before. It has only been ten days since your sword skill level has reached this level. At this speed, I think you should be able to advance to the Bronze Knight in no time."

Kunas put away his weapons and said with a smile.

"It's thanks to Professor Kunas's careful teaching."

Odin did not get carried away, for him, this was just the beginning.

"Teacher Kunas, the waterwheel has been built on Ruved. I think our Knights team should play a role."

Upon hearing this, Kunas immediately reacted and knelt on one knee with his sword.

"Please give me instructions!"

The three entourage knights also knelt down behind Kunas without saying a word.

"After building two new water trucks, the arable land in the town is not enough to fully utilize sufficient water sources, so it is imperative to reclaim wasteland in the wild.

And your mission is to clean up the beasts and monsters in the wilderness in advance. Can you do it?”

"Please rest assured Lord, Kunas will complete the mission!"

"The area of ​​land renovated this time is quite large. In order to improve efficiency, you will select ten young and middle-aged people from the town, practice for half a day every afternoon, and act as militia after passing the training to help clear the fields.

The time is set in one week! Just ask Ruvid to discuss the salary of militia. You can only know the scope of cleaning after planning. Are there any problems?"

"No problem!"

After giving the mission, Kunas took the order and left.

This task is not difficult for the Silver Knight Kunas. Since it is to reclaim wild land, it will definitely extend outward from the original arable land.

Moreover, due to labor restrictions, it will not exceed one-fifth of the existing arable land, nor will it exceed the range of the giant stone corpse. The chance of encountering high-level monsters is almost zero.

The territory of Jushi Town is wide, and useless wild land occupies 90% of the territory, not to mention the Gravel Ridge. The residential areas of the town only account for a small part, and the three plantings do not have much farmland, which is only enough to feed the total of more than 800 people in Jushi Town.

In Odin's opinion, this is definitely not enough. The amount of food is directly linked to the stability of the territory. Even if there is more food, there is no need to worry about selling it. In this world with low productivity, food is a hard currency comparable to metals.

When he was just reborn, he was worried about what to do, but the Book of Mystery gave him a big surprise. A zoomable view was enough to solve many things.

The census of the town was also completed two days ago. There were 818 people in total, with 486 civilians and 332 serfs. Most of the civilians lived in the town, and a small number of civilians in the village also managed serf activities.

In general, 80% of the population in Jushi Town is engaged in planting, and the rest are craftsmen and children under ten years old.

After the census was completed, Odin arranged a new census task and a farmland census.

When counting the area of ​​all farmland, whether it is serfs or civilians, in addition to the area, you must also find out the area of ​​plants, such as how large the wheat is, how large the potatoes are, etc. These must be found out.

"There are too many things to do, the town has too few people, and there is not enough gold coins to spend!" I was a little worried when I thought that there were so many problems in the town that need to be solved urgently.

It is not an exaggeration to describe Jushi Town as a waste of money. It is still waiting to be developed to develop arable land, rectify sanitation, lay stone streets, and open up trade routes.

However, due to economic pressure, the pace has to be slowed down.

If he had told Ruvid all of his thoughts at once, this middle-aged man who had worked hard and running might not be able to bear it.

He has saved everything he can in his castle now. No one has come to this crutch anyway, so who can I show it?

Under Odin's strong request, in addition to three meals, some wasteful behaviors that were full of face were cancelled, which also greatly reduced the workload of the servants.

If the old butler had not tried his best to persuade him, he would have even let a few servants free and make them residents of the town.

"What else can you make money quickly..." Odin was still thinking until lunch.

The servants brought the plates up like flowing water.

Roasted rabbit meat, stewed with saliva fish, mushroom soup, fried duck breast meat, vegetable salad, and a large cup of hot milk.

Looking at the little animals full of appetite on the dining table, Odin had an idea and blurted out.

“Breeding industry!”

For Jushi Town, which is remote, sparsely populated and vast territory, the conditions for developing aquaculture are unique, and meat is a better food.

"It's still necessary to make a long-term plan! But the first step is to acquire live wild game from hunters and retail investors in the town. After saving dozens of them, you can let Kunas and the others travel to Bobby Town.

Even if you make a difference, you can still earn a lot of income.”

Thinking of this, Odin couldn't sit still and signaled the butler to stay.

"Modi, the Polish aunt should be very familiar with hunters in the town!"

"Yes, the Polish aunt goes to the town to buy ingredients every day. There are only a few breeders and hunters in the town. The Polish aunt is very familiar with it."

"Very good. You let the servants circle a piece of land behind the castle with a fence, and then buy a large number of breeding chickens and ducks, hunters' hares and other things, and breed them."

"Uh... Master, this breeding will consume a lot of food. Didn't you say you want to save the castle expenses?"

Modi was a little confused about his master's thoughts.

"Haha, I'm going to let the caravan take these poultry and game to the nearest Poppy Town. Poppy Town is a big town close to Flint Town. There are tens of thousands of residents who settle down. As long as the price is not high, they will definitely be sold easily.

This round-trip will not only mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers, let them see the prospect of expanding the scale of breeding, but also improve the current situation where the castle is not able to make ends meet."

The old housekeeper suddenly realized that the castle is still zero income now, and the total amount of 500 gold coins it brought, and 100 were allocated to the government officials. This year's tax revenue cannot be collected due to the previous term's excessive income.

Coupled with the huge expenses of building a town…

The old housekeeper could no longer imagine a life without a single gold coins in the castle.

"Don't worry, lord, I will supervise them to do this in person."
Chapter completed!