My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 26 ‘Weeds’

Next, Gervais visited another village. The situation was similar to that of a mountain village by the sea, but this village was not near the sea, but at the foot of a mountain. The number of people is also the largest among the three villages, with about four or five hundred people. The serfs in the village basically rely on farming crops for a living, and only two hunters rely on the mountains to hunt for a living.

When Gervais came, the two hunters had already entered the mountain. Gervais wanted to meet them, but he couldn’t.

It is still to let the guards start the scene.

But when the villagers in this village heard that the three Bennys were ordered to be arrested by the fief lord, the reaction was very strong, and the whole village was shocked.

Because the girl who was spoiled by Benny and the others lives in this village, the villagers looked towards Benny’s men who were tied to the carriage, all eyes showed the ominous light, and could not wait to snatch it away beat him to death.

But the photo was taken in the presence of the fief lord. Although everyone hated it, they didn’t dare to do anything out of the ordinary.

Gervais asked the village chief and learned that the girl’s parents were also present, so he gave them five Silver Coins as compensation.

Although Gervais hadn’t taken office when Benny was doing evil, Gervais got the gold coins he left behind when Benny ran away, and it was right that he took out five Silver Coins to compensate them. It’s not that Gervais doesn’t give too much, but if he gives too much, he might even hurt others.

After doing these things, Gervais absorbed the mistakes of the seaside mountain village and just asked some basic information about the village.

Because he has also realized that when he asks the question of whether he can eat enough, he has created a big problem for the serfs. No matter what the answer is, he will be wrong. A sin of contempt for the Lord Lord awaits them.

After leaving the second village, Gervais and the guards rushed to the third village without stopping.

Just visiting two villages made Gervais deeply feel the poverty of the serfs in this world.

Whether it was the original owner or the current Gervais, they were just imagining, thinking that the serfs were just a little bit fortunate to work and were squeezed a little bit more. As long as they worked hard, they could always live a good life.

But now it seems that he is too naive.

When Gervais and the others arrived at the third village, Gervais accidentally found a plant that made him happy.

That’s garlic. When Gervais entire group rode their horses and passed the dirt road outside the village, there were several arable fields beside the dirt road, and the serfs were pulling weeds in the fields, because Gervais’s horses were slow, And the serfs were bent over to work so intently that they didn’t notice the arrival of the entire Gervais group.

Seeing that the serfs were doing well in a frenzy, Gervais waved to stop the guards who were just about to shout to remind the serfs.

Then stopped the horse in place and carefully observed the field. This field should be planted with wheat, the staple food of this world. The wheat grows sparsely and not densely. The arrival has as different as heaven and earth.

Gervais has never planted wheat and doesn’t know if the wheat in this world is the same as the wheat on Earth.

But just by looking at the density of sparse wheat in the field, it is known that even a bumper harvest will not yield much in such a field.

While Gervais was thinking, a serf in the field, perhaps feeling a little tired, straightened up, rubbing his lower back with his hands.

Suddenly, when he looked towards the side of the road, he saw the entire group of Gervais and the guards dressed up. He couldn’t help trembling with fright. Come down, and then called: “Several adults, the villain is damned, didn’t realize you were coming!”

He couldn’t help but be afraid, Gervais and the others all rode on horses, except Gervais wearing leather armor With a long sword hanging from his waist, he was dressed as a guard, not to mention a man who was tied to a cross stake on the carriage and was dying.

Especially when they stopped by the side of the road and looked at them. It would be fine if they were just passing by. Now that they are parked here, the serfs thought that the aristocratic master was thinking something bad.

“Sir!” The other serfs also reacted and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

“Don’t be nervous, get up! I’m just passing by to see you working, I’m a little curious, so take a look!” Gervais has been numb by the frightened and flustered performance of these serfs, and has No mood swings, just waved and said to them.

Several serfs were a little suspicious and did not dare to stand up. The guards behind loudly shouted: “This is Lord Gervais Baron, the new lord of this territory!”

Then, the guards shouted loudly. After repeating the words that had been shouted all the way, the serfs relaxed a little and stood up.

“What crops are you growing in your fields?” Gervais asked the serf, pointing to the field.

“Back to fief lord, this is wheat!” the serf replied cautiously.

“Oh.” Gervais knew, it was really wheat, the staple food of this world, no wonder he couldn’t get enough to eat. With such a density of planting, how much land would be needed to reach the production level on Earth.

“Why is the wheat planted so sparsely, why not plant it denser, so that you will have more harvests!” Gervais immediately asked the doubts in his heart.

He is a layman in farming. If you want to develop a territory, food must take the first place. Only when you have food can people be full, and when they are full, people can have more strength and time to work. Instead of spending time in the fields every day and starving.

“fief lord, if the wheat is planted too densely, it will not grow, and the ears of wheat will also have many empty husks, and it will be even more difficult to plant next year. Only by planting like this can the wheat grow. Yes, and next year will also grow well.” The serf replied seriously, although his words were a bit sloppy.

“Oh!” Gervais nodded, he probably understood what the serf meant.

In fact, the fertility of the land is not enough. If the wheat planting density is high, many ears of wheat will be not full or even empty because of insufficient fertility. It will also affect the fertility of the land next year, creating a vicious circle.

Gervais has never learned farming, but common sense still knows that the fertility of the land that is cultivated all the year round will gradually decline, and there is fertilizer on Earth, don’t worry, but this world does not, and the serfs seem to I simply don’t know about fertility, otherwise I won’t worry about affecting next year’s cultivation.

Gervais doesn’t know how chemical fertilizers are made, but he knows that human and animal manure can be used as the most primordial fertilizer. Although the effect may not be as good as chemical fertilizers, it is definitely suitable for this world.

So Gervais kept the idea in his heart and tried it out when he went back. If it worked, he could promote it vigorously.

Actually, Gervais had a plan in his mind. Orcs plundered his territory every year, and there were very few serfs. He wanted to develop trade or handicrafts.

However, I still don’t know where to start. When he saw oysters and other seafood in the first village, he wondered if he could start a seafood industry first. After all, the taste is so good, and the market The prospects are great, but because of preservation problems, it has been stranded, and he will continue to look for other methods.

Gervais was thinking wildly, and suddenly saw a serf holding a weed that had just been pulled from the ground in his hand, he was stunned for a moment, then quickly dismounted and jumped from the dirt road into the field.

The guards and serfs were startled when they saw Gervais’ actions, and Laurie, Audrey, and the guard who was in charge of shouting quickly jumped off their horses and came to the field to stand beside Gervais. , only the guard in charge of the carriage needed to guard the carriage, so he stayed on the dirt road.

The serfs in the fields were even more startled, and they all shivered. Gervais came to the serf, pointed to the plant in his hand and asked softly, “Your hand? What’s in it?”

It wasn’t that Gervais meant to scare everyone, but that he saw the serf holding something familiar to him, so he got down in a moment of excitement. Horse, jump into the field.

“Go back to the lord… my lord, this is weed…” The serf saw Gervais coming to him, so frightened that his soul almost flew away, he could only raise the thing in his hand, obediently and Honestly answered Gervais’ question.

“Oh, show me.”

After Gervais finished speaking, the serf immediately handed a large amount of weeds to Gervais respectfully.

Gervais impatiently took the weeds handed by the serf, picked one of them, and threw the rest on the ground.

Gervais picked up the ‘weed’ in his hand, broke apart the roots of the weed, took one of the weeds, and put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, making sure it was very similar to the one he knew. At that time, Gervais got excited, pushed aside the outer coating, bit it lightly with his teeth, and savored it carefully.

“fief lord, this weed is not… you can’t eat it.” Originally, Gervais just took this plant and smelled it. Although everyone saw it, they didn’t understand the reason, but they were not surprised. Only when Gervais put the thing in his mouth and took a bite, the guards and serfs were a little surprised.

The serf in front of Gervais was about to cry. He never imagined that Mr. Baron in front of him would eat the weed he just pulled out. Suffering, so bravely reminded Gervais in a low voice.

“en.” Gervais savored for a while, heard the serf’s reminder, nodded to him, and then spat out the ‘weed’ he had just bitten in his mouth.

“Do you have a lot of this stuff here?” Gervais raised his hand and presented the plant in front of each serf.

“Fief lord, there are many things in the fields.” The serfs all replied.

“Very well, then you guys help me pull some now, the more the better, don’t hurt its roots. I’ll pay you later.” Got the serfs Answered in the affirmative, Gervais was very happy, and then said seriously to several serfs.

“Yes, fief lord.” Of course, the serfs had no objection. Even if Gervais didn’t give money, they had to go and find this plant for Gervais, although they were all very strange, how could the fief lord like to eat it like this? The weeds, which choked the nose just by smelling them, were unbearable.

(End of this chapter)