Chapter 20: Shocked Pompeii (IV)

Michel looked at the frightened villagers, laughed, and patted the buttocks of the Bass bull. The Bass bull seemed a little dissatisfied, turned its head and mooed.

"You can see that this is a tool invented by the great Master Luther, called "plow". It can be used with cattle to plow the fields. And the kind Master Luther distributed five Bass bulls to us. I believe you know what this means."

Michel laughed like a child, full of joy.

The villagers reacted one after another, and their eyes were shining. They gathered around the Bass bull, and it seemed that they were not a cow, but a golden bull.

The cow radiated golden light.

"I know that watching the Bass bull plow the fields easily, our spring plowing this year must be extremely easy. Great Master Luther, great Pompeii family. It is my luck to grow up in the territory of the Pompeii family."

A villager said enthusiastically.

"Shut up, you are so stupid. With this cow, we can save our energy. We can spare more energy to take care of the fields. Next year, we will start to cut down forests and build more farmland. My family can double the farmland, no, triple it."

Some villagers have a longer-term vision and laugh at the villagers who spoke earlier, and said in a more fanatical tone.

"That's right. With more fields and more production, our children will grow stronger and stronger, and it will be no problem to have more children. We will become richer and richer. We don't have to throw away weak children when we can't feed too many children."

Some villagers said with tears in their eyes.

That's right.

This is a very primitive world. If a family has too many children and can't eat enough, the parents will cruelly throw away the weak children and feed the stronger children.

The plow invented by Luther is absolutely significant in terms of significance.

"Don't be happy too soon. Bass cattle are a very precious breed of cattle. They need to eat special rations. If we want them to work hard, we must first learn to take care of them. In addition, we need to cultivate more farmland. These five Bass cattle are not enough. After the autumn harvest this year, we will beg Master Luther to raise money to buy more cattle. We must let us cultivate twice as much land next year as this year."

Michel used his prestige as the head of the village to suppress the chaotic villagers and announce this matter.

After hearing this, the villagers nodded one after another.

If Bass cattle were just a kind of beef cattle, it would be impossible for the villagers to raise money to buy cattle. But now that Bass cattle are a labor force that can plow the fields, even if we sell everything we have and starve for a year, we must raise enough money next year to buy five more Bass cattle.

If we cultivate more fields, our lives will get better and better.

At this time, Michel's face bloomed with a smile again, and he said: "Besides, since the great Master Luther can invent such a magical tool, then what he said about manure fertilizing the fields must be true. And this time I heard that not only human manure can fertilize the fields, but also some bird droppings and livestock manure can. Now that we have the Bass cattle to help you plow the fields, we can organize manpower to go to the forest to dig manure and fertilize the land. Maybe this year's harvest can increase by 30%."

The villagers were stunned for a moment, and then they all made strange noises.

"Yes, since the great Master Luther invented this magical tool, then what he said must be correct, manure fertilizes the fields."

"So bird droppings can also be used?"

"So that's it, let's get started right away."

The villagers were planning to leave and gather helpers to dig out various manure. At this time, Michel stopped the villagers and gathered them to build a house for the Bass cattle to live in.

We have to settle the cattle first before we can talk about the future.

Yo yo yo, our Bass cattle are simply golden bulls.

Such things happened not only in Tiema Tun, but also in the other nine villages, and even among serfs.

Luther changed from Master Luther to Great Master Luther.

The prestige of the Pompeii family and Luther's personal prestige are increasing.

If Luther immediately becomes the lord of the Pompeii family, he will probably become the most outstanding and greatest lord of Pompeii in the eyes of the people.

Great Luther, Pompeii.

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Five days later.

Near Pompeii Castle, the Town Hall.

That's right, the Town Hall of the great Pompeii City has been preliminarily built. This is a two-story villa building.

There are twenty rooms inside, including office rooms, meeting rooms, toilets, etc.

It covers a large area and is magnificent. However, due to limited conditions, the Town Hall is currently mainly made of wood and has not been painted. The exterior is the natural color of wood.

There are many rooms in the Town Hall, but there are only two or three people. At present, there are only Mayor Lelouch, his four assistants, a few runners, and a team of ten guards.

The structure inside the Town Hall is also relatively simple.

In the mayor's office, Luther leaned against the window and looked out from this window. The scenery he saw was almost the same as that of Pompeii's castle.

Fields of farmland and people working on the farmland.

The Bass cattle have captured the hearts of the people, and the new farming method has been spread. With the manure fertilizing the fields, I believe this year's harvest will be very good.

Looking to the future, the income of Pompeii will increase several times next year.

And Luther was even more shameless. He seemed to see not fields of farmland, but houses, or even villas.

In a few years, this will definitely become a city center location.

Pompeii would become a large city and commerce would flourish. And agriculture will not decline. In this primitive and backward world, agriculture must not give up.

Without food, we will be at the mercy of others.

Agriculture will not disappear, it will also thrive. It will just be far away from the city. Pompeii was a city with prosperous commerce and a large population, plus vast farmland surrounding it.

The future of Pompeii.

It's a bright future.

"Little Luther, the people have accepted the new way of farming with cattle. They also believe in the "fantasy" of manure-fertilized fields. They believe that Pompeii's farmland and tax revenue will expand two or three times next year. With the increase in taxes, , Pompeii can raise more civilian knights, and the children of civilians are more likely to survive. In less than twenty years, Pompeii's territory will expand several times, and the population will also expand several times. With good luck, through various means. Gain the population, or even increase it tenfold. I believe you will own a city, but to own a city, you must have at least the title of baron. Do you have any ideas to persuade, or bribe the House of Nobles to promote your Pompeii family? Title?"

Lelouch, who was sitting in the mayor's seat in the office, asked seriously.

Not long ago, Lelouch didn't think that Luther could own a city, but now that there are plows, if manure fertilizing the fields is really effective, then Lelouch thinks that Luther can own a city, and that doesn't seem impossible.

Under such circumstances, Lelouch felt the need to make suggestions for the Pompeii family.

Only with the title of baron can one own a city's fief.

In addition, it is necessary to cultivate more knight families similar to the Iron Horse family who are loyal to the Pompeii family.

Lelouch even felt that if he got married and gave birth to a few strong young men in the future, he might be able to seek a knighthood and become knight vassals under the Pompeii family.

Knight Bonaparte collar.

Yo, not bad.

Luther came back to his senses. He withdrew his eyes from the vast farmland, then turned his head and smiled at Lelouch and said, "Twenty years? That's too long. I think three to five years at most." , I can own a city, so at this time we have to plan carefully, how can we have enough magic potions and other resources to become a powerful knight during this period of time. In other words, we can bribe the House of Lords and upgrade our Pompeii family’s territory to a baron family.”

Lelouch was stunned.

Is this ambition a bit too big?

Taking it too much for granted?

Do you think that it is so easy for a hereditary knight family to be upgraded to a baron family from a tadpole to a frog? Did you run the House of Lords?

But it’s quite exciting to think about it.

If Luther can become a baron within three to five years, does that mean he will become a hereditary noble within ten years?

Yo, I'm a little carried away too.