Chapter 126: 'One Year' of Change
Anthony was a tenant farmer, and his family had been farmers for generations, and it could be said that he had worked for the family of the Sorrowful Wind for generations, so after the maid grew up to establish the school, he insisted on sending his two sons to the school despite his wife's objections.
The tuition fee of a few silver coins a year is also a lot of money for their family, and they bought new agricultural tools before, although they are very comfortable to use, but they spend a lot of money.
I heard from the merchants in the city that their lords were not so generous in other realms, and the maid master helped them build the carts, and taught them new methods of farming, and not only that, but also taught them how to maintain and increase the fertility of the land, just like a goddess!
His two sons are studying in school, and I heard that they already recognize dozens of words, and they are already even more powerful than him......
The master maid taught them a very good farming method, and every day looking at the wheat in the field that was growing well, he couldn't help but pray for the head maid with the farmers around him, so that the head maid must live a long life, just like the old duke.
I heard that the maid had reclaimed another piece of wasteland for them in the west, and planted something called 'rice', and Anthony heard from his two sons that it might produce more grain than wheat, but it was still experimenting, and the seeds of this crop would not appear in the market so soon.
Anthony felt a little sorry, how nice it would be if he could buy the seeds of that kind of food.
Because of the policies promulgated by the maid master and the cultivation methods taught them, they may have harvested more this year than in previous years, and the old Mark next door planted potatoes this year, and this year's harvest was much more than usual, and they could be sure that this was the work of the maid master, and felt extremely guilty that they had insulted the maid master in their hearts and made them force them to change their farming methods.
The maid master obviously did it for their good, and they actually insulted the maid master in their hearts, they really don't know what to do!
Because of such an experience, Anthony is now extremely pious, praying to the goddess of agriculture and the god of radiance, that the maid will live a long life.
“...... Your Lord!"
Anthony heard cheers in the distance, straightened up with some difficulty, and turned his head to look over there.
But as soon as he straightened up, a stone crushed by the side of the wheel flew into his shoulder, causing him to let out a cry of pain.
"Eh!" Anthony frowned, rubbing his shoulder.
"Ah, I'm sorry!" said the young merchant who had followed the caravan and said apologetically.
Looking at this dark-skinned teenage businessman, Anthony, who was injured by the unwarranted disaster, couldn't get out of his belly.
He smacked his mouth a few times and shook his head, "Forget it, it's not in the way, you go quickly, you're about to fall behind." ”
"Attila, keep up!" the people in the convoy shouted to the teenage merchant as well.
The girl merchant blinked, nodded happily, and waved her hand, "Thank you, uncle, then I'm leaving—here!"
Looking at the bright smile on the girl's face, Anthony smiled helplessly, and then turned his head to look at the other side of the bustle.
Just now he seemed to hear them calling 'Lord Lord', because the distance was not close, Anthony subconsciously squinted his eyes, and then suddenly his eyes widened.
"Your Lord!" he exclaimed.
But the lord did not come alone, but brought a group of people, the distance was too far for Anthony to see clearly, but they were indeed walking towards this side.
He looked and saw that there was no maid by the lord's side, which made him a little disappointed, but he was still excited.
They like the old duke very much, because the old duke has been ruling the Sorrowful Wind Territory since hundreds of years ago, and Anthony often saw the old duke when he was a child, although he was not as approachable as the lord now, but he was also very sympathetic to the people, and could do his best to protect the territory and the people under his rule;
They like the maid very much, because the maid master has brought them a lot, such as teaching them new farming methods, inventing new farming tools, increasing food production, reducing taxes, and building 'schools' so that the children of farmers can choose not to be farmers in the future...... The maid grown-ups have done a lot of things, not necessarily for them, but they have also benefited from them.
In the same way, they also liked the current lord, even though he was a black dragon, many people were afraid of him at first, including Anthony, who was pessimistic that if a black dragon became their lord, the Grim Wind Leader would be finished, and even he heard that many people were planning to leave the Grim Wind Lord.
But it turns out they were all wrong...... Thankfully, they were wrong.
The lord brought the maid master, and he himself was not the 'evil dragon' they imagined, and his approachable appearance could even make people wonder if he was a real dragon, because aren't the dragons in the legends all arrogant?
The new lord and the chief maid he brought with him were like inheriting the two parts of the old duke, the lord led the knights and soldiers to protect the lord of sorrow, but the lord of the maid was able to make the lord richer and richer, and even better than the old duke - although this was a bit disrespectful.
Soon, they accepted the new lord and the head maid.
Now they have gradually become richer, because in the past, they might not have been able to earn a single gold coin a year, but now they can!
The old duke made the sad wind leader stable, and the maid master made the sad wind leader rich, and it was the 'lord' who connected all this.
Anthony saw the 'Lord Lord' walking towards him with the group of people, and his face immediately turned red with excitement.
"Your Lord!"
Anthony waved his hand vigorously, and then he saw his lord turn his head and respond to him with a smile: "Hello!"
"Hello, lord!"
Receiving the lord's response, Anthony immediately stammered with excitement, and even his voice trembled.
Then he heard the lord turn around and say, "I happened to talk about a new type of farm tool, and that one over there is the 'dragon tail car', which is a machine used for irrigation, which is driven by manpower, which can reduce a lot of effort and burden on farmers when irrigating, and with other new farm tools, farmers can manage more fields by themselves." In addition, there are 'fertilizers' that improve soil properties, increase soil fertility levels, and allow the same area of food crops to produce more food, and this can be used not only for food crops, but also for other crops – in general, as long as it is a plant!"
Although Anthony didn't understand much, he understood that if he used 'fertilizer' and new farming tools as the maid master had taught, he would be able to increase the production of food.
After coming to this conclusion, he was even more excited.
Not only because the lord greeted him, but also because the grain production can be increased, which means that this year is ...... No, later!
He will be able to make more money this year, and he will continue to do so in the future, and with the twenty and one tax of the maid grown-up, he may be able to rent more land next year!
Anthony feels like he's excited right now, so excited that he can't help himself.
If Anthony was just so excited that he couldn't help himself, then the clergy of the study group were so shocked that they couldn't say a word after receiving Cervantes' explanation, and even Bishop Pelonandi felt that his heart was beginning to ache again.
A farmer can play a stronger role, while also increasing the yield of food crops on the same area of arable land...... Isn't this a miracle?
"Lord Duke, are you telling the truth?!" Bishop Pelonandi asked hurriedly, gasping for breath.
"It's true!"
Cervantes couldn't help but sigh and admire: "This is the wisdom and experience of mortals, even if they don't 'beg' for miracles, mortals can still do it to this extent!"
Bishop Pelonandi's mouth opened, the words of this black dragon duke were suspected of 'blasphemy', but ...... Does he have the courage to refute?
The young people are still immersed in the shock, and thankfully......
Ask yourself, Bishop Pelonandi, as a 'noble bishop', does not have the courage to refute Cervantes' statement.
Because what he said—
It's all true!