After a day of returning to the frontier area, Roland felt a sore back, went to bed early after washing, and only recovered the next day near noon. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It seemed that his own special ship must have soundproof cabins and soft recliners, and he thought to himself that it would be better to have a spacious bed. Otherwise, sitting on a hard bench that constantly trembles and listening to the repeated roar of the steam engine is a double torture for the mind and body.

Walking into the office, the first thing Roland did was to recruit the general manager Barov Mons and the Minister of Agriculture Seni Dali, now there is only one week left before the scheduled time of the spring offensive, and the army has an iron axe to grasp, he is very relieved, so the most important thing is to do a good job in agricultural production, do a good job in spring planting, after all, only with food in hand can he not panic.

"I have seen the seeds transported in the past at Changge Wharf, as long as there is Golden No. 1, this year's harvest will not be bad. But the border areas are the focus, we are the example, the proof, the example of propaganda for everyone to see!" he knocked on the table and said, "So, how the spring plowing work is done, who will say?"

"Your Highness, the current situation is like this," Barov was the first to speak, "and only three of the first serfs who were promoted were willing to continue farming, and with the newly recruited serfs, the total number of agricultural people is now about 10,000. Based on the average wheat production of the previous year, the grain produced by these 10,000 people should be able to feed 40,000 to 50,000 people. After a pause, he added, "I am talking about feeding according to the limit on the purchase of wheat by the official residents, which is much greater than the daily consumption of the common people in other cities, and if it is only a requirement not to starve to death, then an additional 20,000 can be added." ”

"That's pretty much it, Your Highness," continued Seni, "but the above conclusion is from the Ministry of Agriculture, based on the statistics of the previous year, that about half of the serfs this year, mainly the new ones, will use the improved Gold No. 2 of Lord Ye...... Seriously, I wouldn't have believed that so many ears of wheat could grow on the straw if I hadn't seen it myself, and that 2,000 people would have switched to potatoes and corn, so I couldn't have predicted what the actual yield would have been. ”

"As for the cultivation part, the farmland is currently being ploughed, according to the previous crop planting manual, the field needs to be ploughed three times, and the fermented compost is mixed into it - this process generally takes three to four weeks, mainly depending on the number of workers in a field and the tools used, the serfs of the previous year basically rented iron farm tools, which should shorten the ploughing time a lot. ”

"As for how deep the ditch should be ploughed and how much the seeds should be sown at intervals, I have arranged for my apprentices to teach them to sow seeds according to the best practices in the planting manual. ”

It can be seen that this knight of the former Ben Wolf family has put a lot of effort into farming, and the aspects that need to be taken into account are well considered, and even Roland couldn't help but nod.

In this era, agriculture was underdeveloped because it was too dependent on the land itself, and a field was equivalent to all the planting, and in order to protect the good field, it was even necessary to plow for one year and two years, and the land use efficiency was extremely low. Now that Neverwinter has controlled irrigation, natural fertilizers, and reasonable planting methods, coupled with leaf-modified seeds, the yield is naturally surprisingly high in the eyes of the locals. However, for Roland, more than 10,000 of the total population of 30,000 are engaged in planting agriculture, which is still too high. The most effective way to reduce the number of people in agriculture is to start with agricultural tools, such as making agricultural equipment that works with animal or mechanical power.

"Very well, keep the momentum going," he said with satisfaction, "and the manpower sent to Changge District should also be recorded, and if there is a need to promote it to other cities in the future, it will be implemented according to this model." ”

After taking care of the agricultural affairs, Roland left the castle and went to the Chishui River dockyard accompanied by the nightingale and his guards.

The ship, which Anna was in charge of construction, had already entered the weapons installation stage two days ago, and the hull of the ship painted with a gray-red anti-corrosion coating stood quietly on the sleepers, and the hull the size of three cement ships looked very burly. Unlike a cement paddle steamer, which had no cabin, it had a side side of nearly two meters, which allowed the boiler and steam engine to fit into the belly, and the two ribs also eliminated the paddle wheel. In addition to this, it is also characterized by a raised bridge in the center of the hull, which, despite being only one story high, still looks very striking.

Of course, as a shallow water heavy gunboat, the most important equipment is undoubtedly the 152mm gun. In order to save construction time, Roland did not let Anna make a separate version of the naval gun, but dismantled the fortress cannon on the city wall, intending to go directly to the ship.

Now, it is being placed next to the dock, waiting for the final lifting.

"Your Highness," Anna immediately waved at Roland when she saw him appear, "here!"

The prince walked over with a smile, "How is it, is the construction process still going well?"

During the week he went to Changge District, Anna took care of all the production of the gunboat, and although she handed over the drawings of the key parts, it was an unprecedented project, and it was normal to encounter all kinds of problems.

"It didn't go well," she shook her head, "the more troublesome things were the deformation of the sides of the hull, the leaking propellers, the tilt of the hull to one side after welding to the bridge, and the gun mount not being able to jam the gun, but I've solved them." ”

"Both...... Solved?" Roland said in surprise.

"Yes," Anna said with a big smile and fingers crossed. The side deformation is caused by the steel plate on the side of the ship is too thin, and I have installed fixed support frames in the parts that are easy to deform; the propeller leaks because there is always a gap between the casing and the linkage rod, and I surround it with a trough, so that the leaking water will not run around, and can be pumped out by the power of the steam engine; the bridge is deflected because of the weight asymmetry, a little modification is enough, the problem of the gun mount is the most difficult to solve, and I finally found the inspiration in the revolver gun. By cutting a row of tooth marks in the bottom ring and adding a hook that can be inserted between the teeth, the gun carriage that rotates above can be fixed in any direction you want to aim. ”

Roland blinked, and it took a long time to spit out a sentence, "You're such a genius." "Although these are not difficult problems to deal with, it is for myself who has drawn countless mechanical drawings, especially the last point, I can associate the structure of the revolver with the way the gun mount is fixed, and I am afraid that only Anna has this nuanced observation.

"By the way, Your Highness, does this ship have a name?"

"Not yet," he said, raising an eyebrow, "what's wrong?"

"The First Army soldiers come to see every few days, and they cling to have their names engraved on the bridge," Anna chuckled, "and they said you promised that the best gunners could own a ship named after them." ”

"Ah...... There is such a thing," Roland thought of Rodney and Nelson of the artillery battalion, "but this one is not good, you must know that the name of the first warship represents not only the ship itself, but also the type of class. He raised the corners of his mouth, "I can't give this honor to anyone else, so let's call it the Roland-class ship No. 1." (To be continued.) )