That's it, after William saw the hardship of the people living in his territory. otbnkotgt Those people and farmers are in dire straits, close to abject poverty, and close to death.
Under such circumstances, not only can he have enough food and clothing, he can also live in a spacious house, he can also eat the rice brought back from India, and he still has enough money to buy books, paper and other luxuries. .
Therefore, William naturally had such doubts: Am I going too far?
Then he came up with the answer for himself: Yes, it is indeed too much.
This answer kept William awake at night.
After all, William was different from the nobles of this era.
This difference is not only a difference in behavioral habits and abilities, but also manifests itself in psychology.
William felt uneasy, and William couldn't bear it.
He felt that if he continued in this state, he would most likely suffer mental breakdown, then a nervous breakdown, and finally die.
Yet at the same time, he also knew.
If he were to be like those farmers who worked in the fields before dawn every day, ate the coarsest black bread, wore rags, and lived in a room with drafts everywhere, William felt that he would definitely die faster. .
In this way, both the left and right roads are impassable, so there is only one road in front of William.
That was help, helping people within his domain escape poverty.
In order for them to live a good life, they don't have to live in a castle like William and have meat for every meal, but at the very least they should have enough food, clothing, and some spare money.
William felt that in that case, he could look down from the high tower of the castle with peace of mind, while eating super expensive food and drinking super expensive wine, and then sat down and looked at the farmers below the castle.
Work hard and develop a sense of superiority.
But the question is, how can we make the farmers in his territory rich?
This is very, very important.
After observing his father, Baron Otto, and recalling what his father had done before, William understood that his father was not an internal affairs talent.
He was completely incapable of doing this.
In his eyes, Baron Otto is already a rare and good lord.
Their concept of a "good lord" is very simple.
First, don't collect too many taxes; second, don't collect too many taxes; third, don't collect too many taxes.
Today, the agricultural tax in the territory is 10% less than that of other nobles, and the commercial tax and industrial tax are half a percent less.
In addition, apart from the regular taxes in summer and autumn for farmers, and the customs duties required for entry and exit, industrial product taxes, and tithes provided to the church for merchants, there are no other exorbitant taxes.
Under such circumstances, Baron Otto can be said to be a little red among the green, a little white dove sitting on a pig, and a red-crowned crane in the cluster.
Baron Otto, who performed so outstandingly, has naturally won the praise and heartfelt love of the vast majority of people in the territory.
Even the bard who hates the lord system and is sarcastic has to admit after seeing this scene: he always thought that the world was as black as crows, but he didn't expect that there were still a few grays.
However, this was not enough for William, far from it.
Baron Otto's policy of frivolous corvee and low taxation and recuperation with the people might have been very successful if it had been placed in the East in his previous life.
But in this world, this era similar to the European Middle Ages can only be said to be better than nothing.
The reason why William said this is because the situations in the East and the West are completely different.
In other words, the Central Plains region in the classical era was completely different from other regions in the world.
Compared with the Central Plains people on the East Asian continent, most ethnic groups in other parts of the world are extremely clumsy in agriculture.
This clumsiness is not reflected in just one aspect.
But all-round, comprehensive, everything.
Their agricultural knowledge was extremely poor.
While the Central Plains region compiled calendars and agricultural books specifically for agriculture, Europe still maintained the tradition of slash-and-burn farming for a long time.
Their agricultural machinery and tools are far inferior to the dozen or so different types of farm tools that are proprietary to China.
The horse farming technology they used was much worse than the cattle farming technology used in the Central Plains.
Speed, efficiency and results are all the same.
They do not use manure, green manure, pond mud, river mud and other natural fertilizers.
This resulted in an extremely barren land and people who were about to starve to death on one side, while on the other side there was a sanitary disaster of random defecation, filth and stench everywhere.
Under such circumstances, European farmers have been living in dire straits and abject poverty for a long time.
This situation did not change until modern times.
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During the Age of Discovery, great geographical discoveries brought high-yielding crops such as potatoes and corn to Europe.
The long-term strict breeding system gave birth to a monster in artificial selection in Europe, a heavy draft horse with better strength, endurance and ability to farm than cattle.
Breakthroughs in the European chemical industry in modern times made it possible to produce chemical fertilizers on a large scale.
In the following time, the degree of mechanization of Western agriculture increased.
The terrifying power of the industrial revolution of pesticides, tractors, and combine harvesters made the Western agricultural level comprehensively surpass the Eastern one.
Of course, that was a long, long time later.
In this world, due to the interference of magic, the church and other factors, the development level of industry and technology has been stagnant, so that those inventions and creations that can greatly affect agriculture, It's still far away, I don't know when it will appear.
Naturally, William had no choice but to count on those things.
But luckily, very lucky, William has the ability of the spiritual reading room.
He can perfectly reproduce the knowledge that William accidentally came into contact with in his previous life and may no longer remember it clearly, and even organize and edit it into a book.
In the era of information explosion in his previous life, the popular science books that William came into contact with when he was a child, the agricultural channels he saw on TV when he was bored, or the knowledge he gained from browsing the Internet when he grew up, became at this moment Priceless treasure.
These are somewhat fragmented and difficult to form into a system.
In William's opinion, these things are probably more valuable than all the other information in his spiritual reading room combined.
In the past few days, all William had to do was to squeeze out his meager memory as much as possible, and then draw drawings of the agricultural tools and other things he knew and came into contact with, and compile agricultural knowledge into a book.
To guide agricultural production activities in the territory.
Even though it is half-baked, even though it is impossible to create something from heaven, medieval time-travel artifacts such as the Encyclopedia of Agricultural Administration and the Essential Techniques for Elevating the People are so touching.
But William thought this was enough.
Just like for illiterate people, whether they are high school students or college students, William thinks that in this world and in this era, it may not be possible to say anything else.
But when it comes to farming, he is definitely number one.
The only problem now is how to win the trust of Baron Otto, the lord of this territory, and make him believe that he really has this ability.
To be honest, this is much more difficult than using the ability of mind reading for several days in a row and drawing drawings of farm tools and so on.
If it is due to his talent in swordsmanship and his performance when dealing with centaurs, then Baron Otto can be regarded as the reason for William's bloodline and talent.
The Hereford family was indeed renowned for producing talented warriors.
But unfortunately, there has never been an agriculturist in the Hereford family, not even a natural scientist.
Under such circumstances, William understood that unless he really achieved something, his father, Baron Otto, would never approve of him.
In this way, William used his status to advise his father and proposed to manage a manor to gain experience in managing the territory.
At the same time, he also vaguely suggested to his father that he had gained some experience in agricultural management and new farm tools from some channels, and he drew the styles and drawings of these farm tools.
Of course, William's first proposal was approved.
After Baron Otto's instructions: "Don't waste your studies because of this, and don't forget to practice swordsmanship," William took control of a small manor with about 500 people.
Of course, William's second proposal was not accepted.
Although various drawings were taken out and the working principles of these tools were explained in detail.
But Baron Otto just laughed and threw these things behind him as a matter of course.
After getting the result that he had already thought of, William was disappointed and felt a little relieved at the same time.
He then summarized what he would do next: "So, that's it in a nutshell.
While ensuring the completion of daily training, I also have to guide production activities.
According to my plan, I will change the agricultural production of that manor.
This wave of Xia Liang is out of the question.
But during the autumn harvest, results must be achieved.
In this way, he persuaded his father to entrust all agricultural production in the territory to him.
In this way, I can do as much as possible during the slack season this winter, and then make some adjustments during spring plowing next year.
By that time, the territory matters will be considered completed. " Thinking of this, William felt full of energy.
He can't wait to use his knowledge and abilities on his territory and people160420oshow7: