Chapter 363: Come Together for the Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 363: Come Together for the Agricultural Revolution
King Rodney solicited the crowd for a reward package for Paul Gleeman, and a whisper rang out from below.
Without waiting for an answer from one of the ministers, a euphonious voice rang out beside the king.
“Father, how about a reward of ten thousand gold coins for Count Gleiman.”
This was the young princess’s suggestion, and Irene knew that Paul was very short of money right now. When you earn more, you spend more.
Before the king could answer, the finance minister was instantly anxious, this princess is really not in charge of her family.
Just now the king gave Hansel monetary reward he has been very opinionated, although it is a thousand gold coins, but the mosquito is also meat ah.
But his majesty has already spoken out, the king can’t just take back what he said.
He immediately stood up to stop it: ”Your Majesty, the situation is critical now, money is needed everywhere, and the rebellion in the south is even a bottomless pit. How about other ways instead of monetary rewards.”
The king pondered for a moment and asked the finance minister, “Do you have any good ideas?”
The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a wink to Rupert, the Palace Minister, and they had long since conferred.
Rupert stood up and saluted the king with a chest stroke and suggested, “Your Majesty, we have carefully inquired about the past history of the Gleiman family. A hundred years ago this family was exiled to the Northwest Gulf because of their involvement in the battle for the throne, and now they are still wearing their sins, and so far they do not have the power to divide any vassals. Your Majesty might as well forgive the Graiman family for their crimes and restore them to their rightful place as lords. For a true noble, there is no reward better than receiving the honor that is due.”
Irene on the side was very disdainful in her heart, Che, Paul lived well without vassals, on the contrary, it was his allied brother, Myron, who was almost killed by his own vassals, and wasn’t the royal family itself made gray by the vassal Giles?
However, King Rodney is very pleased with Rupert’s proposal, he slapped the armrest of the throne, said joyfully, “Right, for a true nobleman, there is nothing more important than honor.”
Wonderful, don’t have to spend a penny and still make the other party grateful.
“Good, then it’s settled.”
King Rodney sealed the deal and ordered the Minister of the Seal, “Compose the royal decree now, and send it to Earl Gleiman with Hansel Abbott. “
“Your Majesty! ” cried Harrison, who had been silent, taking a step forward, suddenly.
“Harrison, is there anything else you want? “
“Your Majesty, I ask you to ask Count Gleiman to allow his fleet to stay in Westport for a longer period of time to assist us in guarding the west coast. “
“Oh? Do we not have enough troops of our own? “
“Your Majesty, it takes time to train sailors who can be used in combat, and we don’t have many civilian sailors to begin with. And ……”
“And what? “
“Kobolds appeared in this battle, and I’m worried about whether the pirates will quietly drop Kobolds into the area around West Harbor. If they do, with their ability to reproduce, it could turn into big trouble. “
The king pondered for a while, then said, “You’re right, we do need more manpower. ” He said to the Minister of the Seal, “Write Harrison’s suggestion into the royal decree, but in polite terms, the decision still rests with Earl Gleiman. “
The royal decree was quickly completed, and the minister handed it over to the king to read, and Rodney, satisfied, stamped his seal on it.
The next day Hansel took the king’s edict with him, and with his servant Tommen hastened northward.
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Inside the warehouse of the machine shop in Lakewood, Paul was excitedly touring the products of the agricultural machine shop with a few lords from the territory next door.
With the addition of a series of agricultural machinery such as harvesters and the crop rotation system, Alda’s agricultural production had made great strides.
After careful consideration, he decided to spread Alda’s new agricultural technology and experience to the neighboring territories.
The history of Britain showed that the development of agriculture was one of the important prerequisites for the Industrial Revolution, and without enough food to feed people’s stomachs, everything would be bullshit. In the work of the Council of State, agriculture has always been a top priority, and Hansel, the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, is an important position second only to the chief of the Council of State.
Relying only on the three counts under the control of the town of the lake can not yet produce too much effect, must be pulled the entire northwest bay.
The entire Northwest Bay must be pulled in. In order to feed a larger population and generate more labor.
The lords who came were Duke Henry Ferdinand, Earl Price Parker, Earl Winifred Heller and his son Viscount Derek Heller, and of course, Paul’s ally, Earl Mellon Garnard, who had long been a permanent resident of Lakewood, and whose territory, Bairdine, had long since begun agricultural reforms under the administration of the Council of State.
Prior to this, the agricultural machinery produced in Lake Heart Town was not sold outside of Alda, Bairdin, and Emden. On the one hand, in order to ensure the technical superiority of Alda, on the other hand, outside of these three places, but no matter what the patent law, Alda’s Lord Court can not control the outside.
“What, didn’t you say before that you would wait for the Customs Union to be established before selling outside?”
Henry Ferdinand, the current Duke of the Northwest, inquired to Paul while surveying the harvester in front of him. The Ferdinand family’s direct territory, Manda, was a large agricultural territory, so if there was something in this warehouse, it would be like a tiger with wings.
“Customs Union?” Paul smiled bitterly, talking about this made people scratch their heads.
He asked the crowd, “What about you guys? How is it reflected in your respective territories?”
Earl Parker and Earl Heller both shook their heads helplessly, looking at their reflections it was clear that they had both encountered considerable resistance.
Earl Heller’s son, Derek, yelled in dissatisfaction, “It’s all those short-sighted countryside landlords, who usually say that they only follow their lord’s orders, but when it comes to touching their interests, they all desperately shake their heads in opposition.”
Paul shared the same feeling, “I also here, this alliance is estimated to be a few years.”
For the several lords present, it is all about collecting taxes anyway, it is the same to collect taxes on business and agriculture, from the point of view of Alda’s development, it seems that there is still more potential in business.
Parker family’s Larnaca, Heller family’s Portree, are not far from Alda or Bairdine, and they both received a lot of benefits from the commercial development of these two places. Since Alda opened up new routes, those bejeweled, dressed more luxuriously than the nobility of the Horned Bay merchants have traveled across the ocean to do business, so it is not a sight to behold.
However, those lords who own a large amount of property themselves are less in favor of the Customs Union, such as Earl Morley Malcolm, who once participated in the War of the Troglodytes together. Duke Henry Ferdinand was a special case, as the agriculture in his domain was the most dominant in the Northwest Gulf.
(End of chapter)