Chapter 364: The Nobleman with the Sword

Chapter 364 – Sword Wearing Noble
“Gentlemen!” Paul proposed, “Why don’t we delineate the superior crops in our respective territories now.”

Earl Parker stroked his beard and said slowly, “It looks like you’re definitely going to facilitate the so-called unified market.”

Paul looked like he was taking it for granted, “Of course, I’m sure as well as certain that in the future the entire world-wide commodity economy will definitely flourish, if that’s the case why don’t we take a step ahead and grab the first opportunity?”

“Let’s each delineate our advantageous crops now, so as to avoid conflicts when the customs union is established.”

The crowd looked at Paul with an air of certainty and wondered where he got his confidence.

However, the economic prosperity scene in the hearts of the lords was at most the same level as that of the Southern Cape Bay, and with their current cognition, they simply couldn’t visualize what the global market established in Earth’s 19th century would be like.

“Gentlemen, let’s take our time to discuss about the superior crops in your respective territories. For now, I’ll first introduce you to the fact that there are certain conditions required to maximize the effectiveness of these individual pieces of machinery.”

Paul continued to introduce Arda’s agricultural experience to the crowd, who all made a show of listening.

“Some of the machinery, such as the harvester, I guess, is of limited use for small scattered plots of cultivated land, think about it, after harvesting one field in a while, and then laboriously transferring it to another, how much of a hassle that would be.”

“Well, that’s the reasoning.” The crowd nodded their heads.

“Therefore, you need to promote the transfer of land, consolidate arable land, integrate scattered small pieces of land into large pieces of land, small pieces and large pieces, multiple pieces into one piece, and establish farms with a vast area, operating on a continuous scale, so as to allow the machinery used in the fields such as medium ploughing machines, strip seeders, and harvesters to work continuously and constantly and thus maximize their utility. Large-scale farms also facilitate the construction of various water projects for irrigation.”

“I see! It looks like the consolidation of arable land is imperative.”

Henry hammered his palm, and the others nodded along.

“Gentlemen! ” Paul patted his chest and said confidently, “I can guarantee that the production efficiency of the large farm model is absolutely greatly superior to the intensive cultivation of small plots of arable land, planting management, costs, and returns are significantly better than individual planting, and the value produced by a single laborer is going to top several people in the traditional model. “

Why Paul dared to say so, because he is the biggest farmer in Arda, after integrating a large number of fields and applying mechanical farming on a large scale, a large number of laborers released were sent by him to work in the newly built various workshops.

“Of course, an important prerequisite is – the laborers must possess a high quality, regarding this ……”

“Lord Earl! “

Paul was about to show off when he was suddenly interrupted.

“Baron Abbott is back, he has something important for you. “

Only to see Guy Burns, the head of the machine shop, lead Hansel, who he hadn’t seen for a long time, over. Speaking of which, this guy had been out for more than two months.

“Oh, Hansel, you’re back. Is it to bring me the good news of the fleet’s victory? “

In fact, Paul had long known the news of the southward fleet’s great victory against the pirates through carrier pigeons, otherwise he couldn’t have calmly led the other lords to visit the agricultural machinery, the navy was one of Alda’s arms, and Tirpitz had taken away most of the warships that could be used for combat.

“Lord Earl, your guess is right on the money. “

Hansel came to the group and curtsied, “Greetings, my lords.” “Our fleet has defeated the pirate fleet that invaded the kingdom on January 29th in the waters near West Harbor, 8 enemy ships were captured and 10 enemy ships fled south, meanwhile the kingdom’s army that cooperated with us also won a victory on land and successfully collected West Harbor.”

Much like the news Paul had received, he turned to the several lords with a winning smile on his face, “My lords, this naval battle will let the world know the power of our Northwest Bay.”

It is to let the world …… as well as us, know the power of Arda, right? The crowd spat in their hearts while being amazed at Alda’s unfathomable power, Alda had already demonstrated power on land during the War of the Troglodytes, and now they were demonstrating power on the sea through this means.

Hansel continued, “Lord Earl, His Majesty the King would like you to stay the fleet in Westport for the time being to assist the kingdom’s army in defending against threats from the sea.”

“Well ……,” Paul rubbed his chin in consideration.

“It’s better to meet and discuss it later. Is there anything else?”

“His Majesty Rodney’s edict!” Hansel pulled out a roll of parchment and gently unrolled it, his face serious.

“In view of the fact that Earl Gleiman sent his fleet thousands of miles to serve the king and assisted the kingdom’s army to achieve victory, the kingdom is grateful for his great merit and hereby exonerates the Gleiman family from all past offenses.”

“Congratulations to Lord Earl!” Derek Heller was the first to call out.

Earl Heller glared at his son, too rude, the king’s royal decree hadn’t even been read yet. However, this order was really good for the Greiman family, to put it politely, because of the incident a hundred years ago, the several lords present were responsible for the “surveillance” of the Greiman family.

Paul’s heart is quite happy, this time he can finally really with the other families of the Northwest Bay on an equal footing, “exile family” name makes him always in front of other people a head short, in this social system, the reputation of the nobles is really a more important thing.

Hansel continued to read: “Therefore, he is restored to all his powers as a nobleman of the sword, including the right of feudal vassalage!”

“Crap!”

Before Hansel’s words fell, the crowd heard Paul yell out.

There were two types of nobles in the kingdom – robe-wearing nobles and sword-wearing nobles. The so-called robe-wearing nobles were bureaucrats who were dependent on the king or other great feudal lords, who were given titles by the lord they served because of their merits or hard work, and could also enjoy all the privileges of being a noble, but did not have a fiefdom. Some titles are hereditary, some are not hereditary, and some decrease in value from generation to generation.

Sword nobles are the feudal lords other than the king, they are the branch point in the huge feudal system of the Kingdom of Aldo, the real power holders of the kingdom, different from the robed nobles, in addition to the title, the sword nobles also have a large fiefdom. Their titles generally come from great military achievements, strictly speaking, only such nobles are qualified to be called lords, lords have absolute authority in their own fiefs, even the king’s orders in the fiefs have to be discounted. Moreover, their titles are passed down from generation to generation without decreasing, and in the words of the Heavenly Kingdom, they are hereditary.

Sword-wearing nobles also have a power that robe-wearing nobles don’t have – to form their own “small kingdoms”, and to ennoble the next level of nobles, which can be sword-wearing or robe-wearing, i.e. the so-called vassals.

What the hell does that mean? The crowd couldn’t guess, it sounded like an exclamation.

Could it be that Earl Greiman was too excited, after all, having the power of a feudal vassal is what makes a qualified lord.

It’s a good thing to be congratulated!

(End of chapter)