The breeding of elf insects requires a lot of nutrients. The peanut field is so barren, which restricts the development of elf insects, and also leads to the concentration of nutrients. Except for the center of the field, the peanut seedlings in other places are about to die.
The treatment method is very simple, just fertilize the peanut field.
Liszt recalled his knowledge of farming and said to Old George.
"Old George, let me tell you a few things. First, mobilize farmers to collect firewood and dead grass, and then set them on fire, and collect the remaining plant ash. Second, mobilize middle-aged farmers to dig mud in ponds. That layer of mud. And third, let the kids pick up the shit, whatever shit it is.”
The lord's orders, the old George did not have any doubts: "Good lord, the old George must fulfill the orders of the lord."
Wait until old George limped away.
Liszt said to Gao Ertai again: "Mr. Gao Ertai, there is probably not enough excrement in Huashengtun, you go to the town to organize it, and let all the farmers pick up excrement... Well, let's buy it in the name of a political officer." Dung, a basket of dung is priced at one copper plate."
Copper plates, silver coins, gold coins, and dragon coins are common currencies in this world.
However, different empires, kingdoms, and grand duchies issued different gold, silver, and copper coins. The copper plate Liszt mentioned is the currency of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire. One copper plate can buy about four boxes of black bread, and one is enough for an adult to eat for a few days.
One silver coin can be exchanged for one hundred copper plates, and one gold coin can be exchanged for one hundred silver coins.
As for the dragon coin, its full name is the sapphire dragon coin. It is a gem coin with the magic power of the only sapphire dragon in the Grand Duchy attached. It can be exchanged for 10,000 gold coins. It is a magic item in itself.
Hearing this, Gao Ertai couldn't help complaining: "Wow, Liszt, why do you pay such a high price to buy dirty and lowly feces, those feces are meaningless except for polluting the nose with a stinky smell."
"No, feces are very useful, you just need to post them, and find a place to pile up the feces, preferably in a wasteland away from the upwind." Liszt understands the value of feces very well. In the absence of chemical fertilizers, there are not enough elves. The best source of fertilizer for farming is manure.
As a big landlord who owns all the land in Huahua Town, Liszt has a lot of fields to plant, and there must be sufficient fertilizer. And he doesn't want his own small town. The streets are full of feces and urine randomly spilled. Such an environment is simply trampling on civilization.
He plans to buy manure for a long time, firstly for composting, and secondly for cleaning and sanitation - it is temporarily impossible to promote things like toilets, and buying manure is the most cost-effective and labor-saving.
"But the price is too high. One copper plate should buy ten baskets, no, twenty baskets."
"Just do it, Mr. Gao Ertai." Liszt's tone was a little harsh.
Only then did Gao Ertai stop complaining and spread his hands: "As you wish."
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These days, the lord is the authority.
Liszt's order was issued, and no one dared to evade it, so the clerks and farmers acted very quickly, and the pond mud, manure, and plant ash he wanted had already been piled up in the peanut village.
"Very good, old George, now you take someone to mix these things together, and then dig a hole next to the root of each peanut seedling, scatter these things a little, and then bury them. Then water some, and weed more , I believe that the peanut seedlings will recover soon."
Riding on the fire dragon horse, Liszt happily directed the farmers in Huashengtun to fertilize the peanut fields.
As a lord, he naturally wouldn't do the work himself—the aristocratic system didn't allow it, and he himself didn't want to.
The total area of peanut fields in Huashengtun is about 100 mu, which is about ten football fields, or the area of seven or eight elementary schools. There are 23 farmers in Huashengtun, with a total of 92 people.
The ninety-two serfs, including the serfs transferred from the town, made a total of 120 people, busy working.
"Mr. Gao Ertai, what is the total population of Huahua Town?"
"Um, sorry, Liszt, I've been in town for too short a time, and I haven't sorted it out yet." Galtai couldn't figure it out, and turned to ask a clerk, "You've lived in town for many years, do you know how many people there are?" What is the population of the household? More than a thousand people?"
"I don't know, my lord." The little official shook his head.
Gao Ertai looked at another clerk.
The petty official shook his head likewise.
Ever since, no one in Huahua Town knew how many people there were in the town. Liszt was very speechless. Is Huahua Town a forgotten town? Didn't the administrative officials of Coral Island come to count it once? The former administrative officer never counted the population once
"A thorough census is needed. A lord can't even figure out the population under his rule. It's really speechless."
Thinking this way, he has already ordered: "Mr. Gao Ertai, organize the manpower, and hurry up to arrange the census. I want to find out how many households and people there are in Huahua Town, each person's name and family relationship, as well as their occupation and family relationship. Age, gender, and marital status."
"It's time to be busy, Liszt, you know, there are too few officials in the town, we don't have finance officers, defense officers, legal officers, diplomats, in fact we don't even have political officers, I should Serving as your advisor, not the town's administrator."
In an aristocratic territory, civil servants are basically headed by advisors, governing government officials, financial officers, defense officers, legal officers, and diplomats.
The military officer is the head of the Knights, who governs the Knights.
There is no doubt that Galtai, as a down-and-out lord knight, the lowest level of the aristocratic system, is still an aristocrat. He followed Liszt and wanted to serve as a consultant. Another knight teacher, Marcus, should undoubtedly be the leader of the knights... As for whether Huahua Town can support the knights, that's another matter.
"Don't worry, Mr. Gao Ertai, Huahua Town is waiting to be built, and my castle is also waiting to rise. You can manage the government affairs of Huahua Town for me first, and then finish the census."
Liszt did not want to hand it over to Gao Ertai immediately because of too much authority as a consultant. It was not because he was afraid of being ostracized, but because Gao Ertai was full of the aristocratic system, and he was not down-to-earth and could not keep up with his development ideas.
"Okay, Liszt, you are an adult, and you have the idea of a qualified lord, and I will follow your orders." Galtai saluted with one hand, showing his aristocratic self-cultivation, without being impatient.
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For three days in a row, the Huasheng Village was fertilizing in full swing. This was a great farming battle. The 100 mu of land was quickly filled with organic fertilizers mixed with pond mud, manure and plant ash.
Especially in the central field, several times the amount of fertilizer was applied.
Liszt also came here to direct for three days. When everything was done, he could only continue to wait, waiting for the peanut field to turn around.
"I have done everything that can be done, and I hope the task will be completed soon." He is not a person who is entangled. After finishing the work here, he will soon transfer to other territorial affairs.
The most important thing is the elf bug.