bookandnovel Chapter 3 Barren Chiffon Cake
Chapter 3 Barren Chiffon Cake
Because there is food that sustains life.
Normally, the strongest fighter in a territory is usually the lord.
Unless someone is an extremely incompetent fool, by simply increasing the number of soldiers, they can eventually reach the level of a novice warrior.
When a lord has a family member with outstanding talent under his command, he will bestow upon them life-giving food for intensive cultivation.
After all, no matter how strong a lord is, he cannot personally participate in all battles, and some will not even go to the battlefield at all.
There are three types of core members in the family: first, knights who share honor and privilege; and second, warriors who have sworn allegiance.
Finally, there are the descendants of servants such as soldiers, stewards, grooms, and cooks. These people are generally of relatively clean character and are commonly known as "house-born sons."
Karl and his ordinary soldiers had only a simple employment relationship with the Wolf Clan and had no connection whatsoever with the family's core.
Richard's decision to have them swear allegiance was a way of treating them as "one of his own," implying that if chiffon cakes became popular in the future, they would also get a share of the profits.
no way.
Unlike the old aristocracy, he didn't have a solid and loyal staff; he had to start everything from scratch.
As for his character and such...
We can only observe further in the future, but at least Karl is quite reliable.
...
After accepting the guards' pledge of allegiance, Richard began to take stock of the supplies that had been ravaged by the Grand Canal.
Although the grain was scattered all over the ground, it was only soiled and the loss was not significant.
Approximately one thousand kilograms of rye.
One hundred kilograms of carrots.
100 kilograms of cauliflower.
Fifty kilograms of bacon.
Ten kilograms of Saposhnikovia divaricata.
Spices and salt as needed.
Iron tools such as axes, picks, and sickles are still there and undamaged.
Then there are tents, cooking tools, daily toiletries and other miscellaneous items.
What Richard was most concerned about was the seeds, which were the biggest support for his construction of Chiffon Territory and his source of income for the next few months.
result...
The most serious problem caused by the disaster is the seed.
Under its nearly 100-ton weight, the two leather bags filled with seeds were reduced to dust.
The kernel was crushed until it released a milky white juice...
Richard called to his guards to regroup, and then, sitting on the back of the large vessel, slowly selected the best-quality seeds from the seed slag heap.
Karl directed the serfs to gather the remaining supplies, load everything onto the oxcart, and then attach it to the tail of the Great Transport and drag it along.
This amount of weight is negligible to it.
Three of the eight cows were crushed to death.
The horses pulling the cart were also seriously injured.
Spinal fracture.
Richard simply gave it a quick death.
And so, the group continued their journey with three huge "beef patties" and freshly butchered horse meat.
Da Yun strode steadily at the front, his massive body resembling a moving city wall, frightening the wild beasts in the forest into fleeing in terror.
Monsters below the Star-level will fear the aura of Great Fortune and stay away from its range.
On the contrary, wolves and wild boars didn't seem to care much about it; they were simply afraid of its size.
We walked for about half an hour.
As the trees ahead thinned out, a barren, yellow wasteland came into view, and Richard knew he had finally reached his destination.
-- Chiffon Wasteland.
At the boundary between the black pine forest and the wilderness, the lines are so neat they look as if they were cleaved by a giant axe. Take a step forward, and the view suddenly opens up.
As far as the eye can see.
It was a vast, gray-yellow wilderness that stretched as far as the eye could see.
Only to the south lies a continuous snow-capped mountain range, gleaming silver in the sunlight, stretching all the way to the horizon.
The cold wind from the snow-capped mountains, carrying the earthy smell unique to the wilderness, rushed towards us.
Richard shuddered and tightened his snow-white fox fur coat.
Although this fiefdom was directly designated by Earl of the Wolf, Richard had interviewed many soldiers who had been there beforehand and conducted a prior investigation.
Located in the northernmost part of the empire, and in a relatively remote area of the Star Continent, its barrenness renders it worthless.
It has a large area.
It's definitely more than one hundred square kilometers.
The actual area is at least five times that number; how much he can actually control in the future depends on his abilities.
As a pioneering lord, sword and blood are the ruler and ink used to measure the extent of one's territory.
The greatest enemy of the wilderness is the climate.
With a frost-free period of less than 150 days, and the ground not yet thawed in spring and winter, it is completely impossible to grow any crops.
As for summer and autumn.
It is also necessary to plant cold- and drought-resistant crops such as rye and oats, because if there is any delay in late spring, there may be no harvest at all.
That alone.
This would deter most pioneers.
As newly reclaimed territory, food production is the biggest source of income. If even this cannot be guaranteed, it is simply a waste of money.
As for minerals, no one has explored them carefully; everything is unknown.
In earlier years, nobles also came to the northern border to reclaim wasteland, full of ambition, believing they could conquer this land.
In the end, they all succumbed to the harsh winter.
From late autumn to early spring, nearly four months of heavy snow fell, sometimes so thick that it could collapse a house.
Farming?
Ah!
Heaven says the "snow ginseng" is amazing!
...
Richard got off the U-boat.
I bent down and kicked the grass under my feet. I could still vaguely see some frost in the turned soil.
Carl walked over to him.
He frowned and looked around.
"My lord."
"The barrenness of this land is truly unpredictable. Why don't we set up camp in the black pine forest for now?"
There wasn't a single house on the wasteland, so in the early stages of clearing the land, it was certainly more convenient to set up camp in the forest.
You can simply cut some wood nearby and assemble it into a ready-made dwelling.
Since it's all the same no matter where you start, why not start somewhere better?
...
Richard smiled.
He understood Karl's thoughts.
pity.
The Earl of the Wolf wrote Chiffon Wasteland on his appointment letter, but Black Pine Forest is not within that area.
Carl wanted to bring the resource-rich Black Pine Forest into Chiffon's territory as early as possible through actual occupation.
However, this approach is legally untenable.
Chiffon Wasteland belongs to the Wolf family.
It's not a black pine forest.
Once the North takes control and allocates the Black Pine Forest to other nobles, or cultivates it themselves, Richard will either have to pack his bags and slink away.
Either pick up a weapon and fight.
Ultimately, whoever wins will stay, and legally, their ownership will be recognized.
However, this is unlikely to happen, given that the entire northern region is far too desolate.
No one is willing to come here specifically to clear land just for a piece of forest.
Furthermore.
In fact, Count Runaway was also hinting that Richard could seize the Black Pine Forest.
The evidence is that among the iron tools provided by the family, logging axes were the most numerous, totaling twenty.
If Richard were to take over the Black Pine Forest, it would eventually become known as "since ancient times".
Unless the authorities in the North investigate thoroughly, it will remain a muddled mess, just like a village taking over a public road.
but...
...
"No need, we can just settle down in the wasteland."
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. The Black Pine Forest will be mine sooner or later, but not now."
Richard did not take Nathan's advice; he simply patted Nathan on the shoulder and smiled.
From the moment Earl of the Wolf wrote "Chiffon Wasteland" on his appointment letter, the system gave this land the "farm attribute".
If you are clearing land in a black pine forest, many functions of the system will be restricted.
among them.
The most fatal flaw is that the reclaimed farmland cannot be "gamified".
at this point.
He had experienced this firsthand when he was in Benlangling.
If he hadn't had the sudden inspiration to put a bunch of flowerpots in his bedroom and plant parsnip in them separately, he wouldn't have been able to tame Da Yun today.