Pendor Empire In Other Worlds - v3 Chapter 146

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Lothar’s acquaintance with Aquinto is nothing worth talking about.

Like Leoni, the boss of the Sounder Tavern, Aquinto was also a good friend Lothar knew when he opened the House of All Things in Qatar City.

A serious mercenary of 800.

After getting acquainted by chance, because Lothar liked his honest and upright character, after several encounters, the two gradually developed friendship.

Later, Lothar was promoted to a baron, and his aristocratic status was strengthened. Thinking of his rich experience in traveling north and south, he invited him to help in his own territory.

For an ordinary mercenary, it is a great honor to be appreciated by the nobles, and Aquinto declined a few times before accepting it.

To put it bluntly, this is a person who has developed by accident, bringing a simple story with his old acquaintance.

Just generally speaking.

Although people with honest characters have their own inferiority complex, most of them will not lack the stubbornness that can be called arrogant.

Aquinto, who was born in the Yogel, is no exception.

In order to repay Lothar’s kindness of knowledge, he has devoted himself to his post since he took office as the deputy of the Agricultural Research Institute. While working overtime to find someone to learn the necessary knowledge such as writing and arithmetic, while starting from the simplest work I can do, I am growing rapidly.

This performance can be said to be the most conscientious model worker.

Coupled with the guidance of his immediate superior, An Sen, he has become a fairly qualified agricultural adjutant in more than a year.

Of course, this is also relative to Lothar’s current territory size.

Such a person really has something worth talking about, probably only his experience of becoming a fugitive.

If it wasn’t for a fugitive’s identity tag that hadn’t brought any help to his mercenary career, Lothar would almost doubt whether it was fabricated by him.

But after asking several times, Aquinto was silent.

Lothar, who had no intention of tearing open his friend’s scar, did not explore too much.

In any case, he only made friends with Aquinto because he admired him. How can his past experience compare to this living person in front of him?

“Master Lothar, according to the statistics of our Agricultural Research Institute, this year, the whole territory has harvested more than 237,400 mu of crops, and the total grain output is 57 million catties.”

Taking a sip of the hot tea served by the servant, Aquinto, who was not good at hiding his thoughts, immediately got to the point.

Perhaps it was an internally constructed relationship. The voices of the Yogels always sounded muffled to Lothar, and they were not as clear and clear as ordinary people.

But it’s not terrible.

Looking at An Sen who was full of encouragement beside Lothar, he continued.

“However, the 57 million catties of grain actually includes the output of some fruits and vegetables such as radishes and cabbage. The actual output is actually less than 43 million catties.

The population of the territory has exceeded 56,000, and under your order, the localities continue to accept refugees, and it is likely to exceed 60,000 in the end.

If calculated on the basis of one and a half catties of food per person per day, only these 60,000 people will need to consume 28,000 million of food by the autumn harvest next year, which is already close to half of the real estate. “

He looked up at Lothar’s expression and saw that his face was still calm, Acunto was a little nervous.

“Of course, this is calculated according to the standards of adults. Counting the ratio of elderly to children, in fact, each person only needs less than one catty of staple food per day, plus some vegetables are enough to eat a lot.

Calculated in this way, the daily staple food consumption of the people is only about 15 to 16 million catties.

This is the biggest head of territorial food. “

“In addition, the Institute of Agriculture plans to plant more than 280,000 acres of land next year. Based on 20 jin of seeds per acre, 5.7 million jin of seeds needs to be set aside.

Coupled with some other consumption, the territory can still have 21 million catties of surplus food, which can be used to support your battle. “

“More than 20 million catties of grain is more than enough for the current military size of the territory.”

As Aquinto paused, Anson smiled and took another sentence.

“That’s not it.

According to the list of military rations delivered by Lord Patrick to the Agricultural Institute some time ago, these foods are enough for 5,000 soldiers and more than 600 war horses to eat for more than three years, which can be said to be very wealthy.

In fact, in accordance with the tax policy formulated by Lord Lothar, as well as the purchase of territorial bulk grain by the agricultural institute and the surplus grain accumulated in previous years, we now have 17 million catties of grain stored in the warehouse and continue to collect Twenty-one million catties is also very easy.

These grains can basically be directly converted into military rations.

But… if you say…”

Aquinto rubbed his hands and looked at the smiles of Lothar and the two of them. If he didn’t say anything after a while.

“But if I agree to the Duke’s terms and charge Phil Bien and Rainbow Pass, things will be very different, right?”

Seeing Aquinto’s hesitant expression, Lothar smiled and walked over and patted his generous shoulder.

“Philbirn is a big city after all, and the number of citizens cannot be less than 50,000. Although the Rainbow Pass is a military fortress, there are at least 10,000 or 20,000 civilians serving the garrison.

If I agree to the terms of the Grand Duke, only these two places will double or even quadruple the population of the territory.

Similarly, the daily food needs of the people will more than double. “

“Philbirn and Rainbow Pass are not food-producing regions ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ It may not be feasible to count on self-sufficiency in the two places.

What’s more, a certain amount of food is needed to feed the evacuated caring defenders. Even if I can’t take it all away, the Grand Duke will not leave the stored food to my potential enemy.

As a result, the 20 million catties of grain is very tight. “

“exactly!”

Seeing that Lothar had seen through the problem inside, Aquinto no longer hesitated after being surprised.

“Moreover, in my opinion, it is very difficult for the current military strength of the territory to take care of many of these places. Your lord is bound to further expand the size of the army.

The consumption of military rations and the daily consumption of ordinary citizens are two concepts. Not only the consumption of staple food is much higher than that of ordinary people, but meat and vegetables are also indispensable.

Even if the new two places do not require our food support, how much munitions will be needed after the expansion is still a big question.

If the war is involved and the farming of the territory cannot be carried out normally in the coming year, then it is a huge crisis. “

“Indeed, what do you mean?”

Lothar nodded affirmatively, then asked instead.

“My opinion is that I hope that adults can allocate more funds to agriculture to use them to buy as much grain as possible from outside the territory, especially from places like Philbirn.

In any case, food is always hard currency, and even if it is not available for a while, it is always good to be prepared. “

“Well……”

Lothar looked at Aquinto in surprise, and then at Anson who was calm.

After thinking about it, he walked back to his seat and replied with a smile.

“Yes, I agree.

After you go back, you will discuss a specific plan and hand it to our chief executive for approval. “

Aquinto’s initial question is no longer necessary.