Chapter 361： Saber Nobility

"Everyone!" Paul suggested, "Why don't we delineate the dominant crops in our respective territories now."

Earl Parker stroked his beard and said slowly: "It seems that you must promote the so-called unified market."

Paul took it for granted, "Of course, I am sure and sure that the commodity economy in the whole world will flourish in the future. In this case, why don't we seize the opportunity first?"

"We have now designated our own dominant crops to avoid conflicts after the customs union is established."

Everyone looked at Paul with a determined look, wondering where his confidence came from.

However, the economic prosperity in the minds of the lords is at most the level of the southern corner of the bay. With their current knowledge, it is impossible to imagine how grand the global market established on the earth in the 19th century is.

"Everyone, let's slowly discuss the dominant crops in our respective territories. Now let me introduce to you, certain conditions are required for these machines to exert their maximum effectiveness."

Paul continued to introduce Arda's agricultural experience to everyone, and everyone made a gesture of listening.

"Some machines, such as harvesters, have limited effect on scattered small pieces of cultivated land. Think about it, after harvesting one field in a while, and then laboriously transferring it to another field, it would be a lot of trouble."

"Well, that's the truth." Everyone nodded.

"So, you need to promote land circulation, integrate cultivated land, integrate scattered small pieces of land into large pieces of land, combine small pieces of land into large pieces, and turn multiple pieces into one piece, establish vast farms, and operate on a continuous scale. Only in this way can cultivators, The machinery used in the fields, such as seed drills and harvesters, works continuously to maximize their effectiveness. Large-scale farms are also conducive to the construction of various water conservancy projects for irrigation.”

"So that's it! It seems that it is imperative to integrate the cultivated land."

Henry hammered his palm, and the others nodded.

"Everyone!" Paul patted his chest and said confidently: "I can guarantee that the production efficiency of the large farm model is definitely much better than the intensive cultivation of small plots of land, and the planting management, cost, and income are significantly better than individual planting. The value produced by the labor force is worth several people in the traditional model.”

Why did Paul dare to say that? Because he is the largest farmer in Arda. After integrating a large number of fields and applying mechanical farming on a large scale, he released a large amount of labor force and sent him to work in various new factories.

"Of course, an important premise is that the labor force must have a high quality, about this..."

"Lord Earl!"

When Paul was about to show off, he was suddenly interrupted.

"Lord Abbott is back, he has something important to see you."

I saw Guy Burns, the person in charge of the machinery factory, leading Hansel, who hadn't seen him for a long time, coming over. Speaking of which, this guy has been out for more than two months.

"Oh, Hansel, you're back. Bring me the good news of the fleet's victory?"

In fact, Paul had already known the news that the South Fleet had won the battle against the pirates through carrier pigeons, otherwise he would not have been able to calmly lead other lords to visit agricultural machinery. The navy is an arm of Arda, and Tirby Ci took away most of the warships that could be used for combat.

"Your Earl, you guessed it right."

Hansel came to the crowd and saluted, "My lords, hello."

"Our fleet defeated the pirate fleet that invaded the Kingdom in the waters near Westport on January 29. Eight enemy ships were captured and 10 enemy ships fled to the south. The victory was achieved, and Westport was successfully received and paid.”

The news was similar to what Paul had received. He turned around and smiled at the lords with a smile on his face. "My lords, this naval battle will let the world know the strength of our Northwest Gulf."

Is it to let the world... and us, know the power of Arda? While complaining in their hearts, everyone was amazed at Arda's unfathomable depths. Arda had already demonstrated her power on land during the War of the Usher, and now she has demonstrated her power at sea in this way.

Hansel continued: "Lord Earl, His Majesty the King hopes that you can temporarily stop the fleet at Westport to assist the Kingdom's army in defending against threats from the sea."

"Well..." Paul stroked his chin in consideration.

"Let's have a meeting to discuss it later. Is there anything else?"

"The edict of His Majesty Rodney!" Hansel took out a roll of parchment and unfolded it gently, his expression serious.

"In view of the fact that Earl Greyman sent a fleet thousands of miles away to serve the king and assist the kingdom's army to win, the kingdom is grateful for his great contribution, and hereby exempts the Greyman family from all previous crimes."

"Congratulations, Lord Earl!" Derrick Heller was the first to call out.

Earl Heller glared at his son, it was too impolite, the king's edict had not been finished yet. However, this order is indeed a good thing for the Greyman family. To put it bluntly, because of what happened a hundred years ago, the several lords present all bear the responsibility of "monitoring" the Greyman family.

Paul was very happy. Now he could finally be on an equal footing with other families in the Northwest Bay. The title of "Exiled Family" made him always inferior to others. In the current social system, the reputation of nobles is really A more important thing.

Hansel continued to read: "Therefore restores all his rights as a nobleman with swords, including the rights of feudal vassals!"

"Fuck!"

Before Hansel finished speaking, everyone heard Paul shout.

There are two types of nobles in the kingdom—robed nobles and sword nobles. The so-called nobles in robes refer to bureaucrats attached to the king or other great feudal lords. Because of their contributions or hard work, they are awarded titles by the lords they serve, and they can also enjoy various privileges as nobles, but they do not have fiefs. Some of the titles of nobles in robes remain unchanged hereditary, some cannot be hereditary, and some decrease with the hereditary.

Saber nobles are feudal lords other than the king. They are the fulcrums of the huge feudal system of the Aldo Kingdom. The real power holders of the kingdom are different from the robed nobles. It also has a large area of ​​land. Their titles generally come from great military exploits. Strictly speaking, only such nobles are eligible to be called lords. The lords have absolute authority in their fiefs, and even the king's orders must be discounted in the fiefs. . Moreover, their titles are passed down from generation to generation and do not decrease. In the words of the Celestial Dynasty, they are hereditary.

The nobles with swords also have a power that no nobles with robes have—to form their own "small kingdom" and canonize the nobles at the next level, who can be swordsmen or robes, so-called vassals.

What does **** mean? No one could guess it, it sounded like an exclamation word.

Could it be that Earl Greyman was too excited, after all, only a qualified lord has the power of a feudal vassal.

Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations!