Chapter 147: The ancient and the present
Because of a dream, Lin En would not lose his mind.
However, the dream system has a similar possibility of self-correction.
This made him feel a little alert.
However, the more this happens, Lin En is more sure of the necessity of launching an unprecedented land reclamation campaign in the north and preparing to ask for food from the barren mountains.
Whatever the so-called origin of all things means next system upgrade.
Lin En plans to reserve enough food and explode a wave of strong troops before the system is upgraded, so as to be prepared for any eventuality.
Lynn's expeditionary army, together with three thousand men, headed north together, preparing to station two mixed independent battalions into the last Fireplace City.
An army of 5,000 people escorted thirty carriages of food, fodder and supplies, and emerged from Baigang City in a mighty manner.
Wherever the army passed, all the thieves and bandits in the northern border were banned.
Go north along the Baibian River.
You can see the hills covered with shrubs gradually becoming bald, the shrubs were cut down, the muds were dug, and occasionally farmers driving mules, oxen and carrying plows were diligently reclamating the mountains.
Many grasslands around the estuary have also been dug into bare areas, which are signs of the soil being plowed.
Lynn issued a death order. As long as the nobles who swore allegiance to Lynn in the Jeonbei territory were no longer allowed to stop the farmers in his territory as long as they were willing to reclaim wasteland.
The lord can still recruit farmers in the territory according to the law and work for you, but it is not allowed to hinder the farmers from cultivating their own acre of three-point land.
As for the land, they were all from the nobles, and the nobles had the right not to hand over their territory to the peasants.
It was simple. The Borden family, the Kastark family, and other rebel families in the northern territory were replaced in the same amount as the manor owners in the south.
These lands belong to Lynn, who intends to share with the farmers, as long as they open up land for themselves.
The Borton family is a big family, and their direct territory is as measured as the sea.
With Lynn's promise.
The enthusiasm of the people in the north to cultivate is increasing.
A manor privately seized the farmers in the territory because he violated the order conveyed by Baigang, and refused to carry out additional cultivation and farming. He also disagreed with Lynn to replace the land of the Borton family with his territory.
the next day.
The owner of the manor was beheaded in public by a white port sweeping light cavalry, and his body was hung on the manor gate.
The same is true for all the lords of the north. Replacing the territory is Linn's lowest bottom line.
The farmers' enthusiasm for cultivation instantly rose to an extreme.
Most of the land in the northern border is extremely barren, but the farmers are very happy. Even the landlords cannot stop them from climbing up to the middle of the night to open up the land. Once the farmers have land, it seems like they have a support in their lives. Even if they only grow some wild vegetables and cannot grow wheat, they will make them cherish it extremely.
The land has always belonged to the lord only. Only when the lord allowed a farmer to own a small piece of land, he was qualified to own it.
It’s different now. If you reclaim ten land, you will get nine out of ten acres of land. If you reclaim ten acres of land, you will have one acre of family members from then on.
Such policies are unprecedented and modern, who dares to be picky?
Your eyes only see the fertile land in the south, but the fields there have never been only aristocrats.
Are there stones on the mountain? What does it matter? Dig out the stones and pick up the soil. There is no water on the mountain? It is easy to deal with. Dig a large pond on the top of the mountain. As long as there is enough rain in the next year, the pond will soon be filled with water. If the mule cannot go up, it will be thrown to death. This is an idea that only rich families have. Who says that only the cattle can plow the fields? People can plow the fields as if they are pulling plows...
No matter how bad the field is, as long as you plant grain and care for it, there will always be a harvest.
Lynn supported his chin with both hands and lay on the window of an elaborate carriage. He looked sadly at the enthusiastic farmers working on the mountain opposite.
Wherever the Gripen flag was flying, the farmers' enthusiasm for the heat would be slightly reduced, until they watched the Northern Army and completely left their sight. They began to work harder and make up for the lazy time they had just been...
Although the continent of Westeros does not adopt slavery like Essus opposite the narrow sea, and is mostly feudal landlords, the noble lords also have great rights over the peasants in the territory. Although they do not have the power to kill life and death on the surface, it is only because they are more keen to squeeze the farming results of the farmers for their own use.
Most farmers not only need to farm for the lords in the castle or manor, but sometimes they also need to serve the lord's hunting.
And one thing is very important: wild animals, even wood in the forest, and fish in the river belong to the lord, and they are not allowed to be picked or salvaged without permission.
So what is the life of ordinary farmers?
Two simple words: work!
More complicated: Working all year round.
Farmers work all year round, plowing fields, planting beans, herding sheep, herding cattle. Farmers work constantly all year round, but they still have no food and clothing. This is not because farmers do not work hard, because the fields are privately owned, and most of the land is occupied by the lords, and most farmers have no right to cultivate.
Therefore, the peasants of Westeros are more like serfs from the lord's family at this moment.
The fields that were cultivated were all the lands of the lords, and some of them might have inherited a little bit of land from their ancestors.
But after years of time, they found that the land in their hands was decreasing in the end.
Either they are occupied by powerful lords or sold out because of poverty.
The farmers who do not have the right to reclaim are all long-term cheap workers from the lord's family.
If you don’t be a farmer, what else can you do in the village? It’s best to be a representative manager of the lord, but this is usually the relatives and friends of the lord landlord. The farmer has no relationship. Another type is craftsmen, such as blacksmiths and cowherds. Because everyone needs it, it is also very popular. However, these craftsmen are not easy to learn. All craftsmen’s skills are not passed down. Some farmers’ second sons have to be craftsmen for several years to be apprentices.
This kind of apprentice is not the apprentice we are now, but it is synonymous with coolie. You can leave all the hard work and tiring work at home. You can sleep in a pigpen every day and don’t want to eat enough. And I don’t know when I will be able to teach my skills. It depends entirely on the master’s thoughts.
However, even so, it is not something you can do just by wanting to be an apprentice. It is possible to ask your father to ask for thousands of requests and give a bunch of gifts.
Lynn's army stopped at the entrance of a small village outside a manor outside Holwood Castle. Not far away, a child was very skilled in screening the rotten beans on the ground.
The beans were put in a snatch basket. Every time the little boy shook the snatch basket in his hand, he quickly picked out the jumping beans of different colors. Every time the rotten beans were picked up from the snatch basket, the smile on the little boy's face became happier.
After all the rotten beans were turned out, the boy carefully packed the rotten beans in a linen bag.
Finally, he stumbled into the village, which was his harvest today.
Good beans need to be handed over to the lord, and they will become his family's rations.
Lynn leaned against the carriage window and looked at it for a long time, and felt his eyes were a little blurry. He cursed fiercely at the silly cow riding on the tall horse outside the carriage: "Damn it, let me bring more food, but you actually packed all the potatoes for me. Most of the thirty carriages were potatoes. You ate so many potatoes, but don't you have sores on your butt?
Today I will rest outside this village and let the farmers in the village who only know how to work cheaply to help us digest it, just treat it as my kindness.
Why are you stunned? I know it before the sky is dark. Holwood City is just a few miles away, but I don’t want to live in the new Mandalay family mansion. I don’t want to eat potatoes or chew his mutton. It’s bumpy all the way, and it’s easy to get nauseous if I eat too fishy.
Let's settle here today! The charcoal stove in my carriage is no longer warm. I plan to roast the fire here and set off early tomorrow. In two days, I will almost reach the last fireplace city.”
Chapter completed!