As the forest land on the south bank of the Redwater River is gradually cleared out, the days of plowing are getting closer and closer.

In order to facilitate people to and from the banks of the Red Water River, Roland ordered a pontoon bridge on the river nearly 100 meters.The lower part is dozens of rafts created by the carpenter, connected by coarse hemp ropes.He also deliberately told the carpenter that the two ends of the raft should be surrounded by sharp corners, so that the resistance of water shock will be smaller.The two ends of the lineage are wrapped around the four round wooden piles that enter the shore, so that the raft position is as fixed as possible.Four long wooden boards are laid in the middle of each raft to fill the bridge surface, and about two meters behind it, which can be used by four people side by side.

The raft pontoon is very simple to set up, the service life is not low, as long as the river does not appear skyrocketing or plummeting phenomenon caused the hemp rope to be broken, two or three years can still be guaranteed - the soil of the hidden forest trees is excellent, such as the trestle and pavement of the small town dock, is processed by the giant wood in the forest, the life expectancy is almost equivalent to the town.Despite the rattling on it, there was no sign of collapse.

Crossing the pontoon bridge to the west, the first land to be cultivated is a test field of leaves.Now surrounded by wooden boards, there are soldiers of the First Army guarded at the entrance.These days, except for eating, attending classes and sleeping, the leaves are soaked in the test field all the time.Roland could see the window of the board from the third floor office, where the wheat was growing like a frenzy, and the green ears were still green in the morning, and by the afternoon it had become a golden ocean.

Gold No. 1, which grows by magic, is almost accumulating seeds at a ripe rate of day, and if seen by outsiders, he may not kneel down and shout miracles.

Seeing that the land, population and seeds were all ready, Roland decided to make up the last link: the overseers.

He recruited Barov, the recently busy assistant of the minister.

"Your apprentice should be alone," Roland asked. "I need to set up two new departments at the town hall."

"Your Highness, this... there are not enough people."Barov for that.

In the past, you promised to go down first, and then slowly discuss the details, but now you have learned to complain first.Roland said in his heart, but the surface was indifferent, "how can it not be enough, I have not just given you a group of knights?" 」

Roland's first round of reviews screened more than 50 required knights who could read and write.The teacher could not get so many people, so he chose the best, and finally picked out nine knights as junior teachers, and the rest were divided into the town hall, starting from the apprentice.

“Your Highness, those people are both procrastinated and lazy, they are slow to react, and they can copy a few wrong places, and they are simply not qualified as apprentices.”

"How to discipline them is your business," Roland knocked on the table, "disobedient, direct distribution to the North Slope mine."But I have to build these two departments."

"All right, Your Highness, you have the final say."Barov was helpless.

“The first is the Ministry of Agriculture, which regulates the cultivation and production of crops in the Territory,” Roland said.

Barov was staggered, apparently to hear for the first time that the town hall had to be in charge of the land: "Your Highness, is this not a toss-up by the serfs themselves, how they sow it has nothing to do with us, we only need to receive the full amount of taxes."

"So you... no, I mean the past crop harvest would have been so low."Roland took a sip of his glass to cover up his mistake, saying, "A responsible town hall should even eat and drink Lazarus."

“Eat and drink Lazarus... aren’t you kidding?”

"Of course not, the importance of eating and drinking is not said, the food can not let the people eat is the dereliction of duty of the city hall, but also my dereliction of duty."As for the second half, isn’t the public toilet project built for this purpose?”He put away his relaxed tone and said to Barov earnestly, "I don't know how the town hall of the king is running, and perhaps the death of the common people is of no importance to them, but in the border town, I want to establish an all-round political institution, which must know the affairs of the territory and the people, so that the people can be fully supported and the decree issued can be effectively implemented."I will now say the composition of this department and the tasks that need to be undertaken, as you remember.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”Barov wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“You go to the archives and find three or four people who have worked on agriculture and include them in the Department of Agriculture.The transfer of two more apprentices, responsible for recording and statistics, six is almost enough.”

“Wait...you’re going to make civilians a town hall official?”Barov's face was shocked.

"They are not only obedient, but also highly motivated, why can't they be officials?"Officials are not equal to the nobility, and the Ministry of Agriculture also needs professionals to guide future farming.”

“But most of them don’t even know...”

“That’s why you need to send two apprentices to help with the paperwork,” Roland interrupted, “and it won’t last long, and I’m going to soon launch a universal education program in the territory so that everyone can read and write, and then you don’t have to worry about it enough.”

Evidently the news surprised Barov more than the entry of the civilian population into the town hall, and he opened his mouth slightly and could not say a word for half a day.

Roland also can not accept it, continue to say: "Back to the Ministry of Agriculture, when the serfs cultivate their own land, there will inevitably be uneven levels, for example, some people turn the soil deeper, some people sow more dense."This is an excellent observation opportunity, and the six people of the Ministry of Agriculture need to number the divided fields and record every step of the serf's cultivation, and the depth of the soil and the planting interval must have detailed data.I will issue them measurement tools and teach them how to use them."

“You mean...comparison?”Barov may be more old-fashioned in some ways, but his brain turns faster.

“Yes, the first farming doesn’t have to worry too much about the harvest.Continued grain imports and ... the use of some new varieties of wheat seeds is enough to ensure that no one is hungry.I need to find the most appropriate one of these methods and write it down as a manual.In the future, wheat cultivation will be implemented in this way, and the Ministry of Agriculture will be responsible for promoting, guiding and supervising.”

Roland did not know much about farming, but this did not prevent him from using scientific methods of thinking to summarize an optimal scheme.With this programme, either by expanding the area of cultivation or adding a new farming population, the average yield of land can be maintained at a high level.

Barov nodded, then hesitated and said, “My Highness, I have something I do not understand why, after the serfs were promoted to free, you only charge 20% of your crops as land taxes.”Even if you ask to turn in 50%, you can leave 50% to them, it seems that you are extremely kind."

“Because the coin piles don’t make any sense in the basement,” Roland explains, “and after paying 20 percent, I’ll buy the food they have left in their hands at a fixed price—in the border town, the grain trade is a franchise of the lords.”In this way, the castle received food and they were paid.With a certain amount of savings, they want to buy something... such as farming cattle, iron farming, beef, cotton clothes, and good brick houses, which I can only provide.The residents of the town want to buy food, and they can only buy it from the castle.So eventually the coin will still flow back into my pocket, but in the cycle, it will continue to improve everyone's standard of living, so you understand?"

Barov frowned and delayed in answering, apparently in a state of incomprehensibleness.

Roland smiled and shook his head, "I don't know if you can go back and think about it, and do what I say."

The assistant minister stood up in a trance, and suddenly turned back when he came to the door, "Yes, your Highness, you just said that you want to establish two departments, what is the other?"

“The Ministry of Education,” Roland replied, “I will be personally responsible for this.”(Unfinished.)