Seeing that his flattery was successful, Earl Duweiden grinned and continued, "Because of this, I specially sent people to study the farming methods of the farmers in the kingdom and asked them to summarize and improve them. Now, they have finally found a more suitable method. If it can be popularized in the kingdom, it is possible to increase the grain output by 30%!"
"Oh? Tell me about it! "
Charles II was a little surprised. He thought it was just a polite flattery, but he did not expect it to be real. He immediately became interested. Duweiden naturally would not let go of this opportunity. He began to talk about his ideas on agricultural improvement. In simple terms, it was to let the people replace the current "two fields system" with "three fields system", increase the land utilization rate, reduce the fallow area, and increase the output.
This method had actually been used in a few areas of the kingdom for more than ten years. It was not Duweiden's creation or invention. He only used data comparison and experience to confirm that this method was more reasonable. But from the national level, this was indeed a good policy. If it was implemented, the national power would inevitably rise.
Hearing this, Charles II was immediately filled with praise, reveling in his own decision. "In the future, Count Duweiden will be in charge of agricultural matters. The Kingdom of Karen is lucky to have such a minister who dares to innovate and can really produce results … Earl Duweiden must grasp this great responsibility in the future! "
"For the glory of the Kingdom of Karen!"
Duweiden's face was red with excitement. The nobles behind him who were entrusted with important tasks were also very excited.
Charles II saw that his goal had been achieved, so he smiled and said he would go back to accompany his child. Then he went back to the tent on the other side.
Balancing the situation in the kingdom had become an almost instinctive political method for him. Charles II was in a good mood. When he returned to the tent, his eldest son was walking his horse. He walked over and chatted with the prince.
"What do you think of the Orcs' invasion?"
He reached out and touched his son's hair. He found that his son was about the same height as him, so he smiled and asked.
"Father, did the Orcs really leave Karen? Or will they choose another day to return? The kingdom in the east of the mountains has been quiet for too long. I don't know if they have changed in these years. If they become as strong as Lassiman, we will face a lot of pressure. "
"It's not wrong to be vigilant in times of peace." Charles II nodded. "That's why I've already ordered the nobles in the north to organize a defensive line. They had to understand that a cow would only move forward if it was whipped. Only when the threat of the Orcs was right in front of them would they truly be on tenterhooks. In the future, those Beastmen will eventually be dealt with. However, with limited resources, we should first hold on to what we can. That's the right path. "
"Father, are you talking about Efta?"
"That's right, Efta is just the first step."
Charles II walked forward with his hands behind his back, in an indescribably high-spirited manner.
*****
In Elsen City, Baron Karen looked up at the blue sky above his head and sighed helplessly.
This was his second day in Elsen City. After the initial shock, he began to doubt whether the owner of the city remembered his name. Speaking of which, Karen should be the first noble to be personally invited by Roddy to Elsen, even though his family had declined and was not as rich as the owner of the tailor shop across the street.
There were many nobles in the Kingdom of Karen, and many families that had declined because of their decline could be found everywhere. Karen's ancestor was a viscount, and there was not much of his ancestral land left to his father. Unfortunately, his father died in a duel with another noble …
This kind of thing was too common among the nobles. In addition, his father's duel was for a bet, so most of the family's wealth was divided along with the bet, leaving Karen only a pitiful dilapidated manor.
Although the manor was comfortable, in this day and age, unless it was a great noble with a stable territory, most people in power would choose to place themselves in the safety of the city walls. Karen's manor outside the city had neither the protection of the city walls nor guards, so he was forced to flee his hometown after the bandits came a few times.
When he came to Talon Town in despair to look for a living, he was unexpectedly found by a few people who claimed to be from Elsen City. They directly brought him here in the name of "a high-paying job with free board and lodging."
But when he arrived here, Karen found that the lord of the city who promised to talk to him never showed up. He asked around for a long time, but did not get an answer. So on the second day after he woke up, he decided to take a walk in the city first.
Karen did not consider leaving because his board and lodging were free. If he left just like that, he might starve to death on the way.
It was not a shameful thing to bow down for food. Karen tugged at his shabby robe and looked around, carefully comparing the difference between this city and other cities in his memory. He did find a lot of things that he had not noticed before.
The streets here were very clean, and there was almost no sign of urination or defecation, because everyone solved their personal problems in a place called "toilet."
Most people in the Kingdom of Karen, including most of the nobles, had very primitive choices when it came to "excretion." Regardless of men or women, as long as they found a place with no one around, they could squat to their heart's content. It was understandable if they were farmers living in remote areas, but many nobles often urinated and defecated in their rooms, and then asked the servants to clean them up afterward.
As a result, one would always be able to smell the faint stench of feces when walking through most of the cities in the Kallon Kingdom.
As long as one was a human, he needed to eat, drink, and defecate. But no one thought of cleaning up something like "feces." When Karen lived in the castle, the damp and dark rooms would always be filled with a foul stench. But to everyone, this was something that couldn't be helped.
Some nobles knew how to build a special house for excretion, but many of them did not have a solution. Their solution was to prepare a few manors and castles, and when they could not stay in a place because of the smell of their own feces, they would go to the next one. At the same time, they would ask the servants to clean up the rooms they had stayed in before.
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