"Because of your diligence, using weeds to cover the wheat seedlings, the survival rate of the seedlings is at least above 95%."

"According to the previous increase in wheat yield, these 55,000 acres of arable land can harvest at least 8 million pounds of barley!"

A group of townsmen listened to the almost astronomical weight of barley coming from Master Lynn's mouth.

They couldn't help but widen their eyes, their eyes filled with shock.

Lynn's mind roughly calculated.

According to the current town population of 7,000, with each person consuming 3 pounds of grain per day, the daily consumption is 21,000 pounds of grain.

As long as this batch of barley is harvested, the 8 million pounds of barley obtained can be enough for the townsmen to eat for a year!

Even with the addition of poultry and livestock consumption on the territory, it can at least last for 300 days!

Moreover, this is only the winter barley that was planted.

With the arrival of spring, it will soon be possible to open up the land for this year's spring cultivation!

Even if a two-field system or three-field system is adopted later, making reasonable use of the land's fertility.

There will still be a continuous output of grain!

By then, there will be no worries about grain on this territory.

The most crucial thing is, he only considered planting barley under the premise.

If there are enough Energy Stones to exchange for the Emperor Potatoes...

With his memory of potato yields of at least 3,000 pounds per acre, 55,000 acres of arable land would be enough to produce over a billion pounds of potatoes!

This quantity can truly be described as terrifying.

However.

Lynn also understood that this was just his current idea.

The Energy Stones obtained from the Milestone and Fishing were all used by him to enhance himself.

He could only wait for his strength to increase before considering exchanging for Emperor Potatoes.

Even if 10,000 Energy Stones are used to exchange for 1,000 pounds of potatoes as seed potatoes.

It would still take more than five months to cultivate potato seedlings and expand the planting scale.

Coupled with the scarcity of Energy Stones, Lynn could only postpone the planting of Emperor Potatoes.

With Lynn's command, nearly 5,000 townsmen majestically walked towards the fields.

Just like before when they needed to cover the weeds, now they needed to retrieve them.

From the snowfall to the weed coverage, to now just entering early spring, it's only been about half a month.

It may seem like a waste of manpower and resources, but just like not caring for farmland and crops.

Then the land will show you what it means to reap nothing.

Farming has always been like this.

A team of townsmen entered the fields.

They bent their bodies and used their hands to gather handfuls of weeds from the ridges, bundling them into clusters.

Then placed them at the side of the lime road, for the responsible townsmen to pick up and transport to the wasteland for composting.

Despite the freezing low temperatures and moisture of the ice and snow.

These weeds could be re-verified for use as compost.

The freezing could kill insect eggs and bacteria in the weeds, and the moisture saves the labor of watering during fermentation.

Watching the busy figures, Lynn's mind began to plan for the upcoming spring plowing plan.

Firstly.

According to the efficiency during autumn plowing, this spring plowing can also clear at least 50,000 acres of farmland.

Due to the limitations of draft oxen and horses in the territory, to clear more land, they will have to wait until after spring when merchants can bring large numbers of draft animals.

Otherwise, limited by plowing tools, relying solely on manpower to clear land cannot achieve a significant increase.

Secondly.

The seeds needed for planting, be it barley or wheat.

All require a significant amount of crop seeds!

Lynn glanced at the Resource Management panel's grain storage, with tens of thousands of pounds of wheat and less than a hundred thousand pounds of barley.

It is simply not enough to meet the seed requirements for 50,000 acres of land.

To fully plant the cleared land, more seeds must be purchased from outside the territory.

Whether it be crop seed for barley, wheat, and oats, or industrial seed like linen fiber.

Even vegetable seeds like onions, peas, and beans.

Even though the land has not yet been cleared, it is natural to prepare in advance, as they say, make hay while the sun shines.

Otherwise, it will waste precious spring plowing and planting time!

As Lynn watched the townsmen working in front, deep in thought.

A sound of galloping horses reached Lynn's ears.

Turning his head, he saw Mori, the leader of the spies infiltrating Morgan Town, coming on horseback.

As he arrived in front of the lime road where Lynn was standing, Mori pulled the reins of his horse, the neighing sound fading as the speed gradually decreased.

A guard quickly stepped forward to hold the horse's reins.

Mori took big steps towards Lynn, bowed respectfully, and addressed him, "Master."

Lynn nodded, "Speak."

With Lynn's permission, Mori did not hesitate and began to explain.

"Master, the armed forces in Morrison Manor have been thoroughly investigated!"

"Because Aiden has recently been recruiting followers, the territory's followers already number over 500 people."

"With those maids, servants, enslaved peasants, and employed Free People, it's a total of at most 3,500 people!"

"However, as time goes on, the number of followers under him may continue to increase..."

Lynn nodded, "Have you discovered anything else?"

Mori hesitated and showed some reluctance.

Lynn directly said, "Just say it."

Mori responded, "Master, before I returned to the territory, I saw Aiden's Chief Attendant Ackman leaving the manor with a few followers."

"He didn't head towards Morgan Town, but left in the direction away from Morgan Town."

Lynn slightly frowned, "Which direction?"

Mori explained, "Because we eventually lost track of Ackman, we don't know the exact location they went to..."

"But, if I'm not wrong, they should have headed in the direction of Wind Hill!"

Before Lynn could inquire further, Mori quickly explained, "Master, Wind Hill is the location of Viscount Chambers' territory."

Mori was about to conclude, but then added, "By the way, Master, we also discovered a scandal involving Aiden's original wife..."

Lynn asked, "Scandal?"

Mori continued, "Every night, Ackman, who is Aiden's Chief Attendant, sneaks into Aiden's wife's room..."

"Although Ackman is very secretive, my members managed to uncover this..."

According to Mori's account.

Morrison Manor has a total of approximately 3,500 people, excluding the few hundred followers.

There are still at least 3,000 peasants, Free People, as well as maids and servants.

This is what Lynn currently needs the most.

Of course.

There are also the crops stored in Aiden's warehouse!

It is now already mid-February.

At most by early March, spring will arrive.

Even with the Boer-established local chamber of commerce, which has dozens of crop merchants.

Both purchasing and transporting would require a lot of time.

Acquiring crop seeds through purchase from merchants is one option.

The second is, plunder!

Invade Aiden Morrison's territory, obliterate his defensive armed forces, and seize all the slaves on his land.

Moreover, before they begin planting, seize all the crop seeds!

Even though Lynn doesn't know how much grain and seeds Aiden's warehouse contains.

But with over 3,000 mouths waiting to be fed on the territory, the stored grain must be considerable.

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