Chapter 1221 143. Autumn
Autumn is the harvest season.
Especially for Liberty City, which reclaimed nearly 100,000 hectares of land in the spring.
As soon as you enter Gem Bay, you can see wheat fields all over the mountains and plains swaying in the wind, and the joy of harvest is everywhere.
As the Lord of the Free City, Annan stood between the Wilhelm wheat as tall as a person given by the third prince. The strong wheat stalks were hung by the plump ears of wheat. Annan stretched his body as he cut them with a sickle.
Annan put the first ears of wheat in autumn into a basket nearby, and Evelin, who was holding the magic stone and taking pictures, seemed to make a "click" sound.
A blue beam of light rose from the mage tower in the city. It was seen by the people who were scattered all over Gemstone Bay at this moment. They greeted each other and started the autumn harvest in full swing.
"We have three hectares, three full hectares of land, no disease, no natural disasters, and a Druid blessing through the leaves..."
The energetic Jack was working and mumbling how much the grain could be sold for.
Hunter, as silent as a cow, was working in the fields, but he couldn't help but think along Jack's words... They would harvest a lot of wheat and sell it for a lot of money.
With the money, he can buy a cow and a bigger piece of land...
The official lady said that as long as the output reaches a certain standard, you can submit an application to the city government to expand the farmland next year...
Hunter lowered his head and looked at the wheat ears in his hand, as if he was dreaming.
He actually wants to have his own cattle and land...?
Grain collectors who are outstanding graduates are standing on the road, and the road beside them is a long line of carts with no end in sight.
They are purchasing this year's new grain and recording each farmer's output.
The students sent by the kingdom were also incorporated into the team of grain collectors and took their last class in Free City.
Coincidentally, the area Sigmar was responsible for happened to be the farmland of Horus.
He had heard some things about Horus from his fathers, but he never expected that a well-known nobleman would actually become a farmer in Free City...
Sigma scanned the words "honorary noble" behind Horus's name with great interest and decided to meet him.
Horus rented a large area of land, so during the autumn harvest, he also hired a lot of people to help him harvest.
As soon as he walked over, he was spotted by Horus, who had been paying attention here. As he came to the front, he pretended to be exclaimed: "Hey, are you a child of the Watson family?"
"I am Sigma Watson, and Simon Watson is my father." Sigma nodded and looked at the mountains of wheat piled next to him: "Someone will load these into the truck later."
Horus laughed loudly: "I remember that I didn't ask that the food must be sold to the city lord's palace, right? I'm going to sell it to the wine lady."
"You really don't plan to sell?" Sigma said in a playful tone.
"No... I'm just kidding. Of course we must respond to Lord Annan's call and do our part for Free City!" Horus changed his mind.
"You don't have to sell it. This is your land. Liberty City will not force anyone."
The children of the Watson family who had some connection with him said this, and Horus did not dare not to sell it, and even said with some flattery:
"Sigma, your father and I are old acquaintances, and we once served in a knight order..."
The scene before him completely broke the filter of "nobles are born noble".
"I am from the Kingdom. Do you think they can tell me?" Sigma was neither humble nor overbearing. "Because you are my father's colleague, I have to remind you that this is Free City, not the Kingdom."
"I understand."
Horus smiled kindly and waved for them to load the harvested grain directly into the truck: "Don't cause any trouble to our grain collector."
"Thank you."
Horus wanted to find out some inside information. Because of his identity, officials in Liberty City were reluctant to approach him to avoid suspicion.
Sigma has no such concerns, because they, the first students of the kingdom, are going back.
"Why does Lord Annan grow so much food?" "Have you heard of the Skaven's 'Autumn Offensive'?"
"Is that true?"
Horus had read it in the newspaper and thought it was the smoke emitted from the Free City.
Sigma revealed some secrets: "The kingdom has discovered that the rat people have been moving recently, but the target is not us."
There is something strange happening among the rat people in the north. If they are not heading towards the kingdom... what else could they be?
Only then did Horus understand why the succubus lord suddenly opened up the land inexplicably.
I'm afraid there will be millions of pounds of grain in this autumn harvest, right?
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"All wheat fields in the territory are expected to harvest a total of 80,000 tons of grain."
The data sent to Annan and the two deputy city lords was shocking.
With so much food, even if they set aside what Free City needs and send the rest to the kingdom, they can survive this winter safely.
Everyone thought that Annan was preparing for war, but they never imagined that the original intention was to make wine.
However, the harvest indeed exceeded Annan's expectations. He planned to sell the rest to the Kingdom of Dimon in addition to filling Liberty City's granary and brewing wine.
Winemaking may be more profitable, but using tens of thousands of tons of grain to make wine...are you planning to drown the dwarves in wine?
After announcing the start of the autumn harvest, Annan rushed to the tunnel to attend the completion ceremony.
Thanks to the Ratman craftsmen, the tunnel was opened in advance, and it only needs simple repairs and beautification before it can be used.
Originally, the only way to travel between the two places was by sea, and the fastest would be departure in the morning and arrival in the afternoon, but now it only takes two hours at most.
Later, Olmedo will personally pass through the tunnel and go to the Franco territory to attend the banquet on behalf of Annan.
Next, Annan went to the border of Montabul Locke Principality.
The city wall will be almost completed in more than ten days.
But the city wall that gave Grand Duke Girardi a sense of security, Annan just turned around and shook his head in dissatisfaction.
"Too short, too narrow, too thin."
"I think it's enough..." Archduke Girardi muttered.
This is a ten-meter-high city wall. It is placed on the border and can't be seen to the end.
"I don't think I told you?" Annan wanted to break Grand Duke Girardi's innocence, "The city wall of Xingyue Bay was twenty meters high, but it didn't even block a small wave of rats."
"Keep building, even if you want to sell iron, you have to build!"
After returning, the eldest sister handed over a proposal for military expansion.
"It's time," she said.
Annan gave the people of the kingdom a year to recuperate. Now, the Skaven are about to move south, and it's time to expand the three legions.
Liberty City, which has a population of 300,000, actually has less than 20,000 soldiers!
You know, previously there were 20,000 soldiers for the freedom of a population of 80,000. According to the previous ratio... they have a gap of 60,000 soldiers!
Now that there is plenty of money, food, and people, there is no reason not to expand the number of people.
Annan glanced at the total number of the three existing legions: the Hellfire Legion, the Guards Legion, and the Musketeers Legion were 5,000, 2,000, and 2,000 people respectively.
"Then expand to 10,000 people, 5,000 people, 5,000 people."
(End of chapter)