Sofia named the land area directly managed by the fortress "Late Winter Plantation". These lands accounted for half of the total, but only about 6,000 farmers were employed.

According to the plan of the "Minister of Agriculture" of the fortress, the output of these 6,000 people is more than enough to feed the 50,000 people in the entire Late Winter City. This ensures that even if the remaining farmers have no harvest all year round, there will be no famine problem.

Famine is a terrible thing.

Surrounding territories and countries will sell ore and fuel, but are rarely willing to sell food, especially in large quantities.

Because the real landlords have no surplus food.

All lords will calculate the number of serfs according to the output of the land. Once the population exceeds the bearing capacity of the land, they will decisively discard the excess serfs. Even large lords above the earl must store grain to guard against possible disasters in the next few years.

Poor harvest.

According to Sophia's proposal to the lord, after the fortress's food reserves reach a certain amount, the number of free farmers can be gradually reduced and the number of people in industry can be increased. She is very aware of how short of people the lord is now, but at the same time she discovered that Colin

·Ven is also a very conservative lord. Even though the plantations can now ensure everyone's food and clothing, there are still more than 30,000 people engaged in agricultural work in the entire Late Winter City.

The lord repeatedly emphasized that food is the foundation of everything, and the agricultural population must be kept above a minimum. When food becomes extremely abundant in the future, farming will no longer be a means of ensuring survival, but will be transformed into an economic industry - she generally understood.

, but it’s not very clear.

Sophia does not wear her gorgeous aristocratic clothes when working. She likes the work clothes currently issued by the plantation - simple, stain-resistant and wear-resistant, and made of cheap materials, but they look too ugly. It is said that this was designed by the lord himself.

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Lord is good at everything, but has a unique aesthetic.

The garden has been renovated, and now it is once again filled with all kinds of flowers she likes. When she sees the flowers, she thinks of her junior brother, and when she thinks of her junior brother, she thinks of those terrifying rye grasses from back then.

Roman Sagan had obviously noticed the arrival of his disciple.

At the same time, after taking a few steps, he would turn sideways to sort out Colin's clothes and accessories, and constantly complain about his clothes.

Several magic looms in the workshop are already running day and night, but even so, it will take several months before everyone in the plantation can uniformly dress. The same thing happened in the alchemy workshop and the logging team.

As well as in construction teams and other places, Sofia likes the way everyone works in unison and feels very powerful.

…

From this position, you can clearly see the main entrance of the fortress.

Tessa jumped up, landed in front of him, and hugged him.

Colin enjoyed his senior sister's chatter very much, and occasionally talked about some of his experiences at the fortress.

This is the first time I've seen it.

Colin was stunned.

Colin took a deep breath and walked quickly to the teacher.

But that is not the life she yearns for. She would rather stay in the plantation every day, with the soil and wheat seedlings as companions.

After more than a year, Colin had mixed feelings when he saw his senior sister again.

The face of the nearly 100-year-old magister did not have the joy he imagined, but instead looked solemn.

…

Sofia could already foresee that the fortress's granary was not enough.

"Don't worry, I've made all the arrangements, and I'm just going to Thunder City to meet the teacher once, and then I'll return to the fortress 'quickly'."

It was a transportation team led by the lord's friend Roy, who would come to the fortress every two months. Sofia also asked Roy to bring things from Thunder City several times.

In Colin's memory, the teacher always looked like he was sitting in the study, smoking, and he could hardly recall him walking out of the magic tower.

During his time in the fortress, the thing he was most unaccustomed to was not having his senior sister around him.

As usual, Tessa would come to the garden not far from the mage tower to work for an hour at five o'clock in the afternoon. She liked this way of relaxing very much.

Roy looked at his friend in front of him with a troubled expression: "Are you really going to sneak away like this? What if there is something important in the fortress?"

In fact, until now, Colin was still wearing clothes prepared by his senior sister and Veronica before he left. They were very high-end and tasteful, but after someone matched them, they looked nondescript.

But Colin just felt that he couldn't live without her.

Thunder City is very prosperous. Sophia lived there for a while before going to the Western Continent. With her status, she can stay there, go in and out of high-end restaurants every day, go to a concert once a week, and occupy a good seat at the king's celebration every year.

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She pulled up a wheat seedling on the edge of the field, carefully observed the root system, then threw it aside, stood on the ridge of the field, and looked into the distance.

Colin happily walked to the garden, ready for a big hug.

I saw a carriage leading a convoy leaving the fortress in a mighty manner.

Thinking of this, Tessa patted her chest, still feeling frightened.

The tall and majestic tower has not changed at all, except that there is an old man with white hair standing in front of the tower holding a pipe.

While Ke Lin's soft jade was warm and fragrant, his first thought was: Senior sister's levity skills have deteriorated again...

I think senior sister must also miss him very much.

As he approached the mage's tower, Colin suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart.

The new round of sowing was completed two months ago. According to the current growth trend, the output is expected to more than double this year. This is not unimaginable. After all, there was a lack of manpower last year and most of the time it was haphazard.

There is very little maintenance during sowing. In comparison, this year's planting is under unified planning and the efficiency is greatly improved.

"Sister."

After a while, he took the pipe out of his mouth.

Walking side by side on the way back to the mage tower, Tessa rambled on about the details after parting. The content was nothing more than some trivial things in life, and the teacher always mentioned Colin in the chat. As Romain Sagan's eldest disciple, she

Some are jealous and so on.

The vitality of that kind of grass is simply astonishing. After being eradicated several times, it would grow out of the nooks and crannies again. Finally, I asked the teacher to use powerful soil magic to turn over the soil, and it was now full of vitality.

Colin looked out from the gap in the curtains and saw that the construction of Late Winter City was in full swing, and these no longer required his constant attention.

…

However, the next moment, she heard footsteps behind her.

His senior sister couldn't help him much, she couldn't count on him academically, and she had already lagged behind him in magic. She just told him to eat every day, prepared a change of clothes for him, urged him to go to bed early, and gave him pocket money.

Help him turn his collar...

If he had to choose the person closest to him in this world, it might not be his teacher, Roy, or even Veronica, but Tessa in front of him.

When he turned around, he saw Colin Wayne standing not far away, and he immediately covered his mouth in shock.

However, before he could get closer, the always gentle senior sister suddenly reached out to stop him and shouted: "Stop, you are not allowed to enter the garden."

Inside the carriage.

"You succeeded?"

There was an imperceptible tremor in his serious voice.

The meaningless words made Colin extremely comfortable. Among the people he knew, only the teacher could maintain the same thinking frequency as him at all times. To put it bluntly, everyone else was too stupid.

"Yes, teacher." Colin bowed deeply: "I succeeded."
Chapter completed!