"Of course, I know that this kind of invitation is very rude." Seeing Lawrence just staring at her with a polite smile on his face, Aunt Mia did not put on any elder posture, but put her
He said with a very low posture, "But now the problems we have encountered have threatened the survival of the family, and you may very well be our last hope."
"Please don't say that. Although I have made some achievements in agricultural issues, I still have a lot of shortcomings compared with those masters." Sure enough, every nobleman is not a fuel-efficient lamp. But Lawrence will not be fooled by these few.
I was seduced by a simple compliment and accepted those tasks for myself. "So if you have anything to say, please tell me first. I can only say that I will try my best to help you."
Lawrence would not be moved by such words. He felt that the reason why the other party was looking for him was definitely not just the one mentioned. It was most likely related to his good relationship with those churches. But now, he felt that he could listen to it.
What exactly does the other party want to do with you?
"Okay, the specific situation is this." Seeing that Lawrence was not knocked out by the ecstasy soup, Mr. Viscount, the family member, quickly sat up straight in his seat and explained to Lawrence seriously. He also realized that Lawrence could not be drunk.
Treat it as an ordinary young man, so I simply put away my previous thoughts and discuss the matter.
In fact, if Lawrence was a mage, the Viscount would probably not dare to test it like this. After all, as long as an accomplished mage can basically crush ordinary people and even other professional extraordinary people in terms of intelligence, it is a pity that Lawrence is just a person who depends on his appearance.
As a sorcerer, Viscount Doropia subconsciously regarded him as one of those playboys he usually saw who talked a lot but had no real knowledge.
But just when Lawrence was going around with them without answering, Viscount Doropia realized that although the man in front of him was younger than his own son, as a man who could lead several previous lords
The lord who had successfully established a foothold on the island that everyone had to give up, and at the same time led the island to develop better and better. The young man in front of him was definitely not as innocent and innocent as he seemed.
Therefore, Mr. Viscount quickly changed his original plan. He honestly told the reason why they invited Lawrence to visit their home this time. As he told the story, Lawrence's brows became more and more frowned.
, because the problem he described is really difficult.
According to the narration of Mr. Viscount, they were one of the first nobles to follow Emperor Constantine XI to the New World, so they also obtained a large amount of land. Taking advantage of this advantage, they slowly started their business
His own farm. He even became one of the richest nobles in this country more than two hundred years ago.
But later on, it was very unfortunate that the patriarch of the family lost his heirs inexplicably for some unknown reason for several generations, which led to multiple branches competing for the position of the head of the family. At the same time, the climate during that period was not very good, leaving the family as the leader.
Farms, which are the mainstay of the economy, have experienced large-scale production reductions or even no harvests.
Amid internal and external troubles, the entire family soon fell into decline, and the original farms began to be sold to other people. It was only now that Mr. Viscount's grandfather settled the family's internal problems decades ago and became the head of the family.
Manan relied on the remaining manor and remaining relationships to slowly clean up the mess and revive the family bit by bit.
Unfortunately, it is very difficult to get back many things after they are lost. Those forces that became powerful by devouring the power of the Viscount Doropia family will never allow them to come back. So after some struggle,
They wisely chose to abandon their original food cultivation, which allowed their development to successfully return to the right track.
You know, at that time, the Viscount Doropia family was the top three food suppliers in the empire. Those who wanted to make this decision can be regarded as outstanding people. However, considering that the family was only good at agricultural planting, they finally chose to plant cotton.
As a way out for the family, because according to their previous analysis, in addition to eating, clothing is also a basic necessity for people. Therefore, to be safe, they naturally chose to grow cotton.
After all, if you want to engage in the traditional business of raising sheep and shearing sheep in this era, many families in the entire empire are already doing it, including even the royal family and several powerful dukes. They certainly do not welcome newcomers to enter this field to get a share of the pie. That year
Viscount Doropia is quite self-aware and knows that he cannot get involved in these things.
Not to mention that the estates that the Viscount Doropia family regained after the disaster were quite large, but the problem was that most of them were no longer the fertile lands of the past, but just some along the river.
It's just sandy land with plenty of water. This kind of land is not suitable for raising sheep at all.
As for the other land, it is hilly, and it is indeed possible to plant mulberry trees and raise silkworms. But the problem is that silk is still a bit luxurious and is not a material used by ordinary people for daily clothing. And here in the New World, because of various
The objective reasons are that the production of silk is not as good as that of Cathay, or even the second-class Yingzhou products. And luxury goods are standard and meaningless if they are not top-notch.
For example, the New World can now produce some silk, but due to quality issues there is no way to sell it as a luxury product. On the other hand, the manufacturing cost of local silk cannot be reduced at all, making it impossible for merchants who produce silk to use this fabric as a luxury product.
Ordinary textile materials have spread to ordinary people.
Fortunately, with the development of gunpowder weapons, people discovered that silk was the best textile that could be used to wrap the outermost layers of various propellant bags and explosive bags. This successfully found a good market for silk in the New World.
But this also turned silk into a military product.
Although the Viscount Doropia family has the habit of joining the military as a traditional noble family, because they have always focused on the management of the family farm, their connections in the military have been kept at the minimum that a traditional Viscount family should have. Naturally, it is not
Maybe get involved in this military-specific business.
So after repeated weighing, they could only choose cotton as the type of plant they grow. The result may be because of the favor of the goddess of fate, or it may be because they have bottomed out due to bad luck before. Just when they began to grow cotton steadily
When the industrial revolution began, cotton became an extremely important industrial raw material.
So taking advantage of this craze, generations of Viscounts Doropia transformed the wastelands bit by bit, building water conservancy projects and expanding irrigation areas to increase cotton planting. In addition, they also opened several textile factories.
Raw materials are further processed in order to obtain more wealth.
But this process of wealth accumulation was suddenly interrupted last year because a large number of pests appeared in their cotton fields. To make matters worse, although they took a series of measures, even including the extreme method of burning cotton fields, they managed to
To stop those pests, but still failed to stop the spread of pests.
"This large-scale pest infestation is likely to have supernatural power." Aunt Mia said, "Because we have adopted a variety of pest control methods, including the pesticides you invented not long ago.
.Although various methods can quickly kill those pests on cotton, the problem is that every time they are completely eliminated, new pests will always appear out of nowhere."
"Let's not talk about extraordinary power. I would like to ask, were those pests and diseases really eradicated at that time?" Lawrence asked. Due to the cognitive reasons of this era, the principles of some pests and diseases are not well understood by everyone, so it is probably just them.
I feel that just because the land has been cleared of pests and diseases does not mean that it has been truly cleared.
"It should - it's really been wiped out." Aunt Mia said uncertainly. "At least that's what the agricultural workers said, and some of our experts also came to this conclusion after inspection."
"But the strange thing is that pests broke out again in many places later, which was completely unexpected. That's why we sent people over to invite you, because you are a professional in this field and have more knowledge. Maybe