Chapter 765: Prepare for war and prepare for famine Grete
He is not allowed to touch or even ask about the affairs of foreign nobles?
Gretel was awe-inspiring. The teacher had never used such a stern tone before to stop him from intervening in the affairs of the local nobles...
Although he didn't want to take part in it before. However, after all, he was directly involved in the establishment of the Public Health Management Office, using both soft and hard tactics to get money and power from those high-ranking officials. In the teacher's opinion, if he might get involved with public health, he would get involved.
Planting land to collect grain?
Gretel thought for a while, but he really didn't dare. The direction of public health is not the core interest of those nobles and temples;
Pressing their heads, ordering them to accept the request of the parliament, organize manpower, take money from their pockets, and ask the God of Nature to use magic to grow food. That is really their core interest!
Whether it's asking them to bow to the parliament, asking outsiders to step into their territory, or asking them to cough up money...
Let what belongs to the Parliament belong to the Parliament, let what belongs to the temple belong to the temple, and let what belongs to the nobility belong to the nobility. This is the consensus of all the large forces in the Kingdom of Kent. It was also the beginning of the establishment of Nevis City.
The clear meaning of the founding on a stone tablet.
Although the parliament has reached an agreement with the royal family, the temple, and many sensible nobles for this action, there are hundreds of people and all kinds of people. There are always people who don't care about the life and death of civilians, but only care about their own sphere of influence being violated;
There are always people who want to take advantage of the famine to annex the properties of free people and small proprietors to increase their own wealth;
There are always people who are simply lazy and don’t want to work more. After all, no matter how severe the famine is, the nobles themselves cannot be hungry...
These nobles went to have their heads laid one by one before the Great Famine. The cost of breaking the existing rules was not something that even the entire parliament could easily pay.
"I understand, teacher." He nodded honestly:
"I won't get involved in this kind of thing. Now I... can't afford to get involved."
All he can do is to protect himself, the people around him, and at most, expand a little to protect the people around him who care about him.
"Bernard." Grete walked out of the small train station at the foot of Igor Peak. The first thing he did was to ask his loyal barbarian guard:
"I remember that I asked you to write to your tribe and ask them to stockpile enough food for two years. How is it now?"
"I haven't replied yet, boss." The barbarian replied distressedly:
"As you know, it's common for us to send a letter back and forth for two or three months. If there are some surprises along the way, it's not unusual for there to be no reply for half a year. In fact, if it's not very urgent, it's normal for there to be no reply for a year."
Gretel rubbed his temples. When Bernard came to him as a guard, the agreed payment was to give them enough food for their tribe every year. However, if his tribe is slow to respond, or does not believe Bernard's news...
At the beginning of next year or in the middle of the year, when the great famine really comes, even if you have gold coins in your hand, you won’t even be able to buy a bite to eat.
"...Forget it." Gretel sighed:
"Bernard, it doesn't matter if you send a few more people. I will still pay them wages for this trip, and the travel expenses will be paid separately. Tell them to bring all the people from your tribe back, and I will hire them all."
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Bernard opened his mouth, but hesitated. Gretel rushed to say:
"Being a security guard, being a washerwoman, raising horses, cows and pigs, there is always work for them to do. It doesn't matter if they really don't want to come back. Let them bring enough gold coins to buy food. They can buy enough for two years or three years.
Three years of food will be sent to your tribe at once."
Seeing his unquestionable expression, Bernard could only put away his refusal and bowed to agree. Grete smiled and patted him:
"Hey, anyway, this gold coin is no longer a big figure for me now. If your people can have enough to eat, you can feel at ease, and I can feel at ease, too, isn't it good? Speaking of which, if you advance to level 8 warrior,
I haven’t given you a salary increase yet!”
"Okay, boss..."
Grete and he took the Silver Moon Deer together and rushed back to Oak Forest Hospital. The first thing they did after returning was to ask Leon Carlos, the executive director and chief steward of the hospital, who had advanced to a third-level mage:
"How much food does our hospital consume every month, including medical staff and inpatients?"
This question did not trouble the chief steward of the hospital at all. Just as he was about to open his mouth to answer, Gretel raised a finger to stop him:
"Calculate the total quantity needed from now to next year. Grain and meat that can be stored for a long time should be purchased at twice, no, ten times the standard, and stored first."
"Yes, sir." Carlos checked the records without any intention of questioning. Grete continued to snap his fingers:
"For the people led by Bernard, if you use ten times the current number of people, you can save enough food and meat for two years. No, forget it, save enough for three years."
"Yes, sir."
"These things don't have to be purchased immediately. Before the end of this year, they will be purchased slowly in batches. The storage work must be done well to ensure that by next year, no, the year after next, the spring famine is also terrible. Before the autumn harvest of the year after,
Everyone has something to eat, so they won’t go hungry!”
"Yes, sir!"
Carlos has already begun to quickly calculate in his mind how big a warehouse he needs to build to meet his husband's requirements. One room with two rooms is not enough, three or four rooms is not enough, and a cellar needs to be dug.
The gentleman is kind-hearted and hates the fact that the poor have no food to eat. When the time comes, the poor mothers will stay in the hospital and will have to give out a few more alms. If there is really a big famine, the barbarians will come to join Captain Bernard and follow the temper of the gentleman.
, estimate how many will be accepted.
A group of hungry savages...
Carlos was already thinking about how to purchase two to three times the amount of grain and meat with twice the money. Then he heard the answer:
"By the way, you don't have to buy meat. You can buy more fish. If it's not easy to store, hire someone to pickle the salted fish. Give them a fish for a few days as payment. You can also buy a few more barrels of whale oil. There will be enough in the food.
With more fat, people will not be hungry easily and can save grains."
Good idea...A bucket of fish is much cheaper than the same weight of beef. However, Carlos couldn't bear to say:
Sir, why do you think that the kind of sea fish bought in large barrels needs to be salted by someone? Without enough salt, it is impossible for them to be preserved in the port!
"Storage enough vegetables... Potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, carrots, beets, cabbage, these can be stored for a long time, I will fill the cellar! I have half a year's worth of vegetables! It can also supplement vitamins..."
The voice behind was drowned in fragmentary thoughts such as "Should I make a batch of vitamins in advance...or vegetables can still grow in the year without summer...".
Alas, when the epidemic had just come to an end, food stocking strategies were shared online. What else was needed to stock up?
milk?
egg?
Or simply raise a batch of livestock yourself and stock up on feed?
It is difficult for grass to grow well in a year without summer. How should we make green storage fodder?
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Addicted to community group buying and careless about coding.
Today I joined a group of bread, green leafy vegetables, eggs, rice, and pork. I don’t know how many orders we can make...