Michel looked at the extremely frightened villagers, laughed, and patted the Bass bull's butt. The Bass bull seemed a little dissatisfied, turned its head and mooed.

"As you can see, this is a tool invented by the great Master Luther. It is called a 'plow'. It can be used with oxen to plow the fields. And the kind Master Luther distributed five Bass cows to us. I believe you also know what this means."

Michelle smiled like a child, full of joy.

The villagers reacted one after another, their eyes sparkling, and gathered around the Bass Bull, looking at it as if it was not a bull, but a golden bull.

A cow that shines with golden light.

"I know that seeing the Bass cattle plowing the fields easily, our spring plowing this year will be extremely easy. Great Master Luther, great Pompeii family. I am lucky to be born in the territory of the Pompeii family."

Some residents said enthusiastically.

"Shut up, you are so stupid. This cow saves our energy, and we can spare more energy to take care of the fields. Next year we will start to cut down forests and build more farmlands. My family's farmland can be doubled, no, tripled."

Some villagers had a longer-term vision and began to laugh at the villagers who had spoken earlier, and spoke in a more fanatical tone.

"That's right. With more fields, there will be more produce. Our children will grow stronger and stronger, and we can even have more children. We will become richer and richer. We won't have to abandon weak children when we have too many to feed."

Some residents said this with tears in their eyes.

That's right.

This is a very primitive world. If a family has too many children and they are not well fed, the parents will cruelly abandon the thin children and raise the stronger children.

The plow invented by Luther is absolutely of great significance.

"Don't be happy too soon. Bass cattle are a very precious breed. They need to eat special rations. If we want them to work hard, we must first learn to take care of them. In addition, we need to cultivate more farmland. These five Bass cattle are not enough. After the autumn harvest this year, we will beg Master Luther to raise money to buy more cattle. We must make sure that we can cultivate twice as much land next year as this year."

Michel used his prestige as the village chief to suppress the chaotic villagers and announce the matter.

After hearing this, the villagers nodded.

If the Bass cattle were just beef cattle, it would be impossible for the villagers to collect money to buy cattle. But since the Bass cattle are now a labor force that can plow the fields, even if they have to sell everything they have and endure hunger for a year, they must collect enough money next year to buy five more Bass cattle.

If we cultivate more land, our lives will get better and better.

At this time, Michel's face was full of smiles again, and he said, "Besides, since the great Master Luther was able to invent such a magical tool, I think what he said about manure fertilizing the fields must be true. And this time I heard that it's not just human manure that can fertilize the fields, some bird droppings and livestock manure can also be used. Now that you have the Bass cattle to help you plow the fields, we can organize people to go to the forest to dig manure and fertilize the land. Maybe this year's harvest will increase by 30%."

The villagers were stunned for a moment, and then they all let out a strange cry.

"Yes, since the great Master Luther invented this magical tool, then what he said must be correct. Manure makes the fields fertile."

“So bird droppings can be used as well?”

"I see. Let's get started right away."

The villagers were about to leave to gather helpers to dig out the feces, but Michel stopped them and asked them to build a house for the cattle.

We have to settle the cows first before we can talk about the future.

Wow, our Bass bull is simply a golden bull.

Such things happened not only in Tiema Tun, but also in the other nine villages, and even among serfs.

Luther went from being Master Luther to being the Great Master Luther.

The prestige of the Pompey family and Luther's personal prestige were increasing.

If Luther were to become the lord of the Pompeii family right now, he would probably immediately become the most outstanding and greatest lord of Pompeii in the eyes of his subjects.

Great Luther, Pompeii.

…………

Five days later.

That's right, the town hall of the great city of Pompeii has been preliminarily built. It is a two-story villa building.

There are twenty rooms inside, including offices, meeting rooms, toilets, etc.

It covers a large area and looks magnificent. However, due to limited conditions, the city hall is mainly made of wood and has not been painted yet, so the exterior is the original color of the wood.

The city hall had many rooms, but only two or three people were there. Currently, there was only the mayor, Lelouch, his four assistants, a few runners, and a team of ten guards.

The structure inside the town hall is also relatively simple.

In the mayor's office, Luther leaned against the window and looked out. The scenery he saw was almost the same as that of Pompeii's castle.

Fields of farmland and people working on the farmland.

The Bass cattle have captured the hearts of the people, and the new farming method has been spread. With the manure used to fertilize the fields, I believe this year's harvest will be very good.

Looking ahead, Pompeii’s revenue will increase several times next year.

Luther was even more shameless. He seemed to see not farmlands, but houses and even villas.

In a few years, this will become a city center location.

Pompeii will become a big city, and commerce will flourish. Agriculture will not decline either, for in this primitive and backward world, agriculture must not be abandoned.

Without food, we will be controlled by others.

Agriculture will not disappear, but will flourish. It will just be far away from the city. A prosperous commercial and populous city of Pompeii, plus the vast farmland around it.

The future of Pompeii.

It's a bright future.

"Little Luther, the people have accepted the new way of farming with oxen. They also believe in the "myth" of fertilizing the fields with manure. I believe that the farmland and tax revenue of Pompeii will expand two or three times next year. With the increase in tax revenue, Pompeii can raise more civilian knights, and the children of civilians are more likely to survive. In less than 20 years, Pompeii's territory will expand several times, and the population will also expand several times. If you are lucky, you can obtain population from various channels, and even increase it tenfold. I believe you will own a city. But to own a city, you must have at least the title of baron. Do you have any ideas to persuade, or bribe the House of Nobles to improve the title of your Pompeii family?"

Lelouch asked seriously while sitting in the mayor's seat in the office.

Not long ago, Lelouch didn't think that Luther could own a city, but now that he had a plow, if manure was really effective in fertilizing the fields, then Lelouch felt that it seemed possible for Luther to own a city.

Under such circumstances, Lelouch felt it necessary to give some advice to the Pompeii family.

Only with the title of baron can one own the fiefdom of a city.

In addition, it is necessary to cultivate more knight families similar to the Iron Horse Clan, who are loyal to the Pompeii family.

Lelouch even thought that if he got married in the future and gave birth to a few strong boys, he might be able to seek a knighthood and become a knight vassal of the Pompey family.

Knight of Bonaparte.

Wow, not bad.

Luther came back to his senses, he withdrew his gaze from the vast farmland, then turned to Lelouch and said with a smile: "Twenty years? That's too long. I think at most in three to five years, I can own a city. So at this time we have to plan carefully how to have enough magic potions and other resources to become a powerful knight within this period of time. By the way, persuade, or bribe the House of Nobles to upgrade our Pompeii family's territory to a baronial family."

Lelouch was dumbfounded.

Isn't this ambition too big? Too much for granted? Do you think it's as easy for a hereditary knight family to be upgraded to a baronial family as it is for a tadpole to become a frog? Did you open the House of Nobles?

But it’s quite exciting to think about it.

If Luther could become a baron in three to five years, would that mean he could become a hereditary noble within ten years? Oh, I'm a little flattered too.

(End of this chapter)