The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 886 The beginning of the Third Era 2953!
I have to say that Roland overestimated the agricultural technology level of Middle-earth and Lagrande, and underestimated the craftsmanship of our ancestors! In the eyes of those country bumpkins in Middle-earth who only rely on the weather for their livelihood, China's advanced agricultural technology is art! In fact, before the innovation of agricultural tools caused by the Industrial Revolution, the most advanced agricultural technology on the earth was in the hands of China! You can not believe in the wisdom of the ancients, but you must believe in the strict selection of the nine clans of our ancestors!
Although Roland is not a farmer, the farming gene in the Chinese bones is awakened at this moment! With the memory of watching TV and the knowledge he occasionally read in books, he can beat these "primitives" who can only do rough farming! No wonder the crop yield is like a disaster! A civilization that does not know how to cultivate carefully depends on the mood of God for food. Not to mention that ancient China also depends on the weather for food, but they at least believe in one person conquering nature, unlike Middle-earth who just starts!
However, what Roland didn't realize was that he once again profoundly influenced the entire course of Middle-earth's history! The method of composting had spread to other areas of the North, and even the curved plow had begun to be used on a large scale in the Valley State and the Kingdom of Aquavia. However, even if Roland knew about it, he wouldn't say anything. After all, these things that basically didn't require any technical skills would be learned by others after just a few glances. Besides, Roland couldn't close the country to the outside world or let those who saw him kill him!
Moreover, Roland deeply understands that tools are just tools. They are created to assist human power! What is truly advanced is management knowledge! Although the four words "fine workmanship" are simple, no one can summarize them specifically!

Large tracts of wasteland only need to be sown with grain seeds, and the rest is to let them grow naturally! Although it is a waste, seeing everyone's serious look, he realized that this is just the normal operation of Middle-earth... After all, farmers can't choose the technology tree of high-yield crops, so fortunately they can choose large-scale planting! Going for quantity rather than quality has become the key to the development of the people of Middle-earth!
Although it is possible for other kingdoms to do so, it does not mean that Raglan can promote it so recklessly, because the area under its control is limited, and there are few suitable soils! Compared with countries like Gondor and Rohan, Raglan controls too little land, and it can't stand such waste and tossing! Intensive farming becomes the best choice!

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"Cow? That thing can be used? Is your majesty crazy again?" Yun Feng was immediately confused when he saw that the livestock prepared for spring plowing in Jiliu City were replaced with cows. He knew it was the king's idea. After all, Roland was known as the King of Lagrande's Ideas! He could not live, but he could not die!
"And next is a demonstration on how to tame a cow!" Joltea opened the magic sent by Raglan and saw that there was a taming technique inside!
"Go to Queen Nyx to borrow some soldiers! This stuff needs our own people to handle it!" Joelsteya narrowed his eyes and looked at the central control mages who were watching the show around him. There was a dangerous light in his eyes, but then he shook his head. Nyx had loyal family soldiers, and those soldiers could learn this skill!

Little did they know that they had been on the line between life and death several times, and were blasted out by Yun Feng in confusion. They had no idea that Joltea, who was seeing this technology that was enough to change their lifestyle for the first time, had already intended to kill them.

"Wild buffaloes can actually be tamed! You can save some money again!" Joltea patted Yun Feng with satisfaction. This made Yun Feng, who was always frowning, smile a little. This problem actually appeared a long time ago, but the scale was too small at that time and no one thought about it carefully. It can only be said that the peaceful years were entirely due to Yun Feng carrying the burden forward!
The main reason why Roland didn't receive this information before was that Yun Feng had already solved the problem through his own governing ability. However, Yun Feng's equal distribution of cattle and horses could only resist for a while. The contradiction was only buried and cooled down, but it was not completely solved! (Otherwise, everyone likes capable cattle and horses!) As Roland opened up the eastern land and Yun Feng stayed to govern the western land, this huge problem gradually emerged in the east!
It was obvious that Adolf Heinrich's governance was indeed not as good as Yun Feng's, or in other words, the kingdom's strongest internal affairs assistant position had been swayed to Rapid City... Then the bitter fruit appeared. Although Adolf Heinrich had the ability to assist in handling government affairs, he could only act step by step after he was separated from Roland's guidance. This conservative characteristic doomed him to be unable to govern independently!
But Roland still had to thank the problem that occurred this time, otherwise he would have been kept in the dark! He had preconceived ideas and brought Middle-earth into the ancient medieval period, and ridiculously used China as the coordinate system! This made him think that cattle in the North were as scarce as those in ancient China. It was true that oxen were rare... but his wild cattle were everywhere!
If Roland hadn't pointed out the technology tree of the ox nose ring this time, Middle-earth would probably still be playing the game of drawing horses to plow. It can be said that Roland's small ring has advanced the civilization of Middle-earth by a big step!

"Spring is coming soon! Spring plowing is a big deal! Commanders, take charge of your officers and soldiers! Orcs like to appear in spring and autumn! Don't pin your hopes on your allies in the north! I always treat the defense line there as a sieve!" Roland knocked on the table. Orcs would appear in spring and autumn to hunt for grass in the valley. Although the probability of orcs appearing in the Lagrande area is very low, it is definitely not impossible! The northern defense line is the "iron wall" cast by the dwarves, but Roland has never been optimistic about this "wall"! The scarce population of the dwarves means that they cannot intercept the flexible and mobile enemy forces. It is normal for those orcs to wander down to the warm and prosperous south.

"Oh right! Let the satellite towns around Lagran City be on alert! I don't want any more news about orcs breaking into villages and towns and slaughtering people! I don't want to lose face in this matter, understand?" Roland said solemnly. After being successfully raided by orcs once, Roland knew how disgusting those sticky candies were! So he informed everyone in advance that they needed to prepare well for the spring plowing this time and strive to ensure peace and stability!

"Hello! The year 2953 of the Third Era!" Looking at the almost invisible snowflakes outside the window, Roland stretched out his hand to feel the temperature of late winter, and then spoke in a low voice.

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"How convenient, Your Majesty! Those cows are simply amazing!" Darien Nightblade quietly stood out from the light behind Roland. He had just looked at the cows with nose rings. The originally bad-tempered cows showed a well-behaved behavior under the influence of the nose rings, which surprised everyone!

"Why would it be inconvenient for me to take it out? Tell me! What's the matter?" Roland raised his eyelids slightly and spoke after accepting Darian Nightblade's flattery.

"Your Majesty! Something is wrong. The orcs seem to have recovered!" Darion Nightblade frowned.

"Haha! When have they ever been paralyzed? They just ran away because we beat them so hard!" Roland was very self-aware. He knew that he and the other members of the coalition had not really defeated those wandering orcs! What was even more worrying was that even if they were wiped out, there would still be a steady stream of orcs heading south along the pioneers' path!