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Dividing slaves according to their performance is also a way to effectively manage slaves.

Everything has its two sides. For a long time, while these slaves created value for the Luo family, they were also unstable factors within the Luo family's territory.In order to take good care of these slaves, some retired standing and reserve farmers and soldiers formed a large number of guards to guard these slaves.

But implementing a tough policy against them for a long time will only make the backlog of dissatisfaction in their hearts more and more serious, and there will always be a day when it will explode (although in order to prevent these slaves from rioting or escaping collectively, the daily food given to them is limited Yes, but in the long run, there will always be a day of negligence, if these slaves are allowed to riot, it will definitely cause some troubles to the territory).And by diverting the slaves who performed well to work on the slave farms, while continuing to disperse the number of these slaves, it also gave them a comparison or a better goal in their hearts, thereby diverting their dissatisfaction.

Except for a very few stubborn slaves, most of the rest hope to get into the slave farm as soon as possible, and then get the status of a citizen and regain a free life.

In addition to solving the problem of slave placement, Zheng Liang also had his purpose in establishing a slave farm.The first is to plant some new crops inside to see the local production of these new crops; the second is to provide logistical food guarantees for the Luo family's military power and official organizations at all levels.

Currently, in the territory of the Luo family, there are five slave farms in Hizen country, six slave farms in Higo country, and even three slave farms in Chikugo country.The interior of these farms does not adopt the model of mulberry fish ponds for farm planting.

The so-called mulberry fish pond model.It is a comprehensive fish farming method of raising fish in the pond and planting mulberry on the ridge of the pond.Start by planting mulberries.The production cycle ends with fish farming by raising silkworms.It constitutes the close relationship between mulberry, silkworm and fish, and forms a relatively complete system of mud and fertilizer such as planting mulberry on the pond ridge, raising silkworms with mulberry leaves, silkworm cocoon reeling, silkworm excrement, silkworm chrysalis, fish farming in silk reeling wastewater, and fish dung. energy flow system.In this system, silk is an intermediate product and no longer enters the material cycle.Fresh fish is the final product, for people to eat.

This planting model can promote the development of mulberry planting, sericulture and fish farming, and also promote the advancement of textile industries such as silk reeling, which has greatly improved the internal affairs of the Luo family.certainly.At present, Luo’s family’s textile workshop and sericulture have just started, and there are not many mulberry forests for the most basic raw materials. It will take a long time to form this set of real mulberry fish pond models.Therefore, Zhengliang also made some changes to this model.

In addition to building silkworm houses, he also built some pig pens and chicken coops on the foundations of fish ponds in various places on the farm.At the same time, in addition to planting mulberry trees, crops such as magic melons, corn, and various wild vegetables were also planted (these crops are an important source of food for the gourmet house).There are also soybeans and sugar cane. [

Soybean is a crop brought from Mingguo by businessmen from Mingguo last year. It is said that the yield is good and it is an important crop to solve food and clothing.But the only downside is that it needs a lot of fertilizer to grow well.Therefore, the pig manure, chicken manure and other fertilizers in the nearby pigsty and chicken coop just brought a lot of fertilizer to it, and the pond brought them sufficient water.

As for sugar cane, it was discovered by Zheng Liang's people in the Satsuma area.It is said that sugar cane was brought to the area from China a long time ago.But it has never been widely spread locally.Zheng Liang, who was familiar with the value of sugar cane, naturally just let it go. After sending people to collect a large number of sugar cane from various places, he began to plant them in various slave farms.

For the farm.Mulberry trees, soybeans, and sugar cane are the latest new crops introduced to the farm this year, and Zheng Liang has great expectations for these crops.

The mulberry tree is the food of silkworms, and its smooth growth can ensure the smooth progress of silkworm rearing and subsequent establishment of textile workshops.If the experiment here is successful, Zhengliang will plant mulberry trees and silkworms on a large scale in the territory after the textile workshop is on the right track, and transfer the production of silk to the private sector. The Luo family's textile workshop will only Responsible for processing silk.This will not only improve the lives of the citizens, but also increase the source of income for the Cabinet.

For soybeans.Zhengliang hopes that it can become another main food in the territory after the magic melon, waterway and wheat.You must know that a territory has a rich enough variety of food crops to ensure strong resistance when the territory encounters natural disasters.

In addition, Zhengliang also hopes to use soybeans to develop the marching miso of the Luo family.Since his last attempt to make miso failed, Masara has been trying to find a way to make another miso that meets the actual conditions of Roche's family.With miso, the Luo family's army will be able to get greater logistical support for future expeditions.

As for the last sugar cane, Zhengliang hopes to use it to build a sugar factory.Sugar is a rare and precious food in the local area, and for many people it is different from ginseng fruit.Not to mention that ordinary people are destined to taste this kind of "delicacy in the world", even ordinary wealthy families can't eat it if they want to.Rich people buy some sugar-based desserts (such as bean buns) as gifts, which is a matter of face.Under such circumstances, Zheng Liang naturally hoped to make a fortune through sugar production.

In general, slave farms are mainly about planting some newly discovered crops and then experimenting with their planting effects.In this era, food is the lifeblood of the people. For new crops, except for the people in the loyal areas such as Ye Gaoshan who will accept these crops without hesitation, the people in other areas may not necessarily accept them.Therefore, Zhengliang must first test out satisfactory results on the farm, and let the retainers and the people of the territory know that after planting these new crops, they will be able to harvest, so that they can start to spread smoothly in various regions of the territory.

In addition, the farm provided sufficient logistical food for the Luo family's army and various institutions.Almost all the vegetables they need are grown from these farms.And the fish, chicken, pork and other meat they usually eat are mainly raised here.

Similarly, these farms are also experimental farms that domesticate various livestock and spread livestock breeding to the people in the territory.After seeing the breeding effects of these farms, the people around the farms will naturally imitate them.Then spread it to other areas, and finally achieve the effect of propaganda and diffusion. (To be continued..)