Fang Zhou, I'm just a farmer, not Shennong!

Volume 1: Chapter 114: The Gate to BUG-Level Crops!

Agricultural Block No. 3 covers a total of more than 50,000 acres of land. With Lu Yuan's frequent personal guidance, the day and night teaching of the Civilian Grain Association technicians from Longmen, and the efforts of many slum dwellers.

More than 16 mu of land produced a total of about 3000 tons of potatoes, with an average yield of about kilograms per mu. This yield per mu is quite high for Ursus, where the soil is poor.

“15 tons!!”

When Emperor Fyodor, who was sitting in a bulletproof and explosion-proof car, heard the summary number and looked at the potato hills in the distance that looked like small hills, he felt his eardrums trembling and there was a buzzing sound in his ears.

Take less?

16 tons? On average, that's about...

About 3000 kilograms per mu.

hiss! ! !

Not only Emperor Fedor, but even Speaker Witte, Commander Leonia of the Central Army Group, and some high-ranking pro-royal nobles, especially the Minister of Agriculture of the Ursus Ministry of Agriculture, almost popped their eyes out of their sockets.

Others may not know the specific situation, but he knows it very well. Potatoes are the main food of Ursus and are grown in a large area.

However, the conventional potato yield per mu in Ursus is only a little over 1000 kilograms at its highest, and most of the time it is only around 1000 kilograms, and sometimes even several hundred kilograms.

After all, the overall agricultural level of Ursus is not that high. During the golden age decades ago, large-scale plundering brought a large amount of wealth into Ursus, but this did not bring any improvement to the infrastructure of Ursus.

Therefore, Lu Yuan's output in Ursus can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction blow to the agricultural level of Ursus itself.

This wasn't even planted by Lu Yuan himself. If he had planted it himself, the quality would have been much higher.

And don't forget, Lu Yuan's potato can provide an additional 40% of calories, so it can actually feed a person by another 40%.

Fyodor was so excited that his whole body was shaking. Food was so important to a country. As for vegetables, fruits and meat, they were just extras. Sufficient staple food was the key to a country's stability.

The middle-aged Minister of Agriculture sitting nearby said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty is wise! It's a great honor for you to invite Mr. Lu to the Empire~"

Fyodor shook his head. "It has nothing to do with me. It was Speaker Witte's idea. If I were to come, I wouldn't be able to invite Mr. Lu to assist us."

"In short, Mr. Lu is now making continuous progress in the empire. I hope that as the Minister of Agriculture, you will humbly learn from Mr. Lu and cooperate with him in every way you can. Mr. Lu has also promised to build a seed research institute in Ursus in the future and allow the sale of seeds to ordinary people. Only then will the good days of Ursus truly arrive!"

The Minister of Agriculture became more and more excited as he listened.

He stood up from his seat and knelt on one knee in the narrow space of the vehicle: "This old minister will obey your majesty's orders and take Mr. Lu as his teacher! Whatever Mr. Lu needs, this old minister will accomplish it even if it takes all his strength!"

"Not bad~"

After listening to this, Fyodor felt extremely satisfied. He looked out the window again. This time, what he saw was no longer Ursus, which was divided into many factions and in ruins, but Ursus, which was turning for the better and constantly bursting with vitality.

Fyodor declined everything and waited until all the potatoes were transported before leaving and returning to the palace.

As for Lu Yuan, he already had a rough plan in his mind on how to utilize potatoes. He would start with Saint Jun Castle as the center, so that all the hungry poor people in Saint Jun Castle could have enough food to eat, and then radiate to the whole of Ursus.

As for the issue of food prices.

Lu Yuan planned to hand over the seeds to ordinary farmers when the Minliang Association developed to a certain scale. These farmers were the real main force in planting. After that, through cooperation with the pro-peace capital parties, with the large number of potatoes coming on the market, he would take advantage of this opportunity to lower the price of staple food.

So for now, Lu Yuan’s plan is still to go to the slums in Saint Jun Castle.

Since the Minliang Association is not short of money, the Minliang Association headquarters in Longmen has a large amount of income every year and a large amount of capital investment. If the Minliang Group under the Minliang Association is listed in Longmen now, its valuation will at least be among the top three in Longmen.

Precisely because he had so much money and had no place to spend it, Lu Yuan was not stingy at all when it came to Ursus.

Not long ago, the Minliang Association expanded the number of security officers from the Public Security Bureau in the slums of Jialin District.

Today, there are nearly 10,000 security guards from the Civil Food Association's Security Bureau, and each of them has a proper weapon. These weapons are all old-fashioned weapons provided by Emperor Fyodor that were covered in dust in the warehouse.

If there were any other emperor, Lu Yuan's current behavior would be no different from treason and he would be beheaded.

But not only did Fyodor not have any random thoughts, he even took the initiative to provide weapons and worked hard to make the People's Food Association stronger and stronger.

From this we can see that Fyodor was not only a wise ruler, but also had a big heart and was truly devoted to Ursus.

Under Anso's order, the first batch of security officers from the Saint Jun Castle Branch of the Public Security Bureau who had completed training, led by many elite officers, went directly to the slums in the Babilo District next to the Garin District.

The overall structure of the slums in the Babilo district is similar to that in the Garin district, both of which are controlled by a single gang. The intervention of the Minliang Association has also caused dissatisfaction among the gangs in the slums in the Babilo district.

This time, Lu Yuan did not intervene in the battle, but the Public Security Bureau's Saint Jun Castle Security Branch successfully completed the task and rescued the people in the slums from the hands of the evil underworld gangs. After that, it was the familiar process of feeding the people and building their ideological concepts.

In the meeting, Lu Yuan emphasized the purpose of external expansion and dispersing evil criminal forces. The evil criminal forces that do all kinds of evil can be directly eliminated, while regular gang forces or gang forces that are good to the people in the slums need to be eliminated in a gentle way.

We can cooperate and incorporate them into the People's Grain Association after review. We cannot simply condemn them.

It is precisely because of this that the Minliang Association has developed extremely rapidly in the slums of various districts in Saint Jun Castle, and the overall influence of the Minliang Association has also been continuously expanding.

.........

Fourth Army territory.

With the execution of Duke Baikal, the entire pro-war group of old aristocrats felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and they banded together more closely than before.

Now, all the old aristocratic groups in Ursus have gathered in a palace comparable to a royal palace within the territory of the Fourth Army. This is the residence of Grand Duke Vanya, the chief of staff of the Fourth Army.

However, with the fall of Grand Duke Vanya, a new successor came to power, and this place became the residence of the new successor.

At this time, the entire old aristocracy, hundreds of nobles of all sizes, from dukes to viscounts and even barons, all gathered here. There were not many heated discussions, and some were just silent.

"I didn't expect His Majesty to give us such a big surprise at the critical moment, which completely overturned our understanding of His Majesty over the years..."

One of the marquis clapped his hands as if in self-mockery.

Another person on the side said: "Islam Witt has taught His Majesty well... hehe..."

Most of the old nobles thought that Speaker Witte was behind His Majesty Fyodor's sudden toughness.

After all, for many old nobles, Speaker Witte was a tricky old fox. Without Speaker Witte, the peace faction would be very fragile. It was precisely because of his assistance that Fyodor was able to successfully survive for more than 20 years under the watchful eyes of the "wolves".

So the current struggle in Ursus is, to put it nicely, a struggle between the old aristocracy and the emperor, but it is more accurate to say that it is a struggle between the old aristocracy and Witte. In the eyes of everyone, Fyodor is more of a puppet of Witte.

"It seems that our defeat this time has made those old turtles who advocate peace particularly arrogant."

Duke Francois Reina, who was sitting on the main seat, was an elderly duke who had tried hard to defend Duke Baikal during the parliamentary trial and almost succeeded.

He is also the oldest nobleman in Ursus, and he is second only to the previous emperor in terms of military achievements. He is also one of the leaders of the pro-war faction.

He is cold-blooded and stubborn, without any feelings or children. He is a true loner. The fact that Duke Vanya, the original chief of staff of the Fourth Army, was treated as an abandoned child was also due to his hand in it to a certain extent.

"It seems we, the war hawks, can no longer hold back. The foolish emperor thought his so-called peace philosophy would make Ursus even stronger. However, current facts have proven that this is mere weakness. The late emperor has already proven through actual examples that only war and plunder are the keys to Ursus's true strength."

"We are a nation of war! The blood of battle flows in our veins. Under the leadership of such a turtle emperor, our claws will become blunt and our fangs will fall. By then, even if the empire wants to start a war, it will be useless!"

Although the old duke was old, his voice was extremely loud, making many people's ears buzz.

"right!!"

"The old Duke is right!!"

"We have to find our own way. We can't keep pinning our hopes on those turtles!!"

There were a lot of voices echoing in the conference hall.

Of course, no one knows how many of them are fighting for the Ursus Empire, but one thing is certain, most of them are here because they can make huge profits from the war.

As for the cost of war, the casualties, the sacrifices of soldiers, and whether the war is won or not, it doesn’t matter to them. It has nothing to do with them anyway.

If they win, they get to eat the meat; if they lose, the emperor takes the blame and they get away with the money. This is the real idea of most pro-war nobles. In their view, they don't need to go to the battlefield themselves. Besides, what if the Ursus Empire becomes the next Gaul because of the war?

Anyway, Ursus doesn't belong to them, but to the royal family. It doesn't matter where you are. In Ursus, you are an Ursusian, and in Victoria, you are a Victorian.

Thinking back to Gaul in the past, aren’t there a lot of Gallic nobles who are now living happily in Victoria? Some of them have even been granted titles of nobility and live a comfortable life.

"Now, we, the war faction, need all-out mobilization and cooperation! This Duke will reveal the truth now."

said the old duke.

"This Duke now has an army of over 70,000 men, one of which is equipped with new weapons and equipment imported from Colombia."

Upon hearing the old duke's words, all the nobles present were stunned.

They never imagined that the old duke still had 70,000 men under his command!

Although the number is not as large as that of a group of soldiers, it is already close. The most important thing is that they, as allies, are also unaware of this information, which shows how secretive the old duke is in blocking the news.

"In addition to the army, this Duke also has several special experimental human units. The first is the 'Super Soldier' unit. These are all super soldiers enhanced with drugs and possess the physical fitness and combat effectiveness of elite combatants. The second is the 'Originium Cyborg' unit, a special combat team proficient in Originium techniques..."

Human experiments are really not a rare topic for this group of nobles. Who hasn't conducted them? Even the internal security department is the product of human experiments.

No one expected that the old noble would reveal his secrets in this way. Everyone knew the old noble's determination and told about the troops and core forces at hand one by one, even the viscounts and barons, and no one laughed at them.

"Old Duke, I have a total of 10000 regular troops on hand. These regular troops are not incorporated into the army, but belong to my personal army, and there are also experimental results..."

"I have 8000 regular troops..."

"I have 1000 regular troops on hand."

"I have 400 on hand."

.....

"I don't have any regular troops, Your Excellency, I only have some gangsters..."

The last baron said tremblingly.

No one paid any attention to these barons who were there to make up the numbers. Everyone was gathering the forces at hand. With so many people gathered together, there were tens of thousands of regular troops.

If these tens of thousands of people are also regarded as an army group, plus the third and fourth armies, then the pro-war faction has almost four armies. It can be said that they have quite a lot of troops, even surpassing the pro-Ace army.

After all, there are only six Ursus Army Groups now, excluding the two that were eliminated during the "Great Rebellion", and three or four of them clearly belong to the pro-war faction, so there are only four left.

The Central Army Group belongs to His Majesty, the Fifth Army Group belongs to the Parliament, and although the Second and Seventh Army Groups returned to support Fort Saint-Etienne during the "Great Rebellion", in fact, strictly speaking, they are not pro-royal. They are only loyal to Ursus and are typical neutrals.

Putting these two aside, in the regular army, the pro-war faction has long been stronger than the pro-peace faction, but because of the two neutral ones, they have been hesitant to launch another rebellion.

During this long period of time, the pro-war nobles, both large and small, have been quietly developing powerful individuals that can rival the inner guards.

So far, only Duke Baikal has succeeded, and of course, this fool has also been exposed.

"How's the Third Army taking over?"

The old duke asked about the Marquis of Leila, who had taken over the Third Army.

Marquis Leila said respectfully, "I have spent over a month taking full control of the Third Army and reorganizing its overall military discipline, including that of all officers."

"Of course, there is also the most important information!"

"Duke Baikal has long been worried about being exposed and his research results being seized by the royal family. Therefore, he didn't store his important information in the laboratory, but in a secret compartment underground in his mansion. This means that we can continue to mass-produce his experimental subjects based on the information Duke Baikal collected during his lifetime!"

Marquis Leila said so.

Suddenly, the entire conference hall was filled with jubilation. Although they had never seen actual combat, they could tell from the public test videos and data records how strong his experimental subjects were.

Suddenly, Marquis Leila became serious.

"Your Excellency, there is one more important point I need to mention. Duke Baikal and a number of senior officers died inexplicably, so we don't know what exactly happened."

"I heard this from some of the army groups... When we rushed to the location those soldiers mentioned, we discovered something..."

After saying that, Marquis Leila asked his secretary to distribute a bunch of photos.

The nobles were suspicious, but the next second, they were all stunned.

"This is!!"

The terrain in the photo is uninhabited permafrost, far away from the mainland of Ursus. It seems that the terrain has experienced some kind of battle, with large areas of potholes and even a huge deep pit of several hundred meters.

Everyone knows what this pit is. Even a super-yield Originium bomb that is powerful enough to destroy a mobile city cannot create such a large pit.

"According to what these soldiers saw with their own eyes, they saw a giant golden Buddha reaching all the way to the sky, and a gigantic dark blue thunder monster. They were fighting..."

Marquis Leila repeated the soldiers' original words, but to everyone's ears it sounded like the plot of a novel and was hard to believe.

"I think only Duke Baikal and a group of former senior officers know what exactly happened. Now they are all dead. Duke Baikal was hanged, and some senior officers died from the huge impact, their internal organs shattered, while others were executed by blade..."

"It was an internal security execution!"

The old duke said immediately.

"It seems that only the inner guards and His Majesty the Emperor know what exactly happened back then..."

"Continue to conduct in-depth research on Duke Baikal's experimental data. The Third Army's territory is no longer suitable, so the experimental site will be moved to other territories..."

"Also, find a way to get the neutral merchant nobles to switch sides and join our camp. Those merchants only care about profit, not national honor. After showing them the benefits of war in detail, we can win them over to join us..."

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The development of Minlianghui in Saint Jun Castle can be described as rapid.

There are a total of eighteen districts in Saint Jun Castle, twelve outer districts and six inner districts.