My British Empire

  Chapter 35 failed

   "What? Your Majesty, do you want to rent our manor?" The jaws of the three knights almost fell from shock, and they opened their mouths wide, saying loudly at the same time.

  The butler Howard on the side was no longer calm, his eyes almost popped out, and he looked puzzled, looking like a clown in a circus, very funny.

   "Yes! I want to rent your land, and I promise to offer you a satisfactory price!" Edward said with a firm tone.

  The serious expression on the face of a ten-year-old boy looked very funny, but everyone present couldn't laugh at all. After all, he was still the king of England at a young age. During the Tudor dynasty, no one knew how powerful the king was, and the three of William, as low-level nobles, knew the most.

   "This! Your Majesty, this is a big deal, we have to go home and discuss it!" The bearded knight Bruno spoke first, and the remaining two also hurriedly nodded and agreed.

  Edward didn't want to be so slow and troublesome, so he opened his mouth and offered them an exciting price.

   "William Knight, I will give you 800 pounds a year for your 800-acre manor!" Edward looked at William Knight standing aside, and said a price that made his heart beat!

   "And Bruno Knight, for your 900-acre manor, I can give you 900 pounds per year!" Bruno Knight on the side also received a shocking price, which made his heart beat faster.

  Edward didn't let go of the instigator who stayed quietly aside—Knight Devereux, and told him a higher price than his current rent.

   "Knight, for your 1,500-acre manor, the price I give you every year is 300 pounds higher than your current price!"

   "I can give you 1,500 pounds a year!" In order to give them firm confidence, Edward did not hesitate to offer a price far exceeding the market.

  Faced with such a temptation, the three knights looked at me and I looked at you, none of them intending to be the first bird.

  Seeing this, Edward knew that the meeting had failed, but he was not discouraged and relaxed. I had a pleasant conversation with the three knights about anecdotes from all over England, but Edward mainly played the role of listening.

   Then Edward invited them to a luncheon, allowing the group of bumpkins in the country to see the luxury of the royal family.

   At three o'clock in the afternoon, Butler Howard personally sent them out, while Edward only bid them a friendly farewell. The three knights belched contentedly, rode on the big horse, and under the careful **** of the attendants, they embarked on the way home.

   "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Edward was lying on the seat, and Lucy was massaging his shoulders with her delicate hands, catering to Edward's questions from time to time. A sudden knock on the door interrupted his interest.

   "Your Majesty! It's me! Howard Charles!" The butler Howard's voice rang out in time, holding back Edward's foul words, which caused the little maid Lucy to smile coquettishly.

   "Come in!" Edward said helplessly, as if he had nothing to do with Howard.

   Butler Howard saluted Edward, then turned his head and looked at Lucy without speaking.

  Edward knew what he meant, and nodded to Lucy. Lucy left the study consciously, and closed the door before leaving.

"Your Majesty, as your retainer! I have to dissuade you from your foolish thoughts!" Howard said to Edward with a serious face, like a soldier who was about to die heroically, with a hint of sadness in his tone .

   "Mr. Steward! Are you talking about the renting of the knights' manor I proposed this morning?" "Yes! Your Majesty, this is a terrible decision!"

  Howard said in an affirmative tone, keeping his eyes on Edward.

   "Oh! My lord butler, this is just my whim!" Edward argued, "Besides, they didn't agree!"

   "Your Majesty, your thinking is wrong! And those nobles will think that the royal family is going to confiscate the fiefs of their vassals, so the royal vassals will definitely be uneasy, which will damage the majesty of the royal family!"

   Butler Howard preached for a while, and Edward was taken aback for a while. Even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that a momentary idea would have such a consequence. Fortunately, it failed in the end.

  Although Edward knew in his heart that he was wrong, he refused to admit defeat.

   "Okay, sir, I already know, there is no need to say any more!" Edward's complaining voice sounded, directly interrupting Butler Howard's long-winded words.

   "Also, my housekeeper, you didn't come here just to teach me a lesson, did you?"

   "How is it possible, how dare I teach His Majesty the King a lesson?" Howard said he didn't dare, but the tone of his speech didn't sound like it.

   "So, Butler Howard, what are you here for?" Edward's tone became a little stiff.

"Your Majesty, I'm here to ask. We've finished watering all the land. What should we do next?" It is very opinionated that Mai uses farmyard manure.

  Edward was not disappointed when he heard that Howard had rounded up. How could a shrewd person like him be frightened!

   Speaking of farmyard manure, it was not easy for Edward to produce it.

  First of all, Edward built a toilet in the manor, stipulating that all people must defecate in the toilet and are not allowed to defecate anywhere.

  Many people think that in normal times, people's urine and stool can directly water plants, but this is actually wrong.

  The main reason is that human feces contain germs and insect eggs. Only after fermentation and decomposing, most of them are killed, reducing the number of germs and promoting pie. And if it is watered directly without fermenting and decomposing, the plants are likely to be rotted and burned to death.

  So Edward can be used after several days of storage, and the storage time should not be too long. Generally, it will be decomposed in 6-7 days in summer and 15-20 days in winter. It should be applied as soon as possible after fermentation and decomposition to avoid loss of fertilizer.

  In the era when there was no fertilizer in ancient times, using farmyard manure was a frugal and convenient way to obtain materials everywhere, and the effect was not bad!

  Farmyard manure contains more comprehensive nutrients, and its fertilizer effect is stable and long-lasting. In addition to the three major nutrients of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, farm fertilizers also contain calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron and various trace elements, as well as some substances that can stimulate root growth and various beneficial soil microorganisms.

   "Howard, call some people to prepare to cut some weeds!" Edward ordered, "Bring more people, and get them here as much as possible!"

   "Yes! Your Majesty!" Although Howard looked confused, he had no choice but to follow through on the previous agreement.

   Everyone guessed it right! Edward is ready to get plant ash to fertilize the field.

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