The Shining Wyrm

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The Seasons of the Year as used in the county of Viznove.

Spring Ploughing/Fallow Turn

Spring Seeding/Harrow/Birdbane

Summer Haying/Hay Turn/First Summer

Weed Blight/Hungry Summer/Second Summer

Wheat Harvest/Grain Turn/Third Summer

Pea Season/ Threshing Turn/Debt's Season

Winter Ploughing/ Swine Turn/ Pannage Season

Autumn/ Blood Season/ Smoke Season/ Forest Turn

Winter

The Logistics of Jewel’s Bath.

4~ meters diameter, 1~ meter tall.

Roughly 10,000 litres of water by volume

Takes approximately 280 kilos of wood to heat a full bath.

Takes 42 trees a year (with two years of aging to dry the cut wood out beforehand) assuming one bath a day.

The Rochford Finances and Demographics (prior to inclusion of the newly granted territories).

2900~ Population in Rochford

71,832 Acres in Rochford

20,300~ Acres of worked farmland in Rochford

6,767 Acres worked directly for Lord Rochford

13,533 Acres owned by farmers in Rochford

5,413 Acres equivalent produce paid in taxes.

12,180 Acres of produce available to Lord Rochford

56,840 Bushels of Wheat Equivalent Product after Taxes produced by the population of Rochford.

369,460 Approximate Pfenning Annum Income for Population of Rochford (before food)

167,438 Approximate Pfenning Cost Per Annum of Food for Population of Rochford

202,022 Pfenning Annum Income of Population of Rochford After Food cost (and taxes).

85,260 Bushels of Wheat Equivalent produced Owned by Lord Rochford

554,190 Pfenning Annum Income for Lord of Rochford.

2,980~ Knights Marks Annum Income for Lord of Rochford

149~ Knights Marks owed in tithe when not meeting military obligations (2 Knights Marks per thousand Acres of the Barony)

7,993,125 pounds of bread equivalent theoretically produced in Rochford.

3,197,250 pounds of bread equivalent produced by farmers after taxes.

2,140,818 pounds of bread equivalent eaten by people of Rochford per year.

This does not account for land or labor needed to produce other goods required for living such as clothes or firewood, which is where a much greater strain on food stores and availability of nourishment comes. This is also an optimistic measure of an average year. Which can easily be changed by any number of weather or perturbations to the productivity of the land or viability of individual crops.