The Midyear Reports Conclude

The year-end reports continued, and after several powerful departments had finished their reports, it was finally the turn of the last important department, the Ministry of the Agricultural Department, to report.

The one giving the report was still an old acquaintance, Baron Vittel, who had worked in the Agricultural Department for over a decade and had been following Victor since the Golden Sunflower Territory in Boler County. He was a respectable veteran.

Unfortunately, Viter himself had limited abilities. He was highly specialized in his field but lacked overall competence. Victor dared not relocate him and estimated that he would spend his life in the agricultural sector, but he himself was quite content with it.

"Duke Grace, so far, agricultural production in the territory has been extremely successful."

In particular, the successful production of the first batch of hectares of land in the Northlands has increased the arable land area of Two Rivers County by almost 20%. The grain output of the Two Rivers County alone can meet the grain consumption of the Two Rivers County and the Golden Sunflower Territory.

However, what surprised us the most was the grain yield of Qinghe County. According to our statistics after the summer harvest, it far exceeded our expectations.

After the situation stabilized, Qinghe County not only recovered its grain production but also increased it by one-third, achieving a bumper harvest.

Although Victor didn't know the exact figures, a one-third increase in production was no small matter. Victor straightened up and asked, "How did you manage that?"

Vitter said with a smug look on his face, "Thanks to you, Your Duke."

The nobles of Qinghe County in the past were very unethical. Qinghe County was rich in water resources and had no shortage of water, but those nobles actually controlled the waterways everywhere and prohibited Freemen from taking water to irrigate their fields.

Furthermore, these nobles would frequently take advantage of natural disasters to seize the land of Freemen, resulting in many farmlands being left in a semi-abandoned state.

After you defeated these nobles with the Vela Army, you also sent a clearing team to reorganize the land accounts, return the lands that had been seized to the Freemen, and clarify the boundaries, which greatly improved the productivity of these Freemen.

Later, our Agricultural Department also consolidated contiguous land, repaired water conservancy facilities, and rented some scattered land to landless Freemen, which further won the hearts of the people.

Subsequently, we introduced improved varieties to Qinghe County, and with the addition of bird droppings fertilizer transported by the territory's fleet, Qinghe County's grain production reached this figure.

However, more than half of the grain still came from the farmland of the former East Sea Nobility, who occupied the best farmland in Qinghe County.

Currently, due to a shortage of manpower, only a three-cropping system can be used for farming. In the future, with sufficient manpower, it is entirely possible to switch to a two-cropping system, which will significantly increase grain yield.

Victor nodded in satisfaction, signaling Vettel to continue his report.

According to the sampling statistics conducted during this summer harvest, Qinghe County is expected to have harvested 1 million tons of wheat. This batch of grain alone is basically enough to meet the food needs of the entire population under the Golden Sunflower Family's territory.

Adding the grain produced in the Northlands Two Rivers County, it can be said that our grain production is extremely abundant.

Supply and Marketing Cooperative across the country are currently organizing the purchase of summer grain. Including the grain deducted from taxes, it is estimated that at least 300,000 tons of wheat can be obtained. At the current market price, the value of this batch of wheat alone exceeds gold.

Hearing this number, Victor was also surprised, as it was extremely good news for the future of all the territories of the Golden Sunflower Family.

To put it bluntly, all of the Golden Sunflower Family's territories suffered a complete crop failure in the second half of the year, and we can use this grain to fill the remaining food gap.

Victor laughed, "The Agricultural Department has done a good job. It is thanks to your slaves that agriculture in the territory has been able to develop so quickly."

Since the end of the Civil War, none of the Golden Sunflower Family's territories have purchased food from outside for a long time, saving the territories a considerable amount of money.

Now, the grain we collect can open up new avenues of revenue for our territory, which has truly solved a major problem.

Unfortunately, there's too much grain in this batch. Releasing it directly onto the market could easily cause price fluctuations. After collecting it, don't sell it all right away; sell half first, and put the rest into storage.

"Yes, Your Duke."

After the Agricultural Department finished its report, it was the turn of the other departments. This time, Victor did not offer any comments.

That morning, the mid-year report concluded successfully, and Victor was very satisfied with the work done in the territory during the first half of the year.

The territory's various departments now operate quite efficiently, Victor basically only needs to issue instructions and approvals on major matters; the other departments can handle everything else on their own.

Whether it's top-down communication or interdepartmental communication, it's not a problem for the current territory government system.

Seeing the territory developing well, Victor had even more confidence in the future of the Golden Sunflower Family; all that was left was to wait patiently.