Iron Harvest: When Farming Becomes Conquest-Chapter 247 - 16: Killing You, What’s It to Me

The Angel Envoys have a transfer system.

As Roman relied on the community of destiny, he naturally cared deeply about it.

Let’s set aside some of the more mysterious professions for now.

Roman currently has five transfer directions.

Namely Vanguard, Guard, Sniper, Heavy Equipment, Special Forces.

The profession is as the name implies, and is easy to understand.

For a combat brigade, having complete troop types is foundational.

Vanguard is the spearhead, responsible for breaking the enemy’s line and expanding the advantage — they are the ones who first scale the walls and take the initial victory.

Guard units are melee units, tasked with engaging the enemy directly and fighting in bloody battles.

Snipers are archers, focusing on long-range attacks and firepower suppression.

Heavy Equipment is the pressure absorber, taking on the role of damage absorption.

Special Forces are elite soldiers with extremely strong individual combat capabilities — but they can also be scouts, commonly known as Scouts.

Transfer is essentially making the profession more professional.

According to Roman’s understanding, an ordinary talent archer transferring to a Sniper would gain talent in shooting, either in vision, explosiveness, or concentration.

Indeed, transferring changes the Angel Envoy’s talent.

For example, a thin monkey, after transferring to a Guard, would have muscles bulging all over, with physical abilities far exceeding ordinary people, turning into a well-built man — quite reasonable.

It varies from person to person.

But such changes are too extreme.

The human body finds it hard to adapt to such drastic changes, involving comprehensive changes in bones, organs, blood vessels, muscles, etc.

So it can’t be showcased in the short term and requires a long process.

In the short term, several years, long term, several decades.

And there are thresholds for transferring.

Roman must upgrade the Angel Envoy’s attribute to transfer.

Thus in the past, this option was somewhat dispensable.

Because, in the past, Roman had limited resources, and the Angel Envoys he could enhance already had talents.

Transferring them early would limit their potential.

Moreover, it can’t be readily confirmed if they truly suit this profession.

Once transferred, it affects them for life.

Therefore, discretion is naturally required.

Now Roman is enhancing Angel Envoy attributes on a large scale, finally having the foundation for transfer.

For the high Star Level Angel Envoys, I have to consider, but for the low Star Level ones, it doesn’t matter.

They are just expendables for filling lines. Military personnel regard obeying orders as their duty, just do what you’re told.

Moreover, Roman had also been enhancing different abilities based on different troop types recently.

Now, the talent characteristics brought by transfer will bring them immense changes.

Shield Soldiers are Heavy Equipment, enhancing defense or constitution attributes,

Archers are Snipers, enhancing attack or constitution.

Scouts are Special Forces, enhancing speed or attack.

Guards are part of the Infantry, including spearmen, blade shields, swordsmen, crossbowmen. Enhancing attack.

Cavalry is Vanguard, also enhancing attack.

We must let those fools outside see how strong his attack is!

...

Late in the winter.

Roman received a letter sent by someone dispatched by Gael.

Gael urged him not to be stubborn, to find his way back soon, and hinted Roman could be independent.

Just because of the same surname of Split Armor, not wanting to resort to war, now we should work together to resist foreign enemies.

Defend the glory of Split Armor!

Maintain the order of conquest!

His words were sincere and had a strong appeal, and young nobles would definitely feel their blood boil and follow Gael to the battlefield riding even a dog.

Because, for a Duke, bowing down is highly unusual.

Gael is the head of the family, the lord.

An illegitimate son like Roman hardly deserves his attention.

The only reason to make a concession is because Roman’s military force is too strong.

Moreover, River Valley is easy to defend and hard to attack.

Do you really think the River Valley King is a joke?

Even the noble coalition army can do nothing, struggling to send troops to attack, Gael can only use appeasement policies.

Persuade surrender rather than use force.

Even if using force, it has to be the trick of a trap.

Trick Roman out first.

Roman thought, based on blood relations, Gael should have no hostility towards him and wouldn’t resort to such despicable means.

After all, as the Grand Duke of Split Armor, to ensure prestige, going back on one’s words is like spending one’s own credibility.

But... this doesn’t affect his hostility towards Gael.

Whatever means, thoughts, or strategic tricks you have.

Killing you, what does it matter?

...

Roman didn’t reply.

This itself was a statement.

Upon learning this, Gael started mobilizing his troops.

He gave Roman a chance, but Roman didn’t seize it.

To pacify external troubles, one must first stabilize internally!

Gael decided to destroy this Split Armor offspring daring to defy the will of the Grand Duke of Split Armor.

Now he knows everything, realizing Roman is the most favored offspring by Alster.

His father, the former Duke Split Armor, gave that unknown, highly potential land to the illegitimate son.

But now he is the Grand Duke of Split Armor!

All disobedient sons and treacherous ministers will perish!!

...

Roman was completely unaware of Gael’s intentions.

He was surveying the land to be cultivated next year, measuring each piece with his feet.

"Sigh." He sighed deeply, looking at the swamp before him.

Residents of Sige Town had cleaned four to five million mu of land over the past decades.

And out of these, only a few thousand mu were fertile fields.

The rest of the land was full of mixed wild growth, thorny brambles, stumps, roots, and stones that hadn’t been properly managed.

But they had all been planted with crops, meaning they were leveled land.

The current four to five million mu of arable land is enough to meet population demands.

But one must always have a long-term perspective.

Roman has been crazily migrating populations this year, and will surely continue to increase the population next year, facing a food crisis once more.

Even using tofu as the staple wouldn’t suffice.

One jin of soybeans can make three to five jins of tofu.

Roman currently has about two million jin of soybeans after oil extraction, resulting in tofu multiplied by three to five times.

If the entire population averages eating three jins of tofu daily, it would only last a little over two months.

Including peas, vegetables, and other grains, it can only meet the daily needs of thirty thousand people. Forty thousand, fifty thousand people wouldn’t work.

So the answer is reclamation.

More land must be reclaimed.

But further reclamation is very difficult.

Because it faces forests, swamps, and wasteland with hard soil structures, even wild grass can barely survive.

The more terrifying part is the swamp landscape.

Low-lying wetlands, with a lot of stagnant water, and overgrown with weeds.

At this stage, large-scale reclamation is impossible.

The advantage is that the swamps here belong to peat swamps.

Roman speculated that before the mountains rose up in ancient times, this basin was not a basin yet, with cold currents from the Northern Land roaring in, transforming this place into a cold, wet temperate zone — but far better than Siberia.

Then the climate changed drastically, plate tectonics collided, raising the mountains.

During that period, plants died on a large scale, and the dead plants hadn’t decomposed in time, and the ones that died the following year covered over them, year after year.

Thus, peat accumulation layers appeared.

Commonly known as peat.

Peat is coal that hasn’t formed yet.

It lies beneath the marsh, with at least a half-meter thick of peat qualifying as peat soil.

The peat soil Roman ordered to be dug out was considered a deposit, with thickness varying from 1 meter to 8 meters, and high quality.

Relying on merely ten mu or so of swamp land, he dug out enough fertilizer needed for tens of thousands of mu of farmland.

The nutrients in peat are several times that of manure, authentic nutritive soil, and even after drying it can be used as fuel.