Chapter 34 Tiefeng_3

To distribute land to each household, one must first "divide the land."

Dividing the land requires drawing boundaries, which uses furrows and ridges. There isn't enough time to rush planting wheat, let alone do all this.

Moreover, Bard doesn't have anyone capable of measuring land or calculating areas.

Measuring land and calculating areas isn't simple, the terrain is uneven and the shapes aren't square. Calculating the area of a polygon requires at least a basic knowledge of "Geometry."

Not to mention that furrows and ridges would take up already precious arable land area.

Growing up in the Federated Provinces where arable land is tight, Bard had seen farmers whose lands had been carved into disconnected small plots, with ditches and ridges occupying up to one-fourth or even more of the total cultivable area.

He was also short of livestock and farming tools.

To maximize the use of the scarce cattle, horses, and farming equipment, they had to be used collectively.