Fields (ROTS)

Fields (ROTS)
File:Fields ROTS.png
Chain	Farming Type
Requires	-
Enables	Buildings: Dry Field Agriculture Pastures
Spawned Defence Forces	-
Basic Building Statistics	Cost: 600 +200 to wealth from farms in this province +1 per turn to town growth from commerce within this province Provides food: 1
Clan Effects	-
See main article; FotS Buildings

Description

The peasant's back is bent; the rice grows tall.

Fields physically organise the work of villages, making sure that everyone has enough good land for their crops.

Agriculture is one of the oldest organised human practices. However, subsistence farming means everyone has to work hard just to have enough to eat. A field system allows a little more sophistication in the way that food is produced. Land can be left fallow, to recover its fertility, on an organised basis; or different crops can be planted each year to maintain the goodness of the soil. None of this organised activity is possible without a system of fields, and the extra food grown allows people to spend their lives on activities other than farming. It is only when there is a food surplus that potters, smiths, weavers, and a host of other craftsmen can live. A food surplus also means enough for valuable bureaucrats and important tax collectors to eat.

Other Information

In the Campaign, every province has a Soil Quality which determines the amount of wealth that is generated by farming. As such, any player that wants to strengthen their economy must take control of Provinces with rich soil and invest in upgrading their farms as soon as possible. Provinces with poor soil should only be upgraded if you have plenty of extra gold and need a surplus of food to sustain buildings that consume food.

However, due to the fact that Rise of the Samurai takes place 400 years before Shogun 2, the Farm Yields are much lower due to the aspects of farming and tax collection being far less developed than they were in the future. Because of this, collecting money and building a strong economy is much more difficult.

Upgrading a Field will present you with two choices:

• Agriculture Branch: Increases Provincial Wealth and provides more food.
• Equestrian Branch: Enables recruitment of Cavalry Units but gives you less money and renders the Province unable to upgrade its Castle without receiving surplus food from other friendly Provinces.

Given the fact that Money is hard to come by in Rise of the Samurai, you're economy will be much better off if you never have any plans to recruit and use cavalry. Even when you've gotten your provinces and your tax collection well developed, Cavalry can still be considered a cost ineffective investment due to the significant drain that they impose on your Clan's treasury with their their high recruitment and upkeep costs.

Farm Yields without Animal Husbandry

	Fields	Dry Field Agriculture	Rice Paddies	Improved Irrigation
Very Fertile	600	1020	1260	2100
Fertile	400	680	840	1400
Average	300	510	630	1050
Meager	260	441	546	909
Barren	200	340	420	700

	Pastures	Horse Breeders	Warhorse Studs
Very Fertile	840	960	1500
Fertile	560
Average	420
Meager	364	416
Barren	280	320	500

Farm Yields with Animal Husbandry (+2%)

	Fields	Dry Field Agriculture	Rice Paddies	Improved Irrigation
Very Fertile
Fertile
Average
Meager
Barren

	Pastures	Horse Breeders	Warhorse Studs
Very Fertile
Fertile
Average
Meager
Barren