《帝国：全面战争》建筑单位介绍（European-style tenanted farms农场）

european-style tenanted farms

european-style tenanted farms

tenanted farms can only generate so much income from rents. with an increase in town size, and an increased demand from industry for agricultural products, it is more profitable to hae herds of animals, not a gaggle of tenants. meat and wool demand increases rapidly as towns grow. apart from any other considerations, moving people off land also creates large areas where landowners can indulge a passion for hunting. while this generates little income, it does give social status. the “highland clearances” are probably the most famous example of a forced change to land usage on a large scale. contary to popular belief, highland clan leaders carried out most of the scottish clearances, driving their own kinsen and clans into exile. the chieftains needed to pay for the sophisticated life that they could hae in edinburgh and london by reinventing themselves as scottish genry. sheep simply earned more money than the crofters did