Chapter 163 Centennial Granary Plan

It had been a long time since Colin spent the night in the castle. The bedding made by his senior sister was so sweet and soft that he didn't get up until very late.

Today is Sunday, and the college has a regular holiday, so you can stay in the fortress for a while.

He first went to visit Olivia. This elf lady happened to be on the city wall, leading more than twenty companions at the moment of killing.

Roderick knew very well the importance of this elf to the lord, so he would accompany him whenever he had time.

As long as there are elves around, the fortress guards generally have no chance to take action. These powerful archers, combined with the fortress' unique magic arrows, are simply a disaster for the orcs.

"Sir Olivia, I have an idea, but I don't know if it's mature or not." Colin watched the elves finish slaughtering the orcs, and their cheers were no different from the first time, as if they would never get tired of it.

"Say." Olivia took back her short bow.

"I hope to move the fortress wall to the other end of Dragon's Breath Canyon."

"Why do you do this?"

"From the perspective of the entire Xiaya, the most fertile land is the Dragon's Breath Canyon. Not only because of the warm monsoon in the Wind Whispering Plain, but also because this land is full of orc flesh and blood, which is used to grow certain special plants.

The best soil." Colin expressed his thoughts.

He watched a group of elves happily descending from the city wall, obviously preparing to return to the woods to enjoy the mint for a day.

"No, sir, I definitely don't doubt you." Walder quickly pretended to be serious, and then asked: "But I am very curious, sir, we have enough space here, even a thousand-year granary can be built, but the problem is, these

How to store grain for a hundred years?”

However, using natural magic combined with magic patterns to extend the shelf life of food seems to be something that can be tried.

Colin had thought of the granary plan very early.

Although Walder found this kind of thing unbelievable, he could not disobey the lord's order. He could only design the drawings and find Matthew to discuss the specific construction details.

The construction team's main focus is currently on road construction. In order to connect the original territory of Earl Frank as soon as possible, Matthew assigned most of the troops to the knight Daeron.

This speed was completely unimaginable before.

Colin's plan cannot be implemented so quickly. It is not as easy as it sounds to build a city wall against the orcs' attack. But as he said, the fertile soil in Dragon's Breath Canyon is mouth-watering, and it is practical to use it as a battlefield.

It's a pity. Especially since Coral has been developing many new types of medicines one after another, the number and types of herbal medicines are in short supply.

Whether it's "pushing back growth" or extending the shelf life of food, it's all about controlling time to some extent.

Walder and Sophia stood on both sides of Colin.

As a natural lover of grain harvesting, he has tens of thousands of people to feed, so unless he builds grain silos around him, he will not be able to sleep peacefully.

"By the way, I saw in Jennifer's report that Dadamir suffered a famine that has never happened in a century?"

Jennifer and her senior sister understood this simple truth immediately, but Sophia, who was focused on magical biology, thought about it for a long time and still couldn't turn around.

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Colin feels more and more that there is some connection between natural magic and time.

Outside the city in late winter.

Looking at these races that seemed to never have troubles, and thinking that he would still be a hard worker after time travel, Colin felt a little unbalanced.

However, this idea currently has no basis and no historical evidence. Even after discussing it with Olivia, the elf lady shook her head and said that this idea was too bold - after all, there are many natural spells that cannot find similar characteristics.

Although there is no very satisfactory plan yet, it does not prevent the construction of a granary first. After all, the original granary is completely unable to meet the current requirements.

Colin didn't think deeply about it.

However, after getting to know Olivia and learning natural magic, this problem seems to have come to light, especially when the elf lady taught Colin a natural method that can preserve apples for half a year but still look as fresh as when they were just picked.

After using the spell, Colin's idea started to go crazy - he wanted to build a granary that would be enough for Xia Ya for a hundred years - although the actual significance of this may not be great, and it may only be used in the end of the world, but

No matter from the perspective of magical practice or the abnormal psychology of the lord, it is something worth trying.

Colin smiled and said: "Every farmer who gets money will eventually use the money to buy things in the store. When the store gets the money, it will purchase from the workshop. The workshop will pay the workers, and the workers will get the money."

When I get my salary, I will buy food and goods again, so if you look at it, after going around, the money is still the same, but everyone gets what they want, which invisibly improves productivity."

"Sounds good." Olivia nodded: "But in this case, the supply line of the city wall will be extended a lot."

"Yes, it is said that they have had drought for two consecutive years, and except for the area around the Emerald Lake, there has been no harvest anywhere else."

Colin even had some doubts about how this alumnus graduated from Cambridge.

"It doesn't matter. I will slowly turn the entire canyon into a part of the fortress. Then there won't be much difference." Colin smiled: "It's just that the pressure on the guards at the beginning will definitely be greater. I have to thank you and your Excellency."

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After all, food has a certain storage period, and if you want to use ordinary magic methods to keep it fresh, the cost is unaffordable.

"You don't need to worry about this. Just build the granary." Colin did not explain.

"No problem, we like this job very much." The elf nodded.

The knight who was addicted to building roads had never fought such a rich battle before. He was so excited that he couldn't restrain himself and built a third of the distance in one month.

But at the beginning, he just wanted to set a goal of about three years.

Near the plantation.

"Sir, according to your request, sixty-five giant granaries can store food for 100,000 people for more than six years. Your century-old granary plan... ahem... seems to be one step closer." Wald said.

Halfway through, he paused, coughed twice, and then finished his sentence.

"Putting gold coins in the castle is the most wasteful thing."

"You can definitely laugh out loud, Walder." Colin said nonchalantly.

"Miss Sophia, the decree to purchase grain from free farmers has been implemented."

These plants with magical properties are difficult to buy even if you have money. Red winter grass is already a relatively common one, and it can only be picked near the Longji Mountains. If you don't have your own herbal cultivation base, the development of pharmaceuticals will be inevitable.

will be restricted.

He laughed to himself, exchanged a few words with Roderick, and returned to the fortress.

The area of ​​Xia Ya is not large, but the overall shape is long and narrow. Not only is this road that runs from north to south so long, it will definitely become the busiest road in Xia Ya in the future, so the quality must also pass the test.

The three of them looked at the dozens of huge circular buildings being built in the open space in front of them.

"Yes." Sophia nodded and said, "But sir, I still want to say that with the current production, it is already a very kind thing to ask farmers to only hand over half of the grain. There is no need to use money to purchase some of it.

half……"

"Do we have enough food reserves now?"

"Sir, our problem is that we don't have enough granaries and storage methods. There is already so much food in the fortress that there is no place to put it. If there is no time to build a granary and wait until Miss Jennifer's next season's grain matures in the earl territory, my suggestion is to stop it.

Annual food collection." Sophia sighed.

"In this case, let's sell a batch of grain to Dadamir at a low price." Colin said: "When we were in difficulty, the other party took the initiative to provide help. If possible, help."

I'll take a chapter off, I'll make up for it later.
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