Basic education has been popularized in Goblin Village in another world, and hamster breeding and experimental field projects are in full swing.
As the general person in charge of these projects, Shi Junjun has been very busy these days. After most of the Goblin Academy's language proficiency has improved to the point where they can communicate simply, her current work focus has turned to other aspects——
"How many times have I told you, these are crops, not weeds!" The girl was so angry that her eyebrows flew up. "You have just plucked so many of them not long after they have just grown. What will you eat when they are harvested?"
Several green-skinned dwarves lowered their heads in shame. The sparse cultivated land behind them looked so dazzling in the experimental field that was generally growing well.
To them the weeds to be pulled out look exactly like the crops...
After hearing this explanation, Shi Junjun had no choice but to temporarily put their weeding work on hold until they could tell the difference between the two.
The good news is that with the nourishment of the world's water and soil, the growth rate of crops in the experimental fields far exceeded her earlier expectations.
It has only been a week, and the sown seeds have already sprouted and grown to the extent that it originally took more than half a month. If this rate continues, the experimental field will have its first harvest in more than a month. At this time, the Goblin Village is short of food.
The problem will be easily solved.
Out of concern that it might cause damage to the ecological environment of another world, Shi Junjun adopted the most cautious attitude in the use of pesticides and compound fertilizers.
Fortunately, there are no pests or diseases, and pesticides are useless.
It’s just that the smell of organic fertilizer made from hamster cakes is hard to describe...
By the way, those hamsters are really good at pulling.
In terms of irrigation, the progress of construction of the waterwheel was not smooth at first. After experiencing the high precision requirements for processing parts in the early stage, which resulted in a lot of scrap parts, Shi Junjun discovered this situation and taught it to the carpenter named Thorn Goblin.
The basic concepts of length units and conversion methods, and I took out a tape measure and told him what lengths the scales on it represent.
After having a basic concept of the unit of length, and having a tape measure that was as accurate as ever before, the carpenter Thorn slowly began to adapt to this kind of work that he had never done before, and more and more waterwheels met the design requirements.
The parts were produced and assembled under the guidance of the girl next to the stream near the experimental field.
Objectively speaking, the flow of water in that stream is not very large, but it should not be a problem to irrigate the experimental field with a water truck that is as tall as a person.
At the same time, the green dwarves are also installing water diversion aqueducts along the way. The nearly one kilometer long water diversion route is connected by hundreds of wooden water pipes. Each half-section of the wood itself, as well as the connections and supports, must be strong and reliable.
, therefore every piece of wood is inspected and confirmed by Shi Junjun himself before being installed in place.
For a village with only more than 280 goblins, building a waterwheel and a water diversion aqueduct along the way is already a major project. For this reason, the old village chief did not affect the village's daily collection of food and basic supplies.
When it was safe to do so, they recruited young goblins, who accounted for a quarter of the village's total population - a total of seventy green-skinned dwarves. After several hours of training and explanation by Shi Junjun, they carried out the transportation of the water diversion aqueduct.
There is installation work along the way.
"Is the waterwheel ready?"
"Ready--"
"Have the aqueducts been inspected——"
"Everything has been checked——"
Shi Junjun's throat was so hoarse that he could hardly speak, and there were several blood blisters on the soles of his feet.
This is obviously a very inconvenient situation in a Goblin village in another world where transportation relies on walking and communication relies on shouting, so the job of conveying messages to the green dwarves is done by Broccoli, who has the best language skills besides the old village chief.
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"Broccoli." The coolness from the lozenges in his mouth made Shi Junjun's throat feel more comfortable, and he asked, "Are you all ready?"
"Everything is ready." Broccoli nodded vigorously.
"Then it's up to you to take a new step for this village." The girl smiled slightly and said something that made the green dwarf sound confused,
"After all, to this world, I am not a returnee, but a passerby——"
Although Broccoli couldn't understand what Zeju said, even though she still couldn't figure out the meaning of what they were doing, and even though she didn't know why this human girl had so many weird ideas in her head, this
Goblins in other worlds can feel that everything Shi Junjun does will have a good impact on his village.
Maybe as she said inadvertently before, they will have farmlands, schools, and workshops like humans. Children can go to school to learn about the world. Young people can work in farmlands and workshops during the day without risking their lives.
By collecting food dangerously, the old people in the village don’t have to go hungry every now and then.
They can also live in the sunshine outside this forest.
Broccoli believes that what she said will come true one day.
As for the pockets that she heard in that cave that could transport items, Shi Junjun didn't tell her, that was her secret, and Broccoli would keep these secrets even if she died.
The goblin took a deep breath and pulled hard on the hemp rope. The wooden board blocking the water flow also loosened. The power of the flowing water drove the entire waterwheel to slowly rotate, and the clear stream water was poured into the wooden barrel.
It was sent to high places one after another, and then flowed rapidly in the wooden aqueduct using the height difference, and finally merged into the cultivated land nearly one kilometer away.
"This is a small step." Shi Junjun looked at the cheering green dwarfs around him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"This is a big step." Shao Wei, who witnessed this scene through his mobile phone camera, murmured.
"It's time to go to bed. We have a day off tomorrow." The girl yawned and stood up and stretched. "I have something important to do the day after tomorrow."
"What's up?"
"Learn magic."
The basic concept of magic is not new in Shi Junjun’s novels and film and television works in the original world. The basic concept is to use your thoughts to control changes in real things around you to achieve attack, treatment, defense or other effects.
According to the old village chief, magic in other worlds can be explained by this concept.
Next is how to cast the spell.
Fortunately, to cast magic in another world, you don't have to recite some incantations like those in some ancient anime.
In most cases, the magician only needs to outline the effect of the magic he wants to cast in his mind, and then use magic props as a medium to display the surrounding environment or his own magic in a concrete way.
It sounds quite simple.
The power of magic depends to a large extent on the level of mental power of the caster, and the level of mental power almost entirely depends on talent.
And whether you can perceive magic is related to whether you can cast magic...
"The guest's magic has obviously reached a very high level, why do we need to start learning again?" The old Goblin village chief showed a puzzled expression on his face.
"Um...actually I don't know magic." Shi Junjun answered honestly.
"How can a person without magic kill the Dark Lord? How can he destroy a house like that in an instant?" The old Goblin village chief shook his head, "There are too many things about the guest that I can't understand...
..”
The girl thought that things were about to get worse. She felt that this old green-skinned dwarf was not very willing to teach others.
"The guest is the great benefactor of our village, but I only know the most rudimentary magic." The old Goblin village chief looked a little bit regretful, "I'm afraid I can't satisfy you..."
After hearing this, Shi Junjun breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm just a beginner anyway. I can't learn anything too advanced at once."
Recalling the previous experience of inexplicably destroying a house of goblins, she was still frightened and decided to move the learning venue to a small forest clearing not far from the village, so that if any unexpected situation occurred, there would be no serious consequences.
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"Magic props are necessary items for performing magic. Without its assistance, a magician with strong mental and magical power will not be able to perform any effective magic." The old Goblin village chief tied it up with a string and hung it up.
He put the ring on his neck and said when he put it on his finger, "So guests should be careful in the future and never lose the magic props they carry with them..."
The girl who usually likes to throw away things carefully picked up her ring, thinking that for a long time before that, this magic prop was worn on the body of a previous generation time traveler who had been dead for many years...
Okay, okay, the dead are the most important. I shouldn’t dislike you. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
After taking a deep breath, Shi Junjun slowly put the ring on his index finger. Fortunately, there was no abnormal movement like before, and the touch on his index finger was ice cold.
"First, imagine a little spark in your head." The old Goblin village leader closed his eyes and said plausibly, "Then he guided the magic power in his body, just like adding wood to a fire, making this spark burn and expand a thousand times -
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Before he finished speaking, Shi Junjun felt that the surrounding temperature began to rise significantly. Then the air in front of the old goblin village chief was slightly distorted, and a blazing orange-red fireball suddenly appeared.
The fireball slowly dissipated in mid-air. The old Goblin village chief, who was slightly out of breath, calmed down his breathing and explained: "Although this is a simple magic, it is impossible to master it in one day. Guests can
First feel the presence of magic in the environment, and then gradually..."
The old goblin village chief, who was talking to himself, didn't notice that the complicated lines on Shi Junjun's finger ring slowly lit up.
"Guests don't have to worry if they can't master the fireball magic for the time being."
Seeing that there was still no movement from the girl after closing her eyes for a while, the old goblin village chief sighed and prepared to demonstrate the steps of casting the spell again.
The sun hanging high in the sky seemed to be slightly dimmed.
Shi Junjun suddenly opened his eyes.
Then a fire dragon roared, tearing through the air and breaking through the sky.
At the same time, Shao Wei, who was in another world, suddenly raised his head, as if something flashed in the sky.