A total of ninety-nine [Level 2 Fallen Tree Men] were standing in a slightly abrupt formation in the corner.
They looked very inconspicuous in front of tens of thousands of warriors of the same level.
The formation is also relatively orderly, which shows that these tree people have considerable wisdom.
It can be summarized as a special intelligent species, but it is different from the common elves and tree spirits.
Zong Shen just observed them for a while and then stopped paying attention to them.
Regarding the "contamination" characteristics of [Level 2 Fallen Tree Man], subsequent experiments are needed to draw conclusions.
Zong Shen plans to leave the specific matters to Salome Linyu, a senior agronomist and current farming expert in the territory.
If the changes caused by the "pollution" effect on plants are benign, then it can be promoted appropriately.
If they are malignant and negative changes, then treat them as "biochemical weapons" and send them to pollute the enemy's land and destroy the target's crops.
There is another possibility, that is, the "contamination" result is uncontrollable. If this happens, it is worth repeating the experiment.
You must know that modern agriculture in the earth period has gone through generations of breeding and crop optimization.
Scientific farming and cultivating the fields are one aspect, while cultivating crops is the major part.
The most typical example is corn. The earliest wild corn was a tall-stemmed grass with no cobs at all.
After generations of mutation and selection, it finally became the kind of corn that later generations are familiar with.
A similar situation exists with bananas. Wild bananas have many seeds and are sour. After improvements through modern breeding technology, bananas that are soft, waxy, sweet, and rich in nutrients are produced.
In addition, crops such as rice, wheat, soybeans, etc. have undergone various types of cultivation.
Hybridization, superior generation breeding, and the much-criticized genetic modification are all methods of crop optimization.
Use human intervention to cultivate crops that best meet human needs.
It is equivalent to shortening the survival of the fittest in nature for thousands of years and selectively optimizing.
Although there is no genetically modified technology in the Endless Continent, and there is no specialized cultivation experimental workshop, there is even more miraculous natural magic.
As long as the soil is fertile enough, you can even harvest a crop in a few days.
Natural magic with such effects can definitely greatly improve efficiency when used in breeding experiments.
Magic is magical, there is no doubt about it.
Unfortunately, the productivity of Endless Continent has never been able to take off in this way.
The reason is that natural spellcasters or corresponding magic circles cannot be universally beneficial.
High-level natural spell casters can single-handedly affect the growth of several hectares of farmland.
But the cost of doing so is a whole day's work, and few natural spellcasters are willing to do this.
Even in the last era, natural druids among the elves rarely went to "farm".
In addition to the fact that the Druids adhere to the doctrine of balance, it is more because they are unwilling to sink into the work of farmers.
And those natural magic arrays and those buildings with related functions are even more precious than natural spell casters of the same level.
Therefore, in the Endless Continent, using natural spellcasters or magic values to spawn crops is not mainstream.
But almost every giant city will have several magical private plots that are created in turn to store crops.
Due to backward fertilization technology, lack of compost, land conservation and other means, each piece of land must be left fallow for at least half a year or planted with another crop of alfalfa, soybeans and other nitrogen-fixing plants after a quick harvest of crops.
Of course, if you are willing to pay the price, there are many natural spiritual liquids that have effects far beyond those of manure.
But in this case, the cost of farming will be even greater, and it is far better to let the farmers under your command slowly cultivate the land.
The existence of space storage props and frost magic means that giant city-level food reserves do not need to take up a lot of space.
Some giant cities even have high-end storage props that involve stasis of time and space. There is no concept of time in space and can be guaranteed to last indefinitely. However, the number of such high-end products is small and not typical.
Normally, giant city-level grain reserves rotate according to a 3 to 5-year cycle.
New grain equals old grain.
The replaced old grain is directly put into the local market and can be quickly circulated and digested.
Therefore, the power of magic is difficult to spread in the Endless Continent.
On the contrary, the scientific farming methods on earth are universal and can be popularized on a large scale as long as preparations are made, thereby comprehensively improving productivity.
After talking about so many issues, they are all giving feedback on one core point.
That is, there is still great potential to be tapped in the agricultural development of the Endless Continent.
As a Chinese with upright roots, the blood of farming is deeply rooted in our genes.
With such a vast continent, if you really want to farm, there is no shortage of land.
His future agricultural development in the territory is based on the large farm model in the United States.
Of course, in the early days of the Free Folk Reform, this was not yet possible.
We can only take a path similar to household-based production quotas, and allocate suitable arable land according to individual labor force.
The territory itself can be used to cultivate a large farm, which will include the primary and intermediate [farmland] that Zong Shen previously exchanged, and then arrange various natural-type buildings there.
In addition, we must find ways to recruit more agronomic experts and form an agronomic team belonging to the territory.
The above plan made Zong Shen excited.
Returning to the topic, if the "pollution" effect of [Fallen Treants] can promote rapid mutation of plants, then they will become the best "catalyst" for agricultural breeding.
It allows the territory to obtain a large number of crop mutation samples in a short period of time.
As long as there are enough samples, I believe that "optimized" varieties that suit the needs of the territory will soon be found!
Thinking of this, Zong Shen looked at those [Second-Level Fallen Treemen] with much more eager eyes.
He planned to hand over these purple-skinned tree people to Salome Linyu's men when he turned around.
As for those [Second-Level Venomous Wasps], there’s not much to say.
There were thirty wasps in total, the size of a domestic dog, and the compound eyes on their heads reflected a light green luster.
The sharp, razor-shaped mouthparts make people shudder.
There is also a poisonous needle half exposed at the plump tail.
It proves that these guys can bite with their mouthparts like a hornet, and they can sting with their poisonous sting like a wasp.
I just don’t know if they will rip out the internal organs and die after stinging people.
Zong Shen has no desire to explore these venomous wasps.
These guys are more similar to pets, but they only take up command points, so they are placed under the command of a little-known combat hero.
Although they do not have high intelligence, they can obey the command of their ruler.
Zong Shen's orders will also be carried out as usual.
After all, Zong Shen is the great lord who controls all the heroes in his territory!
But except for the heroes who directly control them and Zong Shen himself, no one else can give orders to these wasps. Compared with intelligent warriors, the limitations are quite large.
However, Zong Shen did not intend to auction them off together with the goblins.
You must know that a wasp is a fast-flying insect that belongs to the order Hymenoptera and suborder Slender.
The [Venomous Wasps] of the Endless Continent are quite similar in appearance to the Earth Wasps, but they are more aggressive and much larger. Wasps as big as wolfdogs are not expected to intervene in high-level battles, but in many environments
They can complete a variety of auxiliary tasks. No matter what, let's stay and talk about it first. At most, we can consume more meat every day.
At this point, among the 3172 soldiers handed over by the captured lords, all the second-level soldiers who account for the majority have been checked, and Zong Shen naturally does not need to be personally responsible for the remaining details.
Zong Shen looked at Haoyi, then nodded approvingly.
"The statistics on the number of second-level warriors are basically correct."
"It's just that there are a few mistakes and omissions in these categories..."
He directly used the correct answers from the strategy module to "correct" and pointed out the errors and omissions.
Facing his loyal confidants, he doesn't need to hide his "data communication" ability at all.
Because Howie and the others had already realized in their hearts that "everything the lord said is correct."
This awareness is unreasonable and quite overbearing, which reduces a lot of scheming conflicts.
As for the data itself, Zong Shen is already very satisfied with Howie's ability to do things.
Being able to complete the statistics of nearly 100,000 people in just six or seven hours, with not many errors or omissions, clearly shows Howie's responsible attitude and potential in data statistics.
It's just that the method is not efficient enough. Maybe Zong Shen needs to give him a few words of advice.
Although Zong Shen doesn't know much about statistics, he does know some common techniques. As long as he teaches them to Howie, his statistical ability will be improved to a higher level.
After all, Zong Shen's strategy module is his own plug-in.
As the saying goes, a good man has his ambitions everywhere, and he is destined to go out and make a career in the future.
No matter how well developed the territory is, it will only be a giant city or a super giant city at most.
It is also unrealistic to build a city covering the entire endless continent.
Therefore, the territory can only be used as a safe rear area, and Zong Shen himself has to go out to expand the territory!
When that time comes, the abilities of the main domestic heroes such as Howie and Mariel will have a great impact on the development of the territory.
Zong Shen is not a nanny, nor is he alone in the territory.
Only by fully utilizing everyone's potential can the territory develop better in the future.
After pointing out the errors and omissions in the second-level warrior data, Zong Shen lowered his gaze again and looked at the subsequent third-level warrior data.
Next to each line of data written by Howie in charcoal on the vellum paper, golden data from the strategy module will appear.
The two are the reference answers and the standard answers. With a little comparison, Zong Shen can understand at a glance.
There were only more than 6,000 third-level soldiers handed over by the captured lords.
Divided evenly, each lord does not even have two.
Today's lords are all human beings. If you can use second-level soldiers to accomplish things, you will never use third-level soldiers.
There was really no choice, so I gave priority to giving the most rubbish self-trained soldiers to Zong Shen.
Then there are the third-level archers and infantry.
As for the cavalry and mages, each of them is regarded as a treasure. If you can, try not to give them to them.
As a result, the data of third-level soldiers are rather strange.
[Level 3 self-trained infantry] and [Level 3 self-trained crossbowmen] accounted for the majority.
From now on, the numbers of [Avalon Dragonborn Ranger], [Avalon Dragonborn Swordsman], [Nord Mad Axe Warrior], and [Saland Bronze Scorpion Scimitar Warrior] are arranged in the second echelon.
There are not many cavalry and various types of mages. There are only a few dozen of each type, and the most is just over a hundred.
The actual value of this wave of third-level soldiers is somewhat unsatisfactory.
Zong Shen couldn't help but twitch his brows.
Speaking of which, he is still too kind and looks too good-looking.
In fact, the lives of more than 3,000 lords were in his hands, so he could offer a higher price.
For example, if the captured lord is required not to provide self-trained warriors.
At that time, he considered the assurance of notoriety and did not ruthlessly plucking the wool of those lords.
"Forget it, settle for what you have."
"In the short term, these self-trained soldiers are no match for the standard soldiers with recruitment certificates."
"But in terms of long-term potential, there is still progress."
Zong Shen soon discovered the shining points in the self-trained soldiers.
In fact, there is still a lot of room for exploring the potential of self-trained soldiers. They are equivalent to "open source" and have more room for shaping than the "closed" nature of standard soldiers.
By forging better standard equipment and optimizing training methods and processes, Zong Shen can use self-trained soldiers as a template to build his own DIY military unit.
For example, it can be combined with a shield gun and shield sword to form a self-training shield infantry.
As for skills, they can be taught through special buildings or teaching talents.
Zong Shen had previously redeemed recruitment coupons for many types of teaching talents, but they were all auxiliary.
However, through the [Demon Codex] mastered by [Destroyer of Silence Artorius], the [Abyss Art of War] learned by [Magtheridon's Clone], and the corresponding abilities mastered by other legendary strongmen.
Fighting-type teaching talents should exist.
When I think about it this way, the thought of suffering a loss disappears.
God has paid off, and these self-trained soldiers can still play their due value.
As for the arms, there are no big surprises among the third-level arms.
Most of them are common arms in this grassland area, mixed with some arms from neighboring kingdoms.
In any case, it can be regarded as further enriching the territory's warrior population.
There is strength in numbers, and it is when the territory is short of manpower that any population absorbed at this time will not be wasted!