Chapter 1041: Hundred-fine Wheat Breeding Plan [2023 New Weather]
As a lord, Zong Shen has full respect for the dedicated and dedicated people under his command.
This is true whether it is Mariel, Howie, Colby or the senior agronomist Salome Linyu in front of them.
Although other territorial citizens will faithfully carry out his orders, they may not be so conscious.
It can be said that the more dedicated citizens are all people with other ambitions in their hearts.
The great development of the territory gave them a stage to flex their muscles, thus giving them strong subjective initiative.
There is no need for Zong Shen to use coercion or inducement, and these "motivated" leaders can also enjoy their work.
Salome Linyu has his own ambitions. He hopes that the territory's future agronomic technology can be focused on support and comprehensive development, so that agronomist will no longer be a niche technical profession.
As long as Zong Shen pays enough attention to agricultural development, the agronomists in the territory will have a higher social status in the future.
In addition, he sincerely loves cultivating plants and crops.
Especially when you are in the fields, watching the seeds sown by your own hands sprout and grow until they bear fruit.
Sowing, growing, and harvesting contain endless fun.
Regarding the questions raised by Salome Lin Yu, Zong Shen also deeply agreed.
The problem of imbalance or even shortage of talents in the territory has been bothering him for a long time.
But this kind of thing cannot be accomplished overnight. It took hundreds of years for the aboriginal giant city to accumulate the talent pool. It is unrealistic to catch up in just one or two months.
This is true even with the help of the privileges of the lord system.
You must know that agronomy is only one of dozens of mainstream technical professions in the Endless Continent.
Moreover, due to the lack of attention paid to agriculture by mainland indigenous people, the professional status of agronomists has always been ranked at the bottom.
It is not easy to find high-level agronomists, at least there are not many high-level agronomists in the giant cities within tens of thousands of kilometers of the territory.
However, in cities further away, you should be able to find corresponding professional associations of agronomists.
He planned to visit the giant city of Lentax to see if he could recruit some technical talents that were in short supply in the territory.
Even if you can't recruit high-level technical talents, you can still make do with some intermediate or junior ones, which is at least better than nothing.
After a brief consideration, Zong Shen did not give Salome Lin Yu an accurate answer.
"As for agronomic talents, I will try my best to recruit them in the near future."
"The current conditions are limited, so we should first train as many agricultural apprentices as possible."
"I hope to see results within a month."
Hearing what he said, Salome Linyu could only bow and salute.
"Sir, please rest assured that these five hundred agricultural apprentices will be able to start training soon."
"The fertility of these [fertile fields] is excellent. Supplemented by drip irrigation with diluted moon spring water, the fertility of the land can be quickly restored without leaving it fallow."
"Exactly the best fields for growing practice."
[Elementary fertile land] and [Intermediate fertile land] are both land and a special "building" unit.
Their land fertility is far beyond ordinary soil. They not only have buffs that promote crop growth, but also have stronger fertility self-restoration, which is quite unreasonable.
Such high-quality land can not only be used to quickly grow crops in batches, but can also be used as the best experimental field to harvest crops for several or even ten seasons in the shortest possible time, allowing agronomy apprentices to quickly accumulate enough
Farming experience.
Hands-on sowing, maintenance and harvesting are the best practical courses.
More than ten seasons of crop harvesting experience are enough for them to experience most of the problems they will encounter during farming.
"These special plots of land will serve as private land for territorial farms."
"You will continue to be in charge in the future, and the area should be further expanded."
Zong Shen turned his head and looked at the surrounding fields. This area covering hundreds of acres should not have used up all the fertile farmland and buildings he had redeemed before. If there is a chance in the future, he is going to redeem some more to strive for the freedom of the future territory.
All the cultivated land owned by the camp is medium and high-grade fertile land.
"Thank you for your consideration. In addition to the two issues mentioned above, Salome has something else to report to you."
Hearing Zong Shen's respect for him in his words, a smile appeared on Salome Lin Yu's face.
"Please tell me, no need to be polite."
"The agricultural development of the territory is second only to the strengthening of the military force of the legion in my heart."
"The latter is the key to establishing a foothold in the mainland, while the former is the ballast stone to ensure stable development."
Zong Shen said seriously, his eyes flashing with expectations for the future.
Force is not only an indestructible shield to protect the territory, but also an indestructible spear for external expansion and territorial expansion.
If you only develop agriculture without developing force, you will eventually become a lamb in the mouths of other powerful people.
But only developing force without developing agriculture is equivalent to rootless duckweed.
Countless nomadic peoples in the history of the earth have already proved that this road is not easy to walk.
Although nomadic peoples who made their fortune by plundering often had strong fighting power, they had no ability to expand their territory but had no ability to hold on to their family business.
Zong Shen naturally won't play extremes. Since there are countless lessons learned before him, he will definitely choose to take them all!
Salome Linyu didn't think so much. He had no interest in military conquest.
But he knows very well that any force that wants to gain a foothold in the Endless Continent must develop force.
This also applies to the elves who respect nature and love a peaceful life.
Even in the last era, the elves' military armament level once surpassed that of the more populous orcs.
What surprised Salome Linyu was that Zong Shen personally admitted that he valued agricultural development.
So he could ask the next question with peace of mind.
"Sir, I need more seed samples."
"I have grown a whole season of those [100-Energy Wheat Seeds (Golden)] you gave me before."
"These wheat seeds containing surging essence are high-grade grains that are far higher than ordinary wheat."
"The first-generation wheat seeds were limited to only reproduce for five seasons, but recently I have had the inspiration to break the shackles of germination."
"I need a large number of wheat seed samples to determine the type of root of its germination."
"Of course, in addition to wheat seeds, seed samples of other crops, including fruit tree seedlings, are necessary materials for research."
"The climate of this land is pleasant and suitable for the growth and reproduction of most animals and plants."
"As long as you give me some time, the territory's dining table will soon become rich."
When it came to [Hundred Fine Wheat Seeds (Golden)], Salome Lin Yu's face showed a rare expression of excitement.
It was a golden epic-level high-level grain wheat seed. Each grain of wheat was huge, almost like the food of a giant.
The energy and nutrients contained in it are also extremely rich. Compared with ordinary wheat grains, it is as "fairy" as hell.
In Salome Linyu's opinion, this is not food for human consumption at all.
It must be some magical wheat grain from some superior species.
It's a pity that it cannot continue to reproduce and grow.
There are limitations and shackles at the root of every grain of wheat.
Dividing and reproducing for five generations is their limit.
If this shackles can be unlocked, these [Hundred-Energy Wheat Seeds (Golden)] can continue to reproduce.
No training or practice is required, as long as you consume [Bai Jingmai] every day, you can have a strong body!
To be honest, Zong Shen almost forgot about [Hundred Fine Wheat Seeds (Golden)].
He only got a handful of wheat seeds from this thing at first, each one as big as a watermelon.
The planted rhizomes are five or six meters high, and the abundant wheat ears are two or three meters long.
It is no exaggeration to say that you can cook a pot of wheat rice with just one piece of [Baijingmai].
If it could be fully popularized, there would be no need for ordinary wheat to exist at all.
Under the same cultivated area, harvesting one season of [Baijing Wheat] every year is equivalent to harvesting three or four seasons of ordinary wheat.
Not to mention that the nutritional value and energy levels of the two are completely different.
If the planting restrictions of [Hundred Fine Wheat Seed (Golden)] can be solved, the territory will undoubtedly benefit immensely!
So he immediately nodded and agreed.
“Keep all the ears of wheat from the first generation, and use the straw of pure wheat to make straw mats to cover and preserve them.”
"I will get enough wheat samples as soon as possible to provide material for your research."
Speaking of this, Zong Shen suddenly remembered an element when he checked [Hundred Fine Wheat Seeds (Golden)].
There was a sentence mentioned in the notes of the strategy module at that time:
"If you want to get Baijingmai again, you have to find a way to go to a mysterious oasis deep in the desert of the Salander Sultanate..."
This reminder note has already explained the origin of [Bai Jing Wheat Seed (Gold)]!
It should have been born in some mysterious oasis in the Salander Sultanate.
It is not difficult to find the specific location. For Zong Shen, it is just a matter of one sentence.
The difficulty is how to cross the extremely long geographical distance from the territory located in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Avalon and cross the border between the two countries to the Sultanate of Salander.
Moreover, the mysterious oasis itself is not on the border, and you have to travel a long way into Salander Sultanate to find it.
Even if Zong Shen lets the strategy module navigate and use the giant city-level teleportation array along the way, a trip there will still take at least two to three months!
At the moment, he can't take such a long break.
As for the Salander Sultanate, he naturally wants to go there. In addition to tracing the origin of [Hundred Fine Wheat Seeds (Golden)] and obtaining more seeds, the double master craftsman he longs for is also in a giant city in the Salander Kingdom.
inside.
And he was also going to meet the lord who defeated the dark clouds in the sky during the winter challenge.
Be polite first and then fight, and see if you can spend some resources or equipment to buy the [Destiny Parts] that person got.
If he didn't buy it, he would grab it directly.
Zong Shen is actually very willing to follow the rules, but he will never enforce them to death.
If you don't want to sell, then grab. It's a rule to have big fists, and it's also a skill. Why can't you use your fists to reason?
Thinking of this, Zong Shen then added to Salome Lin Yu.
"These amazing wheat seeds come from desert areas."
"The territory of the present-day Salander Sultanate."
“I don’t know its specific origin yet, but I plan to go there myself in the future.”
Salome Linyu is a senior agronomist recruited through a recruitment roll.
The era he lived in was not the last era, but it was still five to six thousand years ago. It was roughly the period when the human race was fighting for hegemony and establishing a country.
Zong Shen wasn't sure if he knew where the Salander Sultanate was.
However, the desert terrain environment is still very unique, and Salome Linyu may have heard of it.
“The Sultanate of Salander…”
"I've heard of the name of its founding sultan."
"That's a brave and strong man."
"But it doesn't seem to be a desert area. In my memory, it is full of fertile pastures and forests with abundant rain. The terrain is extremely flat, and animal husbandry and agriculture are very developed."
Zong Shen did not expect that Salome Linyu actually knew about the Salander Sultanate.
It seems that he was only included in the recruitment roll after the establishment of the Salander Sultanate.
It is not as old as Zong Shen imagined.
But speaking of it, Zong Shen had never arrived in the Salander Sultanate in person.
All his knowledge of this country comes from some of the information provided by the strategy module.
But now it seems that maybe the Salander Sultanate is not the same as the desert country he imagined.
The desert may only be part of the kingdom's territory.
There is also the possibility of pasture degradation caused by overgrazing.
Loss of land nutrients, imbalance of water and soil, and drying and wind erosion lead to desertification.
The Endless Continent has a vast territory, and once large-scale environmental changes occur, even the power of magic cannot stop it.
After all, this place is not like the earth, where the pace of desertification can extend to tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
Such a large area of desert cannot be effectively repaired even by natural disaster-level magic.
The difficulty of control is countless times more difficult than that of sand control on Earth.
Maybe thousands of years ago, the Salander Sultanate had a better landscape environment.
On a time scale of thousands of years, there will still be great changes.
Seeing that Zong Shen didn't say anything, Salome Lin Yu looked thoughtful.
Then he continued.
"You said [Baijingmai] comes from the Salander Sultanate."
"Then I remembered a legend..."
His words aroused Zong Shen's interest.
Recruiting citizens like Salome have complete memories and know some things before the ban.
"Tell me about it."
Zong Shen raised his chin with interest, then sat down on the field ridge, as if listening to the story.
Some stories have completely different feelings when watching the strategy module and listening to others tell them.
But just as Salome was about to speak, she suddenly got stuck.
He tilted his head, and a trace of confusion appeared on his rough druid face.
"Sorry sir, please wait for me for a few minutes."
"My distant memory has become blurry, and I still can't recall a key name in that legend."
When Zong Shen heard what he said, he waved his hand, took out two fresh apples from the storage compartment, gnawed one of them himself, and threw the other to Salome.