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Chapter 146 Borui's Shock

Borui, who followed Feng Yu and Dick to the wasteland, was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Because of the nearly 20-meter drop between the wilderness and the Lengshui River, Borui was unable to see the wilderness irrigated fields that the messenger said was a good harvest on board.

But when he landed on the wilderness, what caught his eyes was not the huge corn in his imagination, but a common plant by the river, cattail.

In the farmland surrounded by square grids, there are neat rows of cattails, which are artificially planted at first glance, and are by no means a product of natural growth.

"This this……"

Borui has been 'this' for a long time, but there is no reason for 'this'.

Rao Borui, as the successor of the king of the dwarves, has very broad abilities and vision, but he never expected that he would see such a scene the first time he came to the Cattail City camp.

"This is a cattail planting field, the masterpiece of the halfling Haimer clan patriarch Alan Heimer, who developed a set of techniques for growing seedlings and planting cattails.

A complete set of techniques for growing cattails in paddy fields has been developed on the loess land that can hold water near the Lengshui River.

What you see now is the first batch of cattails planted this year. This thing has escaped from the icy cold river and shoal, and has adapted well to the hot wilderness.

The cattails planted in the paddy fields have been earing since midsummer, and they are still earing until now, and the overall output has exceeded that of corn. "

Borui said in disbelief: "That is to say, you are now..."

Feng Yu said: "That's right, the first batch of fragrant snow rice has entered the table of the three tribes in the camp, but because this year is only an experimental planting, the planting area is not large, and there is not much output, so there is no concern for the snow. For sale in Peak Mountain and Obscure Moon Forest.

However, starting from next summer, this situation should almost change, and the farmland in the camp should be able to sell a small amount of fragrant snow rice to the outside world. "

Borui didn't know what to say anymore. The king of the dwarf kingdom and their high-level officials couldn't eat a small amount of wild fragrant snow rice on the banks of the Lengshui River twice a year.

"It's just incredible."

Dick said with a smile: "The name of the camp is Cattail City, so it must be worthy of the name!"

Borui asked, "Can cattails outsell corn?"

"That's right, because after the cattails were planted, a small amount of tassels matured from midsummer until the climate in the Great Wasteland turned cooler, so they could be harvested for half a year.

And because the growth of cattails needs to be soaked in water, the paddy fields can also breed fish and frogs. After the cattail seedlings grow taller, wild geese and other birds can be raised in them. Not only can we harvest fragrant snow rice, but also receive goods. A lot of meat and poultry eggs. "

Borui has been 'this' for a long time, he has been so surprised by this set of things that he doesn't know what to say.

Before Borui calmed down from his surprise, Feng Yu smiled and said another situation that left him speechless.

"Because of the climate of the wilderness, these cattails will not freeze to death in the coldest winter. The halfling brothers are still experimenting to see if the cattails will grow taller and more vigorous next year after spending the winter in the wilderness. Bring forth more ears of grain.

In other words, cattail may be a crop that is grown for one year and harvested for many years.

I heard that a small amount of cattails were planted along the Lushui River between the two human empires, but when humans were planting cattails, the three races had already lost contact with humans, so I am not sure about this possibility, so I can only slowly grow them. try to come.

However, even if the number of ears of cattails that have been picked for half a year decreases next year, we can replant them every year.

Even so, growing cattails is much less labor-intensive than growing corn and sweet potatoes. "

Borui looked at Feng Yu and Dick and said, "The shock here is too great."

Dick laughed, and with Feng Yu and Borui, they rode on the prepared blue sheep and horned deer and walked along the canal, watching the cattail fields along the way.

Even in a 'luxury car', it took a long time to walk to the place where corn and sweet potatoes were planted. It was only here that Borui found a glimpse of what he imagined a harvest farmland should look like. After all, planting cattails is so shocking Well, he never dared to think about it.

The leaves at the bottom of the large pieces of corn have begun to wither and turn yellow, which is a sign that the corn is about to mature, and it is also a sign of a good harvest.

Borui looked at the corn field and said with emotion: "Even if it is an irrigated field where cattails cannot be planted, the corn here grows much larger than the corn sticks we planted in the woodland we opened up in the southern part of the Xueding Mountains."

Feng Yu said: "It's not just because of watering the fields, the industrious halfling brothers also use livestock manure to increase the fertility of the fields, which is also a necessary condition for high yields.

Otherwise, relying solely on the fertility of the land itself, even if irrigation is convenient, the land itself will not be able to withstand such a high yield every year.

Therefore, it is not only necessary to farm, but also to raise some livestock with the stalks of crops such as corn, which can not only provide meat, but also rely on livestock manure to fertilize the field, which is a good agricultural production cycle. "

Borui nodded and said, "It seems that we still have a lot to learn!"

Feng Yu really didn't need so many workers, otherwise he really didn't want dwarves to learn how to farm, but in the final analysis, food is the foundation of survival, and halflings alone still can't provide all the elves and dwarves outside the camp. food.

"It doesn't matter, the halflings in the camp have been planting water to irrigate the fields for two years, and have gained a lot of experience. At that time, some halflings can be sent to guide you.

This thing is not difficult, as long as you are willing to work hard, the farmland without water shortage will not disappoint the dwarf brothers.

As for things like steam engines, water pumps and pipes, we will install them in place, and usually provide daily maintenance work.

Master Mason found flint layers around the magnetite. Although it was a bit far from the river, it could be used, but the transportation was a bit laborious.

However, the steam pump does not need to be turned on all the time, so the problem of transportation is not too big.

Raise more animals, and use the cold water river to transport more wood to make animal-powered wooden carts. We can provide axles and steel wheel inner rings, which can still solve the problem of flint transportation.

Wood can also be used to build a house. I will take you to see our residential area in a while. The house with thick brick walls and thick earthen roof is very suitable for living in the wilderness. It can effectively isolate the scorching sun of the wilderness. Very comfortable to live in. "

Borui knew about the Lengshui River transporting timber. Many unemployed dwarves went to cut down trees along the river to exchange for salt with the steamboat in Cattail City.

This matter is almost becoming a fashion in the Xueding Mountains, and the coniferous forests along the Lengshui River have been cut down a lot.

(End of this chapter)