industrial lord

Chapter 73 Spring Ploughing

Under the warm sunshine and the warm spring breeze, the whole Wesson collar is busy.

The new residents are reclaiming farmland, the trees on the surface of the canal are being cut down, the craftsmen in the workshop are busy, and the cargo ships that have just docked on the pier are unloading their cargo.

In a manor, several farmers dragged a magical reciprocating machine and a large winch to the edge of the field, and someone was playing with a plow truck on the other side of the field.

The long hemp rope on the winch was hooked to the plow cart, and the magic reciprocating machine and winch were connected there, and fixed to the ground with iron brazing.

As the machine starts, the winch turns, the hemp rope is straightened at once, and then the plow cart with six plowshares is dragged forward, leaving the plowed field.

Immediately, a group of birds descended from the sky. They were not afraid of people at all, and followed closely behind the plow truck, pecking at the worms dug out of the soil.

A row of fields is quickly plowed, many times faster than before.

The plow truck quickly turned its head, and the frame with pulleys had been fixed on the opposite side of the field, and another long hemp rope was ready, just waiting for the hemp rope on the winch to be pulled over and connected with an iron hook, the plow truck could be pulled to the other end.

A set of such machines is many times faster than using horses to plow the fields. If you are rushing to farm, you can also install magic lamps to work at night, while the horses must rest.

Outside a nearby greenhouse, Frederick was studying today's temperature in front of a bimetal thermometer.

He has never been able to understand the climate here. In the early morning at the end of January, it was still around 0 degrees Webster. At the end of early February, it suddenly reached 10 degrees Webster, and then slowly increased in the upward fluctuation. Now it is 15 degrees Webster in early March. degrees or so.

This makes the winter snow melt in a short time, and the snow water rushes into the river at once, causing floods downstream.

The snow last winter was unprecedented, so there was a big flood downstream in the spring.

Frederick looked outside for a while and then walked into a greenhouse. Professor Mathias was supervising students and farmers digging out the sprouted potatoes in the field and preparing to transplant them into the field.

The potatoes Mrs. Sophie brought back were planted in tanks. They were not well taken care of on board, and they didn't grow very well, not much bigger than eggs.

According to her and the five translated planting methods and drawings she brought back, a normal potato should be as big as a fist.

Frederick had never planted land, but a construction site in his previous life was in a suburban development zone, and the migrant workers and their families grew all kinds of vegetables where they could grow around the prefabricated houses.

Even the flower garden of the project department was full of tomatoes. Later, the project department wrote a stereotyped article about overcoming difficulties and ensuring self-sufficiency of vegetables in a difficult area and posted it on the official account. The article did not mention that the largest vegetable wholesale market in the area is located in 900 meters away.

He still understands how to grow potatoes. Now the buds on the potatoes have more or less sprouted, but they are too small to cut into pieces.

He squatted next to the potatoes he took out and said to Mathias: "Keep the three largest sprouts on the top. I remember that the sprouts are poisonous and should be disposed of in time."

After he finished speaking, he asked someone for a pair of rubber gloves. After putting them on, he picked up a potato and broke off the side buds to demonstrate.

Mathias thought for a moment and agreed, "Okay, I'll arrange someone to do this later."

People are no strangers to interfruit, and this principle is also applicable here.

Frederick continued squatting there to handle the potato sprouts, and at the same time asked him, "Is the ashes ready?"

Mathias immediately replied: "It's ready, and it can be fertilized immediately after it is planted."

After hearing this, Frederick just nodded silently, quietly handling the potatoes.

Matthias noticed something strange about him, and asked curiously, "Principal, is there anything bothering you?"

Frederick sighed deeply and said, "I have no money."

Yesterday, he settled the accounts for the army in the territory, and then found that he seemed to be out of play.

There are now nearly 10 people in the territory, and Frederick plans to wait until the lives of the newly immigrated residents are on the right track to form a regular army of 2000 people. This year, he will put up the shelf first.

That day Richard Nall came back from testing new weapons and dragged Ogilvy, old Franz, and a group of old mercenaries to mutter for two days, and finally came up with a plan for a 4000-man army.

After reading the plan, Frederick threw up his hands and said, "I have no money."

These guys have every soldier—including the coachman—assembled to the teeth, and even fully armored.

The silver-scale breastplate made by Ogilvy is good in defense. The problem lies in the fact that it is 5 florins a piece. In addition, the semi-automatic magic air gun is 7 florins, the engineer shovel is 2 Kreutz, and the helmet plus lining is 16 grams. Reutz, steel-toed stab-resistant military boots 10 Kreutz, yellow slime washbasin 50 copper plates...

Frederick didn't even dare to calculate how much money he needed.

Mathias just smiled slightly after listening to his complaints, and didn't say much.

This is a very normal way to ask for a budget, who would foolishly report it at the normal price.

Now it seems that the principal didn't find the problem, and he will do the same in the future, so he won't expose it.

Frederick currently does not know the actual cost of these new products, so he will not be able to react for a while.

"Go and see other oriental crops." He stood up and took off his gloves. "Let's plant them all now."

Mathias and he said as they walked out: "The spring wheat has been sown in the field, and the Chinese cabbage, chicken feathers, peppers and tomatoes have sprouted and are ready to be moved to the big field."

"It seems that the weather is still a bit cooler now, and the cucumbers and pumpkins will be planted later."

"The base fertilizer in the field is very sufficient. I use blood powder to mix the seeds, and don't use magic to strengthen it first."

While talking, the two walked to the edge of the field where potatoes were to be planted next to the shed. The farmers wore gloves and scattered plant ash into the pits where potato seedlings were to be placed.

After hearing this, Frederick nodded silently.

Mrs. Sophie gave all five translated versions of these vegetable cultivation methods, and he directly translated the original original version into Rhine, and then proofread it for Psyche.

The characters in the east of this world are still a little different from those in his hometown. For example, "shi" and "earth" seem to be reversed. The word "spring" has four horizontal lines on it, two vertical lines in the middle, and two horizontal lines. Barely understandable in context.

Psyche said that when the tomato scrambled eggs are ordered, he will teach him the language there.

The two continued to walk forward, and stopped at the edge of the soybean field in the field.

Frederick had a lot of headaches at the beginning of planting soybeans. In order to deceive him that these were golden beans that could be refined into gold, Mrs. Sophie washed the beans clean and almost waxed them. First find the rhizobia of other plants for seed dressing, and after the first round, choose the one with the largest root nodule and keep it for the second year to grind and then dress the seed.

Soybeans are planted for another year this year, and they can be promoted in the territory next year.

"I have a concern," Mathias said, "Will the yield of Elizabeth potatoes be so high that it will hurt the land."

The money Frederick bought the seeds from Mrs. Sophie was left by his grandmother Elizabeth. To commemorate his grandmother, he named the potatoes destined to be recorded in history after her.

"Don't worry." Frederick said with certainty, "It is inevitable to damage the soil, especially the nutrients needed by the roots."

"So it's the same as root crops like radishes, so it can't be planted consecutively, at least four years apart."

Continuous planting of a single crop for many years not only affects the yield, but also is prone to pests and diseases. There are no pesticides these days. The most effective way to remove pests or germs in the soil is to starve them to death.

For example, some pests that eat radish roots, as long as the land is not planted with root crops such as radishes but with other crops, the insects will starve to death if they do not eat their roots.

"Yes." Mathias nodded slightly, "But Elizabeth potatoes are the staple food, not vegetables. I think the crop rotation method needs to be improved."

"Go and see the beets."

Sugar beet is resistant to low temperature, and it was planted shortly after the snow melted in February, and seedlings have grown by this time.

Mathias pointed to the beet seedlings and said, "I have strengthened the roots of these beets. It is estimated that after several generations of continuous strengthening, they can be as big as a fist."

Frederick thought about such a large beet in his mind and said, "This is not bad, even if it's not sweet, it can be used as vegetables and feed."

At this time, a ten-year-old child ran over, saying that he wanted to find the master, and there was something wrong with the farm.

(End of this chapter)