Collect crowd into immortals

Chapter 213 Not enough soil?Then I will make it myself!
"Otherwise, just cover it with soil?"

"Cover the soil?"

"Dig some soil and cover it with a layer. Although it won't last long, if you take care of it carefully, it won't be a problem to last for 200 years."

As he spoke, Chen Changman nodded affirmatively.

Yes, they have indeed broken through hydroponics and solved the problem of fertilizers (tried in the farmland), but this is their trump card, and it is a great boost to the rise of their Chen family. How can they let outsiders know, let alone It's for outsiders.

Surely not!
But without fertilizers and hydroponics, the easiest way is to dig the soil and cover it directly. After all, it is only more than 2 mu. Even if the soil layer is three feet thick, it will not take much soil.

The only thing to worry about is whether the family is reluctant to part with it.

After all, this is soil, mature soil that can grow food, so it is such a waste to dig, what a pity!

In response, Xu Wenhui pondered for a moment, nodded and then shook her head.

"It's not that it can't be done, it just feels a little bit at a loss!"

After all, they just dug some waste mines in the eyes of others, but now they have to fill them with precious soil, what a loss!
"It's not a loss! If you want me to say, let's dig one or two meters further down towards the mine, and then fill it with soil to make it level. Wouldn't everyone be happy! It will definitely work!"

At this time, Chen Changwu, who was still being wronged just now, also nodded seriously.

When Xu Wenhui heard this, she rolled her eyes and said nothing.

No matter how you look at the behavior of this prodigal son, it is so stupid!
In the folklore, the idiot who trades gold for dirt is probably the true portrayal of his two cousins.

At this moment, Chen Changge, who had been frowning in thought, suddenly spoke.

"Fill it directly with soil, which really saves trouble! But I guess Fifth Grandpa and the others will definitely not agree. But we can change the method instead of using our own."

"Don't use your own? Sister Ninth means that we just steal other people's?"

While muttering, Chang Wu nodded fiercely, "Good idea! Ninth Sister really has a good idea!"

If you don’t use your own, you will naturally have to use other people’s. In this way, you can not only fill the hole in Changshi Island, but also save the five families from blame. Isn’t this the legendary best of both worlds!
As for who to grab, she hasn't figured it out yet, but it doesn't stop her from jumping with joy.

The other clan members of these own families are responsible. She is just a small spiritual planter and can't control these.

The boss Xu Wenhui shook his head at her evasion of responsibility and ignored her.

If this is so easy to grab, do the small families outside still need to have a "battle for spiritual veins" every few years?
What is the battle for spiritual veins? Isn't it the spiritual field that can grow spiritual plants, but where did the spiritual field come from? It is not transformed from ordinary farmland.

Digging up other people's soil is equivalent to destroying their foundation. How can this person stop?

I'm afraid that if I hadn't dug the soil just now, I would be blocked at the door of my house the next day.

So this is absolutely not acceptable!
But she also knew that it was impossible for Jiu Mei not to know this, so the other party must have something to tell her.

"Chang Ge went on to say, ignore her!"

"Sister-in-law, Youning, we can't and can't rob other houses, but don't we have a neighbor with a big family and a big business? His house is so big, it shouldn't matter if it's less!"

"You mean, let's rob the demon clan?"

After all, those who can be called a big family must not be ordinary people, either the Yuanshen family or the Zhenjun sect, and among them, those who can be regarded as their neighbors are naturally the monster clan that occupies the vast ocean.

The ocean is so big, they should be fine digging a little bit, right?

After thinking about it, seeing that the other people had no opinions, Xu Wenhui summed up the previous suggestions in words and went back.

As a result, within a few breaths, there was a reply from Lianhua Mountain.

"No! If we do this, the demon clan will definitely cause trouble for us. The family's strategy is to prioritize safety and not provoke the enemy without permission!"

"All right!"

Xu Wenhui sighed.

In fact, she also knew that the family was not afraid of the demon clan, but that there was no need to provoke them for no reason.After all, if the other party sends a few golden elixir stage demons over because they are destroying the underwater environment and wants to ask for an explanation, then the Palace Master will not care about it.

As far as I'm concerned, if others imitate the same thing, then I can't be too busy.

But if they don't care, then the five of them are sitting on wax!

So this definitely won't work!
"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, so what should we do? It can't be transformed directly, right?"

Chang Wu stomped her feet.

She is a spiritual planter. If you ask her to grow spiritual rice and medicinal materials, that's okay. If it doesn't work, she can study species improvement and make do with it. But if she can directly transform it into soil, this will involve her. It's a blind spot.

But she didn't expect that upon hearing her complaints, her elder sister-in-law, ninth sister, and fifty-fifth sister, and even the always prudent eldest nephew and daughter-in-law, would all look at each other and nodded in affirmation.

"Changing the soil directly? Or is it that we, Changwu, are smart enough to find the crux of the problem at once."

With that said, the four of them turned their heads and walked towards the outside of Xiyi Lake.

Seeing this, Chang Wu hurriedly followed, "Hey! Hey! Hey! What did I say? How did I find the key to the problem."

"Didn't you say to change the soil, let's change it now!" Changman, who was behind, explained.

"Change the soil? How does this change?"

"Just follow along!"

"All right!"

this afternoon.

Several people found the oldest spiritual planter in the family - their sixteenth uncle Chen Guteng.

"Changing the soil? Uncle Sixteen has indeed studied it before."

As he spoke, Chen Guteng took out a few books from the house and handed them to several people.

""Records of Soil-making Research"? "Miscellaneous Talks on Plant Growth"? "Soil-making Notes"?"

Looking at the books in their hands, Chen Changge and the others couldn't help but frowned and said to themselves: Could it be that Uncle Sixteen has already researched the corresponding method?

Chen Guteng saw the thoughts of several people, shook his head and stroked his beard, "Actually, most of these were written by one of our ancestors from the Yongzi generation."

"An ancestor of Yongzi generation?"

Chang Ge and others were stunned. If there was such a capable person, why had they never heard of it?

Chen Guteng continued to explain: "Actually, I shouldn't be considered a Yongzi generation."

"Not counting?"

Chen Changwu frowned.Why don't you count it?
"Yes! The person who wrote this book is indeed the grandson of our ancestor Xianlin. That's right! But he has no spiritual roots and is just a mortal."

"Oh~ Got it!"

Only then did Chang Wu and the others realize.

No wonder they didn't hear about it, it turned out that the man was a mortal.In this way, the other party is at least 100 years away from them, and it is normal that they have never heard of it.

However, it is indeed extraordinary that a mortal can write books that are collected by Uncle Sixteen.

"You should all know that although our Lianhu Island is not small, half of it is made of mountains and stones. So at that time our ancestor, that is, Chen Fan, proposed a whimsical idea to use stones to make soil. .”

"Using stones to make soil?"

Chang Wu was stunned. Isn't this the whimsical method she mentioned before? Could it be said that this ancestor succeeded it?

While thinking wildly, Uncle Sixteen's words continued to come.

“Yes, make earth out of stone.

At that time, our island had a small population, and Ancestor Xianlin was still alive. He cherished every one of our clansmen. As long as anyone could come up with beneficial ideas, Ancestor would support them.

Therefore, regarding the idea of ​​creating earth put forward by ancestor Chen Fan, the ancestor just hesitated for a while and then directly agreed.

Then came several years of hard work.

It was even rumored that the ancestor Xianlin personally participated in it back then.

It's a pity that no results were seen for a long time, and the soil-making team gradually lost its members and was disbanded.

However, after the family monks left, the ancestor Chen Fan continued to study for decades and devoted the rest of his life to it.Before he died, he left behind the "Records of Soil-making Research" and "Miscellaneous Talk on Plant Growth".

As for the "Soil Creation Notes", Uncle Sixteen was curious in his early years and recited it along with the research records. It is not of much value, so you can just take a look at it! "

Chen Changge nodded, and then opened the "Records of Soil-making Research".

"If you want to study soil making, you must understand, what is soil?
Soil is actually the source of nutrients for plant growth. "

"Nutrition source?"

Chang Ge thought about it.

This is true.After all, according to their previous research, plants can grow normally without soil, so soil is not as sacred as the legendary mother of all things.

My ancestor, a mere mortal, was able to break that belief, and only regarded soil as a kind of nutrition, which is really unusual.

But then, the old ancestor changed his voice, and asked him to read another book first. They were taken aback for a moment, and then opened the thin book - "Miscellaneous Talk on Plant Growth".

"What does a plant grow on? What does it need? And why can it grow? Get taller? Even bear fruit?

These old men don't know very well.

However, based on years of observation, the old man discovered that land is not a necessary condition for plant growth.It should just provide some kind of nutrition that the plant needs to grow.

As for what those nutrients are, the old man does not know, but he can probably be sure that these nutrients are necessary for the growth of plants. "

Here, the ancestor Chen Fan gave a few examples, such as corn sprouts, bean sprouts, etc., to explain why they are needed for growing up.

Then look down:

"In addition to the nutrition above, the old man also discovered that suitable water, light, air, and heat and cold are all necessary conditions for plant growth."

Immediately afterwards, there are some small experiments to prove this point.

For example, without water, plants will dry out and even fail to germinate;

If it’s too cold, the plants will freeze; if it’s too hot, they will be burned to death or even roasted directly;
If there is no light, the leaves of the plant will gradually turn yellow and cannot bear fruit;
Wait and wait, it can be said that the old man tried all the ideas he could think of, and finally determined the five factors above.

Water, light, air, nourishment, and heat and cold.

So far, "Miscellaneous Talks on Plant Growth" is over.

Seeing this, Chang Wu couldn't help but sigh: "The old man is so amazing!"

That's right, after ten years of cultivation work, they have already vaguely felt these five major factors, and have taken corresponding improvement measures based on them, but they have such a systematic and comprehensive understanding of these five major factors. , this is the first time.

What touched them even more was that this old man was just a mortal, and he didn't have such convenient conditions as them.

But even so, the old people have made such achievements, so why don't they admire them very much.

"Water, light, air, nutrition, and heat and cold. It seems that the fertilizers we made before are for nutrition." Xu Wenhui couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Sister-in-law is right. We have worked hard for so long, but we are really just struggling with nutrition."

Changge nodded.

"And we haven't fully figured out this nutrition yet!" Jiang Youning added.

"Yes, yes, we are not done yet!" Chen Changman also said.

Not to mention other things, with those fertilizers, the plants will have problems from time to time, which shows that their fertilizers are not comprehensive and they still need to work hard.

As to what those fertilizers are and why they work, those are far-fetched questions.

"Keep watching, keep watching!"

Fortunately, Xu Wenhui, the eldest, still remembered their purpose of coming this time, so she pulled back the cousins, nieces and daughters-in-law who were in deep emotion.

Now is not the time to lament, it is better to solve the soil problem first.

Otherwise, if the fine from Fu Zun comes down, the five of them will have to pay 5000 yuan in spirit stones.

With 5000 yuan of spirit stones, there would still be some left over for the Foundation Establishment Pill, so how could they be willing to hand it over for nothing.

And it’s due once every five years.

This is simply a steal.So they definitely have to find a way!

Re-open the "Records of Soil Creation Research".

I saw it said:

"If you know the five major factors of plant growth, then you can improve the soil along these five factors.

The first is light. Don’t worry about this. As long as there is no cover blocking it, it’s basically fine.

Next, as for water and air, the soil must have a certain water retention capacity and a certain breathability.

As for the cold and heat, the soil must have a certain heat preservation capacity and heat dissipation capacity.

Otherwise, everything will freeze to death in the winter, or it will be too hot to die in the summer, and it will be over.

As for nutrition, this is necessary for plant growth, needless to say.

Of course, in addition to this, the soil must also have a certain fixing ability.

Although this can be fixed with external objects, it is too troublesome, so the soil must be loose and sticky to stabilize the roots of the plants in the soil. "

In addition to understanding the needs of plants for soil, the old man used various means to achieve similar conditions.

For example, use [Crush] to crush stones and act as a fixed object, use [Fossil to Mud] to ensure stickiness, and use animal feces and plant branches and leaves as nutrients...

Even Chang Wu and the others saw that the elderly directly ground rice, soybeans, and even coral shells into powder for nutrition.

But how can I put it? Because of the limited means at the time, the lack of supplies, and the regulations on the experimental procedures were not strict, plus a little lack of luck, the old man's experiments always ended in failure.

Even if there are a few gains, the cost is huge and the gain outweighs the loss.

So at the end of the book, the old man also said: "I hope that the younger generations will continue to work hard to turn our Lianhu Island into a cradle rich in food! Build our Chen family into a strong and glorious one!"

Seeing this, Changge and the others burst into tears.

It seems that they saw a simple old farmer who used to measure Lianhu Island with his feet.

The old farmer was dressed in sackcloth, with his waist bent and his back arched.While walking, throw stones, rough branches and leaves, shells, etc. on the road into the younger generation's back basket.

By the time the old farmer traveled all over the island and returned home, he was already very old.

When he was old, the old man had no idea of ​​taking care of himself. Instead, he picked up a brush, spread it on yellow paper, and while coughing, he recorded all the gains along the way and left them to future generations, with the intention of allowing them to complete their amazing ambitions. .

"Old Ancestor, Qiangu!"

Jiang Youning couldn't help but sigh.

Even though she was once a true king, she couldn't help but admire such a person.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of the countless generations of such ancestors that the five of them have gradually grown, until today they have even become the top forces in one sea area.

And her emotion also infected Chen Changge and others who were also on the side.

They couldn't help but solemnly shouted:
"Ancestor Eternal!"

"Ancestor Eternal!"

"Ancestor Eternal!"

For a moment.

After his emotions had completely stabilized, Chen Changwu looked at the memorandum manual in his hand, and then said: "So, we have reached the conditions to be able to make soil now?"

After all, from the previous discussion, they can easily know that when there is no shortage of water, sunlight, air, and heat and cold, the most important thing is nutrition.

And the nutrients that plants need, isn't that the fertilizer they made before.

If they still follow the steps of ancestor Chen Fan and just replace the nutrients with fertilizer, wouldn't they be able to create soil?

After reaching this conclusion, the group was immediately overjoyed.

They didn't expect that just a simple visit would directly solve the previous problem.All I can say is that it is indeed our Lianhu Island!

They did what they thought, and after bidding farewell to Uncle Sixteen, they found a mine directly and began to make soil.

After that, in the mine valley, there were endless discussions.

"The particles of the ore are too fine, and it is easy to suffocate!"

"It's too thick and doesn't hold water easily."

"The viscosity doesn't seem to be enough, let's add some limestone and muscovite!"

"The air permeability is too poor, add some large particles of sand!"

"The viscosity still doesn't seem to work, let's add some dead leaves."

"Okay, let's take a look at the fertilizer's retention capacity."

"Well, it's not bad to be able to withstand a quarter of an hour of moderate rain."

"Let's look at the fixed ability again!"

half a month later.

It's still that desolate valley.

But at this moment, in the center of the valley, there was a square ten-foot pit.

The big pit was filled with a dark brown substance.

And in the center of these dark brown substances, there are dozens of fruit trees about two meters high.

The fruit trees are full of fruits, exuding an attractive fragrance.

Chen Changwu picked off a big red apple.

Bite down.Fresh, juicy and fragrant.

"Well, not bad! It tastes good!"

You know how to eat, but you don’t know how to pick one for us.

"Khan, this is coming, this is coming!"

When Chen Changwu heard this, he sweated, bit into the apple, and then kept waving his hands. Suddenly, he saw several equally ripe apples with fragrant aroma floating in front of his sisters and sister-in-law.Well, there is also the second niece and daughter-in-law at the end.

In an instant, no one spoke in the valley, replaced by a resounding "click, click, click".

After several people had just finished eating, before they had time to sigh, they saw a flash of fire suddenly appear in front of them.

This person is indeed their fourteenth grandma——Jiang Ziling.

As soon as Jiang Ziling appeared, he was attracted by the fruitful apple tree in front of him.

It wasn't that the apples on it were so tempting, but she knew clearly that half a month ago, this valley was still a barren stone valley.As a result, in just half a month, dense apple trees grew and even produced apples.

No one would believe this effect.

Of course, there are also great supernatural powers that can create the world in legends that can achieve similar effects, but are those great supernatural powers accessible to the five of them?

Obviously not!

That's why she found it mysterious!
Reach out and grab the ground.

Immediately, Jiang Ziling held a mass of pitch-black matter in his hands.

Sticky and soft.

Smell it, there is even a special fragrance.

When I squeezed it hard, a liquid similar to oil was left in the substance.

Seeing this, even Jiang Ziling, who had been promoted to the patriarch for many years, couldn't help being shocked: "It's really soil, and it's the best black soil!"

Hearing this, Chen Changwu, who had just finished solving the apple, couldn't help raising his head, and proudly said:
"Of course! Since we want to do it, we must do our best!"

Jiang Ziling did not refute because she was still in shock at this moment.

"It's really soil! It's really soil! It's soil that can grow food!"

In fact, it's no wonder Jiang Ziling was so shocked. In fact, the land of their Wangyue Island is the same as this Lianhu Island, almost half of which is rocky mountains.

As for the other half, not all of them are soil that can grow food. A small half of them are occupied by deserts, rivers and lakes, and the small half are occupied by grasslands and sandy soil that are nutrient-poor and can only grow grass.

There are not many people who can grow food all year round.

Of course, because their population is very small now, less than 300, if they develop normally, they may not have to worry about the food problem for two to three hundred years, but in the future, when all the fertile fields are taken up, is it just the population? Can it last that much?

Previously, although my granddaughters and great-granddaughters had developed hydroponic crops that did not take up farmland, Jiang Ziling was not very confident about crops that were separated from the soil.

Who knows when things will go wrong.

Besides, hydroponics cannot cultivate spiritual plants!So the soil is still more practical.

But now, looking at the black soil that the other party cultivated in less than a month, Jiang Ziling had to sigh: It's really amazing!As expected of the ancestor’s descendant!It is a cow!Just promising!
Just as he was feeling emotional, a flash of sword light flew by, and our Patriarch Wanzhou was long overdue.

It was still a shock and shock.

"How did you do this? It looks so similar?"

"Fifth Grandpa, isn't this like it! It is!"

Chen Changwu said in disbelief.

What is resemblance, they are obviously good!Can grow plants, can grow food, and can grow such delicious apples, what is this black soil?
Seeing her pouting her mouth unconvinced, Patriarch Wan Zhou quickly apologized.

"Yes, yes, yes, the Fifth Grandpa said the wrong thing! That's it, that's it, okay!"

"It's what it is, it's what it is!"

Chang Wu pursed his lips and did not continue to struggle. Instead, he explained: "This, we just use those..."

Pointing to the mines on the side, as well as those transported back from Changshi Island, Chang Wu continued: "Those, and these here, plus some cinders, bark, sawdust, plant ash, earthworms , and crickets were slowly configured."

"Ore, cinders, sawdust, earthworms, etc.? Can these make black soil?"

Subconsciously, Patriarch Wan Zhou questioned.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said these words, his grandniece Chang Wu twisted his face again and rolled his eyes, as if to say, why do you ask if you don't know why?

Seeing this, the Wanzhou clan leader immediately surrendered, "Okay, okay, grandpa won't ask anymore, grandpa won't ask anymore, that's it!"

From the other party's expression, he roughly already knew that the other party's words were true, so there was no need to embarrass his own hero.

That's right, those who can cultivate black soil are not what heroes are.

And not only a hero, but also a great hero.

Thinking of his family's Lianhu Island being filled with rich black land, Patriarch Wan Zhou became more optimistic about the family's future.

If he can't become stronger even though he has these things, then he is too useless as a clan leader.

After a while, the joy was over, and the leader of the Wanzhou clan asked about other details of the black land.

"By the way, your current one is three feet long. How many rounds of crops can it hold?"

Chang Wu replied: "If no fertilizer is used, it can probably support more than [-] rounds. After [-] rounds, the yield will drop sharply. After [-] rounds, it will only be able to produce more than [-] catties per mu."

"so much?"

Clan Chief Wanzhou was shocked, you are too rich!

Chang Wu replied: "The main reason is that the soil layer is thick. If it is made into eight feet, it can at least last for a hundred rounds."

Clan Chief Wanzhou was stunned again.

You are simply called a cash cow.

One hundred rounds, how much food will be produced?
No, no, too rich, too rich!

"Then can you reduce these?"

"reduce?"

"This is so good that Fifth Grandpa is reluctant to let others use it."

"Oh, this! Don't worry, Fifth Grandpa, we have also tested this. By adding a little sand and some slag or something, the fertility of the soil will be greatly reduced.

At that time, we can make a two to one, or even three to one, it will do! "

"Then let's say five to one! Can five to one grow?"

"It can grow, it can grow, but it may only grow two or three rounds."

"Two or three rounds, just two or three rounds. This is better! After dozens or hundreds of years, when the leaves on the trees fall off and the big trees wither, will they be able to last longer?"

"That's right, that's right!"

"Then do it like this! It's so good that others will be jealous!"

"All right!"

Chang Wu nodded.

Doping, this is a trivial matter for them.

Just be careful not to bring in any harmful substances when the time comes.

At this time, Patriarch Wan Zhou said again: "By the way, yours is three feet deep. When it's time for them to use it, just leave one foot."

"If it's one foot, the roots of the tree don't seem to be stable!"

"Then leave another half a foot, but this half foot will be mixed with the ore debris below, just two or three feet! Don't make it too fat!"

"All right!"

"By the way, when stirring, mix in some of the ores we brought back and grind them finely so that they don't separate easily. Also, get some larger wood slag, sawdust or the like to make a disguise. Don’t let them separate this black soil from our soil!”

"Don't worry about Fifth Grandfather, we will definitely do it."

"Let's do this. Mix some of our loess into it to neutralize the color."

"This is also possible!"

Patriarch Wan Zhou nodded. Although the addition of loess also meant to reduce the nutrients of the black soil, he also wanted to be on the safe side.Who knows if there will be any problems with the cultivated black soil.If there is a pad of loess, even if there is a problem, it will be able to hold on.

But thinking of this, he thought of another question, "By the way, is your fertilizer okay? Will it leak out?"

This fertilizer is their secret weapon and must not be noticed or even separated by others.

"Don't worry, Fifth Grandpa. The fertilizer has turned into water, melted into the soil, and been mixed together. Even if they evaporate the soil, they can't get the original fertilizer out."

"That's good! That's good!"

Feeling pleased, Chief Wanzhou thought of another key question, "By the way, how efficient are you at making this black soil?"

After all, if just a little bit is built in one day, the entire plan will be completely revised.

Hearing this question, Chen Changge on the side replied: "Don't worry, Fifth Grandfather, we are now familiar with the process of making soil. We can build a hundred acres of soil in a day with a thickness of three feet. Like what you just said That kind, we can produce [-] mu a day. Twenty-five thousand mu will be finished in less than a month!"

"That's fine! The clan will send a group of spiritual planters over in a while, and you are responsible for teaching them. Let's transport the soil there as soon as possible."

"Fifth Grandpa, did something happen to Changshi Island?"

"It's true that something happened! Didn't you suggest digging mud in the sea before, but someone really did it, and the digging was tens of thousands of acres, causing a large number of monsters to attack Changshi Island.

In the end, the demon clan took all the mud back without saying a word, and even warned that if anyone dared to dig up mud again, they would attack his territory.

In the end, they had no choice but to go back and dig their own fertile land! "

Hearing this news, the few people who had been living in this valley for half a month immediately turned their attention to Chen Changman and Chen Changge who made this suggestion.

Good guys, they almost embarked on this troublesome road.

Fortunately, the patriarch banned it, otherwise...

"By the way, Fifth Grandpa, the Fu Zun doesn't care?"

Chen Changge was very curious. Logically speaking, the monster attacking the island would definitely alarm the governor. Why didn't he hear the clan leader mention it?

"Our Lord Palace Master never showed up from the beginning to the end.

But then there was word from the town guard's mansion, saying that he would take care of the trouble he caused, and don't bother the mansion to respect him. "

"All right!"

The long song is clear!

This time it was their family that was in trouble, and the Palace Master was unable to help at all.

Besides, the demon clan didn't destroy their territory directly, so there was really no need to alarm the governor.

"Okay, you guys get busy first. I'll discuss with you grandparents to see if we can sell them some soil. We can't miss such a good opportunity."

(End of this chapter)