When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 647 Wheat Breeding
As Lorenzo expected, although in newspapers and among some businessmen, the teachings of the Holy Word were described as subversive and reasonable.

But to outsiders, especially those in the more distant Golden Plains, due to the distortion of information dissemination and the "rebellious" stance of Thousand River Valley itself, what they heard was that the people of Thousand River Valley were crazy and they wanted to set up a new Holy See.

In the eyes of the citizens and nobles, it was really a mess that a tiny cultural gap led to the Reformation.

But back in the Qianhe Valley, with official support, the flames of thought are spreading amid the increasingly cold north wind and under the withered and rotting flowers, plants and trees.

If the theme of October is "What is Human?", then the theme of November is "What is the World?"

The former solves the problem of outlook on life and requires people to bravely pursue happiness in this world rather than stick to the status quo.

The latter solves the problem of worldview, telling people that the world is a stage for human beings to achieve happiness and development, rather than a testing ground designed for suffering or salvation in the afterlife.

In just two months, the two ideological centers of Shelley City and Rapids City began to spread in all directions.

By December, monks waving Pravda and handing out leaflets began to appear on the streets not only in the towns surrounding Shelley and Rapid City, but also in the towns of Hotham County.

Even because the reform of perpetual leasehold required the endorsement of freedom rights, this part of the idea began to flow along the priestly orders into the winter villages.

The monks, influenced by the ideological movement, broke out in an unprecedented frenzy of conversion.

A large number of monks began to promote the Holy Word in the monasteries, and some even joined forces with their companions to criticize the abbots and even engage in face-to-face debates.

Driven by the enthusiasm for religious reform, more monks left the monasteries.

Some of them went to the city and began to form associations with other monks to preach, while more of them were hired as teachers in Horn's literacy classes and taught adults and children to read with the help of the centurions.

From a daily perspective, nothing seems to have changed.

But the actions of these monks are hidden undercurrents, constantly transforming the foundations of the people of Qianhe Valley in places that cannot be seen beneath the surface.

The people of Qianhe Valley, who had undergone ideological transformation, began to differ increasingly from the "people" of the empire in the general sense.

In the view of most monks, this is the time to press on and press on to continue their relentless attack on traditional theism.

But after raising these two issues, Horn did not continue to expand new concepts, but instead began to patch up these two doctrines.

The most important thing is to introduce various new words and concepts.

Therefore, the contents of Pravda during this period were all "What is rationality? Thinking is existence!" and "How to understand free will?"

In addition to views on nature, the core theories of the Holy Way sect, such as "exorcism", "judgment jihad", "labor and exchange", "labor and surplus labor results", etc., were also published in newspapers.

Theodora's Printing House collected these articles at an extremely fast speed, hired monks to add a large number of examples and metaphors, and published a book called "A Concise Encyclopedia of the Holy Word of Salvation", which quickly became popular among a large number of citizens.

The reason why Hornshan did not continue to expand new concepts in December was not because he was out of ideas, but because he hoped that the monks could figure out the final level on their own.

The world view and outlook on life under the theory of the Holy Way School have already been established, so the values ​​are about to emerge.

In addition to ideological considerations, another factor is that some hooligans and people with ulterior motives have begun to profit from this enthusiasm, intentionally or unintentionally.

This meant that before the New Year's Day, Horn's Holy Trinity Education Team at the Holy Trinity Academy welcomed a group of new students.

No matter how turbulent the outside world is, the Holy Court is peaceful.

After the Advent Festival on December 12, Horn received good news that with the help of Catherine, the experimental field of the Holy Hoe Monastery on Autumn Island finally produced results. In this glass-topped greenhouse, peat dissipates heat to the entire room through the flue. Although it is winter, the room is still warm as spring.

In order to be able to conduct agricultural experiments all year round, the Holy Hoe Monastery spent a huge amount of money to purchase these large pieces of translucent glass.

Even many of the windows in Horn's Holy See Building were made from leftover materials from the greenhouse.

The greenhouse is divided into six fields, planted with wheat, rice, soybeans, potato roots, and two blank experimental groups.

These four crops are basically the main food crops in Qianhe Valley, and the crop that made a breakthrough this time is wheat.

Looking at the wheat in the left field and then at the wheat in the right field, Horn immediately noticed the difference.

As an old farmer, he immediately smiled and asked Catherine: "Did you breed wheat seeds with more ears of wheat?"

"To be precise, I bred wheat seeds that are more sensitive to manure." Catherine brushed the ears of wheat with her silk-gloved hands. "It's just that its own potential has been stimulated."

For Catherine, breeding is a fairly simple matter. With her ability to control plant growth, others may need more than ten years of field observation and hybridization and backcrossing to select suitable varieties.

The most outrageous thing is that the effect of Catherine's ripened plants is almost the same as that of ordinary plants grown naturally. It only takes a little more magic power to maintain them.

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Take the example of breeding seeds that are resistant to moisture.

Normally, one would look for wild wheat in wet areas or plant wheat directly in swamps, select plants with better adaptability through stress, and then hybridize them with plants with high yields.

Given today's technological conditions, this process may take decades or even hundreds of years.

But for Catherine, she only needs to force the plants to ripen several times in a humid environment. Generally, after two or three generations, the offspring of these plants will have the trait of resistance to moisture.

Of course, if Catherine does not intervene, the offspring will immediately degenerate, but this will not prevent the offspring from hybridizing with other breeds.

However, this required the clean-loving Catherine to crawl around in the fields. Although this was not unacceptable, she still felt a little resentful.

“Through this method, we have bred wheat varieties that are more sensitive to fertilizers and resistant to rust, with an estimated yield of about 110 to 120 pounds per acre.

With sufficient fertilizer and alchemical potions to kill insects, it is estimated that the yield per acre can reach between 130 pounds and 150 pounds. "

This is nearly double the original yield of 80 or 90 pounds per mu.

Even without sufficient fertilizers and alchemical pesticides, the yield was increased by about 20% from the original level.

"After breeding wheat varieties that are more sensitive to irrigation and fertilization, we encountered a problem: wheat stalks are generally more than one meter high. Overly full grains and harvested wheat ears will pull down the stalks because they are too heavy." Catherine continued, "Then we got inspiration from you."

"Inspired by me?"

"Yes, we have selected wheat straw that is less than 70-80 centimeters high. Since the center of gravity is lower, even if the head is big, it will not pull down the straw."

Horn's face suddenly darkened, and he said indifferently: "As expected of an old church member, I trust you to do the job. Next, let's move towards the direction of fighting the disease."

After saying this, Horn immediately chose to escape with one strike, turned around and left the greenhouse, not giving Catherine any chance to fight back.

(End of this chapter)