Throne of the North.

Chapter 527 Expert, Plants

Whether it is the bitter cold north or the prosperous south, there are large amounts of wasteland.

There are large amounts of wasteland within the noble territories, and the areas between the noble territories are even more desolate with no one caring about them and even the roads are unattended.

What is wasteland? Is it land that is overgrown with weeds, full of insects, and even roamed by wild animals and not cultivated by humans?

Perhaps this was true for the prosperous southern lands, but in Borean Province, closest to the North, the wastelands were not so prosperous.

Withered, dry, rocky, and with uneven terrain, these are the wastelands of the North. Wild grass simply won't grow lushly here, and insects and wild beasts won't like such barren land. They will shiver with cold and die in the winter of a certain year.

Over time, the wasteland is always covered with a layer of white frost.

Can food really grow on such land?

……

“Can food really grow on land like this?”

In Lord Norton's territory, a group of dark-faced serfs gathered in front of the land they had dug out with great effort. The land had been turned over and over again, and the originally dry yellow soil had turned dark brown due to the sprinkling of a lot of water.

They did not believe that watering could make the land fertile, but the land in the Borean Province had never lacked water.

Shouts were heard in the distance, and the soldiers pushed and shoved the tactless serfs who were blocking their way. Soon, the serfs fearfully parted the road and gave up the land.

They watched the soldiers escorting several masters to the land, and then saw another group of slaves pushing several smelly carts towards them.

The serfs retreated further away. They were not clean enough to begin with, but at this moment they could not help but cover their noses.

“Is that shit?”

The serfs vomited, but nothing came out, and they never had enough to eat.

It was even more disgusting to see the smelly human excrement mixed with soil.

Not long after, other people brought more soil and covered the land, which finally covered up the stench and made the air much better.

Then the serfs saw the masters take out a wooden pot and pour out hundreds of long, sticky worms.

Lord Norton's stewards who followed the agricultural officer couldn't help but step back when seeing the earthworms, but the serfs didn't care. They had no right to feel disgusted by such insects.

"What are those bugs for?"

They have to drive away a lot of bugs every day when they are planting, but these masters actually take the initiative to dump the bugs into the soil?
Hear more than you have ever heard.

"Next time, let these slaves pick up the feces of livestock and wild animals. It's too smelly."

Ximi covered his nose. The serfs felt that the air was better, but he didn't.

As an expert sent by the Frozen Territory to Lord Norton's territory to help increase grain production, Ximi felt that he had suffered a lot along the way. He really wanted to go back to the Frozen Territory, where, except for being a little cold, everything was a hundred times better than this broken place.

The steward of Lord Norton's territory nearby didn't pay attention, but asked:

“Can food really grow?”

He had been given a death order. If food could not be grown, these people would only be driven away, but he might be killed to reduce the food burden.

The lord has spent too much money recently and is displeased with everyone. No one dares to breathe loudly in front of him.

"of course can."

"Did you see what I did just now? You arrange for these serfs to use all the cultivated land as I just did. If anyone makes a mistake, chop off their heads!"

Ximi said loudly for everyone to hear.

The land here is an experimental field. Further away, there are hundreds of acres of wide land. After one or two months of non-stop digging and development, these originally gravelly and dry lands have turned into a flat brown farmland.

The soil was not enough, so more people were used to transport it from far away. The completion of one acre of land meant that at least two meters of digging was done downwards in the farther places.

Under Ximi's arrangement, a large number of serfs began to push the foul-smelling feces into the soil, and after covering it with a second layer of soil, they threw earthworms in.

During the whole process, Ximi certainly couldn't let go. He patrolled everywhere. He had no choice. He also received the mission from the Frozen Territory. As a member of aristocratic bloodline in another world, how could he be satisfied with only his current status and wealth.

The ancient dignity and glory of the nobility required him to either die or restore the glory of his family.

The doom brought by the North made him less noble, but he could not stand his current living conditions.

"Mr. Simi, it's done."

Ximi felt unwilling to not be called the master, but he still suppressed his emotions and said:

"It's not enough. What about the rotten wood and leaves, plant residues, and food residues that we brought in? Spread them all on top, covering the surface of the land."

Ximi said loudly, and this request made the serfs somewhat unwilling.

The reason is simple. Rotten leaves and wood are very precious things to them.

Lord Norton sent soldiers to plunder a large amount of rotten wood from the homes of civilians and slaves because these people could only afford these resources. Plant residues were easy to deal with, as they could bring back a lot by just sweeping around the forest. As for the final food residues...

How funny, they would have leftovers?

The soldiers were urging the serfs to hurry up, and there was nothing they could do, as those things had already been looted and transported here.

Rotten wood is not as hard as imagined and can be broken by a strong hand. Rotten leaves and plant roots are densely pressed on the soil. In addition to providing food, they also protect the soil from being frozen in such a cold winter.

Ximi glanced at the mountains in the distance. The mountains were not high, but at least they could block some of the cold wind coming from the north.

The work of helping to open up wasteland and grow food was proceeding in an orderly manner, but it was obvious that no noble absolutely believed in Ryan. Even with the previous experience in the swamp, the nobles were always conservative and were almost instinctively wary of the coming changes.

Each noble was not given much land to develop, and most of the nobles even developed wilderness in remote areas outside their own territories.

Ryan didn't care about it. He could even guess that when summer and autumn came, some nobles' lands would not be able to grow food.

However, the nobles' land, those reclaimed wastelands will be enough to grow food, year after year. This year there may be only dozens or hundreds of acres, but next year there may be hundreds or thousands of acres. Naturally, the total grain production in the North Wind Province will increase.

Ryan's prestige will reach its peak at that time.

The steps had already been decided, and what Ryan, the noble lord, had to do was naturally to wait for the results of his subordinates' hard work.

However, he was not idle either. The flying dragon army of the Flying Wing Canyon went north to patrol the kingdom's airspace, and Count Pascal's gargoyle army became sculptures on North Wind Avenue, which brought a huge impact to Lingdu City.

Lingdu City has become even more prosperous, and it still has not reached its saturation peak. Since the beginning of its expansion, Lingdu City has been reaching new heights year by year.

The happiest among them was Viscount Miles. When Ryan met Viscount Christian Miles again, he learned from a viscount from the Danube Province that Viscount Miles, who had gone to the imperial capital and fought hard for killing a viscount, was even deprived of the right to fight.

The emperor and the nobles of the imperial capital made a decision, but Viscount Miles never told Ryan.

Ryan knew it now and smiled silently. Who could have thought that the result caused by old Viscount Miles would be like this.

"Recently, many nobles from Danube Province have come to Lingdu City. They want to trade gemstones in Lingdu City."

Viscount Miles said this to Ryan. He had been dealing with those nobles these days and knew a lot of things.

"Oh?"

Ryan was puzzled. Danube Province was rich in agate gems, but how could it be related to Lingdu City?

Is the market here big? The nobles in the Northern Wind Province shouldn't have much demand for this kind of thing.

"It's the adventurers."

Viscount Miles gave an answer that surprised Ryan.

"It seems that those adventurers did gain a lot of wealth in the North."

Ryan laughed. The nobles from Danube Province discovered that the adventurers who entered the North had brought back all kinds of precious things, but no one in Lingdu City knew the value of them, so their eyes lit up.

"This is a good thing. These nobles know what's good, and adventurers will enter the North more frequently. But..."

Ryan looked at Viscount Miles, who gave Ryan an expression that showed he understood what he meant and said:

"I'm going to double the price."

Ryan put down the tea in his hand. This viscount looked even darker than himself.

Any action in Zero Crossing City will create wealth for Ryan and Miles. Even the Chamber of Commerce has to pay a sanitation fee to enter the city.

"so be it."

"Also, I came to Lingdu City for the swamp. Mr. Christian, as you know, His Majesty the Emperor has divided the swamp into the territory of the Frozen Land. I plan to find some people to explore the swamp, and then start to develop the swamp in all aspects."

"This process will cause a lot of trouble, especially the extra silt. I plan to transport it to other counties in Beifeng Province. The silt can help increase their grain production."

“It’s not priceless.”

Ryan said, Miles was a little embarrassed, but still said:

"I will buy up all the excess sludge and arrange for a team to transport it."

This was not a good job, because when Ryan transported these things out, he also had to transport back fertile soil to fill the swamp.

This was not the first time Miles had done this, but now he was so deeply bound to Lingducheng and Ryan that he could not be separated at all.

Ryan nodded and continued:

"This year's swamp production will most likely be ten times that of last year. If the snowstorm doesn't destroy the swamp, I will hand over some of the farmland to Miles next year."

"You can start preparing this year and arrange some personnel training. As for you, Mr. Viscount..."

Ryan thought about it.

"The Eight Knights of the Northern Brave Guild still need a noble as an important witness. Mr. Viscount will not refuse, right?"

Viscount Miles' eyes lit up, he really didn't want to refuse this matter. This was the biggest thing he could do in Lingdu City.

The pace of this world is terribly slow. After Ryan took a walk around Lingdu City, he found that there would be almost no extra things happening in the city this year, and the same was true for almost all the noble territories in the entire North Wind Province.

Only in the frozen land, changes are taking place almost every day.

After dealing with the matters outside, Ryan was dazzled by the busyness of the Frozen Territory.

One or two hundred thousand people belonging to Nidhogg began to enter the Norris continent and appeared in the Frozen Territory. Their mission was to build roads together with the 20,000 people sent by the Frozen Territory.

The first step is to open up the wilderness and remove all the messy branches and dangers in the mountains and forests, which requires the help of the army.

The pressure brought by the huge population was that in the first month, there was almost no progress. Instead, all the trees on the selected roads were cut down and simple wooden houses were built, which had a certain degree of cold resistance.

and the transportation of food.

Just to transport food, Ryan consumed thousands of spiritual points to open up the road.

The reason why the Dragon Emperor's Crown is not used is because of Nidhogg's dragon and those powerful monsters.

Influenced by the North, not only humans, but also monsters and dragons have realized that Nidhogg will not live long. They are looking for a place to survive, and the space channel opened by the Dragon Emperor's Crown will be captured by them, causing these monsters to get closer to the land where humans live.

They don't need to do anything. Just getting close will bring huge threats and pressure to the population of that land. Ryan has already recalled a large number of legion knights and servants.

Spiritual portals will not have any impact.

Building houses and transporting food are only the first step in road construction. Craftsmen will then need to forge a variety of tools, as well as alchemical creations produced by the Alchemy Academy specifically for road construction, crushing and compacting stones.

Archmage Luna has come out of seclusion. She has mastered more archmage-level powers and has formed a partial cooperation with the Alchemy Academy, applying the magical methods of golem puppets to alchemical creations.

then……

Looking at the huge stone statue in the forest and the metal rollers under the statue that replaced its legs, Ryan blinked.

"That's what Mr. Rose and Mage Luna made?"

"Yes, sir. The metal golem can only walk on relatively flat ground, and its strength is not strong. Mage Luna is quite opposed to it. She wants to create a golem puppet that is comparable to the Holy Sanctuary Knight to be her own guard."

The combination of magician and knight is perfect. Mage Luna already possesses some of the characteristics of this combination, but it is still not enough. She wants to get rid of the golem's inflexible and weak body and return to the ranks of magicians.

Master McKen was deeply saddened by this. All magicians wished that their bodies could be as strong as knights, but Master Luna didn't care at all.

The manufacture of tools allowed the road construction plan to gradually embark on the journey. Ryan himself went to the military fortress defense line. The military fortress here was still under construction, but it did not look like the original plan because it was already the second line of defense.

The first line of defense at the moment is the thorny jungle that lies in front of the military fortress's defense line.

Spiritual plants, Nastlund.

(End of this chapter)