Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 40: The Water of Farming is Deep
The pack horse pulled the heavy plow, the wooden wheel turned, and it moved forward. The farmer held the plow from behind and controlled the balance of the plow.

The heavy plow has a wide base, heavy wooden wheels, and the amount of iron used in the plowshare is a qualitative change. This results in the heavy plow encountering resistance after it penetrates the soil. It is not in the same weight class as the previous light plow. Fortunately, these pack horses are not ordinary horses and can still pull the heavy plow forward steadily.

The plowshare of the heavy plow is sharp and can easily split the land, turn out the thick and sticky soil, and cut off the messy tree roots and grass roots hidden under the soil. It is obvious that the effect is better than the previous light plow.

However, this heavy plow also has some obvious flaws, namely that the fit between the plow wall and the plowshare is not high, which easily causes weeds and soil to be trapped in it, requiring frequent cleaning.

"I'll improve the drawing."

Granny spoke up and passed the blame to [I Love Internet Access] who was standing aside. Comrade Aiwang kept silent. He was just a blueprint carrier. How could he possibly understand such professional knowledge? The more he spoke, the more mistakes he would make. So he simply kept silent. Anyway, he had already got the money.

"Even if it has some minor flaws, the emergence of this thing is revolutionary for agricultural production."

Karen did not blame [I Love Surfing the Internet] too much. It was not easy to draw the blueprint and make it feasible. He understood how difficult it was for [I Love Surfing the Internet]. This guy was definitely not specialized in this.

[I Love the Internet] Looking at Karen, I was deeply moved. Look, look, what does it mean to be a big shot? This is a true big shot! How else could she be a major character?!

Karen was quite pleased to see several farmers starting to use heavy plows to cultivate the land. Of course, there is still a long way to go before the camp can achieve self-sufficiency, but this is a very good start, and a good start is half the success.

Farming can be a simple and quick task, but it can also be a complicated and tedious task.

Simple, quick farming, just like these farmers used to do.

Plow the land, sow some seeds, and water it. How much survives and how much is harvested depends entirely on fate. The main method is free-range farming. Anyway, the amount of harvest is not much of a concern to them.

If it is a year of disaster, it will be impossible to satisfy the nobles. If it is a year of plenty, no matter how much food there is, there will not be any left for them.

This pattern has been going on for thousands of years. The nobles have become accustomed to it, and the "farm tools" have also long been accustomed to it.

However, what Karen wanted was obviously not this kind of "farming".

This primitive production method is a waste of the cultivated land. With the same area of arable land, if a more scientific farming method is used, the grain output can be several times more.

The art of farming is very complex and most people cannot grasp it at all. Karen himself actually doesn't understand it at all. He only knows some basic and common knowledge, such as collecting manure, crop straw and the like to compost and ferment them into fertilizer.

Without technological means, natural composting takes time. Fortunately, Karen had asked people to prepare it long ago, and they managed to accumulate some in this month, which can be used on this batch of crops. It's better than nothing. There is no other way, we have to take one step at a time.

For more knowledge related to farming, we still have to rely on these players, no, the network behind these players.

"Aiwang, do you have any other suggestions on agricultural production?"

Karen looked at [I love surfing the Internet] and continued to click on him. If he had any good ideas, he could tell her. If he didn't have any good ideas, he could go back and check them out. As long as the ideas were useful, he would definitely not be stingy with rewards.

"Master Karen, I know a method for screening seeds. We can select good varieties, which will also help increase the yield. At least it's much better than just scattering a handful of seeds like this."

[I love surfing the Internet] Karen was not disappointed. He proposed a new knowledge point, screening for high-quality seeds, which is indeed necessary. "How to screen?"

Karen continued to play the supporting role, this was really his blind spot in knowledge.

"The salt sieving method uses salt water to sift. The plump seeds will sink, and the underfilled seeds will float."

[I love surfing the Internet] he said, and when he said that, Karen immediately understood. It seemed that he had actually learned the principles of buoyancy and density. Sure enough, he returned all of it to the teacher after graduation.

"There's still not enough salt. First, hurry up and get your salt pan method in order."

Karen frowned. This was a good idea, but it was difficult to implement. The camp currently required a lot of salt and it was in short supply everywhere.

With the addition of this group of newcomers, the number of hunters is constantly increasing, and the amount of prey caught every day is also increasing. Salt is needed for meat pickling, leather tanning, and daily life. If production is not increased, the salt gap will only get bigger and bigger.

"Understood. I'll go research it right away."

[I love surfing the Internet] saluted and asked to leave. He only had so much knowledge in his head. If he stayed any longer here, he felt that he would be exposed sooner or later. It would be better for him to log off and do his homework.

Before this, [I love surfing the Internet] never imagined that playing a game would require making a table, and a table about Yantian planning, which was completely out of place for him as a liberal arts student! He could only turn to the almighty internet for help.

Karen waved her hand, indicating that [I love surfing the Internet] should just mind her own business.

[I love surfing the Internet] It was really an uncomfortable place to stay here. Karen could tell at a glance that this guy was probably dead.

[I love surfing the Internet] As if I had been pardoned, I ran away, returned to my room, logged off directly and started working overtime voluntarily.

"Continue making the plow, tilling the land, and sowing. Don't wait any longer. Sift the seeds as much as possible and choose those with full grains for planting, but don't force it. This is already much better than before. You can gradually improve it later. This batch is just an experiment."

After leaving, Karen called John, who was in charge of the land reclamation. The three good brothers, Uther, John and Trevor, each had their own division of labor, and John, who had been staying in the camp, was now mainly responsible for watching over the land reclamation.

"Yes, Master Cullen."

John, who looks to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, is in his prime and very capable. He has been following the pioneers all these days to protect their safety.

These newly reclaimed farmlands were originally part of the original forest. After the trees were cut down and the rocks, shrubs and weeds were cleared, they were used as farmland.

The trees in this forest are all old trees that are who knows how many years old. They have long stopped growing wildly. Not only do they no longer absorb a large amount of nutrients from the soil, but they are nourishing the soil instead.

Thanks to the long-term accumulation of natural composting of fallen leaves, bark and other plant residues and animal feces, as well as the decomposition of a large number of microorganisms, the soil of these newly reclaimed farmlands is rich in organic matter and highly fertile. Even without applying fertilizers, simply planting in the same free-range manner as before will produce more.

Of course, no matter how fertile the land is, it cannot withstand continuous cultivation. Crops must be rotated in the future. Today's chemical fertilizers are very primitive. Once the soil fertility is seriously overdrawn, it will bring devastating consequences and it will take a long time to recover.

(End of this chapter)