Don't mess with that dragon

Chapter 252 Cultivation and Agriculture
Every year when the cold winter passes and the spring revives, the entire Kava Forest will be full of noise.

Predators, prey, monsters, behemoths, orcs. Each and every creature begins to live on the forest land, adding vivid colors to the Kava Forest.

At the beginning of the cold winter, there are many orcs in the Kava forest who have to wander because of the poverty of the tribe, looking for food and vitality in the forest land.

And this year, with the expansion of the Dragon Nest tribe, the powerful reputation spread all over the vicinity.

As a result, many wandering orcs who passed by here went to seek refuge one after another, and some small tribes who encountered difficulties even came to join their families.

At least, after these hours of contact, the nearby orc tribes all know that as long as they become a member of the Dragon Nest tribe, it means that they can have enough food every day.

Eating enough food is still very attractive to the orcs who are still struggling with food and clothing.

It was also within these days, coupled with the tribe's self-produced newborns, that the population of the Dragon Nest tribe finally exceeded [-], and gradually moved towards [-].

From only seven and a half kobolds at the beginning, to now dominating one side, with a population of more than [-], it only took about four years.

All of this not only made the orcs who joined at the beginning feel shocked, but also reminisced about the past in their spare time, only feeling like yesterday.

Even Austin felt that this change was like a dream.

It can only be said that this is the time and the trend.

The orcs who struggled to survive in the Kava Forest had a hard time. Not to mention the endless wars between the tribes, they were often struggling on the edge of the food and clothing line.

When Austin used his own strength to open up this pure land for the orc families, and taught them how to obtain more food from the land, and get rid of the fear of famine, this kind of security can maintain food and clothing at the same time, for the orcs in the wild It is extremely attractive.

What's more, after the family tribe became stronger, Austin never stopped the process of arming the orcs.

The well-trained Dragon Nest Legion continued to attack, swept all around, annexed tribes one by one, digested a large number of captives into the Dragon Nest tribe system, and provided a lot of credit for the expansion of the Dragon Nest tribe.

It is precisely because of these reasons that the Dragon's Nest tribe created by Austin eventually expanded to its current state like a snowball in just a few years.

However, the rapidly increasing population has also brought strong food pressure to the Dragon Nest Tribe.

In the past, due to the population surge, the food planted could not support the expansion of the Dragon Nest Tribe. Fortunately, the food obtained in the wild forest was not rare, and with other means, they finally managed to survive. Crisis after crisis.

Now, with the population of the Dragon Nest Tribe breaking through [-], and the cold winter just gone, the food pressure hanging over the Dragon Nest Tribe is not uncommon.

Fortunately, the Dragon Nest tribe, which has a certain foundation, can relieve this pressure.

And this year, there is a grain that can be used as animal rations that has been greatly increased.

That is bamboo shoots.

During the initial expansion stage of the Dragon Nest Tribe, there was a food crisis, and Austin led the orcs to explore new sources of food.

Among them, the two most abundant are the young shoots of ferns and bamboo shoots.

After being boiled, the fern shoots and the bitter taste in the bamboo shoots can be boiled, and they can become a rare delicacy, and can also fill the stomachs of orcs.

At that time, the Dragon Nest Tribe set up a special team to collect these things in the wild.

And after liking the taste of bamboo shoots, some orcs continued to insert some bamboo stems into the river's edge, hoping that the bamboo would grow and produce more bamboo shoots in the future.

Now after several years of growth, the area where the orcs planted branches in the past has successfully grown into a large bamboo forest.

This year, the ice and snow receded, and the bamboo shoots broke out from the soil, which was the time for a good harvest.

Today, bamboo shoots have become part of the daily food of the orcs. Although they will not become the main food for life extension, they have greatly eased the pressure on the food of the dragon nest orcs.

Faced with the food pressure in the early spring, the Longchao tribe had already had a plan, so naturally they didn't need to spend too much energy.

According to the whole tribe now, the most important thing is the first farming event of the new year after all.

After several years of land reclamation and accumulation, the fields surrounding the entire Longchao tribe have already reclaimed a huge area of ​​tens of thousands of mu, and this area is still expanding.

And compared to the early days of the Longchao Tribe's development, when most of the wasteland was planted with a single crop of kudzu root, the food crops planted this year can be said to be much more abundant.

Austin, who was well aware of the dangers of a single crop, had already had the idea of ​​planting agricultural diversification before lacking sufficient means of controlling diseases and insect pests.

At that time, Austin was looking for other suitable crops in the forest.

Wild rice, alien version of taro, ground rice, thorn fruit, etc. Food crops such as Austin have tried to plant them in the wasteland fields, but either because of the yield or because of the seeds, they failed to make a big difference. When the scale is planted, only a part of the field is tested.

Back then, the food crop that had the best chance of being compared with Pueraria lobata was this otherworldly version of taro.

It is a pity that it was difficult to carry out large-scale planting due to the problem of taro seeds.

Now, after several years of development, Austin also explained that the Dragon Nest tribe is constantly trying to find new food crops after the expansion of the territory. The Dragon Nest orcs are attacking other tribes and expanding the Dragon Nest territory. Really into action.

During this period, they discovered food crops similar to wild wheat, and before the cold winter, when they broke through an orc tribe, they also found the origin of the alien version of taro.

As a result, the proportion of fields planted with food crops has changed this year.

The planting area of ​​Pueraria lobata has decreased. Among the agricultural plantings this year, Pueraria lobata accounts for 60.00% of the total[-].

The proportion is still large, and this will not change for the time being. The advantages of high output and short production cycle of kudzu root cannot be easily replaced by other crops.

The three food crops, wild rice, wild wheat, and taro, account for [-]% of the total arable area, as a supplement to kudzu root, in case the kudzu root plant suffers from a large reduction in production due to diseases and insect pests, which may cause a food crisis. .

As for the remaining 5.00%, it is replaced by miscellaneous grains such as ground rice and bramble fruit.

Although the output of these miscellaneous grains is low, they are very nutritious, and the taste is not much better than ordinary kudzu root, which is just used to earn work points for the orcs.

　The fourth is finished.

　　Tomorrow, we will continue to guarantee the third shift, and then decide whether the fourth shift will break out depending on the status.

　　Finally, ask for a recommendation ticket and a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)