Chapter 19 Choosing Crops
Zhao Hai led everyone back to the house, and Merlin and the others naturally followed. When they arrived in the living room, Zhao Hai asked Merlin to sit down, but Meg stood behind Zhao Hai silently, but this Once she did not lower her head, but stared at Zhao Hai's back in trance.
Zhao Hai has now regained his composure. Although Meg shocked him and made him involuntarily have the image of this girl in his heart, he has too many things to do now, so he does not There is no rush to fall in love with Meg. The future of the entire Buda family is on him. The first thing he needs to think about now is the survival of these more than a hundred people.
Merlin has now become accustomed to Zhao Hai's way of doing things, so she did not refuse, sat down, looked at Zhao Hai with excitement and said: "Master, what are we going to do next?" Now he has begun to unconsciously seek Zhao Hai's opinion.
Zhao Hai thought for a while and said: "Grandma Meilin, go outside in a while, select some people who are best at farming, and ask them to plant the ten acres of land. Ask them what is best to plant at this time. Suitable, by the way, do we have seeds?”
Merlin nodded and said: "Yes, we have a lot of seeds in our hands now, but most of these seeds are grains and ordinary vegetables, and they are most suitable for planting in the mountains. The land outside is so good. If It’s such a waste to grow those things.”
Zhao Hai nodded, then turned to Merlin and said: "Grandma Meilin, let's make a fire to cook now. The weather is still a little cold. What do those slaves use to keep warm at night?"
Merlin He said with a troubled expression: "Young Master, when At that time, we only thought of buying some useful things, such as cooking and heating. We used to use magic stoves in the house, but now we have too few magic crystals, so we can’t use magic stoves for heating and cooking. Now we can cook. and heating are all dead trees and trunks from the mountains. Grass."
Zhao Hai nodded. It was obvious that Merlin and the others, who had always been in the upper echelons of the aristocracy, were working hard to prepare everything, but they did not know the old Chinese saying that there are seven things to do when opening a door. Rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea.
These seven things are closely related to people's lives, especially the four items of firewood, rice, oil and salt, which are necessities for people. Among them, firewood ranks first, which shows its importance.
However, because they have always been in high positions, they do not know much about these things. Although Merlin and the others brought a lot of daily necessities, they were not prepared enough for the simplest and most important necessity in life, firewood.
In fact, the main reason for this is that the black soil wasteland is really too barren, even the grass grows dead. This is something Merlin and the others did not expect.
The Ark Continent has a large population, but the area is larger. Firewood is not a precious thing here at all. The poles of crops in the fields, branches in the forest, rich people can use charcoal, and nobles generally In a magic stove driven by magic crystal, no one has to worry about burning firewood at all. Even the poorest people will not worry about burning firewood.
But this firewood has become a valuable thing here in the black soil wasteland. There are only some short trees and some grass growing here. Apart from these things, there is nothing usable here, so Merlin and the others It was discovered that although they were well prepared, they were not prepared for the most inconspicuous thing on this continent, and this thing did not exist here in the black soil wasteland.
When Merlin saw that Zhao Hai was silent, he had to say: "Master, what do you want to plant on the land outside?"
Zhao Hai is also thinking about this now. There are several seeds in his hand that are suitable for planting outside, such as wheat and pasture. Although cabbage is also available, it is not in the right season and cannot be planted yet. However, wheat and pasture are not suitable for planting. It’s not suitable either. Needless to say, pasture is used now. Without that thing, although wheat is a good thing, it cannot produce much firewood. The most important thing is that the yield of wheat is not very high, so Zhao Hai does not want to grow this thing. Now is not the time for him to adjust his taste in life. He had to think about how to solve the Buda family's problem first.
Then Zhao Hai has only one choice left now, corn!
Corn is a good thing, and it is also a crop that Zhao Hai is most familiar with before. Not only has he grown it himself, but also many rural areas around the city where he used to grow corn. Corn not only has a high yield, but also The most important thing is that it is also the main crop that produces firewood. In many rural areas in the north, corn stalks are still the main source of firewood in winter.
But now he only has corn seeds that can be planted on two acres of land, and this improved land is ten acres, which is simply not enough.
Zhao Hai frowned and counted the available things in his hand. There are a total of two hundred space gold coins (cannot be taken outside the space for use), six bags of pasture seeds (can be planted on six acres of land), and two cabbage seeds. There are two bags of wheat seeds (can be cultivated on two acres of land), two bags of wheat seeds (can be cultivated on two acres of land), two bags of corn seeds (can be cultivated on two acres of land), there is a season of radishes in the warehouse, and you can buy 500 gold coins, but it is impossible to bring gold coins. Use the space.
But now he can open two more acres of land in the space. However, these two acres of land require two hundred gold coins. If he opens the land, he will have no money in his hand.
Merlin saw Zhao Hai frowning and didn't know what he was thinking. She didn't say anything. She knew it was useless to chase Zhao Hai now. She really hoped that this young master who had been creating miracles recently could... To create a miracle.
Meg was also looking at Zhao Hai in fascination now. She found that Zhao Hai was particularly charming when he was thinking, and that deep feeling made her particularly fascinated.
Zhao Hai carefully calculated the things in his hands and finally selected a plan. He turned to Meilin and said: "Grandma Meilin, you should organize those people to clean up the mine later. Clean up the mine as soon as possible. Tomorrow I will improve the ten acres of land and tell you what to plant. I will go to rest first." After that, he stood up and walked to the room. Although Merlin didn't know what Zhao Hai could do, she still chose to believe in Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai had performed so well recently and had gained an ability that she couldn't understand. She believed that Zhao Hai could do something.
Wood and Stone followed Zhao Hai to his room, but Meg did not follow. She and Merlin had to organize the slaves to clean up the mine, which Merlin alone could not handle.
Zhao Hai returned to the room as quickly as possible, still letting the wood and stones guard the door, and he got into the space in one fell swoop.
The space is still the same as before. Although the land and water have been upgraded, nothing can be seen from the appearance. Zhao Hai looked at the space carefully and found that the space soil and space water here are not the same. There were no changes, it was not reduced due to land improvement, so I was relieved.
Improving the land outside the space has many benefits for him. If the space suddenly disappears one day, he will also have a large area of land outside and will not starve to death.
But now he is in the accumulation stage, and the existence of space will help him even more. If there are any changes in the space due to improving the land, then he will really lose more than he gains. .
Looking at the radishes again, they were almost ripe. Zhao Hai whispered: "Sell the radishes in the warehouse."
The space prompt sounded: "Are you sure you want to sell the radishes in the warehouse?" "Is it an item?" Zhao Hai said in a deep voice: "OK." A space prompt sounded: "I will sell the items in the warehouse and get 500 gold coins. They have been put into the gold coin bag. There is no money in your warehouse." anything Please work hard to cultivate.”
Zhao Hai has no choice. He originally thought that he would not move on the batch of radishes that were about to mature. When these batch of radishes matured, he wanted to take a look. It was impossible to get rid of these radishes, but it seemed that this experiment was still too early. What he needed now was gold coins and something useful to him. This experiment could only be done later.
Now Zhao Hai's net worth has become, seven hundred gold coins, six small bags of forage seeds, two small bags of cabbage seeds, two small bags of wheat seeds, and two small bags of corn seeds.
After calculating what he had, Zhao Hai immediately said: "Create land."
A prompt sound came from the space: "To reclaim new land, you need level three and two hundred gold coins. You have met the requirements for reclamation. Do you want to reclaim it now?"
Zhao Hai said solemnly: "Yes." Following his voice, the space fluctuated for a while, and the mist surrounding the land flashed for a while. After a flash, another small open space appeared next to the original ten acres of land.
Zhao Hai looked at the two acres of newly reclaimed land. It was no different from the land at the beginning of the space. Zhao Hai immediately said: "Plant corn in the ground."
The seed bag, shovel, and bucket immediately cooperated and started planting corn on the two acres of land. This was exactly Zhao Hai's plan.
Zhao Hai knows about corn. Corn is different from radish. Radish eats rhizomes, while corn eats seeds. When the corn is mature, that is, the seeds of the corn are mature, the radish will be left behind. Seeds and corn can also be used. Now he has cultivated two acres of land, which is just suitable for planting corn. When the corn matures, he will get both corn seeds and corn stalks that can be used as firewood.
It takes about three kilograms of seeds to grow corn on one acre of land, and the yield of corn on one acre of land is about one ton. In other words, if he grows corn on two acres of land, he can get at least 4,000 kilograms of corn. If these corns can be used as seeds, then he can plant at least more than 600 acres of land. This is definitely a cost-effective business.
Now Zhao Hai only hopes that the corn in space will not be like the corn on earth before. The seeds he keeps are far less good than the ones he buys. If the corn in space can really be used as seeds, then This solved his big problem. He could grow radishes in the space, turn the radishes into money, and plant corn outside. This way he would have firewood and food, which would lay the foundation for his future development. .
The update has been a bit slow these two days, don’t mind, I will definitely speed up the update next month. I am obviously busy this month, so I’m sorry to everyone.
(End of this chapter)