Chapter 918 Orc Plane 27
Yan Mo told Xia Yue and the others about the situation and rules of the gathering.
“We still have half a day before we set off for the rally. It will take one and a half months to go back and forth. If the time is delayed, it will only be two months.
There are only ten days left for the potatoes in our fields. It’s ready to be harvested. Let’s harvest it in a week and show it to the tribe. For sweet potatoes, it will take more than a month. If the time is delayed, you can also ask the priests to help harvest it. We can just tell them how to harvest it. "Yan Mo thought of the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the fields, which are ripe within these two months.
“Yes, the bumper harvest of potatoes can be a great encouragement to the orcs who grow sweet potatoes. We have planted three acres of potatoes and should be able to harvest 10,000 kilograms of potatoes.
According to our planting situation, 10,000 kilograms of potatoes can be planted on more than 200 acres of land. As long as they are planted well, we can have at least 500,000 kilograms of potatoes in the second half of the year. With the harvest of sweet potatoes, the tribe should not go hungry in winter. "
Xia Yue made a rough calculation and said.
"But will they plant so many acres? More than two hundred acres is too much. "Ziluo said
"As long as we collect an objective number of potatoes, they will. In this place, the biggest problem now is ensuring that they survive, especially in winter.
You don’t have to risk your life when planting. The main thing is to be diligent. This is very cost-effective for the tribesmen. "Wuse said.
"Then when we receive the goods, should we ask people from the tribe to collect them together, and also call the priests and clan leaders?" Xia Yue said.
"Yes, after all, they may need help in harvesting sweet potatoes. Asking them for help this time can also give them some experience. Didn't the pheasants we caught before lay eggs and didn't eat them? Let's boil the eggs. They
can also promote the breeding, so that they can catch pheasants and raise them themselves, and they can have a steady supply of chickens and eggs." Yan Modao
The four of them discussed it. , the day before harvesting potatoes, Yan Mo went to the clan leader and priest and asked them to come and see them harvest potatoes tomorrow.
Xia Yue and the others took the boiled eggs and went to find some of the most diligent and careful sub-orcs and asked them to help collect potatoes tomorrow.
Of course those sub-orcs were happy, as this was equivalent to gaining experience for themselves. They had all planted sweet potatoes and were worried about how they would harvest them.
When they saw the eggs, they didn't like them at first. It was too fishy when eaten raw, so only some unique orcs liked it.
Looking at their disgust, Xia Yue told them that it was cooked and not fishy. They accepted it dubiously, then peeled one open and ate it, and found that it was really not fishy.
Thinking of the pain of eating raw food when they had nothing to eat before, they all felt that they had suffered.
After Xia Yue and the others taught the sub-orcs how to cook eggs, they left.
Early the next morning, when they finished breakfast and came to the fields with their tools, they saw that the chief priest and the invited sub-orcs had arrived, as well as others who wanted to watch the fun.
"Why are you so slow?" The clan leader said with a bit of disgust when he saw them coming
Xia Yue looked at the time in the system, and it showed that it was less than half past six. They They also wanted to put it away early before the sun got hot
Unexpectedly, these orcs were earlier than them
"Okay, just come. How do we start? Tell us. , do it, let’s watch it, and then help collect it together,” the patriarch said
without giving them a chance to explain.
It was difficult for Yan Mo and the others to explain, so he divided the invited sub-orcs into four groups, followed them to the field and began to show them how to harvest potatoes.
They were the first to dig, and under the first plant there were five or six potatoes as big as an adult orc's palm.
"Wow, there is something really big." The orcs on the side were surprised when they saw the dug potatoes. Yan Mo and the others ignored it and continued to teach the sub-orcs to harvest. After digging four or five plants, the sub-orcs almost mastered the key.
Yan Mo and the others asked them to dig separately.
The clan leader and priest also looked on, and after asking Yan Mo, they also dug up two plants.
Then the patriarch and the priest asked how the potatoes were filling their stomachs.
“According to the situation of this strain, an adult orc with an average appetite can eat two meals without meat, but eating this potato alone is not suitable for you. You still need to eat meat. .
According to the calculation, an orc needs ten kilograms of meat for one meal. If you add potatoes, these ten kilograms of meat can be eaten in two or even three meals." Yan Mo explained to them.
Other orcs also heard Yan Mo’s explanation and were surprised
Calculating it this way, they could eat the same prey for a month, but now with the potatoes, they can eat it for two months or even three months
When winter comes, they don’t have to worry about it. If you are hungry, you can eat every day.
"Are you telling the truth?" The priest looked at Yan Mo in surprise and asked in confirmation
"Of course, and with this potato, it's not easy to get hungry." Yan Mo nodded
"Can the potatoes you harvested this time be exchanged for our tribe?" the tribe leader asked.
"Of course, but the newly harvested potatoes need to be left for more than a month to germinate. After they are harvested, we will germinate them first. After we come back from the gathering, they will be almost ready for planting.
Clan leader, you will be able to germinate during this period. We can cultivate more land
The potatoes I harvest can probably be planted in an area a hundred times that of my current one. You can cultivate it according to the actual situation," Yan Mo said.
"So much? How long can we eat?" The patriarch looked at him with wide eyes. He couldn't even imagine how many there were.
“It should be possible to prevent the tribesmen from going hungry in winter” Yan Mo said
"As long as this is enough, I promise to cultivate more land within this time." The clan leader immediately agreed. As long as he can eat enough and survive the winter, it is the best thing for him as the clan leader
After , the clan leader asked the orcs watching around to help pick up the potatoes, and also told them to be careful not to break them
Although Yan Mo and the others could not empathize with them, they could somewhat understand the importance they attached to these potatoes. Something that can keep them from going hungry in the winter.
"Potatoes have this effect, but what about sweet potatoes?" The priest asked, thinking of another crop.
"Sweet potatoes can also be used, and sweet potatoes can be made into a kind of potato starch. Which one is easier to fill your stomach. We will teach you when we receive the goods." Yan Mo said.
"Okay, okay." The priest got the answer, thinking that with these two things, people will definitely not starve to death this winter, and maybe they can really survive the next ice period
There is strength in numbers. , three acres of potatoes were dug out in one day.
The orcs helped transport the potatoes to Xia Yue’s home.
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