In Bina's eyes, Luo Lan is a knowledgeable madman, but at this time Luo Lan is just a madman.

"You said it easily, then you can invent a more advanced technology than the three-garden system? Luo Lan, although we are a partnership, I will not believe you unconditionally. ”

Bina said with a hint of displeasure, she thought Luo Lan was lying.

In fact, it's no wonder that Bina doesn't believe it, after all, the three-garden system has dominated the mainland for a hundred years, and it is precisely because of the three-garden system that the population has increased several times, and the people have a very high worship for the three-garden system.

Seeing that Bina didn't believe it, Luo Lan shrugged: "I will promote my planting techniques when planting this autumn, and the yield will definitely increase greatly when I harvest in the spring of next year." ”

Luo Lan said lightly, but her expression was extremely focused, not like she was bragging and lying at all.

Seeing this, Bina's heart couldn't help but waver, and then she said, "I don't know about agriculture, but my friend Rick does. Since you're so confident, why don't you show me your cultivation techniques, and I'll pass them on to Rick so he can validate your skills. ”

"Rick? Who's that? Luo Lan asked, he was not interested in ordinary people.

Bina looked around and whispered after making sure there was no one, "Rick is a descendant of the Martin family, and Duke Martin is his great-grandfather. It can be said that Rick completely inherited the wisdom of Duke Martin, but unfortunately he was addicted to alchemy, was driven out of the family, and was sent to the border to fend for himself. ”

It turned out to be a member of the Martin family, a descendant of the person who invented the three-garden system, and he was also addicted to alchemy.

Luo Lan immediately became interested, he was extremely short of talents now, and no one could let it go, so he asked Bina to hurry up and talk in detail.

"I met him the previous year, and he was still obsessed with alchemy, and I don't know what he has studied. But the corn he grew himself grew very well, better than anywhere else, and it was amazing to know that the land on the frontier was the worst. ”

Bina whispered like a thief, for fear of being heard, after all, alchemy is a taboo.

Luo Lan was overjoyed, what Rick was making up must be chemical fertilizer or "golden kol" or something, which was a product of the vast and rich alchemy system.

"Bina, do you remember what you promised me? You go and invite Rick to Phuket at once, and I will give him the status of nobility and let him study alchemy without any worries. ”

Luo Lan said excitedly, Narick is a baby, a good baby.

However, Bina shook her head: "Rick is a conceited person, and you know how bad your reputation is, Prince Luo Lan's reputation is, he will not follow you." ”

Bina was telling the truth.

Luo Lan didn't mind, he picked up a stick and paddled in the wheat field.

A small flat wheat field was carved out by him with small furrows, and between the small furrows were high ridges.

It looked like a child playing with mud, and Bina looked confused, "What does this mean?"

Luo Lan squatted down and piled the dirt from the small ditch on the raised ridges, and the small ditch became a deep groove.

"This is a ridge tillage method, where the crop is planted on the raised ridges in the first year, and the original ridges are dug into grooves in the second year, and the crops are still planted on the ridges. A small plot of land can be recycled, and thanks to the ridges and troughs, sunlight and water can be fully utilized, and the soil is soft so that plant rhizomes do not rot easily. ”

The ridge cultivation method, the great invention of the ancient Chinese nation, has profoundly influenced the development history of world agriculture, and its status is comparable to the four major inventions.

However, Bina was confused, he really couldn't understand the benefits of a few small ditches and a few small ridges.

"This ...... I don't understand ......."

Bina said a little weirdly, she felt that Luo Lan was talking nonsense. Luo Lan threw away the stick and clapped his hands, "You just tell Rick about this method, if he is really an expert in land, he will definitely understand the truth."

Luo Lan was very confident, and Bina nodded when she saw him like this: "Okay, now that the island is finally calm, I can rest assured that I can go back to the mainland to replenish my medicine, I will go to see Rick, but I don't think he will come to Phuket to follow you, he is a conceited person." ”

Luo Lan smiled but said nothing.

Seeing that he was confident, Bina didn't say much, but asked a very important question before leaving: "Luo Lan, do you really plan to accept the alchemist?" Although the southern kingdom will not kill alchemists for no reason, if you accept it, it will definitely attract people's attention and cause great trouble in the future. ”

"I'm already strong enough to ignore other people's side eyes in the future, why am I afraid of trouble?"

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Three days later, Bina left Phuket Island by boat with a few nuns and knights, and they returned to the land of Sea Spirit, where they went to find Rick.

Rick was "exiled" by the family, but the family did not give up on him, giving him good food and drink, and only begging him to abandon alchemy.

However, Rick was indifferent, and settled in a barren land to the west of the Sea Spirit Kingdom, immersed himself in the study of alchemy, ignoring the outside world.

On this day, Rick meets his old friend Bina.

Bina was dusty, and the scarf wrapped around her face was dirty. She stood on the desolate dirt and looked at Rick who was digging in the field.

Rick is a short man, he is a bit hunchbacked, he is born to call the land his home, and he really has no aristocratic temperament. But the Martin family is not prosperous, and only Rick can inherit the family business in this generation. He was originally above 10,000 people under one person, but he became obsessed with alchemy, and the family was forced to send him to the edge of the fiefdom to let him reflect well.

Bina and him actually have no intersection, but because the two of them are secretly studying alchemy, they met by chance, and they have exchanged knowledge of alchemy before.

When we meet again, Rick looks a little old, he is only in his thirties, but he has gray hair and a very crooked back.

This man who dedicated himself to the land was not only physically tired, but also mentally tired, because he was oppressed by alchemy all the time.

Bina waved at him from afar, "Mr. Rick, long time no see."

Rick, who had a yellow face on his face, raised his head, and then ran over excitedly: "Miss Bina, it's been a long time, you're getting younger and younger, and I'm going to be an old man." ”

Judging by his appearance alone, Rick does look a bit like an old man.

"Mr. Rick, how are you all these years? No one hurt you, right? ”

Bina worried, she understood what the alchemist was up against. Despite the relative peace of the South, alchemists are still subjected to various forms of discrimination and persecution.

Rick wiped his sweat and laughed: "Who will hurt me, but you, the great nun of the church, will be burned to death if you are found secretly researching a panacea." ”

Rick quipped, looking at Bina as if he were looking at his own sister.

Bina quickly looked around, and then said in a suppressed voice, "Mr. Rick, to make a long story short. I have come to convey a friend's invitation. ”

In Rick's puzzled gaze, Bina spoke up to Luo Lan. Rick immediately scoffed, "The Prince of Scraps? He has been exiled by the king for two years, and he wants to invite me to help him develop Phuket? whimsical".

Rick snorted, and crouched down to look at his beloved land.

Slightly embarrassed, Bina explained Luo Lan's motives as she drew ridges and troughs on the ground beneath her feet.

"This is the ridge cultivation method, Luo Lan said that this method is more effective than the three-garden system, Mr. Rick, what do you think?"

Bina finished paddling and turned to look at Rick.

She was shocked to find that Rick's eyes were wide open, staring at the ridges and troughs he had drawn like a hungry wolf at the sight of meat.

"Mr. Rick?"

Bena spoke in confusion, but Rick didn't move, his eyelashes not blinking.

When Bena got up and waved in front of Rick, Rick finally moved, and he threw himself on the dirt in an exaggerated manner, expanding the grooves and ridges with his fingers.

"It's ...... What is it? ”

"Ridge tillage."

Bina said it again.

"This ...... He...... He invented? ”

Rick stammered, agitated. Bina blinked: "Well, Luo Lan invented it." He said that you can understand, that he wants you to assist him, that he will let you study alchemy freely, and that he will give you aristocratic treatment. ”

"Let's go, right away, prepare the car...... No, bring all my treasures and go find Luo Lan! ”