In the farmland opened up in the territory of the Divine Envoy King's legion, the crops for food, fodder and economic use are some common weeds in the wild of the human world.

These weeds have not been domesticated, and there is no difference between the rest of the traits and wild species, except for intensive sowing and field management that have increased some yields.

Perhaps, it will take a long time for the ants to select a few varieties that are truly suitable for agriculture from the current crops, and complete the domestication of these varieties from wild plants to cultivated plants, a process that may last for hundreds or thousands of years.

Human beings have entered the agricultural society for 10,000 years, and after artificial cultivation, a number of plants with certain production value or economic traits, hereditary stability, and can meet human needs.

Among them, grain crops include rice, wheat, corn, sorghum, etc.; Fiber crops include cotton, hemp, etc.; Oil crops include peanuts, rapeseed, sesame, etc.; fruit trees such as apples, peaches, oranges, pears, etc.; vegetable crops such as cabbage, radish, kale, etc.; There are also a variety of ornamental flowers, such as peonies, bunches of red, junzi orchids, etc. All were domesticated in different historical periods.

Many scholars believe that the domestication of plants has been a gradual process in human history. About 10,000 years ago, there were relatively stable populations in some areas. These people tried to grow with these parts when they happened to see that the seeds of the plants could take root and sprout after they landed, and that the tubers of the plants could grow and reproduce on their own. The results were successful.

Some places where plant domestication was successfully carried out earlier have formed today's more famous sources of plant domestication.

There are several main sources of domestication:

1. Source of domestication in Mesoamerica. Some important food crops were domesticated earlier, such as corn, beans, pumpkins and other easy-to-grow crops.

2. The source of domestication in West Asia. West Asia is also a typical region in the world where the first domestication of plants is typical, and people in this region successfully domesticated crops such as wheat and barley in the early days.

3. The source of domestication in Southeast Asia. Crops such as taro, potatoes and bananas were domesticated in the early days of this area.

4. Plateau domestication zone of East Africa. On the East African plateau, people mainly domesticated food crops such as hard wheat, sorghum, and millet.

5. Mediterranean domesticated lands. In the Mediterranean, food crops such as barley and oats were domesticated mainly for humans.

6. Domestication of northern China. It was mainly domesticated in the early stage that important crops such as millet, barley, and buckwheat were successfully domesticated.

Early plant domestication was mainly limited to the domestication of food crops. This was in line with the level of productivity and the situation of the people at that time.

For the domestication of plants, the traditional methods are generally more primitive, the procedure is simple but the timeliness may be very long, and the yield may not be high enough. These methods are mainly planted and cultivated directly from plant seeds or tubers. For example, grow corn, rice, potatoes and other crops.

In the process of improvement, people gradually improve the soil and other growth environment of plants to achieve the effect of increasing yield. In order to increase yields, a variety of organic and inorganic fertilizers are applied. Either way, the premise is to respect the natural growth characteristics of plants.

It can be said that through the domestication of plants, humans have obtained a stable supply of plant-based food or cash crops. But on the other hand, plants have also gained better growth opportunities because of artificial intervention, and there are even theories that it is not humans who domesticated plants, but plants that domesticated people.

For 2.5 million years, humans lived by gathering and hunting, with no particular interference in the growth of plants and animals.

That all changed about 10,000 years ago, when humans began to devote almost all of their energy to manipulating the lives of several species of animals and plants. From sunrise to sunset, humans were busy planting, watering, and weeding, thinking that by way they would get more fruits and grains. It's a revolution in the way people live: the agricultural revolution.

Scholars have declared that the Agricultural Revolution was a great leap forward for mankind, a story of progress driven by human brainpower. They say that evolution has made people smarter and wiser, unlocking the secrets of nature, so that sheep can be domesticated and wheat can be grown. When this happened, mankind happily gave up the hardships, dangers, and rudiments of hunting and gathering, settled down, and enjoyed the pleasant and satisfying life of the peasants.

But the story is just fantasy. There is no evidence that humans are getting smarter. Long before the Agricultural Revolution, gatherers knew the secrets of nature, after all, in order to survive, they had to know very well the animals they hunted and the food they gathered.

Far from bringing about a new era of easy living, the agricultural revolution made the peasants live harder and less satisfying than the gatherers. Hunter-gatherers lived a more varied life and were less likely to be threatened by hunger and disease.

It is true that the agricultural revolution has increased the total amount of food for mankind, but this increase does not mean better eating and more leisurely life, but only causing a population explosion and creating a group of pampered and pampered elites.

In general, farmers work harder than gatherers, and end up eating worse.

And if you look at it from the point of view of plants, such as wheat.

10,000 years ago, wheat was just one of many weeds, found in a very small part of the Middle East. But in just 1,000 years, wheat suddenly spread all over the world.

Survival and reproduction are the most basic evolutionary criteria, and according to this criterion, wheat is arguably one of the most successful plants in the history of the earth.

In the Great Plains of North America, for example, 10,000 years ago there was no wheat at all, but now there are large wavy wheat fields, and there are no other plants for hundreds of kilometers.

The secret of wheat lies in manipulating Homo sapiens and using it for its own purposes.

Homo sapiens was an ape that lived comfortably by hunting and gathering, but it was not until about 10,000 years ago that more and more energy began to be devoted to wheat cultivation. Over the next few thousand years, humans in many parts of the world began to grow wheat, and they were already busy with it from morning to night.

Growing wheat is not easy, and it is troublesome to take care of it. First, wheat doesn't like big and small stones, so Homo sapiens had to pick up the stones in the field and move them out, which caused a sore back. Second, wheat doesn't like to share space, water, and nutrients with other plants, so we see men and women weeding all day under the scorching sun. Third, wheat can get disease, so Homo sapiens has to help repel insects and prevent diseases. Fourthly, neither locusts nor rabbits are reluctant to eat a feast of wheat, but wheat is completely powerless to resist, so the peasants have to guard and protect it. Eventually, wheat will be thirsty, so humans have to bring water from springs or streams all the way to quench its thirst. Wheat also starves, so Homo sapiens even had to collect animal manure to nourish the land where wheat grows.

So, who is the biggest beneficiary?