As soon as he entered the door of the seed lab, Duke felt a kind of warmth, which was almost two worlds from the snowy cold outside, and it had the feeling of indoor heating in later generations.

You must know that the heating effect of the double wall partition far exceeds the heating of the fireplace in this world, and it is normal to have this feeling.

There are various culture media in the laboratory, and all kinds of lush seedlings grow on them, and Nicole's role is to use magic to speed up the growth of these seeds, and then select the strongest seeds to breed them from generation to generation.

Not every seed contains magical power, nor does a magician use magic to cultivate every seedling. It is more of a merit-based way for later generations to select the strongest seeds to breed and then distribute them to the farmers below, so that at least the quality of the seeds can be guaranteed to ensure the production of seeds.

Of course, this is only the magic seed of Storm Castle, not the magic seed of the elven race, so why the premise of Storm Castle is added. Because the elves have a lifespan of up to a thousand years, and there are enough of them to slowly use magic to cultivate seeds that can really grow quickly.

They are even able to spawn individual numbers for decades, allowing them to grow into astonishing trees, which is why the forest trees inhabited by the elves are unusually lush and exaggeratedly tall.

But Stormcastle doesn't have that condition, and it can't afford to raise magic seeds like this. What Duke needs is to quickly cultivate a large number of spring seeds in the autumn and winter, so he can only adopt this preferential method.

Seeing Duke come in, Nicole first screamed in fright, and then probably felt that this was too rude, and hurriedly walked to Duke's side to apologize: "I'm sorry lord, I was so surprised, that's why I did this." ”

Seeing Nicole's cautious fear of getting angry, Duke just smiled very kindly and replied, "Do I look like the kind of person who gets angry casually? ”

"Yes, my lord!"

Nicole immediately couldn't help but laugh happily, revealing two small tiger teeth that were unusually cute, and Duke couldn't help but pat her on the head. After living in Stormcastle for a year, especially after taking charge of the Seed Lab, Nicole's heart was completely opened, and she began to have the liveliness of a girl of this age. It's not like when you first arrive at Stormcastle, where you're cautious and full of fear of the unknown.

"Okay, this time I came here, mainly to see the progress of the magic seed, there is only a little more than a month before the spring ploughing, and the storm castle has to reclaim 20,000 hectares of new farmland, I don't know how you are here. ”

"Huh, 20,000 hectares of new arable land?"

Nicole shouted in surprise, the magic seeds she cultivated now may not even be able to do 10,000 acres, let alone tens of thousands of hectares.

"What's wrong, is there a problem?"

Duke saw Nicole's surprised look and asked puzzled, he really didn't know much about farming, because he had lived in the city since he was a child, and he couldn't recognize all the crops, let alone farm.

"Absolutely!"

Nicole said angrily at this time: "Lord Lord, at present, under the condition of magic inducing, crops will be able to bear ears in about ten days. And with my magical energy plus the area of the laboratory, I can only take care of the area of one acre you said at most. ”

"Then we select the strongest seeds and breed them, and then we go through the cycle a few times, and finally when the yield is stable, that's the seeds that will be cultivated in the future. With the guarantee of magic and fertilizer, the laboratory can basically produce 400 kilograms of seeds in ten days. ”

"Now the stock is only about 800 kilograms, even if it is calculated according to two months, I can only cultivate another 2,400 kilograms of seeds at most, which adds up to 3,200 kilograms of seeds. You must know that one acre needs at least 0.5 to 1 kg of seeds to raise seedlings, that is to say, this seed can use less than 5,000 acres of land at most, and you can actually open your mouth to tens of thousands of hectares, how can you do it so quickly!"

It was the first time Duke had seen Nicole, a little girl, angry, and it was also the first time he had seen her say so much in an orderly manner. It seems that the environment has changed a lot for people, and this seed laboratory has allowed Nicole to find what she is good at, and as an "expert", there are naturally more words.

After Nicole finished speaking, seeing that Duke was stunned and did not speak, she immediately realized that it was the lord who stood in front of her, the person she loved the most. But just now, his attitude was like that, and he even got angry with the lord, which is definitely an unforgivable thing.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Nicole's tears flowed out, and she apologized to Duke with a crying voice: "I'm sorry lord, I didn't pay attention to my identity just now, and I said a lot of things that shouldn't be said, please punish me." ”

Seeing that Nicole looked scared and frightened again, Duke frowned and replied: "Nicole, do you remember that I told you a long time ago, don't be afraid if you are confident?

"Remember, scientific truth doesn't change because of the magicians, even me, what you're talking about is the rules of production, so there's nothing to apologize for. ”

Hearing Duke say this, Nicole immediately stopped her tears, because what she was most afraid of now was that the lord was disappointed in her.

"Okay, I'm not going to cry, Lord Lord!"

"That's the obedient thing, since there are only so many seeds, then just cultivate them on this scale, and when they are harvested next year, won't the seeds come? Also, it only takes ten days from planting to heading, and you must have stayed in the laboratory all day and used magic to promote growth. Change the growth cycle of the seeds to twenty days, and see if there are any natural magical talents from your little witch sisters to help you. You know, you're a storm agricultural scientist now, an extremely precious scientific researcher, so you need to pay attention to your body!"

Duke reminded Nicole, after all, he had seen Gandalf's weakness after his magic failed, even the Archmagus, let alone this little girl. Duke took a closer look, and the little girl's dark circles were obvious, and her lips were all white, and she was obviously not in a very good state.

Scientific progress is never just an industrial thing, agriculture is also a scientific aspect, so Nicole must protect her, she is the same as those pioneers of science in Stormcastle, and it will not be any different because she is a witch!