"Goodman, Adela, you two tell me why the harvest is suddenly lacking, didn't you say that the crops are growing well?"

Faced with Duke's inquiry, Goodman spoke first: "Lord Lord, when the Storm Army helped Tuntian before, there was no problem in cultivating new land, and I really don't know why this happened. ”

Goodman's tone was tinged with grievances, because the logistics corps had only participated in the reclamation of farmland in the early days when there was a shortage of manpower. Later, because of the training, the farmland management was basically handed over to the agricultural department of the Storm Castle City Hall, but I didn't expect a bad harvest and found myself.

After all, he is also a corps commander, and the pot produced by these fields has also been thrown on his head.

Hearing Goodman's answer, Duke had no choice but to look at the agricultural officer Adra.

Facing Duke's gaze, Adela instantly felt a heavy pressure, although Duke had never had any tyranny in Stormcastle, but under his great prestige and personal influence, he still had a very strong oppressive power over officials.

"Report to the lord, the crops have grown fairly well before, and there are no obvious anomalies. Even when it comes to heading, it is in a normal state.

It's just that we didn't expect that when we were about to harvest, we found that there were many empty ears in the grains in the ears. But at the time, we thought it was just an accident, and this kind of thing couldn't be well investigated. As a result, as the grain became more and more mature, the problem of empty ears became more and more prominent.

When we finished harvesting, beyond the hulling step, we finally measured that the actual yield was less than half of what we had previously estimated, and finally confirmed the fact that the grain production had been greatly reduced. ”

Hearing Adela's answer, Duke felt a burst of anger rush up, he had high hopes for the autumn harvest, after all, the food problem is the root of everything. As a result, I didn't expect that such an important thing as the reduction of grain production reached the general level, and it was not reported until after the harvest, what did these agricultural officials do before?

But Duke knew that this was already the case, and anger would not solve any problems, so he could only hold back his anger and ask, "What is the cause of that?"

In the face of Duke's inquiry, perhaps because he felt the suppressed anger in Duke's heart, Adra's face also showed a frightened expression, and he stammered back: "Lord Hui, after the analysis of our Ministry of Agriculture, it is probably because this is newly cultivated land, so the land fertility is insufficient, and because of the climate, the crops suffered a frost during the heading period. Finally, the quality of our seeds is not good, which has led to a shortage of grain production this time. ”

Hearing Adela's advice, Duke also understood that what he said may be the truth, generally speaking, the land that is often cultivated is called cooked land and fertile land, and this kind of land cultivated in the first year will be more or less less deficient, and it is understandable that the yield is not high, after all, there is no chemical fertilizer in this world, and it can only rely on the fertility of the land itself.

There is also frost, natural disasters are unavoidable, the only thing is to depend on luck. In the end, because of the seeds, Duke also had a headache, there is no seed science in this world, which means that many improved seeds have not come out, let alone hybrid rice.

Seeing the frightened look on Adela's face, Duke took a deep breath and suppressed the emotions in his heart, since something had happened, let's think about the solution.

"Adra, the newly cultivated land will be planted as soon as possible next year, and the beans and grains will be planted in rotation for one season to increase the fertility of the land. I also asked a few experienced old farmers to find a way to collect excrement and make fertilizer to improve the fertility of the land, and strive to achieve a normal level of harvest next year, or even surpass ordinary farmland!"

The method that Duke refers to is actually the method adopted by later generations to improve the land without chemical fertilizers. It is no exaggeration to say that the planting level of the European Middle Ages may be behind the gap of thousands of years behind the farming nation of China, and they have no concept of cropping rotation and fertilization, so the land harvest is terrible!

"Yes, my lord. ”

Adela hurriedly obeyed his order at this time, although he didn't know why the lord said these strange methods, but since the lord said so, just do as he did.

"By the way, there is also the problem of seeds, and I don't know how to cultivate them, but try to choose the best and fullest grains for the next year's seeds. Now that it's happened, we have to learn our lesson, and I don't want this to happen again next year!"

"I promise it won't happen again, lord!"

Adela also swore at this time, he was also an agricultural official who temporarily drove ducks to the shelves, because the land of Storm Castle was a combination of various knights' fiefs before, and as for the cultivation and harvest, the knights were responsible for themselves, and the lord only collected taxes.

As a result, Stormcastle now has a large farm system, and even the land of the Knight's Farm has been reclaimed, and this kind of large-scale farmland management is also a challenge for Adela, so there are all kinds of problems. With this year's experience and lessons learned, Adela is confident that he will be able to guarantee a harvest at Stormfort next year.

Just as Duke was about to add the two men down, Goodman, who had been standing next to him and did not speak, spoke.

"Lord Lord, I have heard that there is a solution to the seed problem you talked about before, I wonder if you have heard of the magic seed of the elf race?"

"Magic seeds?"

Duke asked suspiciously, he naturally hadn't heard anything about magic seeds.

"That's right, the seeds that the elves have spawned with magic can greatly increase the yield of crops, and even in some countries close to the elven territory, they will try their best to trade with the elves every year in exchange for some magic seeds. ”

"But we are 108,000 miles away from the night spirit of the elven race, how can we exchange it for magic seeds?"

Originally, Duke wanted to say that he didn't know any elves, but it soon occurred to him that he really knew a few elves, such as Malfurion, Mirana, Tyrande, and so on. It's just that these elves have disappeared now, and there is no way to get in touch with them if they want to.

"My lord, although we are far away from the Night Forest, there is no way to exchange it for magic seeds. But that doesn't mean Storm doesn't have the ability to produce magic seeds, because we have a rare nature mage in Storm Castle!"