Crop improvement

The Botanical Garden was originally a place for Heras to grow some herbs and magical materials, but since he was protected in the Mage Tower, he has also had a place.

The light and water created by magic, and the unique spells of the druids make the land rich and the plants abundant. The entire Arboretum is a zone of high magical energy, and occasionally even the magical mutations of plants can be expected, though this possibility is measured in the course of ten years.

But since the happy meeting came, it all seemed to be meaningless, because of a unique ability that he had for some reason - praying for abundance.

The specific effect is similar to the literal prayer for abundant soil, and the more energy consumed, the more effective the effect will be. If invested at any cost, plants can even push beyond the limits of their original species and nature – promoting mutations and fruiting in one day.

As the acceptance of the other soul in his body increased, he was no longer tired of giving birth to a plant like he used to be.

In the more than a month that he has lived in the Mage Tower, he has repeated the process of letting plants complete the process from sowing to fruiting in one day no less than 500 times, and he has constantly mutated plants in beneficial directions according to his intuition.

Directional mutation, anyway, this is also on the edge of the druid's forbidden area, but for the happy encounter with this druid from Earth, it is far from touching his bottom line.

Upon entering the botanical garden, the two half-elves saw a magical version of those eerie common crops. Each of them is growing healthily and vigorously in an unseasonable environment, and it is already clear that these crops will be able to harvest in the future.

"Even if I hadn't actually worked in the fields, I knew that wheat was definitely not growing like this, and I dare say no druid could do that. What did you do?"

Looking at the unnatural sight in front of him, Alan quickly became puzzled.

Golantia is still at the level of medieval technology on Earth, and although there are other special methods such as magic and magic, so the productivity is much higher than that of the Middle Ages at that time, but many basic things are figured out.

For example, the yield of crops. At this time, the Golantian crops were not improved or hybridized, and the best seeds were selected simply based on the survival of the fittest by nature. The seed retention rate is not high, and the yield is also low, even with the druid's bonus, it will increase the yield per mu by about one-third at most.

And the yield of the crops grown here is somehow higher than that of Golantia, which is called cheating.

"As long as you are bold, the yield of wheat per mu is 18,000...... Just kidding. During this time, I had to ripen more than a dozen or twenty crops every day, and the one that was the best in all aspects was selected from the seeds to ripen again, and in just one month, the crops in the tower had gone through hundreds of years of evolution. 」

"But how do you know which seed is the best?"

"Instinct. 」

"You've been doing this for the past month, it's so boring. So you're trying to let us sell these high-yielding crops?"

"Although your approach is somewhat ...... I have to admit that this is a good entry point and idea, improve the natural plants to make them more beneficial to civilization, so that people will pay more attention to nature. ”

"That's not enough, Alan, you can't do anything with these improved crops alone. 」

The first purpose of establishing this company was to guide the future of the natural profession of Golantia and to bring nature and civilization together, which is not an easy task, and there is no definite answer. No one knows exactly how this path should be taken, but it is definitely the wrong way to let nature continue to accommodate the development of civilization.

"You can't do anything with the fragile things of passion, dreams, and ideals, and only hard work is the right way. We got the money in our last adventure, and now the most important thing is fame, and these high-yielding crops are the first step to making a name for yourself. 」

The contempt for ideals made both Leach and Allen feel a little dissatisfied.

"There is no difference between it and salted fish without ideals, and it is difficult to retain the hearts of guild members without ideals. ”

"The sense of accomplishment of achieving their goals will keep them. In addition to increasing crop yields, a series of things such as increasing productivity, improving health care, and developing education will all need to be done within two years. In this way, our goal will be initially achieved. 」

"But, otaku cat, I don't think the last few things are our business. ”

Regardless of whether it is more productive or better healthcare, things like higher education, better food, and the development of science and technology seem to have little to do with natural occupations.

"Of course, but we just want to blend nature and civilization, in other words, nosy. 」

"Happy meeting, I think you seem to want to transform nature, once nature is transformed, is it still called nature?"

That's the same problem with the ship of Theseus.

"In ancient times, nature was not what it is now. In the future, nature will not be what it is now. No matter how it is transformed, as long as the essence remains, it is still nature. 」

That being said, there are still many opinions on the subject, and it is impossible to convince everyone with this statement. But as long as the majority agrees, it's fine, and the happy meeting has now convinced at least two partners.

"Although we were in a hurry, our initial plan had to be completed within two years, and then I had other big moves. So it's not too late for me to grow these improved crops, Alan, can you help me gather the old Ivy League, even if it's just a member of the Periphery. 」

Let those aspiring young people come to help farm the land, the people take food as the sky, what a noble task this is, presumably they must be ...... It's impossible to take it gladly.

But Allen's good popularity must be able to play a good role in this.

"I'll do my best, you can give me the seeds and take them with me when I leave today. ”

"Of course, the crops I grow are very cold-resistant, so you don't have to wait until summer to grow them. Besides, it's a good idea to take these with you when you go. 」

He found a lot of rare plants used in magic materials in the botanical garden of Heras, and he didn't hesitate to pray for all of them, so he quickly got a lot of improved plants.

"Silent treatment can be used as a potion for minor injuries, so let's expand the production of this by the way. 」