Chapter 5
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The weather in early spring is still cold, the ice and snow on the ground have not completely melted, and the cold wind that blows from time to time seems to have penetrating power, which can penetrate through thick clothes and pierce into the body like steel needles, making people shiver from time to time.
But now that it is the season to sow the golden vines, the farmers wrap themselves as thick as possible, and then wield their hoes to dig through the frozen soil, placing the golden vine seeds soaked in magical water one by one in the small pits dug up. There is no need to cover it with soil, because what the golden vine needs most for germination is sunlight, and everything else is secondary.
In those places where the climate is relatively warm, even children can do this work. But the Northwest is different, the soil in early spring is a little thawed, not as hard as stone in winter, but still quite strong. People who don't have enough strength often have to dig out a shallow pit and put the golden vine seeds in it. The farmers were so busy that they couldn't plant much in an hour.
Fortunately, in the whole growth process of the golden vine, the most difficult thing is to sow seeds. It is a very powerful plant in its own right, and its ability to adapt to its environment is extraordinary, and it sprouts after planting, and then as long as you remember to replenish it with magical energy every day, you can grow steadily without worrying at all.
Ordinary crops need to turn the soil, fertilize, water, weed, and catch insects, and these golden vines are basically not used. Its powerful root system penetrates deep into the permafrost to absorb enough nutrients and water, and the sun gives it plenty of nutrients. There are no weeds or pests that can survive in the ash forest. If it weren't for the fact that it also needed to artificially replenish magical energy, it could even learn from farmers in many places. After sowing the seeds, you don't care about it at all, and you can wait for the harvest in the fall.
However, the golden vine also has huge drawbacks. The first is low yields. The yield of this plant is really pitiful, and only about 60 catties can be harvested per acre; secondly, the growth process requires the supply of magical energy, so ordinary people have no way to grow it alone; finally, the taste is very bad, worse than the poor rye, it tastes rustling, and it is slightly astringent, except for some special dishes, only the real poor will take it as a staple food.
In fact, the merchant buys the golden vine. The main thing is that it can be refined through the magic array to obtain the essence of magic containing sunlight energy. As for the residue after refining, at least it can be used as animal feed, and pigs and cattle are not picky eaters.
Sui Xiong looked at the busy farmers and shook his head secretly.
Golden vine is really not a suitable crop, and even rye is much better than it.
Rye is a common crop in cold regions, and although it requires more manpower than the golden vine, it is much better than the golden vine in terms of yield and taste. If the farmer is attentive, the land is fertile. If the climate is not bad, it is very common to harvest a hundred catties per acre of land. The famous couscous can be made by grinding rye into flour, and with a little white flour, it can be made into bread. It's not just the poor who like to eat it. Even for the average medium-sized family, it can be used as a staple food.
It's just that...... If you want to grow rye, the soil quality requirements are much higher than that of golden vine. It's not that the fertility requirements are too high. Or what is the difference in cold resistance, the main thing is that rye's ability to resist negative energy pollution is much weaker than that of golden vine. The growth cycle and the golden vine do not completely overlap, so even if you want to mix crops, it is not possible.
The entire Northwest Territories. In the southern area of rye town, the soil has a relatively low degree of negative energy pollution, and rye can be grown.
Because of this, Rye Town became the breadbasket of the Northwest Territories, thriving enough to support an elite army with thriving agriculture and commerce.
Sui Xiong hopes that the town of Huishi can develop, so naturally it is necessary to start with agriculture, so that the people of this town can at least be self-sufficient in food - even if they can't, it is not a bad thing to produce a little more food.
But producing more grain means opening up more farmland, which also means increasing the scale of the purification circle.
The Purification Circle is a divine power circle that must rely on the god belief system to function, and the population of Pyroxene determines the level of faith it can provide, which in turn determines the size and number of temples it can provide. If there is not enough temple support, the shrines placed in the center of the purification circle are nothing more than decorations.
It's a chicken-and-egg problem. For those pioneer villages, the church that controls the entire village can promote the deepening of faith through coercive means, in other words, to increase the productivity of people's faith. But that kind of society is not what Sui Xiong wants, and he really doesn't feel that there is any progress in a society that can't even allow freedom of thought.
So he had to think differently.
The initial idea was to hollow out the ground and cultivate special mushrooms that could absorb negative energy. This method has been used in the Faceless Void Playground and has proven to be effective and reliable. But there is another problem with this method - if you want to hollow out the ground and grow special mushrooms on a large scale, no ordinary person can do it. Even the most seasoned adventurers can't afford that amount of labor - you know, the concentration of negative energy underground is completely different from that on the ground!
Progress cannot fall from the sky or be given by the gods. If it were not for the progress achieved through the efforts of people's own hands, it would not have the value of widespread promotion, and it would not be possible to verify Sui Xiong's ideas.
So he thought about another way of thinking - the reason why the ash forest has such a strong negative energy comes from the corpse of the ancient god buried deep underground. If he manages to take away the corpses of the ancient gods, combined with large-scale purification, he may be able to completely expel the negative energy of the entire ash forest, making it an ordinary cold forest.
This is an earth-shattering project, extremely difficult and extremely impactful. The most important thing is that Sui Xiong has not been able to find out the origin of the ancient god who died here until now, which makes him dare not make a rash move.
A god who doesn't know how many years have passed after his death, and who still emits a strong source of negative energy, and even pollutes this vast forest, is unimaginably powerful. How dangerous is his body, how many powerful gods will be jealous of taking it out, and what to do with it after it is taken out are all big problems.
Sui Xiong had already asked the long-sleeved and danceable Weiye to help him inquire, Weiye was a great eater, drinker and merryman, and he always haunted various celebrations, and he had a good relationship with any kind of god - except for gods such as the Plague of Pain. Whether it's with those old-fashioned orderliness, with those fierce and violent evil, or with the chaotic system with strange brains and strange ideas, He can talk about it. At least three-quarters of the gods in the pantheon have eaten and chatted with him, and they are really super big players.
Although there was no progress yet, Sui Xiong believed that sooner or later Wei Ye would be able to inquire about the origin of the ancient god who died under the ash forest.
When that time comes, he's going to call his friends and make a big news!
But that day is still far away, maybe 50 years, 100 years, maybe longer. With an endless lifespan, he can wait slowly, but mortals can't wait that long.
So...... I still have to think of something else......
For more than half a month, Sui Xiong was wandering around Huishi Town. He observes the lives of ordinary people, sees what their shortcomings are, and ponders how to make their living standards improve, racking his brains.
If it weren't for the fact that he was hairless now, perhaps he would have lost a lot of hair in the past half a month, making his head take on a Mediterranean trend.
His meditative thoughts eventually paid off, and one day, while he was hiding in the mines, watching the miners toil, he finally had inspiration.
A few hours later, he found Ferex and pulled out a blueprint.
“...... What a project!" Ferex exclaimed, as he pored over the blueprints.
This is indeed a big project, and Sui Xiong plans to dig four diagonal tunnels outside the town of Huishi and plant special mushrooms in the tunnels. The temperature underground is high enough for special mushrooms to grow, and as the mushrooms grow and multiply, the concentration of negative energy around them will decrease, so you can dig a deeper tunnel nearby, plant special mushrooms in a deeper position, and harvest the previous special mushrooms to refine the magic essence of negative energy...... This cycle is tantamount to artificially creating veins of negative energy essence outside Pyroxene Town.
Over time, when the underground veins in this area are deep enough, they can develop horizontally, and arrange criss-crossing special mushroom cultivation areas underground, forming a huge "underground mining area".
Technically, the idea was not difficult, it just took a lot of manpower. However, the cultivation of golden vines does not take much manpower, and there are many skilled miners in the town itself, so it is said that it is quite easy.
It's just that the investment in this "artificial vein" is relatively large, and it will take a long time from the start of construction to the beginning of harvesting. If you don't have enough financial resources, you won't be able to support this plan.
And even if the man-made vein is successful, you can continuously harvest special mushrooms containing a lot of negative energy, and the harvesting process is also dangerous, and the special mushrooms obtained are not something that ordinary people can refine. This, in turn, requires a fairly high level of magicians, as well as ample magical manpower.
Fortunately...... None of this is a problem for Pyroxe, which is already building a magic school.
"This plan is good, with the support of sufficient magical manpower, the entire ash forest can be completely transformed into a huge negative energy vein. "I think ...... Your Majesty, you have really found a way to bring this black forest of death to life!"
Sui Xiong scratched his head with his tentacles and smiled happily.
Although it has not been able to solve the food problem, with reliable financial resources, the revival of Pyroxene Town will definitely be able to get on the right track faster!
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