Richard, William, and Stopa all have large areas of primeval forest, and the three territories are geographically all in the southern foothills of the Eagle Mountains.

Richard took Bernard and the sheep-headed people through each of the three territories throughout the winter, and found twenty-six sugary trees in 4,500 square kilometers of land.

Richard cut down some branches and managed to squeeze brown sugar out of them.

This tree was also named the Brown Sugar Tree by Richard.

The sugar production was successful, and the planting of brown sugar trees was already a top priority for the Haaland territory.

Twenty-six brown sugar trees are found in different parts of the Harland territory.

What kind of environment does it take to grow a brown sugar tree? Richard is not clear for the time being.

Although the sheep-headed people know a variety of plants, they are familiar with the characteristics of many plants.

But when it comes to the cultivation and domestication of plants, sheep-headed people are not as experienced as humans.

The humans of the Dawn Continent, in addition to the conventional domestication methods, also have magic to help.

After Sophia was busy with the autumn harvest, she was also called over by Richard to participate in the study of the brown sugar tree.

In addition to the branches and leaves of the brown sugar tree that can be squeezed for sugar, the fruits on the tree are also very crisp and sweet, and the taste is relatively close to that of dragon fruit.

The number of fruits is not particularly large, there are only a few dozen per tree, the fruit is the size of a baby's fist, and there are only two or three seeds inside.

There were no greenhouses in Haaland's territory, and even if Richard wanted to hatch seeds, the conditions were not ripe.

In fact, there are a small number of greenhouses on the Dawn Continent, which are equipped with large pieces of transparent glass on the roof and fire wall heating, which is not much different from the vegetable greenhouses in the previous life.

The production of glass is still advanced in the Dawn Continent, and only a few lords have mastered the art of burning glass.

In particular, firing large pieces of transparent glass is technically difficult. Although Richard established a glass kiln, the accumulation of technology was far from enough, and he has not produced qualified glass for more than three years.

Because it is difficult to fire large pieces of transparent glass, those who can build greenhouses with large pieces of glass are basically big aristocrats.

In addition to the greenhouse, the plant cultivation laboratory of the Magic Tower also has a temperature suitable for plant growth throughout the year.

However, the construction of the magic table also requires a very high investment.

The Elemental Energy Pool, in particular, requires a large number of Magic Crystals to provide energy every year.

Relying on three desolate baronies alone, with a small annual income, they can't afford the consumption of magic towers at all, and they don't have the strength to build a magic plant cultivation laboratory, and they can't afford the magic research of Richard, Sophia and others.

Sophia has lived in the Magic Kingdom of Makholm for a few years and has some experience growing magical plants.

Although brown sugar wood is not a magical plant, many theories are common.

Sophia carefully dissected a few seeds of brown sugar wood, and then used life detection magic. He said to Richard with great certainty: "The vitality of the seed is weak, and the seed shell is relatively strong. Therefore, the chance of germination and shell breakage is naturally relatively low.

Although I don't know much about the habits of this tree, the scarcity of brown sugar trees is due to the lack of competitiveness of the seeds. ”

"Is there any way to increase the competitiveness of brown sugar wood seeds?"

"You can soak the seeds to soften first, and then release the magic that promotes the growth of plants, such as life evolution, plant awakening, earth feast, life blessing, and vitality growth, to the seeds."

Richard quietly kissed Sophia's face and asked in a low voice, "Will you use this magic?" ”

"I've been working in magic farming for a while in the Magic Kingdom of Makholm, and I've really learned some life magic. You can use the three magic spells of Life Evolution, Plant Awakening, and Vitality Growth.

After leaving the Magic Kingdom of Macholm, the magic he thought he had learned was useless. I didn't expect that after returning to the territory, I would use magic to cultivate ordinary plants. ”

Hearing the good news, Richard picked up Sophia, spun around in the air a few times, and said excitedly: "That's great, you can do an experiment in the bedroom first to see if you can make the seeds of the brown sugar tree germinate."

If the experiment is successful, by tomorrow spring, we will be able to get a lot of brown sugar trees.

Sometimes the territory adds a new industry of brown sugar, providing us with a steady stream of money. As long as the territory develops well, we can also build magic towers and continue the research of magic. ”

"What's brown sugar?"

Brown sugar is still a new term in the Dawn Continent.

The nobles of the Dawn Continent eat honey, and the commoners want to eat sweetness, so they can only taste the fruit and chew the sweet plant roots, and sugar has not yet appeared in people's recipes.

Richard took out the boiled brown sugar, gave it to Sophia, and asked, "Is it sweet?" ”

"It's really sweet!"

"This is the brown sugar squeezed from the brown sugar wood, and I think this kind of goods will be very marketable."

Seeing the real brown sugar, Sophia was full of energy, placed a large number of flower pots in the bedroom, used life magic to promote the germination of brown sugar tree seeds every day, and also set up a control group.

Sophia's experiment was so successful that she cultivated hundreds of brown sugar tree saplings in one winter.

These saplings were planted by Richard on a hill.

The original brown sugar wood in the territory was also dug up to this hill by Richard.

Fortunately, there are many strong men in Haaland's territory, otherwise it would take a lot of effort to transplant big trees in the barren mountains and mountains.

Richard,, and Martin took it personally, and a few people were able to carry away a tree weighing several tons.

The woods on the mountain were cut down by Richard, freeing up a lot of open space, and on several nearby hills, Richard was ready to plant brown sugar trees.

The area was planned by Richard as a brown sugar tree plantation area, and a sugar mill would be opened nearby.

Now Richard has begun to plan a map of the sugar mill. Soon construction will begin at Yamashita and the factory will be built. The training of sugar millers has also been accelerated.

Ten days later, a team of laborers arrived at the sugar mill and, under the command of Richard, began to build factories, staff dormitories and other buildings.

The laborers were all freed slaves from the orcs, and they came from different regions, even the lords of the Kingdom of Lane.

Now they are all indentured slaves of the Haaland family.

These people were all sugar mill workers selected by Richard, adding up to about 400 people.

According to Richard's plan, 100,000 brown sugar trees will be planted on several hills.

Brown sugar trees can grow to more than ten meters high, and each ten-year-old brown sugar tree can cut down 300 catties of branches and leaves, and squeeze about 30 catties of sugar.

If the brown sugar wood plantation is successful, Richard will receive 1,500 tons of brown sugar per year.

If a pound of brown sugar is sold for a copper coin, the territory can increase the gross income of 9,000 gold coins. Even if the production volume increases significantly, the price of brown sugar will not be as cheap as one copper coin a catty, and according to three copper coins per catty, there will be a gross income of 25,000 gold coins a year.

(End of chapter)