The manor is like a big ship moving on the sea, and Lawrence is the one at the helm who can change direction at any time.

Lawrence, who was busy building roads yesterday, is cultivating seedlings with Kehalan today.

Emma walked quickly from the outside to the outside of the warehouse, and said anxiously, "Master! Today, Redar and the children fell into the man-eating water when they went out to pick up mushrooms! ”

Lawrence walked out the door and opened the door to look at Emma in a hurry.

"Are people still alive now?"

Emma nodded and said, "The children came back to call people, and there were other women around at that time, and they should be able to be rescued." ”

Lawrence asked, "Probably where?" ”

Emma said worriedly, "In the mountains south of the blacksmith's shop, we don't usually go there, maybe they have only run so far after the mushrooms in the vicinity have been collected. ”

Lawrence remembered Andrew, who had fallen into cannibalism.

In fact, there are a lot of swamps here, especially near low water sources, which are prone to such silt swamps.

There are similar swamps along the river, and in summer and autumn, aquatic plants form a carpet of communities along the river, shielding them from water and sunlight with soft foliage that is as heavy as layers of cotton clothing.

"I'll take a look."

Lawrence took Harlan and Delen over, and Sariel followed curiously.

Everyone came to the vicinity of the cannibal water, and the woman who accidentally fell into it had already been pulled up by the surrounding villagers.

Lawrence crouched near the swamp and looked at the swamp in front of him.

Delenn said, "I'll do it." ”

Lawrence stood up and said, "No, it's just a few dozen square meters of rotten land." ”

Lawrence turned to Emma and said, "Take a few people with barrels and shovels to dig out the mud here, dig a big stable pit and keep it for fish." ”

"Yes!" Emma replied.

When Delenn on the side saw it, he looked at the cannibal next to him suspiciously, and then looked at Lawrence, "That's it?" ”

"Hmm." Lawrence was calm, "It's just an accident, it's not a serious matter, since there is danger here, then just get rid of the danger here." ”

Delenn asked, "Don't need my help?" ”

Lawrence smiled, "You still have a lot of things to do, and it's a waste of this little thing for you to do." ”

Sariel suddenly realized, "It turns out that it is enough to dig up the cannibal water, is it so simple?" ”

Lawrence looked at Sariel's appearance and couldn't help but joke: "You know that Andrew almost drowned in the cannibal water, why didn't he think about destroying the cannibal water?" ”

Sariel was stopped by Lawrence's question, and said in amazement, "I haven't thought about it...... I didn't think about it, and I didn't die at the hands of animals and people, I... Didn't think about it that much. ”

For Sariel, it's good that her father is okay.

Even if something dies in the cannibal water, it is like dying in an avalanche or drowning in the water, which is a tragic thing.

If you are killed, there is a clear goal of revenge.

Dying from various diseases and natural disasters is something that cannot be done.

Even the barbarians feel that it is impossible to change nature, and that many things must be adapted, not resisted.

Lawrence said, "Then let's dig up this cannibalism together." ”

Sariel nodded, looking at the motionless eater next to her, "Just dig it out?" ”

"Yes, the mud that is dug up is left to dry in the sun, and it will dry naturally." Lawrence visually surveyed the swamp, which should not be large, "The mud dug up is piled up nearby to plant grass and flowers." ”

The matter of eating people and water was quickly resolved, and Lawrence from three years ago certainly did not have the time and strength to deal with it.

But Lawrence, three years later, can extinguish this cannibalism with a single sentence, and he doesn't even need to do it himself.

After returning from outside, Lawrence went into the warehouse to conduct experiments.

The question of eating water is irrelevant, the main thing now is the issue of food.

In the production of grain, the most important thing besides seeds is fertilizer.

Swamp mud can also be used as fertilizer, but Lawrence is not short of fertilizer now, what is lacking is high-quality fertilizer.

Grass and wood ash, human manure, chicken manure, eggshells, sheep manure, swamp silt......

Guano is the best fertilizer available, and Lawrence and Keharlan used a variety of fertilizers to ripen potatoes, and found that the most efficient fertilizer was guano from Mount Talim, followed by chicken droppings.

Secondly, there is the manure of the free-range chicken.

It's clear that the most powerful guano is related to Keharan.

But Keharan can directly ripen crops and does not need to be tossed so many times and reused.

Lawrence was looking for a fertilizer that didn't require witchcraft and was the highest.

"Now I can only use chicken manure, and I don't have to try again." Kehalan covered his nose and mouth with a cloth to weaken the sharpness of his nose.

Lawrence also covered his nose and nodded, "Let's continue to use chicken manure for now, and then let people go to Mount Talim to collect some bird droppings to grow wheat when spring comes." ”

Kehalan quickly put the flower pot in his hand and walked straight outside.

Lawrence examined the seeds and sprouts in the various crates before going out.

The smell in the house was not pleasant, and after the two of them cleaned up, they went to take a shower and change clothes.

In the forty-degree hot pool, Lawrence endured the extreme heat, tilted his head and said, "This year's grain harvest will definitely be better than last year!" ”

Keharan lay on his back with his hands on the edge of the pool, sat cross-legged in the water and said, "Last year it was enough to eat, what are you doing with so much this year?" ”

"The population will definitely increase this year, and we need to have more food reserves for next year," Lawrence said. ”

Kehalan said casually: "There has been no one nearby for a long time. ”

Lawrence squinted his eyes and said, "Yes, there are still some villages outside, and I think there will be people gathering here from this year." ”

Keharan didn't think it was necessary, "Isn't it good here, aren't you planning to conquer the Western Kingdom?" Pick a good place directly there, and after the fight we go to a better place. ”

Lawrence pondered the possibility.

"We don't have that kind of strength now, we must wait for more than ten years, otherwise there are only a few hundred people, where can we occupy a kingdom."

Lawrence quickly discarded the constructive comments made by Cahallan, which he felt was outrageous.

"Well, it's pretty good here, too." Kehalan was more satisfied with the place, that is, casually talking.

Lawrence thought for a moment, "We are really not suitable for growing crops here, even I can't violate the objective facts, the land carrying capacity here is at most tens of thousands of people, and it will be too difficult to get higher." ”

Keharan closed his eyes and said, "Aren't you doing it?" Just keep doing it. ”

"yes, yes." Lawrence also got used to the temperature in the pool and stopped thinking about things that were too troublesome.

Eternal nights and cold winters, combined with barren land and scarce resources.

Lawrence knows better than anyone what is good or bad here.

The resources seem to be a lot, but in fact they are mainly accumulated over thousands of years.

And when there are more people, it is easy to use up these accumulated resources.

Outward development is the king.

Once a creature settles itself, it is not far from death.

Attacking the Western Kingdom is something that is bound to happen, and only when the barbarians leave the northern borders can they have a chance to get out of barbarism and accept civilization.

(End of chapter)