The planting time that was expected to be six months was shortened to four months.

It seems that the apocalyptic world has changed the maturity period of plants, and that's a good thing!

The ears of wheat are plump, and the aroma of ripe malt comes to the nose.

Looking at the ears of wheat in his hand, Tang Ning couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and quickly left the palace and went to the ground.

The moment I stepped out of the ground, I saw a golden patch in front of me, a gentle breeze, and endless wheat plants swayed with the wind, setting off waves like ocean waves.

As the political, economic and cultural center of the former kingdom, the city of Barbis was a vast hell, and after the buildings on the ground were removed, the area left for cultivation reached 10,000 acres, and now the wheat harvest has been greatly replenished.

Looking at the wheat field and pondering for a long time before coming back to his senses, Tang Ning reminded Master Merlin.

"Inform the residents to start harvesting. ”

......

Manny is one of the subjects of the Empire, she has two girls and a boy, her husband died of malnutrition due to lack of food, and she later obtained a house after the establishment of the Federal Empire, and was also hired by the government to make the uniforms that were previously issued to the guards and bailiffs, so her daily income is very good, and her life has been greatly improved.

And before that, she had obtained four acres of fertile land and some wheat seeds, and she had painstakingly planted the wheat seeds in four acres of land, waiting for the harvest season, and now ...... She waited.

It took five days to harvest the wheat and then threshing, totaling more than 2,400 catties.

Looking at the wheat that was almost piled up in the house, Manny almost cried, tears of joy.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Manny wiped the tears from his face, quickly stepped forward to open the door, and saw the person standing outside the door, Ms. Manny was stunned for a long time.

Seeing this, Holman stepped forward and reminded softly.

"Hurry up and salute His Majesty. “

The person at the door was Tang Ning, and this time for the harvest, Tang Ning wanted to see the harvest of the farmers in person, so he decided to pay a visit.

Lady Manny came back to her senses at the reminder and wanted to kneel on the ground and salute.

Tang Ning stopped and tried to make a gesture close to the people, so that he could exchange more favor.

"No, ma'am, can I see what you've been up to this year?"

Lady Manny nodded at once, and led the young king to the grain pile.

Downing asked and left, moving on to the next one, accurate data requires more samples.

Manny stood in the doorway with a few children and watched the young king leave, grateful.

The little boy had expectation in his eyes.

"When I grow up, I will also be a member of His Majesty's guard. ”

After visiting nearly 100 households, Tang Ning came up with approximate data, the average harvest per mu is about 600 catties, calculated according to 10,000 mu of wheat, the total harvest is 6 million catties of grain, according to the tax of 30%, the treasury tax is about 1.8 million catties.

The tax on 1.8 million catties of wheat is not much, but now that there is a foundation, more good seeds can be screened and planted, and the scale of planting can be expanded, and this data will increase wildly in four months.

Upon returning to the palace, he immediately instructed Romero to collect the taxes.

"What is the price of supplies now?"

Romero looked delighted and provided a report, which was introduced by the way.

"The problem of scarcity has been solved, the price level has returned to normal levels, and when the corn is harvested, it will be completely solved. ”

I almost forgot that there was still corn, and the corn would not be harvested until two months later.

The yield of corn is much higher than that of wheat, and the state treasury will have a large amount of tax revenue.

"A portion of the tax from the treasury will be distributed free of charge to those who come from behind, and then they can open up any fertile fields outside the city of Barbis and continue to cultivate them, and the tax will remain thirty percent. ”

Now that the population has increased, there is no land in the city that can be used for cultivation, so we can only continue to expand outward and use the land outside the city.

However, there is still a huge problem, that is, the food type is too simple, and it is necessary to continue to expand the variety of crops, especially the fruit planting, fruit tree planting is much more complicated than wheat planting, especially the planting cycle is longer, and it takes at least three years for a tree to grow to fruit.

The progress of fruit tree planting must be accelerated, and the only way is to graft, grafting on trees that have already grown, grafting is still very new to people in this period, but it is not a problem for Downing from later generations.

Find Fran right away.

"Fran, go and pick some people who are willing to plant fruit trees, and come with me out of the city. ”

Fran is now obedient to the young king, who has now become a paradise on earth, and he has reason to believe that the young king will be able to make this place better in a short period of time.

After three days of signing up, Fran finally picked out some suitable candidates.

On the fourth day, Downing left the city of Barbis with a few guards and the selected men, and this was the second time since he had awakened from the cemetery that he had arrived outside the city of Barbis, which was covered with grass and many wild trees. There is no shortage of fruit trees.

In the past, some people ventured out of the city to pick some fruit and sell it in the market of the Federal Empire, but the number of wild fruit trees was scarce and scattered, so the amount of fruit collected was not too large.

Outside the city, Downing instructed the selected people to cut off some of the branches of the fruit trees and soak them in the water they had brought.

Everyone didn't know what the young king was going to do, and they watched curiously.

Tang Ning stands under a begonia tree, there are many wild begonia trees here, according to the grafting principle learned from biology textbooks, plants of different genera of the same family can be grafted, and the best grafted variety of begonia trees is apples.

With the comprehension ability of people in this world at present, they are not yet able to understand the principle of grafting, so the method he adopts is to fix it directly.

"Apple trees can be grafted on begonia trees. ”

After that, Tang Ning stepped forward to repair the begonia tree, then cut the branches and vines in half from the middle, and finally peeled the tail of the apple tree branches soaked in water, and finally inserted them into the gaps of the begonia branches, and finally wrapped them in thick cloth strips.

Turn back after the grafting is completed.

"That's how grafting is done. ”

Later, he found some ordinary trees and grafted suitable branches on.

Holman and the apprentices in charge of the guards all looked strange, they didn't think that ordinary trees that weren't fruit trees could bear fruit, and if they did, it would be magic.

But...... It's science!

The apprentices were left to their own devices, and though the young king's move was suspicious, the city was immediately busy in view of the miracles that had preceded it, and the temptation to pay daily wages.

Holman couldn't help but step forward and ask in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, ...... Does it really work?"

Downing smiled but said nothing.

To convince these people who do not understand science to believe in science, it is futile to say more or less, and it is necessary to use facts.

However, due to the increase in the distance between the outside of the city and the entrance of the dark market, for the sake of insurance, whether it is planting or grafting fruit trees outside the city, the working time is only about two hours a day.

Fortunately, the population of the Confederation Empire is approaching 100,000 at present, and the number makes up for the lack of time.

With that done, Downing began to prepare a new plan.

With a population of 100,000 and 3,000 children of all ages, these 3,000 children are the future of the Federal Empire and must be nurtured with all their hearts.

Sitting in the palace, Tangning immediately began to write hard to prepare for the education system of the Federal Empire.