Chapter 126 Wheat Transformation

? The rotation system does not matter to villages or small towns with low population density, but the land around big cities is tight, and using this method is tantamount to wasting land. Places like Silver Light City, Falling Dragon Ridge, and Wangdu have to import large amounts of food from other towns every month.

The first step in using human and animal manure is to collect them first. That's why Roland decided to build public toilets as soon as possible. At the same time, it can reduce the spread of diseases and beautify the living environment. After the remaining batches of personnel arrived, the construction of the toilet was almost completed. As for how to compost and how to plow and sow seeds, he decided to select a group of experienced farmers to teach them individually in a few days. After all, the land is still in the stage of leveling and clearing, and it will take at least a week before the plowing begins.

After finishing the work at hand, he decided to go to the back garden to see Ye Zi's experimental field.

Ever since Leaf researched various seed improvements, crops have been planted wherever flowers can be grown in the garden. She also divided the flower pond into many blocks and numbered them according to Roland's suggestion, so that the development results of the two groups of experimental crops could be compared.

As soon as Roland stepped into the yard, he was dazzled by a pile of golden wheat.

"Your Highness." Seeing the prince, Ye Zi, who was squatting by the flower pond, got up and brushed the hair around her ears, and bowed in salute.

"Is this all the result of your improvement?" He waved his hand, indicating that the other party does not need to be polite, walked over and excitedly picked up a heavy wheat ear, and felt its full caryup with his fingers.

He has no idea what wheat can look like, but compared with his childhood memories of the wheat field in Wangdu, those ears of wheat are not only smaller than the ones in his hands, but the grains are also much shrunken.

Ye Zi nodded and said, "I will make the ears of wheat grow bigger first, and after harvesting the seeds by ripening, I will plant new seeds in the flower pond to get such ears of wheat. But... repeat this process, after two or three rounds of sowing , it is difficult to grow big and long ears of wheat. I don’t know why.”

Unfortunately, I can't help you here, Roland thought. According to my poor and pitiful junior high school biology knowledge, probably because of self-bred defect? Rice is grown in the south, which is far from wheat. In order to increase production, seeds are also bought. However, if it can last for two generations, it is already of practical value. A wheat plant can produce more than 130 seeds. The first batch of seeds are transformed from leaves, and then let the farmers make their own seeds, which can at least be used. two years.

"This one, why is it empty?" Roland noticed a flower bed with only a few dry straws.

"I planted it there in the beginning, maybe it was because I planted it too many times," Leaf said uncertainly, "The wheat can still grow quickly when I cast the magic power, but after removing the magic power, they will wither quickly."

It seems that the continued growth of magically modified plants still needs the land to provide nutrients, and some trace elements are still essential. Roland walked to the last flower bed. The shape of the wheat planted here was very strange. There were several clusters of blue ears of wheat hanging on a stalk as thin as an arm. Several branches extended from the center of the stalk, and the branches were covered with green leaves. Therefore, the size of each wheat plant is relatively large, and only two plants are planted in the flower bed.

This is the magical modification that Roland asked Ye Zi to try to make - the wheat tree.

The direction he envisioned is to make wheat like a banana tree, which bears fruit from its branches and is harvested regularly every year, thus saving the trouble of plowing and sowing, and at the same time growing larger and more green leaves, increasing photosynthesis, and reducing damage to the crops. land requirements. From the current point of view, the thick straws and branches take up a little space, and it is not in line with the original idea that only the branches grow wheat ears. Or, let the leaves try to improve in the direction of the vines? Roland thought, after all, she has never seen a real banana tree, and grapes are not a rare product in Greycastle, so it should be easier to imitate if there is a comparison.

"The seeds of these three wheat plants cannot be used for sowing," Ye Zi said, "I tried, and the wheat grains couldn't germinate after being planted. But it can indeed bear fruit repeatedly, and the wheat ears you see are already the second batch .”

The inability to germinate means that each wheat tree is unique and needs to be transformed by the leaves, so the current planting value is not great. "You've done a good job. The variety of barley ears should be called Golden No. 1. I will leave you an experimental field on the south bank of the Chishui River, and cover it with fences and partitions. You can ripen a batch of Golden No. 1 there as soon as possible." It will be used for spring plowing and sowing this year." Roland ordered, "As for the garden, it will continue to be used to improve new varieties. I just came up with a lot of ideas. Not only wheat crops, grapes are also worth trying."

It's a pity that Leaf can only understand the characteristics of a crop from the macro level: such as many fruits, sweet taste, dense branches, etc... If she can understand the micro level, can she directly manipulate genes and make subtle and precise adjustments? ? For example, let plants absorb light other than visible light—such as ultraviolet rays, X-rays, and even ionizing radiation to carry out photosynthesis, and directly produce energy storage substances such as starch, glucose, and sucrose, so that people can directly grow crops in cultivation tanks .

In the evening, the fourth prince lit a bonfire by the Chishui River, ordering Carter and his guards to gather all the serfs. Pots of large pots were carried here by the local people, set up on a newly built simple clay stove, and lit a fire to cook porridge.

The serfs looked at the new master who was facing away from the bonfire, whose figure was dragged out of a long and narrow shadow by the flames, and lowered their heads in fear. There are also some bold ones who still secretly look at the prince from time to time.

Roland stood in front of the bonfire and announced the rules he had set to the thousand people.

"I am Roland Wimbledon, the fourth prince of Graycastle, the lord of Border Town, and the master of the Western Territory!"

"I called you here to tell everyone that you are lucky to be able to come to this territory! As long as you work hard, you can get rid of your current status and status!"

"Yes, I will give you a chance to get rid of slavery and become free people!"

There was an uproar among the serfs. What free people mean, these serfs are very clear in their hearts-they no longer have to be cruelly abused by their masters, they are no longer forced to cultivate endlessly, and all the crops produced in the fields do not need to be handed over to their masters, their sons and daughters , can also get rid of the status of serfs.

After waiting for a while, Roland continued: "Starting tomorrow, each of you will be allocated a fixed piece of land, and someone will teach you how to cultivate so that you can harvest more wheat. In the first year, the harvest in the field you You can keep 30% for yourself, and hand over 70% to Border Town. Those who harvest the best will be promoted to free citizens!"

"After becoming a free citizen, your family members can also be exempted from slavery. As for whether to continue farming or find other livelihoods in the town, it is up to you. If you choose to farm, 20% of the grain you harvest will be turned over as rent. The remaining 80% is at your own disposal. Those who make a living elsewhere, the land will be taken over to the lord, and of course, there is no need to hand over any grain!"

As soon as these words came out, there was only the sound of breathing, and at this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Your Highness, is what you said true?"

"Of course," Roland said word by word, "As a lord, I never deceive my people."

"Your Highness is merciful," someone couldn't help exhaling in a low voice, and then the voice quickly became high-pitched, "Long live Your Royal Highness!"

A serf in the front row knelt down following the shout, followed by the second and third...

Until kneeling down in the arena, the voices came and went, more and more louder. The voices of the people finally merged into the same rhythm, "Your Highness is merciful!" "Long live Your Highness!"

Since there is an echo, there is no need to ask for it anymore, the prince thought.

He clapped his hands and ordered the guard behind him, "Dinner is served!"