Chapter 1905 Gretel Moved His Mouth, and the Nature Order Broke Its Legs
To increase agricultural output, increasing unit output is one aspect, and increasing raw materials is another aspect.
Especially the raw materials. Agricultural fertilizers and composting technology are not available, and we only rely on the natural fertility of the land. God knows, we will be able to plant them until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse;
As for animal husbandry, if there is so much green grass, it will be lush and green in the summer, but it will wither in the autumn, and the livestock will have nothing to eat in the winter...
The result is that the livestock are starving and thin, or a batch must be slaughtered to survive the winter safely. In terms of livestock production, production cannot increase.
so……
"How is the silage feed project going at the Nature Order?"
Grete asked casually. Anivea immediately started flipping through the information, pulled out a few copies, and sent them to Grete:
"I have been doing this and have achieved some results. The difficulty now is that forage is easy to rot, and the cost of anti-corrosion has not been reduced..."
"Well... let me take a look..."
Grete flipped through it quickly. Turn it over and over again:
"It turns out it happened so early..."
In the ancient mythological era, in the era when the Nature Order had not yet been established, or had just begun to sprout.
In the Black Continent - or in other words, in the south of the Sea of Tranquility, the locals have stored green grass and fed it to their livestock during the season when the grass is scarce.
Later, this technology traveled across the ocean and spread to the Old World. The Nature Order discovered this technology and promoted it to every corner of the Old World.
Later, when the age of mythology ended, humans worked together to drive the gods out of the world. After wars, the Holy See of Glory began to rule the continent.
This technology was widely promoted in the old continent. However, there is no inheritance of the Natural God Religion. It only relies on those farmers. Some places have it and some places don't. It is scattered and intermittent.
In the Kingdom of Kent, the Natural God Church has maintained the inheritance of this technology and promoted it everywhere. In recent years, in compliance with the research results of the Magic Council, they have also made considerable progress:
For example, they measured the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content of the feed before and after silage, pH, water content ratio, and various ingredient changes that can be imagined;
For example, they designed a comparative experiment to measure the difference in meat and milk production of the same livestock eating silage from different methods;
For another example, they found a variety of bacteria in silage...
"So where is it stuck now? Is it easy to rot? Can the anti-corrosion cost be reduced?" Gretel flipped through the lab report.
Really, why doesn’t anyone write a review for these things? Next time you want to conduct new research, you must ask students to submit a review first!
"Let me see what method they used to preserve it... Well, as long as the weather is too hot, it will rot easily, so I added ice cubes to store it, or used running water to cool it down..."
Grete held his forehead. Whether it's digging an ice cellar or using running water to cool down the storage area, the costs are skyrocketing.
You can do experiments without sparing any effort and use them to store Warcraft feed, or you can also increase the cost a bit. I want to extend it to thousands of households and farmers and herdsmen...
These methods are on the wrong track from the beginning.
"Oh, do you turn over the grass frequently to dissipate heat?"
This method is very useful for composting, but it is not very reliable for silage. After flipping, it rots faster. Not to mention, during the flipping process, it suddenly rained or something...
"They found out the large number of bacteria that increased after the forage rotted, and at the same time used magical magic to kill the bacteria...this..."
Gretel raised his forehead again. Divine magic, divine magic! Even if sterilization spells are so popular that even first-level priests can use them, how many times can a first-level priest use sterilization spells in a day?
It’s not enough for people, and I want to use it for pasture! A single sterilization spell can cover a cubic meter of silage, which is good news. How many spells are needed to complete the sterilization?
Besides, divine magic also comes at a cost, and the cost is quite high...
"And there is another problem with magical sterilization... After using magical sterilization, the forage will not rot anymore. The problem is that it will not continue to become soft and juicy, with a sweet and sour smell, palatability and nutritional value. improve……"
Fine. Gretel rubbed his forehead, then rubbed his forehead, and continued to rub his forehead. After kneading it several times, I began to write down the experimental directions:
"First, let them continue to isolate bacteria during the silage process of forage. Find out the changes in bacterial numbers and dominant species during normal storage, as well as the changes in bacterial numbers and dominant species after the forage rots."
Anivea's vision went dark from the side. The top moves his mouth, the bottom runs and breaks his legs. The teacher’s words, I don’t know how many nature priests are behind it, trying to isolate and cultivate these bacteria——
There is not just one kind of bacteria in a ball of rotten grass, just culture it. Under the microscope, they are densely packed. I don’t know if there are dozens or hundreds of species. They need to be cultivated very patiently.
The result of "finding out a large number of bacteria after rotting forage" was accomplished by a team of ten people headed by Smith Kuying, a level 15 nature priest near the royal capital, after three years of work...
But well, the teacher alone isolated dozens of various types of germs and defined multiple sources of the plague. Since this project has a purpose, just put it out there and find someone to do it.
"After the comparison is made, simulate the conditions during the forage silage process - temperature, humidity, various conditions. Then, add various additives to see which additives can be effective."
Anivea sighed again. "Various additives", to put it lightly, there are so many additives——
The various raw materials and products at the Alchemy Guild are uniformly numbered. Are they numbered in five or six digits?
"Teacher, do you have a general direction?"
"Ah? Yes." Gretel was stunned for a moment:
"Mainly because it's cheap. The price of a ton of silage and additives is higher than...higher than..."
He scratched his head:
"You ask them to do a cost calculation. If the number is higher than the number, the farmers will definitely not be able to bear it, so don't mention it. Anyway, it will definitely not work if it is higher than one gold coin. I am not sure if it will be higher than one silver coin. You ask them to calculate... …”
Anivea sighed and continued recording. Okay, one more thing. However, according to this standard, there are probably not many materials that can be selected:
Lime is probably fine, as is plant ash. Sugar is definitely out of the question, salt? Can the price of salt be lowered?
"So, teacher, what does it mean to be effective?"
"Additives that promote the growth of normal bacteria - the bacteria that change the silage in a good direction and inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria."
Gretel answered without hesitation. Anivea was silent:
This requirement sounds simple, but it is not easy to implement. We must build a laboratory first, and we cannot fool around with walls made of earth or even vines...
Speaking of meeting the teacher's requirements, can it be completed in one year?