Release that Witch Chapter 827: Grains of combat readiness

When Leaf has finished explaining, Edith was the first to ask, "Your Majesty, can this type of wheat catalyzed by magic power really be used by ordinary people?"

This is probably the problem that others are most concerned about. After opening Pearl of the Northern Lands, not only Petrov, but even Speer showed a worried look.

"First of all, Golden No. 2 and Golden No. 1 have no essential difference. They are both cultivated from Leaf. The second is to further expand the yield characteristic." Roland smiled at answer, "Second, although it was transformed with magic power It ’s made, but it does n’t contain magic power itself, so do n’t worry about ordinary people being attacked by it. In fact, the wheat porridge and pancakes I recently ate were from Golden No. 2 of experimental field. "

He couldn't help thinking of the battle between future natural foods, hybrid foods and genetically modified foods. Some people always emphasize that nature is the best, but they don't know what natural foods should look like.

It is a very complicated problem to explain the origin of Golden No. 2 in detail. It involves the mutation and inheritance of organisms. Even Leaf may not be able to understand the reason. Although her ability can make great changes to the plant in the short term, it basically requires continuous supply of magic power and cannot be inherited to future generations. If it is changed too much, it will even die directly after leaving the magic power supply.

Therefore, the main role of Leaf in cultivating golden wheat is to promote mutation and accelerate its growth. Selecting characteristics that are more conducive to planting, eliminating inferior shapes, multiplying them from generation to generation, and finally forming wheat varieties with outstanding characteristics. . This is the same as the traditional crop cultivation method, the only difference is that the process is greatly reduced, and the evolution of hundreds of years has been completed in less than two years.

Roland has seen the shape of an original watermelon. A fist-sized hard-shelled fruit sac mixed with several separate yellow flesh, which at first looks similar to an orange. But in the seventeenth century, the flesh turned red, and it was a lot bigger, but more than half of it was still filled with white meridians. If I dig it with a spoon, I'm afraid it will be hollowed out four or five times.

Besides, the familiar fruits and crops look very different from before. In fact, not only plants but animals are no exception. The most typical example is a dog that did not exist originally, but a pet that was transformed from a wolf under the influence of humans from generation to generation.

Therefore, the so-called natural foods are the result of repeated manual screening. If it really returns to its original appearance, then it is very difficult to catch the mouth.

And not just humans, any species, from mammals to microbes, are constantly changing the surrounding environment. From Roland's point of view, it is natural for humans to build a power station and yeast fermentation bread, because life itself is a part of nature.

It's just that these reasons are too esoteric for officials everywhere. He simply reduced answer into two parts: "Golden No. 1 is okay when eating, No. 2 is okay", and "If you do n’t believe me, I am eating too." The example of kings in this era is the best proof.

Seeing that there are no more doubts on the surface, Roland went on to say, "In addition, food transactions in all cities must be controlled by secondary City Hall, like Neverwinter City. Private sale of food is prohibited. As for the specific implementation method, Prime Minister Barov I will explain to you in detail later.

Speer Percy Earl raised an eyebrow. "Your Majesty, if Golden No. 2 really has such a high output, I am afraid that there will be a large amount of surplus after feeding citizen. If City Hall wants to buy it all up, financial pressure will be very great. Moreover, Fallen Dragon Ridge is only 10,000 in the city. Many people need to produce so much food? "

"Yes, because the excess food is not for food, but for storage."

"Stored?" She froze slightly.

"For the upcoming War of Divine Will." Roland said word by word.

In addition to the purpose of compulsory promotion of Golden No. 2, in addition to the Greycastle wide recruiting population, the other point is that as a member of this destiny-fighting war, he was born in a peaceful age. He has not experienced a protracted and cruel war, so he can only Prepare for war in accordance with historical experience.

The worst situation that Roland can foresee is a 30% drop in population. All young and middle-aged people have to enter the battlefield. All women and children enter the factory to provide supplies for the front line. In this situation, it is likely that the farmland will be deserted and no one will cultivate it. If there is enough stored grain for two to three years, maybe it will persist until the turnaround occurs.

At this point, he asked Minister of Construction Karl van Bate in detail. The latter said that a properly designed, structurally complete, and supervised granary can store shelled grain for up to five years. Although the taste will drop sharply in more than a year or two, but at that time, who cares whether the food is good or not.

Know that Leaf's experimental field is not only a high-yielding crop of wheat. After two years of cultivation, crops imported from various places, such as sugar cane, corn, potatoes, etc., have high-yielding varieties. In particular, the latter two are much higher than wheat in terms of unit yield due to their inherent advantages. And Roland chose to promote Golden No. 2 instead of promoting them because of two reasons: one is that their offspring can reproduce normally and are not suitable for monopoly grain trading; the other is that their storage period is not as long as that of grain.

Of course, agriculture is a very complicated industry. It includes not only humans but also animals ... For example, without sufficient soybean feed, there is no developed animal husbandry, but he cannot take care of too much now. Ensuring that everyone can eat the staple food during the war is already a big project.

Because most of the participants knew the significance of War of Divine Will, no one questioned this policy concerning human survival. At the end of the meeting, Roland set its sights on Scroll, "I hope that the joining agronomy course in secondary education is mainly used to train professionals who are proficient in various crop planting methods."

The education level of other cities is far from Neverwinter City. He also thinks that it is difficult to achieve universal education throughout Greycastle. Therefore, it is better to send Neverwinter professionals to go to different places for guidance. Agricultural Production. In addition, special agronomy is also a beginning, and subjects such as chemical engineering, architecture, and medicine will also be listed in the future. It is not required that the cultivated citizen can research on its own, invent several new theories, etc., as long as it is put into the operation of the industry according to what it has learned.

After the meeting, Wendy brings a new message.

Exploring ruins in Western Region Snow Mountain, witches has arrived safely at Neverwinter City dock.

When Roland rushed to dock, a figure flew straight into his arms.

Pale gold curls curled up on his cheeks, with a slight itching sensation, and a familiar atmosphere filled his nose.

"I'm back," Nightingale chuckled in his ear.