Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 61

After clearing away useless thoughts, Owen came to the entrance of the Magic Horn Forest Avenue.

This is the first place to exchange for super farmland, and it is naturally the most affected and the most representative, so he will check it every time he comes.

Grabbing a handful of soil, Owen frowned immediately, because he found that the viscosity of the soil had decreased again, and it had changed from the original fertile humus soil to crumbled loess when he pinched it, so he stood up. Said to General Goblin.

"Stop planting all the farmland at this distance. Next time, if you find that the surrounding soil is seriously degraded, stop it immediately, and then transport humus from the surrounding area to increase the fertility of the land. After the spring, plant soybeans in a normal way to raise the land, and wait for the weather to warm up. Immediately start building a wooden wall to block this place and prohibit anyone from entering, and anyone who violates the law will be killed."

The reason for stopping the cultivation of some super farmlands is that Owen’s purpose is not to destroy this forest. In fact, the magic horn tree is a rare and precious resource. The tree will not die in large areas.

As for the prohibition of outsiders from entering, it is just a precautionary measure, to prevent possible adventurers and dark forces from discovering the ruins deep in the magic horn tree forest.

Who knows what is in the ruins, the treasure is okay, in case some big devil is sealed in the seal, and then released by those low-handed adventurers, they cause trouble, pat their butts and leave, Owen will cry, so Strictly prevent the entry of deadly adventurers in advance.

Through this inspection, Owen found that the goblin tribe is developing well and has good potential. He is very satisfied with this, so he rewarded the goblin general and let him continue his efforts. General Goblin immediately knelt down to express his loyalty.

Then, in addition to building a new dungeon secret room as a grain storage warehouse, Owen also asked General Goblin to deliver a batch of grain to the magic horn forest wooden village, and then he would send people from the territory to escort it back.

Taking advantage of the cold weather and desolation, Owen planned to secretly increase the food reserves of the territory. Firstly, he would increase the absorption of the population in the spring of next year, and secondly, it was also for preparing for the war.

Although Owen estimates that he still has at least one year left, the problem is that this is just his guess, not a prophecy, so he will not put his hope on what he takes for granted, so the best way is to prepare for the worst in advance .

Under the power of the system, Daxue did not completely stop the development of the territory, but instead became stronger rapidly in invisible places.

Thanks to the large amount of food provided by the Goblin tribe, Owen let go of the soldiers in the territory to train. At the same time, bags of food were baked into hard bread and sent to the farmers' homes to fill their bodies that were short when they were serfs. , making them more robust.

In fact, Owen is already ready to make the peasants a reserve team and send them to the battlefield immediately when necessary.

But this is not enough, in addition to soldiers, he also needs to stockpile more weapons and equipment and production tools, so he is bound to get the iron ore in the buffalo collar.

As soon as the ice and snow melted, Owen couldn't wait to lead people along the North Boundary River to the Buffalo Territory.

The North Boundary River is said to be formed by the melting of glaciers in the extreme north, spanning half of the north, and suddenly draws an arc near the border, turning to the east, becoming a natural dividing line.

Most of the barbarians originally lived on the south side of the Northern Boundary River, but were ambushed several times by the imperial frontier army. After suffering heavy casualties, they had to cross the Northern Boundary River and migrate further north.

Because the wide North Boundary River is simply a natural border line, so the footsteps of the Northern Land Exploitation Group stopped here at first.

Water is the source of life, and any territory is inseparable from water, and the irrigation of farmland alone is the threshold that cannot be bypassed.

However, although the North Boundary River can provide sufficient water, it is too far away from the border of the empire. Who knows when the barbarians who were forced to migrate will come back, and they will be the first wave of victims, so many people came, so they decided to stay There are only a few dozen people who have established a territory here, and only five of them persisted or survived to become the lord in the end.

Of course, only Viscount Hydera and Baron Swan are left now.

The buffalo collar is not far from Owen's territory. It only takes half a day to ride a horse, and a day for a caravan, so he arrived at the destination before his patience ran out.

In order to facilitate the irrigation of farmland, everyone's territory is built along the river, and the bison collar is no exception, but the terrain here is a bit special. In the mainly flat northern land, the bison collar is a raised hill. This hill The shape is weird, with a high bulge in the middle, and the two ends follow the trend. Because it bends forward, it looks like a bull's horn, so it has the name of bison collar.

The mine pit of Buffalo Collar is in the concave place in the middle of the horn. A large pit has been dug here, but if you look closely, you can find that there are not many iron ore that have been dug away.

Owen stepped forward to check it out, and there was dark iron ore under the shallow layer of soil, and there was a metallic sound when knocked, which showed how high the purity was. No wonder the Buffalo Baron has occupied it for so many years but has seldom mined it, because of the lack of tools. Too much loss.

And no matter how much iron ore is mined, it is useless without refining means. As for transporting it to the empire for money, hehe, if there is a direct railway to the empire, it will be the same. If it is transported by horse-drawn carriage, the pants will lose money.

But this is not a problem for Owen. He has blacksmiths, fuel, and now iron mines.

Now that you know the value of iron ore, take it.

It's just that Owen wanted to build a defensive building here, but no matter how he looked at it, there was no suitable place.

The Niujiao Mausoleum is not considered high, and the top is not wide enough to be flat enough. It is impossible to build a large building unless the top is leveled. However, the soil layer of the hill is only one foot thick, and the bottom is full of gravel. If you want to build a foundation , consumes too much manpower.

Owen simply took another shortcut. He found a hidden place behind the Niujiao Mausoleum to exchange for secret passages in the underground city. After going deep into the bottom to find the ore veins, he directly exchanged them for secret rooms in the underground city to create an underground living space, and then sent a group of farmers to garrison here. Mining iron ore.

This is not only convenient, but also not easy to be found.

It’s just that although the farmers are hard-working and loyal, Owen is not crazy enough to make them work in a dark place until they die. Therefore, he not only built a small garden underground, but also planted fruits and sunflowers, so that the farmers will not be forced to work for a long time. Being underground leads to depression.

In addition, the underground mining farmers will rotate once a month, and at the same time, every time the convoy comes, they have to dig in the previous mine pit as a cover, so that even if there are any traces left, they will only think that they come to mine iron once in a while. mine.

Of course, it was very troublesome to do so, and it was necessary to squeeze out a part of the already tense progress value. Owen's hair became greasy and his face was covered with acne.

Although this kind of change is normal for his age, the question is whether he has a woman, no matter how strong the hormones are, you have smoothed them out, so there is no room for acne.

(End of this chapter)