The super lord of the island

Chapter 330 329. You have to rely on potatoes at critical times!New layout of the territory?

"Well, since 20 hops are enough, I'll plant that many next year."

Master Jialan looked at the list and had no doubts about the yield per mu. He was just surprised that there were so many potatoes.

"Aren't all the potatoes sold out? Where did the eight hundred acres come from?"

"It was sown in the southern part of the Third Ring Road. It only takes three months for potatoes to mature. In order to avoid leaving the soil idle, we deliberately planted the potatoes at the right time so that they can be harvested together with the wheat.

Later, the cultivated fields were not sown because they would not mature until the next spring, which would affect the sowing of wheat in the new season, so only [-] acres were planted. "

"Ah."

Master Jialan nodded, and with an idea, he waved his hand and opened the system map to check.

From a bird's eye view, you can see the third ring area, which is a vertical rectangular area between the second ring fence wall and the third ring fence wall.

The northernmost end of this rectangular area is close to the Leihu Natural Area, separated from the apple forest by a wall. A little further down, there is the barracks next to it, and the location of the barracks is almost the center point of the north and south ends of the island.

So in fact, the so-called third ring that can really be used is only the half south of the barracks and between the two walls.

Still, the scope is huge.

So far, there are 2025 acres of fertile farmland in this area, including 500 acres at the north end near the barracks and 1525 acres at the south end near the coast. All 800 acres of potatoes are planted at the south end.

Of course, there are also plantings at the north end, but they are not crops, but vegetables.

At first, Jialan planted 40 acres of vegetable fields here. Houmaihe expanded the 40 acres to 100 acres for export trade.

Sandwiched between the two arable lands in the north and south, there are still 2/3 of the forest land that needs to be developed urgently, with huge potential.

Back to the present, this year's harvest is much larger than last year. Not counting potatoes, other types of staple grains plus one piece total 1105 tons, which is double last year's output!
Logically speaking, he should be happy.

But today is different from the past. Today, Sunless Island has a population of 500 to support, a population increase of 3 to 4 times year-on-year.

Also, a farm with 40 reed chickens needs to consume 500 tons of grain feed every month, which is a loss of nearly [-] tons in twelve months a year! !

The farm alone consumes half of the grain output, not to mention that there are more than 8000 residents in Aurora Town, and snow beer brewing also requires wheat. Suddenly, Jialan regretted selling the old wheat in the warehouse.

However, there is no point in regretting it. Even if it is kept and not sold, it will not solve the fundamental problem of staple food shortage.

Fortunately, Maihe, as the agriculture minister of Aurora Town, has secured the town's food rations for the next year with a potato output of [-] acres and [-] tons, avoiding the need to import high-priced grains.

But before that, there is a primary issue that must be resolved.

"Sir, if you want to store so many potatoes to prevent them from rotting and sprouting, you must build a storage warehouse that is light-proof, moisture-proof, and ventilated. It doesn't need to be too good, just wood, but it must meet the above three conditions."

"no problem."

Jialan turned her head and pointed at the maid outside the door and ordered: "Go and inform the guards to call the two ministers Mag and Myron from the city hall."

"It's my lord."

"Wait! Call Mado here too!"

Soon, Mag, Myron and Mado appeared in the castle study.

"I've met my lord." After the necessary etiquette, the three of them sat down side by side.

"Ahem~ I called you here to hold an impromptu meeting to resolve important matters that need to be dealt with urgently in the territory."

"Sir, please order."

"The situation is like this. The territory's staple food output this year is not enough. The additional [-] tons of potatoes harvested in the third ring area will become the main food supplied in the canteen next year, Myron."

"Subordinates are here."

"Construct a light-proof, moisture-proof, and ventilated warehouse in accordance with the requirements for storing four thousand tons of potatoes. The wooden temporary building does not need to be constructed carefully, as long as it meets the storage requirements. You must come up with a construction plan as soon as possible after returning. This needs to be done here. To be completed during the winter.”

"Yes."

Myron nodded and sat down. It was not difficult to build a temporary warehouse to store potatoes. There were piles of wood from the lumber mill. You could just take out some of them and build one.

"In addition, there is still some time before winter. I would like to make a simple plan for the third ring area now. Come over here."

Jialan got up and walked out of the study and came to the hall.

In the corner of the hall, there is a sand table model of Aurora Town, with large and small functional buildings marked on it according to scale, including the third ring area.

“Judging from the current residential structure of Jiguang Town, it is not ideal. There are only 120 acres of farmland around Beimai Village, but 3000 people live there;
There are more than 300 acres of farmland around Nanmai Village, but there are also 500 people living there; the remaining 3000 people are concentrated in the first and second ring urban areas. "

Hearing this, Finance Minister Mag thought deeply and agreed.

"Your Majesty is right. When Nanbei Mai Village was first built, it was not considered that so many people would live there. The houses were built according to the standards of temporary residences. It is inevitable that there will be some leakage of rain and wind."

"My subordinates went to Beimai Village to inspect and found that the first batch of houses built were no longer in good condition. The construction department tried their best to repair some problems, but it was just patchwork and could not solve the root cause." Mailun continued. .

At this time, Mai He also heard something interesting and said hesitantly: "Do you want to build a new village on the third ring road?"

"Right on my mind."

Master Jialan had a smile on his face and changed the subject, "But, this time it's not as simple as building a village. I want to comprehensively optimize the territory's layout."

"Please make it clear, my lord."

"You see, under the premise that there are two fences on the second and third rings, the first fence is useless. Not only does it not play a role in resisting monsters, but it has become an obstacle to the communication between the two areas. There is no need to exist anymore. ”

The three people's eyes fell on the sand table. In terms of the structural shape of Aurora Town, which vertically cuts the coastline of the island, there is no need for the existence of most of the second-ring fences, let alone the first-ring fence.

"And as the town continues to expand into the island, the center of gravity of the town will gradually shift inward, and the location of the barracks is very awkward."

The location of the barracks was clearly marked on the sand table. This huge complex building covering an area of ​​10 hectares (150 acres) occupies the central area of ​​the Third Ring Road. However, in fact, 150 soldiers do not need such a large area at all.

“So my idea is to first seize the unused area of ​​the barracks and build a new village, and then move all the villagers of Beimai Village and some villagers of Nanmai Village to the new village to settle down and take charge of farming in the third ring area.

Then the temporary houses in Beimai Village were demolished, the core buildings of the barracks were moved to the original site of Beimai Village, and a new barracks was built. "

On the sand table, Master Jialan's imaginative new plan moved Mag and others. However, after thinking about it carefully, they decided to move the barracks closer to the coastline and build a new village in the center of the third ring road. This has several advantages.

(End of this chapter)