forest kingdom

Chapter 252
The manor is like a big ship sailing on the sea, and Lawrence is the helmsman who adjusts the direction at any time.

Different times do different things. Lawrence, who was busy building roads yesterday, is cultivating seedlings with Kehalan today.

Emma walked quickly from outside to the warehouse and said anxiously: "Master! Today, Redal and the children fell into the man-eating water when they went out to pick mushrooms!"

Lawrence walked to the door, opened it and looked at the anxious Emma.

"Are people still alive now?"

Emma nodded and said: "The children came back to call for help. There were other women around at the time. They should be able to rescue them."

Lawrence asked: "Approximately where is it?"

Emma said worriedly: "In the mountains south of the blacksmith shop, we usually don't go there. Maybe they have gone so far because all the mushrooms nearby have been collected."

Lawrence thought of Andrew, who once fell into the man-eating water.

In fact, there are a lot of swamps here, especially near low water sources, where such silt swamps are easy to appear.

There are similar swamps along the river. In summer and autumn, aquatic plants will form a carpet-like community on the river, using soft branches and leaves as thick as layers of cotton to isolate the water and sunlight.

"I gonna go see."

Lawrence took Kehalan and Delen over, and Salil followed curiously.

Everyone came to the vicinity of the man-eating water, and the woman who accidentally fell in had been pulled up by the surrounding villagers.

Lawrence squatted near the swamp and looked at the swamp before him.

Delenn said: "I'll do it."

Lawrence stood up and said, "No, it's just a few dozen square meters of rotten land."

Lawrence turned around and said to Emma, ​​who was following him: "Take a few people with buckets and shovels to dig out the mud here, and dig out a large, stable pit to raise fish."

"Yes!" Emma responded.

After seeing this, Delen looked at the water next to him with confusion, and then looked at Lawrence, "Is this okay?"

"Yes." Lawrence acted calmly, "It was just an accident, not something serious. Since there is danger here, then just get rid of the danger here."

Delen asked: "Don't you need my help?"

Lawrence smiled and said, "You still have a lot of things to do. It would be too wasteful for you to do such a small thing."

Sariel suddenly realized, "It turns out that all you need to do is dig away the man-eating water. Is it that simple?"

Lawrence looked at Salil's look and couldn't help but joked: "You know that Andrew almost drowned in the human-eating water, why didn't you think of destroying the man-eating water?"

Sariel was stopped by Lawrence's question and said in shock: "I haven't thought about it... I haven't thought about this. It's not like I died at the hands of animals or people. I... haven't thought about it that much."

As far as Saryl is concerned, it's just good that her father is okay.

Even if someone dies in the man-eating water, it would be like dying in an avalanche or drowning in the water. It is an unfortunate event.

If someone is killed, there is a clear goal of revenge.

Death from various diseases and natural disasters is something that cannot be helped.

Even savages feel that it is impossible to change nature, and many things must be adapted to rather than resisted.

Lawrence said: "Then let's dig out this human-eating water together."

Salil nodded and looked at the motionless man-eating water next to her, "Is it enough to just dig it out?"

"Yes, the excavated mud will dry naturally in the sun." Lawrence visually inspected the swamp. It should not be large in area. "The excavated mud should be piled up nearby to plant grass and flowers."

The cannibalism issue was resolved quickly. Lawrence three years ago would certainly not have had the time or energy to deal with it.

But three years later, Lawrence could kill this man-eater with just one sentence, without even having to do it himself.

After returning from the outside, Lawrence entered the warehouse again to conduct experiments.The issue of eating people's water is irrelevant. The most important issue now is the food issue.

In food production, besides seeds, the most important thing is fertilizer.

Swamp mud can also be used as fertilizer, but Lawrence is not short of fertilizer now, but of high-quality fertilizer.

Plant ash, human feces, chicken manure, egg shells, sheep manure, swamp sludge...

Bird droppings are currently the best fertilizer. Lawrence and Khalan used various fertilizers to ripen potatoes and found that the most efficient fertilizer was bird droppings from Mount Talim, followed by chicken droppings.

Next, there is the feces of free-range chickens.

Apparently the most powerful guano is related to Kharan.

However, Kharan can directly ripen crops, and there is no need to toss so many times for repeated use.

Lawrence was looking for a fertilizer that required no witchcraft and was the most powerful.

"Now we can only use chicken manure. There is no need to try again." Khalan covered his nose and mouth with a piece of cloth to weaken the sensitivity of his nose.

Lawrence also held his nose and nodded, "Just continue to use chicken manure for now, and when spring arrives, we will have people go to Talim Mountain to collect some bird manure to grow wheat."

Kehalan quickly put down the flowerpot in his hand and walked directly outside.

Lawrence checked the seed buds in each wooden box and processed them before going out.

The smell in the house was unpleasant, so after the two of them cleaned up, they went to take a shower and change clothes.

In the [-]-degree hot water pool, Lawrence endured the extremely high temperature and raised his head and said: "This year's grain harvest will definitely be better than last year!"

Kehalan was lying on his back with his hands on the edge of the pool, sitting in the water with his legs crossed and said: "Last year it was enough to eat, why are you planting so much this year?"

Lawrence said: "The population will definitely increase this year, and we need to prepare more food reserves for next year."

Kehalan said casually: "There is no one around here for a long time."

Lawrence squinted his eyes and said, "Yes, there are some in the villages outside. I think people will gather here starting this year."

Kharan felt it was unnecessary, "This place is not very good. Aren't you planning to conquer the Western Kingdom? Just choose a good place there, and after conquering it we will go to a better place."

Lawrence pondered this possibility.

"We don't have that kind of strength now. We will definitely have to wait more than ten years. Otherwise, how can we occupy a kingdom with just a few hundred people."

Lawrence quickly dismissed Khalan's constructive suggestions as too outrageous.

"Well, it's pretty good here." Kharan was even more satisfied with the place and said casually.

Lawrence thought for a while, "Our place is indeed not suitable for growing crops. Even I cannot violate the objective facts. The maximum carrying capacity of the land here is tens of thousands of people. If it is higher, it will be too difficult."

Khalan closed his eyes and said, "Aren't you already doing it? Just keep doing it."

"Well, yes." Lawrence also got used to the temperature in the pool and no longer thought about things that were too troublesome.

Eternal night and cold winter, coupled with barren land and scarce resources.

Lawrence knew the good and bad here better than anyone.

The resources seem to be abundant, but in fact they are mainly accumulated over thousands of years.

When there are more people, it is easy to use up these accumulated resources.

Developing outward is the way to go.

Once a living thing is stuck in its ways, it is not far from death.

Attacking the Western Kingdom is bound to happen. Only by leaving the north can the barbarians have a chance to step out of barbarism and accept civilization.

(End of this chapter)