Don't mess with that dragon

Chapter 45 The Choice of Land Reclamation and Planting
In the plain by the river, a group of orcs were gathering here. Under Austin's command, they pulled out the weeds on the ground, dragged the cut branches and leaves together, buried the stumps on the ground, and then lit a fire. put on fire.

Taking advantage of the fine weather, Austin is going to tidy up the plain, and then carry out digging and other work.

Hot!
The branches and leaves that had been placed for more than a month had long since dried up. As the fire blazed, the flames sprang up all at once. A large amount of smoke was emitted.

"So many stumps"

Although the large piece of land in front of him had been cleaned up, the stumps left after the trees were cut down were still firmly occupying the place, and ferocious roots emerged from the soil, Austin felt a little headache.

Although the blue young dragon really wants to get rid of these remaining tree heads, it is simply impossible to get these tree stumps out of the soil. The huge area where the roots spread underneath determines the orcs. There is simply no way to easily dig out these stumps.

"These things can only be left to rot slowly in the soil."

There is no way to get rid of these things that are in the way, and in the end it can only be so.

The young blue dragon lowered its head and pawed the ground with its paws.

The dry soil is slightly grayish white, obviously these lands are not very fertile, but rather barren.

But this is also normal, the nutrients in the soil have been absorbed by the big trees that originally grew here, plus the climate here is like a tropical rainforest for most of the year, it's only damn good if it can be fertile.

"I can only try to grow some grains such as kudzu root first."

Looking at the barren soil under his feet, Austin secretly said in his heart.

At the beginning, Austin reclaimed this field in order to be able to plant rice this year, but after careful consideration, he gave up the idea of ​​planting rice, and planned to plant kudzu on the [-] acres of reclaimed land.

The so-called kudzu root is actually not the kudzu root that Austin saw in his previous life, but some edible kudzu-like rhizomes that the orcs dug out from the forest. The orcs did not name these plants. For the sake of simplicity, Austin It is called kudzu root directly.

"Gudzu belongs to the leguminous family, and it seems to be able to fertilize the soil. After planting it for a year or two, and adding fertilizers such as silt and manure, even the barren land can be fertilized by then, but it's a pity that there is no Find plants like potatoes and sweet potatoes, or even better."

In fact, the yield and starch content of kudzu in this world is less than one-two tenth of the kudzu in Austin's previous life, but after careful consideration, Austin feels that this is the best food to grow on a piece of raw land.

Firstly, the newly reclaimed land is still very barren. If rice and other grains are planted, the harvest may be poor due to land problems. Moreover, in the typhoon and stormy environment of the Kawa Forest, if rice grains are planted intensively, It is very likely to be blown down by the storm, resulting in a substantial reduction in production, and concentrated planting is prone to resistance to disasters such as pests and diseases.

Austin lived and grew up in the southern countryside in his previous life. Although he moved to the city and never worked in the fields, he still remembers a thing or two about the cultivation of rice grains.

Although the types of food in each world are different, and the growth habits are also different, but in any case, the growth environment of things like rice is similar.

What's more, there are all kinds of scattered tree stumps in the open plains, which are not very friendly to the rice that needs intensive cultivation and care.

This first land reclamation planting is of great significance to the Dragon Nest territory, and bears the great responsibility of solving the food source of the Dragon Nest tribe. Blue Young Dragon thinks it is better to plant some tough and durable food.

Because kudzu root grows underground, and its roots and vines are not picky about the growth environment, its vitality is more tenacious than rice grains, so it is relatively more suitable for first-time land reclamation planting.

"You still have to do things step by step."

Compared with rice grains, the yield of kudzu root is definitely not as good. Even if the [-] mu of land is planted, it may not be able to meet the needs of the entire Longchao tribe, but the vitality of kudzu root is much stronger than that of rice, which is basically not worrying. Natural pests and diseases, as long as the kudzu root is harvested, plus other food obtained from hunting and gathering in nature, it is enough.

"After a year or two, plant a few seasons of Pueraria lobata, turn the raw land into a mature land, and you should be able to grow more grains such as rice."

Regarding the planting of rice, although Austin decided to be more cautious, he did not give up completely.

For example, there are some ponds and puddles in the wild where wild rice grows. When the time comes, send orcs to clean up the weeds inside, level the ponds and puddles there, and spread rice seeds on them, and use those ponds and puddles as experimental fields , Plant rice a few times to collect experience.

The orcs are all farming for the first time, and they have no experience at all. If they get a few experimental fields, it will be more convenient to start large-scale planting in the future.

Just as Austin was thinking about a bright future, the kobold Pooh, who temporarily lived in the "village head" of Dragon's Nest Village, was holding a strange-looking wooden shovel with a sad face, and picked a bunch of weeds on the ground to the fire.

Lord Austin, recently he started giving those inexplicable orders again.

That's right, in the view of "village head" Pooh, the order to cut down trees and open up wasteland is "to make trouble with a few fools", and the orcs present and even the entire Dragon's Nest tribe think so.

Inexplicably let them make these weird wooden shovels in their hands, inexplicably cut down trees by the river, inexplicably burn the weeds and leaves on the ground, inexplicably turned a plain forest into a "no grass" appearance
The blue young dragon did not tell the orcs about his plan. Anyway, the orcs who have undergone military training have deeply implanted the concept of obeying orders as their vocation, driven by Austin, not to mention that these orcs have no concept of farming and agriculture. However, they will not understand how important the agriculture they plant is, anyway, just obey the order, and they will naturally understand the importance of it when they harvest.

It is precisely because of this that in the eyes of all the orcs, Austin's many behaviors have become a slapstick game with nothing to do.

Although due to the absolute prestige of the blue young dragon's various achievements during this period, all orcs including Pooh who support him will not complain, no matter how much the blue young dragon plays Nao they will continue to work with them.

But Pooh still hoped that Austin's playful interest would pass quickly. In his dog-headed cognition, even going to military training was much better than the current "blindly messing around".

(End of this chapter)