Farming Lord of Crossing

Chapter 131 130. Harvest No. 1

When Ross came over, Medman, Drews, and Uliska were leading six or seven apprentices to observe something in the newly reclaimed farmland outside the valley.

"Mr. Medelman!" Ross asked loudly from a distance, "How is the task I entrusted to you going?"

Several people saw that it was the lord, and hurried over to salute.Medelman and Drews followed Rose in Wellington, and Uliska was found among the refugees. They have also seen a series of changes in the Stan Territory these days, so they have great respect for Rose, the lord.

Maidman, who spoke more clearly and thought more clearly, explained respectfully: "My lord, according to your request, we arranged for people to reclaim ten acres of land here to specialize in research on improving grain seeds to increase production. Although there has been some progress , but it still can’t achieve the effect of increasing the yield by more than [-]% as you said. You know, the yield of the crops in the Stanland under your improvement, my lord, is enough to amaze me.”

Ross didn't care about Maidman's flattery, but asked seriously: "What is the current progress? What problems and difficulties have you encountered?"

Maidman was not embarrassed, and explained seriously: "Currently, the root length and denseness of corn have increased to a certain extent, and the yield has increased slightly, but there has been no progress in wheat.

We always fail to achieve satisfactory results through different attempts.For example, the length of wheat ears and the fullness of grains have been improved, but the rhizomes and straws of wheat are not enough to support and are particularly prone to lodging.The height of the wheat stalks is reduced and the root system is underdeveloped but cannot provide enough nutrients for the growth of ears of wheat.After achieving a well-developed root system, it was found that it was impossible to scion and so on. "

Ross frowned and asked, "Have you ever tried to use the transfer technique to combine these characteristics to form a brand new wheat with well-developed root system, short and thick straw, and long and large ears?"

Maidman looked at Los with a wry smile and said: "Of course I tried. We provided these types of wheat with sufficient nutrients to allow them to scion and fill smoothly by using the spawning technique, and then used the transfer technique to extract a variety of other types of wheat. The essence of the wheat is transferred into a kind of wheat, and the result is either that the wheat seeds are completely unable to germinate, or the wheat directly becomes another plant."

Los habitually stroked his chin and fell into deep thought. The refugees in this area, and even the common people, mainly eat miscellaneous grains such as mashed potatoes and polenta. One copper coin can buy three to four catties of miscellaneous grains.But the richer free people, rich merchants, and nobles all rely on flour as their staple food.A catty of wheat costs one copper coin, but a catty of high-quality white flour can be bought for about 5 copper coins, and the price of processed soft and delicious white bread can be tripled.

Moreover, the aristocrats only collected wheat when collecting agricultural taxes, so the people had to use more than half of the arable land to grow wheat to pay the tax, and the remaining arable land to grow potatoes and corn with relatively higher yields, so as to ensure that they would not be hungry for a year .

Therefore, the planting value of wheat or flour is much higher than that of potatoes and corn. In any case, the yield of wheat must be increased.

But since the transfer technique fails, then you can only use the experience of your previous life to try.

Thinking of this, Ross said directly to Maidman: "In the past two days, plant the five types of wheat that you have cultivated with the best improvement effect on [-] square meters each, and each square meter must have a clear boundary. Cultivate until heading and flowering At this stage, let's try artificial pollination to see if we can grow the wheat we want."

"Artificial pollination?" Maidman was confused.

"A brand-new method of cultivating plants, you will know it in two days. Hurry up and gather people to plant the wheat first, and let's talk about it until it reaches the earing and flowering stage!" Ross patted the old Maidman on the shoulder with a smile and said .

For 100 square meters of ordinary wheat, it took three first-order druids two days to germinate, take root, break through the soil, and then quickly grow taller and bloom wheat flowers.

第三天，洛斯亲自将写着数字1至5的牌子插在每平米的小麦地上，大声对着德鲁伊及学徒们说道：“你们现在要做的就是到单独写着1、2、3、4、5牌子的地里面的摘一百个麦穗拿到其它插着相同数字牌子的方地中使劲抖动，将上面的麦花抖掉为止。”

The permutations and combinations that only Ross understood surprised the others. They didn't know what Ross was doing at all, but the things arranged by the lord just had to be done as required, and the artificial pollination was completed in two hours.

After letting the wheat grow by itself for five days to complete fertilization, the four druids, including Ross, worked together to use the spawning technique to ripen all the wheat, and strictly sorted, harvested and stored it.

After reprocessing the cultivated land, Ross arranged for people to plant 20 square meters of each kind of seeds, and spent 10 days to ripen all the wheat by using the spawning technique. (i.e. fertility) requirements, the length and diameter of the straw, the length of the ear, the size and fullness of the kernel, and the final yield.

Detailed data and scientific comparative analysis can quickly find out the five wheat seeds with the most reasonable root system development, straw thickness, required fertility, germination rate, etc. and the highest yield.

As a researcher, Ross knows that the improvement work is not accomplished overnight, but thousands of experiments are needed to obtain the best wheat seeds. Fortunately, the druid's magical spawning technique shortens this process to about 10 days Otherwise, even if the temperature problem is solved in the test base like the previous life, a round of experiments will take four to five months.Next, Ross led the druid team to conduct several experiments.

Finally, a satisfactory seed was obtained in an experiment, with a high and stable germination rate and a well-developed root system. The height of the straw is only two-thirds of the height of the current wheat, and the diameter is nearly one-quarter thicker.The most important thing is that the yield has been calculated to reach a terrifying 800 catties per mu, which means that the yield has increased by more than [-]%.

Originally, Ross felt that this result was only unsatisfactory, and wanted to continue to experiment and improve, but he has been here for more than two months, and the construction of the territory has entered the final stage, and some things must be done by him.

In the end, Lost deliberately named this wheat Harvest No. 1, and asked the druid team to do their best to produce a batch of seeds. In the future, Harvest No. 1 will be the first choice of wheat seeds for Stan's leaders at this stage.

(End of this chapter)