Super Chief

　　As one of the world’s three major cereals, wheat has been domesticated by humans as early as 10,000 years ago.

　　 However, North America is not the origin of wheat. The origin of wheat is the Mesopotamia of the Middle East. It spread to Spain and Italy about 8,000 years ago. From then on, Europeans began to grow wheat.

　　 Until Columbus discovered the New World, European colonists began to colonize the New World frantically, and wheat, an important crop, was brought to the American continent by European colonists.

　　 So now most of the North American Indians are still in a state of hunting, but the crop of wheat has begun to spread among the North American Indians.

　　 As the Cherokee who first contacted European colonists and cooperated most closely with European colonists, wheat has long become an important source of food for the tribe. Just like planting corn, the Europeans did not tell the Cherokee how to grow wheat correctly, and the Cherokee did not figure out how to grow wheat for hundreds of years.

　　 Then he said something that was a bit unpleasant. Wheat, like corn, was ruined in the hands of the Cherokee...

　　 However, the Cherokee people have already germinated a farming civilization after all, so in the more than ten days when they came to the Gaoshu tribe, the stone bear has found a lot of crop seeds in the tribe.

　　 is not only the seeds of corn and wheat, but also potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes, and various beans. Stone bears have found a lot in this small tribe.

This is out-and-out good news. Shixiong has long known that North American Indians have made an indelible contribution to the world in terms of food. Especially potatoes and sweet potatoes, such super-high-yield crops, have been fed. Billions of people, but after seeing these high-yield crops, he was still a little excited.

　　 But Shixiong is also very puzzled, these guys are clearly guarding these high-yield crops, why are there not enough food every year?

　　 Shi Xiong just felt that the burden on his body was heavier.

　　 Potatoes cannot be planted at this season, and can only be planted until the beginning of spring in the coming year. Similarly, sweet potatoes are not suitable for planting in winter, let alone corn and so on. Therefore, only winter wheat can be planted.

　　 "Is it okay to plant wheat at this time? We only started planting wheat in the month of Worm (March)..."

　　 Ishikuma shook his head helplessly, "It is possible to plant wheat in spring, but in our place, planting wheat in spring is a bit of a deficit. Planting wheat in autumn is the best time."

　　 Hongyun wanted to continue to ask why, but seeing Shi Xiong there was busy watching the seeds, she just opened her mouth but made no sound.

　　 "These seeds are good, they can be sown." After a long time, Shi Xiong stood up straight and said very satisfied.

　　 "Then I arrange for someone to sow these seeds down?" Infected by Shixiong's joy, Hong Yun also showed a smile on his face.

"No, Hongyun, you must remember that no matter what kind of crop you are planting in the future, you must not just sow the seeds into the ground like before. Sowing and sowing, before the seeds are sowed, the first thing to do is plowing. The land, only if the land is plowed well, the seeds that are planted will grow better, and the yield will be higher in the future."

　　 Hong Yun didn't understand Shi Xiong's words, "Can't we just sow the seeds directly into the ground?"

Shi Xiong froze for a moment, and then smiled and explained: "Okay, why not? But the sowing method you used before is called sowing, which is a very crude and primitive sowing method. The crops planted in this way are much lower in yield. According to the guidance of the supreme sun god, we do not need to use the method of sowing to sow in the future, we need to use drill or on-demand sowing for sowing, so as to facilitate the management of crops in the growing period, and the grain to be harvested in the future will also be better. many."

　　 Seeing Hongyun still want to ask, Shi Xiong waved his hand and said: "Don't ask first, come with me first."

　　 As he said, Shi Xiong put on an animal skin coat and walked out of the sacrificial wooden house with a red cloud. Together, the two came to the farmland on the edge of the tribe.

　　 At the foot of the Great Smoky Mountain in late autumn, there is still a lush greenery. Compared to areas further north, the temperature here is fairly mild. Pieces of flat land are scattered on both banks of the Little River. There are more or less crops on it, but none of these crops seem to be alive.

　　 Ishikuma bent down and grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, rubbed it, and nodded in satisfaction.

　　The land here is really fertile. Little River is not wide, but it is a river originating from the Great Smoky Mountains. If there is more rainfall in a given year, then the mild Little River will still be transformed into an incarnation. An uncontrollable river, the current two banks simply cannot restrain the huge amount of water.

　　 Therefore, because of the frequent flooding of Little River, it also brings rich nourishment to the surrounding land, which makes the surrounding land flow oily.

"These lands are all excellent land. If combined with more advanced farming methods, then our tribe's food will not worry about eating in the future." Shi Xiong said very positively, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com "but in the future. Before this, we still need to do a lot of work."

"For example, it's best to plow the land again, so that it will be more conducive to the growth of crops." Shi Xiong stood beside Hong Yun, pointed his finger at this large piece of land and said with certainty, quite a bit of advice. Charm.

　　 "Then how to plow?" Hong Yun's question made Shi Xiong a little helpless again.

　　 Yes, for these backward Indians, knowing that plowing is one thing, but how to plowing is another matter.

　　 is like the current Gaoshu tribe, even if there is a line of honorable Kabul sacrificial cults living here, this tribe is still very poor and backward. Among other things, the plough and cattle needed to plow the land are not available in the tribe.

　　 If you want to plow all of this large area of ​​arable land, if you just point to the bones and spears in the tribe, even if all the people in the tribe are in battle, I am afraid that you will not be able to plow all of these lands in a year.

　　 "Hongyun, is there any iron in the tribe?"

　　 "Yes, but not too many. We traded them when the Vasicchus came to exchange things, mainly things like pots."

　　 "Can you get me a few pots? I need iron to build a tool, a tool that can be used for farming." Shi Xiong looked at Hongyun with some expectation.

　　 Shixiong knows that in this era, even iron pots are valuable possessions of Indians. The North American Indians in this era did not know how to make iron, let alone make steel, so the iron pots and other ironware exchanged from European colonists are very valuable assets.

　　 It is obviously not an easy task to get the iron pot from the clansman who owns the iron pot.

　　 Hongyun smiled slightly: "Leave it to me!"