Online Game: Barbarism And Civilization

Chapter 755: Planting Potatoes on the Plateau

Since ancient times, diligence has been one of the prerequisites for the founding emperor of every dynasty.

Regardless of whether the emperors are benevolent or cruel, for the continuation of the dynasty, they will do their best to govern, and want to lay a solid foundation for future generations.

Ning Yuan’s ideal is to be a faint emperor, eat, drink, play and have fun every day. Such a life is simply not too beautiful, and it can even beat a god.

However, as the founder of the Condor Empire, his dream of a monarch is destined to be impossible to realize.

Because there are powerful enemies everywhere, if he is a little negligent, the enemy will seize the opportunity to knock him off the altar, and will never give him a chance to stand up, so now he can only force himself to be a Mingjun.

After the guys from the player think tank gave advice on killing the city to warn the enemy, they directly led the South American beauties to the warm Hawaiian beach to blow the sea breeze and bask in the sun.

They could pat their buttocks and leave, but Ning Yuan wanted to stay and watch the battle on the Loess Plateau all the time, and then clean up the mess after the war.

After returning to Shenying City for three nights, Ning Yuan quietly returned to Hejin City, paying attention to what happened on the other side of the Yellow River every day.

When the Condor Army completely occupied the Loess Plateau east of Liupan Mountain, Ning Yuan immediately encountered a new problem.

War, good or bad, is synonymous with destruction. It can only bring death and destruction to people, and the same is true for wars launched by the Condor Army.

Due to the long-term blockade of the Condor Army Cavalry Corps on the Loess Plateau and the flood of refugees triggered by the siege army’s massacre, agricultural production in the vast Loess Plateau from the east of Liupan Mountain to the west bank of the Yellow River was devastated. Blow.

Originally, spring was the season for planting grain, but as the war continued, no one dared to go out easily, so a large amount of arable land on the Loess Plateau is still in a state of desertion.

As the war on the Loess Plateau came to an end, the Condor Empire not only added a new territory, but also gained a large number of people waiting to be fed.

Although most of the food in the cities on the Loess Plateau has fallen into the hands of the Condor Army, it is not only the Condor Army who needs to eat, but also the local people and the soldiers.

If there is no harvest of grains on the Loess Plateau this year, then Ningyuan will have to mobilize grain from other places to help the people living on the Loess Plateau.

Thinking of the people waiting to receive relief food everywhere on the Loess Plateau, Ning Yuan couldn’t help but grow up.

Originally, he just wanted to relieve the already overwhelmed logistical pressure by fighting and fighting, but he did not expect that the final result would be to demolish the east wall and repair the west wall.

Failure to end the war before spring ploughing was a big failure.

Seeing that July is about to enter, it is too late to organize the people to grow food, but it is not a solution to keep the land in such a wasteful state. So what is the best choice to plant?

With this kind of doubt, Ning Yuan looked up a lot of information, but was still not at ease, so he decided to take a walk on the Loess Plateau in person and make a field visit.

After hiring a maglev car at a high price, Ning Yuan soon appeared near a small town on the Loess Plateau.

Looking at the endless wheat field in the distance, Ning Yuan walked directly to a middle-aged man who was watering the wheat.

“Hello, uncle, I heard that the jujubes and walnuts here are very delicious. I want to buy some authentic ones and give them to my old mother-in-law. I wonder if you have any stock in your house?”

Before I came, Ningyuan had already inquired about it. Every household here has jujube and walnut trees. After the harvest, the farmers here will leave some for their own food and sell the excess to outsiders who come to travel.

Although the price is very expensive, and people need to go to the farmers’ homes to buy, but it is better than green, natural, pollution-free, much better than those bought in the supermarket, so it is favored by foreign tourists.

Looking up at Ning Yuan, Uncle Watering showed a simple smile and replied with a smile: “Young man, you are late. Last year’s ones were sold out long ago, but this year’s ones have not yet come down.

If you really want to buy it, it’s best to come a few years ago, or make an order directly, otherwise it will be difficult to buy. ”

After listening to the uncle’s answer, Ning Yuan showed a regretful expression, and then unwillingly continued to ask: “Then uncle, do you have any other specialties here?

You see, I have come all the way, so I can’t come back empty-handed. ”

The uncle wiped the sweat from his forehead, and after thinking about it, he replied: “Specialty, our specialty here is millet.

In addition to millet, there are some fruits.

Apples, pears, persimmons, dates, apricots, peaches, walnuts, grapes, plums, pomegranates, kiwis, etc.

But these fruits are found in many places, and they are not a specialty. ”

“Uncle, my mother-in-law likes some pure natural and pollution-free green agricultural products. Look at what else in your house you can sell to the outside world. I will buy some of them, otherwise I can’t make business when I go back.” Ning Yuan said with a smile.

“Unexpectedly young man, you are quite scared at a young age. Let’s go. I just want to go home for dinner too. If you don’t mind, you can go and eat some commonplace meals together.”

Seeing Ning Yuan mouth a mother-in-law, the uncle directly joked with Ning Yuan.

“Hahaha, thank you uncle, uncle, what’s your last name?”

Hearing the uncle said that he was afraid of it, Ning Yuan immediately laughed, haha, and started to change the subject.

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After returning home with the uncle watering the ground, the two of them sat at the dinner table and drank a little wine while eating delicious farm food.

Between the men, after two glasses of wine, the chat box opened immediately.

“Uncle Zhang, I heard that you will be planting millet here in April and May, but I have been around for a long time. Why do you see mostly wheat fields? Is it that the millet is ripe for harvesting?”

After toasting the uncle, Ning Yuan asked the question he most wanted to know.

“Millet is drought-tolerant, and millet is generally grown in places where water is scarce.

We do not lack water here, so we grow more high-yield wheat.

If you want to see the millet field, you have to go into the mountain. Our house has a millet field on the mountain. If you really want to see it, I will take you around after dinner. ”

The uncle patiently answered Ning Yuan.

“You can grow millet on the mountain? I heard that there seem to be a lot of wild boars in the mountains here! Are you not afraid that the wild boar will ruin the millet?” Ning Yuan looked puzzled.

“Don’t be afraid, we have eight great wolfhounds in the orchard up the mountain, and wild boars dare not come over easily.” The uncle replied confidently.

“Uncle, you said that like yours, if the millet field is ruined by wild boars, will you replant it? If replanting is in July or August, what is the best grain to replant?”

After chatting, Ning Yuan finally asked the main purpose of the trip.

“If it’s July, plant some potatoes. They will be ripe at the end of October. They are both high-yielding and require little care.

If it’s August, it’s a bit late and I can only grow some Chinese cabbage or something. “Uncle replied after thinking about it.

Next, Ning Yuan asked in detail about the details of replanting potatoes, and then returned to Hangzhou with the millet and native chicken purchased from his uncle’s house.

After returning to the game that night, Ning Yuan immediately sent an urgent letter to Bai Shihai, asking Bai Shihai to organize manpower and potato planting. He wanted to plant potatoes on the Loess Plateau before the end of July.