"What …?"
Karen was dumbfounded. In this day and age, no one knew what "fertilizer" was. The reason why they implemented the "two-garden system" or "three-garden system" was because they knew nothing about the nutrients in the soil. They could only foolishly wait for nature to recover its fertility.
"That's what the mayor told us. Sir Magus said that the feces and rotten leaves can be turned into 'fertilizer' in the pit to nourish the crops in the soil. But the feces must be treated like what we did just now. Let it be buried for more than ten days, then dig it out and use it. "
"Nourish? Feces can be used for this? "
Karen immediately realized that the crops in the surrounding fields were not as simple as he thought. He pointed to one of them and asked, "Is this the effect of using … fertilizer?"
"Yes, sir … fertilizer is as magical as Sir Magus' magic! All the crops, whether vegetables or wheat, are growing faster and bigger than in previous years! If this trend continues, it's possible that the yield will increase by fifty percent! "
"Are you sure it's the fertilizer?"
"Yes! Yes! " The farmer turned around and pointed to a field at the edge of the field. "Sir Magus said that it's a field for comparison and did not let us fertilize it. He said to show us the difference. Look — it's a whole circle smaller!"
Karen took a glance and immediately believed what the farmer said. He was even more shocked. Fertilizing alone could increase the yield of crops by thirty percent, and the "two-garden system" or "three-garden system" had not been implemented yet. So the same field could easily double the yield of the traditional planting method!
"Don't you need to rest?"
"Sir Magus said there's no need to rest! Look at these protruding ridges. Sir Roddy ordered us to plant the crops on the ridges this year, and next year, we'll let the arcane puppets plow all the ridges, turning the concave ditches into new ridges. This is equivalent to letting the same field rest while planting the crops! When the time comes, we can just spread the base fertilizer and continue planting. "
The farmer did not think it was a secret, so he just said it casually. However, Karen's jaw dropped in shock at this seemingly simple idea!
Compared to the two-garden and three-garden systems, the current "ridge system" was equivalent to the same piece of land being cultivated and fallow every year. In terms of method, it was really a level higher than the previous poor methods. Because it greatly increased the land utilization rate, and at the same time, it allowed farmers to weed, irrigate and harvest more easily.
"What a genius … Even if he doesn't do anything, he can just change the way he uses it, and the food production will double …"
Not only was Karen surprised by this new farming method, but the words "fertilizer", "retting manure", "base fertilizer", and "fertilization" surprised him even more.
Obviously, not only was Elson's land utilization rate high, but the good growth of the crops was also inseparable from the fertilizer.
With a simple calculation, this was at least three times the grain output …
Three times! Someone had to believe this kind of thing! But as someone who understood farming, he was very clear that this was almost a fact!
"Sir, if there's nothing else, I'll go fertilize first!"
The farmer's words woke Karen up. He quickly waved his hand to express his gratitude, and then carefully observed the fields. The more he looked, the more shocked he was: the same lettuce, the group of farmers in his territory could not grow such large and juicy lettuce.
"There's no river nearby. What if there's a drought …"
He looked at the sky and got up to return to the city. But just as he took two steps, he suddenly found that rain suddenly fell on his head. He cursed a few times, but after running a few steps, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He looked up and found that the sky was still clear, but the rain was pouring down along the floating Floating-Space Tower in the sky …
"Magic … magic rain?"
Karen stared blankly at the sky. When he came to his senses, he found that the rain had stopped, and the rain was not heavy or light, just enough to water the crops in the field.
Is this … really the Efta I've always lived in?
After returning to Elson City, Karen was a little distracted. This day's wandering had brought him too many shocks, but something unexpected was that after dinner, he finally received a notice from Castellan Roddy to meet him.
Karen nervously washed his face and tried to smooth the wrinkles in his clothes. After confirming that his appearance was still tidy, he passed through the inner city gate under the guidance of the guards and came to the brightly lit Castellan Mansion with seven other fellows who were also brought by Roddy.
Karen had seen many castles or manors, and no matter how luxurious they were, they gave people a gloomy and gloomy feeling after dark. But when he walked into the corridor of the mansion, he found that everything in front of him was as bright as day. The illumination magic circle on the ceiling had complicated High Elf patterns, which made the fellows who came to the corridor with him click their tongues in amazement.
The other seven people were dressed in different clothes. Because they came to Elson City earlier than Karen, they seemed to be familiar with each other. From their conversation, Karen could roughly guess their original occupations. Some were originally bartenders in hotels, some were blacksmiths for five years, and some were assistants under a certain pharmacist … It sounded strange, and he did not know why the castellan was looking for these people.
They did not enter the reception hall at once, but were arranged by the servants to sit on the benches in the corridor and wait. Those whose names were called would enter the reception hall to talk to Roddy. Karen watched as the people in front of him walked in nervously and came out with joy on their faces. Since he was not familiar with them, he was too embarrassed to ask. He could only listen to them briefly mentioning words such as "technical director of the munitions factory", "pharmaceutical composition researcher", "city patrol captain" and so on. However, Karen really could not figure out what these positions were for. Just when he was puzzled, his name was finally called by the person in front of him.
Karen straightened his clothes. No matter how down and out he was now, he still had to act like a noble. As he approached the living room, he first saw the red-robed Guardian Camilla, who was writing at the desk. Then, he saw the young man sitting on the armchair waving at him. He quickly bowed and heard the young man say, "You must be Baron Karen, right? Come, sit down and have a chat. "
Although the man looked a few years younger than him, Karen found that in terms of aura, he was really no match for the man. The castellan in front of him had stepped on mountains of corpses and seas of blood to reach his current position. Just thinking about the blood behind the smile made people shudder.
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