As high-spirited as everyone was when they went out, they were in such a mess on the way back.
Seeing these orcs like this, Meng Yuqing touched his nose. Although it was not a good idea to think this way, these orcs looked much weaker than when they came out.
No matter how much you think about it, you definitely can't say this. After all, you are here to do serious work, not to do weird things.
After being away for so long, when I returned, I found that the planting area had expanded several times under the leadership of Rong Lin.
In addition to growing staple foods, the planting area now also plants various vegetable seeds that Meng Yuqing exchanged for.
He also changed some wheat seeds, but after checking the information, he found that the area near Qingshan City was not suitable for growing wheat.
Fortunately, Qingshan City covers a large enough area that we can grow some crops if we insist, so we finally chose a small area to grow winter wheat.
It is a staple food in the modern world, but it has become a supplementary food in Qingshan City.
There's no way. Not much is planted. If it weren't for the purpose of enriching food diversity, Meng Yuqing wouldn't have planned to plant it in the planting area of Qingshan City.
The place that is relatively close to Qingshan City and suitable for growing wheat is the plain area they have identified this time.
It is said to be relatively close, but it is not within the original hunting area. It would take an orc a whole day to walk there in a straight line at normal speed even if he changes into an animal form.
It is unrealistic to ask the people of Qingshan City to go over and plant the crops, but Meng Yuqing still has some ideas.
But now we still have to plan carefully, and most importantly, the candidates must be carefully selected.
At this time, he and Xuan passed by the planting area and saw Ronglin squatting by the field with a frown on his face. He didn't know what he was thinking about. Luo, who was accompanying him, also looked troubled.
Xuan noticed that Meng Yuqing had been looking at Ronglin, so he turned to the beastmen following him and said, "You guys go back first, I have something else to do."
The orcs didn't hesitate and just quickened their pace and trotted back to Qingshan City.
After they all left, Xuancai took Meng Yuqing towards the banyan forest.
"Ronglin, what's wrong with you?" Meng Yuqing asked with some concern. The things that could make Ronglin so sad were usually things related to the fields.
"There's not enough water, Yuqing." Ronglin raised his head, his eyes were dark and his face looked a little haggard.
"How could that be?" Meng Yuqing was surprised. There might be shortages of other things near Qingshan City, but there was definitely no shortage of water.
"Look at my brain." Rong Lin patted his forehead and said, "It's not that it's not enough, it's that it can't reach the limit."
He stood up and pointed in a direction and said, "We expanded the planting area, and after we prepared the land and were about to dig a canal to divert water, we suddenly found a good place on a high ground where the water couldn't reach.
We originally thought we could dig a canal to bring water in from a higher ground, but the area was large, but it was a bulge, so the water couldn't flow uphill at all."
"Let's go and take a look?" After listening to Rong Lin's story, Meng Yuqing patted Xuan on the back.
"Okay." Xuan agreed, but his voice sounded listless.
Seeing him like this, Meng Yuqing couldn't help but said, "Why don't you go back and rest first, I can go and see it myself."
Xuan shook his head to make himself more sober. He said, "It's okay. We've been like this for more than half a month. It won't hurt to wait a little longer. I'll go with you to take a look."
After saying that, he walked in the direction Rong Lin pointed.
Luo immediately changed into his beast form and asked Ronglin to come up, and then followed Xuan.
Xuan walked slowly. After about twenty minutes, Rong Lin said, "We're there. That's it."
Meng Yuqing looked towards the place Rong Lin mentioned.
It was indeed a relatively flat and wide area, but unfortunately that area was like an independent platform, higher than the surrounding area.
There is a flowing water source nearby, but it is right at your feet.
Water flows to lower places. In such terrain, unless there is a water source above it, water from other places cannot rise.
Meng Yuqing scratched his head. If the water couldn't flow up by itself, then he could build a waterwheel to transport it up.
When he was a child playing in the countryside, he saw many water wheels.
He got off Xuan's back and walked towards the stream. Xuan immediately changed into human form and followed him.
Meng Yuqing wandered around for a while. This water source was called the Third Creek by the people of Qingshan City, but it was actually comparable to some small rivers in the modern world that were dozens of meters wide.
The speed of the water flow is not slow, and this power is enough to drive the waterwheel.
After surveying the terrain, he looked at Rong Lin and said, "I know how to solve this problem."
Then he looked at Xuan again, "Do you have anything to do these days? If you do, come and research the waterwheel with me. Once we develop this thing, planting won't be so picky about location. We can open up some high-lying areas."
"We have a few days off, I'll work with you." Xuan replied.
"Okay." Meng Yuqing turned to look at Rong Lin and said, "Leave this matter to me. I can solve it once I build the waterwheel."
I had never thought of making a water truck before, mainly because the planting area was located in a place with sufficient water resources and not high terrain, so basically we could just dig channels to divert water.
This expansion inevitably includes some high-lying areas where water cannot reach.
The planting area is an area. You can't just plant in the low-lying areas and ignore the high-lying areas.
Then the entire planting area would be full of potholes, which would be ugly and would waste a lot of space.
Seeing that Meng Yuqing had an idea, Ronglin and Luo both breathed a sigh of relief.
After separating from Ronglin and Luo, Xuan took Meng Yuqing and trotted all the way home. He didn't even go out the yard door. He jumped directly in with Meng Yuqing, which scared Xiao Huang.
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