Chapter 271 Specialty Products and Mizuna Juice: Commercial Area, Residential Area, Agricultural Area...
Given the high yield of the Round Fruit, it's likely that some flower fairies would attempt to transplant it. Shu Xin consulted the Tree of Life and found that, indeed, it wasn't just the villages and cities of Popomo Territory that had tried transplanting Round Fruit trees; many caravans in nearby territories had also purchased Round Fruit seeds, but unfortunately, all attempts ended in failure.
The transplanted round fruit trees survived, but they only flowered and did not bear fruit; the round fruits stored with ordinary space stones would rot when planted in the ground and would not sprout at all; the round fruits stored with special space stones could grow after being planted, but they also flowered but did not bear fruit.
Gradually, no more flower fairies tried to transplant the round fruit tree.
Now that she saw it, Shu Xin knew why the transplant had failed—simply moving the tree wasn't enough; she also had to catch a bunch of round-fruited dragonflies and bring them over.
After sharing her latest discovery with Mimi Lan, Shu Xin also notified the Agriculture Department and the Commerce Department, since the round fruit tree and the round fruit dragonfly are considered specialty products of Bobomo City.
Furthermore, unlike acorns and cassava, round fruits do not require additional processing and can be eaten directly. If she had known earlier that there were round fruit trees in Popomore City, she would never have needed to research the detoxification treatment of acorns and cassava!
Based on the temperature, humidity, and air magic content of the Sinful Land before its magical environment was restored, it's estimated that only Bitter Wheat could survive...
However, the climate of the Land of Sin is quite extreme. The climate conditions of the Garnar Plains are generally very good. If it weren't for a severe drought, the city of Popomo, located in the Round Fruit Forest, would not have fallen into such a difficult situation.
Thinking about it carefully, if Ganar didn't experience such frequent natural disasters, even with a very strict magic tax, the flower fairies, with their incredible industriousness, should have been able to live and work in peace and contentment, given the magic tides that act like cheat codes.
Farming is truly dependent on the weather, and I sincerely hope that such a severe drought will not happen again. Shu Xin sincerely hopes that the coming days will be blessed with favorable weather.
Shu Xin also brought a new storage method for round fruit to the Ministry of Agriculture: after drying, slice or grind into powder and seal for preservation. This greatly extends the shelf life of round fruit. Round fruit powder can be eaten like acorn powder, whether it is cooked into soup, baked into bread, or made into pancakes or noodles.
Officials and deacons of the Ministry of Agriculture have been quite busy lately.
The flower fairies of Popomore City still prefer to replant Golden Wheat, not only because Golden Wheat has a high magic content, making it easier to pay the magic tax, but also because wheat leaf salad is something everyone is used to eating, and wheat leaf juice made from berries and wheat leaves after the rainy season is an indispensable magic-replenishing drink in the daily lives of the flower fairies.
However, the Flower Fairy's order was very clear and explicit, requiring more clover and green cassava to be planted in the fields. After careful consideration, the Ministry of Agriculture tried its best to persuade the common people, and also communicated with the Ministry of Construction. Taking advantage of the opportunity to expand Bobomo City, they directly opened up more fields.
Ultimately, thanks to the tireless efforts of the agricultural officials, the lush green fields not only satisfied the common people's request to replant golden wheat, but also fulfilled the Flower Fairy's order to plant clover and green cassava.
An additional paddy field was also fenced off along the riverbank. At the beginning of the month, agricultural officials and their staff sowed the watercress seeds that the Ministry of Commerce had purchased. By the middle of the month, a refreshing and crisp watercress salad was served on Shuxin's table.
The flower fairies of Popomo City also enjoyed the incredibly fast-growing mizuna. Besides mizuna salad and soup, they even drank mizuna juice.
Clean the freshly picked mizuna leaves, boil them in a pot, then take them out and chop them into small pieces. Next, boil the sweet water that has been used to soak dried fruit, then add the chopped mizuna leaves to the sweet water and boil them again. Finally, take out the thoroughly cooked mizuna leaves and bury them in the soil. The sweet juice in the pot, which smells of mizuna, is the delicious mizuna juice that can replenish your magic.
Shu Xin also drank some of the watercress juice to taste it. Well, it did have a slightly sweet taste, but the flavor was too nutritious and healthy. She still preferred the meat soup with salt.
Speaking of meat, the wild boar farming in Bobomo City was now on track. After finishing the wild boar meat, Shuxin sent Xi to continue hunting, and Xi lived up to expectations, bringing back another group of wild boars. Thinking about how many groups of wild boars lived in the boundless primeval forest outside the city, Shuxin felt there was no need to keep breeding pigs. She could just raise the piglets until they were all slaughtered, and then go to the forest to catch new ones to raise.
So the big pig was slaughtered for meat, and all the little pigs were castrated—with a magic wand in hand, a mental spell was first castrated to make the little wild boars unconscious, followed by a cutting spell and a healing spell, and the castration was completed neatly. When they woke up, the little wild boars, lively and energetic, all said it was good!
As for pig feed, that's easy to solve too. Just go to the forest and cut the vines and leaves that wild boars like to eat to feed them. Shuxin is planning to feed the wild boars the clover once it grows up.
The wild boars were naturally kept in the livestock area. The officials and stewards of the Construction Department weren't idle either. After visiting various places to collect public opinion, the Construction Officer submitted the completed layout plan. Shu Xin and Mimi Lan looked at it together, making only minor adjustments to the details. Thus, after the construction team was selected, Bobomo City, which was not much different from the nearby primeval forest, underwent a complete transformation before the harvest month arrived.
A clear spring called Sun Spring appeared under the Tree of Life, and the square built around it was named Sun Spring Square by the Flower Fairy.
Surrounding Sun Spring Square is the commercial area where the hotel is located. The Flower Fairy has created many magic trees in the shape of round fruit trees in the commercial area. Each magic tree has a large round fruit house and several small round fruit houses hanging on the branches. There are also large tree hole houses at the base of the tree.
The round orchard outside the commercial area is the residential area. However, unlike before, the entire orchard has been divided into five sections, with each residential area separated by rows of lantern fruit trees that have been nurtured by the Flower Fairy.
The residential area borders the agricultural area to the riverbank, where wheat fields, clover fields, cassava fields, and watercress fields are concentrated in this narrow strip of land. The residential area borders the wild forest to the pasture, where wild boars are raised on fenced grasslands. Beyond that is a large open area that completely separates the Bobomo City River from the wild forest, which is the battle zone during the harvest month.
The rebuilt Bobomo City is much larger than before, and the countless trees that were felled during the expansion were not wasted. The leaves and branches were all crushed and buried in the soil as green manure, and the tree trunks were simply processed and planted one by one outside the battle zone to serve as city walls. At first glance, they look neat and quite impressive.
After the renovation, Bobomo City lost the magnificence of its original pure natural primeval forest, but Shuxin felt that it also had a fantastic pastoral style, each with its own beauty!
At this moment, the concentration of magic in the air was rapidly increasing, and the harvest month was just around the corner.
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