"With this large batch of potatoes, we can save a lot of salt 'salary'. Don't worry, next month, the salt contribution from Sun City will not be less than that from Poseidon City, haha!" Tielin still has some confidence. After all, Tielin has been in Poseidon City for a long time.
What are potatoes? They're food. The poor tribes around here are in dire need of food. If we help mine and transport coal, and get potatoes, how happy will the poor tribes around here be?
The value of potatoes is much smaller than that of salt, and what's more, potatoes are what the Sea Tribe has the most of.
Sun City no longer produces its own food, relying solely on the potatoes from the distant Aries Tribe. Without access to staple food, Sun City's salt production naturally stagnated. Living solely on goats (traded from the Flying Donkey Tribe) and salted radishes (traded from Niu Pi City) was far too extravagant.
"Tielin, Haifan City needs more salt."
"I understand. I won't be so reserved. If possible, please send some more potatoes or sweet potatoes." Self-reliance sometimes depends on the situation. The important thing is that the work of the branch must be in line with the overall interests of the Sea Tribe.
"That's good!" Seeing that Tie Lin understood what he meant, Lu Fang left happily.
"I'm still a little too reserved." Tie Lin sighed. In fact, this kind of thing should be brought up by oneself.
"Tie Lin, isn't this great?" Huo Yun roughly understood what he meant. "I'll arrange it right away. Your salary can be exchanged for potatoes, hehe!"
Which is more important, salt or potatoes? For the impoverished surrounding tribes, having food to eat during the winter is the most important thing. Salt is too luxurious.
So, the impoverished tribes that had formed cooperatives were clamoring for potatoes. By toiling away and bringing home a large supply of potatoes, how many people would be spared from starvation this winter? This was the most important duty of the able-bodied men in the tribe.
For the Sea Tribe, potatoes were plentiful, but for the Sun City region, where food production was minimal, potatoes were far more valuable. As the saying goes, food was paramount.
For Haifan City, it was no big deal to send some potatoes, sweet potatoes and the like to Sun City by sea and ice and snow vehicles during the winter. When the first batch of salt from Sun City was delivered, Haifan City breathed a sigh of relief.
Why? Because there are too many people in the Hai tribe and they are in great need of salt.
Especially in Haifan City, with its two branches in the north and south, there are 40,000 to 50,000 people. Isn't it nonsense to rely solely on the salt production of Haifan City?
Haifan City provides food to each branch, and each branch provides salt to Haifan City. This is a rational and reasonable division of labor and cooperation.
"Fortunately, we planted a lot more corn." said the third priest.
"Yes, we have too many large livestock in our Sea Tribe. It's still very cold in Poseidon City and Sun City, and the large livestock need corn to maintain their strength." The second priest also felt deeply.
"It's a good deal to be able to exchange it for so much salt!" said Shuichong.
"I didn't expect the salt mountains in Sun City to produce so much salt." Wu Qi smacked his lips. The corn pancakes were so delicious. "Next year, should we expand the corn cultivation area?"
"Should be!" said the third priest.
"Let's go to the nearest place. There are tens of thousands of acres of arable land and corn fields nearby Haifan City." The second priest said that the nearest place would not involve the issue of cooperative farming among the tribes around the river.
"The charlatan will definitely agree. He has long said that corn is the real staple food." Shuichong said, picking up another corn pancake. It was delicious!
Planting corn yields two to three times less per mu than planting two crops of potatoes. Corn yields about 500 to 600 kilograms per mu annually, while potatoes yield only 800 kilograms per mu in one season. Overall, the yield per mu reaches 1,600 kilograms per year—a significant difference. Furthermore, potatoes can be harvested in the summer, providing a seasonal food supplement.
So, no matter what you plant, you really need to plan it rationally, not just decide it on a whim.
Fortunately, with the Second and Third Sacrificial Priests, Shuichong, and Wu Qi around, Ma Yue felt at ease. A gradual approach to expanding arable land for corn cultivation was a good idea.
In order to support the salt-making construction of the Poseidon City and Sun City branches, a large batch of Lingguo Island sweet potatoes, which Ma Yue disliked very much, were also sent. After all, they were used as food as "salary". In such a poor area, it was good enough to have sweet potatoes to eat.
As for the copper plowshare, what could be grown in that godforsaken place called Sun City? The yield per mu was pathetically low, so forget it. Even if the weather suddenly improved, it would still be more economical to farm on the grasslands outside Poseidon City.
The Sun City branch's responsibilities had completely shifted to producing salt and searching for copper. As for grazing, that was up to them. As for pig farming, forget it. They couldn't even eat people, so how could pigs eat chicken feathers?
Even more than 1,000 of the 3,000 large livestock from the Sun City branch were transported back to Haifan City. If it weren't for the need to transport salt ore and coal for salt cooking here, it is estimated that even these more than 1,000 large livestock would not have been left to the Sun City branch.
Large livestock are the main force in farming. What a waste it would be to keep them in the Sun City branch?
Today's Sun City branch is becoming more and more like the Qiu Haicheng branch, with its functions being extremely single. Sun City branch is still relatively good, as the salt mountain has large reserves and can sustain it for many years.
As for Qiu Haicheng, it's estimated that it will be bankrupt in less than two years. Copper ore mining is becoming increasingly difficult. Once copper ore can no longer be mined, what's the point of keeping Qiu Haicheng? The salt production from Qiu Haicheng's seaside salt production is really low, and the beach area is much smaller than that of Poseidon City.
The arable land area has even less potential, not to mention that the climate is getting colder and colder, and the natural conditions are too restrictive.
Didn't you see that Ghost Mountain Peninsula is almost deserted? The major tribes in the Ghost Town area have all evacuated. Humanity can't stop the trend of a colder climate; the only option is to migrate to areas more suitable for human cultivation.
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