"As for winter wheat, we can harvest it fifty to sixty days after summer plowing. That means it won't delay our summer potato farming at all." Cai Ji is also a foodie.
"We have a large territory, so we can continue to expand into new arable land. As long as we have enough seeds," Bird Yeast said. The Sea Tribe had already finished their summer ploughing, so planting winter wheat would be just in time, and it wouldn't affect their normal grain production. Most importantly, the temperature in this area was good enough.
It seems there is no winter here.
"You should also send some winter wheat seeds to Sun City, so that we can at least harvest some wheat, right?" Ma Yue said. The situation in Sun City was too pitiful, and nothing could be planted there. Maybe planting wheat would be the solution.
The Lingguo Island branch is not suitable because the arable land is severely restricted.
"Spirit, Qiu Haicheng has also harvested a lot of wheat." said the second priest.
"We can exchange potatoes with them, double the amount is fine. At least it's okay this year." Next year, if there are enough seeds, everyone will have enough to eat, and there will be no need to compete.
"We can change it next year. The more wheat we harvest, the more seeds we will have, and the more new arable land we will reclaim in Haifan City." Cai Ji said.
"It seems... really!" If the arable land continues to be cultivated without restrictions, will there be any remaining arable land around Haifan City? Never mind. The Ministry of Agriculture will take care of such matters. As long as I have enough to eat, that's all I need.
"White flour is really delicious, but the yield per mu is too low." The third priest smacked his lips, feeling very regretful.
"That's nothing! When the peanuts are harvested and the oil is extracted, I'll make pies, dumplings, and meat buns for you to try..."
Everyone left with their mouths watering.
The arrival of the Hai Tribe on Donghai Island has significantly boosted productivity in the surrounding area. Even with only two thousand copper plows and shovels, nearly two thousand acres of summer potato fields outside Longlin City were planted. Fortunately, the people of the surrounding tribes are willing to cooperate; otherwise, there simply wouldn't be enough manpower.
After negotiations, the prairie people agreed to allow the Sea Tribe to land at Oak Bay and enter and exit the saltwater lake.
A large amount of white lime was transported to the edge of the salt lake, and the salt field of the sea tribe began to be built in full swing.
Niutou personally led the team, building a large concrete basin and stove, and began contacting the surrounding small tribes of Xishuiwan. "Do you want to make your own pottery? If you can make charcoal, our Hai tribe will trade it with you for food... If that doesn't work, you can send firewood and we can also exchange it for salt."
This saltwater lake is nice, but there's no forest around it. Burning chicken feathers? You can't just ship coal all the way here, right? It's a waste of transport capacity. It's better to solve the problem locally.
The indigenous people were incredibly poor, and the new occupiers, the steppe people, didn't care about their lives. When they heard they could trade for salt or food, they were willing to accept. As the saying goes, primitive people aren't afraid of hard work; it's the work that pays off, right? Whether it's salt or potatoes, they're lifesavers.
Are there many people in the Hai tribe? Yes! However, wherever we expand, we can cooperate and operate there. We don't have to worry about exchanging food and salt. If your own people work, won't they eat food and salt? It's cheaper to hire outsiders.
It’s not that great. The surrounding tribes are so poor that they just do whatever they are given.
Transporting grain this year is too much trouble, so let's start with salt. A large concrete basin and stove can be built in about ten days. It's very convenient to boil salt, as long as there is enough fuel.
The people from the surrounding tribes are so enthusiastic, sending firewood like crazy. That's good, everyone helps each other, right? Eating salt should give you more energy to work, right?
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"Great Wizard, look, there are hundreds of boats." In Taki City, the great chieftain, Goji, watched from the top of the city wall. The seashore was choked with ships from the Sea Tribe. What were they doing? Transporting grain. It was the summer potato harvest, so what was a big deal about bringing one more load to the saltwater lake?
"I see, the navy of the Sea Tribe is really powerful." It would be a lie for the Great Wizard Luo Yang to say that he was not envious.
"If the Sea Tribe continues like this, won't it become even more powerful? Great Witch, in the future..." Goji was worried.
"Don't worry, as long as we are strong enough, the Sea Tribe won't take the initiative to attack us." Luo Yang said, "As for that charlatan from the Sea Tribe, if we don't piss him off, he's a bully. If we have tens of thousands of cavalry, that charlatan won't attack us no matter what. He'll think it's not worth it."
"It seems to be true." The war history of the Sea Tribe is indeed traceable.
"Speaking of which, the Sea Tribe is quite confident. They don't seem to be worried at all about their neighbors becoming stronger." Luo Yang said, "Captain, how did the talks go? Did you acquire their salt-making technology?"
"We got it, but we only paid for a thousand sheep. They didn't even take a single large animal. Apparently, the Hai Tribe doesn't want to keep it a secret anymore," Goji said. "With their concrete basins and cooking stoves, we're much more efficient at boiling salt than using clay basins. Our Tengu Tribe will be able to produce even more salt. Great Witch, you're still the best."
There's no such thing as love without reason. He just wanted a large concrete basin and stove technology. Ma Yue was relieved, thinking it was no big deal. However, Shang Yin was unwilling to give up and casually knocked off a thousand sheep, which could be considered as giving the Dragon Scale City branch more supplies accumulated in the early stages.
"The concrete basin and stove technology, I've seen that thing myself, and it's... really simple." How can it not be simple? It doesn't even require a kiln. "We can easily double the production scale." Goji berry continued.
"Isn't this good? Both sides benefit." Luo Yang nodded. "Great Chief, it's best not to provoke the Sea Tribe in the future. It would be even better if we can make friends with them."
"Our development direction is the eastern grasslands. We have no conflicts of interest with the Sea Tribe." As for the future, who can say for sure? "I will quickly increase the naturalization of the main tribe, and then recruit new tribes from the southern grasslands, striving to reach 10,000 combat troops in the main tribe. We can afford it."
Today's wolfberry has more resources. The cultivated land is gradually expanding, and the salt production is also gradually increasing. Of course, it can gradually feed more people.
"So much food?" Niu Tou was shocked when he saw Lu Yin leading the team himself and thousands of horses carrying a large number of potatoes here.
"The charlatan said that in this area, grain is more valuable than salt. Do you understand?" Lu Yin said.
"Oh, I see!" For the poor, food was truly more important than salt. Haifan City wasn't short of potatoes, it was salt. Therefore, potatoes were a more cost-effective way to pay the laborers' wages.
"This time, most of the navy's ships have come to provide transport support, and that's all. The rest need to be transported to Longlin City, which also needs food reserves." Lu Yin continued.
"That's perfect. We've made a lot of salt here. You can take some back to Dragon Scale City. They don't produce salt there."
"good!"
Thousands of horses made several trips back and forth, transporting a lot of potatoes.
Sure enough, the hired laborers who delivered firewood all wanted potatoes, and everyone was happy.
Unfortunately, most of the land around this salt lake is saline-alkali land, unsuitable for farming. Okay, this is good enough, isn't it? I can harvest so much salt, so I should be content.
Boiling salt in this salt lake is more enjoyable than boiling salt at the seaside, and the salt content is indeed much better.
This is the Tengu Tribe's territory, after all, so it's not suitable for recruiting militia. The Sea Tribe only has a thousand men here. If Dragon Scale City hadn't finished its summer plowing, we wouldn't even have a thousand men here. Fortunately, the charlatan said they'd provide more soldiers to Dragon Scale City next year.
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