Chapter 564 Treasure Land
As winter passes and spring comes, the ice and snow melt, and the people of the Great Zhou usher in the new year's spring plowing season.
Although Zhao Geng, the Minister of Agriculture, had already taken some members to the "New World" in the winter, he has not returned yet.
Judging from their king's future work arrangements, he is probably fixed there semi-permanently.
However, the members of the Ministry of Agriculture are now familiar with the work in each link, and have already completed the work of turning the soil and making compost long before the spring plowing began.
Now that the spring ploughing season has arrived, the specific implementation of the spring ploughing work has not been affected by Zhao Geng's absence.
In the farmland outside Black Moon Village, they set up plows and controlled the oxen to start the new year's farming in an orderly manner.
At the same time, in the plain area of the New World, the members of the Ministry of Agriculture, headed by Zhao Geng, have been busy since the first day they arrived here and have basically had no free time.
To put it simply, the key to distinguishing the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter lies in the climate. In Black Moon Village, the weather is cold after winter, farming work cannot be carried out, and crops can basically not be grown.
So every time this time comes, the members of the farming team take a short vacation and rest for a while. Their main job is to reclaim more land or do some composting work to prepare for the subsequent spring ploughing.
But it’s different here in the New World. Not to mention the more humid and hot rainforest area, just take the plain area where Zhao Geng and his friends are now. The climate this winter is the same as the spring over there.
Therefore, in Zhao Geng's view, in this environment, seasonal factors are no longer important.
Of course, the preliminary preparation work still had to be done first, and the reclamation and composting work took them a lot of time.
After almost half a winter, they had completed all the preparations in the 'Area No. 1' designated by their king.
In addition, Zhao Geng also specially designated two "experimental fields" in this area.
One piece is used to grow various tropical fruits and vegetables transplanted from the rainforest area, and the other piece is used to grow various crops they brought from Black Moon Village.
Under this premise, the two "experimental fields" were divided into smaller plots of land, and the crops planted in each small plot of land were different.
There is no need to explain why Zhao Geng did this, it was to reduce losses.
Although their Area No. 1 is now fully capable of being used for farming, no crops have ever been properly grown there before.
If they planted the entire area of the field with great fanfare right from the start, it would be fine if the planting was successful, but what if it failed? What if it didn't work? Wouldn't the loss be huge? !
For this reason, these two "experimental fields" used for testing are still necessary.
At this moment, Zhao Geng was concentrating on the two "experimental fields", confirming the growth conditions of each crop one by one.
Basically, two to four plants of each crop are planted in the field, so the area of land required for one rotation is not large. If you calculate the time, it will take some time to plant.
On this day, Zhao Gengzheng was observing the crops with a large notebook under his arm. After observing each crop, he would open the notebook and record it with charcoal.
Although Zhao Geng is very confident in his memory, as their king said, "A good memory is not as good as a bad pen."
As the amount of crops in their Great Zhou continued to grow, Zhao Geng felt more and more deeply about what their king said.
"Well, as of now, there are no problems with growth."
Zhao Geng was very familiar with the different conditions of the crops they originally planted in Black Moon Village at each stage, so he was naturally faster in observing and recording them.
When it comes to the crops transplanted from the tropical rainforest, Zhao Geng's work efficiency will undoubtedly drop sharply.
These crops are new to him. Although their king has arranged a group of farmers from the Lizardmen to join the farming team to cooperate with him in the work, it still takes a lot of effort for him to work around this area. Now he spends most of his time here.
At the same time, inside the temple, Zhou Xu was in a very good mood that day. He was happily pounding something with a pestle and mortar, humming an unknown tune.
There was a big pot nearby, bubbling with mutton. The cook next to him checked the doneness of the mutton with chopsticks and said...
"My king, the mutton is cooked."
"Well, cut out five pounds first, half of which is lamb with skin, and the other half is lamb chops."
"Okay."
At the chef's command, he cut the mutton skillfully and in a blink of an eye, a large plate full of mutton was ready.
"My lord, I have cut it as you wish."
"That's great. I'm almost ready here too."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu poured the crushed ingredients in the mortar and pestle into a bowl beside him with a happy expression on his face. However, the lizardman servant beside him looked at those things with an indescribable weirdness in his eyes.
"Is the hot oil ready?"
"Alright, alright."
"Don't move, I'll do it."
As Zhou Xu spoke, he grabbed the handle and picked up the pot.
"This oil needs to be poured three times."
As he spoke, Zhou Xu moved quickly, and with a series of sizzling sounds, a fragrance that was unfamiliar to everyone present except Zhou Xu spread throughout the hall.
At the same time, Zhou Xu, who had not tasted this for a long time, began to secrete saliva crazily in his mouth.
After pouring oil into the bowl, he couldn't wait to grab a piece of bone-in lamb chop on the plate and stir it in the bowl, then put it into his mouth. After taking a bite, Zhou Xu's eyes were instantly filled with tears.
"Damn! Are the peppers in this rainforest so spicy?!"
That being said, Zhou Xuke had no intention of spitting out the mutton dipped in sauce in his mouth. Instead, he ate it even more happily.
"Cool!"
He really hadn't eaten so well in a long time.
The mutton from the sheep grazing on their grassland is tender and delicious. For people who are used to eating mutton, it tastes good even if it is boiled in plain water.
But he couldn't help but keep eating! Until he came to this tropical rain forest.
The local lizard people said that eating that thing would be extremely painful, and the entire mouth and even the throat would feel a burning pain. In their opinion, this was not something that could be eaten at all.
But Zhou Xu recognized it at a glance. It was chili pepper! These lizardmen really don't know what's good!
When Zhou Xu ordered them to pick the lizards and dry them for seasoning, the lizardmen thought that their king had gone crazy, so the lizardmen servants looked at him with such strange eyes just now.
In fact, there are many more good things hidden in this tropical rainforest than just peppers.
In addition, during this period of time he also discovered seasonings such as onions, ginger, garlic, and pepper, as well as many herbs such as mint and parsley.
The role of these spices is not just to make food more delicious, they also have many benefits to the human body, and some even have medicinal value.
Zhou Xu couldn't help but sigh...
"This tropical rain forest is truly a treasure trove!"
(End of this chapter)
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