Upon hearing this, Huo Qiu's expression darkened. "How confident are you that it's the natural disaster you mentioned?" he asked, looking at Haitang.
The last drought was a big problem. What will happen if there's another drought? He seemed a bit unwell, his face looking rather pale.
"It's likely to get worse. We should stop planting vegetables now and focus on growing more sweet potatoes." Upon hearing this, Huo Qiu was a little puzzled as to why sweet potatoes were being chosen.
"Why sweet potatoes?" Yes, why sweet potatoes? Haitang looked at Huoqiu and gave her reason directly.
“If we use sweet potatoes, we can dry them and then cook them to feed pigs and livestock. In addition, sweet potato leaves can also be used to feed livestock. We need to not only store up grain and fodder, but also prepare food for the livestock to ensure that we don’t starve to death,” Haitang said as she looked at Huoqiu.
If the livestock starve to death, then people will surely starve to death as well. "In addition, kill some large animals to dry and make sausages."
"Okay." Huo Qiu nodded, and Haitang felt relieved. She went to check on the livestock farm. The livestock were starting to get restless, but the presence of the orcs calmed them down.
Under these circumstances, Haitang looked at the livestock below. Over the years, there had been more and more of them. The livestock manure could be used to irrigate the vegetables, so there was one pit for the livestock and one pit for the vegetables.
While Haitang was looking around, she went to the new slaves' place. The slaves' area had been cleaned up and planting had begun. This time, they were using sweet potatoes, almost all of them. They used two farms to grow sweet potatoes.
Sweet potatoes are quick to harvest and highly efficient, making them the best choice. Sweet potato leaves can also be chopped up and cooked for pigs, which is a form of recycling.
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