Chapter 83 Cultivating Saplings

Richard Territory, William Territory, and Stoppa Territory all have large areas of virgin forest. Geographically speaking, the three territories are all located at the southern foot of the Eagle Mountain Range.

Richard took Bernard with him and the sheep-headed people throughout the winter to visit every hilltop in the three territories, and only found twenty-six sugary trees in the 4,500 square kilometers of land.

Richard cut down some branches and successfully squeezed brown sugar from the branches.

This kind of tree was also named brown sugar tree by Richard.

With the success of sugar production, planting brown sugar trees has become a top priority for the Haaland Territory.

Twenty-six brown sugar trees are located in different parts of Harland's territory.

What kind of environment is needed to grow brown sugar trees? Richard doesn't know yet.

Although the sheep-headed people know all kinds of plants and are familiar with the characteristics of many plants.

But when it comes to plant cultivation and domestication, sheep-headed people are not as experienced as humans.

In addition to conventional domestication methods, humans in Dawn Continent also have magic to help them.

After Sophia was busy with the autumn harvest, she was called over by Richard to participate in the research on the brown sugar tree.

In addition to the branches and leaves of the brown sugar tree that can be used to squeeze sugar, the fruits produced on the tree are also very crisp and sweet, and the taste is close to that of dragon fruit.

The number of fruits is not particularly large. There are only dozens per tree. The fruit is only the size of a baby's fist and has only two or three seeds inside.

There is no greenhouse established in Harland's territory. Even if Richard wants to hatch seeds, the conditions are not mature.

There are actually a small number of greenhouses on the Dawn Continent. These greenhouses have large pieces of transparent glass installed on the roof and fire walls for heating. Their functions are not much different from the vegetable greenhouses in the previous life.

The production of glass is still an advanced technology in the Dawn Continent, and only a few lords have mastered the skills of burning glass.

Especially firing large pieces of transparent glass is technically difficult. Although Richard established a glass kiln, his technological accumulation was far from enough. It has been more than three years now and he has not produced qualified glass.

Since it is difficult to make large pieces of transparent glass, those who can afford to use large pieces of glass to build greenhouses are basically the nobles.

In addition to the greenhouse, the plant cultivation laboratory in the Magic Tower also has temperatures suitable for plant growth throughout the year.

But building a magic platform also requires very high investment.

Especially the elemental energy pool requires a large amount of magic crystals to provide energy every year.

The three desolate baronies alone, with their small annual income, simply cannot afford the consumption of the magic tower, nor do they have the strength to build a magic plant cultivation laboratory. They also cannot afford the magic research of Richard, Sophia and others.

Sophia has lived at Markhome Magic Kingdom for several years and has some experience growing magical plants.

Although brown sugar wood is not a magic plant, many theories are similar.

Sophia carefully dissected several brown sugar wood seeds, and then used life detection magic. He said to Richard with great certainty: "The vitality of seeds is weak, and the seed shell is relatively strong. Therefore, the chance of germination and breaking of the shell is naturally low.

Although I don’t know much about the habits of this tree, but the number of brown sugarwood is rare, I guess it’s because the seeds are not competitive enough. "

"Is there any way to increase the competitiveness of brown sugarwood seeds?"

"You can soak the seeds first, and then release the magic of life evolution, plant awakening, earth feast, life blessing, vitality growth, etc. to the seeds to promote plant growth."

Richard kissed Sophia quietly on the face and asked in a low voice: "Can you use this kind of magic?"

"I worked as a magic planter at Markholm Magic Kingdom for a period of time, and I did learn some life magic. You can use three magics: life evolution, plant awakening, and vitality growth.

After leaving Markholm Magic Kingdom, I thought the magic I had learned was useless. Unexpectedly, after returning to the territory, he would use magic to cultivate ordinary plants. "

Hearing the good news, Richard picked up Sophia, spun her around in the air a few times, and said excitedly: "That's great, you can do an experiment in the bedroom first to see if you can let the brown sugar tree grow." seeds germinate.

If the experiment is successful, we will have a large number of brown sugar trees by tomorrow spring.

Sometimes the territory will add a new industry, brown sugar, to provide us with a steady stream of funds. As long as the territory develops well, we can also build a magic tower and continue magic research. "

"What is brown sugar?"

Brown sugar is still a new term in Chenxi Continent.

The nobles of Dawn Continent eat honey, but the common people who want to eat sweet food can only taste fruits and chew sweet plant roots. Sugar has not yet appeared in people's diets.

Richard took out the cooked brown sugar, gave it to Sophia to taste, and asked, "Is it sweet?"

"It's really sweet!"

"This is brown sugar squeezed from the brown sugar wood. I think this kind of goods will have a good market."

After seeing the real brown sugar, Sophia was very motivated. She placed a large number of flower pots in the bedroom, used life magic every day to promote the germination of brown sugar tree seeds, and also set up a control group.

Sophia's experiment was very successful, and she cultivated hundreds of brown sugarwood saplings in one winter.

These saplings were planted on a hilltop by Richard.

The original brown sugar trees in the territory were also dug up to this hilltop by Richard.

Fortunately, there are many strong men in Harland's territory. Otherwise, it would take a lot of effort to transplant big trees in the barren mountains.

Richard, Hyman, and Martin took action in person, and a few people could lift a tree weighing several tons.

Richard cut down more than half of the trees on the mountain, freeing up a lot of open space. Richard planned to plant brown sugar trees on several nearby hills.

This area was planned by Richard as a brown sugar tree planting area, and a sugar mill would be opened nearby.

Richard has now begun to plan the map of the sugar mill. Soon, construction will begin at the foot of the mountain to build a factory. The training of sugar mill workers has also accelerated the progress.

More than ten days later, a labor team came to the sugar mill and began to build factories, employee dormitories and other buildings under Richard's command.

This group of workers were all slaves rescued from the orcs. They came from different regions, and even some were from the Kingdom of Ryan.

Now they have become contract servants of the Harland family.

These people are sugar mill workers selected by Richard, totaling about 400 people.

According to Richard's plan, 100,000 brown sugar trees will be planted on several hills.

Brown sugar trees can grow to more than ten meters high. Each brown sugar tree with a ten-year age can cut 300 kilograms of branches and leaves, and produce about 30 kilograms of sugar.

If the brown sugar plantation is successful, Richard will get 1,500 tons of brown sugar every year.

If one kilogram of brown sugar is sold for one copper coin, the territory can increase its gross income by 9,000 gold coins. Even if the production volume increases significantly, the price of brown sugar will not be as cheap as one copper coin per kilogram. If it is calculated at three copper coins per kilogram, the gross income will be 25,000 gold coins per year.