Release that Witch Chapter 140: Seeds

Assistant Minister soon after leaving, the prince greeted the long-lost good news.

personal guard Sean returned to Port of Clear Water to buy crop seeds.

When Roland followed the reported guard to the garden, he saw that Sean and several other personal guard were unloading bags from the back of mount.

It's been almost a month since the day of set off, and he looks a lot tanned and his body has become thinner.

Seeing the prince's appearance, Sean immediately stood up and saluted. Roland stepped forward and patted his shoulder. "Good job. What seeds did you bring back?"

Sean squatted down and unpacked the ground, "Pearl rice, ground eggs, sugar sticks ... I bought all the plants you described at Port of Clear Water. Indeed they are mostly produced in the country of the fjord, but Port of Clear Water Many crops are already planting these crops. "

"Are you asking the merchant how to grow?"

"Ask, but they can't tell the specific method. They also said that if these plants leave southern region, it will be difficult to grow elsewhere." Sean grabbed a handful of yellow orange granules from the package and spread them out In front of Roland, "His Highness, this is the Pearl meter. The merchant said that if I bought it with the Pearl stick, it would be cheaper. However, the Pearl stick is too heavy to carry, I only bought one intact, and the rest Are peeled seeds. "

There is no doubt that Pearl rice is the corn he is familiar with. He picked up a corn kernel excitedly and looked in the sun. The fruit is a bit dry, and it appears to have been stocked for a winter. The yield of corn is naturally much higher than that of wheat, and the soil requirements are low. With the transformation of Leaf, it may soon replace wheat and become the main ration of Border Town's.

Sean unpacked another package and took out a round brown skin crop. "This is a ground egg. I have eaten it in a Port of Clear Water hotel. It was cut into strips and soaked in a water basin. It was very crispy. , Has a slight sweetness. "

Seeing this familiar shape, Roland is very emotional. This is clearly a potato! He opened the soil-covered skin with his fingers, exposing the deep yellow potato -- inside, compared with later generations. At this time, the potatoes were not large, the tubers were darker in color, and not every piece looked like an egg. He noticed that there were long potatoes in the bag like carrots.

"This thing is crushed and steamed to make it more palatable."

"Uh ... Your Highness have you eaten?"

"Yeah, I ate it at the banquet of the palace," Roland decided to lie, because the name of ground eggs is too bad, "The chefs do n’t call it ground eggs, but call them potatoes. Steamed A delicious snack is called mashed potatoes. "

"So that's it, it is indeed His Highness, and he is very knowledgeable." Sean lamented that he opened the last straight package and pulled out a black leather stick. "His Highness, I think this crop is the most important The honey of Port of Clear Water is very cheap, to a large extent because of it. I heard in the tavern that more and more of their farmland began to grow sugar bars. The stalks of this amazing plant turned out to be sweet and shaved. After peeling the skin, you can squeeze sugar water, the price is one-tenth that of honey, but it tastes sweeter than honey * water. "

"..." Roland would like to say that this crop has also been seen by itself. By the way, the name has been changed to sugarcane, but it doesn't matter. It will not be too late for citizen to correct it when planting. The raw materials of sugarcane for making sucrose can be used to refine ethanol after being planted. It can be regarded as a crop that can greatly improve the happiness of residents. If you think about it, the pancakes made from flour are boring, but if you sprinkle some sugar on it, it will instantly improve the sense of taste, even the salty party like Roland will pour it.

"Any other crop seeds?"

"That's all for Port of Clear Water," he found five or six small skin bags from his personal pocket, and gave it to His Royal Highness. "You accounted for bringing back the plant seeds that Greycastle had but not small town. These bags were all I picked them when I passed Willow Town and Fallen Dragon Ridge. There were grapes, soybeans, cotton, flax, and olive tree seeds. However, the farmers said that most grapes are planted by inserting branches into the field. Although the seeds can also be planted, the germination period is very Slow, the grapes are not very delicious.

Leaf is there, these are not problems, Roland thinks. Now that you have grape seeds, maybe it's time to try grapevine wheat. As for soybean, cotton, flax, and olive are all very useful crops, first let Leaf improve the seeds suitable for Western Region climate and soil, and then hand it to serfs for small-scale planting. Finally, Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for summing up the improvement and writing a planting manual.

"My Highness, I have some news to report to you," Sean whispered, "situation about Port of Clear Water."

"Related to Third Princess?"

Sean nodded. "I stayed at Port of Clear Water for nearly two weeks. Most of the time I spent in the pub except buying seeds. There are rumors that your sister Garcia Wimbledon and Sandpeople have reached an agreement. She provided southern region on the edge. She lives in Sandpeople, and Sandpeople takes her as the king, obeying her call and dispatch. During my time in the harbor, I did see a lot of Mojin Clan people in the street.

Extreme Southern Region's Mojin people ... Although Border Town didn't ask about their origins, it was another matter to introduce a large number of foreigner to the territory of the Kingdom to settle. It seems that in order to fight for the throne, Garcia is really unscrupulous, Roland thought. "Sandpeople is also divided into many factions. impossible obeys her instructions. Do you know which Clan she is attracting?"

Sean shook his head, "Sandpeople is very wary of Greycastle people. I ca n’t buy more detailed information with gold royal. But ... one thing is very strange. The day before I originally planned to leave Port of Clear Water, Garcia won from Eagle City When they returned, the city was celebrating their queen's defeat of the pseudo-king Timothy. As a result, there were four or five homicides in the city the next day, and one of the victims was still torn into pieces on the street. "

"Port of Clear Water subsequently imposed a ban, and I had to stay there for three more days. The pub was closed, and everyone gathered in the hotel lobby to talk about it. Some people said it was the revenge of the false king, and some people said it was Sandpeople did it. One of the fjord merchants said that he had witnessed one of the murders. The abuser was not tall, obviously not Sandpeople, but the strength and speed were not like normal people can have. Hearing The law and order team was killed by him without leaving a piece of armor, and he was indifferent to blood even though he had several knives in his body. He was not killed until more law and order members arrived and the shield spears came together to kill him. Later the ban was lifted , I did n’t dare to make any more stops, and I hurried back on the merchant ship. "

"You did a good job," Roland thought for a moment, "the remaining gold royal after purchasing the seed does not have to be returned to City Hall, it is regarded as your reward."

"Thank Your Highness for Your Reward!"

"The power and speed are far beyond ordinary people. Ignoring the pain caused by the knife wound, it sounds like ... Church's pills." After personal guard left, Nightingale's voice sounded in his ear.

"I think so. But it makes even more sense," Roland frowned. "According to Sean, Garcia will only get the pill earlier than me, and at the same time support the two parties to fight for the throne ... What are they thinking? "There was a hint of bad thoughts in his heart. Isn't the real purpose of Church's not to see a stable Greycastle?

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