The breath of spring comes to the earth.

Lei Niu Ministry’s spring plowing this year is different from previous years, and it is very different.

The infrastructure of Xinjing has been completed, bounded by the mountain pass in the southwest direction, and the entire northern hills and adjacent areas are all used to grow potatoes.

Cutting, breeding, cultivation... The basic procedures are no different from those of the civilization era. The seeds transported from the south of the mainland through Elizabeth are huge enough to fill all the farmland areas under Tianhao's rule.

Sea rice has strong adaptability, just like people who live in poverty all year round, they will not refuse a rich feast with fish and meat. Rice seeds that have experienced a long time also like fertile land. They grow vigorously in areas with abundant water flow and produce far exceeding wheat.

According to Tianhao's order, people reduced the wheat planting area and replaced it with corn transported from the south. They were surprised to find that the biggest difference this year is that the area used for arable land is wider. Drought land with less water, hills, gentle slopes, and even some mountainous lands with little height and drop are included in the farming area. Among them, the crops with the largest sowing amount are corn and potatoes.

The effect of beans on the nitrogen fertilizer supplementation of soil is very obvious. This is the knowledge left over from the civilization era to the present. In addition to soybeans that are normally fallow and rotated, Tianhao has increased the amount of rapeseed seeds. If the weather is good, the vegetable oil production this year will reach an unprecedented value.

The barbarians of Panshi City fell in love with tomatoes. The bright red fruits look heartwarming, and the sweet and sour taste is even more loveable. They do not have high requirements for soil and can be planted in front of and behind houses. Even Tianhao himself did not expect that in a short period of time, tomatoes swept across the entire Lei Niu tribe at a terrible speed, and to some extent even replaced cucumbers (the traditional summer vegetable of the northern barbarians), becoming the popular crop with unanimous praise and the highest support rate for everyone.

Tianhao is becoming more and more sure that the thorny melon is a mutated pumpkin. Its terrifying and terrifying appearance does not affect its growth characteristics and strong environmental adaptability. The hard shell is very troublesome to handle, and the golden flesh is very delicious, especially used as breeding seeds. It is deliberately left to grow on the melon vine. The aging individuals, the steamed flesh is soft and kneaded with flour or rice flour to make a dessert that children like.

The mushroom room was quickly promoted throughout the Lei Niu Department. Various fungi, led by black fungus, have been continuously appearing on people's dining tables since last winter. Boletus, the mutated artificial mushroom, is not very white in color and gray in overall shape. It has a very different appearance from the civilization era and becomes a tower-shaped pine mushroom... As long as the temperature and moisture are ensured, a little mycelium is left on the humus, they can reproduce and grow quickly, presenting it to the world in a joyful large and pleasing mass.

The number of breeding fang-tooth pigs has doubled compared to last year. Tianhao is not satisfied with this number, but he knows that farmers in various places have tried their best. There is no way, the feed source is very narrow, and it is good to have this number when it is necessary to ensure that the barbarians are full. Overall, the key lies in this year. If the output of corn and potatoes increases dramatically, coupled with soybeans and rapeseed used as oil press, the feed list of fang-tooth pigs can increase soybean meal and oil meal, as well as a small amount of corn.

Only when you eat enough can you grow strong, and boars and sows have the heart to fall in love, and then deepen to the issue of reproductive offspring... In this regard, they are no different from humans.

The mountain road leading to the northern lake area has been opened, and 20,000 people from the Niu tribe moved there, including Kuteng Village. The mountains are opened and rocks are blown up, and a brand new city is emerging.

According to previous regulations, Tianhao named it the Third Production and Construction Corps.

The scale of the breeding of giant-horned deer has not expanded, on the one hand because of the forage, and on the other hand, Tianhao ordered the focus of breeding to shift to cattle and sheep.

Although the animal is gentle, it is far less easy to manage than cattle and sheep. Especially the cattle, the mutant breeds in the northern part of the mainland are tall and continue the characteristics of the same species being strong but slow to move in the civilization era. The bison runs faster than the giant-horned deer, and it is very simple to capture or domesticate. Moreover, the barbarians have already grown and matured large-scale cattle herds.

The special breeding of dairy cows has been started since the previous year. It mainly maintains breastfeeding for a long time, limits their activities in narrow areas, reduces energy consumption in the body, and feeds them with green feed to obtain a large amount of milk.

Cheese has become one of the most important products in Tianhao's hands. According to the quality, cheese is divided into two types, and the difference is the amount of flour mixed. It is supplied to civilians with ordinary styles, that is, the roughest and the worst taste. Despite this, there are not many people who are qualified to enjoy this "special ration", mainly pregnant women, children, and soldiers.

The high-quality specialty products tasted very good. The barbarians working in the farm quickly developed cheese with a strong flavor. The price of this kind of goods was extremely expensive. In addition to leaving a small part of them for use within the tribe, most of them were sold to the lion and tiger tribes.

The cultivation area of ​​apples and grapes has increased four times compared to the past. About half of the fruit trees can bear fruit in that year. The grapes are in better condition. Currently, there are 80% fruits in existing planting areas. Tianhao ordered the use of ordinary fruits for winemaking, and the rest were made into raisins and listed as strategic reserve materials for Lei Ke.

The importance of military rations is self-evident. In addition to meeting the normal needs of the ethnic group, Tianhao tried to make compressed biscuits. It was based on raw materials such as beans, flour, minced meat, and mixed with a large amount of oil and various seasonings, and was dried and pressed. In terms of taste, it was not much different from the civilization era. The technical breakthrough was really achieved because of the use of sufficient sugar, and the largest source of this thing is Jeju Island.

Tianhao did not transplant sugarcane, and the planting area was limited to Jeju Island. It is vast and the new land that has been constantly reclaimed, the sugar production can meet most of the needs of the barbarian population.

The current production of the dock has reached the highest ever. Take the "Big Viper" class sea boats as an example, there are as many as thirty-five in total. In addition, there are a large number of medium and small fishing boats.

The whaling industry is unprecedentedly developed, and almost every time the fleet goes to sea, it will gain something. Especially the narwhals and black-fin whales, which are very wide in this sea area and are surprisingly large in number. The northern barbarians lag far behind the southern whites in terms of navigation. Early flat-bottomed ships were suitable for sailing inland rivers and could not go deep into the sea. If Tianhao had not obtained complete construction technology from the "old madam", this situation would not have changed until now.

With the newly built Liandu City as the core, people formed a complete industrial chain from a series of processes such as whaling, decomposition, fat boiling, skin kneading, and meat processing. Of course, the main body is still based on food. The whale meat that cannot be digested in a short period of time is cut into small pieces and sprinkled with salt to dry. The whale skin and whale bones are used for other purposes. In addition to large pieces of fat that are normally marinated as food, more than half of the whale blubber are boiled into liquid, cooled and put into a large earthen pottery tank for sealing and storage.

Last winter, the first lathe appeared in Panshi City.

It was extremely difficult to create. It was made by hundreds of craftsmen and used hammers and steel files to carry out a little bit on the iron material. After all the hardships, it finally "smashed" something that could be called the prototype.

From any perspective, this lathe is very primitive and has simple functions, but it is just ordinary metal cutting. But it is undeniable that its importance lies in reducing the difficulty of replicating subsequent lathes. Tong Biao has calculated that whether it is manpower or materials consumed, the overall difficulty of making the second lathe is 70% lower than the first one. More importantly, after that, the third, fourth, fifth... all lathes will become simpler and related technologies will become mature.

The benefits of large-scale steelmaking began to be reflected. Tianhao calculated the raw materials he currently has and ordered the construction of the first railway between Leijiao City and Panshi City while spring plowing.

He had the manufacturing drawings of the steam engine, but did not have rubber to seal the machine itself, so it was naturally impossible to build a steam truck head in this situation.

The laying of railway tracks based on the existing roadbed and the transport of carriages filled with goods with human or animal power is the expedient measure that Tianhao has repeatedly thought about.

The transportation time and difficulty between the two places must be simplified to speed up the circulation of materials. The "cow pulls a train" seems funny, but it has extremely important significance.

The reproduction of the horse herd never stopped. Zumu would send some mares every month, and the tiger people did not find any secrets leaked from beginning to end. Tianhao moved the farm to the north. Before the horse herd had formed a scale, he would not take the initiative to expose it, but would only hide everything.

Every two ships became a team, and Tianhao sent twelve teams to explore the depths of the ocean with Jeju Island as the core.

The maps obtained from "Old Madam" were used in hand. Every sea ship assigned was equipped with a map. Zhengjiang, who had been promoted to the commander of the fleet, repeatedly asked everyone on the ship, from the captain to ordinary sailors, to give blood to the gods. No matter what kind of danger they encounter at sea, they must destroy the chart as soon as possible, tear it apart, chew it, and swallow it, to ensure that these precious secret documents fall into the hands of white people in the south.

There is no Australia in this world. The distant continent has long since become shattered with the impact of asteroids, floating in the distance in the form of a series of small islands.

The fleet sailed southeast, crossed the temperate line, entered the hot area all year round, and found a large marked on the chart at a location more than 1,300 nautical miles from Jeju Island.

Comparing the map of the civilization era, you will find that this place originally belonged to Indonesia. The crust squeezed into mountains, and the uplifted part is higher than sea level, forming a plot with an area of ​​one-quarter of the Indian Peninsula.

"Crazy Killer" became the lucky one to discover here. Unfortunately, there were still no rubber trees found here. The island was covered with bushes and a large number of coconuts and bananas grew. "Crazy Killer" and half of the sailors who were accompanying the ship, including various daily necessities, turned around and drove towards the way they came.

Tianhao has long named this island——Jinzhou Island.

The 600 sailors who arrived early will build villages and build fortifications here to lay a solid foundation for immigrants to come in a few months. This is a real tropical area, and animal skin clothing cannot be worn at all. Apart from thin cotton shorts and sweat jackets, they will not feel cold even when they sleep at night.

The process of "finding" land and immigration must be very careful. The white people in the south began ocean exploration decades ago. They had more ships and had an extremely strong desire to discover and occupy. Many people, including the nobles of the major kingdoms, have overseas territories. Due to the ship's performance, wind and waves, climate and other factors, the exploration area of ​​the white people in the south is not too large, and they are still mainly on the coast of the southern continent and do not go deeper toward further places.

Tianhao does not plan to immigrate overseas on a large scale at the moment.

There are still large blank areas in the north of the mainland, and hundreds of thousands of people can only occupy a small piece at best. The basis of development and exploration lies in food. With the strong physique and fertility of the barbarians, large-scale reproduction is not a problem. As for the islands overseas and land, it can only be said to take them before they are discovered by white people. Taking Jinzhou Island as an example, the scale of immigration will not exceed 3,000, and the number of immigrants will double in a few years.

The training of the dragoons has begun. After years of capture and domestication, people have explored a complete set of mature taming methods. Initially, the barbarians hunted various wild animals and fed the velociraptors with fresh minced meat. Later, they found that they were not interested in these meat and specifically favored a giant rat unique to the northern mountainous areas.

The adult giant rats have a body length of more than one meter, or even up to 1.6 or seven. Their appearance is not much different from that of the civilization era. Their radiation causes the body to exceed the normal range, and then fix it deep in the genes, and are inherited from generation to generation. The giant rats have a wide range of recipes, including plant fruits, rhizomes, nectar, insects, small animals, etc.... Even if large beasts encounter group of giant rats, they must turn around and escape, otherwise they will be rushed up and can only wait to die and then share the food.

Velociraptors are the natural enemy of giant rats, and they are a bit of a life-and-death relationship between owls and mice in the civilized era. The huge mountains restrict species transmission and communication, especially before Tianhao "awakened" from the cultivation cabin, few barbarians took the initiative to step into this area, let alone committing terrible suicide behaviors such as "capturing Velociraptors".

Perhaps it is because of radiation or special food structures that fix the living circle of giant rats. They are bounded by the fourth mountain range in the north and have never been recorded as going south.

No one has counted their number, but judging by the dense vegetation in the northern mountainous areas, giant rats should not have formed a catastrophic large group, otherwise they would have been gnawed there long ago, leaving only bare hills.
Chapter completed!