Chapter 75 Rotary tillage
The autumn rain is drizzling.
The weather was a little cold, and the drizzling autumn rain fell all day. If it were before, the roads in the town would have become muddy and difficult to walk, but this time Milanheim did not have this trouble.
After continuous construction not long ago, all the roads in the town of Milanheim have been completed with gravel roads, and of course the roads leading to outside the city have not been completed. There are now two roads built in Milanheim, one leading to the west salt field and the other leading to the city of Cana.
However, although the road outside the city has not been repaired, the ditches have been dug. As long as the embankment is opened, the river water will flow into the ditches, and even some large water trucks built by Su Ming here with higher terrain.
The river water can be raised by a water truck for more than ten meters, and then watered more farmland through the canal. Su Ming even wanted to build a reservoir near Milanheim to store water and resist drought and prevent floods.
Eight thousand acres of land are distributed around the town, and ditches like spider webs send water to all farmland. These eight thousand acres are the land reclaimed from the first phase of Milanheim. By next year, at least 100,000 acres of land will be reclaimed.
One hundred thousand acres of land are a big project. Fortunately, the population in Milanheim is growing rapidly now, and the arrival of these people has given the town a large amount of cheap labor. After Su Ming announced the policy, these poor people had a deep obsession with owning a house and a piece of land.
I know that as long as I work hard and accumulate points, and after the points have accumulated to 500 points, I will be able to obtain citizenship and own a house. I wish I could live on the construction site, so I could get my own land one day earlier.
All 100,000 mu of land are planted with grain. Even if the grain output is low in this era, it can easily feed 30,000 people without fertilizers. Next year, towns will be self-sufficiency. With sufficient food, Suming will be able to accept more people. With population and grain, the strength of towns will grow rapidly.
Su Ming plans to implement rotation farming technology in Milanheim. After all, there is no fertilizer in this era. After continuous cultivation of the land, the black soil layer will only become thinner and thinner, and the land will become increasingly barren. It is a good choice to change this situation and adopt rotation farming technology.
The rotation technique is to divide the land into three parts, one part used to grow grain, the other part used to grow soybeans, and the last part used to grow alfalfa.
Growing soybeans can increase the fertility of the land in small quantities. Growing alfalfa can be used to feed large livestock. The feces produced by large livestock can be used as fertilizer and fertilizer fields. Soybeans can be used to squeeze oil, and the remaining bean cakes can also be used to feed livestock.
However, if you want to carry out rotational farming, you still need to conduct some experiments to see how much area of alfalfa and soybeans are planted, and how many animal farming is cost-effective.
Of course, human feces will be collected together and made into farm fertilizer and sent to the fields. In addition to ensuring the sanitary environment of the city, Su Ming built public toilets in the city, and the other thing is to make fertilizer.
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boom!
On the training ground, Su Ming kicked a knight wearing iron armor far away. But the knight rolled on the ground for a while and then stood up quickly. Then he rushed up again, and the heavy iron armor he was wearing seemed as if nothing was light.
This knight had just fused the sub-dragon bloodline mutation potion not long ago and became a real knight. After several months, these knight entourages finally became knights.
Next, Su Ming conducted a test on the knight entourage, and also made the knight familiar with his power as soon as possible.
After fighting Su Ming for a while, Su Ming found out his general strength, and then tested his body. A large number of iron plates were piled up on the training ground for training strength, each weighing 20 kilograms. Su Ming directly added to two hundred kilograms, and then asked the knight to try lifting weights.
The knight bent down and grabbed the barbell, and lifted it up easily with his waist and abdomen. After previous training, Su Ming was still very clear about the strength of these knights. According to his original strength, although he could lift 200 kilograms, that was his limit, and he would definitely not be as relaxed as he is now.
Next, he continued to increase his weight, and soon increased from 200 kilograms to 400 kilograms. At this time, the knight could still lift it up. The other knight entourage around him looked at the strength of his companions who were not far from their strength not long ago, and now they had such a strong increase. They all grew up in surprise.
Su Ming did not care about the amazement of these people, but kept calculating his strength. The weight of the barbell continued to increase to 600 kilograms, and at this weight, the Knight became a little difficult.
Next, the knight was tested for speed, and his speed also accelerated a lot, but it was not as large as the increase in strength.
On the training ground, the knight was holding a long sword to attack the wooden target in front of him. This specially made wooden target was made of iron oak, which was very strong. After the knight nodded at Su Ming, he charged briefly, followed by a leaping, and the long sword in his hand slashed down at the wooden target.
Bang! A muffled sound came, and the wooden target made of iron oak was cut off directly. Then the knight rushed towards several other targets around without stopping. Then a continuous muffled sound came. Within two seconds, he cut all five targets with his sword.
Such speed and destructive power are simply a killing machine on the battlefield.
The knight took off his strength, then stopped, and looked at his condition, without any force. If he had good armor and weapons, he could disperse the army formed by hundreds of elite soldiers alone.
If there were hundreds of such knights, they would lead more troops. If they took the lead in charge and tear the enemy's formation, the army of this era would be unable to resist.
Su Ming waved his hand to the people next to him and said, "You guys go to the warehouse to get a few pieces of armor."
The few people moved very quickly and returned with their armor within a short while. Su Ming asked them to put the armor on the wooden rake, and then asked the knight to test it again.
After another relay charge, the knight slashed the long sword in his hand on the armor. With a muffled sound, the armor was torn apart by the long sword, and then the wooden target was cut off again.
Chapter completed!