The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 72 Seed Production
As soon as he left the love education camp, Ickert had to go to arrange a new job.

The last part of the fields in the territory is still to be completed. In order to catch up with the planting season, the seed production must be arranged as soon as possible.

Ickert found the only three farmers in the territory and asked them how to grow water wheat.

No way, the courses of the Royal Summoner Academy are only for everyone to have a preliminary understanding of the natural environment. As for how to plant these things, that is what farmers should do.

How could a noble mage farm the land himself?Even nature mages are seldom involved in agricultural activities, and they are more concerned with the study of plants that can be used as magical materials.

"Cook, according to your practice, how to grow the crop of water wheat?"

Cook was one of the farmers in the territory. Although they came from a village further south, their side did not go beyond the scope of the "tropics".

The farmer was quick to answer.

"My lord, we usually spread the seeds in front of our own yard and expose them to the sun for two or three days. You know, this will make the seeds germinate faster.
Then we will soak the seeds in a water jar, which only takes about a whole day, and then we will wrap the water wheat seeds in hay and put them in a warm place to wait for the seeds to germinate. "

When Cook was talking, Ickert was using his remaining biological knowledge to analyze what the use of these steps was.

The process of drying seeds should be to release the seeds from dormancy, and also kill bacteria by the way?Soaking in water allows the seeds to reabsorb water and prepare for germination later.

"And then? After the seeds germinate?"

"Later. Sir, we will plant the seeds directly after that. We only need to wait for about half a month, and the water wheat will grow to such a height."

Cook gestured with his hands. According to Ickert's visual inspection, it is about the same height as rice seedlings, or even higher. It seems that this kind of crop grows very well in places with abundant light and heat.

But this is the time.
"Cook, you said that the water wheat needs half a month to grow so tall?"

"Yes, Lord Lord, in fact, this is already very fast. I have a relative who is in the southernmost part. If they want to grow water wheat, they have to wait for more than a month!"

"This is not good."

The farmland has not yet formed, and there is only a little more than a week left before the rainy season, of which light-drying and germination will take up almost all of the time.

Even if you want to spread it on a large scale, you have to wait for the canals to flow, or even wait for the farmland to be filled with water for a day, let alone plowing the ground.
If the water wheat cannot grow quickly, the continuous heavy rain will kill all the seeds!

"My lord, in fact, according to our progress, we probably won't be able to plant water wheat this season. It turns out that our village is about to rain at this time, so we may not be able to plant seeds now."

Cook said that unless there are enough farmers and livestock, it will be really difficult to catch this last wave of planting.

Although it sounds like it is just to sow at this time, for farmers, the treatment of seeds must be completed long before sowing.

In the final analysis, two weeks is nothing but the prediction of the farmers, and it is still unknown when the large-scale rainfall will come.

"Cook, if I use magic to speed up the growth of the seeds, can I catch up with the planting season?"

At the critical moment, Ickert had to move out the magic weapon again.

"I don't know, my lord, I'm just a farmer. How can a mage help a farmer with farming?"

Cook scratched his head, how could the lord expect the farmer to understand this.

This state of the farmer gave Ickert a headache.

"Well, I mean, if I magically skip the steps of sun-drying and germination, and let the water wheat grow as tall as you said in a week, will they survive the rainy season?"

Ickert said that this time Cook finally understood.

"That's it, my lord, if you can do it, you can definitely do it. Don't look at the thinness of these malts, they are actually quite tenacious."

"Well, then, you guys give me all the seeds that need to be sown, and we can prepare to sow the seeds the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow? So fast! Your lord, magic is really a magical thing!"

Facing Ickert's promise, Cook didn't have any doubts, and said happily:
"It's just right, my lord, those of us who are farming have planted the seeds a few days ago! You can take them all! We are waiting for your good news!"

Being able to plant wheat is the greatest joy of farmers. At the beginning, Ikert allocated so much land to them. If they didn't plant it, it would be a real loss.

After being sent away by the enthusiastic farmers, Ickert ordered the guys in the caravan to pack the seeds in cloth bags and dragged them all the way back to the castle.

After arriving at the castle, Ickert ordered the knight attendants to call all the maids over, and asked them to water the fields together with the idle guys in the caravan, trying to water as many wet fields as possible before dark.

And Ickert himself, leading the rest of the people, knocked on the door of the underground wine cellar.

This is where Sasha works.

It is really a blessing to have a natural mage in the territory.

In the afternoon, Sasha was obediently maintaining the protective circle in the wine cellar according to the teacher's request.

In addition to the summoning circle, there are also dimensional stones built into hills stored here.

For these dangerous stones, Ickert's current measure is to seal them with magic.

Fortunately, these dimensional stones are mainly based on spell radiation, and there is no such highly penetrating stuff as neutron radiation in the previous life.

From Ickert's observation, the danger of spell radiation is mainly reflected in its weirdness. After all, mutations on the earth must respect the existence of DNA, but spell mutations do not have this concern.

But just as the famous philosopher "Papa" said, to use magic to deal with magic, magic radiation can be countered according to the principle of magic, so as long as the seal always exists, there is no serious problem.

Otherwise, Ickert would not dare to use magic power to protect the dimension stone.

Sasha's daily job is to take care of the anti-radiation circle, and to complete the learning tasks assigned to her by Ickert.

The days of working underground enabled the little girl to find the "house" in her heart, and on the road to becoming a magician, she took the first step of doing research behind closed doors.

Such a day is actually not boring. After all, without a mobile phone or a book, studying is really a good means of decompression for Sasha.

But today, Eckert brought her a more decompressive "entertainment method".

(End of this chapter)