Elven settlers

Chapter 169
When Rock chose this hill as the location for the tree orchard, he didn't cut down all the original trees here.

Instead, all the forests in the steeper slope areas on the north and east sides of the hills were preserved as shelter forests for tree orchards.

After the planned tree orchard is fully developed, it only occupies an area of ​​[-] hectares on the southwestern side of the hill with a gentle slope, and most of the forest is still preserved.

Now it seems that the comprehensive design made out of the desire to be perfect at that time was not in vain.

The east and north sides of the hill are adjacent to the upper reaches of the Jingkong River. The preserved shelterbelts make the ground have good drainage and stabilize the soil at the edge of the slope.

This prevented Rock's tree orchard from being damaged in this heavy rain, and was not affected by the flooding of the mirror empty river.

Roque, who had just escaped from the huge flood, truly experienced the power of this torrential rain.

If these protective forests had not been preserved at the beginning, or the location of the orchard was chosen beside the Jingkong River for the convenience of irrigation, it would have suffered heavy losses now.

Thinking of this, Rock felt very lucky.

"Gamo~"

Geranium's head popped out of Rock's head, looking left and right.

It likes rain, so it didn't stay in the oak forest to hide from the rain like Heluga and Arbor, but came out with Rock to inspect the territory together.

This tree orchard also embodies a lot of hard work of Geranium, and it is the geranium watering these tree seedlings with a Jenny watering can in countless mornings.

Seeing the new green leaves on the fruit seedlings, Geranium also felt very happy, and it unconsciously exuded a burst of refreshing fragrance.

The branches and leaves of the fruit saplings exposed to this breath swayed slightly, as if their vitality became more and more intense.

"This is?!"

Rock was surprised and surprised at the same time.

He also smelled the fragrance of geraniums, and instantly felt very refreshed, and the fatigue and discomfort in his body were relieved a lot.

It's just that Rock is a little confused now whether this scent is Geranium's innate instinct, or its newly realized skill.

For all kinds of information about his elves, Rock naturally checked everything he could find.

He knew that the geranium had a natural characteristic, that is, the flowers around its neck could exude a magical aura that made the flowers and plants glow with stronger vitality.

After other humans and Pokémon smell this breath, they will also feel very refreshed like taking a forest bath.

In addition, because Rock has accumulated some relevant knowledge for reclamation, he also knows that there are many grass-type Pokémon with similar characteristics that can be beneficial to plants.

Therefore, a grass-type elf with such characteristics is a must-have for almost everyone who is engaged in agriculture or planting-related industries.

Geranium's ability in this area is naturally stronger than most grass-type elves.

However, what makes Rock uncertain is that a grass-type skill 'Aroma Therapy' that Geranium can learn can also produce the same effect as on him just now.

Now that he doesn't bring a navigator, Rock can only go back and make sure, but it's a good thing anyway.

After confirming that every tree seedling was growing well and full of vitality, Rock and Geranium continued to walk towards the bee farm.

Although the accumulated water on the road is less than other areas with slightly lower terrain, you can still step on a puddle with one foot.

Looking at the slippery vegetation on the ground, Rock was thinking while driving.

After arriving at the bee farm, Rock found that the situation here was also very good.

The hives of 42 large needle bees hang intact on the tree, and the surrounding tall beech forests provide natural shelter for the bee farm.

The beeswax that makes up the beehives of the bees has very good waterproof properties, so what Rock sees now is that his bees are very comfortably huddled in their respective hives, enjoying a rare leisure.

These big needle bees were much more sensitive than Rock. When the humidity in the air changed, they immediately flew back to the hive without even getting their wings wet.

"You guys continue to rest, I just came to see everyone."

Rock waved at the big needle bees sticking out their heads from the door of the hive, and left after confirming that the beehive was okay.

Just before he left, he took some honey, which was to replenish energy for the woolly sheep.

As a vegetarian elf, for the time being, Rock can only use this relatively "luxury" method to supplement the wooly sheep with extra nutrition.

And he, Abo, Heruga, Geranium, and those Derbys don't have to bother so much, just eat the catfish king.

"It seems that we need to consider planning another fodder planting area, and there must be a barn."

Rock was perfecting some ideas for his territory in his mind. There were not many velvet sheep now, and he could still feed them honey with big needles.

In the future, once the number of various pastoral elves increases, they will have to rely on some high-nutrition crops to supplement them.

From being a social animal before time travel to devoting himself to pioneering life without hesitation, except for his enthusiasm, Roque doesn't have much experience.

Although he has been working hard to make each of his work plans as comprehensive and perfect as possible, sometimes he still can't cover everything.

Fortunately, Rock only needs to be responsible to himself, and no one has to mess with him.He can slowly learn while cultivating wasteland, adjust his plan as his experience increases, and make his territory better and better.

After inspecting the bee farm, Rock was ready to go back. The vegetable garden was not far from the camp, so it was just a matter of stopping by for him.

The weeds and vegetation in the vegetable garden have been removed, so the ground is very muddy.Fortunately, Rock built a stone road in the vegetable garden, which made it very convenient for him to walk without having to wade through muddy water.

All the vegetables he and Junsha Yami had planted before had germinated and sprouted. Although they were still inedible, they also grew lush leaves.

At this time, these fresh and tender vegetable stems and leaves are all fine except for being a little low due to the heavy rain.

Although these vegetables are just some common crops and do not have the miraculous effect of tree fruits, they still have tenacious vitality.

Seeing that there was not much rainwater accumulated in the planting box, Rock couldn't help admiring Junsha Yami's planting technology.

When growing vegetables, Rock filled the bottom plate of the planting box with holes at Junsha Masami's suggestion, and then mixed some gravel into the prepared planting soil.

This makes these grow boxes very water-repellent and has stood the test of time in this rainstorm.

After taking a quick look at a few planting boxes and finding that there was no problem, Rock took the geraniums straight through the vegetable garden, and was ready to go back to make dinner.

Just then, a miraculous scene happened.

(End of this chapter)