Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 740

In the next few minutes, Sean briefly introduced to Augustus the high-yield crops that had recently been planted on a large scale—sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn.

Not only did he introduce it, but Sean also took out the actual object from his dimensional backpack.

Several sweet potatoes, a pile of potatoes, and five unpeeled corn cobs were placed in front of Augustus in turn.

Augustus stared at the crops.

It's just that his eyes are full of doubts, because he has never seen these things.

"Are these things really edible?" He asked cautiously.

"Of course!" Sean nodded, "Let me demonstrate it to you."

Sean took out the grill from the dimensional backpack, placed the three kinds of food on the rack and turned on the grill mode.

In order to increase the speed, Khadgar and Thor also came to help, such as slicing the potatoes, brushing the roasted corn with water and sauce.

After a while, the unique aroma of roasted corn and roasted sweet potatoes spread in the hall.

The original serious meeting of the saints was filled with the atmosphere of a barbecue stall.
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Augustus smelled the aroma of corn and sweet potatoes and felt his index finger move.

After it was baked, he took the roasted sweet potato handed over by Sean, and took a bite regardless of the heat.

Freshly baked sweet potatoes still have the smell of burnt earth. They are fragrant, sweet and have a silky texture.

Augustus was full of praise: "To be honest, I didn't eat much after entering the sanctuary, but this food is really delicious, and it's much better than most foods without any seasoning!
But what I want to know most is, what is the yield of this crop? "

Of course, he is most concerned about the yield of sweet potatoes. Even if the sweet potatoes are delicious, if the yield is too low, it will be completely useless.

Sean didn't say anything, just smiled and made a "five" gesture.

"What do you mean?" Augustus didn't understand Sean's gesture.

"I mean, this crop yields five times more than wheat!" Sean explained as he ate a bite of grilled corn.

"Five times!!!" Augustus was shocked.

There was a fiery light in his eyes, and he vaguely felt that the sweet potato in his hand was a bit hot.

Half of the Sunflower Principality is located in the middle of the desert, and there are not many arable land and water sources available. Every piece of land and every drop of water is as precious as gold.

If planting sweet potatoes allows them to feed 5 times more people, the impact on the principality will definitely be subversive!

So Augustus looked at the sweet potato as if he was looking at a holy-rank magic spar. If the sweet potato in front of him had not been roasted, he would even be a little reluctant to eat it.
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Sean took another bite of the corn and explained: "Five times is just the most conservative estimate, because this kind of crop is easy to feed, and the yield can easily reach seven or eight times that of wheat, at least our experimental field has done it.

And what I recommend you the most is this high-yielding crop called sweet potato.

According to the research of our agricultural researchers, this crop is most suitable for growing in sandy loam and sandy soil with deep, loose, ventilated, and well-drained soil. Sunflower Principality should have many such lands. "

"Yes, our country does have a lot of sandy loam!" Augustus' eyes turned red.

According to Xiao En's description, this crop is indeed the most suitable high-yield crop for their country.

If Sean hadn't lied to him, he couldn't wait to go back to the country and let the farmers in the country plant it on a large scale! .
But Augustus also understood that there is no free lunch in the sky.

After the excitement, he also knew that Sean would definitely not give them such a good thing for nothing, and he would definitely have to pay a certain price.

"Then Sean, what is the price?" Augustus looked directly at Sean: "What do we need to pay to get sweet potato seeds and planting technology?"

"Don't worry about this, listen to me first." Sean felt that he was not satisfied with only vegetarianism, so he took out a large amount of meat and started to grill:
"Actually, this crop is not perfect. At least you have tasted it just now. Sweet potatoes are very sweet. If you eat them all the time, you will get tired of them. It's okay as a supplement, but not as a staple food."

"This is not a problem." Augustus touched his chin: "Many people in our country are so hungry that they eat bark to satisfy their hunger. Some of them are already very good. No matter how sweet it is, I believe everyone can bear it."

"No, no, you misunderstood me." Sean explained:

"Of course we in the Principality of Lane will also plant a large number of these high-yielding crops. They also include many that can be used as staple foods, such as corn, potatoes, improved wheat, etc. The yield per mu of these high-yielding crops is two or three times that of current wheat. about.

Of course, our own people can't finish these staple foods, and the rest can be exported to you in large quantities in exchange for some resources. "

"What types of resources do you need?"

"There are so many things, such as furs, bones, and magic cores on monsters, and gold, silver, copper, and iron ore. You can let your people dig mines and exchange ores and resources for food.

Of course, the planting technology and seeds of sweet potatoes can also be exchanged with these resources, and I can give you a very low price. "

In fact, there is another very important point that Sean did not mention, that is, coal and oil.

Although Xiao En doesn't know how much Sunflower Duchy's output of these two resources is, the Sunflower Duchy plus the desert is larger than the Ryan Duchy, so there must be reserves in this area.

Especially coal, the Sunflower Principality still doesn't know the value of this kind of resource, it must be the price of cabbage, it would be great to get some back for storage with this good opportunity.

Of course, Augustus would not have guessed what Sean was thinking, and he was overjoyed at Sean's proposal for a deal: "Well, I'll start prospecting across the country when I go back!"
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For the next half hour, the two sides conducted detailed bargaining on the details of trade in agricultural products and minerals, and finally signed a formal trade agreement.

In the trade agreement, Augustus will take his subordinates to prospect and mine across the country after returning home, and exchange ore resources for Ryan's food.

The price of grain was a quarter lower than the market price, which was considered a discount given to them by Sean.

After signing the agreement, Sean temporarily left the hall.

Not long after, he brought a [Dune Shaper] back in.

【Dune Shaper】

Quality: Rare

3 fee 3/3
After a player casts a spell, place a random Mage minion card into your hand.

Race: Dwarf

Card description: Magic show, welcome to visit.Sand sculpture castle, followers stop.
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[Dune Shaper] is a follower card that Sean obtained a long time ago, and it happens to be useful now, so Sean summoned him.

"Your Excellency Augustus, this sand sculptor is a loyal subordinate of mine, and he will be the liaison between our two countries in the future." Sean introduced the follower to Augustus.

(End of this chapter)