Chapter 48: Farming and Development (1)

Two more months passed. During this period, Taranas and Aristophanes sent two scout teams along the east and west sides of Lake Elendal to quickly explore north, and stay at suitable stationing points. Imprint.
And Adrien, who returned to Silvermoon City, finally sent a reply to Taranas. As expected by Aristophane, he did not see Anasteria, his share of the troll After the report was handed in, the report fell to the ground and there was no news.
　　 But after two months of training, the recruits finally looked a little bit better. Coupled with the harvest of fishing, there was no need to worry about supplies. This made Taranas put a big rock in his heart.
　　 What made him uneasy was Aristophanes, an "atypical mage." After the last meeting, he recruited several ranger recruits who could farm land for him in accordance with Aristophan's request.
　　 Then Aristophane led the recruits to investigate the land on the southeast shore of Lake Elendal.
　　 "Master, the land here..." After these recruits followed Aristophane to inspect a part of the land, one of the recruits turned his head to preach to Aristophane.
　　 "Don't be so cautious, Frewin, tell me your opinion."
　　 The boss of this previous copy of the ecological ship, a senior botanist, is just a little ranger who has just joined the army at this moment. Aristophane didn't know it before, but when Taranas recommended it to him, he said that there was a home in the recruit who was doing plant research and asked him if he needed it.
　　 Aristophanes must be! This kind of talent is not too small, so Freywin followed two other recruits and was taken by Aristophane to investigate.
　　 This is the location of the Morning Star Tower for later generations. It is located on the east side of Lake Elendal, across the lake from the camp. According to Aristophanes’ observations, the land is very fertile and easy to irrigate. A little rest is an excellent farmland.
　　 "My lord, then I'll just say it," Frewin said boldly, "I don't think this place is suitable for growing Eremai, which is very magical food, and it will cause great damage to the environment!"
　　 "Is it because of the concentration of magic power?"
　　 "This is one reason, and another reason is that Eremai grows too slowly. Even with magical ripening, it takes two and a half years."
　　 "You are right, what about your suggestion?"
　　 "I have carefully observed that this land is very suitable for planting some herbs, such as silver leaf grass, Swift grass, living root grass, etc. If you think about it, blood thistle is also good."
　　 "Blood thistle is impossible," Aristophanes directly refused. As for the reason, the addiction is too strong. "But are these herbs you mentioned good?"
　　 Freywin shook his head: "Sir, I have never been so far from the Sunwell before. I can't determine the specific growth effect."
Aristophane sighed. He shook his head and rejected Frewin’s proposal: "What we need now is fast-growing, nutritious food crops. Although the herbs are good, they are not suitable at this stage. You still have Any other suggestions?"
　　 "My lord, if you are not picky, there are two things we can grow: pumpkins and grapes, and it's the pumpkin planting period now."
　　 Aristophanes' eyes lit up. Pumpkin is a good thing, from rhizomes to fruits. Grapes can be used as a food supplement for the rangers, or used to make wine and collect funds.
　　 "Very good, Freywin. Can you grow these two crops?"
　　 "My lord, I have studied the cultivation of these plants at home before."
　　 "Very good, then you will be the planting captain of the camp from today. I need you to cultivate ten acres of land within a month and plant suitable pumpkin varieties."
　　 Freyvin looked awkward.
　　 "What's wrong, is there any difficulty?"
　　 "My lord, we don't have enough manpower. And I don't have suitable pumpkin seeds here. I need to go to Tacquelin Town to buy them."
"I can arrange for you with my hands. Don't worry about pumpkin seeds. I will send someone to Tacquelin to buy them. You can write down which variety you want. Just one thing, I need you to plant suitable crops on this land as soon as possible. "
　　 A month later, Karls followed Aristophane to work in this land.
"Aristophane, I really don't understand what you think," Kars said while weeding. "A dignified master arcanist went to work on the farm himself and made the people of Silvermoon City laugh. You can't lose a big tooth."
Aristophan wiped the sweat from his head, stood up and looked at the sprouting land, and said with a smile, "Isn’t my spells useless, and it’s not in Bandinor’s range, and magic machines are useless." , Can only rely on manpower."
　　 "That won't mean you and Taranas take turns in battle!"
"There is no way, there are too few people in the camp. Patrol and guard account for a part, and fishing and killing water elements account for a part. I don't want to be hungry at the end of the year, and the rest will have to farm. After all, Taranas and I belong to the camp. The highest officer, we still understand the truth of leading by example."
　　 Kars muttered something like "We are rangers, not farmers". At this moment, Freywin came over from a distance and stopped them.
　　 "Master Master, Master Karls, the grapes I cultivated before have also sprouted. Would you like to come and see?"
　　 The two cautiously walked out of the pumpkin field, then washed their hands, and walked to a wooden house at the foot of the mountain beside the field.
　　 "Look, my lord, these are grape seedlings." Frewen pointed to the flower pot on the shelf and said.
　　 Aristophanes looked down and found that a short vine was inserted in a shelf full of flower pots, and a part of it had green sprouts.
　　 "Very good, Frewin. What kind of grapes are these?"
　　 "My lord, this is a kind of grape that is planted more frequently in the manor of Yongge Forest. It is called Moonlight. It can be used for making wine and edible, and the taste is very good."
　　 "How many acres of land can these be planted?"
　　 "There are almost a hundred plants here, which can only fill about a quarter of an acre of land, and they will have to adapt to a period of time after being transplanted. Don't expect large-scale harvests this year."
　　 Aristophanes nodded: "It's okay, you follow your rhythm step by step. This is a big project. Just one crop of pumpkins can be harvested this year."
Time soon arrived in the second half of the year ~EbookFREE.me~ and the two teams of scouts sent out to investigate also returned. Not surprisingly, the team of scouts on the west encountered a river. When they followed When the river went downstream, they found that they had reached the Coronation Village, and only then did they realize that the river was the Allendall River.
　　 The scouts on the east side were blocked by the mountains. They said they saw a big island. There seemed to be a cave on the island, but there were no ships, so they didn't dare to explore further.
　　 After Aristophanes completed the sand table according to the descriptions of the scouts, the topography of the northeast corner of Silvermoon Forest, including half of Lake Elendal, which is the northeast corner of the later Ghostlands, has been accurately and clearly described.
　　 He found Taranas again, and after explaining his intention, he took out a roll of parchment: "This is my plan, you have to take a look first."
　　Taranas took it and read: "The five-year development plan for the Morningstar Camp?"
　　 "Yes, the following is divided into five aspects: agriculture, military, metallurgy, construction, and people's livelihood." Aristophanes said while Taranas watched.
　　 "Do you have any questions?" Aristophanes asked after he finished reading.
　　 "There are no other problems, the only question is where does your money come from?" Taranas wondered.
　　 "I found a magic net energy gathering point on the east side of the lake."
　　 "Huh?!" Taranas felt as if he had misheard, "Gathering point? Are you sure?"
　　 "Yes, the kind of gathering point where you can build a medium-sized mage tower, and the concentration of magic power is quite high, just northeast of the pumpkin field."
　　 "Then what are you going to do?"
　　 "Contact His Majesty the King secretly and wait."
"Wait?"
　　 "Yes, when the money from His Majesty the King arrives, our five-year plan can begin."