Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 348 Civilization Treasure: Holy Relic Curved Plow

Byron's mind moved, and the huge three-dimensional map in front of him began to change.

Other places shrank, but the area near Tayapan quickly expanded, and in an instant, the scene of a black farmland outside the city appeared.

Not long ago, this was a forest. After the fire, the ground was covered with a layer of ash.

A group of indigenous farmers came to the field and prepared, with bags filled with carefully selected corn seeds, iron farming tools, and farmyard manure prepared in advance using composting technology.
Compared with the slash-and-burn agriculture of indigenous city-states in other places, this was already "top technology" that was ahead of its time.

In particular, they were surrounded by a novel device pulled by oxen, which was the most advanced technology among the most advanced technologies.

Food is the first necessity of the people! If we want to win over the people and make the Bulk Empire cohesive, it is naturally the top priority to ensure that they have enough food.

Byron took out this treasure without hesitation and carried out a pilot project in his own directly governed area.

Corn on the Yucatan Island is generally planted between April and May, and in the southern part of the former Tutaya Empire, planting can be slightly delayed to June.

It will be piloted in Tayapan first and then extended to the whole country after success.

As the most cutting-edge reform pioneers, this is the true "Taya standard", rather than clinging to the old ways and being proud of their bloodline.

"let's start."

Hearing Catherine's order, the farmers obeyed respectfully and were about to start working.

call--!
Suddenly a gust of wind blew a dark cumulonimbus cloud over the city of Tayapan and the farmland.

Then a light drizzle began to fall.

rustling.
It wet the farmers' clothes and the ground.

All I can say is that the weather was not good. Under normal circumstances, you cannot sow seeds when it rains.

However, this is not a normal situation.

In Tayapan and the core territory of the current "Holy Golden Empire", he, Byron Lancaster, is that God!

Catherine reacted faster than Byron. She grabbed his astral body and swung it towards the sky as if it were a scepter.

A golden light that was invisible to mortals rose up, instantly connecting all seven crystal skulls under their rule, as well as the various guardian spirits that had surrendered to them.

Crystal Skull No. 1 [God of Heaven]; No. 3 [Corn God]; No. 5 [Sun God]; No. 6 [Moon Goddess]; No. 8 [Quetzalcoatl]; No. 12 [North Star God];
Plus a crystal skull number two [Mother Earth Goddess] Mano presented to him by the city of Uxmal.

The seven skulls exude a strong resonance. Since the collapse of the Taya Empire, their connection has never been so close.

And now is different from the past, the [Golden Law] as an extension has integrated them into a whole.

The law is the thread, the seven gods are the nodes, and the guardian spirits are on guard at the side, together covering every aspect of this land where all things have spirits.

Catherine's power as the "Executive Vice Emperor" instantly covered all fields including agriculture, astronomical phenomena, weather conditions, and medicine.

What is managed is no longer just the human kingdom, but covers the entire natural world of heaven, earth, and humans.

At the same time, she said softly:
"Decree: Today, Tayapan will be sunny and rainless!"

Suddenly a strong wind blew, and the cumulonimbus clouds that had not yet fully formed were blown far away to the sea, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The third-level core ability of the Law Mage [Law] that was "traded" from the three assassins had long been given to Catherine.

In addition, even the supreme "God" was controlled by her at will.

Within the scope of the Golden Rule, one can be said to have spoken the law and his words are followed by the law.

"Okay, let's continue."

The farmers naturally also heard the order issued by Catherine. Where had they ever seen such an astonishing scene?

If he can command heaven and earth with just one sentence, how powerful must the Lord of Heaven be?
After his mind was enlightened, he couldn't help but kneel down and bow deeply in the direction of the pyramid before continuing to work.

"Moo~"

The oxen that had been transported thousands of miles from the Old World began to move forward, dragging a strange device behind them that was held steady by a native.

This novel scene immediately attracted many city-state residents, as well as extraordinary people and soldiers from the "Knights of the Religious Army" to watch.

"Is this farming? Why is it completely different from before?"

"Looking at the ashes on the ground, it must have been burned once. Shouldn't we just sow the seeds now?"

"Yes, after sowing the seeds, we can find the guardian spirit to offer sacrifices. That's what we did before."

More and more people gathered, but no one knew what they were doing.

Finally, even the great shaman of Uxmal, Sivatel, rushed over after hearing the news. He used black magic to communicate with his own earth-attributed [Giant Bear Spirit] and only then did he vaguely see some clues.

Theoretically, in tropical rainforests, there is high temperature and high rainfall throughout the year, the water and heat conditions are sufficient, and the agricultural production period is long, which can fully meet the needs of three crops a year.

But rainforests grow exceptionally vigorously and absorb large amounts of nutrients from the soil.

Coupled with the rainy climate, the soil leaching effect is very strong, and most of the nutrients of the entire ecosystem are in the bodies of various vegetation on the surface.

Therefore, the soil in the rainforest is very poor.

In order to make up for this shortcoming, indigenous farmers have adopted a very primitive milpa farming method since ancient times:
“First, cut down all the trees, wait for a period of time to dry out, and then burn them before the rainy season arrives. Use the ash as fertilizer to cover the poor rainforest soil.

After burning the land, they plant a new crop, and then leave it fallow for 1-3 years. In some places, it may even take up to 6 years, waiting for the vegetation to grow lushly again before burning it and planting again.

It was fine when the population was small, but when civilization prospered and the population increased, the pressure on agriculture became greater and greater. The indigenous people destroyed forests and reclaimed wasteland on a larger scale, while also shortening the fallow period as much as possible.

But this will make it easier for rain to wash away the fertile soil, causing soil fertility to continue to decline and corn yields to decrease.

In addition, farming destroyed vegetation, causing a large loss of nutrients in the system, and the fragile rainforest system collapsed easily. In many cases, they had to abandon the city-states where they had lived for hundreds of years and retreat to more primitive mountains and forests.

The current decline of the Taya people, in addition to the spying of the old gods, is also closely related to the continuous collapse of basic agriculture.

"A little wider. Different vegetation requires different ridge widths."

At this time, under Byron's guidance, the farmers plowed out ridges with appropriate spacing in the fields after burning the wasteland and carefully clearing away stones, tree roots and other debris.

Then he planted corn seeds on the high raised ridges of the field, placing three seeds in each hole.

This planting method may seem ordinary, but it is actually one of the most advanced agricultural technologies today - ridge cultivation.

Ridge farming not only solves problems such as farmland lighting, ventilation, irrigation, and access, but also saves a lot of labor.

What's even better is that when it rains heavily, the relatively high ridges and crops will not be flooded, and the alternating ditches perfectly complete the task of storing and draining water.

Furrows can also be used for irrigation during droughts.

Unless there are force majeure events such as severe droughts or floods, farmland production will not be reduced too much.

This method of cultivation is particularly suitable for the rainy environment of Yucatán.

The most important thing is that the ridges and furrows are interchanged every year. Every year after the crops are harvested, the farmers will re-plow the entire field, and then interchange the ridges and furrows the next year to achieve rotational fallow.

It can ensure that the soil does not become infertile due to years of cultivation, thus ensuring continuous production capacity.

It can also monitor and balance the acidity and alkalinity of the soil as a whole to avoid nutritional imbalance.

By tilling the soil year after year, the soil's tillage and fertility can be continuously improved, and the natural soil (raw soil) can be gradually transformed into fertile arable soil (cultivated soil) suitable for crop growth.

Only in this way can a piece of land gradually change from wasteland to high-quality cultivated land over the years, with increasing grain yields.

Instead of repeating the cycle of burning and cultivating the land.

Just by changing the ridge tillage method, it is absolutely no problem to increase the yield four or five times compared to slash-and-burn farming!
Ridge cultivation is the goal, and the curved plow is currently the best means to achieve this goal.

Moreover, it skipped the "straight shaft" and stepped into the more advanced "curved shaft".

The plow bell can be used to adjust the depth of the plowshare into the soil; equipped with a plow wall, the soil can be broken, loosened and ridged freely;

It can also push the turned-up soil pile to one side, reducing the resistance of the plow, increasing the speed of tilling the land, and is nimble and easy to operate.

It can be easily operated by one person with just one cow.

Every time this curved plow plowed a row, a golden light would penetrate into its body.

After plowing a total of ten furrows along the way, it finally looked like a field.

clang!clang!clang!
As expected, as a distant bell rang, a dazzling golden light suddenly shot straight into the sky from the curved plow.

Then Byron, Catherine and all the onlookers saw that the curved plow, which looked like pure gold, suddenly broke free from the restraints of the oxen and the farmer.

A translucent golden bull appeared in front, and a translucent silver horse appeared behind. The golden bull pulled the plow, and the silver horse held the handle, and they galloped forward at a very fast speed.

After every ten plowings, the oxen and horses would exchange positions and continue to pull while the other supported.

Row after row, the land was plowed neatly in just the blink of an eye, and even the prepared corn seeds were planted.

Everyone was stunned when seeing this scene.

"Fully automatic tillage plow?"

Byron and Catherine couldn't help but applaud its performance.

"Ox, a mature plowshare should learn to plow the land by itself."

[Second Level Holy Relic - Curved Plow]:
"As just demonstrated, different tillage modes can be activated according to different crop types, automatically breaking up the soil, loosening the soil, forming ridges, and sowing. Currently, 1,000 acres can be tilled per day.

It can also allow the fields it plows to reach the most perfect growth state, increasing the basic yield by 20%.

In addition, as the curved plow becomes more popular, its working efficiency will gradually increase, and one day it will reach the level of a first-class holy relic."

After seeing the capabilities of the curved plow, Byron immediately thought of its best use:
"The time needed to cultivate land in a place each year is very limited. If you miss it, you can only wait another year.

Even if we can cultivate 10,000 or 100,000 acres a day, the speed is still not fast enough.

But if I have an empire on which the sun never sets, the climate in the north and south is different, and the time for planting crops will naturally be different.

In this way, it can be moved from north to south, or from south to north.

If you harvest three times a year, you only need to make three trips back and forth.

This way, we can work all year round and maximize the capabilities of the oxen, horses, and plowshares.

I am a really good boss who works very hard to protect my employees’ jobs.”

The Great Shaman Sivatel had no idea what was going on in his mind, nor did he realize that the "street lights" all over the world seemed to begin to flash violently.

Kneeling on the ground and kissing the ground, tears welled up in my eyes:
"My Lord, have mercy on us. Our people will no longer starve to death, nor will they have to commit suicide on their own initiative!"

If believers also have levels.

This female shaman who had been dealing with the land all her life had undoubtedly transformed into a fanatic at this moment.

With this technology that is enough to save countless lives, Byron has easily pushed up the contribution of civilization by a large margin. He deserves the title of major shareholder, emperor, and god!

(End of this chapter)