Struggle in the Steam Age

"A good word of mouth is actually a precious intangible wealth, and in this regard, our situation is much better than most farmers or ranchers in this area." The person in charge who accompanied Lawrence and the others to the ranch Said, and then pointed to a new-looking stone building in the distance.

"Especially this time we have also prepared priests from the Agricultural Church and several agricultural experts. With their immediate help, we have recently made a lot of noise."

The so-called big news is not just universal disinfection, but more importantly, a large number of infrastructure constructions.

I have to say that the previous group of people basically only had the idea of ​​getting a vote and leaving. Therefore, although the overall environmental level of these areas is good, no one is carrying out construction work and the infrastructure construction is messed up. It can even be said that these agricultural areas depend on the sky for food.

"You don't know how bad the situation was when we came a while ago." As everyone kept chatting, the person in charge also discovered that Lawrence was not a traditional old nobleman, but a lively young man. So quickly began to talk about the things they encountered when they first came.

"At that time, when we first arrived here, we found that these agricultural areas were a mess. Take the pasture as an example. The place next to the river is a low-lying waterlogged land, while the area far away from the water source has been seriously degraded, with very few Some can be used for grazing."

"The same is true for farms. Only the narrow land on both sides of the river can be used to grow wheat. In other areas, the ground temperature is too low because of the low soil moisture content, and the lack of irrigation can only grow those that do not require high water and land temperature. Potatoes, rye and barley."

"It sounds a bit bad, but I think the situation here should be good." Lawrence said, pointing his finger at a few construction sites in the distance.

In those areas, the workers were sweating and digging the ground and transporting the excavated soil to other places. It seemed that an irrigation ditch should be built.

"This is the first batch of irrigation canals built under the planning of the priests of the agricultural church and some staff. In addition, we are also preparing to build a medium-sized reservoir and six large-scale reservoirs."

Another manager who was sent said, “For this matter, we also applied for a fee to buy wasteland for the construction of the reservoir.”

"Ah, I know about this." Saifei said suddenly on the side when Lawrence hadn't realized when the money was approved.

"I remember that at that time I did approve a federal dollar equivalent to 300,000 kronor for the purchase of land. By the way, is that money enough? I heard that the land purchased this time was quite large."

"In fact, we only spent more than half of the money simply buying wasteland." said the manager in charge of the construction of water conservancy facilities.

"The land that can be used for agriculture and animal husbandry in this area is indeed not cheap, but the wasteland is much cheaper. At least the wasteland that we selected is located in the upper reaches of the river is so cheap that even the budget is not paid out."

"Then I asked them to buy more wasteland." Saifeier turned his head and said to Lawrence at this time.

"This is a decision I made after asking several priests of the Agricultural Church. According to them, the water temperature and water quality in this area are very good, so you can buy more land to build the reservoir a bit bigger, so that those reservoirs can not only provide In addition to irrigation capacity, some freshwater aquaculture can be carried out."

"It's really good." After seeing Syfiel and several managers staring at him, Lawrence immediately expressed his support.

Because according to the results of previous exchanges with the priests and researchers of the agricultural church, fish farming is the most cost-effective thing in terms of farming.

Therefore, with the support of Lawrence, the priests and agricultural personnel of the agricultural church invested a lot of energy in fish breeding research.

Some of them have started aquaculture business in several bays on the island of Neuschau, and the overall progress of this plan is not bad.

Especially after a large group of Roka murlocs joined, the speed of the whole plan was upgraded several times, and even recently it has entered the era of commercial production.

According to statistics in recent months, these farmed seafood have supplied one-fifth of the island’s demand, and this proportion can continue to rise.

However, the overall plan for freshwater aquaculture is much worse, because the island is really short of manpower, so all such manpower is concentrated in the more important marine aquaculture experiment.

The experts and scholars in charge of freshwater aquaculture technology and the priests of the agricultural church can only do some theoretical research by observing the data of marine aquaculture.

So when Syfier asked them about whether to buy wasteland, the group of agricultural professionals naturally proposed to her to buy a large area of ​​wasteland.

At least in their opinion, since there are plans to build several reservoirs and store water, why not spend a little more money to build larger reservoirs.

As long as you add less than 25% of your budget, the reservoir can be transformed from a reservoir that was purely used for water storage and irrigation into a breeding ground that can provide a lot of aquatic products in addition to irrigation and water storage.

"Seriously, although the overall national power of the White Eagle Federation is relatively strong. The average people's access to protein and fat is still somewhat low." Another young woman wearing a burlap robe from the Crucifixion Church said.

"According to my statistics, the protein intake of an ordinary citizen in the Federation is not much different from that of the West Coast Republic, but the fat intake can be a little more than the other.

"This doesn't sound too bad." Saifei asked in a puzzled way. "If I remember correctly, the living standards of the people in the top three in the North of the New World have always been at a good level. So we and The Republic of New South Wales on the west side of the Great Mountain Range should not be considered a bad thing as a whole in terms of this data—"

"The federal government also claims this." said the young priestess of the Crucifixion Church, "but they ignored the dietary gap between the two sides. Those Orientals, who are mainly Aurora people, do not consume too much dairy products. So from the point of view of eating meat, they may eat more than us."

"But then again, both the Great Lakes region and those areas that we passed by when we came by boat belong to the more prosperous areas of the Federation. But even so, there are still many people who have to treat badly with food because of various problems. Themselves, so much that it affected their health."

As a priest of the Passion Church~www.ltnovel.com~, this priest naturally investigated the situation in the whole area after coming here, and the results of the investigation were obviously different from the official announcement.

"So I think it is a good choice to raise fish here." Lawrence said, looking at the hot construction site in the distance. "At least fish is cheaper than other meats, so if fish can be produced here, then we can also help some people from some angles."

After talking about water conservancy facilities, Lawrence continued on his farm and ranch inspection tour.

When he was eating dinner, he unexpectedly discovered that the houses temporarily built as canteens were crowded with workers who came to eat. "Where are these people recruited from, are they the local engineering team?"

"No, of course not." A manager said to Lawrence. "There are a lot of people here. Some of them come from the urban area to do odd jobs, and some are farmers and herdsmen or agricultural workers who are organized to make money during the slack time. . The last part is the workers hired by our factories."

"Workers in the factory." As soon as the manager said, Lawrence immediately observed the group of people. As a result, he found that many of them were wearing uniform uniforms with a white rabbit painted on the back.