Human farmers who want to grow crops on a large scale will encounter some problems to a greater or lesser extent.
For example, monsters that destroy crops, pests, and crop diseases will result in extremely low crop yields for human farmers, so wise farmers generally do not cultivate their farmland too large.
But these half-elves don't have such worries. They know the characteristics of each plant very well, and their magic can easily heal any injury or disease of the plants.
This is also the reason why the Deep Green Clan, with a population of only 80,000 to 90,000, can contract a quarter of the food supply in the Far South.
But what was in front of Elder Cassia? Farmland! Farmland so large that even he himself was amazed!
Although the scale of the land in front of them could not be compared with the farmland that the Deep Green Clan had cultivated over hundreds of years, what was terrifying was that Elder Cassia heard that they had built it in less than a month.
These farmlands were built in the cold winter! Elder Cassia looked through the transparent greenhouse and could see the seedlings growing vigorously in the greenhouse!
Elder Cassia used to believe that large-scale planting was something that only the Deep Green Clan could do in this world, and this was his only trump card.
But the problem is that Lucheng seems to be able to do it too...
"There is no such thing as being weak or not. Your abilities are very useful in the current situation." Lu Cheng couldn't guess why the elder sighed, but the Deep Green Clan's ripening ability was what Lu Cheng urgently needed.
The vegetables planted in the greenhouse have grown into seedlings, and the harvest will take at least two or three months. Although the food in the camp can be transported to Lucheng through the portal, it is an "unnecessary energy coin expenditure".
The most important question is…
"Lord Lucheng, considering the current population of Skare, perhaps..." Elder Cassia explained the reason for his lack of confidence. The population of Skare and the camp was too small, and the supply of food was not as difficult as imagined.
"The population of Skare will increase soon, and will become more and more in the next few months." Lu Cheng said with certainty.
"Am I worrying too much? Lord Lu Cheng, please rest assured that we will ensure that the people of our country have enough to eat."
Elder Cassia's grief was soon relieved. God and Her Majesty the Queen were watching here, and if he continued to look sad, he would be beaten.
He was halfway through his sigh when Lu Cheng took him directly into the greenhouse in the planting area.
The greenhouse in the planting area is an all-steel arched shed that is three meters high, eighty meters long, and eight meters wide. Basically, only one greenhouse can be built on one acre of land.
Taking land utilization into consideration, only half of the 100 acres of reclaimed land was used to build greenhouses, that is, 50, of which 25 have been put into use.
The greenhouse that Lu Cheng brought the elder to was newly built.
The plants grown in the greenhouses in the planting area are not as comfortable as those in the ecological park. Not only are there air conditioners that maintain constant temperature all year round, but there are also special greenhouses for their cultivation.
But the temperature inside the greenhouse is maintained at around ten to sixteen degrees Celsius, which is a world of difference compared to the cold weather outside.
"It's time to show off your skills." Lu Cheng said, pointing to the turned over soil on the ground.
"Lina, where do you get the seeds of the wheatgrass tree and the waterheart fruit?"
Elder Cassia had already lost face once in the ecological park, and he couldn't afford to lose face again this time.
He has to use his own magic to create his own seeds, so he has to use his own unique skills.
Lina was the apprentice who had been holding an umbrella for Elder Cassia. He found two seeds for Elder Cassia, one was green and the other was blue.
Elder Cassia placed the two seeds into the soil, and the dark green inscription on the back of his hand lit up again.
The magical light released from his hands acted on the soil below.
The seeds of the wheat tree and water heart fruit in the soil began to grow rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Where's the camera? Oh! I'll take the picture."
Dr. Ji Chuan, who came along, could no longer remain calm when he saw this supernatural scene. When those young half-elves cast their magic in the morning, they only accelerated the ripening of the already grown plants.
But the magic cast by this elder can directly ripen a seed to maturity!
This growth rate is much faster than using chemical fertilizers such as Jinkela!
Under the influence of magical light, the two plants matured quickly. The wheat tree was not the towering tree that Lu Cheng had imagined. Although it also had the characteristics of trees, its branches and trunk were only as thick as an adult's wrist. It was already the limit to grow to about one meter. Then, under the influence of Elder Cassia's magic, the tree quickly completed the three steps of branching, flowering, and fruiting...
According to normal tree growth, this would take at least a year. If it were a seed, it would be a question whether it could grow to this size in a few years.
In contrast, the growth of the water heart fruit next to it is much more subtle. It is more like a carrot-like crop. Lu Cheng watched its leaves grow all the way until they grew to the size of a human palm.
It took Elder Cassia about an hour from planting the seeds to casting magic to ripen the food. When the wheat tree and water heart fruit were fully grown, Elder Cassia wiped the sweat from his forehead.
After doing all this, Elder Cassia personally picked a small bunch of fruits from the wheat tree and handed it to Lu Cheng.
As the name suggests, this fruit looks like a slightly enlarged rice ear.
Elder Cassia first stuffed one of the fruits into his mouth, and Dr. Ji Chuan next to him also tasted it... the taste of this quickly ripening plant.
Lu Cheng tasted two...and concluded that they had no taste. The seeds themselves were relatively soft, but had no taste at all in the mouth.
"One wheatgrass tree can produce thousands of fruits, but if you let them grow naturally, it will take two or three years to produce so many fruits." Elder Cassia said, "This is the main crop we grow. There is another reason... This fruit itself has no effect. If it is ground into powder, it can be baked into food such as bread."
"Bread? This fruit is wheat?" Lu Cheng looked at Dr. Ji Chuan, but Dr. Ji Chuan seemed to be concerned about other things.
"Old sir, you seemed to emphasize the lack of taste?" Dr. Ji Chuan took a seed and observed it carefully. He vaguely realized that there were some differences between naturally grown plants and plants ripened by magic.
"Yes, you can try the water heart fruit below." Elder Cassia handed the grown water heart fruit to Dr. Ji Chuan.
This is a light blue fruit that looks a bit like a peach even though it grows in the soil.
Dr. Ji Chuan wiped the dirt off the surface of the fruit and took a bite without even thinking it was dirty.
"Doesn't this fruit have any taste?" asked Dr. Ji Chuan.
"Yes, normally grown water heart fruits taste sweet. The magic I used speeds up their growth, but don't worry... This is just a demonstration. When we plant water heart fruits in the future, we will leave space for them to grow so that they can accumulate sweetness for themselves." Elder Cassia said.
The fruits that were ripened in an instant had no taste, which seemed to be what Dr. Ji Chuan had expected.
Dr. Ji Chuan continued to ask the elder about the effects of ripening magic, and concluded that the magic cast by the Deep Green Clan can speed up the growth of plants. A gentler ripening method is to shorten the plant's growth cycle by about half, which can ensure the taste and nutrition of the plant itself, as well as the speed of harvest.
"Does this solve the food problem?" Lu Cheng roughly understood the planting methods of these half-elves. "The rest is to attract immigrants."