Chapter 137 Climate and Farming (Updated)

"How has the temperature changed recently?"

Ji Lin focused his attention on his deputy, Chongshan, the person in charge of territory construction and planning, who was standing in front of him.

After he sorted out the latest production report, his eyes fell on the somewhat gloomy sky outside the window, as if he wanted to see the blocked sun through the clouds. In the distant streets, people wearing brown linen clothes were walking by in groups of three or two. The tailor shop had not yet popularized new clothes throughout the territory due to the lack of materials.

Buying cotton is too expensive, but the cotton in the territory will be harvested soon, and then the tailor shop in the territory can start working and sew brand new clothes.

He heard Ji Lin's question and answered.

"The temperature is a little low. According to the current temperature drop, we may have to give new coats to the people."

According to the seasons on Earth, it is now the autumnal equinox, and the temperature drops slightly.

Three seasons have passed in a year, and after the autumnal equinox, winter will come.

On Blue Star, the autumn harvest is often around the autumnal equinox, in late September.

In ancient times, there was no special method for accurate temperature measurement. Although there were tools such as ice bottles, they were also tools for dealing with large temperature changes, which could be felt by the human body itself.

It would be nice if there was a storm bottle, at least the changes in temperature and weather could be more obvious.

With a mechanical clock, we know the time, but we don't know the changes in temperature and weather.

Ji Lin sighed.

Although the ancients had their own set of weather observation methods, it was based on empirical science accumulated over a long period of experience. If we change to another area, I don't know how much of this experience can be trusted.

Moreover, Ji Lin really didn't know how the ancients understood the weather conditions for the next few days or even a month by observing astronomical phenomena.

As far as their body sensations were concerned, after the beginning of autumn, the temperature began to slowly drop, and they could often feel a little chill in the weather.

The temperature did not change much, so they could continue to farm.

In Ji Lin's memory, wheat and rice were both quite cold-resistant. It's just that ginger, carrots and sugarcane are relatively poor in cold resistance. Once the temperature starts to drop, there is a possibility of large-scale death.

In winter, only wheat and rice are planted as staple crops.

This is their first year here. They cannot be sure of the temperature changes. The first year is always the most difficult.

The climates of different territories are different. Although the climates of all people are roughly on the same level, at least the temperature will be relatively suitable for growing crops. The temperature that is not suitable for growing crops will receive subsidies provided by the system - some special crops suitable for the local environment.

Green plants that can grow slowly even in ice and snow.

A statistical joke, if the average temperature in the region drops by one degree, there will always be a place that can drop by 10 degrees or even 20 degrees.

In the first year, the lords struggled to summarize the changes in temperature and precipitation in the territory. In the second year, they determined and planted suitable crops, and developed the agriculture of the territory step by step.

Ji Lin has sufficient fresh water and does not have to rely on the weather. This alone makes him start much better than other lords.

Climate, climate...

It's really unpredictable.

"By the way, the problem of water shortage in residential areas mentioned before requires the construction of an artificial river with a length of at least 4.5 kilometers and a width of three meters."

Ji Lin tapped the edge of the table and asked Chongshan.

"After the autumn harvest, I think we can start letting the people try to dig."

Using wooden and stone tools to build an artificial river, a hoe can only turn up a little soil, and the progress in a day is only a little bit. The earthwork can kill the territory.

Now the gradual popularization of iron tools has made the speed of the people carrying out engineering construction incomparable to the past. The sharp and light iron tools can cut the enemy's body, and can also turn up the thick soil to create their own artificial river.

Even so, a 4.5-kilometer-long artificial river is still a test of the productivity of the territory.

4.5 kilometers long, three meters wide, two meters deep, 27,000 cubic meters of soil.

According to the assumption that one worker digs one cubic meter of soil per hour, mobilizing 500 workers and working eight hours a day, it only takes about six days to complete. Well... this is not unacceptable. Of course, considering that the soil needs to be transported, the efficiency will be much lower than the ideal state, and it will take more time.

But there is no choice. The residential area is built in this place. If they want to continue to develop, they must obtain fresh water from other places. The medium-sized lake that has been with them since the beginning of the territory has gradually shown signs of fatigue and has begun to shrink.

For this reason, they also used iron tools to dig several wells to cope with the growing demand for water. It is unknown how long this groundwater resource can be used by these 3,600 people.

A river can support a large population.

It can support a prosperous city.

Ji Lin has never seen flying snowflakes, but he thinks it is not bad if he can't see them. If snowflakes are flying, the temperature in the territory will be close to zero degrees.

At that time, the growth rate of crops will be greatly affected, but the seeds of some plants seem to actively dormant until the end of winter, and then break out of the ground when the temperature rises, start to grow, and can be harvested in summer.

However, the current territory can only be regarded as a slightly prosperous town, far from reaching the standards of a city.

He has already given an order to the dean, asking him to see if he can first select a few talented people from the current batch of awakened talents in the territory to be trained as rune craftsmen apprentices. Now that the territory has stable lighting at night with the help of rune lamps, the comfort of the entire territory has been greatly improved.

The pale white light lit up as the night fell, reflecting on the solid and simple wooden houses.

A thousand rune lamps are too many. In order to prevent them from gathering dust, Ji Lin also installed one inside and outside each house. Even so, there are still more than 600 rune lamps in the territory that are not used.

With the help of stable and weak light, the people in the territory can do a lot of things at night.

For example, help him cut the arrow shaft.

Fang Ai asked him to customize 3,000 iron arrows. In addition to the need for the blacksmith shop to make the arrowhead, the arrow shaft also needs to be cut out bit by bit. At night, the people in the territory don’t work.

With lighting, why not help him do more work? You can’t sleep all night!

It is not the capitalists' exploitation. Helping to cut arrow shafts is rewarded with a meal allowance, which can give more meat and vegetables. Now the territory still follows the planned meal of one meat every two days. The ever-increasing catch makes Ji Lin consider whether to adjust to the formal ration of eating meat once a day.

The amount of meat is reduced, but it can be eaten more times, and every time, because it is a collective kitchen with a big pot, there is no need to worry about waste.

This is a special luxury for the feudal people. Most small landlords in ancient times could not afford to eat meat once a day. And because of this, although the food in the territory is monotonous, these people also eat with relish. They can have meat every other day, and it is good to have enough food, so they don’t care about whether it is diverse or not.

Eating pickled vegetables and white porridge every day is their desire.

Under the temptation of food, the people cut all the arrow shafts in one day, put on the tail feathers and handed them in to the city hall.

You asked where the feathers come from. There are quite a lot of seabirds in the territory. Those white seabirds are accurate in front of the light crossbow. You can shoot them down by calculating the trajectory. Or wait until they land and shoot them with silent cold arrows.

Their feathers are pretty good, and the tail feathers used as arrows are also good, and they taste delicious.

No part of their body is wasted, even the bones can be thrown to the hunting spiders for a snack, their diet is as varied as that of dogs.

Seabirds active in the fish-rich seas are all plump and fat.

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