874 - - magic and agriculture



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"What do you mean? Are you talking about farming with magic, like [soil improvement]?"

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That's right. If there is an influx of migrants from other lands in the future, the cause will probably be food problems.

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"So we don't have food, so we're going to go where we think we might have food, right? That said, we're only just getting a handle on the salt damage, so it's not like we have an abundance of food."

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 Hear Ai's story with Kristina and Elvis.

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 Ai also mentioned that the problems that would eventually occur in the city would be caused by the food that people eat.

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 This is probably true, as few people would move to a new town if they had enough food.

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 And there is a quick solution to this problem.

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 It is magic.

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 Land clearing and soil improvement created by Brother Ars.

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 This is a magic that can change the condition of the land with just one word of incantation.

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 To be honest, I'm thinking that if we have this, there will be no more food problems in the near future, but I wonder if that's true.

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 When I asked Ai about this, his answer came back immediately.

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"Agriculture is essentially nothing but the destruction of the land. It destroys nature and creates farmland on it. That is what agriculture is."

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 Ai's response was not what I expected.

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 It was not only me, but also Kristina and Elvis.

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 I was surprised to hear something so unexpected.

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"Is that how it is? But isn't it okay? If there's going to be farmland, it's going to be more harvestable."

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"No, sir. Agriculture is a profession in which farmers, artisans with specialized knowledge, grow crops using methods suited to the land, and this is the only way to harvest crops. It is not something that can be done well by anyone.

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"Hmm . That may be true, but ....... If you spread wheat on the [improved] soil, you can harvest it anyway, can't you?"

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"This is the Orient, Master Alphonse. And here in the East, or in the Lesser States, rice is more commonly cultivated than wheat. In these lands, where there is a lot of water, there are also many rice paddies.

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"Oh, you mean like that. I remember that [improved soil] is not really suitable for rice cultivation. Isn't that right, Elvis?"

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"Yes. I have heard that Ars-sama, the creator of the magic called "soil improvement", had the purpose of making the soil suitable for growing hatzkas. It would be fine for growing wheat, but in rice paddies, I think we need to work on the soil."

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"Mr. Elvis is right. Soil Improvement can forcibly change the condition of the land with a single spell. For better or worse, it has too much influence. Therefore, even if you continue farming as before, the yield will probably decrease. If the cases of improper farming by magic spread throughout the region, it could cause crop failures in small clusters of countries."

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 I see.

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 That's what Ai meant.

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 Rather than the food problem bringing people to this city, you are saying that magic may cause a big food problem.

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 That may be true.

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 After all, there seems to be a lot of river flooding around here.

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 There might be a possibility that the expansion of farmland by making the soil soft and fluffy by soil improvement might cause more flooding.

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"Have you ever heard of anything like that around here?"

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"...... there might be. This city gets its food from other places, doesn't it? The merchants bring them to us, but there are certainly stories of crop failures. I didn't really see it as a problem, because it would be a good opportunity for the merchants to sell in those areas, but I guess I need to look into it.

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 Apparently, Kristina has an idea about the negative effects of "soil improvement.

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 However, the magic had not spread to that extent until now.

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 Especially in the Orient, magic has not been used by ordinary people.

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 However, in other small countries, where it is said that it is difficult to have a bad harvest, there were some stories about such a situation.

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 Perhaps the influence of magic may have something to do with it.

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"So that's what I'm getting at. In order to get a good harvest in a land with soil improvement and stuff, you need to have the knowledge to take advantage of it. And we have it. After all, we've already been using magic to grow rice in the variant for years."

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"Right. Then why don't you sell Barca rice to them while you're at it? We also have rice varieties that have been improved to grow easily on land with improved soil."

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"Oh, that. That's it. Then let's sell the seed rice and the growing method to Mr. Banagher. If we tell him that we're going to have a bad harvest, he might be willing to buy it for a good price.

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 Okay, let's do that.

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 This town will mostly be buying food from other places anyway.

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 We need other villages to grow their own food.

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 If it might help to reduce the influx of immigrants in turn, we should do it.

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 Let's talk about it when we go to greet the New Year.

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 Time passed slowly but surely as we talked about such things.

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