545 - - 16-24 Laozi Power Up
, and then deal with the moderates. We need to work on all three in parallel.
August 22. On Horai Island, the old man was explaining the plan to Jin himself.
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"I understand that. But first of all, I would like to know their food situation.
Jin thought that as long as he could improve the food situation of the demon tribe, this disturbance would be 80% solved.
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After a few seconds of discussion, the old man agreed.
"Okay, we'll focus on that for a couple of days. Can you look at the other two points?"
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The old man complained to Jin that there was no one who should be the leader of each of them.
"Well, do you mean that you are short of personnel?"
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However, as it is now, it is clearly not powerful enough. At the very least, it should be better than Rand.
"Okay, I've made up my mind. <
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The security system does not allow the "Mere Old Man" to modify <
Thus, Jin decided to modify Laojun's mobile terminal, <
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However, since the modification was already done with Reiko and other golems, it took less than an hour to complete the modification even with the addition of new functions.
The complete revision of the skeleton and muscles, the addition of the sense of touch are obvious features, as are the aetherjammer and gravity magic, as well as offensive and defensive magic.
They should also be equipped with a mana tank and have sufficient energy reserves.
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They can also use engineering magic and healing magic. She is truly an all-powerful automata.
Reiko is also an all-around automaton, but in her case, her offensive power is outstanding. In the case of Lao Tzu, her functions were adjusted to be well-balanced.
One of her unique features is that she has inside her body five 5cm-tall ultra-compact golems, called
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These golems are based on the Mini Craftsman (Smith), and are specially designed to be half the size (5 cm) of the Smith. It is a half-mini standard, so to speak.
It is useful for information gathering. They are also called "Finger 1 to 5.
"How is Lao Tzu doing, Mr. Lao Tzu?
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The old man tried the mobile terminal "Laozi" and reported to Jin that the performance of the mobile terminal was perfect.
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"Okay. Be careful."
"Yeah, that's the way it's going to be. When the moderates calm down, we'll start on the extremists.
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"Okay. Let's put on Falcon 8-10. I have a lot of free magical elements (ether), so it should be no problem to stay in the air.
Thus, the old man, Lando's team for the radicals, and Jin's double doll, Reiko, and Anne for the moderates were to deal with <
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"Our agricultural situation?
Jin (his double) was having a meeting with Bardius, the chief of the <
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"Yes. Of course we can help them, but I think it would be best if they could become self-sufficient.
"Yes, that is true. Then, I will have Lorona guide you. She knows a lot about that kind of thing.
So, Rorona, the mother of Istaris and Zion, was to guide Jin. Reiko followed silently.
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Meanwhile, Anne is guided by Istaris and Sion to the residential area of the
Rorona has silver hair, light blue eyes, and white skin just like Istaris and Theon. Or rather, many of the <
Jin imagined that there might be many marriages between close relatives, but he changed his mind to concentrate on farming for now.
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"Most of the wheat we grow is barley," he said.
We were shown to a barley field on a hill overlooking the sea. Although the ears of barley had already grown, they seemed to be less fertile than the ones we had seen in Kaina Village.
Incidentally, barley is said to be more resistant to salt damage than wheat. Therefore, it makes sense that barley is grown in the fields along the coastal edge.
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"Well, are you taking any measures to prevent crop failure?
"Yes, we try to put humus in the field when it is not being cultivated.
Row crop failure is the failure of a crop to grow or yield because the same crop is grown continuously, causing an increase in certain diseases or pests, or depletion of minerals in the soil.
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"Hmmm, maybe that's not enough, or maybe it's a varietal thing."
Jin couldn't come up with any more causes with his knowledge, unless he was double cropping (growing two different crops in one year on the same arable land) or double cropping (growing the same crop in the same way), that is, resting the land for more than six months and fertilizing it with organic fertilizers.
"What about the other crops?"
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So he takes a look around.
"Yes, this way. We grow a bean here called the nut bean."
From what Jin could see, these beans were very similar to peas. Indeed, they are the most cold-resistant type of beans.
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However, they did not seem to grow well there either.
"This is what we use to make sweetness. It's called Vietra."
It was a sugar beet.
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"We grind, squeeze the juice and boil it to make sugar. The dregs are used to feed the livestock."
The dregs are used to feed the few capris they raise, which are somewhere between cows and sheep.
This is in line with what Jin knows.
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The last one is this.
"What?"
A field full of white flowers. Jin recognized the flowers.
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"...... buckwheat?"
When he looked closer, he saw that the stem was red at the base. It was definitely buckwheat. Well, not all buckwheat has a red root, but Jin remembered that the root of buckwheat was red.
"It is called 'Kuromugi' (black buckwheat). The seeds are sown in May when the snow melts, and harvested in September.
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It is true that buckwheat seeds are blackish brown in color, but they are a different kind of plant from wheat. But that is not the point.
"How do you eat this so...... black wheat?"
"Yes, it is ground into flour with the skin, kneaded in hot water and eaten."
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In short, Jin thought, buckwheat is good.
Unlike barley, buckwheat is also prized for its aroma, even if it is ground with the hulls. It is good.
"......If you make soba, but you don't have soy sauce, you don't have much. ......"
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Without soy sauce, there are not many choices of how to eat buckwheat noodles.
"Buckwheat cookies or steamed bread,......"
Jin can also make buckwheat noodles, though not as well as his profession, since he made buckwheat noodles for New Year's Eve for several years when he was in an orphanage. However, he gave up making soba-tsuyu (buckwheat sauce) since it is not available in the Demon Territory.
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Even though he did not have baking powder, he had baking soda, so he could make steamed bread.
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Having inspected all the crops and fields, Jin (a double doll in place of Jin) returned to the residence of the <
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Jin sits down on a chair in the reception room and thinks (actually, Jin and the old man in Horai Island are thinking). Then he spoke his conclusion after thinking about it.
"...... First of all, we need to secure manpower, and then we need to review our crops and agriculture."
"Jin-dono? What does that mean?"
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Rorona and her husband Radeous, who was also present at the meeting, looked at each other as if they did not understand. Bardius was even less sure.
"Let's make a golem for farming. Then we will grow potatoes. Then we can use the greenhouse.
Jin expressed the idea he had in mind.
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"I know what a farming golem is. But what are potatoes? What is a greenhouse?
To this question, Jin gave a simple explanation.
Potatoes, also called topopo, are potatoes that can be grown in cold climates. They can be delicious depending on how they are cooked. In a greenhouse, the crops are enclosed with transparent boards. The temperature inside is higher than outside."
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"That sounds great!"
Rorona, who is an expert on agriculture, seemed to understand a lot from that explanation alone.
"We would like you to provide us with the materials, including the production of the golem.
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"Of course. Of course. I will prepare them as soon as possible.
Radeous said he would prepare the materials and left the room.
"So, how can we reward Jin-dono, or rather, what can we do for him in return ......?"
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Vardius, the chief, said anxiously.
Jin's answer was,
"First, some buckwheat...... berries and a few Vietra seeds.
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The first thing to do was to take a few buckwheat berries and a few Vietra seeds.