All right, let's make some rice, Vargas.
"It's rice, General? I don't know what it means to suddenly come here."
"Rice is food. Just like planting wheat in a field, let farmers grow rice and harvest it from a fruitful rice ho."
So you're replacing the wheat. But why not grow up in Vulcania? Why are you trying so hard to build in these wetlands? "
"Depending on the type of rice, I think it can also be terrestrial, but I think I got more water this time. But it's hard to do that unless you have plenty of water. I thought it would be better to do it in the Nelson wetlands of Balgas than in Vulcania."
"Wow, that's strange. Do you plant it in water?... are we really going to succeed?
"... I'm actually not sure. I've never made rice."
"Oh, really? Then why don't you just grow some wheat without doing that?
"Well, I'm pretty sure I'm used to wheat. Agriculture can be abundant due to the influence of the natural environment, or it can be inactive. There is no doubt that it is better to make various kinds. It's not a bad thing to try it out for a bad time."
"Hmm, is that how it is? Well, I don't know unless I try anything. But if you don't know how to do it, it's not a big deal."
"That's fine for now. Some of the guards in Atmos in the east had farmers making rice. He writes about rice making in detail on paper. Let's take a look at that."
Make rice.
That's what I've decided. I've come from Vulcania to the Barcelona realm in Balgas.
There is a place called the Nelson Wetlands, where there is plenty of water.
If you wanted to make rice in the Kingdom of Fontana, this would be the best place.
The Nelson Wetlands are still underdeveloped in the Arbarest area.
If we can develop this, we can expand where people can live, and it should be worth trying.
Moreover, in order to make rice, we are going to make fields.
They manage waterways, and when they plant rice, they put water in the fields, and when they don't, they drain water.
Making this paddy would probably be a measure against mud puppets.
Nelson Wetlands has been using ice flame swords to defeat mud dolls for the past few years, but as long as the wetlands exist, they have been in trouble.
I hope that if we can manage it as a field, the incidence of mud dolls in the wetlands will also decrease.
In the meantime, I'll make rice paddies to grow rice. It takes time to actually grow rice. Maybe we should teach some of them rice cultivation skills to Sula in the east. "
"What's a field, General? Is it different from the field?
"Well, the fields are going to be filled with water, so we need to get around a little bit and have a waterway ready to send water outside."
"Hmm. You're going to boost up around the field and create an entrance to the water from the outside. So, what happened after that?
"Well, rice is grown separately on the seedbed at hand once before seeding, and the seedlings are planted so that they can be plunged into watered fields. At that time, it should have been better to plant at equal intervals to avoid density."
"Ah? Isn't it just seeding? Do we need to plant seedlings?"
"It's going to be tough, planting. Well, after that, wait for the harvest while being careful not to let the rice grow up collapse and soak in the water. Then, when the harvest season comes, the rice is harvested and dried, and then refined rice is eaten. It's more than that."
"... that's tough. I'm starting to get distracted."
"Can I say that, Vargas? Actually, this rice is good for eating, but it's also good for drinking. It's good to have a drink made from rice."
"What, can you make liquor? That's good. All right, all right. I'll have you make that field right away, General."
"That's the spirit. Good luck, Vargas. Well, let's level the ground with [leveling] first. Those who can't use magic have to dig the waterway, and then build a dam upstream. I'm gonna be busy."
"Okay, if you can drink, I'll help you as much as I can. I'm looking forward to it now."
More than I thought, Vargas was eating alcohol.
But I have no idea when I'll be able to drink it.
Whether or not rice making succeeds is subtle.
Should I check whether there is koji or not?
Well, that's fine.
Consider it ineffective immediately and do it.
You'll need to have enough time to evaluate it with a 10-year span.
I guess so.
It may be good to think about whether it is possible to do something like duck farming instead of pesticides.
It should have had the effect of eating pests and stirring water to make it easier for rice to absorb nutrients.
Maybe I should ask Billy for this.
Consider using a bird-shaped service beast in a water-covered field.
If you're a service beast, you listen to me a lot, so I think it's quite user-friendly.
Thus, in the Nelson wetlands, rice cultivation as a flood control and agricultural land development project was started on an experimental basis.