Urban Sims

Chapter 566 Three Steps to Rise
In the Ice and Snow Temple.

The Snow Maiden on the throne waved her hand.

There was a crisp sound of "click".

The ice that froze Zhou Ming cracked, and the crack spread rapidly, turning into fine pieces of ice on the ground.

"hu~hu~"

Zhou Ming took two mouthfuls of fresh air, and rubbed his frozen cheeks with his hands.

"You said...you have a way to make the Snow Clan stronger, is that true?"

A question sounded in my ear, and it was the Ice and Snow Maiden sitting on the throne who asked.

This human monk, the Ice and Snow Maiden originally didn't intend to save his life, but when she heard him shouting by accident, her heart moved, and she was ready to question him.

"Holy One, what can this human being do to strengthen our Snow Clan, he must be a liar, why not kill him!"

"Yes, Holy One, human beings cannot be trusted, it is better to kill them!"

The two Snow Clan elders seem to have deep prejudices against humans.

In fact, this kind of prejudice is not without reason. The Snow Clan still has a lot of contacts with humans. Regardless of peace or war, the Snow Clan needs to buy a lot of living or war supplies from humans. The trade between the Snow Clan and human merchants , has a history of several million years.

The Snow Clan, who has been tricked by countless human businessmen, basically evaluates humans with negative words such as greed, cunning, black heart, etc., and their hostility is very strong.

But there is nothing to do, once the human merchants block the economy, the Snow Clan will soon be in trouble.

Because there are many necessary goods that only humans can produce.

"Shut up both of you, listen to what he has to say first, and then decide to kill him before it's too late."

The Snow Maiden glared at the two elders and said.

The two elders shut their mouths.

Zhou Ming glanced at the Ice and Snow Maiden on the throne.

Fair skin, delicate face, high nose bridge, brown hair, light green eyes, unusually deep.

He is about two meters tall, with a burly physique, broad shoulders and long legs. He wears a snow wolf fur fashion. He has a noble temperament and a pair of weapons on his chest.

To Zhou Ming's first sense, it feels a bit like Athena, the goddess of victory in the West.

I thought to myself: After all, it is a foreign race, and it is normal to be a little different from human beings.

Hearing her question, he cupped his hands and bowed to the Ice and Snow Maiden above him, "May I ask if your lord can speak the language of the human race. I have just learned the language of the snow race for a few days, so I am not very proficient."

"can."

The Ice and Snow Maiden nodded. She had studied with a teacher in the human world and lived in the human world for a long time, so she could speak the human language naturally.

Zhou Ming was overjoyed, and said to her: "Then can I use the language of the human race to talk to the Holy One?"

"If you say something bad...die!"

A murderous look flashed across the eyes of the Ice and Snow Maiden.

"it is good!"

Zhou Ming nodded, no longer wasting time, went straight to the point, and slowly said his "Strategy for the Strong Snow Clan".

Of course, in order to highlight the pertinence, he first talked about a series of problems faced by the Snow Clan.

For example, the backward development of productivity, primitive labor methods, and simple and inefficient production tools have resulted in basically no improvement in productivity for millions of years.

Another example is that grassroots organizations are scattered, upper-level control is weak, there are many conflicts among different tribes, and internal cohesion is weak.

In addition to the development of the cultural field, the Snow Clan is even more desolate, with an extremely low literacy rate, not enough literate population, no well-organized legal system, no qualified upper-level officials, no outstanding military generals, and even less skilled craftsmen .

In short, Zhou Ming can describe the development of the entire Snow Clan in four words:
primitive tribe.

A primitive tribe with a slightly higher degree of development.

The level of science and technology is roughly equivalent to that of the Bronze Age.

Compared with the average development level of human society, there is a difference of about 100 million years.

Listening to Zhou Ming's eloquent pointing out these questions, the Ice and Snow Maiden almost exploded with anger!

Several times I had the urge to crush him to death!

But he had to admit in his heart that what he said was completely true.

The Snow Queen herself has long been aware of the problems he summed up, but... can't solve them.

What surprised her even more was: this human being has studied the Snow Clan so thoroughly and seen the problem so deeply, what is his intention?

Could it be that they really came to help the Snow Clan?

With a sneer: a human being who traveled thousands of miles to help the human enemy, the Snow Clan, has no purpose or selfishness, who would believe it?

Suppressing the killing intent in his heart, the Ice and Snow Maiden asked him: "Do you have a solution to my family's predicament?"

"Have!"

Zhou Ming nodded confidently, "I have three steps to rise, which can help the Snow Clan rise!"

"The first step is to lay a good material foundation and vigorously develop productivity!"

"First of all, we must solve the problem of food and clothing. This requires improving the production method, changing the original hunting production, and focusing on agricultural production, and developing food planting, so that each square can support at most one person, instead of ten or even a hundred. ..."

Before Zhou Ming could finish speaking, a crisp voice interrupted him.

But the Ice and Snow Maiden said with a cold face: "Enough, don't talk about humans anymore, your idea is very good, but above the snowy area, agriculture cannot be developed, and the food you mentioned cannot be grown."

The Ice and Snow Maiden shook her head secretly. Hearing what the human man said just now, he still had a little expectation, but now the expectation value has dropped to zero.

Growing food on the snowy land... Are you kidding me?
"Who said that food cannot be grown on the snowy land?"

The human man asked back, "As long as the problems of insufficient light intensity and low temperature are solved, food can also be grown on the snowy land."

"enough!"

"Human, stop talking nonsense, my patience is limited."

The Ice and Snow Maiden couldn't listen to a word of this human man's words, and she didn't have the slightest desire to talk.

The killing intent is getting stronger and stronger.

Zhou Ming was silent for a while, nodded and said: "It seems that it is really difficult to gain your trust with empty words. In this way, give me 100 people, and in three months, I will grow food for you on the snowy land. what do you think?"

"If you can't grow it, how about you kill me?"

"It's only three months, the Holy One should be able to wait for this time, right?"

Zhou Ming knows that words are the most difficult to convince people, and only the facts in front of him are the most convincing.

"Okay, I'll give you three months."

The Ice and Snow Maiden nodded. The strength of the human race lies in the number of human geniuses, completely crushing the Snow Race.

If this human man is really talented, she doesn't mind giving this human man a stage to showcase his talent.

……

Three months later.

Inside a shed.

Looking at the thriving wheat field in front of him, which has already produced grains of wheat ears, the pale green eyes of the Ice and Snow Maiden were full of disbelief.

"This...how is this possible?"

"In the snowy area, is food really grown?"

"This is impossible!"

Several high-ranking elders of the Snow Clan who came to investigate exclaimed one by one.

Zhou Ming looked indifferent, and said with dissatisfaction: "The yield per mu is only about 500 catties. If the conditions are better, it will not be a problem to reach 800 catties."

These golden wheat seeds are the high-quality wheat seeds with the largest yield of 1800 catties per mu brought over from Wancheng Country. However, due to various reasons, in the snowy area, the actual yield is only one-third of the limit yield.

As for growing food on the snowy land where not a single blade of grass grows, is this a big problem for him who started his career by farming?
If the light intensity on the snowy area is too low, ice is used as a mirror, and multiple ice fields with inclined angles are set up in the agricultural ice valley, and the angles are precisely adjusted to gather sunlight in one place, increasing the light density of some areas by five times , Ten times, to meet the needs of plant growth.

However, due to the consideration of construction cost, the light concentration achieved by Zhou Ming is about four times that of the flat ground.

It's actually a matter of temperature.

The solution is to build a greenhouse, build an insulated greenhouse, build earth walls around, cover the top with transparent glass, and burn some firewood inside. The temperature is maintained at around 30 degrees, and the golden wheat will thrive on the crushed land.

Someone here wants to ask: Where did this transparent glass come from?Of course, Zhou Ming practiced it himself. Generally speaking, with a high level of cultivation, he can create something as he pleases.

For example, if you give Zhou Ming a pile of ore, he can not only refine glass, but also directly remove impurities, and it is possible to refine high-purity metals, ceramics, and swords.

With a high level of cultivation, a person can become the "creator" who creates all things.

Another example is the Ice and Snow Temple, which was also built by the Ice and Snow Saintess with a wave of her hand, without consuming a single manpower.

Digressed, back to the topic.

Facing the acre of wheat field in the greenhouse, Zhou Ming did not praise himself, but pointed out a bunch of shortcomings.

"The construction of this kind of greenhouse takes a long time. If monks are not used, it will take at least 100 snow clansmen to work for three months."

"The maintenance cost is also relatively high. The firewood needs to be transported from a long distance. The land fertility is poor and artificial fertilizers are needed. If the light-transmitting and heat-insulating materials such as glass are not fired at high temperatures, only the strong in the trance stage can smelt them." It can be produced."

"There is also the yield. The yield per mu is about 500 jin. It can produce four seasons a year. The total output is 2000 jin. It can feed about 2 snow people (the snow people are generally two meters tall, weigh more than [-] jin, and eat a lot) , the cost-effectiveness ratio is not very high.”

Zhou Ming also emphasized: "Although greenhouses have the above shortcomings, they are not insurmountable. There is still a certain potential for development in agricultural production in snowy areas."

He was talking to himself, completely oblivious to the fact that all the Snow Tribe present, including the Ice and Snow Maiden, looked at him differently.

Surprise.

What a surprise.

It felt like picking up a treasure.

Peerless treasure!

"Mr. Bai, please forgive me for the misunderstanding earlier. Elder Ulu ordered someone to hold a banquet in the temple. Welcome Mr. Bai to join the Snow Clan!"

The title of Ice and Snow Saintess to him has also changed, and her words are very eager, and a grand banquet will be held to welcome this talent to join.

She thought to herself: This human genius is a treasure bestowed to the Snow Clan by the heavens!
……

after one day.

Inside the Ice and Snow Temple.

The banquet was held grandly.

The Ice and Snow Maiden, the senior elders of the Snow Clan, and more than a dozen important tribal leaders were all present.

Good wine and good meat, put on the table.

Song and dance performances set off a warm atmosphere.

As the protagonist of this banquet, Zhou Ming was not only not stage-frightened, but instead stated his "three steps to rise" to all the high-ranking members of the Snow Clan in a very fluent Snow Clan language.

The first step: engage in agriculture, produce food, and solve basic survival problems.

The second step: promote education, formulate laws, develop industry and commerce, improve management, and accumulate strength.

The third step: build soldiers, train elite soldiers, strengthen the army and prepare for war, and sweep the world.

In fact, it is condensed into six words: first farm, then violent soldiers.

It's a very simple and simple truth, and Zhou Ming's talk can be said to be eloquent and coherent.

However, the high-ranking members of the Snow Clan were excited and cheered again and again. In the reflection of the raging flames of the brazier in the hall, their scorching eyes saw the hope of the rise of the Snow Clan one by one.

The same goes for the Ice and Snow Maiden sitting at the top.

(End of this chapter)