Urban Sims

In the Ice and Snow Temple.

The Ice Saint on the throne waved her hand.

There was a crisp "click" sound.

The ice that frozen Zhou Ming cracked, and the cracks spread quickly, turning into fine ice cubes on the ground.

"Hu~hu~"

Zhou Ming took two big breaths of fresh air and rubbed his frozen cheeks with his hands.

"You said... you have a way to make the Snow Clan stronger. Is this true?"

A question rang in his ears, and it was the Ice and Snow Saint sitting on the throne who asked.

This human monk, the Snow Saint, originally did not intend to save his life, but when she overheard what he shouted, her heart moved and she prepared to interrogate him.

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

"Yes, Holy Lord, humans cannot be trusted, it would be better to kill them!"

The two snow tribe elders seemed to have deep prejudices against human beings.

In fact, this stereotype is not unreasonable. The Snow Tribe still has a lot of contacts with humans. Regardless of peace or war, the Snow Tribe needs to purchase a large amount of living or war supplies from humans. The trade between the Snow Tribe and human merchants , with a history of millions of years.

The Snow tribe, who have been tricked by countless human merchants, basically use negative words such as greed, cunning, and black heart to evaluate humans, and they are very hostile.

But there is nothing they can do. Once human merchants impose an economic blockade, the Snow Clan will soon be in trouble.

Because many essential goods can only be produced by humans.

"You two shut up and listen to what he has to say before you decide to kill him."

The Snow Saint glared at the two elders and said.

The two elders shut their mouths.

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

She has fair skin, a delicate face, a high nose, brown hair, and unusually deep light green eyes.

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

The first thing that gave Zhou Ming a feeling was that of Athena, the Western goddess of victory.

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

Hearing her question, he bowed his hands to the Ice and Snow Saint above him and said, "May I ask if the Holy Lord can speak the human language? I have just learned the Snow language for a few days and am not very proficient."

"Can."

The Snow Saint nodded. She had studied under a teacher in the human world. She had lived in the human world for a long time and could naturally speak the human language.

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

"If what you say is not good...die!"

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

"good!"

Zhou Ming nodded, no longer wasting time, went straight to the topic, and slowly said his "strategy to strengthen the 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 development of productivity is backward, labor methods are primitive, and production tools are simple and inefficient. As a result, productivity has basically not improved for millions of years.

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

There is also the development of the cultural field. The Snow tribe is even more desolate. The literacy rate is extremely low, there is not enough literate population, there is no well-organized legal system, there are no qualified upper-level officials, there is a lack of outstanding military generals, and there is a lack of excellent craftsmen with outstanding skills. .

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

Primitive tribe.

A slightly more developed primitive tribe.

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

There is a gap of about 1 million years from the average development level of human society.

Listening to these problems that Zhou Ming pointed out incessantly, the Ice and Snow Saint almost exploded with anger!

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

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

The Snow Queen herself had long been aware of the problems he summarized, but... couldn't solve them.

What surprised her even more was: This human being had studied the Snow Clan so thoroughly and understood the problem so deeply. What was his intention?

Are you really here to help the Snow Clan?

He smiled coldly: A human being traveled thousands of miles to help the Snow Tribe, the enemy of mankind, without any purpose or selfishness. Who would believe it?

Suppressing the murderous intention in her heart, the Snow Saint asked him: "Do you have a solution to our clan's predicament?"

"have!"

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

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

"First of all, we need to solve the problem of food and clothing. This requires improving production methods, changing the original hunting production to agricultural production, developing food planting, so that every hundred miles can support at most one person, instead of supporting ten or even a hundred people. …”

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

But the Ice and Snow Saint said with a cold face: "That's enough, stop talking about humans. Your idea is very good, but above the snowy area, agriculture cannot be developed and the food you mentioned cannot be grown."

The Snow Saint shook her head secretly. She had had some expectations after hearing what this human man said just now, but now her expectations have dropped to zero.

Growing food on the snow... Are you kidding me?

"Who said food can't be grown in the snow?"

The human man asked rhetorically, "As long as the problems of insufficient light intensity and low temperature are solved, food can be grown in the snowy areas."

"enough!"

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

The Snow Saint could not listen to a word of this human man's words and had no desire to talk.

The murderous intention 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. So, give me 100 people, and in three months, I will grow food for the people in the snowy area." what do you think?"

"If the seed doesn't come out, how about you kill me again?"

"It's only three months. The Holy Lord should be able to wait for this time, right?"

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

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

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

If this human man really had some talent, she wouldn't mind giving him a stage to show off his talent.

…

Three months later.

In a greenhouse.

Looking at the wheat field in front of her that was growing vigorously and bearing ears of wheat, the Ice and Snow Saint's pale green eyes were full of disbelief.

"This...how is this possible?"

"Is food really grown in the snowy area?"

"This is impossible!"

Several high-ranking elders of the Snow Clan who came for the inspection all exclaimed.

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

These golden wheat seeds are high-quality wheat seeds that he brought from Wancheng Country with a maximum yield of 1,800 kilograms per mu. However, due to various reasons, in the snowy area, the actual yield is only one-third of the maximum yield.

As for growing food in a snowy area where there is no grass growing, is this a big problem for him who started his career by farming?

The light intensity on the snowy areas is too low, so we use ice as a mirror to set up multi-faceted ice with inclined angles in the agricultural ice valley. We adjust the angles precisely to concentrate the sunlight in one place, increasing the light intensity in some areas by five times. , ten times to meet the needs of plant growth.

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

It's actually a temperature issue.

The solution is to build a greenhouse, build an insulated greenhouse, build earth walls around it, cover it with transparent glass on the top, and then burn some firewood inside. Maintain the temperature at around 30 degrees, and the golden wheat will thrive on the ground that has been crushed.

Someone here wants to ask: Where does this transparent glass come from? Of course, Zhou Ming practiced it himself. Generally, if one's cultivation level reaches a certain level, he can create something as he wishes.

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

With a certain level of cultivation, a person can become the "creator" of all things.

Another example is the Ice and Snow Temple, which was also built by the Ice and Snow Saint with a wave of her hand, without spending a single labor force.

Let’s digress and get back to the topic.

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

"The construction of this kind of greenhouse takes a long time. If we don't use monks, at least 100 strong men of the Snow Tribe will be busy for three months."

"The maintenance cost is also relatively high. Firewood needs to be transported from far away places. The soil fertility is poor and artificial fertilizer is needed. If light-transmitting and heat-insulating materials like glass are not fired at high temperatures, only those in the trance stage can make them. It can be made."

"Then there is the yield. The yield per mu is about 500 kilograms. It can be produced four seasons a year. The total output is 2,000 kilograms, which can feed about two Snow Tribe people (Xue Tribe people are generally two meters tall, weigh more than two hundred kilograms, 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 development potential for agricultural production in snowy areas."

He was talking to himself and did not notice at all that all the snow tribesmen present, including the Ice and Snow Saint, looked at him differently.

surprise.

What a surprise.

It felt like I had picked up a treasure.

Unparalleled treasure!

"Mr. Bai, please forgive me for the misunderstandings earlier. Elder Wulu will organize a banquet in the temple to welcome Mr. Bai to join the Snow Clan!"

The Ice Saint's name for him has also changed, her words are very enthusiastic, and she will hold a grand banquet to welcome this talented person to join her.

She secretly thought: This human genius is a treasure given to the Snow Clan by God!

…

after one day.

Inside the Ice and Snow Temple.

The banquet was held grandly.

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

Good wine and good meat are put on the table.

Song and dance performances set off a warm atmosphere.

As the protagonist of this banquet, Zhou Ming not only showed no signs of stage fright, but instead stated his "three steps to rise" to all the top leaders of the Snow Clan in an exciting tone in the Snow Clan language that he already spoke very fluently.

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

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

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

In fact, it can be condensed into six words: farm first, then attack the army.

It is a very simple and simple truth, Zhou Ming can be said to be eloquent and complete in one go.

However, the top brass of the Snow Tribe heard this with excitement and cheered continuously. In the reflection of the blazing flames of the brazier in the hall, their scorching eyes saw the hope of the Snow Tribe's rise one by one.

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