Thousands of acres of fertile land have been cultivated southeast of the Hot Spring Waterfall on the Seaslinder Peninsula.
Because the warm space of the underground fortress allows for early seeding, crops like corn, soybeans, peas, barley, oats, and wheat have already sprouted.
That expanse of green brought new vitality to Seaslinder!
The fertile soil and excellent hydrological conditions here have allowed these crops to grow exceptionally well.
These are all high-yield crops newly developed by Holy Flame Island, and this is their first attempt at planting them in such high latitudes; from the current outlook, the results should be good.
In the barren tundra west of the Hot Spring Waterfall, Mederick and his team immediately organized people to sow a large number of improved pasture seeds upon their arrival, and they have all germinated now.
Moreover, as the temperature has been rising recently, more and more tundra areas along the Frozen Coast have been exposed.
All kinds of wild flowers and low-lying vegetation have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.
This has attracted some herbivores hidden in the Frostfang Mountains to start gathering here.
To protect the high-yield pasture, Mederick specifically had wooden fences erected around it.
However, perhaps because three dragons reside here, besides small rodents, wild goats and wild deer absolutely dare not approach this place.
On the Seaslinder Peninsula, in many places near the Frostfang Mountains, hot springs are likely to emerge if one digs down just a few meters, and hot soil layers are also common.
Therefore, this not only provides ample geothermal resources for the island's residents, but these hot soil layers are also extremely conducive to the fermentation of farm manure.
Mederick and his team have only been here for just over a month, and the farm manure fermenting near the hot springs is already ready.
Farm manure mixed with dragon dung is very potent, so even though the time was short, the soil quality of the barren tundra land west of the Hot Spring Waterfall has significantly improved after fertilization.
The pasture growing on it is noticeably much more robust than in areas that were not fertilized.
The area southeast of the farmland, near the coast, is Hot Spring Waterfall Village, the first village Mederick and his team established on the Seaslinder Peninsula.
The houses in Hot Spring Waterfall Village were built as semi-subterranean structures, and the hot springs were channeled through stone pipes made of Dragonstone, which effectively solved their heating and domestic hot water problems.
These houses built with Dragonstone inherently have excellent insulation, coupled with a continuous supply of hot water.
Upon arriving here, the new settlers immediately forgot all their worries.
Because it was far from as cold and barren as they had imagined, the village was surrounded by dense grass and bushes, with abundant wild animal and plant resources.
Not to mention the free living supplies provided by Holy Flame Island, which can be claimed until harvest time, even if they had fled here as refugees, they would certainly not starve.
Even the livestock brought by the Holy Flame fleet, simply free-ranging nearby, have become plump and strong.
Moreover, when they were building livestock pens behind the village, they dug up many shallow underground hot springs and dry hot rock areas.
Thanks to these, the technicians do not have to worry about the livestock freezing to death even in the coldest season.
Some hot rock areas were cleverly used by the villagers as kitchens.
Because the temperature of those stones was very high, sufficient for cooking, this immediately solved their firewood problem.
Although there are many bushes and forests on the Seaslinder Peninsula, it is, after all, a place where no humans have ever set foot, and there are many wild beasts inside.
It is still very dangerous to enter to cut firewood without permission.
Because Hot Spring Waterfall Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, even during blizzards, the nearby harbor remains very calm.
So Mederick built a dock in the bay near Hot Spring Waterfall Village.
Nowadays, people from Bear Island and Deepwood Motte frequently come by longboat to exchange goods with them.
This has slowly started to make the previously uninhabited Seaslinder Peninsula lively.
Daniella, in gratitude for the people of Bear Island who risked blizzards and the Long Night to search for her during the three months she was missing, sent them many high-yield crop seeds free of charge.
This deeply moved Lord Mormont, so he quickly ordered people to sow them according to the method Mederick taught them.
Unexpectedly, the germination rate and survival rate were indeed much better than their previous seeds and methods.
So they quickly gathered all their family's savings and exchanged another batch with Mederick, planting all the arable land on Bear Island.
In this world, there was no custom of planting pasture, so when Lord Mormont visited the Hot Spring Waterfall and saw Mederick organizing people to sow pasture, he decisively bought some seeds to take back.
The Mormont Family, thanks to the walruses, seals, and whales Daniella helped them hunt before, successfully endured the Long Night and Winter.
This was the first time they had experienced Winter without losing family members, let alone a Winter that came with the Long Night.
In addition, Daniella later sent them a lot of living supplies, and Mederick here had a large amount of living supplies available for exchange, so life on Bear Island is much better now than before.
And after Hot Spring Waterfall Village was successfully established, Mederick has already contacted Samwell, preparing to continue immigration here.
However, this time the scale is larger; he plans to establish four villages simultaneously in the southwest, due south, southeast, and northwest of the Peninsula.
And a military fortress will be built at the mouth of the Milk River and near Shadow Tower of the Wall.
After all, as the ice and snow melt, the Beyond the Wall can easily sneak in here along the Milk River.
Previously, those Free Folk would directly raid Deepwood Motte and other coastal villages after crossing over.
Now, Seaslinder would be much more convenient; if not well defended, it would simply become a hunting ground for the Beyond the Wall.
This also gave Mederick and his team ample confidence, thanks to the Dragonstone forging technology and Holy Flame Island's strong financial reserves.
Daniella directly approved Mederick's plan, saying,
"Go ahead with your plan.
Gold Dragons are only Gold Dragons when they are used; if left in the warehouse, they are just waste.
Once the fortress is built, hand it over to Dax and his brothers; after all, they understand the Free Folk best."
"Using this as a base, extend our reach into Beyond the Wall as quickly as possible.
Those Free Folk are, in the end, merely First Men who were cut off to the northeast by the Wall.
If possible, it would be best to bring them to live south of the Wall!"
"Princess, while what you say is true, the hatred accumulated over thousands of years will not be easily resolved without major changes."
Although Mederick never disagreed with Daniella's decisions, this time he couldn't help but advise,
"The development of Seaslinder has already tied up a lot of our manpower, and Oldtown, with only Rogge's garrison, may not be able to completely suppress things.
We also need to make progress on the Stepstones next, so..."
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