God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 376: Let the Experts Figure It Out

Viscount Roster’s thinking gradually became crystal clear.

The thing limiting population was definitely food.

If food was plentiful, the population would inevitably explode—that was certain.

All along, he’d been working hard to increase grain output. Even the gods were researching how to increase it. Golden Spike Grain, the long white pigs... these were products of that effort, producing more grain, producing more meat.

Doing this was naturally fine.

But it wasn’t until now that Viscount Roster realized these methods were actually somewhat one-sided.

Grain was one thing—if you produced more, it kept well, so naturally there was no problem. But what about meat?

If you produced more, couldn’t it only be consumed by people nearby? At most, you’d lower the price so more people could afford to eat meat.

There really was no way to transport it to other places.

If something unexpected happened in one place, meat prices could skyrocket instantly, triggering a whole series of problems.

It was manageable now when the population was small, but what about when the population was large?

Would there be problems?

But what if the storage and transportation problems were solved?

A much larger market would become unified.

Small-scale violent price fluctuations would probably be solved.

Besides that, the key thing was, if you processed some crops at their production price—making them like ham that could be stored for much longer—wouldn’t that also mean an increase in usable grain output?

This was almost a certainty.

A new line of thinking exploded in Viscount Roster’s mind.

They had to start researching Magic Conductors in these directions as soon as possible.

Especially food processing.

Transportation development was already proceeding in an orderly fashion, so it didn’t need much intervention.

As for providing low-temperature environments to make food last longer, for the Magic Conductor experts of Roster territory, it was incredibly simple.

A single ice attribute rune could basically achieve the effect. What they needed to do next was just figure out how to adjust different temperatures, since different crops had different tolerance levels. And then there was figuring out how to conserve more magic power.

For example, they could add an insulation rune to the outer shell to keep the cold inside and the heat outside. That would definitely save more magic power. Besides that, there should be plenty of other methods. Let the Magic Conductor experts figure that out.

He believed there’d be results soon.

Whether it was for use in huge warehouses, for home use, or for use during transportation—all the same.

But he had no clue about food processing. Yet vaguely, he felt this was the most important part.

While he was lost in thought, the Church of Shepherding’s event was still going on.

Various mutton and sheep’s milk products left the livestream audience a bit overwhelmed.

For most people in this era, they’d never eaten these things. Watching others eat naturally produced some novel feelings.

Maybe because of Wool Ryan’s earlier buildup, many people in the livestream were already imagining whether these things could really be sold to every corner of the continent in the future, whether they’d have a chance to buy and eat them directly.

The banquet lasted a long time. It wasn’t until the sky gradually darkened that it ended.

Although people drank some alcohol during the banquet, most were still relatively sober. After all, this banquet was more like a networking venue where everyone spoke freely and chatted with each other—nothing more.

"I wonder when you experts plan to start learning about shepherding-related information? What information do you need from our side?"

After ending the banquet, the Church of Shepherding didn’t leave directly. Instead, they sat down with the experts from Roster territory to talk business.

A lot of things weren’t appropriate to discuss during the banquet.

"We’ve all participated in the pig farm and chicken farm projects. If anyone in this world understands this stuff best, it’s definitely us."

The farm project manager said with a smile, "But when it comes to shepherding, we’re pretty clueless. Near the royal capital plains, there are no shepherds. Our understanding of this area almost entirely comes from books."

The Pastoral Pope nodded slightly. He wasn’t surprised by this. Anywhere in this world that was suitable for shepherding had their church’s presence, whether in the Kingdom of Dawn or elsewhere.

In other words, in places where they hadn’t appeared, even if people were raising sheep, it was small-scale, unsystematic, and without much experience.

This time, what they wanted to revolutionize was the entire raising system. So they had to get a very deep understanding of information in this area. Only then would it work.

"You don’t need to worry about this. Nobody in this world understands shepherding better than the Church of Shepherding. Whether you need experienced people to provide information or our technical books, you can see them all."

The Pastoral Pope had obviously already understood this aspect. He spoke almost without hesitation.

"That’s naturally best. However, the information we need to understand might be a bit different from what you imagine. Or rather, the special circumstances of the farm mean the information the farm needs is somewhat different from when raising in enclosures or free-range before."

After a slight pause, the farm manager tried to explain in the most straightforward way possible: "Take our chicken farm, for example. The biggest feature of our chicken farm is that without human intervention, the farm automatically cleans up the feces, feeds the stored feed from the warehouse, and automatically collects freshly laid eggs."

"Throughout the entire process, the only parts where humans need to intervene are putting feed in the designated warehouse and then taking away the eggs that are produced. Nothing else."

The manager quickly explained roughly how these functions were achieved, then said, "For sheep, our general approach is to be able to automatically clean, automatically feed, and if hay and other feed need to be mixed, we can handle that too."

"And then there’s using Magic Conductors to periodically collect wool and sheep’s milk, test for common sheep diseases, and sound an alarm once a problem is found."

"As for other issues, they can only be discovered in practice or raised by your Church of Shepherding people."

Right now, the Pastoral Pope’s face was a bit stunned.

He’d thought this farm definitely wouldn’t be simple—being able to complete more work with fewer people. But he hadn’t expected it to be this shocking.

Before he could react, the farm project manager seemed to think of something else and spoke up: "Besides that, we’re also planning to set aside an area near the farm to grow pasture grass. This will greatly improve raising quality and lower costs."