Knight Lord: Start with Daily Intelligence.

Chapter 124 The Beginning of a Good Harvest

Such was the force of the divine grace of Tal, the god of summer and wilderness.

If you can survive the disaster he brings, there will be wealth and opportunities falling from the sky everywhere after the storm.

This is simply a gift from the wilderness, a feast for the strong. After the rain, the siphon effect reaches its peak. A large number of weak territories are destroyed, while the strong are growing at a speed far exceeding the past.

Listening to the flourishing vitality and the development of all things, Su Li no longer cared about the matters between men and women. He sent Harry with a team of armed attendants to escort the beautiful forest witch. After arriving at the forest cottage, he personally led the ministers to ride towards Bjorn Bay.

This road will first pass through the territory's previously cultivated farmland area, where three farms take care of wheat, carrots and cabbage.

After a heavy rain, Su Li felt that these vegetables and crops were growing wildly and lushly like the weeds in the wilderness in midsummer, and were particularly dense and vigorous.

So Su Li stopped his horse on the road beside the farmland and said to the Minister of Agriculture, Fandral, "It seems that this storm is full of Tal's divine power. I feel that our crops have grown rapidly after the rain."

Fandral gazed at the thousands of acres of emerald green farmland, filled with hope for the territory. He said, "Tal is a deity of great grace. He's not as gentle as the Dawn Goddess, nor does he grant every wish like a goddess. But if we can obtain his grace, it will be extremely powerful. Judging by the size of the cabbages and carrots now, we can start harvesting them."

The cabbages in the field were worthy of the dual blessings of the Goddess of Dawn and the God of Summer. Under the guidance of the daily intelligence system, Su Li had deliberately chosen these three crops because they could guarantee a good harvest.

The current cabbage harvest has indeed exceeded everyone's imagination. The cabbages in the field are already as big as footballs!

You have to know that this cabbage has only been planted for less than two months. As a vegetable, its growth cycle is at least about 100 days, so the field can achieve about three harvests a year.

This means that the cabbages in the field still have at least one month to grow. By then, I’m afraid that each cabbage will weigh five kilograms and be as big as a basketball!

Starting to harvest cabbage now can greatly alleviate the pressure on food supply in the territory and extend the storage period of these vegetables.

After all, carrots can be preserved for one or two months after being pulled out of the ground, but if all the cabbages are harvested in a short period of time, they will probably rot in less than a month.

Su Li decisively agreed to Fandral's proposal, and now more than ten acres of cabbage can be harvested every day.

Under his command, a group of serfs soon arrived and began to harvest cabbages with their upper bodies exposed.

These men and women were dressed in rags, and even the women were exposing their bodies, but the sickles and shovels in their hands were extremely sharp, and in the outer territories they could almost be considered sophisticated weapons.

Soon they finished harvesting one acre of land. After weighing, Fandral's face was filled with joy of the harvest and surprise at the high yield.

"My Lord, the cabbage yield is astonishingly high. There are 2500 cabbages in this one acre of land, and the yield is over 6000 kilograms!"

The output is 6000 kilograms!
Su Li also showed a surprised smile. If this world makes good use of God's grace, the yield will be slightly higher than the farmland irrigated with chemical fertilizers on Earth.

The average yield per mu of early-maturing cabbage varieties on Earth is between 3200 and 4800 kilograms.

The farmlands blessed by God in Hesse Territory are nearly one-third higher than ordinary farmlands!

Such a large output is obviously not just due to ordinary high yield, but also related to some extremely large individuals in it.

When the serfs moved the cabbages out, Su Li saw that several of them had grown into giant cabbages.

Su Li remembered that the seeds he bought did not contain such expensive giant cabbage seeds. It could only be said that God's grace had allowed them to mutate. A single cabbage plant weighed over 100 kilograms! This was 20 kilograms heavier than the largest giant cabbage on Earth!
The key is that these cabbages can continue to grow. When their growth cycle is completely over, they may grow to 150 kilograms or even 200 kilograms?
As expected, the productivity of the fantasy world still depends on these strange magical plants, such as giant cabbages and giant pumpkins. Dozens of them can solve the daily consumption of the territory.

Then Su Li went to the carrot field himself and pulled out a huge carrot.

This carrot weighs at least two pounds and is thicker than an eight-year-old boy's arm.

It turns out that big is beautiful.

Looking at such a thick carrot, Su Li couldn't help but smile. He washed it with water in the ditch nearby, then he took a big bite of it and chewed it, his mouth filled with the sweet and fragrant taste of carrot.

"It tastes very authentic!" Su Li commented after swallowing it, then looked at the hundreds of acres of carrots in front of him and said, "Let the carrots continue to grow in the field. They can be stored for a longer time. Let's eat the cabbage first." But by pulling out six or seven carrots one after another, each one was very thick, and none of them weighed less than one kilogram. It can be basically confirmed that this carrot farm will also have a good harvest.

He will earn millions of kilograms just from carrots and cabbages!
Such a large amount of food is enough to support more than a thousand people for 4 to 5 months, and he has not yet taken into account the income from wheat, fishing and hunting.

After just a rough calculation, Su Li was full of hope for the future. He smiled and said to Minister Lao En, "As long as we can hold on until the harvest, our territory can expand to 2000 to 3000 people!"

"If the grain is fully harvested, it will be enough to support 3000 people for three or four months."

Although three or four months is not a long time, in a unified dynasty, there is not even a year's savings, which means that famine may occur at any time.

But in this remote territory of the border prince, it is already a harvest and stable.

This means that the Hesse Territory can at least smoothly transition to the next cycle of harvest.

How much grain can be produced in the next cycle will depend mainly on the construction of Bjorn Bay.

After inspecting the farm, Su Li immediately brought the ministers to the embankment of Bjorn Bay.

By this time, the dwarves had already inspected the site several times. Kurgan proudly reported to Su Li, "My Lord, dwarven engineering and masterpieces have always been synonymous with reliability."

"As I assured you a few days ago, there are no problems with the dike! Our flood control efforts were a great success, and the dike has kept the heavy rain off the high ground on the east side."

Su Li looked in the direction of his finger and saw that to the right of the dam, Lake Ravelin was covered with rippling emerald water for dozens of miles. The water was so clear that the sky and water merged into one, making it difficult to distinguish the water from the sky. Flocks of waterfowl glided gracefully across the surface of the water.

Looking at the beautiful scenery, Su Li couldn't help but feel better.

Successful flood prevention is undoubtedly a very fulfilling experience, but for a territory with strong organizational capabilities and a thriving economy, disaster prevention success is a given! The entire territory has gone all out in disaster prevention preparations, and if problems arise, they are the ones who should be held accountable.

It’s only when compared to other territories with lower thresholds that the territory’s successful flood prevention seems so unusual.

Therefore, Su Li said solemnly: "We can't be complacent just because we succeeded in flood prevention once. We must treat this kind of thing as normal in the future. We must ensure that the territory's water conservancy facilities are always effective and never allow floods to occur again."

Kurgan patted his chest and assured, "Rest assured, Lord. The dwarves will build more water conservancy projects in your rich plains to ensure that your territory is protected from any disaster."

Su Li nodded in satisfaction and said, "This is exactly the kind of determination I need. You must abandon the numb thinking of other territories in the past. I don't care what happens in other parts of the empire. At least in my territory, I will never allow floods and droughts to happen every year."

Minister Lawn also promised: "My Lord, we will definitely build more water conservancy projects here to ensure that your wealth, Bjorn Bay, will not be damaged."

Lawn's assurance reflected the huge difference in thinking between the two sides. Su Li wanted the entire territory, the entire Heisen Territory, to be free of disasters. Wasn't disaster prevention a necessity?

However, in the eyes of these ministers in this world, disaster prevention only meant protecting the property of the rich and noble. They would never allow floods to spread to the nobles' farmlands and estates. They wouldn't even give the common people's farmland a second glance, even if it was right next to a levee, and they certainly wouldn't send troops or construction teams to help farmers with disaster prevention.

Su Li was too lazy to correct their thoughts, because at present, building water conservancy for his Bjorn Bay was equivalent to building water conservancy for the entire territory. After all, he was the lord with the most farmland.

Then Su Li walked to the side of the dam and looked at the huge Bjorn Bay below. Under the sunlight, most of the accumulated rainwater had flowed into the Hein Canal through the drainage ditch.

The Blackwater Canal is the large canal dug by the ogres for transporting grain. It connects the Blackwater River and the Brienne River in the northwest and southeast directions. It not only facilitates the canal water conservancy, but also benefits the farming industry in Bjorn Bay.

Once most of the water has drained into ditches and canals, and the surface water has dried up in the sun, reclamation of Bjorn Fjord can begin.

Su Li asked Fandral, "My Minister of Agriculture, when do you think we can begin the reclamation of Bjorn's Shallows?"

Fandral responded immediately, "My Lord, I've already gone down to investigate and excavate the soil in various locations today. Judging by the current humidity, we should be able to send serfs in to reclaim new land on a large scale after the summer solstice to prepare for summer planting."

"The plains beneath Bjorn's Shallows are vast, fertile, and well-equipped with irrigation facilities. As long as the serfs work diligently to cultivate the land, we can quickly acquire tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland and build several prosperous farms!"

(End of this chapter)