Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 298: Chapter 141: The First Extraordinary Grain: Emerald Green Ears (Part 2)

A noble’s single meal costs hundreds of Golden Crowns, consuming the annual earnings of hundreds of farmers.

However, despite their brutality, the knight lords of this world do rise to the occasion when needed.

In this battle, facing the formidable and terrifying two-legged flying dragon, ordinary armed attendants were too terrified to approach, yet the knight lords alone, with a single strike, managed to slay this mighty monster, fulfilling their vow to protect the territory.

So after lamenting, Su Li quickly collected his thoughts and asked, ”I heard that watering these seeds with the blood of captives can make them grow quickly. Can we plant this extraordinary grain in our territory?”

Sister Isabella and Sister Ivy exchanged a few words in a low voice, appearing to have some disagreements and differing opinions.

But they couldn’t keep Su Li waiting too long, so Sister Ivy reported their views to Su Li: ”Lord, we have almost never heard of large-scale planting methods for extraordinary grain. As far as I know, extraordinary grain is nurtured as a result of the Power of Life and Divine Power absorbed from a vast wheat field, under effects such as [Pure Area] and [Natural Order]. Generally speaking, it is only in an extremely fertile and suitable natural environment that a single Emerald Green Ear may emerge from a verdant wheat field. Even a field of tens of thousands of acres with the most optimal growth conditions may not yield more than a few hundred grains.”

”Therefore, I believe that this extraordinary grain is virtually impossible to plant on a large scale. But Sister Isabella believes that our territory has purple Spirit Fields, with a piece of vacant land in Bauhinia Manor where we can try to sow these seeds. By irrigating with the water from Lake Reiflin and nurturing with Sunset Divine Magic, it’s very possible we could cultivate a patch of Spirit Grain.”

In fact, there is a blank piece of purple Spirit Field in Bauhinia Manor, located in the northwest direction from Ingrid’s Fantasy Garden, with an area of about 100 square meters.

This summer, Tal’s wild nature ran rampant, and the number of rainbow hailstones was considerable. According to Luna Deshan’s introduction, Tal doesn’t become as wild every year as it did this year. This year Tal seemed to have turned over with the storm unveiling as summer began.

Next year it might return to normal, gradually becoming sunny and pleasant. By then, the outbreak frequency of Rainbow Hail Crystals will not be so high. Maybe only 1 to 2 pieces of purple Spirit Fields could be obtained in a year. It might not even be enough to expand the current Spirit Field scale.

More importantly, the fertility of these Spirit Fields is limited by spiritual energy and needs regular supplementation with Rainbow Hail Crystals to maintain soil fertility.

This year, Tal’s wild nature made the number of Spirit Fields in the Hesse Territory quite considerable, but it is uncertain whether this amount can be maintained next year.

If a new Spirit Tree is formed, how to cultivate it then involves the management and planning layout of the territory.

Su Li pondered for a moment, whether to give this last piece of purple Spirit Field to the Dawn Church to take the risk of nurturing such Spirit Grain.

”Lord Rong’en, how many Emerald Green Ears did we harvest in this battle?”

Rong’en immediately replied, ”The exact scale has not been precisely counted, but through our search, we’ve found that there is basically one of these seeds on every few monsters. I suspect this is a method by which the Green Dragon solves military ration supplies, with someone in each squad carrying one. It’s estimated to be no less than 1000 seeds.”

Su Li asked, shocked, ”Did the Green Dragon actually solve its legion’s supply issue in this way? Could it be that there really is a field of extraordinary Spirit Grain inside its Emerald Ring?”

Is there actually a farming Green Dragon?

Hilude frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, ”I didn’t find any sign of wheat fields when I entered the Emerald Ring. And considering that 1000 seeds only amount to a small bag of grain, it is very likely left to it by its Emperor Dragon parent.”

”That makes sense.” Su Li pondered for a moment and said, ”But where did the Emperor Dragon parent get such a bag of extraordinary grain? Perhaps there really are methods to cultivate this plant inside the forest or with the Elves.”

After thinking for a long time, Su Li decided to give it a try.

If we could truly grow extraordinary grain in the territory, then farming would indeed be fruitful!

Even if a single head of this Spirit Grain yields only a dozen or even a few seeds, the return of one acre of Spirit Field would be thousands of Golden Crowns.

The most pressing concern now is the germination rate of these seeds. These seeds must be planted with some spacing in the purple Spirit Field to ensure they have enough nutrients and fertility for development.

As for the specific sowing and cultivation methods, Vandar needs to lead the sisters to continuously research and attempt.

With so many seeds, at least three maturity cycles of experimentation can be done.

Afterward, Su Li solemnly said, ”I will send two-thirds of these seeds to your monastery for research. At the same time, I’ll lend you the purple Spirit Field of Bauhinia Manor for farming, hoping you can take on the responsibility of the agricultural institute and cultivate a fertile land from these seeds. This project will be led by Vandar and Sister Isabella.”

Sister Isabella, evidently more youthful in spirit, filled with vigorous fighting spirit, immediately collected the bag of seeds at hand in response to Su Li’s words with excitement: ”Lord, we will spare no effort to cultivate these seeds into good seedlings.”

These seeds might be the biggest spoils from this battle that Su Li has gained.

If successful cultivation is achieved in the future, each harvest could bring Su Li thousands of Golden Crowns in profit.

In the territory, projects that could provide thousands of Golden Crowns in profit are now four or five in number.

This means the agriculture business in the Hesse Territory is thriving, already taking shape, and when everything becomes established next year and the year after, agriculture alone could bring over 20,000 Golden Crowns in fiscal revenue to Hesse Territory.

This alone would be enough for Su Li to maintain an elite knight force of 500 in size.

It’s worth knowing that an Imperial Baron could have heavy cavalry of about 1000 men, and even with special industry and flourishing territory, the elite knight scale maintained wouldn’t exceed 2000 men. A 3000-man size is already an earl-level army.

And a Duke’s standard legion size in the Empire is 10,000 heavy cavalry. For instance, facing the Green Skins’ invasion, the first wave failure of Sulande Province came because the human coalition army composed of three dukes, totaling 40,000 men, failed at the Wisson Plain, leading to uncontrollable consequences.

If Su Li could show farming achievements in the Pioneer Lord assessment next year or the year after that alone could maintain 500 elite knights, his chances of passing the assessment and directly promoting to Baron are even higher.

After discussing the exciting topic of spoils, it is time to solemnly address the combat losses.

Su Li looked at Selena Liya, the medical chief, whose figure was tall and imposing, yet her face wasn’t as delicate and beautiful as the sisters’. Although her features were precise, her skin was relatively dark and rough, with an eye-catching winding scar on her right cheek, clearly indicating her bravery and steadfastness as a medical knight.

Su Li remembered there were many female members in the Medical Knight Order, but like other knight orders, the upper echelons were male-dominated. Therefore, he asked, ”Medical Chief Selena, wasn’t the Knight Commander of the Medical Knights another stout middle-aged male knight before you?”

Sadness flashed in Selena’s eyes as she replied, ”Are you referring to Medical Chief Galahad? He sacrificed himself while fighting the Human-Skinned Wolves. To save more Walking Knights and Armed Attendants’ lives, he fought fearlessly on the front lines of battle.”

”He saved the lives of 9 soldiers, taking down 23 injured soldiers, but ultimately, he couldn’t save himself. While covering the retreat of the wounded, he and two knights from the Medical Knight Order were surrounded by over twenty Human-Skinned Wolves.”

”They died heroically, back to back repelling the monsters’ onslaught, each having dozens of wounds on their bodies, covering the torso and limbs, but with no injury on their backs. They died facing the monsters, not retreating a single step to the end.”