Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 699: Chapter 60: Orchard Development and Forging the Territory’s First Treasure

Su Li asked with great interest: ”If you graft apple branches onto rootstock and they yield apple branches, is it the power of Magic?”

Vandar laughed and shook his head, saying: ”Not entirely, the Wind of Jilun merely accelerates their maturation, ensuring they have a higher survival rate. However, grafting itself is very common, like farmers with good grafting techniques can graft multiple apple branches onto one tree, allowing a single tree to produce apples of various colors.”

”This is something that can be achieved in the Mortal World. If you ask farmers and orchard owners, they’ll clearly tell you: grafting apple trees onto pear trees can improve the yield and quality of apples. Pear trees grafted onto apple trees can increase the size and sweetness of pears. Peach trees grafted onto apricot trees can enhance the flavor and taste of peaches. Apricot trees grafted onto peach trees can increase the size and color of apricots.”

”In orchard management, grafting is a common practice. We choose crabapple trees, Siberian crabapple because they grow quickly, have developed root systems, strong water and nutrient absorption capabilities, and fast growth rates. If we graft them with apple trees, their affinity with apple trees is very strong, and the wounds heal quickly, with high grafting survival rates. Additionally, they are not strict about soil types, suitable for all soil cultivations.”

Su Li showed a smile, feeling that every time he converses with this Great Druid Elder, he gains a lot of knowledge about the secrets of nature.

Thus, when managing a territory, having only Knights is not sufficient. Without these knowledgeable clergy and scholars, without experienced farmers, how would ordinary people know so much about production secrets?

Su turned his head to gaze into the distance and then asked: ”How many acres of Rose Fragrance do we currently have?”

”Approximately 500 acres. This year, at least 300 acres can bear fruit. Undoubtedly, the limitation on this yield is the number of times we can use Divine Magic. This orchard was first grafted by farmers, and then Dawn Nun used either Jilun Magic or Reya Divine Grace on the grafted fruit trees to ensure their survival and rapid growth.”

”Thanks to the increase in the quantity of Laurel Gemstones, the nuns of the Dawn Church can use Divine Magic several times a day, and the large number of nuns can take care of every aspect more meticulously.”

Su Li nodded, Laurel Gemstones are an important resource produced by the Water Nymph \u00b7 Vidage, and the Gem Pool is currently one of several advanced Resource Points in the territory, with a production of 2 Laurel Gemstones per month.

After soaking in a vessel, at most it can allow users to recover life and Spiritual Energy 10 times in a single battle.

Since the appearance of the Gem Pool, it’s been almost a year, at least 8 months, the quantity of Laurel Gemstones provided is not small.

This ensured the production of the nuns and Druids. Under their efforts, this orchard is evidently thriving, with its size greatly expanded.

Su Li asked: ”How is the production of this orchard?”

”It’s estimated to be about 6000 pounds per acre, with a yield estimate of around 2 million pounds for over 300 acres.”

That’s approximately 900 tons, considering this year’s Breath of Harvest effect, the estimate is just about 1000 tons. This number isn’t small, but it’s not too large either. On Earth, a standard cold storage facility would be needed to store it all.

If Su Li wants to sell off these goods quickly, he’d need at least 10 merchant ships or 4-5 merchant caravans.

Su Li couldn’t help but click his tongue, saying: ”The territory still lacks merchant caravans. If dozens of merchant caravans visit in succession, these specialties wouldn’t have trouble selling. According to last year’s price of 5 Copper Coins per pound, all this would yield 1000 Golden Crowns in revenue.”