Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 784: Chapter 83: Extraordinary Wheat Seed Harvest (Part 3)

”And some generous Lords will reward the peasants of the Territory with these wheat stalks and ears, selling for between 25 and 40 Copper Coins for a stalk attached to an ear.”

Indeed, the extraordinary pearl wheat commands a much higher price compared to ordinary mortal grains. 6000 pounds of regular wheat is priced around 60 Silver Coins.

However, 6000 pounds of pearl wheat can easily surpass a value of 600 Golden Crowns. Additionally, the transportation and storage of these extraordinary wheat seeds are much more convenient!

Su Li had to seriously pay attention and asked, ”Is there any possibility for us to promote the cultivation of such pearl wheat seeds, even if each village can only plant a few acres? It would greatly improve the income of all the villages and peasants in the Hesse Territory.”

Isn’t the purpose of farming exactly this?

If the entire Territory could prosper and get wealthy, allowing ordinary people to plant such extraordinary wheat seeds, how could the people not support his rule?

Vandar immediately shook his head, saying, ”Lord, you need not fantasize about this matter. Even the improved pearl wheat seeds cannot be produced on a large scale in ordinary farmland. Its growth requires a substantial amount of Wind of Jilun, and gathering a large amount of it is a dangerous thing. Exposing commoners directly to the Wind of Jilun has a high probability of affecting and corroding them.”

That is indeed a very serious issue, especially in this world, where what symbolizes human purity? That’s right, the human skull.

The reason why humans value this so much is that ordinary people are simply too easily corrupted and deformed by various Winds of Chaos.

Even the relatively peaceful Wind of Jilun, when directly contacted by commoners, is a very dangerous thing.

But just when Su Li was about to lose hope, Vandar continued, ”However, there is another way to increase the yield of pearl wheat. To directly cultivate these pearl wheat on a large scale requires the Holy Land of the Dawn Church and the guidance of the church’s Priest, which common peasants cannot access. To increase the yield, we can have the Knights and Nuns of the Manor use hydraulic engineering, letting the water from Jade Stone and the Jade Pool irrigate the Manor’s farmland. There is a chance that the farmland will absorb more Jilun vitality, thus producing one or two stalks of pearl wheat per acre. However, the problem is how to increase the water absorption of the wheat seeds.”

One or two stalks per acre. Never underestimate this number!

Currently, this number in the Territory is similar to the original state of nature, where within a few miles there might only be one stalk.

If this range can be narrowed to every acre producing one or two stalks, it means hundreds more within a few miles!

This is a 1:100 scale improvement.

Su Li decisively said, ”You don’t need to worry about the improvement of wheat seeds; I will sponsor a team of scholars to obtain the [Hybrid Wheat Seed Diagram] from them, gradually improving the wheat seeds in the Territory. You, the Dawn Church, will be responsible for advancing this project and the waterworks.”

Su Li’s wish for the entire Territory to plant these extraordinary wheat seeds currently seems unachievable. Most villages do not meet the planting conditions.

However, implementing these actions in various Manors is quite possible.

The reality of this world, just as Dean Oliver said, is that the Manor System is the foundation of the whole Empire.

Ordinary villages do not have the capital to build a Jade Pool, but various Knight Manors and Lords do. Su Li previously sold more than 40 Jade Stones, allowing many Manors to create an irrigation core. These Jade Pools not only have beautiful scenery but are also rich in Spiritual Power. Clear streams flow from the pools, containing the energy of Wind of Jilun, gently irrigating thousands of acres of farmland in the Manor.

By then, if those thousands of acres of farmland each yield 1-2 stalks of pearl wheat, the output would mean each Manor could produce about 20 pounds. Considering three to even four seasons a year, 50-100 pounds produced by one Manor is a given.

Su Li couldn’t help but cluck in admiration, smiling as he said, ”Calculating like this, our Territory will have a batch of extraordinary Manors.”

It feels like the Territory, under his governance, has made significant progress towards a divine-filled, fantastically powerful future!

While he was talking with Vandar, below the Jorn Shallow Bay, there gradually arose a commotion from the Knights’ commands. Under the supervision of many glittering Knights, the serfs in the Steel Wheat fields lined up out of the fields, starting to disarm by the field ridges.

Officials from the armory led a team to meticulously count each piece of Armor, strictly inspecting for any hidden chain armor components by the slaves.

No doubt, this was the first wheat field in the Territory to have its harvest completed.

Then the slaves diligently transported these wheat ears to the threshing ground to start collecting the wheat grains.

The planting area for Steel Wheat was not extensive, and by about noon, the Dawn Nun responsible for this area promptly came from the threshing ground of the farm to the Maiden’s Ring to report to Su Li, ”Lord, we have completed the harvest of the more than 5 acres of steel wheat this year. The harvest exceeded our expectations, yielding 1860 pounds!”

pounds! The per acre yield is over 300 pounds, nearly 400 pounds!

This is truly an immense harvest!

Su Li beamed with joy, saying, ”The effects of the Maiden’s Ring and the Breath of Harvest are truly powerful. Our per acre yield has nearly doubled compared to when I first arrived in the Hesse Territory!”