Chapter 173 Speeding up the Caravan
And this just proves that Shen Mu is a god!
"The wheat is really growing." Manid's voice was trembling at this time, especially when he knelt down at the edge of the wheat field, looking at the thriving wheat plants in front of him, stretching his neck forward, gently sniffing the unique fragrance of the wheat in front of him.
I was so excited that my whole body was shaking.
This is food.
If the growth cycle can be shortened by more than a month, it means that the wheat can be fully mature in about two months.
The wheat matures in about two months, so it can be harvested once every two months.
It means that you can get a good harvest every two months.
If you plant wheat in the spring when it's warmer, you might be able to harvest it twice at the end of the fall.
If we add winter wheat once more, we can harvest wheat three times in a year.
That means there is an extra chance for a good harvest.
This means that the two harvests a year that Manide once had in mind have now become three harvests a year, a harvest that is beyond comprehension.
After all, in the continent of Calradia, wheat has always been harvested twice a year, that is, at the junction of spring and summer and in autumn.
Now all of this directly increases the harvest by one more time.
The amount of food that would be brought in would of course increase again.
For the Kingdom of Swadia, why do they have civilians with good physique, strong and healthy war horses, excellent infantry units and first-class heavy cavalry units in the entire continent?
They even have standard weapons and equipment of top quality.
They relied on occupying the most fertile plains and lands of Calradia, building towns and castles guarding the passes, and around these towns, castles, and villages, there were a large number of manors belonging to knights, nobles, and gentry who used them to cultivate the land.
Being able to harvest wheat twice a year, bringing in a steady supply of food, and then having enough food to feed the population.
It is also possible to develop animal husbandry and war horse training.
Even more people can be engaged in the metallurgical industry, becoming blacksmiths, weapons manufacturing craftsmen, etc., to provide sufficient population labor.
The combination of all these factors makes the Kingdom of Swadia powerful.
The key point is to occupy fertile plains and land to harvest enough food to feed the entire population.
As a general who came from a merchant background, Manid certainly understood this point very well.
And now when he saw the opportunity to harvest wheat three times a year, why was he so excited? It was because he knew that if the Kingdom of Swadia itself was an agricultural power, harvesting wheat three times a year would be able to feed more people and make animal husbandry more developed, which would also make the Swadia Kingdom's army stronger.
Of course, Manide didn't understand Shen Mu's abilities. He only saw the opportunity to barely calculate that he could harvest wheat three times a year, and he was already very excited.
In response, Shen Mu just smiled.
Because he knew that this was not the limit of his ability.
In other words, this is not the limit of the evolved Mount and Blade rules and system after absorbing the rules from the spiritual world of hell.
"So now I need to speed up the wheat growth by another 30 days."
Shen Mu's thoughts communicated with the system again.
'Om! '
Then the white data stream poured out again.
At the same time, it was like a layer of white mist, covering the acre of wheat field, and with the pure green light spots began to penetrate into the wheat.
At the same time, the thriving wheat plants turned into even more thriving ones, slowly becoming thicker, taller and longer as if in a stop-motion animation.
Even at the top of the wheat, there appeared full ears, and the wheat that had originally grown straight and vigorously began to slowly bend down.
And as it bent down, the full ears of wheat at the top began to gradually grow into grains of wheat.
This means that the wheat is about to mature.
Even when there is a shortage of food, the wheat can be harvested directly and eaten.
There is also a name among the scientific names of crops.
That is silage wheat.
Even in terms of taste, because it has not fully grown and is not completely dehydrated, it has not yet completely solidified.
These wheats taste very smooth and juicy, and can be eaten directly in the mouth even without being ground. The taste is also very good, and it can be regarded as a delicacy among the common people.
Of course, if we wait another ten days or so for the wheat grains to fully grow into their fullest and strongest form, a lot of starch grains will appear after grinding, which is the final form of these wheat grains.
The ground flour can be made into bread.
If you add some other beans or bran, it can become a very filling black bread.
If the skin is completely peeled and only the inner core is left, it can be ground into flour and become white bread.
Of course, they are all things that can fill your stomach.
They are all food reserves.
At this time, the dialog box in front of Shen Mu began to disappear.
[Ding! You have consumed 3000 points of faith and accelerated the growth of this wheat field by 30 days! ]
[Your current balance of faith value is: 10366 points. ]
This is a dialog box about the Faith he has consumed and the Faith balance.
Shen Mu didn't care at all.
"Manide." Instead, he spoke slowly, looking to the side with wide eyes and a look of shock, kneeling beside the wheat field as if he had seen a ghost.
Looking at the lush wheat in front of him, which was already bent and full of wheat grains, Manide slowly said, "According to your estimate, how many days will it take for the wheat to fully mature and be harvested?"
Although Shen Mu didn't care about the consumption of faith points, he still had to calculate carefully. If he could calculate it accurately to the number of days, then there would definitely be some faith points left, which could be regarded as adding some margin to his current urgent consumption.
After all, Manide is a businessman, and he has rich experience in life among civilians, including a lot of experience in agricultural development. It is a good thing to consult his opinions at this time.
At this time, Manide officially woke up.
At this moment, he looked at the wheat in front of him, where he could clearly see the grains of wheat. He reached out his hand tremblingly, gently stroked the wheat in front of him, and slowly said, "If my estimate is correct, then these wheat will be fully mature in about 20 days."
Just now, Shen Mu had accelerated his growth rate by 41 days.
That's about one and a half months.
According to the normal growth rate of wheat, it will take at least one and a half months, or three months, for the wheat to fully mature.
However, Manid had already come to a conclusion through the growth rate of the wheat, that is, the wheat planted by Shen Mu could not be regarded as the conventional wheat in the Calradia continent.
Because all the wheat planted is more vigorous, grows faster, and the growth cycle is significantly shortened.
It was just like the growth of wheat that Manide had seen in certain years when the sunlight, rainfall, and temperature were all perfect, and was destined to be a bumper harvest.
Wheat grows in a very perfect posture.
That's why he concluded that in another 20 days, or two months, the wheat would be fully mature.
It's time to harvest.
"I don't know why, but this may be a miracle from you, Lord Shen Mu." Manide said seriously, "I found that just now, during the growth process of these wheats, patches of very fine green light spots appeared and were injected into these wheats, which made these wheats grow more perfectly and also shortened their growth time."
"Those green spots of light?" Shen Mu frowned slightly at this time. He also thought of the coolness that came from his heart when he released the ability to speed up the growth of wheat.
At this time, he was also thoughtful: "It seems that this is the amplification effect brought to me by the natural pan-consciousness in the spiritual world."
Natural consciousness is the fragment of natural consciousness he obtained from the little druid.
Then he was controlled by his own Mount and Blade system.
Before, he might not have understood why the Mount & Blade system could control it, but when he thought about the various rewards he received after parsing the rules of hell, he could understand that this must be the help that the Mount & Blade system could bring to him after parsing the fragments of natural consciousness.
For example, the power of this auxiliary Mount and Blade rule to help crops grow comes from the fragments of natural consciousness.
This further increased the effect of the rule power of 'Nature's Food Gift'. "Overall, it's still very good." Shen Mu didn't think much at this time, but instead communicated with the system again with his mind and activated the rule power again.
The power of this rule directly increased the wheat growth rate by another 20 days.
'Om! '
It's just a flash of white light.
Of course, there were also emerald green spots of light from the fragments of natural consciousness mixed in. In just over 20 seconds, the wheat that had already bent slightly lowered its head completely.
And the originally lush green wheat fields began to turn golden yellow.
This means that the wheat is ripe and can be harvested.
As another breeze blew slowly, the wheat field, which had already turned golden, began to rustle.
There is also a distinct aroma of wheat.
"This...this...this..."
Manide, who was answering just now, now paused a lot and didn't know what he should say.
He just stared with his eyes wide open at the golden, plump wheat grains in front of him that were about to burst, and he didn't have any extra thoughts to think about.
He gently picked a wheat grain about as thick as his index finger, then rubbed the grain, which still had the bran, in the palm of his hand with gentle force.
And they can already feel the dry and hard touch lingering in the palms of their hands.
"These wheats can indeed be harvested." Manide spoke subconsciously, his mind completely blank as he said, "This is a great harvest, a unique great harvest."
In just a few minutes, this acre of wheat is ready for harvest.
This can no longer be considered as the level of three harvests a year.
If Shen Mu wanted, he could easily make the wheat mature countless times within a day.
It also means that the wheat can be harvested countless times.
For Manid, who was born in a fictional historical world, the most basic normal time logic is still retained in his mind.
He couldn't even think about this happening.
But it really appeared before my eyes.
"Okay, let's get some people to come and harvest the crops." Shen Mu turned around and spoke to the Holy Tree Knight and the Swadian sergeant who were responsible for protecting him.
After all, there are still 1500 Swadian civilians in Dhrim.
These are all civilian units.
Normally, their responsibilities are of course to harvest grain and maintain crops. It is only natural to let them come and harvest the wheat in this acre of wheat field.
Among Dehrim, 100 Swadian civilians quickly walked over with sickles in hand.
Of course, this acre of wheat field does not require 100 Swadian civilians.
If we bring 10 civilians, that would be enough.
However, they also heard from the Swadian soldiers who went to convey the news that Lord Shen Mu, whom they admired very much, had performed a miracle, which allowed an acre of wheat field to quickly produce a good harvest in a short period of time.
Therefore, many people clamored to come over.
These 100 Swadian civilians were the more prestigious among them. They were the first to step forward and run over with sickles in hand, thus competing for the chance to harvest the wheat.
However, when they arrived at the acre of wheat field outside the east gate, everyone widened their eyes in extreme shock.
Because compared to the wheat seedlings around them that have just broken through the soil, revealing some tender seedlings as big as little fingers.
Look at this acre of wheat field, it is lush and green. The wheat has turned completely golden and is ready to be harvested. It is growing quite well, so it can be considered a bumper harvest of wheat.
The two sides just made a slight comparison.
This has caused great shock to the Swadian civilians who were used to the wheat seedlings outside.
"This is truly a miracle, this is truly a miracle."
"This is definitely a miracle from Lord Shen Mu."
"This means that we will have an endless supply of food in the future."
"It's shocking."
These Swadian civilians were also living Mount and Blade humans. At this time, they were also in shock and whispered to each other.
At the same time, the hands holding the sickles subconsciously clenched.
My heart beat faster and my mind began to go blank. Thinking about the wonderful life in the future, I became as excited as Manide.
In just a few minutes, you can get wheat that would take three months to grow and mature into a good harvest on the Calradia continent.
This is a miracle.
This is the wonderful life ahead.
After all, they are all farmers, and each of them is an ordinary person who comes from the countryside.
Of course, it is very clear what a miracle it is to make wheat mature in just a few minutes.
This means that they will have an endless supply of food.
For any civilian.
For a farmer.
For the peasant class.
An endless supply of food is like a heavenly enjoyment, like living in paradise in reality.
"Well, my friends, now is not the time to get acquainted. I think you should all take action and quickly harvest all the wheat, then process it and transport it to the granary in the future."
At this time, Shen Mu clapped his hands, making a crisp sound, interrupting the daze of these Swadian civilians.
Then he signaled them to harvest the wheat quickly.
After all, Shen Mu planned to harvest the wheat and then plow the land to plant the wheat back into the ground.
After all, after the harvest, of course it needs to be replanted.
Otherwise, where would the endless supply of food come from?
So the Swadian civilians reacted immediately and looked at Shen Mu with great respect. Without saying much, they picked up their sickles and walked towards the wheat field. They shouted one by one and began to harvest the lush golden wheat skillfully.
It only took a quarter of an hour to completely harvest this acre of wheat field.
After all, it is easy for 100 people to harvest one acre of land.
By this time, Manid had recovered and was directing the Swadian civilians to transport the bundles of wheat back to the warehouse.
The wheat still needs to be hulled, and then the remaining wheat straw can be distributed and used as bedding.
And old straw can also be used as fire starter.
It can be said to be quite good stuff.
Moreover, the acre of wheat harvested after husking is enough to feed about 50 Swadian soldiers with a full meal.
Although it is better than nothing, it is also a kind of gain.
After all, Shen Muke has the power of rules to use the power of faith to speed up the growth time of wheat.
As time goes by, the food problem will be solved.
"It has also been verified. It is just as I thought. As long as we use the power of faith, we can get a steady supply of food." Shen Mu smiled: "Just like building buildings quickly, as long as there is a place of faith, the construction time of buildings can be accelerated, and then a large number of buildings can be obtained."
But at this time Shen Mu also turned his head and looked in the direction of Dehrim: "Then now we need to verify the time to speed up the caravan's round trip."
(End of this chapter)
