Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 180: Chapter 107: Founding the Sun of Vengeance Half-Lion Griffin Knight Order (Part 3)

Su Li furrowed his brow and asked, ”Are we going to be busy all summer?”

He thought that with the support of the intelligence system, one round of weeding would be enough!

Vandar seemed indifferent to Su Li’s reaction, having grown accustomed to it. The nobles only care whether the farmers pay enough grain on tax days and don’t concern themselves with the farming process.

In most cases, the priests of the Dawn Church and the Tal Church actively guide farmers on how to cultivate crops and control weeds.

Vandar, besides being the priest of the territory’s Dawn Church, also serves as the Minister of Agriculture, naturally bearing the responsibility of guiding the entire territory’s farming efforts.

It’s rare that the lord of Hesse Territory, unlike other knights, is not arrogant and foolish, constantly thinking only of slaying monsters and pursuing glory, but instead pays close attention to agricultural affairs.

He actively explained, ”Lord, a plot of rich land—from the moment seeds of hope are sown to the harvest season’s golden ears—the difficulty of this process is far beyond what you can imagine, more than ten times harder!”

”The wild nature of Tal spreads, and weeds in the field will grow crazily. Farmers generally need to remove them every 2 to 4 cycles. Considering we irrigate the fertile farmland below with the abundant life energy water from Lake Revelin, our territory might need to weed every two cycles.”

”And during the growth of the crops, we need to regularly water the farmland, remove seedlings according to drought conditions, involving various economic crops, with professional pruning and smoking grass to control pests, etc.”

Su Li couldn’t help but click his tongue, ”No wonder they say, ’Who knows the meal on the plate, every grain is hard-earned indeed.’

The harvested grain truly comes from farmers being tirelessly busy in the fields, diligently caring day and night.

Then Su Li stood up directly and said to the two priests from the church, ”Based on my foresight, Tal’s divine tide will reach its peak in three days, and before that we need to weed the fields with all our might to ensure this autumn’s harvest.”

”It doesn’t help to speak much here; let’s go directly to the fields and guide everything.”

Su Li was decisive in action, immediately leaving the manor, riding his Griffin, Death’s Claw, preparing to head to Jorn Shallow Bay.

Hilude immediately arranged a team of guards to follow his actions, as his every move now concerned the territory’s future, and security had become a top priority.

It’s not exaggerated to say he was now traveling with a police escort: knights opened the way in front, attendants kept watch on the sides, and a large number of knights guarded from behind.

The two escort knights following him were the territory’s newly-added Half-Lion Griffin Knights: Lion-hearted Roland and Crystal Spear·Thor.

The three of them rode their massive Griffins in a gallop full of might, resembling roaring heavy tanks.

This gave Su Li a nostalgic feeling as if driving a large-displacement off-road vehicle in a past life.

Though very cool, every step on the accelerator represents burning money.

Even with the wealth of Hesse Territory, such expenditure from several Griffins was unsustainable.

Sometimes, Su Li’s dedication to farming stemmed not only from ingrained genes but also from being forced by circumstances.

But undoubtedly, the pleasure from this burning cost was unparalleled; perhaps everyone has dreamed of leaving everything behind to enjoy the freedom of speeding around.

Especially with a powerful female knight ahead of Su Li, galloping on horseback, hair flying, chasing the Little Fragrance, riding freely, enjoying life, he felt even more delighted.

In no time, he smoothly arrived near Jorn Shallow Bay, leaving Vandar and Lunadeshan far behind.

Thus, he had the leisure to descend from above Jorn Shallow Bay and enter between the field ridges.

Only upon closer inspection of the wheat field did he fully grasp the severity of the situation Vandar described.

The wheat seedlings in the field had just budded shortly ago, but nearby wild weeds were spreading crazily. On the sloping land beside the ridges, there were even large amounts of wild grasses, thorns, and wild dates!

These bushes, filled with wooden spikes, densely covered the fields, presenting a vivid image to Su Li of what ”wild grass flourishing” meant.

A good stretch of wheat field was hardly visible among the dense weeds and wild plants covering it.

When Vandar and Lunadeshan arrived, Su Li curiously asked, ”Didn’t we do deep pits and weeding when clearing the farmland? How did they grow so fast?”

Vandar took a deep breath, calming the breathlessness and fatigue from the journey, then carefully examined the field and said, ”Hmm, strange. When I observed here last night, the wild plants hadn’t spread like this.”

However, he didn’t think much further and continued, ”It’s normal. Based on time, this wheat field has been about two cycles since the deep cultivation, and the wild plants would naturally grow back.”

Su Li counted the time, not quite two cycles, but only a few days off. It could only be said that the fertile land of Hesse Territory leads to especially lush growth.

Su Li then led Vandar and Lunadeshan to continue inspecting hundreds of acres around, everywhere weeds were quite dense, even in better conditioned lands between ridges there were various kinds of weeds and some small wild date saplings.

Don’t underestimate these wild-born little wild dates; looking at them now only knee-high, if you don’t remove them, they’ll grow to waist-high in one or two cycles.

Don’t naively fantasize that wild dates can replace wheat harvests; these wild dates only grow trees, not fruits!

The one-meter-tall wild date trees are covered with thorns and reversed spikes, yet only bear a few dozens of sour dates. Furthermore, these dates are less than the thickness of a pinky, and most of their volume is occupied by the seed!

After seeing everything, Su Li sighed, ”Tal’s wild nature is even stronger than we imagined. There’s a need to stop further planting and focus on weeding and pest control in the farmland.”