Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 531: Chapter 13: Philis’s Accession and the Dawn Church’s New Holy Land: Mother Earth’s Holy Pool (Part 3)

It is well known that Master Gao enjoys all lively and festive events.

Su Li pondered seriously for a moment and said, ”But it’s also a test. If the event is not lively enough and the beer is not ample, Gaucric might leave disappointed and possibly leave early. Do we have enough beer?”

Sitting next to him, Minister of Agriculture Vandar replied confidently, ”No problem, my Lord. Considering the timing, this winter is almost halfway through. The last harvest season of the year is soon to arrive, and our grains will certainly have a bountiful harvest, sufficient to brew a large amount of beer.”

Wearing a cotton-padded coat to harvest wheat was something Su Li, a northerner, had rarely seen before.

However, in the southern regions of the Empire, where the climate is hot, wheat can indeed be harvested three times a year.

But in this world, crop growth is not only related to climate and water patterns but also greatly associated with the divine tides of the spirits.

For example, winter wheat sown in early autumn could theoretically be harvested in October, but the harvest period was delayed for nearly three months because the divine tides of Tal, the Summer God, weakened. Plants needed a longer time to absorb the wild growth attributes of Tal to mature.

Previously, Vandar and the nuns of the Dawn Church had mentioned to Su Li more than once that the Empire’s tri-annual harvest has one in spring, one in summer, and then two in the autumn and winter, taking six months for a third maturity.

Therefore, the Empire always speaks of the difficult winter, as it often means a food shortage for these six months.

And the Winter God Yurik rigorously tests all the Empire’s citizens. When this cold deity’s divine tides reach their peak, wind and snow will fall across various regions of the old continent. Even the warmer southern climate cannot avoid it.

From Su Li’s perspective, the location of the Empire’s Border Prince’s Territory is more like southern China or Northern Guangdong, where the climate is warm, and wearing just a shirt and robe is sufficient. But in winter, it can approach freezing, with snowstorms, frost, rain, and snow disasters occurring.

Even today, though Su Li is the lord of the Pioneer Territory, he cannot help but marvel at the sheer harshness and length of the Empire’s winter.

But fortunately, the bitter days are finally over, with this winter half gone. As long as the coming days remain stable, even if they are a bit tough and financially tight, it won’t be too difficult. Endure for more than a month, and it will be time for next year’s Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony.

After the Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony, the Dawn Goddess Reya will take over the annual rings. She is a generous and kind goddess, bringing warmth to the mortal world, just as her divine name suggests.

By then, the nuns of the Dawn Goddess Church will also be able to receive more divine grace and use more divine magic.

So, after hearing Vandar’s good news, Su Li instructed him, ”Let the nuns not hesitate with their divine magic. Use Reya’s abundance freely. Our current stock of laurel gemstones will be supplied to your church first.”

Reya’s abundance is a somewhat difficult-to-evaluate divine magic.

The nuns of Reya can sing of the goddess’s glory, bringing abundance and clearing all impurities. Stored food and uncooked ingredients will slowly expand and split in two, with everything they touch doubling in number. Mold, pests, insects, and other sources of spoilage will disappear, and aged food will become fresh again. Each round can touch a barrel, a box, or a basket of food.

It seems that this divine magic’s effect is very powerful.

In a farm or village, when food supplies are exhausted, a nun from the Dawn Church using this divine magic daily can feed more than a dozen or even several dozen people, preventing them from starving.

However, in the Hesse Territory, the nuns of the Dawn Church rarely use this divine magic.

Because when the territory’s population exceeds 5,000 people, relying solely on this divine magic from the nuns is nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

The nuns encourage hard work and farming, focusing their limited divine power on the fields rather than on making a basket of food.

By casting spells and blessing the farmlands, they increase agricultural yields to obtain more food, meeting the needs of thousands of subjects.

They prefer to rely on themselves, thriving by their labor, rather than gaining without effort.

But as this year’s annual rings are about to rotate to an end, and the remaining winter days are not suitable for further farming. More importantly, over the past few months, the supply of laurel gemstones has continuously increased, ensuring that the nuns of the Dawn Church have enough spiritual energy.

The magic spring water infused with these laurel gemstones can restore 20% to 30% of the nuns’ spiritual energy in a single sip. It is just right for providing ample drinks to the territory before the beer festival.

To ensure the Dawn Church’s enthusiasm, Su Li smiled and said, ”The beer supply is entrusted to you, and all the revenue belongs to your Dawn Church. For the Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony next year, I expect your church to grow further, with more nuns participating.”

Upon hearing this, Vandar indeed became excited. More church revenue means they can establish more holy lands and train more nuns.

Their church is currently preparing for a very important project, the construction of their own church’s Baptismal Holy Land - Mother Earth’s Holy Pool.

This holy land is different from the Starlight Pool in the Star Meteorite Basin, which is a general-purpose holy land.