Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 567: Chapter 25: Spring Brings Life to All Things Festival

The appearance of the mythical material, Threads of Destiny, made this Spring Brings Life to All Things festival particularly grand and festive.

Su Li, in a cheerful mood, walked out of the forest treehouse with Ingrid. By this time, the celebration ceremonies had begun in various parts of the Territory.

Reya, as the Dawn Goddess, pays special attention to children. Thus, Priests and maidens collected the dew that had condensed on the ancient oak trees before dawn using wicker baskets. After being blessed by the Priestesses, the dew was sprinkled on the children’s foreheads, forming wheat-sheaf-shaped watermarks, symbolizing that they are ”receiving the power of new life.”

Seeing the children vibrant and full of vitality, Su Li couldn’t help but smile. On this day of Spring Brings Life to All Things, the entire world was bright, filled with vitality, and truly did not resemble the usual world of darkness and despair.

While having breakfast in the manor, Hilude reported to him: ”Lord, the Minister of Agriculture, Church Priest Vandar requests an audience.”

”Is he here so early?” Su Li put down the scented venison in his hand, smiled, and said, ”It looks like the people of the Dawn Church genuinely value this festival. I got up so early today, still urged by him. Let him in. Anyway, the morning schedule is to celebrate the Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony with the Dawn Church people.”

A moment later, the hurried footsteps of Vandar came from outside the door. Today is a festive day, and this Great Druid was also dressed in ceremonial attire. A deep green linen robe wrapped around his slightly stooped figure, but his lined face did not show any signs of aging and looked even more spirited than Su Li. He held a straw man woven from wheat sheaf, with green flourishing on his head—not that a great grassland had grown there; rather, he had dressed with tufts of fresh thistle and cornflower.

Seeing Su Li still having breakfast, he slightly bowed and said, ”My apologies, Lord, for interrupting your delightful meal.”

Su Li waved his hand, smiling as he said, ”No problem. On such a joyous day, everything is a pleasure. Seeing you, my minister, you seem even more charming than usual. With so many beautiful nuns in the Dawn Church, I’m really worried you can’t restrain yourself, my old friend. Do you need me to relieve some of your stress?”

”Last month, I saw Sister Mary Ann, with her majestic bosom that could rest a goblet, tucking violets into your scripture pages. You truly are like an iron tree blooming, like dry wood encountering spring.”

Vandar was amused by Su Li’s joke, laughed heartily, rubbing his reddened nose, and said, ”By Reya. Your keen eyes should be hung in the confessional as pupils.”

”However, speaking of relieving stress, we do have some matters here that require your personal participation, Lord.”

”For the Spring Brings Life to All Things festival, the countryside, forest settlements, and mountain pastures all have different celebration methods. Still, some are common, such as the grand ceremony hosted by the Lord, concerning the Blood Sacrifice of the Father of Grains, Polevik. It involves the spring plowing competition supervised by the nobles, which requires the noblemen of the Territory to drive the oxen, turning over the first furrow of land.”

Upon hearing what Vandar said, Su Li immediately restrained his joking expression and turned to official matters. Although the Spring Brings Life to All Things festival is very festive, the real significance of the day after the celebration is in plowing the land.

After the Dawn Goddess takes over the Annual Rings, the land will gradually become softer. It’s time to advance the process of expanding the cultivated land in the Territory once again.

Just less than half a month after finishing the meeting, Su Li remembered it clearly. He only had 1,900 acres of good fields, while the fertile fields below Bjorn Shallow Bay were only 1,700 acres.

Frankly, if it weren’t for the fact that the land of the Border Prince’s Territory was located in the south with a mild climate, and the fertile soil on the mountain slopes was irrigated by Revelin’s Holy Water, allowing the land to yield three harvests a year, he wouldn’t even think of establishing a border granary, let alone providing food supply for so many people.

A mere thousand plus acres of good land is even less than an eastern big landlord, yet you want to support an army of 2,000 and over 7,000 people? Daydreaming.

So Su Li was particularly focused on this year’s development. This year is not like last year. When development first started last year, there were only about 100 farm tools in total, and many people didn’t even have handy tools.

This year, in the new atmosphere, alone the Half-Elves’ agricultural equipment had grown to over 200 vehicles of various sizes, and the number of serfs plus recently captured prisoners had approached 3,000 people!

Su Li had long been ambitious, intending to take advantage of this Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony to advance the farming career of the Territory by a big step!

If nothing else, at least push the good fields of Bjorn Shallow Bay from 1,700 acres to 2,500 acres, right?

So Su Li tilted his head back, drained the warm milk on the table in one gulp, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and rose from the table. He said to Vandar, ”Let’s go, my minister. We should also attend today’s grand ceremony. I recall you mentioned that the effect of the Blood Sacrifice of the Father of Grains, Polevik, can reach its maximum in the Spring Brings Life to All Things ceremony, correct?”

”That’s right, Lord. The ability of Polevik’s Blood Sacrifice will be regained after Reya takes over the Annual Rings. If the Territory holds a grand sacrificial ceremony together, the entire Territory will be shrouded in sacred prayers and the Holy Light of Sacrifice. A golden glow will cover the Territory, and Reya will pay more attention to this devout land, bestowing more generous Divine Grace.”