Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 571: Chapter 26: Jorn Shallow Bay’s Plan for Promotion to Dawn Holy Land (Part 2)

The Hesse Territory is undoubtedly still a desolate land devoid of divine grace, and in order to enhance the degree of farmland bathed in divine grace, it is clear that multiple approaches are needed.

More holy lands of the Dawn Church, more extensive rituals, and more essence of nature.

In this regard, more essence of nature cannot be resolved in the short term, but broader rituals and more holy lands are currently being vigorously promoted by the priests of the Dawn Church.

Vandar pointed to the fertile fields below Jorn Shallow Bay and said, ”Lord, besides developing this hillside and expanding the scale of fertile fields this year, we also plan to establish this land as a core holy land of the Dawn Church within the territory.”

Vandar’s proposal immediately lit up Su Li’s eyes. He turned and looked at the Minister of Agriculture with bright eyes, saying, ”Your proposal is very insightful. Jorn Shallow Bay is originally the agricultural center of our territory, the pillar of agricultural output. If it can become the most sacred site of Reya in the territory, it indeed complements each other well.”

Su Li might not support the construction of other holy sites by the Dawn Church, as some holy lands affect the efficacy of the Dawn Church.

But Su Li definitely supports this holy land; the vast agricultural area of Jorn Shallow Bay is Su Li’s core asset, the foundation for establishing territory and external expansion.

It can be said that the development and harvest here are the guarantee and foundation for him to stand in this border pioneer territory.

Therefore, if it’s possible to enhance the scale of divine grace here, he wouldn’t mind investing directly.

So he straightforwardly asked, ”What are your plans? Tell me your ideas in detail.”

Vandar immediately asked Su Li to stand up, walked to the dam beside him, then pointed into the distance, encompassing both the terrain of the Hesse hills and Jorn Shallow Bay, saying, ”The fertile fields we have developed in Jorn Shallow Bay are now 1700 acres. Although the scale is still small, according to the calculation of one hundred acres per household of five, this is equivalent to at least 3 to 5 villages in scale, and not small villages, but medium-sized villages with 300 to 500 farmers.”

”With the sufficient machinery and agricultural tools you provided to the slaves, I estimate that it will take about 15 days for these slaves to complete the tillage of the whole farmland, then continue to reclaim new wasteland. But due to the distance increase, we certainly need to construct new farmhouses, stables, and roads for them.”

”Therefore, we think rather than wasting manpower on road and farmhouse construction, it would be better to cultivate these existing fertile lands. While the serfs are farming, dispatch dwarf engineers to build a Maiden’s Ring here, and we have already chosen the location, right on that undulating hill.”

Su Li followed his gaze and indeed saw a low, circular mound.

This conforms to the terrain of the Hesse hills region. As a hilly plain area between the Gray Mountain Range and the Blood Pine Forest, the terrain is relatively flat, and the land is extremely fertile. However, there are still some slightly undulating hills in the central plain.

Even if it is not hills but plains, the terrain is not all flat; there are internal undulating mounds, serving as shaded places for grazing horses.

The mound at Jorn Shallow Bay is not very high, but it has obvious undulations, about 20-30 meters, though its slope is very gentle, and Su Li watched a half-elf plowing machine smoothly passing through, creating a cultivated fertile field on the slope.

Vandar continued, ”We have estimated that this is about 20 miles from Hesse town, just suitable to serve as a holy land of the Dawn Church in the suburbs. The specific engineering doesn’t need to be too complicated; when completed, it will become a place surrounded by bountiful valley fields for several miles.”

”A circle of standing stone pillars will be built on the low circular mound, with a statue of the Dawn Goddess in the center, a wooden maiden’s holy image. Although some places depict the Dawn Goddess Reya as having the image of a broad-faced middle-aged woman, our territory obviously does not recognize such church content.”

Listening to Vandar’s introduction, Su Li nodded slightly. Although teachings about Reya are interpreted slightly differently in different places, such as her image, opinions vary: some see her as a beautiful maiden, while others see her as a kind mother.

But some content is universal, such as this goddess’s dislike for white marble; her statues are basically wooden.

The Fiery Sun Goddess and the Healing Goddess, the sister duo, are just the opposite; these two goddesses have fixed images, all as beautiful young women, and their statues and churches are made of white marble.

The Dawn Goddess undoubtedly has a closer connection to nature, so Vandar continued, ”We plan to build wheat fields and lawns on this circular mound and carve spiraled Reya divine patterns, using these grassy paths to transform Lake Reiflin’s water, flowing down from the waterwheel above, into clear streams to irrigate the entire valley fields.”

”If all goes well, this will become one of the most sacred holy lands in the Hesse territory. The surrounding priestesses will come from villages dozens of miles away to offer sacrifices and communicate with the goddess. Even passing essence souls of nature will pay their respects here.”

”At the same time, as the most sacred, largest, and closest holy land to the Dawn Goddess, it will certainly receive intense divine grace, bathing the land in the glory of the Dawn Goddess.”