Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 783: Chapter 83: Extraordinary Wheat Seed Harvest (Part 2)

Vandar continued, ”However, although the Blood Field has yielded a bountiful harvest, due to the effect of the Blood Sacrifice, the yield of ordinary grain varieties is maximized, so it is unlikely for the Extraordinary Ears to be born here.”

”The pearl wheat in our territory mainly comes from the output of Quesofield Manor and ordinary farmland.”

”Ordinary farmland also has output?” Su Li’s eyes lit up.

”Yes, this pearl wheat is quite similar to the Calming Flower, and it’s possible to yield one every few miles. Around our Holy Land of the Maiden’s Ring, we have extensively planted over a dozen acres.”

”It’s estimated that in this bountiful season, we will be able to harvest between 4600 and 7000 pounds of pearl wheat.”

This quantity is truly considerable!

This level of extraordinary wheat seeds can significantly enhance the strength of the territory.

Su Li asked, ”After this bountiful season, will the sacrifice to Reya be pearl wheat?”

”Exactly. Last year, we used pearl wheat as a sacrifice and already received 7 Children of Dawn. These newborns are naturally endowed with the eyes to perceive the Wind of Jilun and are destined to be cultivated as cultivators of the Dawn Goddess Church. Our church has already adopted 4 of them, raising them near the Mother Earth’s Holy Pool at the church’s Holy Land.”

Certainly, for the Dawn Church to adopt these children, the peasant parents are very willing. As long as they can become extraordinary cultivators, they can earn a minimum of 20 to 50 silver coins per month.

This income is somewhat variable, as knights going to battle will earn slightly more, with the basic cap being 50 silver coins. Ordinary church cultivators earn slightly less, but regardless, an annual income of 2 to 3 Golden Crowns is far more than that of ordinary peasants and farmers. This is their best means of upward social mobility.

Su Li naturally hoped for as many Children of Dawn as possible, after all, these cultivators are different from knights, as they truly improve farming and production.

Su Li then asked, ”Will this year’s pearl wheat be sacrificed as well?”

Vandar decisively shook his head, ”We will sacrifice at most 100 pounds of pearl wheat to Reya. Reya is not a greedy Divine Spirit; a limited offering proving the devotion of her followers is sufficient. The remaining pearl wheat will remain in the territory, as this extraordinary wheat seed has numerous uses. Flour made into bread from it will be especially fine, and this high-quality white bread not only fills better but can also remain unspoiled like pearls for a long time. Additionally, due to its inherent healing light, it can accelerate the healing of wounds, somewhat akin to a medicinal meal.”

Hearing this, Su Li nodded; this item is indeed an important resource for disaster and military operations.

As long as it is stored, accumulating tens of thousands of loaves annually, having stored hundreds of thousands of loaves in the warehouse, there’s never a need to worry about them expiring. During disaster years, they can be used to relieve the crisis significantly.

In military wars, this item is also extremely convenient, not only conducive to quick transportation and storage, but also capable of large-scale healing of soldiers’ injuries when potions are insufficient after a major battle. Even when there are potions, soldiers cannot immediately recover from severe injuries after taking them, and consuming this pearl white bread during recuperation aids faster recovery.

”Of course, the effect of pearl wheat goes beyond this. The wheat ears themselves are actually the most valuable part of pearl wheat. The nuns of the Dawn Church can weave the wheat ears of pearl wheat into the Crown of Fertility, worn by pregnant women to pray for safe deliveries. At the same time, hanging a bundle of pearl wheat ears over the door of a village granary symbolizes the attention of the Goddess. Grain thieves will inexplicably feel dizzy and vomit.”

Upon hearing this, Su Li was reminded that in this world women and pregnant women do indeed like to wear wreaths of flowers on their heads while nearing childbirth, but most nobles wear crowns made of olive branches, symbolizing ”the victory of life.”

Whereas the farmers of villages and rural outskirts typically wear headbands made of wheat ears, considering Reya’s teachings are more prevalent in these areas.

This pearl wheat from the beginning has been closely associated with the protection of childbirth and fertility emphasis of the Reya Church.

In fact, this item is not uncommon within the Empire. If a pregnant woman in a village is about to give birth, the midwife or village Tree Hedge Wizard would instruct the family men to fetch a pearl wheat stalk from the field.

As long as the family looks hard, walking through several cornfields typically results in finding such a pearl wheat, which, after being uprooted, is brought back home as a headband for the wife, effectively enhancing the safety of childbirth.

After childbirth, the mother can slowly recover and heal her body by consuming bread made from the wheat ears ground into flour. It is nothing short of an alternative way of confinement. After all, in this dark and desperate world, there is hardly any possibility of leaving much maternity leave for women. It’s common to have to endure pain and return to work the next day after giving birth, and the access to pearl wheat white bread allows them a few days of recovery to quickly replenish their primordial qi and restore their bodies.

After hearing Vandar’s introduction, Su Li raised an eyebrow, saying, ”So is the pearl wheat not an all-around treasure?”

This plant, which effectively protects pregnant women and newborns, is the favorite crop of the Dawn Goddess Church. Speaking of which, Vandar beamed, ”Yes, although the value of pearl wheat cannot compare to extraordinary grains supplying the Divine Chosen Level like Emerald Green Ears. However, it excels at being an all-encompassing treasure, its refined flour perpetual like pearl powder, making it so that any decent bakery would prominently showcase a few loaves of pearl white bread in the most visible spot. We name this bread Zhen White Bread, typically priced around 10 silver coins.”