[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-apocalypse-descent-farming-with-my-harem":3,"chapter-apocalypse-descent-farming-with-my-harem-apocalypse-descent-farming-with-my-harem-chapter-946":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Apocalypse Descent: Farming with My Harem",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},100687,141,"Chapter 946 - 349: Inventorying Resources and Accepting Puteng Village Villagers","apocalypse-descent-farming-with-my-harem-chapter-946",946,"\u003Cp>But according to what Cao Yi said, he allocated fifteen rooms to these 237 refugees, so living space is still sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very soon, Cao Xing saw a group of figures gathered on a piece of vacant land next to the residents’ quarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puteng Village was originally a small village located in the southwest of Gale Snow Plain, near Flowing Water Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire village consisted of more than sixty households, and all the villagers made their living by cultivating a type of winter grape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the village, the agricultural area was covered with large greenhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, they were all filled with lush grapevines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This winter grape had a slow growth cycle, requiring half a year to grow once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each year in February and August, it was the harvest season for Puteng Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During harvest days, clusters of purple glistening and lush green grapes hung from the vines, as dazzling as gemstones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grapes produced by Puteng Village were of high quality, well-received by local wine merchants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People in the village would use these winter grapes to brew delicious wine and hold lively grape festivals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers were hospitable, and their lives were as rich and sweet as the wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, about ten years ago, Puteng Village was annexed into the territory of Baron Augustus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the entire village, including its residents, became the baron’s property.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The baron set regulations for them, requiring Puteng Village to pay a fixed amount of taxes each year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The regulation was that the village, with over 60 households,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>must cultivate and submit over 90,000 kilograms of winter grapes annually as a fixed quota.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much or how little was grown, 90,000 kilograms had to be submitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for any problems or difficulties encountered, those nobles would not consider them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any excess could be digested internally in the village or sold to local wineries to cover village expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the amount was insufficient, all villagers had to contribute funds to fill this gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a village didn’t submit enough in the first year, they would not only face the baron’s punishment but also have to make up the deficit the following year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, for three consecutive years, adequate amounts were not submitted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the baron would deem the village valueless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire village would then be disbanded, with villagers redistributed to other villages or sold directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The families originally formed there and various personal relationships would be directly disrupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the common people of this world, living in such a cold hell was already extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bonds with family and friends were among the few reasons that could sustain them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be separated from family would be more painful than death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the baron’s orders were absolute; no one could defy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he commanded the village to be razed to the ground or all commoners executed, they couldn’t utter a word of complaint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the feudal system that had persisted for tens of thousands of years, deeply rooted in everyone’s heart in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, over the past decade, Puteng Village had been fully dedicated to grape cultivation, striving to meet the baron’s quota.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, under the extreme harsh weather of this world, ordinary crops simply couldn’t survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone grapes, which required sunlight to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In earlier years, such harsh weather was relatively infrequent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the entire village working with all their might, Puteng Village’s annual yield barely reached about 100,000 kilograms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a year, 10,000 kilograms remained, sold to local wine merchants for a meager income, allowing them to scrape by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the good times didn’t last.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In recent years, bad weather on the Gale Snow Plain became more frequent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Storms, cold silence cold wind, dense mists of disaster, and so on...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each natural disaster not only threatened the lives of common people but also affected the crops growing in their greenhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That year, they only managed to submit 80,000 kilograms of grapes, with the remaining 20,000 kilograms fulfilled by pooling all villagers’ savings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pretty much exhausted the savings they had amassed over the years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hoped things would be slightly better the following year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the weather turned out to be even more adverse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole year yielded a mere 60,000 kilograms of grapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For three consecutive years, they failed to meet the baron’s quota.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Puteng Village was directly dissolved on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baron Augustus originally intended to redistribute them to work in some mines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But having lost a bet with another baron, he sold these commoners to cover his gambling losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the entire village was sold to Alkaid Walker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Fitz Walker’s father, the previous baron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right after taking over this territory, the old baron fell seriously ill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only after his death that Fitz Walker remembered this batch of villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the village chief of Puteng Village, Zelco was now over fifty years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, the common lifespan was generally around fifty to sixty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Zelco was considered part of the elderly population.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old village chief, with his back hunched, looked around him at the simple-faced villagers, and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah... I wonder what kind of temperament this new lord has...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope he can treat us a little better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearby, a woman wearing a cotton hat and with a pale complexion said, \"Village Chief, this territory is bigger than we imagined. This lord must be a very capable person, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old village chief shook his head, \"I’m not sure. We haven’t seen what this lord looks like, nor do we understand his character...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, I’ve heard that this lord is supposed to return today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of you need to be very mindful not to offend him, understand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, our future days could be troubled...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",963,"2026-05-28T19:24:19.081Z","2026-06-01T04:28:50.701Z",1,"novelbin.me","f88d4f8cc50610f8ac9428bd3f6083ee33951f3e1f0342d95a772c7496159ec0","apocalypse-descent-farming-with-my-harem-chapter-947","apocalypse-descent-farming-with-my-harem-chapter-945",1544,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fapocalypse-descent-farming-with-my-harem-cover.jpg"]