Chapter 407: 【Blooming Flowers】: Significance

After telling Laidun the news that the Princess would soon be inspecting, Xia Duo proposed, "Stop the experiments at the brick kiln for now; first, fire a batch of bricks to pave the roads and the plaza."

"Yes, my lord."

"I know the bricks currently produced by the kiln are still very fragile and cannot withstand being stepped on, but these can be improved later. At the same time, it is also to show Her Highness the Princess the determination of Daxia Territory to constantly progress."

In a sense, laying immature, fragile brick ground is actually just a face-saving project, but likewise, if it isn't done, no one will know.

The current bricks certainly do not reach the level of Xia Duo's satisfaction, but from a forward-looking perspective, man-made bricks, or even stones, will inevitably replace naturally quarried stones.

Although he is still conducting exploration at the magic level in this regard for the time being, from a technical point of view, the lower the threshold, the easier it is to popularize; the fact that even ordinary people can participate further illustrates the potential in this area.

Continuous upgrades afterward are also a matter of course.

After talking about the brick kiln, Xia Duo pointed to the piece of land in front of him that already had the prototype of a farm field and continued, "This piece of land is also used to demonstrate to Her Highness the Princess."

And it is more than just that; since it is a "Demonstration Field," it certainly cannot be as simple as just turning the soil and sowing seeds; it must have a demonstrative significance.

The demonstrative significance of the brick ground lies in providing a building material manufacturing technology that can be continuously improved, as well as an innovative method.

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And here at the "Demonstration Field," Xia Duo prepared to introduce spells into the planting process; while organizing the "Standard Development Manual of Daxia Territory" yesterday, he already had a rough idea.

He took out a disassembled plowshare from his Dimensional Bag. This iron farm tool was something Xia Duo had ordered early on in Savile Territory, including axes and saws for logging, pots and spatulas for cooking, and so on, which had been transported in bits and pieces several times.

It can be said that not even Savile Territory had as good conditions as Linshui Village; these iron tools were not cheap, and most of them needed to be ordered in advance.

If it weren't for Xia Duo always holding the concepts of "a workman must sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well" and "sharpening the knife will not delay the wood-chopping," he probably would have been like Savile Territory, saving wherever possible.

Xia Duo had aimed for efficiency from the very beginning of his development, so how could he care about the cost of these few tools!

Because various affairs were scheduled very tightly, Xia Duo had not yet had time to research a more suitable 【Object Control】 or 【Sword Control】 spell, so he was currently just using the 3rd Circle 【Flight】 as a substitute.

A plowshare is not an item with self-awareness and does not know how to resist at all; after being subjected to 【Flight】, it could only obediently "listen."

Following Xia Duo's control, the plowshare slowly but firmly inserted into the ground, sinking more than halfway into the earth, and then moved forward very steadily. Laidun, seeing this, immediately ran to the front and had the territory residents who were leveling the land leave temporarily.

Just like this, once, twice, three, four times—a total of five 【Flight】 spells were cast before Xia Duo finished plowing this piece of land, which was about four mu in size.

Of course, he also leveled it along the way.

Plowing can be done by ordinary people, so it certainly doesn't count as a demonstration of introducing spells into planting; Xia Duo just wanted to speed things up a bit, because the thing he was going to do next needed time to be verified, and the longer the better.

After finishing the plowing, Xia Duo rested for a moment and took out a bag of barley seeds. He first had Laidun perform a Holy Baptism on them; this step could actually be done by Xia Duo, but the Positive Energy he guided was not as effective as Laidun's Holy Power.

At the same time, it was also to allow Spellcasters in a broader sense (Divine Magic) to participate in it.

The seeds that had undergone Holy Baptism were full of life force. Xia Duo sprinkled this bag of seeds evenly over the newly plowed ground, forming a "wheat grain carpet" less than 1 meter wide.

"Ultimate of life, Blooming Flowers!"

A string of Elvish with a mysterious rhythm was chanted from Xia Duo's mouth. This sentence of Elvish was not like ordinary spoken language, but rather like an aria-like poem, melodious and resonant.

And at the same time that Xia Duo chanted this sentence, coordinating with the Magic Net fluctuations triggered by the voice, he took the opportunity to add more details and cast this 1st Circle Elf Magic.

A hazy green light was cast down, and the wheat grains on the ground seemed to have undergone Time Acceleration, rapidly swelling up. Roots as thin as hair emerged from one end of the wheat grains and extended into the ground.

Xia Duo picked up a wheat grain and observed it carefully in his palm. The roots were not even as long as the grain itself, and the sprouts had not emerged either. He was somewhat dissatisfied with this result.

However, considering that this was only a 1st Circle Spell and the target of the spell was a bag of wheat seeds, he felt relieved.

It was not that he didn't want to improve the spell, but he didn't know much about Elf Magic. Netheril had already abandoned the Elven Magic System, and on the Projection Plane, he had only received Sword Singer training and had never learned systematic Elf Magic.

Although a Sword Singer is essentially a Mage, they are actually a combat profession, or a "thug." The spells they specialize in are just those few, and they don't even need to understand the principles of the spells; they only need to train constantly.

Of course, those Sword Singers with aspirations would certainly find ways to progress.

This 【Blooming Flowers】 spell was bought by Xia Duo from an Intermediate Mage at the Mage Guild in Savile Territory. At the time, he thought it was a mind spell, but later, after Niya's guidance, he learned it was Elf Magic.

After learning it, he hadn't used it many times; after all, a 1st Circle 【Blooming Flowers】 was not enough for him to grow fruit to eat at any time!

However, Xia Duo knew that Netheril also had Druids. Although they were few, they did exist. Perhaps they were the most suitable for farming, but it was a pity that these Netheril Druids had been led astray by the Elves, and day after day they only knew how to advocate for protecting the forest.

In their eyes, it seemed that only the forest counted as Nature, not knowing that to be born human, one must eat to live—this is the greatest Nature.

Not wanting to think about those frustrating things for the moment, Xia Duo cast 【Blooming Flowers】 seven or eight more times in succession, letting each wheat grain grow sprouts more than an inch long.

It was just a pity that the effect of 【Blooming Flowers】 reached its limit at this level; casting the spell again would hardly make the wheat grains grow rapidly, so Xia Duo stopped at the right time.

"Laidun, have people plant these wheat seedlings."

"Yes, my lord."

After saying this, Xia Duo walked out of the "Demonstration Field" and stood on the side to watch. The territory residents who had been leveling the land with rakes hadn't left yet, and they were immediately pressed into service by Laidun on the spot.

After arranging the planting, Laidun came to Xia Duo's side, his face full of joy, "My lord, this method of yours eliminates the greatest loss before the seeds germinate! If they can continue to grow smoothly, the territory's grain yield can be increased by at least twenty percent!"

"That much?!"

Xia Duo was also somewhat surprised. Just one instance of early seedling cultivation increased the yield by twenty percent—how backward must Netheril's agriculture be!

In the Arcane Garden of the Tower of Time, Xia Duo had never seen early seedling cultivation, but since things matured in a week or even less, whether to cultivate seedlings or not didn't matter. But the fact that there was no seedling cultivation outside was truly something Xia Duo had not thought of.

This was a common occurrence in Xia Duo's hometown, but it hadn't appeared here. He didn't know how many more "surprises" would be waiting for him in the future!

After carefully asking Laidun about the process of ordinary farmers in Savile Territory farming, Xia Duo discovered that apart from the lack of an early seed cultivation process, there was also very little fertilization; at most, they only used some poultry manure, while human waste was wasted.

However, for these details that could be replaced by magic, Xia Duo did not delve too deeply. He mainly focused on the general direction, such as increasing seed cultivation; even without using magic, production could be increased.

After all, seeds thrown into the ground and left alone are clearly not the same as seeds that are centrally cultivated and cared for by specialized personnel.

As long as the general direction is correct, the details will naturally be filled in by ordinary people, or even Mages.

Reshaping the planting process, letting as many Spellcasters as possible participate in it, and vaguely pointing to future development trends—this was the significance Xia Duo demonstrated in the "Demonstration Field."