Chapter 80: Raining Underground

Li Tiedao said: "Cultivating land in the mountains is different from reclaiming wasteland in the village. There are trees and tree roots everywhere. At the beginning, we also thought about cutting down all the trees and pulling out all the roots." Just like what Lu Xuan did when he tidied up the square.

But in actual operation, I found that it is not realistic at all.

The area of the land they wanted to reclaim was far larger than a square. Pulling out all the trees within the area would be exhausting enough to kill them.

Besides, once the trees are gone, there will be no shade, and the seedlings planted in the fields will quickly be killed by the sun, which is not worth the loss.

"So we had to give up pulling out the trees and plan our fields around areas with a lot of tree roots. Fortunately, not all the tree roots are exposed; most are buried more than half a meter underground. As long as we don't dig too deep when plowing the soil, the impact won't be significant. However, this will inevitably lead to competition for fertility."

Lu Xuan said, "There's a lot of humus in the mountains that can be used as fertilizer. Besides, my magic to induce labor isn't too affected by fertility, so it shouldn't be a problem."

Li Tie breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."

He continued, "The weeds are easy to deal with with the lawn mower you borrowed. We've already gotten rid of most of the weeds and even the troublesome vines over the past two days. We've even caught quite a few pheasants and rabbits hiding in the grass. If you hadn't woken up today, we were planning to start digging the soil today, using that engineer shovel you brought out."

Li Tie beamed with joy, "This thing is indeed better than the farm tools we used before. The soil in the mountains is quite hard, and turning it with ordinary farm tools is very difficult, but using an engineer shovel makes it much easier."

Lu Xuan said, "From now on, we'll all use engineer shovels. They're not expensive to replace, so every household can have one or two."

Li Tie naturally wanted it very much.

He smiled and said, "According to what we agreed upon before, we have opened up a total of 80 acres of land."

"For families with few people, such as the elderly, widowers, and widowers, each family has one mu. For families with three or five people, each family has two mu. For families with many young and strong people, each family has three mu. That's just enough to share."

Because some steep slopes and cliffs have been removed, these areas are somewhat scattered and cover a relatively large area. The nearest area to the waterfall is less than 500 meters away, which can be said to be basically right in front of you.

Although the audience in the live broadcast room already knew the number of acres they had decided on, they still couldn't help but shake their heads.

Every level five wood-type mutant in the Star Alliance is responsible for at least one hundred acres of land. Eighty acres is too stingy. The village chief could be a little bolder!

What can you do with the output of such a small field?

Lu Xuan also knew that Li Tie must be worried about the production problem. He nodded to show that he understood and didn't mind giving him some reassurance.

"After the magical stimulation, the growing period of crops will be greatly shortened. Although it won't be as fast as the one I was able to stimulate before the earthquake, it should still be possible to harvest a batch every two weeks to twenty days. If nothing unexpected happens, we should be able to harvest three batches before the extreme heat season."

With this calculation, the actual number of acres harvested is three times what the village chief just mentioned, enough for the whole family to eat and more.

Li Tie had long guessed that inducing labor would definitely shorten the harvest time, and he was still dancing with joy after receiving Lu Xuan's confirmation.

"Okay! Okay!" He excitedly shook Lu Xuan's hand, his eyes red: "Ah Xuan, I thank you on behalf of the whole village, thank you so much!"

Lu Xuan said: "No need, I will collect the compensation I deserve. We each take what we need."

Li Tie nodded quickly, "Of course, I should be paid."

The two soon arrived at an area with the densest concentration of planned fields.

The surrounding grass had been cleared just as the village chief had said, and traces of the lawn mower could still be seen on the ground.

Because it was still early, other people in the village were still preparing breakfast, and there was no one else there except them.

This made things convenient for Lu Xuan.

"I'll turn the ground over now."

Lu Xuan gestured to the village chief to stand behind him, and with a tap of his foot, the ground in front of him quickly cracked and rolled rapidly.

The hard clods of earth were crushed, the vine roots and grass roots that had not been cleaned up were turned to the surface, and even the stones buried inside were broken into countless small pieces.

[666! Earth-related abilities are here too!]

[I'm tired of saying that copying abilities is cheating! ]

[The Star Alliance has various agricultural tools that don't require Earth-type abilities. However, in ancient times, Earth-type abilities were the second most powerful ability besides Wood-type abilities. Using them to plow the soil was absolutely amazing!]

[With the host here, these people can save a lot of effort. ]

"Village chief, what happened? Why do I seem to hear some noise over here?"

"Is there another earthquake?" A few men from the guard team who were patrolling nearby ran over in a hurry, but were also dumbfounded when they saw the large area of plowed fields in front of them.

"Hiss! This, this is——"

Someone noticed Lu Xuan with sharp eyes, and a light bulb went off in his head. "Could this also be done by Lu Xuan using magic?"

"That's right! It was Ah Xuan who did it!" Li Tie said excitedly, "With Ah Xuan's help, we might be able to officially start farming tomorrow!"

Lu Xuan said: "No need for tomorrow, we can start today."

As he said that, he asked the village chief to take him to other planned fields to continue plowing the soil.

Li Tie naturally did not say anything and quickly led the way in front. Seeing this, the guards could not help but follow.

In less than half an hour, Lu Xuan had turned over the eighty acres of land effortlessly. At this time, almost all the young and strong people who heard the news, except the elderly and children, gathered behind Lu Xuan.

A group of young and middle-aged people couldn't help pinching their thighs as they looked at the fields in front of them, where every inch of soil had been turned loose and looked no different from a cultivated field.

Hiss! It hurts! This isn't a dream!

"Wow, eighty acres of land were turned over so quickly! This magic is incredible!"

"Is this another new magic technique that Lu Xuan hasn't demonstrated before? This magic technique is completely tailor-made for farming."

"He can do as much work as all of us combined. It's amazing!"

The more they talked, the more excited they became. Their faces flushed with excitement, their breathing became rapid, and they looked at Lu Xuan with fiery eyes. If you didn't know better, you would think they had some improper thoughts about Lu Xuan.

But farming is not just about loosening the soil. You also need to water the land, which becomes increasingly dry after the extremely hot season, to moisten every inch of the soil, and then apply a layer of base fertilizer.

It is not impossible not to apply fertilizer, but applying fertilizer can save Lu Xuan a lot of effort when inducing labor.

The humus soil that has accumulated in the mountains over the years is so much that it is piled up like a mountain. The villagers collected a lot of it when they were cleaning the fields in the past two days.

When Li Tie heard that Lu Xuan wanted to use humus soil, he immediately shouted, "Don't just stand there and watch. Xuan has already done all the work, so what else do you need to do? Hurry up and move the humus soil over."

No one dared to delay and moved the humus soil stored in an open space a little further away as quickly as possible.

After the things were delivered, Lu Xuan used his wind-based ability to roll up the humus soil and evenly spread it on every acre of land. After spreading it, he flexibly switched to his water-based ability and brought a drizzle to the fields.

The whole set of movements was smooth and flowing, and the villagers and the audience felt like they were watching a wonderful performance.

Finally, a very beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky, causing the villagers to exclaim, "How beautiful!"

Before, the villagers only thought that Lu Xuan was favored by the gods, but at this moment, watching Lu Xuan bring rain to the fields, many villagers suddenly felt that Lu Xuan himself was already very much like a god.

Even if you are not considered a god now, you may be taken to the fairyland by immortals in the future.

The villagers stared blankly for a long time until the rainbow disappeared. When Lu Xuan spoke, they looked away with a look of loss on their faces.

The land has been turned over, fertilizer has been applied, and water has been poured. It seems that all preparations have been made for these newly reclaimed fields.

Lu Xuan said to Li Tie, "It's time to prepare for sowing."

Li Tie suddenly realized, "Oh, yes, sowing seeds. But do we need to grow seedlings first?"

Lu Xuan: "No need, just sow the seeds on the ground and I will help them grow."

Li Tie couldn't help but laugh, "That would save us a lot of trouble."

However, the land must be divided before sowing.

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During the days that Lu Xuan was in a coma, Li Tie had already told the villagers the rules for land distribution, including that 30% of the harvest from each acre of land would be given to Lu Xuan.

Today, Li Tie gathered the villagers together again and told them about Lu Xuanti's harvest cycle. The villagers were immediately even more ecstatic.

No one thinks that 30% hard work fee is too expensive.

Even if 10% still had to be handed over to public goods, the land tax they paid to the government in the past was not low, and there was also a head tax and other exorbitant taxes. In bad years, they had to perform military service and corvee labor.

Without Lu Xuan's help, in this weather, it is questionable whether the seeds can grow after being planted, not to mention that it will take four or five months to harvest.

Maybe when they move to another place, the fields will still be green, or even green and yellow?

This is not a matter of saving 30% of the food rations, but a serious problem of not being able to collect even 10% of the food!

Is 30% a lot of labor fee? It’s too cheap!

After deducting 40% of the three harvests from one acre of land, there will still be at least 300 to 400 kilograms of grain left, and 1,000 kilograms for three acres.

It is not necessarily impossible to continue planting during the next disaster season, and the harvest will be even greater. Putting aside other supplies, the food alone will be enough for the whole family to eat for a year, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied about.

However, some people were eager to try to add more options and tentatively proposed them.

Before Lu Xuan could speak, Li Tie sternly refused, "No! Eighty acres of land is already a heavy burden for Ah Xuan, not to mention that he will only be responsible for inducing the harvest. You will have to do the subsequent weeding, watering, and fertilizing. Can you handle the overproduction? No more gathering? No more hunting? Are you just going to take the household subsidies before the harvest? Are you sure you can handle watching others hoard supplies?"

This series of questions left the other villagers, who were also in a state of confusion, speechless.

They really can't say that they are not jealous.

Never mind, I should be content if I can cultivate two or three acres.

After everything that needed to be explained was said, everyone quickly lined up and drew lots to determine the location of each family's fields.