Chapter 426 Bumper Harvest on the Southern Barbarian Border

Five or six hilltops and hundreds of acres of wasteland were cleared in just half a month by over 100,000 soldiers.

This location is relatively remote in the south, and the land has just been reclaimed. Lin Luoxi plans to cultivate the land first.

Xie Hanchuan knew about the land maintenance, so this matter was entrusted to him.

Every day, Xie Hanchuan led his soldiers to the stables to collect horse manure and carry it up the mountain to nourish the land, while Lin Luoxi led another group of soldiers up the mountain to collect withered branches and rotten tree stumps to burn.

Not only that, Xie Hanchuan also led his men to build a public toilet not far from the military camp.

Not only can animal excrement be used as fertilizer, but human excrement and urine are also highly fertile.

Not only can it be used for cooking, but the ash produced can also be used as fertilizer.

Lin Luoxi's five children were also busy, leading a small squad of soldiers into the mountains to search for water.

Everything in the world needs water; whether it's planting or raising livestock, clean water sources are essential.

Seeing that the fields and land had been tended to by the soldiers, Lin Luoxi had them carry the rice seedlings she had cultivated to the paddy fields for transplanting.

Lin Luoxi instructed the soldiers to plant the rice seedlings at the distances she had measured, to facilitate the subsequent growth of the seedlings and ensure a bountiful harvest.

With over a thousand acres of paddy fields planted by tens of thousands of soldiers working together, it only took a few days to complete the planting of the entire thousand acres of paddy fields.

After finishing the work in the paddy fields, Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan divided the work: one of them led half of the team to the fields to plant sweet potatoes, peanuts, and corn, while the other led the remaining half of the team up the mountain to plant cassava.

In just half a month, all the farm work was finished.

The soldiers weren't so busy anymore. Besides pulling weeds and watering, Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan started finding all sorts of ways to torment them.

In order to ensure a good harvest from the newly reclaimed paddy fields and mountains, Lin Luoxi spared no expense, using a lot of spiritual water from her space to irrigate them, and even adding a lot of spiritual water from her space to the water source.

To ensure that the crops planted receive spiritual water from the space, the soldiers have a daily routine of watering the crops before training.

At first, the soldiers who were subjected to the devilish training by Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan were full of complaints.

But after a while, they found that their physical strength had improved, and their kung fu skills had also improved a lot. They became much more active in training.

While training these soldiers, Xie Hanchuan discovered many promising talents.

Seeing how well they performed in their training missions, Xie Hanchuan directly promoted those outstanding individuals to receive individual training.

Four months is enough time for the crops to grow and be harvested.

"Princess Changping, General, look, this is the rice we planted in April this year. This year will definitely be a bumper harvest."

Jiang Feng and the others, who had been promoted to the position of deputy general, excitedly ran into the main tent with heavy ears of rice to show Xie Hanchuan and Lin Luoxi.

"Is this really the rice we grew?" Lin Luoxi asked, a look of delight on her face as she looked at the heavy ears of rice in Jiang Feng's hands.

“Yes, Princess, this is really rice that we grew ourselves…” Jiang Feng thought about how they had thousands of acres of rice paddies, and that they would never have to worry about food again.

"Okay, give the instructions, let's start harvesting the rice." The teacher picked up a grain of rice from the rice stalk, pinched it, and found that the rice inside the husk was quite firm and plump, reaching the stage of a bumper harvest.

Moreover, the weather outside looks great, so the harvested crops can be dried directly after harvesting.

"Alright, I'll give the order right away." After waiting for so long, the harvest was finally here, and Jiang Feng excitedly ran out.

Upon hearing that the rice harvest was in full swing, the soldiers grabbed the sickles they had bought long ago and rushed into the golden sea of ​​rice like madmen, frantically harvesting it.

This was the first time since they joined the army that they had experienced harvesting the grain they had planted themselves.

Thousands of acres of rice were harvested, and the entire military camp was piled high with dozens of small hills of rice ears.

In summer, the weather is unpredictable. Lin Luoxi was afraid that if it rained, all the rice would sprout, so she had people harvest the rice overnight.

After three days and three nights of hard work, all the rice grains were finally threshed.

The rice stalks that were threshed could also be used as dry feed for horses. Lin Luoxi and her men dried them all and stored them to feed the warhorses when there was no grass in winter.

It's clean, hygienic, and free from toxins. It's also convenient, and in winter, horses won't have to worry about going hungry.

Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan began to take turns, leading the soldiers in shifts to guard the threshed rice.

After finally drying and storing the rice, all the soldiers in the barracks had turned a dark, soy-sauce-colored tan, their skin resembling roasted goose skin—healthy and bursting with energy.

This excludes Lin Luoxi's family, because they all have fair skin and can't get tanned.

The rice in the fields is ripe, and it's time to harvest peanuts, corn, and so on.

"My God, I feel like I've had a very fulfilling year..." A soldier, holding his back, looked at the endless peanut field and felt like crying.

"Hehe, I feel great. More people means more work. Seeing you all with me gives me a lot of energy..." The soldier, who was also so tired that he couldn't straighten his back, found joy in his hardship.

"Soldiers, keep going! Once we've finished all the farm work, I'll treat you all to a good meal and give you all big red envelopes..."

Knowing that the soldiers had been exhausted during this period, Lin Luoxi could only bribe them with benefits to motivate them.

"Really? Then we'd better hurry up and work harder..." Upon hearing that there would be good food and money to be earned, the soldiers, thinking of Lin Luoxi's generosity, were like they had been injected with chicken blood and worked quickly.

"Wife, if you do this, will our meager savings be enough to squander?" Xie Hanchuan was a little worried as he watched his wife make promises to the soldiers again.

“Brother Hanchuan, we work hard to earn money so that our families can live a better life. These people are just like our family. It’s no big deal to give our family some money.”

"Besides, my businesses haven't paid taxes for the past five years, which is more than enough to support my family."

Besides, the gold mine in her space is inexhaustible as long as it's used for the right things. Lin Luoxi feels it's worth it to spend it on these lovely family members.

"Okay, I'll listen to my wife." Hearing Lin Luoxi say this, Xie Hanchuan was very happy and naturally supported Lin Luoxi's decision.

The soldiers who heard Lin Luoxi's words were all moved and worked even harder.

After all the crops were harvested, Lin Luoxi fulfilled her promise, treated the soldiers to a big meal, and gave each of them a red envelope containing one hundred taels of silver.

Since the battle was over and the bears and white tigers were still around, Lin Luoxi drank with the soldiers until midnight before they dispersed.