In Illa's own understanding, agriculture was of paramount importance, followed by the military, and then everything else... The manpower required for agriculture was simply too great for this era.
Of course, this doesn't mean that other things aren't important, but in the Demon King's territory... the importance of agriculture is even more exaggerated.
The reason is simple: if those farmers stopped farming in the empire, they wouldn't be able to do anything else, such as become warriors or magicians.
Commoners do not meet the standards in terms of either physical condition or bloodline.
However, the situation is different in the Demon King's territory. If the lesser demons and goblins can be freed up, they can become professionals when they are idle. The combat class of goblins doesn't really matter.
However, the lesser demons are different. Not to mention the perfect warrior-type evolution from the lesser demon to the stout demon to the howling demon to the raging war demon to the Carlo war king demon, even if they just evolve into a demon hound trainer, they can still command more white ball monkeys.
It can increase the production of white wine.
Yinla's idea was to prioritize freeing up the productivity needed for "watering," so digging canals was a good option. Originally, digging canals was quite troublesome, requiring the constant search for suitable stone slabs.
But now that we have cement, things are completely different.
The framework of the canal can be easily constructed by laying cement. Then, as long as the canal connected to the river has a certain slope, the water can flow from the river to this side along the canal.
but……
However, he is not a very professional designer, and his understanding in this area is rather rudimentary.
It's at the level of knowing "you need to do this," but not knowing "how exactly to do it"...
To put it simply... no.
Opening canals and releasing water reduces the effort the little monsters need to fetch water, saving them time and energy... However, this is not a fundamental improvement; it merely changes the process from "fetching water from afar" to "fetching water nearby."
Although this "that's all" is already a remarkable improvement.
However, Yinla is thinking about something else... He is thinking about how to achieve the ultimate liberation of productive forces in the current world situation—drip irrigation—without something as convenient as running water.
In other words, according to the water requirements of crops, water pipes are evenly distributed in the space above the crops. The water pipes have small holes, and water drips slowly from the holes at a rate of one drop every few minutes or one minute.
As long as there is a water source... such as a huge reservoir built at a height higher than the water pipes, or tap water, watering can be done very conveniently.
In this way, only a few lesser demons are needed to complete the daily work.
However, this raises a rather serious problem...
Where does the tap water come from in this world? This world doesn't have magnetism to generate electricity, so instead of developing machines like steam engines, it would be better to trouble the lich to cast a water-creating spell once a day.
Or... teach the lesser demons and goblins how to create water?
By the way, after all, Blue Qin Gu and wheat are not crops like the Ancient Priest Tree that require a huge amount of water, so they don't need legendary spells that can change the celestial phenomena. And the difficulty of the water-making spell... only requires memorizing about a thousand words of the original text.
The spell model also meets the difficulty level of "around 1,000 words", and there is no particular difficulty in constructing it. There is no need to worry about mana... The more water this spell creates, the more mana it consumes.
It might be difficult for a little monster to make a bucket of water, but it's entirely possible for a little monster to make a bottle of water, and then all the monsters can use spells together... They can even train their spellcasting abilities along the way.
"It's a win-win situation..."
Yinla couldn't help but sigh. After arriving in the Demon King's territory, he had been using the knowledge from his previous world to carry out the transformation, but he forgot that demons were far more powerful than humans... not only in terms of physique, but also in terms of character.
It's impossible for you to ask the Empire's mages to cast water-making spells to farm. It has nothing to do with whether they want to or not. The main issue is... if they cast spells to create water every day, would they still be able to conduct magical research? Would they still be able to award mage titles?
Moreover, it's not necessarily as convenient as digging a canal to release water.
As for teaching those commoners the art of water creation? Putting aside the question of who would teach them, these commoners really couldn't learn it... Even if they memorized the original text, they still wouldn't be able to construct spell models using mana.
The reason why ordinary people are ordinary people is because their bloodline is that of ordinary people...
However, the situation is different in the Demon King's territory. Whether they are lesser demons or goblins, the demonic bloodline within them is sufficient to enable them to learn magic... at least the level of water creation is no problem.
However, magic cannot be taught to just anyone. The Mage Tower has clear rules that mages cannot open schools to teach spells. Only a master-disciple relationship is allowed, and spells cannot be taught outside the Pure White Tower unless prior permission is obtained.
"It's time to take some time to go back to the Tower of Pure White."
Yinla muttered to himself helplessly, jotting down the upcoming itinerary on the parchment, setting aside the more convenient matter of irrigation... In that case, the agricultural reform would be temporarily put on hold. The next step...
As Yinla was thinking this, a familiar voice came from ahead. It was the voice of her former junior, now the lich: "Senior Yinla, have you received any news?"
Looking up, Yinla saw the lich junior, who was waving at Mobilas Valendor and saying, "My familiar has informed me that this week's service... Senior Vera will be there too? So you all know?"
Before Mobiras could finish speaking, Vera's voice rang out from behind her. She said, "Ah, Illa, just as Tikkap said, you're on this side of the field. Junior is here too... It seems you've all received the news."
"..."
"???"
Yinla looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression. She saw Vera and Mobiras exchange a glance, and then Vera spoke up: "The Tower Meeting is being held this Sunday... Yinla, you didn't attend last time, are you going this time?"
The White Tower Conference? But...
"But, a meeting that only happens once every fifty years... shouldn't it still be ten years away?"
Yinla asked this question, and Mobiras simply explained, "It's only about once every fifty years, and recently the meetings have been becoming more frequent for some reason. I heard that the last one was only 40 years apart, and this one is only 38 years apart... Are you going this time, senior?"
"..."
"Go."
Yinla nodded...
It would be perfect timing to discuss the knowledge transfer deal with the White Tower... This is quite a coincidence, as I won't need to make a special trip back to the White Tower to discuss this matter.
It's just that they "don't know why it's becoming more frequent."
I have a bad feeling... Maybe it's just my imagination?
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