Chapter 376 "What should we call the pie?"

Rand arrived at the border of the Burning Lands.

Thanks to Rand's plan, and Fenris's execution.

Nowadays, Rand has conquered the Burning Land in a sense, but because the roads in the Burning Land have not been paved yet, Rand has not yet sent people from the hidden forces to carry out actual management.

Therefore, the Burning Lands are still the same as the plan given by Fenris before.

They manage themselves, come to collect building materials and pave the roads by themselves.

That is the state of “moving on your own”.

Rand only needs to provide building materials and a few engineering instructors to advance the construction of roads and other infrastructure. The cost is very low and the efficiency is good.

However, Rand did not come here to inspect the situation in the Burning Land.

When it comes to dealing with the Burning Lands, Rand trusts his second-in-command, Fenris.

Although Fenris and Tanr are both gray and black, representing enemies, in the perspective of the Torch Goddess's favor.

But Rand didn't care.

This time he came to check on the agricultural weighing.

Agricultural output can be falsified to a certain extent.

For example, marking wet weight as dry weight, or over-seeding during the farming period.

The crop-to-harvest ratio is also an important indicator of agricultural cultivation.

Or, just fill in the numbers randomly.

Rand didn't think Fenris would fill in the numbers randomly, but he felt uneasy about such an important agricultural output indicator unless he came to check it himself.

Rand took Lysa and the Red King Karin off the carriage. Fenris was already waiting for them at the gate of the border camp.

Fenris was born as a messenger, and his etiquette is impeccable. In fact, Fenris helped Rand in the etiquette training when he got married.

Fenris was not nervous at first, and just greeted Rand as the lord with normal courtesy.

Then he saw Her Excellency the Saint, who followed Rand out of the carriage.

Although, Fenris did not admit in his heart that he had joined the ranks of the cultists.

But in essence, he did resign his position as emissary from the Torch Church and served as the general of the den.

At least on the surface, he did apostatize, defecting from the Church of the Torch to the Cult of the Goddess of Plenty.

Therefore, every time he saw Karin, Fenris felt a little nervous and embarrassed.

Karin didn't care too much about Fenris, the "traitor".

Now she has decided with Bishop Kahn to cooperate with the Mother Goddess Cult. Now Karin and Bishop Kahn have become very rebellious, although not as direct a traitor as Fenris.

But in fact, there is not much qualification to blame Fenris.

Seeing that Fenris was a little nervous, Karin said directly: "The past is the past, don't worry too much, let's talk about business first."

Rand didn't really care about etiquette, so he asked Fenris to relax a little and said, "Let me see the field."

Fenris nodded.

Take Rand to the ridge of the field.

The spring wheat had been planted long ago. Although there was a shortage of manpower due to the invasion of the Kingdom of Bolun, after bringing in the automatic people from the Burning Land, fortunately the farming season was not missed.

At this time, the winter wheat has been harvested, the summer breeze is blowing, and the barns are already filled with heavy wheat grains.

Rand majored in agriculture in his previous life, and a considerable portion of the courses at the Agricultural College required personal practice.

Graduation thesis also requires personal achievement.

Rand's knowledge of agriculture is not limited to books.

Rand picked up the grains of wheat, examined them, and squeezed them twice.

Then the weighing began.

Then Rand pushed aside the grain storage area in the barn, put his hand in, and carefully examined the depth of the container containing the grain.

Rand spent a considerable amount of time checking every vessel in every barn.

This took a whole day.

And Fenris followed behind Rand.

He was a little nervous again.

Although during the process of military farming he repeatedly consulted the opinions of agricultural experts and soldiers who were good at farming.

But he didn't know whether the wheat he grew was of standard.

If he can’t eat it, he might get scolded.

Although it seems that I have hardly ever seen Lord Rand scold anyone.

In this way, Fenris was nervous all day long.

In the evening, Rand cooked a pot of wheat porridge himself and said, "You did a good job. It seems that you have a talent for farming."

Although he was praised, Fenris did not feel excited! He remembered that he was a loyal believer of the Torch Goddess and was forced to come here to work.

It's just that he is serious and responsible about his work.

After all, what he hates most is people who neglect their duties.

For example, those Torch Church believers in the New Holy City who have now betrayed the Torch Church.

Lysa, Karin, Rand, and Fenris, who couldn't see Lysa, gathered together to drink wheat porridge.

Lander added pitted dates to the wheat porridge, along with some jaggery.

Theoretically, wild sour dates can be cultivated into sweet red dates, but Rand currently does not have the time to cultivate them.

So the wheat porridge tastes a little strange.

But overall it tastes better than dry cooking.

It feels quite nice to have everyone gathered together and drink wheat porridge.

And Rand was very excited.

Because it was confirmed that Fenris did not falsify the data.

The wheat grown is of quite good quality.

This means that the land on the border of the Burning Land is indeed very fertile and suitable for farming.

Rand had long ago seized some land near the Burning Land and taken it back for research.

At the beginning, all we could confirm was that food could indeed be grown here on the border.

It is now completely certain that this place is fertile, in stark contrast to the difficulty of growing food in the native Burning Lands.

Rand personally speculated that perhaps some ash from the Burning Land drifted to the border land, making it fertile.

The specific reasons are still under investigation.

Then there is the dragon blood stone in the burning land.

According to legend, the Burning Land is where the dragon fell, and has a special product, Dragon Blood Stone.

Dragon Blood Stone can make the bandits in the Burning Land stronger and make it easier for them to be promoted to professionals.

But the output is very small, and Rand plans to wait until the road to the Burning Land is paved before slowly arranging people to mine.

As for the existing stock of dragon blood stone in the Burning Land, Rand naturally required all of it to be handed over.

They are now being gathered at the warehouse of the border military camp. Once loaded, they will be sent to the alchemy workshop in Crescent Moon Territory for research.

The alchemists in the alchemy workshops in their hideouts are about to enter a hellish work cycle.

The bones and flesh of Hyde's two heads need to be tested and studied in time, otherwise they will rot and be wasted.

Now there is the dragon blood stone, in addition to the original research topics of bows and crossbows, as well as the research on siege equipment, the research on civilian daily necessities, and the research on agricultural fertilizers.

It's a hell of a job.

Although Rand didn't know how the demons in this world's purgatory worked.

But I always feel that these alchemists will have a harder time.

Rand and Fenris said goodbye.

He now has to go back to Crescent Moon Harbor, where there is still a lot of work waiting for him.

In the carriage, Karin continued to seize the time to discuss cooperation matters with Rand.

"Do your believers need to place statues of gods at the cooperation locations?" Karin asked.

The current cooperation project between the two parties is that the Torch Church Prodigy will provide infrastructure, such as churches, as well as some local material support for the church.

Rand will provide some technology, manpower, and material support from the Earldom of the Moon Phase.

The followers of the Mother Goddess sect will live in the Torch Church or in residences arranged by the Novices of the Torch Church.

But it is basically a church, so the issue of faith must be considered.

The statue of the goddess of fertility. The holiday villa has almost been completed. It is a statue of the goddess holding an ear of wheat.

The faceless tree symbolizes a good harvest.

He doesn't look like an evil god at all.

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But in essence, it refers to the dark fertility goddess, the mother of black goats.

The resort also produced a number of small statues, but only professional missionaries were issued small statues of the Mother Goddess.

At present, Rand is not sure whether the statue will have special powers, so the number is strictly controlled. On the other hand, the production of the small statue is not simple and the cost is not low.

"If the statue of the Mother Goddess appears in the Torch Church, won't it anger the Torch Goddess?" Rand asked.

"In theory, yes," Karin replied.

"So..." Rand thought for a moment and asked, "What is the area that the Torch Goddess determines to be the Torch Church? It's not that as long as there is a Torch Church in a place, that area will be considered the Torch Goddess's territory, right?"

Rand was not sure whether he would be punished for angering the Torch Goddess.

But now he still has the [Favor of the Torch Goddess] on him. If the Torch Goddess really has intelligence and rationality, then she should not hate Rand very much.

If possible, Rand did not want to offend the Torch Goddess.

Karin was silent for a moment, then said, "It should be considered that it was demarcated by the believers. The church I teach in uses ashes to demarcate the territory of the Torch Goddess."

"Try carefully. I think the Torch Goddess is a tolerant god." Rand said in a deep voice, "I don't think we should offend her. If it is really possible to demarcate, then we can just mark out an area as the storage place for the statue of the Mother Goddess."

Although Rand didn't know what would happen if he angered the Torch Goddess, if this didn't anger the Torch Goddess, cooperation could be carried out more efficiently.

Rand's missionary work will develop rapidly, and the number of professional believers will gradually increase.

By then, the church of the Torch Church's Novice sect will become two-sided.

On the sunny side is the torch church that uses flames.

In the shadows are the followers of the Goddess of Fertility who use cattle and horses.

They complement each other and are twins in one.

If there were no gods in this world, then the Torch Goddess or the Dark Fertility Goddess might evolve into two-faced gods in the future.

But now, these two gods are concrete entities. Although they may not be rational or even living beings, they definitely exist.

So Rand had to be cautious.

Karin agreed with Rand's point of view, and was a little surprised by it.

Rand doesn't seem to dislike the Torch Goddess, or rather, he quite approves of her.

At least they definitely don't have the kind of fear or hatred that cultists have for orthodox gods.

Come to think of it, Rand seems to have always been very friendly to the Novice members of the Torch Church.

I don’t know what Rand went through to become a messenger of a cult.

"One more thing." Rand thought for a while and said, "Your faction, or the sect after our cooperation, may need a name."

"Ah?" Karin was a little confused. "We?"

In the past, Karin, Bishop Kahn, and the paladins and believers of the Torch Church all called their sect the Orthodox Torch Church.

But the other two Torch Church factions, in addition to calling themselves orthodox, the Turtle Faction can call themselves the Old Holy City Faction or the Holy City Faction.

The core of the Turtle Faction was defeated by Karin, but some of them are still lingering on.

The utilitarians will also call themselves the New Holy City.

And now, the Novice Faction and the Cult of the Goddess of Abundance have cooperated.

And it is not a different type of employment cooperation.

It is a comprehensive cooperation from economy to technology to personnel, and is also accompanied by marriage. For example, Bishop Seth is about to marry a nun from the Torch Church.

If there are no major conflicts for any reason in the future, the two factions can be said to have merged to a certain extent in a sense.

The old holy city retreated into hiding.

The New Holy City is profit-driven.

So what about the beginners who cooperate with the cult?

What should it be called? Karin turned her face toward Rand.

Although he was still wearing the crown with bright silver patterns, Rand still felt like he was being watched.

"Do you have any suggestions?" Karin's voice trembled a little.

Karin realized what Rand meant.

indeed.

If this cooperation continues and there is no further split in the short term.

At least in the eyes of outsiders, the Novice Sect of the Torch Church and the Mother Goddess Sect have already merged in a certain sense.

It's almost like becoming a faction.

Karin felt like she was defying the original teachings of the Torch Church.

And more than once.

But now, she felt it clearly.

Under her decision, the Torch Church's beginners really chose another path.

This is definitely completely different from the previous path of the Torch Church.

Could this be right? Karin's heart was in turmoil.

On the surface, he was able to maintain his composure.

"Hideout faction? How about that?" Rand joked.

Karin actually doesn't really hate this title.

The hideout is located above the holiday villa.

Everything in the Earldom of Moon Phase developed from that hideout.

Now her favorite holiday resort, Crescent Peak, has been affected by the den.

Unfortunately, Karin knew very well that if she really called it that, everyone would definitely oppose it strongly.

Therefore, Karin had to refuse and said, "This is definitely not possible."

"What's that called? Do you have any ideas?" Rand waved his hand.

Of course, Rand knew that it was impossible to call it the Den Faction, but Rand really liked the name Den.

"Sun faction?" Karin said, "Shine like the sun to illuminate life and eliminate darkness?"

Rand rolled his eyes. Where is the Mother Goddess Sect?

"No," Rand refused. "This does not reflect the characteristics of the Mother Goddess."

After thinking for a while, Rand asked, "Should we use the Fusion faction to deal with it first?"

Torch Church fusion sect.

And the fusion sect of the Goddess of Plenty.

Karin rested her slender hand on her chin, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)