441 Preparations Before Winter

When he returned to Blackstone Village again, it looked the same as when he left it, except that there were a few more houses and a few warriors had died. Lin Xuan and the two priests talked about what had happened in the past few days. The powerful wild beasts did not come again, and the Gods nearby did not come to harass them. However, there were many more wild beasts near Blackstone Village lurking.

Wild beasts were not dire beasts, but when a wild beast becomes stronger, it could possibly become a dire beast. To the villages, wild beasts were their only source of meat.

However, even the weaker wild beasts were still stronger than humans. If they were not careful, one mistake could cause a lot of casualties.

Lin Xuan nodded to show that he understood, and then introduced the many scholars to them, letting the two priests listen to the arrangements of these scholars.

Lin Xuan was not good at developing civilization, so these things were naturally handled by the scholars.

Originally, it was decided that the first thing would be to teach the villagers how to read and write. However, after walking around the entire village, they changed their minds. The first thing was to teach agriculture and hunting!

After a sufficient meal, one would have the brains to learn etiquette!

Of course, agriculture and hunting were not that simple to show. The world rules in Taixia Country were different from that in the wilderness world dungeon. Crops in Taixia Country probably would not be able to survive in the wilderness world dungeon. They needed to find local suitable plants and increase the yield through cross-breeding and other agricultural techniques.

Hunting was not as simple as hunting wild beasts. It also included fishing and herding. It was going to be a big project. Thankfully, all the scholars knew what to do. With rich knowledge, they adapted to this new world as fast as possible.

Lin Xuan and the rest naturally began to prepare for war. The first step was to bring the villages they had under their control. Then, they would invade the surrounding areas and kill the gods and wild beasts. After that, they’ll take in a large number of people from other villages as their own.

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Under the leadership of Lin Xuan and several earth-rank powerhouses, the well-being of the village began to rapidly progress in the Blackstone Village. The first battle was fought on three sides at the same time, directly targeting the Redstone Village, Whitestone Village, and Bluestone Village. With absolute strength, they subdued the mountain tortoise, killed the white snake, and the Ancestral God of the blue stone village.

The mountain tortoise willingly gave up its identity as a god and offered to become the dire beast that protected the villages. Lin Xuan thought about it and finally agreed.

This was just the beginning. Lin Xuan was about to lead many experts to conquer the rest of the place. He did not expect that a message from the five villages would immediately make his body shiver.

They didn’t have enough food!

Originally, the food reserves of the Blackstone Village were more than enough to get through the winter. However, with the population of the other villagers moving in, the total population of the five villages was now close to 10,000. The food reserves would definitely not be enough!

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The amount of meat they consumed would not be able to keep up with the hunting done every day. If the original food reserves of the three villages were added, they could barely survive the winter. This meant that some people would collapse and die in the cold.

In this early stage of entrepreneurship, every population was crucial. Lin Xuan could not let such a thing happen. Fortunately, some scholars had found suitable crops for farming.

“What seed is he?”

“This is a crop that we’ve discovered that should be suitable for farming. We’ll name it the spiritual rice!”

“What would it be like?”

“We haven’t carried out cross-breeding experiments, so the yield should be hundred kilograms per acre. However, because of the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual rice, one kilogram of spiritual rice could be enough to feed an adult soldier for a day.”

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Lin Xuan nodded, and his depressed mood was slightly relieved. “Alright, then let’s start farming.”

The scholar nodded. Although it wasn’t farming season, for a practitioner scholar who combined cultivation and technology, this was no problem at all. Greenhouse planting and soilless cultivation were a piece of cake.

Many scholars worked together. They taught the villagers how to plant the spiritual rice and started the cross-breeding experiment. They worked on two things at the same time. They swore that after the snow season, the five villages would enter an era of freedom for the spiritual rice.

Lin Xuan and the rest did not idle around. Since they could not attack the other villages now, they could only hunt the desolate beasts and use their blood and bones to increase the strength of the children who had not undergone the beast blood baptism. Some of the children were talented and had already undergone the second beast blood baptism.

In a short time, all the villages were on a path of rapid growth. The spiritual rice fields were opening up, and scholars had found the simplest planting method. Then, they used safe growth-promoting techniques to harvest the spiritual rice in a short ten days.

After a round of processing, the white spirit rice appeared in front of everyone. Then, a big pot of spirit rice was steamed in a big cauldron. It was fragrant and soft. The priests and warriors ate the spirit rice in big mouthfuls while tears flowed from their eyes. It was delicious, it was really delicious!

They had never eaten such delicious food that could fill their stomachs.. Was it a plant.. A fruit?

No matter what it was, it was edible, filled them up, and contained spiritual energy. That was enough!

“Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving us food! Thank you, thank you!” In an instant, a few priests led a large group of people to kneel down again. This was the first God that had provided them with food!

The research and development of new varieties of spiritual rice was still ongoing, but it was no longer the mainstream of scholars that were in charge. They started to set up schools, and Lin Xuan also stipulated that children between the ages of four and 16 had to go to school. At the same time, all adults had to go to night classes.

In order to stimulate everyone’s motivation to learn, Lin Xuan proposed a series of reward measures. For a time, the five villages were busy studying.

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The arrival of the snow season gave Lin Xuan a headache. With five villages having a limited food reserve, they could only barely survive the entire season. With their animal skins and cold stone houses, it would be difficult for them to survive this cold season at all.

It was time to hire professional workers and architects.

Lin Xuan went back to Taixia again and asked for a lot of technical experts to make cotton clothes, quilts, and warm brick beds.. The villagers accepted the ancient craftsmanship of Taixia Country in a daze. Later on, they found that these things were really useful.

Only when you have enough food and clothing will you know honor and disgrace!

Out of the four main aspects of the people’s livelihood, Lin Xuan had already solved three of them. The last one, transportation, was not something that could be completed in a short time.

Everything was prepared in a hurry. On this day, the North wind blew, the snow fluttered, and the temperature dropped.

Winter has arrived!