Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 578 - 28: The Ranch’s Vigorous Development and Extraordinary Warhorse Breeding
What should be the grand ceremony for the Hesse Territory and the Fiery Sun Church?
Without a doubt, it should be the Knights’ Tournament.
The three essential buildings in every village within the Empire are: tavern, brothel, and arena.
Su Li plans to hang this Fire-Ribbed Saddle Curtain in the Lion Ring Arena to motivate the knights of the territory.
Let them add some fun to their training by holding competitive matches. First, each village and manor will hold elimination matches in their arenas to select the local winners. Then, after the harvest season, they’ll gather in Hesse Town for the grandest tournament at the Lion Ring.
At this time, the best of the Knight Orders will also participate, and the strongest will compete to determine the ultimate champion.
The Fire-Ribbed Saddle Curtain will be the prize and incentive for the tournament champion.
It will also help Su Li to screen talents and see which knights are exceptionally gifted and worth cultivating.
He indeed has some good things on hand, like the Lion’s Mane Mushroom, which can directly promote an Elite Knight to a Champion Knight!
So he can fully set up matches of different weight classes, such as formal knight rank, elite knight rank, champion knight rank, and offer different rewards for each.
However, this matter still needs the Provincial Affairs Council to plan in detail, so Su Li did not discuss further with Edmond at the moment.
After giving his instructions, he turned his attention back to the breeding conditions of the livestock this spring and asked, "Besides the Fire Rabbit, how is the growth situation of the other herds? Is there enough fodder?"
Edmond immediately replied, "In terms of pasture, we are very well-stocked. The scale of Moonlight Alfalfa in our territory is constantly expanding. With the full harvest efforts of the herders and slaves, we’ve amassed over 800 bundles. It is exactly this accumulation of Extraordinary Grass that allows the Fire Rabbits to survive in the pasture and grow so plump."
Alfalfa is the king of forage grass, very plump and juicy, and Moonlight Alfalfa is currently the most precious Extraordinary Grass in the territory.
Even its harvesting can’t use Mortal Iron; it must be cut with a scythe made from Giant Shepherd Deer’s skull.
This ensures that no one in the Hesse Territory can steal this precious grass.
Therefore, an entire warehouse of Extraordinary Grass has accumulated in Hesse Territory. Although not much, it’s still relatively substantial.
Its effects, Edmond has detailed before. Horned Horses that eat Moonlight Alfalfa can run continuously for 6 hours.
And any creature that long-term consumes this grass has the probability, through the tempering of Spiritual Power, to advance in aptitude and become a higher-level extraordinary species.
Last year, this alfalfa mainly formed due to the tracks of the Silver Horned Giant Shepherd Deer. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
This year, under the Pasture Master’s instructions, the territory has started large-scale planting on the plains.
Edmond explained, "The expansion of the alfalfa scale is quite considerable. Last year, we collected 3 bags of alfalfa seeds, and this year we have already built a 2-acre pasture in the territory, planted with this Moonlight Alfalfa."
Su Li recalled for a moment, his memory still sharp, that these alfalfa seeds do not require special Spirit Fields; their growth conditions include the tears of pure maidens.
In other words, while other plants need deep cultivation and watering, this one requires the irrigation of maidens’ tears.
Su Li couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow and asked, "So... do we have enough pure maidens in our territory?"
As a respected Elder Druid, Edmond held no particular thoughts on this matter. Representing the more conservative faction of the Forest Elves, he said, "Our Dawn Church has always advocated against premarital indulgence in the Forbidden Fruit. Moreover, due to the initial rights of the territory, this aspect is still relatively conservative. The girl’s tears we collected are packed separately in different crystal bottles, ensuring they do not affect each other’s efficacy. Last year, only two bottles became ineffective, leading to the execution of their owners and corresponding lovers. This year, the number of ineffective tears has further decreased, and we have not yet encountered any ineffective tears."
"Additionally, there is no need to overly worry about the quantity of tears. Since Moonlight Alfalfa is a perennial herb, as long as it is successfully planted, we can continually harvest this grass for ten years. This means the scale of our grass planting will only rise, not fall, for at least ten years."
"That’s why we can boldly plant, predicting that this year, we can expand the scale of the Moonlight Alfalfa field to about 4 acres."
"With this scale, the number of our territory’s war horses, rams, and even flying horses could increase."
Four acres of extraordinary meadow would surely provide a considerable quantity of pasture.
There’s a chance that the extraordinary livestock of the territory could also become an important specialty of the territory.
Of course, this specialty won’t yield much profit in the short term.
Not every specialty must be profit-oriented; many items are national treasures, like how qualified war horses are often forbidden from crossing borders.
These extraordinary creatures will undoubtedly first meet the needs of the territory’s own army.
Su Li then asked, "So how effective is the cultivation of this grass?"
"Fairly effective," Edmond briefly listed, "Over the past few months, we successfully cultivated one Empire Bloodmane Warhorse, two Combat Rams, and one Bright Milk Cow. This means our current route is feasible, and as long as the pasture scale expands, the territory will have a continuous output of extraordinary herds in the future."
