Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 126: Short-Term Gains and Long-Term Gains

After eating lunch, Li Wei deliberately took a nap. Not much, half an hour was enough. Combined with the white bread baked by Fila, it directly restored all his Stamina. The stamina from a Level 1 Awakening was truly badass.

When he woke up, the room was already empty. Everyone had gone to work.

The attributes of this group of Senior Players were also quite badass. In the empty space of the courtyard, Fila was braving the scorching sun to sun-dry the wheat ears. By speeding up this process, they could be threshed ahead of time and stored in the Warehouse.

Braised Egg Pete had set off early this morning.

Sophie, Penny, and Old John had gone to the Iron Mine. They wouldn't come back for lunch, so Fila needed to prepare white bread for them in the morning and they would carry a portion of dry rations based on their rationing.

Leon had gone to mine stone, and Clyde had rushed to continue building the blast furnace right after lunch. Everyone was like a small whirlwind, wishing they could sprout wings from their ribs.

One person could absolutely do the work of two.

Stimulated by Li Wei, they were all acting like wild dogs with stress syndrome!

Of course, sighing aside, Li Wei still insisted that health was the most important thing. Coordinating and orderly mobilizing Stamina, ensuring sleep, not drinking unboiled water, guaranteeing food intake, balancing nutrition, mixing work with rest, maintaining an open mind, not fighting or competing, and cultivating life naturally between activity and stillness.

Haha, because he had suffered from cancer once, it had cast a shadow over his entire life.The harvesting in the afternoon wasn't just cutting the wheat ears, but harvesting them together with the wheat stalks, and then taking an appropriate amount to tie into small bundles.

After sun-drying for seven or eight days, or a dozen days, Fila would transport them back herself, thresh them, and mill the flour.

In short, the speed would be very fast. The sickle in Li Wei's hands swung fast enough to create afterimages.

By 5:00 PM in the afternoon, before the sun had even set, he smoothly completed the harvest.

He made an estimate: there were about 400 kilograms of ordinary wheat. Calculating it, the total yield of these two acres of winter wheat surprisingly reached 750 kilograms!

It could only be said that the Three-Star Farmer Card was badass, and the fertile land was even more badass.

When the harvest was completed, he discovered that his farmer Destiny Grid Stability had increased from 8 to 11. The harvest was huge.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Li Wei's heart suddenly stirred. He squatted down and grabbed a handful of soil. He didn't need any instruments to measure it; he clearly felt that the soil fertility of these two plots of winter wheat farmland had dropped by at least one level.

This was damaging the land.

Of course, it wasn't too exaggerated. If he continued to plant wheat next, the yield per acre could still reach 250 kilograms, but he would only be able to get about 15 to 25 kilograms of One-Star wheat per acre.

In the eyes of an ordinary farmer, this definitely still belonged to the category of excellent plots of land.

"So it definitely needs crop rotation. These two plots of land have to be left fallow for a year and cultivated again next spring to replenish the soil fertility."

Li Wei naturally came to this conclusion.

And he felt very fortunate, because if he wasn't the Head of Household this month, it would be troublesome.

He could directly decide which plot of land to rotate. But if it were someone else, and he told them he wanted to leave a perfectly good plot of land fallow, they wouldn't agree even if he talked until the cows came home. You say the soil fertility is damaged? So what if it's damaged. There's so much empty land; just go reclaim more wasteland. When there's no more empty land, just log trees and clear the land; you can always reclaim new farmland.

Why are you nagging so much? Who is the Head of Household? Can't even distinguish the big king from the little king!

If this matter wasn't handled well, it would become a reason to impeach him.

But only a three-star farmer himself would know that the farmer Destiny Grid Stability required high-quality, high-level planting to increase.

Conversely, the farmer Destiny Grid Stability also determined the quantity of higher-quality crops that could be produced.

That kind of brutal, predatory planting, like draining the pond to catch all the fish—squeezing the soil fertility completely dry in one breath, and then moving to the next plot of land to continue the same process: logging, reclaiming land, burning the land, planting, round after round. Indeed, the short-term yield went up, but this absolutely did not conform to the cultivation of the farmer Destiny Grid.

Treating the land well, engaging in crop rotation and intensive farming—these were the principles that had to be followed when nurturing a Farmer Card account.

Furthermore, this also seemed to faintly align with the concept of peaceful and orderly plundering pursued by the All-Heavens Lord Alliance.

At dusk, Li Wei moved the tied wheat bundles onto the City Wall and laid them out in a row to facilitate sun-drying. Then he fetched a shovel and dug fiercely. Nurturing the land's fertility was inseparable from plowing the soil, fertilizing, and exposing it to the sun.

These were all prerequisites.

After eating dinner, Li Wei dug for another hour before returning to rest. He wouldn't need to go guard the Wheat Field today.

However, this didn't mean he could get a good night's sleep.

Because he hadn't deployed or arranged personnel for night patrols during the family meeting at the end of the month.

It wasn't that he overlooked or forgot about it; it was because he truly couldn't spare the manpower.

He had to finalize and implement the family's work plan for the next few months within this month through everyone's efforts, thereby making sure they were absolutely well-prepared for any possible enemy attacks.

Yes, Li Wei had this premonition. Especially with Braised Egg Pete's move, it very likely beat the grass to startle the snake. Not only would it likely lead Kakh City to discover their existence, but it might also anger the Snow Mountain Witches!

Therefore, under circumstances where everyone else was going all-out, he was the only one left to patrol.

Fortunately, his Stamina had reached Level 1 Awakening. His long stamina bar, coupled with two meals of white bread and two meals of mushroom meat soup a day, as well as his constant healthy state, meant that even short periods of overexertion could be endured.

Taking a short nap of about an hour, Li Wei woke up naturally. He silently changed into his Leather Armor and leather boots, slung his quiver onto his back, grabbed his bow and spear, and went out to patrol.

The other members of the family completely ignored this. No one wanted to come out and patrol. They were actually eager for something to happen so they could initiate an Impeachment.

But it could only be said that the family Camp had developed to the point where it was no longer the weak family it used to be.

The main body of the City Wall built by Thomas was three meters high, and the trench was two meters deep. The total height approached five meters, which wasn't something ordinary people could easily scale.

Moreover, huge and heavy log city gates had already been installed at the gateway, which maximally prevented surprise attacks.

As long as he discovered a situation, Li Wei wouldn't even have to fight alone. He just needed to ring the alarm bell, and the family would naturally enter combat readiness. Everyone would have to mobilize; those who didn't would face their own punishments, which wouldn't be related to him as the Head of Household anyway.

Including if any family members died during combat, that wouldn't be the fault of the Head of Household either, unless he stubbornly insisted on marching out of the city for a field battle or something.

However, if Li Wei failed to provide early warning, then it would definitely be his fault.

This night, Li Wei was full of energy and didn't slack off for a single moment. He didn't hold a torch or light a bonfire. Instead, using the darkness of the night, taking advantage of the concealment trait of his Two-Star Leather Armor, utilizing the spatial feedback brought by his 11 points of Agility, and relying on the high Perception provided by the Hunter Card, he invisibly kept the entire Camp's situation firmly under his control.

However, absolutely nothing happened.

The next day, before the sky was even bright, Fila had already prepared breakfast. After eating, Sophie, Penny, and Old John quickly set off. Then Clyde and Leon also went out to work.

Only at this time did Li Wei return to his room. He ate his breakfast slowly and carefully, then fell into a deep sleep. Around 10:00 AM, he woke up naturally, his Stamina full once again. It felt wonderful.

Today's task was land reclamation. He had to reclaim wasteland and sow at the fastest possible speed. This was a race against time; otherwise, if the weather got too hot, it would be detrimental to seed germination.

Equipping the Bear Hunter title, bringing his Strength to 15 points, Li Wei started working with a roar. In most of a day, he could sow two acres of land. That truly wasn't a joke. With his 15 points of Strength and 200 Stamina bar, he certainly couldn't compare to a proper ox or horse, nor a strong mule, but compared to a small donkey, he absolutely had no problem.

Three days later, the remaining two acres of wasteland were reclaimed. At the same time, clearing the grass roots and leveling the soil were completed. Then, sowing began on the fourth day. Because it had rained a while ago, even irrigation was skipped.

By the evening of the fifth day of the month, Li Wei reclaimed another half acre of wasteland and planted castor beans and cotton. As for his own Private Field, he had found time to finish sowing it last month.

It is worth mentioning that wheat, which was already family property, could not be sold to individuals.

It had to be private property from beginning to end.

This was also the reason why Li Wei kept five kilograms of wheat seeds for himself in Kakh City.

After this wave of busyness, including harvesting, reclaiming, and sowing, his farming experience smoothly reached 650 points. However, for the time being, he only had a One-Star Chef Card, a One-Star Fisherman Card, and a One-Star Tailor Card. He wasn't in a hurry to merge them; he planned to wait a few days and see.

Next, it was time to unlock the Two-Star Woodcutter Card.

At 10:00 AM the next day, Li Wei took his tools directly to the east bank of the Creek. He chose a spot about a mile away from the bank to build a Charcoal Kiln. First, he dug a pit, leveled the land, and built a road suitable for a wheelbarrow to travel on, including a simple wooden bridge across the Creek.

Next, pushing the wheelbarrow, he traveled back and forth between the Camp and the Charcoal Kiln, transporting bricks.

In the previous version, Penny had also tried to fire Firebricks but never succeeded, so she left behind quite a lot of failed bricks. These definitely couldn't be used to build a Steel Furnace, but using them to build a Charcoal Kiln presented no pressure at all.

At the same time, he also had to thank his companions from the previous version. Li Wei could now build a Charcoal Kiln himself and had proficiently mastered charcoal-burning techniques.

There was nothing much to say about this process. Just one word: do it.

Toil night and day, continuously working like a mad old ox!

Li Wei even compressed his daily sleep time to three hours in the morning and one hour in the evening. The rest of the time was spent either on night patrols or on the way to log and burn charcoal.

He was very aware that time waits for no one!

In a flash, over twenty days had passed, and there was only one day left until the end of the month.

During this period, there weren't many major fluctuations or changes in the family Camp. Braised Egg Pete still hadn't returned. The others each performed their duties, stayed at their posts, and were so busy their feet didn't touch the ground.

Li Wei was as busy as a savage. During this time, he logged a total of three One-Star Quality large trees, obtaining twelve standard One-Star logs.

This was an extra harvest. It is worth mentioning that One-Star Quality large trees logged during the Main Task period still belonged to family property, but there would be extra Contribution. Five points for one tree, which wasn't a lot but wasn't a little either.

Furthermore, he logged twenty-two oak trees and burned a cumulative total of two hundred units of Charcoal, perfectly supplying the ironmaking and steelmaking demand of the Steel Furnace.

At this point, he had successfully gained 500 woodcutting experience points. His total experience had reached 750 points, more than enough to upgrade to a Two-Star Woodcutter Card.

Finally, he also gained 200 points of basic smelting experience because of burning charcoal.

Who knows what Profession Card he could get when he accumulated 500 points?

(End of this chapter)