Chapter 53: Hope of Expanding Territory

Zhou Qingshan chewed the small piece of sweet potato carefully, savoring its sweetness.

He was a little amused at his initial failure to recognize the familiar food.

There are two scarce commodities here, one is sugar and the other is salt.

Needless to say, salt has been controlled by dynasties throughout the ages. There are no salt mines near Shengfengling, and it is not close to the sea. Zhou Qingshan did not bring an encyclopedia and did not know how to extract salt. He could not figure it out by tinkering around. Every year, he needed to buy several large bags of "salt stone" from the Yunhe Chamber of Commerce.

Sugar was a luxury. He only had a small jar of natural honey at home, which was more precious than meat.

Therefore, when Zhou Qingshan suddenly ate something so sweet, his body responded with a strong desire.

Moreover, the sweet potatoes caught from the fishing are very special. They are not as astringent as wild fruits, but have a strong sweetness when eaten raw.

Zhou Qingshan licked his lips, still feeling unsatisfied, but did not continue eating. Instead, he broke off a small piece and put it to the mouth of Mo Yanqiu, who was still in a daze.

"Na."

"What?" Mo Yanqiu came back to her senses. Without any precautions, she opened her mouth and ate the sweet potato piece that Zhou Qingshan brought to her mouth. She chewed it, and the sweetness was fully released in her mouth. Her eyes lit up: "So sweet."

"This is called sweet potato. Conservatively, one acre of land can produce at least 3,000 kilograms." Zhou Qingshan held up a half-cut sweet potato, his eyes shining, and said solemnly, "And it can be used as a staple food. It is even more delicious after being cooked."

Three thousand kilograms is indeed a conservative estimate.

Even though half of Shengfeng Territory's spiritual land is mountainous, it is still extremely fertile due to the nourishment of the 'spiritual veins'.

Before he carried out land reform.

The farmers in the territory just turn the soil casually and scatter the seeds. They don't need any fertilizer.

Even so, the rice yield per mu is still about 200 kilograms, and the fields with worse yields can also reach 100 kilograms.

Later, Zhou Qingshan selected the best seeds every year, and combined with reasonable planning, watering and fertilization, the yield per mu has now reached nearly 500 kilograms, ensuring that no one in every household has starved to death.

"Three thousand kilograms?! Yield per mu?!"

Mo Yanqiu was really shocked when he heard this horrifying output.

The main thing is that this 'sweet potato' tastes good, more delicious than most wild fruits, and can be sold as a dessert.

Three thousand kilograms per acre of land... This is only possible if it is planted in a spiritual field, but who would plant ordinary crops in a spiritual field?

If this is true, the territory's population could increase several times! !

This might expand the territory by ten miles! ! Cultivate more spiritual fields!
The maximum range of a first-level spirit vein is twenty miles in radius, but after activating the spirit vein, few lords are able to expand the spiritual land to twenty miles.

The most important point is that there are not enough resources to feed more people.

Human luck can bless the spiritual veins, both are indispensable, so that the spiritual realm can dispel the fog.

Population is also a very important resource.

"That's three thousand kilograms!" Zhou Qingshan stood up and looked around.

Pick up a short knife on the steps and carefully cut the sweet potato into small pieces.

Find sweet potato pieces with sprouts.

Then, place the sweet potato tuber with the cut side facing downwards on a ceramic pot filled with water, so that half of the sweet potato is immersed in the water.

After two or three weeks, tender shoots with leaves will begin to grow on the top of the sweet potato. There is still some time in winter, which is just the right time to cultivate sweet potato vines before carrying out large-scale planting.

He had no experience in growing sweet potatoes, but he loved eating potatoes in his previous life and knew that sweet potatoes are both fruits and seeds.

This is the greatest value of this sweet potato.

After doing all this, Zhou Qingshan carefully placed the pottery jar next to the red jade fruit tree, and then sat down at the foot of the steps, ready to continue fishing. I was really lucky today, and I caught such a killer fish on my first fishing trip.

If I take this sweet potato to exchange with the Lord of the Spirit Realm, I should be able to get a lot of spirit fish, spirit seeds, and precious pills.

Is this something that can be fished out with 0.2 spirit?
You have to know that the meaning of the world rune [Fishing] is to fish all things with "one's own power". This "one's own power" most likely limits Zhou Qingshan from fishing out any amazing treasures.

Now he can only fish up things worth 0.2 spirit!

I have never encountered such a good thing when fishing with 0.4 spirit before.

This made Zhou Qingshan think of the disappointing game mechanism in his previous life. This was equivalent to lowering the upper limit of the 'prize pool' by one level, but he was able to draw his favorite high-cost-effective skin from it. It was simply unbelievable.

Unfortunately, when he had obtained the blessing of the power of bond and his spirit was close to 0.8, he had no time to go fishing. For a moment, Zhou Qingshan was heartbroken and felt that he had missed out on million.

He shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Human life was at stake, and he didn't regret it much.

hum!
Throwing the fishing rod into the water, ripples appeared on the emerald green water surface and a mysterious feeling of using runes surged into his mind. Zhou Qingshan had good luck today and was ready to strike while the iron was hot and start his second fishing trip.

Mo Yanqiu stared at the ripples on the water. She could even clearly see the fishing hook in the water. She curiously reached out to fish it out, but her palm did not feel the strange feeling of passing through space. She turned around and asked:

“Is this fishing?!”

This is the fourth magic she has discovered!! It's so unusual!

Zhou Qingshan nodded and explained with a smile:
"This is rune fishing. Through the Cloud Top chessboard, I can fish out various treasures on the water. The disadvantage is that it must be based on my own strength... It's a pity. It would be better if you could use this rune fishing."

At the end of his speech, he sighed.

This rune fishing is bound to the Cloud Top chessboard and can only be used by the master of the chessboard.

Otherwise, he really couldn't imagine what good things a warrior at the level of a strongman with a strength of a thousand pounds could catch.

No!

I must put martial arts training on the agenda, or at least find a way to condense source blood and increase my strength, so that I can increase the limit of rune fishing...

With his current energy and spirit, it is impossible for him to fish out the elixir that can prolong his life!

The skills on Mo Yanqiu Yizi's panel can be included if they reach the 'entry level'. The previous martial arts moves were too simple and may not be considered real skills, which is why they cannot be entered.

Thinking of this, Zhou Qingshan suddenly shouted:
"Yan Qiu."

"Ok?"

Mo Yanqiu was still staring at the fishing hook in the water. She wanted to see how to catch something.

Zhou Qingshan said seriously: "When my health gets better, can you teach me martial arts?"

"Practice martial arts?" Mo Yanqiu glanced at him and objected seriously: "No! Have you forgotten your previous experience of practicing standing meditation?"

Zhou Qingshan knew she would not agree, so he changed his words and said, "If you don't want to learn the real skill of moving Qi and blood, then learn martial arts moves."

"Just a move?"

Mo Yanqiu breathed a sigh of relief, and then instructed:

"That's fine, but young master, don't practice the standing practice rashly. At least wait until we grow the spirit seeds, take good care of our bodies, and the next flame of the little guy is nurtured."

"Don't worry, I'm afraid of death!"

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