138: Chapter 138 Powerful Ryegrass Seeds

He didn't even have time to wash his face; grabbing an outer robe, he rushed out after Lin Yin.

The morning breeze, carrying the scent of dew and fresh grass, rushed to meet them. When they climbed onto the nearest section of the outer city wall, the sight that opened up before them made Lin Tian gape, his mouth unable to close for a long while.

What had been newly turned, brownish-yellow earth smelling of damp soil just yesterday had now transformed into an endless, lush, dark green grassland that rippled like a turquoise sea in the morning breeze!

The grass blades were thick and glossy, growing over half a person's height, with dense, full seed heads drooping low, shimmering with a healthy luster under the morning sun.

With this growth rate and density, how could it look like it had only been planted a day ago?

People would believe you if you said it had been carefully cultivated for two months!

"Value beyond price... This is simply a miracle! No, a divine miracle!"

Lin Tian rubbed his hands excitedly, his eyes shining. Lord Su Wan's description of "fast-growing" was far too modest; this was clearly "frenzied growth"! He immediately realized that the biggest bottleneck plaguing the construction of the cavalry—the issue of fodder—would be solved at a speed he had never even dreamed of!

"What are you still standing there for? Hurry! Lin Yan! Get all the farmers, yes, the batch that arrived yesterday, call them all up! Bring every available sickle and rope! Harvest! Immediately! Right now!"

Lin Tian roared incoherently at Lin Yan, who had rushed over, as excited as if he had discovered a gold mine.

With the order given, the outer city instantly turned into a massive scene of harvest activity.

Tens of thousands of conscripted farmers, under the direction of the soldiers, poured into this "miracle grassland" and began to harvest, sweating profusely.

What surprised Lin Tian even more was learning from those experienced farmers that this specially improved ryegrass could actually be harvested for four consecutive crops!

One only needed to take care to collect the grass seeds during each harvest to achieve continuous planting, with almost no need for fallow periods!

"Plant once, harvest four times, the yield is five times that of ordinary ryegrass, and the growth cycle is shortened to be measured in 'days'..."

Lin Tian calculated rapidly in his heart; the more he calculated, the more astonished and excited he became.

This meant that as long as he had enough land and manpower, fodder would no longer be a limitation, but a strategic resource that could be stockpiled crazily!

Suppressing his excitement, he instructed the farmers to properly dry and store the harvested fodder, while simultaneously sowing the collected grass seeds immediately onto other plots of land that had already been leveled.

After arranging all this, he dragged his somewhat unsteady steps back to the Lords Mansion, preparing to take stock of this first wave of incredible harvest.

However, just as he sat down at his desk and hadn't yet caught his breath, he remembered another imminent matter.

That "Legendary Black Dragon Lord" who claimed he would come today, Long Ao.

"When is this bastard coming? Hopefully not when we're busy harvesting crops..."

Lin Tian frowned. The landing point of the attack order token was uncertain, but it definitely wouldn't be directly in his face; it would likely appear in some area on the outskirts of the territory.

He didn't want to be caught off guard.

"The coverage range of the Warning Tower is still not large enough."

He immediately pulled up the territory management panel and found the upgrade option for the [Warning Tower].

Upgrading to a five-kilometer radius had been sufficient to deal with beast tides and daily patrols, but now, to guard against this kind of lord sneak attack, he needed to see further.

"Invest resources, upgrade the Warning Tower! Expand the coverage range to a thirty-kilometer radius for me!"

Another massive amount of resources was poured in.

The pale golden territory protective shield fluctuated slightly, and the Warning Tower at the center emitted a low hum.

The tower body seemed to grow taller, and the reconnaissance crystal embedded at the top shone brightly.

Invisible detection ripples spread in all directions at an astonishing speed, incorporating a vast area around Lin Tian City into the monitoring network.

"Thirty kilometers... Even if he uses the attack order token to teleport, the landing point should be within this range. It's enough for me to react."

Lin Tian felt a little more at ease.

He immediately gave the order to cancel all routine exploration and clearing missions for soldiers today.

The hundred-thousand-strong army, except for the necessary wall garrison and troops maintaining order in the outer city, were all ordered to stand by at various key points in the inner city and in the Barracks, maintaining the highest state of combat readiness.

He didn't want the enemy to show up at his doorstep while his main force was still out in the wild.

Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometers away, Long Ao was standing proudly in the central square of his own territory.

In front of him were exactly one hundred black dragons with ferocious appearances, exuding terrifying dragon might!

They folded their huge fleshy wings, resembling a moving black mountain range, their dark golden vertical pupils coldly overlooking the area below, and their exhaled dragon breath carried the scorching scent of sulfur.

This was his entire mobile force.

For this "battle to establish authority," he had almost emptied his nest, leaving behind only fifty weaker black dragons to guard the lair.

In his view, this was already cautious enough, perhaps even making a mountain out of a molehill.

To deal with an unknown "Lin Tian," one needed a hundred legendary black dragons?

This was simply using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken—no, using a dragon-slaying saber!

"Have you finished eating? My darlings?"

Long Ao stroked the rough scales of the most majestic black dragon leader beside him, his face showing unconcealed arrogance and cruelty.

"If you're full, it's time to stretch your muscles."

He walked to the center of the square, took out the dark red [attack order token], and locked onto the target, "Lin Tian"!

"Activate! Target, Lin Tian's territory!"

Hum!

The token erupted with blinding blood-red light, and a crimson space portal, dozens of meters high with edges flowing with magma-like energy, tore open in the center of the square with a boom!

Inside the gate was a twisting and rotating dark red vortex, emitting unstable and dangerous spatial fluctuations, just the right size for the massive black dragons to pass through one by one.

Long Ao took one last look at the troops he had left behind and his still-sturdy territory, feeling not a shred of worry.

He had absolute confidence that even if that Lin Tian really had some unexpected trump card, with the absolute power of one hundred black dragons, he could sweep away everything!

Moreover, the control of the attack order token's teleportation was in his hands; if he wanted to leave, he could close the portal at any time.

And... he touched the life-saving item in his bosom that was awarded from the beast tide, his sneer deepening.

"Set off! Let that ignorant Lin Tian repent for his ignorance in dragon breath!"

He vaulted onto the neck of the black dragon leader and waved his hand forcefully.

Behind him, nearly a hundred black dragons let out earth-shattering roars, flapping their wings that blotted out the sky, whipping up violent air currents, and charged into the blood-red portal one after another.

Time passed minute by minute. Lin Tian appeared to be calmly handling affairs within the territory, but in reality, a sliver of his attention was always connected to the feedback from the Warning Tower.

Lin Yin stood quietly to the side, her moonlight longbow already in hand, like the calmest of hunters.