Chapter 71: The Reservoir and the Joy of Harvest

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: The Reservoir and the Joy of Harvest

Thor did not know that his lord father had once again prepared a generous gift for him, even providing a Great Knight as support. After bidding farewell to Rajos Assad, he dedicated all his focus to the development of his territory once more.

Two wars had ended.

External threats.

At least the threats from surrounding pioneer territories were completely resolved.

And so quickly.

Baron Valmy and Baron Gladon each sent their "hostage," and hence there were no more issues in the entire territory.

With this.

He could naturally devote himself wholeheartedly to construction.

The first step in developing the territory was naturally land reclamation.

The scope of the Maine River Valley is large enough. It not only has three noble lords and seven pioneer lords, but strictly including the Emerson Family, there are five pioneer lords, although they are somewhat distanced from the Maine River Valley.

The reason so many pioneer lords are gathered here, enough to birth three noble lords, is mainly because the northern expansion of the Maine River Valley is extremely vast. Under the assault of the Maine River, it forms a massive horseshoe bay. Here the terrain is flat, the soil quality is good, very suitable for large-scale agriculture, and the closer to the Maine River, the more fertile the land.

Long-term sediment accumulation has created plains here most suitable for farming.

If not for the threat of flooding, this area could undoubtedly birth several more noble lords.

Thor wants to reclaim large areas of wasteland, starting with solving the water scarcity in this area.

Regarding this, Thor had long since had an idea.

The best method, undoubtedly, is to build reservoirs.

Yes, reservoirs.

Reservoirs, in Thor’s previous life, generally exist as "flood interception and water storage and flow regulation projects, usable for irrigation, power generation, flood control, and fish farming."

In this era, naturally, it’s impossible to generate electricity, but utilizing reservoir capacity to intercept floodwaters, cut the downstream river peak flow to reduce flood disasters can be achieved, while also enabling a certain level of fish farming to generate new economic output.

Previously didn’t do it.

That’s because upstream is the territory of Baron Valmy and Baron Gladon, and he also lacked manpower.

At this moment, it is naturally not a problem.

Therefore, soon after, Thor arranged for thousands of slaves and several dozen knights to lead the way, while also requisitioning the forces of Baron Valmy and Baron Gladon’s territories to begin constructing reservoirs upstream throughout the Maine River Valley.

Large groups of troops gathered.

The grand construction soon began.

In this regard, Baron Valmy and Baron Gladon were somewhat unwilling.

But under the constraint of the contract, they could only accept it begrudgingly.

Meanwhile, during reservoir construction.

The large wasteland in Eagle Ridge downstream also began to be reclaimed.

There’s still more than half a year before the next flood season, with the strength of the Extraordinary World, the reservoir can be completed in at most half a year, then there’s no need to worry about flooding, naturally allowing safe reclamation.

And during the reclamation.

The first batch of grains also came to harvest.

The composting technology from his previous life clearly played a significant role in this world.

The wheat in the vast land reclaimed early has yielded abundantly.

Large numbers of slaves and Free People excitedly looked at the plump grains in their land, their expressions couldn’t help but show excitement.

"My God, this is unbelievable."

"Three hundred pounds, there’s actually three hundred pounds!"

"Goddess of Life’s blessing!"

"Lord is truly amazing!"

On the land, the eyes of the harvesting slaves and Free People were all shining with excitement.

Because the wheat harvest far exceeded their expectations.

In their memory, even in good harvest times, the yield per acre was only about two hundred pounds. But at this moment, the yield per acre reached three hundred pounds, nearly doubling, making it hard for them to believe.

Some even felt like they were in a dream.

Inside the castle.

"Three hundred pounds?"

Slightly frowning, Thor sighed lightly.

He had already tried his best to bring over some techniques from his previous life, but ultimately, the world is different, plus without modern fertilizers, the wheat yield could never reach the levels from his previous life.

Not even a tenth.

In some northern regions in his past life, the wheat yield per acre could reach about 1,100 pounds, and even in the southern regions, it was generally between 800 to 1,000 pounds.

The acres in this world are much larger than those in his past life, nearly double. The pounds here are similar to a pound in the previous world.

This means the yield per acre now is only about 150 pounds, considered pitifully low.

"Lord, this is already a high yield."

"In Frost Moon Province, our family only achieves two hundred pounds!"

"Sometimes not even reaching one hundred and fifty pounds!"

Reine remained enthusiastic. His gaze towards Thor was filled with admiration.

"Alright, go and arrange it first, also quickly dry and store the grains."

Thor did not continue to dwell, instead quickly gave orders.

With the harvest at hand, it meant he had a large batch of grain going into storage. In the Northern Province, grain was very precious.

During this period, what he spent most on was not slaves, even if slaves consumed a lot of gold coins, compared to the continuous consumption of grain, it was insignificant.

If this batch of grain had not been harvested, he would have to consider buying more grain.

Even though he had Rajos’ established trade continuously providing gold coins.

But these gold coins may not necessarily be able to sustain him continually.

With this batch of harvest, however, there’s less urgency.

He can continue to develop slowly.

Although the grain yield wasn’t satisfying, he had reclaimed quite a bit of land previously, and some more reclaimed recently, hence he could anticipate continuous output in the future.

He could barely achieve self-sufficiency.

"Seems like I still have to find a way to improve the grain yield as much as possible."

"In this world, it seems elves can do it!"

Thor muttered to himself, recalling some information obtained from reading books earlier.

Compared to humans, elves are undoubtedly nature’s favored children, possessing the ability to make plants grow rapidly and metamorphose quickly.

To continue increasing yields, relying on his previous life’s methods was obviously impossible; the world is ultimately different, achieving such effects is already the limit.

To continue boosting yields, he must rely on this world’s methods.

And thinking of elves, Thor couldn’t help but recall the Half-Elf Maiden.

But he couldn’t ascertain whether the Half-Elf Maiden also had this ability, after all, she’s just a Half-Elf, not a full Elf.

Moreover, the maiden has not fully submitted.