Over at Xianmen, in the Great Plains, one person can manage thousands of acres of spiritual fields.
The reason why this can be accomplished relies on a variety of powerful agricultural machinery.
From loosening the soil, fertilizing and sowing to the final harvest, you only need to drive the machine over and it can be done easily.
You don’t need to buy this machine yourself, you just need to apply to Xianmen to queue up for rental.
Of course, the finished product of large-scale planting is definitely not as good as intensive farming, and the conditions of spiritual fields must be large plains. In places such as hills and mountains, the role of large machinery will be greatly reduced.
The Jumuling area happens to be a hilly area, and the best middle plain area has been reclaimed into medicinal fields, where the Shenmu Sect's most precious herbs are planted.
But it is not difficult for cultivators to change mountains and rivers.
"What you mean is to level the area on the south side of Jumu Ridge."
After hearing this, Meng Hong reached out and took out a map from the yard, pointing to a large area centered on Xiaonan Mountain. There were many abandoned spiritual fields here, but because of the towering hills and mountains, these were The spiritual field was divided into pieces, scattered and disorganized.
But if all the mountains here are removed and filled up according to Chen Mobai's plan, the vast spiritual fields of the Great Plains can indeed be sorted out.
"This is my idea. What does Elder Meng think?"
"I'm afraid it's not possible. Directly filling up a mountain can only be accomplished by the help of two ancestors. Moreover, all the spiritual veins in Jumu Ridge have been incorporated into the flags of the mountain-protecting formation. If you want to move the mountain, , this formation needs to be reset, the amount of work is too large, and the three palaces and twelve departments will not agree."
Although Meng Hong was very excited about planting spiritual rice in the Great Plains described by Chen Mobai, after his own analysis, he believed that it was almost impossible to accomplish.
If only one or two mountains were moved, given Chen Mobai's status, the two ancestors and Chu Zuoshu would probably turn a blind eye.
But if you want to fill in all the hundreds of mountains on the south side of Jumu Ridge, you will have to touch the spiritual origin of the entire Jumul Ridge. Not even the two ancestors dare to do it, and they can't do it.
"In this case, we can only settle for the next best thing and cultivate the hills and mountains into terraces. However, if it is not a plain land, the role of machinery is limited, and the number of manpower must be increased. There is no need for a spiritual planter, just someone who knows how to plant. Just a farmer.”
"You mean, mortal?"
Meng Hong has also been a sect leader and understands Chen Mobai's words immediately.
"Yes, although there are many mortals in the sect, I feel that the manpower is still a little short, and we don't need too many people. Each mortal is responsible for three or four acres of land. I calculated it, and it takes about a thousand mortals. That’s it.”
There are mortals in Jumu Ridge, and most of them are around Shenmu City. They are mainly responsible for taking care of various medicinal fields under the leadership of sect disciples, because there are not enough spiritual cultivators in Shenmu Sect.
Chen Mobai asked mortals to guard the spiritual fields and plant spiritual rice, which can be regarded as imitating others.
Zhuoming hires more than a dozen farmers every year to help guard the spiritual fields in Xiaonanshan and Xiaoyangling.
These farmers do not need to know the art of spiritual planting. They only need to take care of it every day, and notify Luo Yixuan when there is a water shortage, and Zhuo Ming when there is a disease or insect pest.
Whether it is sowing, fertilizing, harvesting, etc., Zhuo Ming will come over regularly.
"Using mortals to take care of thousands of acres of spiritual fields has solved one problem, but so many spiritual fields have to be planted at the same time. I'm afraid it's not enough to rely solely on your subordinates, junior brother."
Meng Hong thought of another key point. The time for sowing and harvesting is only a few days every year. Chen Mobai alone has to cultivate the hills into terraces and sow seeds. He really can't think of how to do it. arrive.
"I recently got three types of puppet drawings from the talent tree of the Immortal Religion. One is a sowing type puppet, and there is a type of stone-moving and soil-moving puppet that specializes in cultivating terraced fields. As well as a harvesting type puppet, you only need to put the spirit stone into it. Among them, even mortals can freely manipulate it."
As a puppet genius, Chen Mobai has long studied papers on the combination of agriculture and puppets, and knows all about those agricultural puppets.
However, because he was too ahead of his time, he still borrowed the name of the Immortality Cult in the Mysterious Realm of the Sacred Tree. Anyway, the upper echelons of the sect knew that he had amazing talent and had received the true inheritance of the Immortality Cult.
Chen Mobai took out a pen and paper and drew sketches of three types of puppets in front of Meng Hong, who was amazed after seeing it.
"What a wonderful idea, a creation made by heaven!"
The research on magical instruments and machines in the Immortal Sect completely overwhelms those in the Tianhe Realm. However, due to the lack of spiritual stones, many magical instruments and machines are basically only available in large farming communities, such as Qingshan, Chen Mobai’s hometown. In the village, farming is basically done by hand.
The main reason is that there are too many immortal cultivators and there is a surplus of labor.
It's completely different here in Donghuang. Although there are many immortal cultivators, they are basically busy cultivating and rarely willing to farm, so Chen Mobai thought of using agricultural puppets instead and letting mortals operate them.
In this way, the thousands of acres of scattered spiritual land on the south side of Jumuling can be slowly reclaimed. If it is completed according to his vision, in the end, in addition to the originally barren spiritual fields, about six to seven thousand acres of terraced fields can be reclaimed. .
By then, all the spiritual fields will be connected into one area and should be able to exceed 10,000 acres.
If spiritual rice is grown in so many spiritual fields, let alone the foundation-building monks, even the three thousand Qi-training monks of the Shenmu Sect, Chen Mobai can make them eat five meals of spiritual rice a day and even be wealthy.
"This is good, but the production of these three types of puppets also requires puppet masters with excellent skills. The sect's puppet department is just a showpiece. I don't know if they can make satisfactory puppets."
Although the Puppet Division is one of the twelve divisions, the Shenmu Sect's puppet inheritance only has a complete set of combat puppets based on the Sutra of Immortality.
From the first-level Chiyang Puppet, to the second-level Qingyang Puppet, to the third-level Jinyang Puppet, they all use the spiritual wood of Jumu Ridge as their raw materials.
If Fu Zongjue hadn't been the head of the Puppet Department and was quite fond of this department, Meng Hong would have abolished the Puppet Department, which was always at the bottom among the twelve departments, decades earlier.
"It's okay, as long as the puppet department is willing to send someone to help. I also have some experience in making puppets."
If Chen Mobai wants to reclaim the entire hills and mountains in the southern part of Jumuling Ridge as terraces, he will definitely need a lot of agricultural puppets.
He definitely can't do it alone.
Fortunately, there is a fairly powerful sect behind him.
Even if the puppet department is at the bottom every year, there are still at least dozens of puppet masters available.
Because Chen Mobai had given guidance to Li Yixian, he had some affection with the Puppet Department, but if he wanted to mobilize the entire elite of the Puppet Department to help make puppets, this kind of affection would definitely not be enough.
Moreover, the matter of opening up the entire southern part of Jumuling Ridge is a bit big. Although he is the future of the sect, he is still young after all and is not stable enough in the eyes of the two ancestors.
If Meng Hong can be asked to help move around, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
"You kid, practicing hard and striving to form elixirs as soon as possible is your greatest contribution to the sect. Why do you still go to all the trouble to do these things?"
At this time, Mu Yuan had already steamed the Polygonatum odoratum rice brought over by Chen Mobai. Meng Hong picked up one and split it into pieces while eating it with emotion.
"With the power of one person, even if it is a baby, the most it can do is to elevate the Shenmu Sect to the peak of the Five Elements Sect. But if in the future of the sect, there is an endless stream of people like me and Hong He standing up, then the Shenmu Sect can Eternally dominate the Eastern Wasteland and bring eternal rule and peace to this land."
Chen Mobai will not forget that when he first came into contact with the Eastern Wilderness, the three views he cultivated in the Immortal Sect since childhood were incompatible with the customs of immortal cultivators here. He has never forgotten his desire to change this Eastern Wilderness.
Even if he said these words before, others would just laugh them off.
But now he feels it's time to take action.
Start by improving and changing the sect.
"I hope that this old man like me can see that day."
Although Meng Hong knew that Chen Mobai's grand wish was basically difficult to realize in the Eastern Wasteland, he didn't know why, but after these words, his heart, which had been dry and lonely due to the failure of forming the pill, felt a long-lost feeling. Throbbing and excitement.
It's like having goals and motivation.
The next day, Meng Hong and Chen Mobai went to meet An Jinghui, the head of the Puppet Department.
"As for this matter, since there are no edicts from the Divine Tree Hall and the Evil Punishment Hall, I, the minister, cannot give orders to the disciples below."
After An Jinghui heard Chen Mobai's words, he couldn't help but look embarrassed.
Since the Puppet Department has the smallest number of people among the twelve departments, every puppet master is basically very busy. In addition to maintaining their own puppets, they are also on the way to collect materials for making various puppets.
Every time there is a task, An Jinghui needs to notify him one month in advance, so that the disciples below have enough time to arrange their work.
"Just think that I am the one who hired you, and the spiritual stone reward can be distributed through Lingbao Pavilion."
After Chen Mobai heard about An Jinghui's difficulties, he blamed himself for not asking about it in advance. He didn't expect that the puppet master of Shenmu Sect was so busy.
"I'll try my best to arrange it, but ordinary spiritual stone rewards may not be able to impress them."
An Jinghui looked apologetic, but he promised that his apprentice Li Yixian would come under Chen Mobai to take orders. After all, although the latter failed to build the foundation, the kindness of giving guidance was not a small favor and he had to repay it.
"Thank you very much, Minister An."
Before leaving, Chen Mobai took away three puppet masters, including Li Yixian. This was considered a sign of respect for the minister An Jinghui. If others had come, there would probably be no one left.
"You first lead people to make puppets. I will communicate with the Spirit Plant Department, Spirit Vein Department, Formation Department, and Spirit Beast Department."
Chen Mobai's plan needs to include all the south side of Jumu Ridge. These places belong to the Spirit Vein Department, and there are also formations arranged by the Formation Department, as well as various spiritual beasts that are kept free, and spiritual plants planted.
If the four major departments asked him to communicate one by one, let alone whether they would give him face. Even if they did, it would probably take a lot of time to argue with each other.
But it was different when Meng Hong was willing to come forward. The Twelve Departments of the Three Palaces were all his old subordinates. In addition, although Meng Hong failed to form the elixir, he was still the sect's fake elixir master second only to the two ancestors. He must have more face than Chen Mobaizu.
With Meng Hong helping to establish relationships with the three departments, Chen Mobai and Li Yixian were able to make puppets with peace of mind.
Among them, Li Yixian is actually a second-level puppet master.
With the help of An Jinghui, he exchanged a lot of Qingyang spirit wood from Lingbao Pavilion and made his puppet into a second-level puppet. Therefore, according to the rules here, he is considered a second-level puppet master.
But in Chen Mobai's opinion, he can only be barely regarded as a first-order puppet master.
Not to mention the other two, they can only be regarded as puppet making enthusiasts in Xianmen, not even beginners.
But even this kind of puppet master was only willing to take over the task thanks to the intervention of An Jinghui, the head of the puppet department.
Chen Mobai led Li Yixian and the others to his courtyard, which he transformed into a puppet workshop. After all, Lingbao Pavilion was in Shenmu City, so it was easier to buy anything he needed.
"Uncle Chen actually has a complete Qingyang Spirit Wood. I wonder if I can use these leftovers after use to replace the spirit stone as a reward."
As soon as Li Yixian and the other three walked in, they saw a Qingyang spirit tree placed in the corner. Their eyes lit up and they rushed to the spirit wood, wanting to touch it with their hands, but they didn't dare. .
"Oh, are you in short supply of Qingyang Spiritual Wood?"
Chen Mobai nodded, and then asked his doubts.
"Of course, every one of the sect's Qingyang Spiritual Trees is being watched by the foundation-building elders. In addition to being used to make second-level tree species, there are also many people who are waiting for the spiritual tree to transform and form. Qingyang Fire Seed, we Qi-training monks simply can’t wait for the day when it will be put on the shelves of Lingbao Pavilion.”
One of the puppet masters, Sui Kun, lamented that if their battle puppets were to be upgraded to the second level, all parts would have to be replaced with Qingyang Spirit Wood.
But the entire puppet department, that is, Li Yixian, was able to exchange enough Qingyang Spirit Wood from Lingbao Pavilion because of An Jinghui's favor.
Most of the remaining puppet masters only replaced one hand or half a leg.
Seeing a complete Qingyang spirit tree placed in the corner of Chen Mobai's courtyard, even Li Yixian, who already had a complete second-level puppet, turned red-eyed.
"If I pay with Qingyang Spiritual Wood, how many people in your puppet department will be willing to come and help?"
After hearing this, Chen Mobai asked.
"There's no one who won't come!"
Sui Kun said firmly.
If they knew that there were leftover scraps of Qingyang Spiritual Wood, the people in the Puppet Department would probably come out in force.
"I see."
Chen Mobai nodded, but he did not directly use Qingyang Spirit Wood to recruit people. He planned to lead Li Yixian and the others to make three basic agricultural puppet samples first.
This piece of Qingyang Spirit Wood was synthesized by him when he first tried Jia Mu Jue, and it took him half a month to complete.
If he recruits too many people, he won't be able to produce enough Qingyang Spirit Wood.
I hope that those spider puppets I put in the secret realm of the sacred tree to explore can find the real Qingyang Spiritual Tree.
(End of chapter)
