Not long after returning to the villa, Zhao An and his clansmen came in with livestock. The livestock in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were different from those in later generations.
Most of the cattle in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were yellow cattle or buffaloes. The north was dry and arid, so there were more yellow cattle, and the south was humid and watery, so there were more buffaloes.
The meat quality of these two types of cattle may not be as good as Angus cattle, and the milk production is not as good as Holstein cattle. But they have a strong body and are easy to feed so they aren't as suspendable to sickness.
They are very suitable for pulling carts or plowing. The sheep look similar to those in later generations but they did look bald because the humid and hot weather requires them to shave all the wool every once in a while.
Chickens are also different from those in later generations. In order to pursue faster growth and richer plumpness, farms raise white-feathered chickens. This kind of chicken grows very fast so theoretically, it only takes one month to be slaughtered.
Most fast food restaurants use white-feathered chickens. The advantage is that it can make chicken cheaper and everyone can eat meat.
The disadvantage is that the meat is loose and the taste is average.
The chickens in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were more like wild chickens with just a few more traces of domestication. Especially one of the roosters, it walked with his comb held high, majestic and domineering.
"My Lord, the livestock are all here." Zhao An asked people to put down the livestock, "We will leave first."
Yun Yi raised his hand to stop him:
"Hold on, this won't take long so if there is nothing urgent, just wait here for a while."
Before coming, they knew from Zhao An that Yun Yi was going to perform "divine magic" on these livestock. Now they are lucky enough to stay and watch the magic so of course, they can't refuse. They can use this to brag to others in the future.
Suddenly Yun Yi remembered something, so he said to Zhao An:
"Right, there was something I forgot to tell you."
Zhao An immediately asked respectfully:
"My Lord, no matter what it is, we won't refuse."
Yun Yi waved his hand:
"It's nothing excessive, I just want you to try to drain as much of the excess water into the Hutuo River from today onwards. In addition, If you have the spare capacity, you can help out more refugees."
The Yellow Turban Rebellion occurred at the beginning of the seventh year of Guanghe (184).
It is now the middle of the fifth year of Guanghe (182).
It has been less than a year and a half since Zhang Jue shouted the slogan "The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky will soon rise. When the year is Jiazi, there will be prosperity under the heavens!"
The Yellow Turban Rebellion certainly did not happen overnight, it accumulated slowly. The resentment of the people in the world ignited after it accumulated to the extreme. So theoretically, there should already be signs of an uprising at this time.
If you are rich, you can help the world, and if you are poor, you can only take care of yourself. Since they have the ability then they can save as many people as possible.
Unlike some fan fictions that rely on killing the Yellow Turbans to gain military merits, Yun Yi does not want to raise his knife against the Yellow Turbans. Moreover, he has no ill feelings towards the Yellow Turbans, he understood where they were coming from and had sympathy for them.
Just as he learned from school, peasant uprisings have their own justice. Perhaps because of the narrow vision of the leaders and the obstruction of various forces. Most peasant uprisings can only be glorious for a while.
But then they are quickly destroyed. Their original purpose was just to survive. Natural disasters and man-made disasters occur simultaneously. Is it wrong for the common people to seek food, clothing, and shelter?
They only wanted to live well and eat well, therefore, after the outbreak of the peasant uprising. The fault is not the peasants who dared to resist. It is this unscrupulous world. It is the ruling class that oppresses them. It is the feudal gentry and landlords who would rather store grain in warehouses to rot than distribute it to the people.
Of course, it is not very realistic to practice socialism in this era because this era has neither a complete industrial system nor a large educated population. The few educated people are still the children of some vested interests.
The most important thing is that people's hearts will change. Even if he is a god who can wield the unexplainable force of "divine magic", he cannot control people's hearts.
Even if he overthrows the feudal dynasty for a while. The group of people who followed him will become the new rulers and become the new oppressive class.
The dragon slayer will eventually become the dragon. Anyway, he became Steve.although he is not sure whether he is immortal or will gradually age with time. But even if he ages with time from the perspective of MC characteristics, he will not get sick during this period, let alone die suddenly.
It is very likely that he will die of old age. This also means he will have at least a few decades to slowly change the world. And with the assistance of the MC rules, theoretically, he can use the various magical characteristics of MC creations to rapidly develop social productivity.
One generation of reform can achieve what two generations can. Two generations of reform can achieve what three generations can. With the efforts of generations. One day, he will be able to realize his ultimate ambition.
The world united and at peace with wise leaders guiding the civilization towards the stars
After listening to Yun Yi's instructions, Zhao An was also deeply inspired. Ever since they had waterwheels to carry unlimited water. The fields in Zhaojiazhuang are no longer short of water.
There is even a little too much water and too much water will also drown the crops. He was thinking about whether to reduce the transportation of water but since the Lord God proposed to discharge the excess water into the Hutuo River, Then let's do it!
Perhaps the water discharged from Zhaojiazhuang is just a drop in the bucket for the Hutuo River but a little bit adds up to a lot, and a pile of sand can make a tower.
Even if this water can save one more person, it will be good. But to aid the refugees... It is really complicated. You need to secure food, water, shelter, public security, hygiene... All that needs to be considered.
If it is just one or two refugees, Zhaojiazhuang can certainly help them easily. But listening to what the Lord God said. He concluded that maybe he means to help refugees all over the world...
Zhao An said honestly:
"Mry Lord, there is no problem with drainage, but the refugees may not be easy to accept."
Yun Yi rubbed his chin:
"What are the difficulties?
Zhao An sighed and said:
"The first is food. Our Zhaojiazhuang's current food supply is barely enough and if we take in refugees on a large scale…We may not be able to provide for everyone"
Yun Yi nodded:
"I see, continue. "
Zhao An nodded and continued:
"The second is housing. Although we can make as many rooms as possible for refugees, with the current number of houses in Zhaojiazhuang, I estimated that we can only accommodate no more than a thousand refugees at most."
"The fifth is public security. Too many people can easily lead to disorganization... "
"And…"
Zhao An proceeded to list more than a dozen difficulties in one breath. Yun Yi was dumbfounded when he was finished. It seems he was a little too optimistic.
He understood now why the ancient feudal dynasties did not want to provide large-scale assistance to refugees during famine years. It was too difficult! if it's not done well. The huge number of refugees can easily cause chaos under the instigation of some ambitious people.
Even riots, coups...But since no one is doing it given the difficulties, he will be the one to.
Yun Yi patted Zhao An on the shoulder:
"I understand, I will try my best to help you solve them."
"Also, I don't want you to accept all the refugees in the world at once, just so it one step at a time"
"Remember, I will always be behind you so come find me for anything you can't deal with."
With Yun Yi's promise, Zhao An felt much more at ease. He also felt elated since the Lord God has given him such a difficult task. It means that he values him.
As long as he can do this well, he thinks the Lord God will not be stingy with the reward. Thinking of this, Zhao An instantly became full of energy, patting his chest and guaranteeing:
"Don't worry, My Lord, I will definitely complete the task you've given."
Yun Yi nodded with satisfaction and gave him an encouraging look. Then, Yun Yi led all the livestock brought by Zhao An to the backyard.
The open space in the backyard of the villa is very large. It is more than 800 square meters so Yun Yi simply divided it into two areas. There are crop planting areas and livestock breeding areas.
Crops needed to be planted on soil but the backyard of the villa he built was covered with hard granite blocks so Yun Yi planned to make some changes to it.
He took out two silver iron pickaxes from his inventory and equipped one on his left hand and the other on the right. Yun Yi has now mastered this mining method. He raised his arms and began to swing.
Ding!~Ding!~Ding!~
A series of rhythmic crisp sounds echoed across the backyard. It took only a few seconds before a granite block exploded instantly. It turned into a fist-sized block that only he could see. It was suspended in the air before he picked it up and put it into his inventory.
Afterwards, he took out a dirt block and placed it on the vacant spot. In just about ten minutes, he replaced all the granite floors in the crop planting area with dirt floors.
As for the livestock breeding area, he didn't change anything. The reason is because of the characteristics of animals in MC.
First, MC animals do not get hungry. Although sheep in MC will nibble on the grass on the soil. But even if sheep do not eat grass, they will not starve to death.
The same is true for other animals, even if they have not eaten a single food from birth. They will grow up little by little according to the established settings.
Secondly, MC animals do not defecate. This is why Yun Yi is willing to open up a livestock breeding area in the backyard of his villa. Otherwise, if it is the same as livestock in reality.
They have to eat, drink, defecate and urinate. The smell of feces, urine and farts is not something he wants to wake up to…even if he doesn't sleep.
After the crop breeding area was transformed.
Next, it was time to experiment with crops. Yun Yi first experimented with wheat. The planting conditions of MC wheat are actually quite tolerant.
You just need light, water and arable land. Even if there's no water the crops will still grow but at a much slower rate then on moist land
Yun Yi first dug a long ditch in the middle of rows of soil, then he placed an infinite water block every few meters in the middle. The water flowed out slowly and extended forward until the two water flows met.
Finally, a calm static ditch was formed. In the game, one water grid can affect the surrounding 80 grids of farmland. So this narrow ditch is enough to supply water to the entire crop planting area.
With water done, the only condition left is farmland. Yun Yi had never crafted a hoe after arriving here, so he took out the workbench and put it on the ground then put the 2 iron ingots and 2 wooden sticks on it.
The next moment, a brand new iron hoe was created from the workbench.
"What is the gods doing?"
"I don't know, but it looks a bit like farming"
"Can gods farm?"
"God can do everything. Isn't it normal for him to farm?"
"Hey, look, that looks like a hoe."
"Woah, is God going to reclaim the wasteland? But can he do it by himself?"
However, at that very moment, Yun Yi took the iron hoe and waved it across the soil block. The satisfying sound of dirt changing echoed through their ears and the soil was reclaimed.
The surface was soft and brown-black in color. No matter how you look at it, it is a fertile and high-quality soil.
Hiss! The onlookers all gasp. Although Zhaojiazhuang is not small in size, it can only be regarded as a rich farmer in essence. Because almost every young and strong villager in Zhaojiazhuang needs to go to the fields to farm.
Unlike other families, the farmland is cultivated by tenants or slaves while the people of the family can just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. So they understand the difficulty of reclaiming land too well.
You need to clear the surface weeds and level the land, tillage, remove the underground grass roots, tillage again, introduce water, irrigate and fertilize, and tillage again. Finally, crops can be planted.
The thing was that tilling wasteland is not an easy task. The soil is often as hard as rock. If you rely on manpower alone, you may not be able to turn over a hundred square meters of wasteland in a day. So, it is a very difficult thing to cultivate wasteland.
Unless there are farm animals you can use to help. Otherwise, with just a few people they won't be able to best utilize the reclaimed land and cultivate crops.
But Yun Yi's act of reclaiming wasteland directly changed their worldview. So... was this how gods reclaim wasteland? With just a wave of a hoe?
Their eyes sparkled while watching Yun Yi begin to reclaim land like a machine. It only took a few minutes and he already turned nearly an acre of wasteland into fertile farmland.
"If we use that hoe artifact, how many acres of wasteland can we reclaim in a day?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Yi's eyes instantly turned to him. That sentence gave him an idea, can anyone else use the hoe?
"You, come here."
Ah? The Zhaojiazhuang villager was stunned and said repeatedly, "M-My Lord , I didn't mean to say that, I'm so sorry!"
Yun Yi waved his hand: "It's fine, just come here."
The Zhaojiazhuang villager who spoke was named Zhao Yong. He shrank his head while walking to Yun Yi and asked carefully.
"My Lord, what can I do for you?"
Yun Yi stuffed the hoe into his hand and then pointed to a piece of uncultivated soil in the corner and said:
"Go and try it."
Zhao Yong held the iron hoe and was about to cry:
"M-My Lord, I really know I was wrong..."
Yun Yi patted his shoulder lightly:
"Calm down man, I want you to try using the hot lime me , nothing more"
Listening to Yun Yi's simple and peaceful words, Zhao Yong also gradually relaxed.
"My Lord, then... I'll try it?"
"Go on." Yun Yi nodded.
Zhao Yong held the iron hoe and came to the uncultivated soil breathlessly and imitated Yun Yi's previous actions. He waved at the soil and the next moment, the originally dry soil instantly turned into moist and fertile farmland.
I…did it? Zhao Yong rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Then he squatted down and touched the soil with his hands. It was moist and soft.
"I-I succeeded!"
Zhao Yong jumped high with excitement. Yun Yi, who was standing by, was also greatly surprised. So, a hoe can also work in the hands of ordinary people? What about a pickaxe? an axe shovel? Will they all work?
With doubts, Yun Yi walked up to Zhao Yong and said:
"Alright, I still need you to help me test a few tools."
Zhao Yong grinned, showing an attitude of accepting anything that comes. Then, Yun Yi took out a pickaxe from his inventory. Pointing to the hard granite on the ground of the livestock breeding area.
he said:
"Try and use this to break on the ground over there, remember to knock as many times as possible."
Zhao Yong nodded and took the pickaxe and went to the livestock breeding area. The ground here is all light red granite full of particles. If an ordinary person tried to break it, even if they broke their arms, they probably couldn't even create a small crack.
But with the successful experience of the iron hoe, Zhao Yong is obviously much more confident. He held the iron pick and smashed the granite on the ground.
Ding!~Ding~Ding!
The crisp sound of the collision sounded with sparks meeting in the middle. However, the granite is still lying firmly on the ground. The only effect the pick had was creaking a shallow crater where the pick hit.
"My Lord, is this enough?"
Zhao Yong has lost his confidence. Yun Yi counted the number of swings for him and it was more than 200. If it were in the game, let alone the granite block, even the obsidian block would break with his bare hands.
So the pickaxes only work for him and not ordinary people, But why does the iron hoe work in the hands of ordinary people?
Yun Yi felt that he had vaguely understood this rule but couldn't grasp it so he continued testing! The more tests, the more answers he will find.
"Okay, that's enough."
Yun Yi took out another shovel, pointed to the soil in the crop planting area and said, "Try shoveling the soil"
Zhao Yong nodded and shook his numb and sore arms. He returned the pickaxe to Yun Yi, then he took the shovel and walked to the crop planting area.
He swung the shovel. With every swing doing nothing, Zhao Yong continued to swing desperately. Even when half the standard soil block was shoveled away, it still did not explode into a dirt block.
Seeing this, Yun Yi was thoughtful. The idea of ordinary people using his tools and comparing it to him rolled through his mind. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to him, making Yun Yi's eyes lit up, and he finally found the pattern.
The reason why the pickaxe and shovel did not work in the hands of ordinary people is because breaking MC blocks is his ability as Steve. Whether it is the pickaxe, the shovel, or even the iron axe that has not been tested. They cannot explode blocks by themselves, they simply just speed up the speed of breaking blocks.
Ordinary people are not Steve, and they do not have the ability to break out blocks. So even if they get the corresponding tools, it is useless.
As for why the iron hoe can work in the hands of ordinary people? That is because cultivating the soil is not his inherent ability, It is the ability of the iron hoe. So after ordinary people get the hoe, they can turn ordinary soil into fertile farmland just like him.
By analogy, it's also why leather boots and iron armor can also work for ordinary people because the protection effect is the inherent ability of leather boots and iron suits.
Yun Yi was delighted by this finding. Sure enough, MC rules are quite clear. Only by finding the rules can it be used to the greatest extent.
Just like the iron hoe, since ordinary people can use it. Then he doesn't have to do the work of reclaiming farmland by himself in the future. He just needs to find someone to help him and it'll save a ton of effort.
Yun Yi patted Zhao Yong on the shoulder and praised:
"You did a good job."
Then he took out a new iron hoe from his inventory and gave it to him.
"This iron hoe is a reward for you."
"But be careful, the durability of the iron hoe is limited. One iron hoe can only cultivate about half an acre of arable land."
The durability of iron tools in MC is 251 grids.
In reality, it can cultivate 251 square meters of land. After the durability is consumed, the iron hoe will disappear. So if we only look at the durability, some items in MC are actually far less durable than items in reality.
At least he has never heard of any iron hoe breaking after cultivating half an acre of land. Some strong and durable tools can even be used for more than ten or even several decades.
Zhao Yong heard Yun Yi's reminder and didn't care at all. He was just smiling happily while holding the iron hoe. Don't look at half an acre as small but it can turn barren land that has never been cultivated into the most fertile arable land.
Plus, it's not easy to reclaim land and just a gentle swing of the iron hoe can do it in an instant. So this hoe is simply a divine tool for farming!
The villagers of Zhaojiazhuang around saw the iron hoe in Zhao Yong's arms and couldn't help but cast envious looks.
"Hehe, are you all jealous?"
Zhao Yong showed off the iron hoe in his arms.
When others came forward to take a closer look, he quickly hid the iron hoe in his arms. He was afraid that it would be snatched away. Zhao An walked to his side, looked helpless, and slapped him on the head.
"Chief, why did you hit me? Are you jealous too?"
Zhao An held his forehead: "You are really a fool without eyes. The gods gave you something, but you don't even thank him?"
Zhao Yong reacted immediately. Holding the iron hoe, he bowed to Yun Yi respectfully: "Thank you for the iron hoe."
"Your welcome" Yun Yi said as he nodded.
Zhao Yong smiled and held the iron hoe tighter in his arms
Yun Yi took out a handful of wheat seeds from his inventory and walked to the arable land then gently sprinkled it. The wheat seeds fell on the arable land and they slowly sank into the soil and disappeared.
The next moment, one by one, tiny seedlings emerged from the soil. At first glance, it seemed nothing special but as a veteran player of MC. Yun Yi can see at a glance that this was the primary stage of wheat in MC.
Wheat in MC needs to go through eight stages of growth. In the game, it usually takes dozens of minutes to fully mature. The specific time is uncertain because the time of maturity will be affected by the moisture of the soil, light conditions and other conditions.
In the game, a day is 10 minutes, and night is also 10 minutes. In other words, it takes dozens of minutes to mature in the game, but should take a few days to mature in reality.
That was already extremely exaggerated. Wheat being harvested every few days? That was really terrifying.
In reality, wheat is divided into spring wheat and winter wheat. There are two types. Among them, spring wheat grows fast and it usually matures in about 100 days.
Winter wheat grows much slower, it usually matures in about 250 days. So that means, even if he uses the fast-growing spring wheat for comparison, MC wheat wins with ease.
Yun Yi took out carrots from his inventory and planted them in the same way. As soon as the carrots fell from his hands to the ground, they instantly sank into the soil. Then, a cluster of buds emerged in a short while.
The carrots in the game mature in about the same time as wheat. It sometimes even matures a little faster than wheat. Of course, in reality, carrots mature a little faster than wheat. It matures in about 80 days.
The last thing to plant is sugarcane. The planting conditions of sugarcane are similar to those of wheat and carrots, but they are more flexible because sugarcane is not picky about arable land.
It can be planted on grass blocks, soil, sand, and even on gray ugly, sandy soil. The core requirement is that there must be water next to these blocks. If there is no water, the sugarcane will even be destroyed by itself.
Sugarcane grows about one section every 20 minutes. Converted to real time, it grows every day. This is even more exaggerated than the growth rate of bamboo in reality. Of course, it is still incomparable with the bamboo in MC.
The bamboo in MC grows one meter in an average of 3.5 minutes. Converted to reality, it can grow one meter every four hours.
After planting this crop. Yun Yi did not continue to sow, but was thinking. Since he can transform real crops into MC crops by sowing in this way. Then, can ordinary people do it?
he waved to the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang next to him:
"One of you, come over here."
With Zhao Yong's previous experience. The villagers of Zhaojiazhuang were extremely excited. A tall and thin villager from Zhaojiazhuang ran up to Yun Yi, just when the others wanted to come forward.
Yun Yi waved his hand and said:
"One person is enough."
As soon as the voice fell, the other villagers of Zhaojiazhuang shook their heads in disappointment. They all hated themselves for being a step slower. Yun Yi took out a portion of wheat, carrots and sugar cane from his inventory and handed it to him.
"You saw what I did, yes?"
The tall and thin villager nodded:
"I saw it."
Yun Yi continued: "Okay, take these crops and imitate my actions just now."
The tall and thin villager took the wheat, carrots and sugar cane with excitement. Then he picked a piece of soil next to the ditch. He imitated Yun Yi's action and sowed the wheat on the soil first.
However, the expected scene of the wheat seed disappearing into the ground and then sprouting did not appear. The tall and thin villager scratched his head and looked at Yun Yi.
Yun Yi just said:
"Don't worry about it, continue to sow other things."
The thin and tall villager nodded. He tried to imitate Yun Yi by sowing carrots and sugar cane. However...none of them succeeded.
Seeing this, Yun Yi understood. So, transforming real creations into MC creations is also my own ability so ordinary people can't imitate the effects.
What if they sow MC crops directly? The growth ability of MC crops after transformation is his own ability. So in theory they can also sow. The thin and tall villager looked at the land where none of them succeeded, and felt a little disappointed:
"My Lord, is this all my problem?"
Yun Yi patted the thin and tall villager on the shoulder:
"No, it's not."
"bury these wheat, carrots and sugar cane in the soil according to how you plant crops"
The thin and tall villager nodded. He carefully picked up all the wheat, carrots and sugarcane that have just been scattered on the surface of the soil. Wipe them clean on the clothes, then dig a small hole in the cultivated land with your hands and bury them.
Yun Yi beside him took out a bone meal from his inventory. He is doing an experiment so it's
unrealistic for him to wait all day for the crops to mature. Even if the growth rate of MC crops is very fast, it may mature in a few days which is still a waste of time.
So he's going to use bone meal to quicken it. Anyway, I got nearly 200 portions of bone meal from Xinghua Village before. There are probably also a lot of extra bones in Zhaojiazhuang. He wasn't short on bone meal so might as well see what they do.
Bone meal in MC has many uses, it can ripen crops, be used to make dyes, grow flowers on grass, etc.
Yun Yi took the bone meal and scattered them on the wheat, carrots and sugar cane that he had planted before.
The white bone meal fell on the soil block and the next moment, there were little green lights flashing around signifying that it's working. As the bone meal disappeared into the soil. The wheat, carrots and sugar cane planted on the soil suddenly grew a lot.
The wheat changed from a green seed to a green seedling with a little yellow in the green. The main body of the carrot is underground so he can't see it but the leaves exposed outside have also expanded a whole circle.
The change of sugar cane was even greater. It has grown directly to its complete form, a sugar cane three meters high. Yun Yi hit it with his hand and the sugarcane was broken into three pieces, each one meter long.
He put two of them into his inventory and placed the remaining piece in the soil again. He did not continue to use bone meal to ripen the sugarcane, but turned around and asked the villagers around him:
"Can you see the green light just now?"
"Yes, we can see it."
Several villagers nodded repeatedly.
Yun Yi was thoughtful. Since they can see the green light, it means that the ability of bone meal is not exclusive. So...can people also use bone meal?
Yun Yi then summoned the tall and thin villager to him. He stuffed three portions of bone meal into his hand.
"Now try to sprinkle these bone meal on the crops I planted."
The tall and thin villager agreed happily. He walked to the crops with the bone meal and sprinkled it lightly. The bone meal fell onto the soil block. The next moment, the familiar green light appeared again while the wheat had grown a lot.
The stem diameter that was originally a little green has completely turned yellow. The plump ears of wheat swayed gently in the wind, it became fully ripe!
Just like in the game, after wheat is planted, it only needs two to three bone meals to fully ripen. The branches and leaves of carrots are also very high. The orange-yellow body under the soil has also slightly poked its head out, the carrots are also fully ripe.
Like wheat, carrots only need two to three times of bone meal to fully ripen. The sugar cane next and it directly soared to three meters high. Seeing this scene, Yun Yi nodded slightly.
It is just as he guessed. Bone meal can be used even for ordinary people, he just doesn't know if bone meal can be used on real crops in addition to MC crops?
Fortunately, he just asked the tall and thin villagers to plant wheat, carrots and sugar cane himself. Because he didn't sow them, these crops should not have transformed into MC crops, and they are still ordinary real crops.
It can be used to test the effect of bone meal. Yun Yi walked up to the tall and thin villager and stuffed three more portions of bone meal into his hands.
"sprinkle these bone meal on the crops you planted yourself."
The bone meal fell on the soil and emitted a bright green light. The wheat, carrots and sugar cane that had just been planted also began to grow under the effect of bone meal.
However, it seemed that because they were not MC creations, they did not grow much.The wheat only sprouted a little, the carrots only had a few green branches and leaves, and even the sugar cane only grew about 20 centimeters.
It was in sharp contrast to the sudden growth of MC crops. Yun Yi's eyes lit up, so bone meal can also ripen real crops too?. Although the effect is far less than that of MC crops. But as long as it can ripen, it is good enough.
After all, there are many unique plants in reality. For example, tropical fruits such as mango and coconut. They cannot be transformed into MC creations but they can still grow quickly with bone meal.
"Well done." Yun Yi patted the shoulder of the thin and tall villager.
Hearing Yun Yi's words. The thin and tall villager's face instantly flushed with excitement.
"Thank you for the compliment, My Lord."
Even when he looked at other villagers later, he raised his head. A proud look that says he was praised by Lord God.
After testing the effect of bone meal. The next test is the last one. Harvest! In the game, wheat will drop one portion of wheat and 3 portions of seeds after being harvested.
Yun Yi stepped forward and rubbed his hands and smacked the wheat. Sure enough, one portion of wheat and two portions of seeds fell. He took all the wheat and seeds then he went to the carrots on the side and continued to harvest them.
In the game, mature carrots will drop 1 to 4 carrots. Yun Yi's luck was obviously good this time because it actually dropped three carrots. As for the last sugar cane, he had tested it before and it was the same as in game.
Of course, this was not important because it was all within Yun Yi's expectations. What he really wanted to test was whether ordinary people can harvest MC crops like him.
He took out the seeds and carrots and planted them in the ground again, then he used bone meal to ripen them. Finally, he waved to the tall and thin villager again
"Come over here."
"My Lord, do you have any other instructions?"
Yun Yi nodded:
"Now, I want you to harvest these crops, but follow my instructions"
The tall and thin villager nodded,Yun Yi then ordered:
"First, knock these crops with your hands. "
The tall and thin villager nodded, he had just seen Yun Yi's action. The god just lightly tapped the crops in the field and they disappeared instantly.
He guessed that the god used his powers to collect the harvested crops. The tall and thin villager immediately squatted down, raised his fist and hit the mature wheat hard. The wheat was knocked down but they did not have the desired effect.
After knocking a few times. He looked at Yun Yi helplessly, as if asking if he should continue hitting?
Yun Yi waved his hand to stop him:
"Okay, try it on the carrots again. "
The same operation. The result was the same, no success. Except for smashing the branches and leaves of the carrots that were exposed above the ground, nothing happened.
As for the sugarcane, because it was too brittle, the tall and thin villager punched it and it broke directly. He stood there at a loss waiting to be scolded.
Yun Yi shook his head.
"It doesn't matter, you can harvest your way now"
Seeing that Yun Yi didn't blame him, the tall villager breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he began harvesting the usual way. Wheat is usually harvested with a sickle but there is no sickle here. In addition, the planting area is only one square meter so the tall and thin villager directly pulled up the wheat on the soil block with his bare hands.
Then he did the same thing for the carrots and sugarcane. He loosened the soil and pulled it up directly with the roots. The tall and thin villager took these things and showed them to Yun Yi.
Yum Yi sighed. Although ordinary people can harvest the crops they also become like every other real world crop. In other words, although these wheat, carrots, and sugarcane can still be planted.
But as soon as it is harvested, they become like the crops of reality. Moreover, the effect of restoring satiety by eating things like carrots disappeared inexplicably.
If he thinks about it carefully, it's actually quite good. These MC crops are like being branded with his exclusive patent copyright. Without his permission, no one can spread these MC crops.
Of course, ordinary people's harvesting is not useless. In fact, their harvesting method is more effective than Yun Yi's hand-pulling.
For example, wheat. When Yun Yi harvests it himself, only one portion of mature wheat can be harvested and 0 to 3 portions of seeds. But when an ordinary person harvested it. One square meter of arable land can harvest four portions of wheat.
One portion of wheat weighs one catty, and four portions is four catties. This is the yield per square meter. If it is changed to one mu (667 square meters), it is more than 2,600 catties.
It is even more exaggerated than the most advanced wheat per mu in the future. Carrots are equally exaggerated. Even if Yun Yi took out the hoe with the fortune 3 enchantment At most, only 6 carrots can be harvested.
But if ordinary people dig directly from the ground, they can dig out a full eight carrots. The most important thing is that the wheat and carrots harvested by ordinary people can also be put into the workbench for crafting.
The synthesized items will automatically have the characteristics of MC creations. In other words, ordinary people harvesting MC crops is a bug and there is no way to fix this bug.
Yun Yi smiled happily. In the future, he plants the crops to apply it with MC rules and then lets ordinary people harvest it, this maximizes the benefits of farming!
Although the special effect of replenishing satiety and restoring blood volume will be lost. The harvested food can at least feed more people. And there is another benefit of the disappearance of the special effect ability, Anti-theft.
Otherwise, anyone who harvests the crops that have special effects can sneak into the farmland and steal it to sell. Just imagine the clusterfuck of chaos that will descend.
The two armies fought and the generals of both sides were seriously injured. They can take out carrots to replenish their satiety and blood volume... This not only extends the fighting time but also spreads destruction everywhere causing countless casualties.
Yun Yi shook his head helplessly. MC food, a divine thing in the world, is better to be in his own hands.
He patted the shoulder of the tall and thin villager:
"Thank you for your hard work."
The tall and thin villager looked flattered and grinned:
"My Lord, it's not hard at all."
"And you have done so much for us, we are happy to do something for you."
Yun Yi smiled knowingly:
"Having said that, I am still going to reward you."
After saying that, he took out a workbench from his inventory and put it on the ground. Then he threw the 2 iron ingots and the 2 sticks into it. He synthesized a brand new iron hoe and gave it to the tall and thin villager.
"This iron hoe is for you."
The tall and thin villager's eyes were so bright after receiving the iron hoe. He held the iron hoe and smiled happily.
"Thank you, My Lord, thank you."
Yun Yi chuckled. He used bone meal to ripen several portions of wheat, carrots and sugarcane. Then he ordered the villagers of Zhaojia Village to harvest.
After harvesting, he continued to sow. Until all the 400 square meters of arable land were planted with wheat, carrots and sugarcane. At this time, his bone meal reserves were insufficient but he was in no hurry because he is not going to ripen the crops for the time being.
He wanted to see how many days it would take for wheat, carrots and sugarcane to mature. But before that, he took out a bunch of torches and filled the entire crop planting area.
Crops in MC generally need light to grow. If the light level is lower than 9, they will stop growing. The light intensity provided by the torch is 15. So as long as the torches are inserted throughout the crop planting area. Even in the dark, it will not affect the growth of crops.
After doing all this,Yun Yi came to the livestock breeding area. In just a short while, the majestic rooster had already pooped on the ground.
This is the shortcoming of real livestock. Not only is it troublesome to feed, but it also urinates and defecates everywhere. So he wants to breed livestock in MC! It saves worry and effort and you don't even need to feed it.
Yun Yi took out a portion of wheat from his inventory. This portion of wheat was not harvested by the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang, but was pulled out by Yun Yi himself so it also carries the rules of MC.
The MC wheat will attract the attention of cattle and sheep. This attraction is beyond the rules of reality. Two cows, one male and one female, and two sheep, one male and one female, all slowly walked up to Yun Yi.
Moo! Moo!~
Baa! Baa!~
Although they didn't speak, Yun Yi understood what they meant. They want to eat! Yun Yi put two portions of wheat in the palms of his left and right hands respectively, then he stretched them in front of the two cows.
Smelling the fragrance of wheat, the two cows unconsciously stretched out their tongues and ate them. However, the two cows "mooed" again and looked at Yun Yi.
Hmm? Why is there no effect? Maybe they have to be fed first, and then they will have the desire to reproduce? It seems that there is really not much food in Zhaojiazhuang, even the cows can't eat enough...
Yun Yi took out another portion of wheat. The two cows stretched out their tongues again and ate them.
The next moment, Yun Yi saw a circle of hearts appear around the bodies of the two cows and they started to reproduce! As he expected, the two cows were stuck together.
In a blink of an eye, a calf only knee high was born. The villagers of Zhaojiazhuang were shocked to see this. Some even rubbed their eyes and couldn't believe it. How was this possible? Shouldn't they consummate and get pregnant first and then give birth after several months?
How come they just stuck together for a few moments and a calf was born suddenly? Also, this calf doesn't look like its two yellow cow parents at all. The color is the same, both yellow. But why is this calf a little square?
"My Lord, what are these things?"
Yun Yi said:
"The powder that you saw before that can ripen crops is made from bones."
"If you can, collect as many as you cab for me."
It turned out that the powder was made from bones. Zhao An nodded immediately and bowed with his hands:
"I will follow the will of Master God, but the bones..."
Seeing Zhao An's hesitation, Yun Yi suddenly remembered the "great" that Chu Ji came up with and hurriedly explained:
"Any bones are fine, but no human bones"
Zhao An nodded: "I understand."
Then, he led his clansmen and livestock away from the luxurious villa. On the vast land. A two-horse carriage was galloping forward on the road. But as it moved forward, the surrounding environment became worse and worse.
The seedlings had long since withered, the weeds were dead, and the bark of the trees had been stripped clean. Occasionally, you could see one or two dry bones lying beside the road, and the flesh and blood on them had long been licked clean. In the years of famine, people ate each other so it wasn't surprising to find remains of corpses.
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Back to Zhaojiazhuang.
In fact, with the addition of real light and shadow, MC cows are not as "square" as in the game. Of course, they are still a little bit square and there's nothing he can do about it because this is determined by the characteristics of MC as a pixel sandbox game.
Anyway, a cow cannot continue to give birth to calves on its own so there must be at least two. Yun Yi took out wheat again and fed it to the two adult cows.
They did it and circles of hearts appeared around them again while they became stuck to each other. Soon after, another calf was born, still yellow and a bit square.
The cows in MC are only black and white.
So Yellow calf...Should have inherited the genes of its parents.
Yun Yi squatted down and stroked the two calves. The skin was smooth and there were fine short hairs on the body.
Then, he took out wheat again. In addition to attracting and breeding cows, wheat in MC can also accelerate the growth of cows. One portion of wheat can accelerate the growth rate by 10%.
Seeing the wheat, the two calves are the same as their parents. They followed it and stuck their tongue out and ate it. Then their green light began to flash around their bodies.
After the green light disappeared, the calf did not grow up. At first glance, it seemed that there was no change but Yun Yi knew that they were not not growing because it takes more than that for it to grow.
Once the critical point of growth was reached. They would go from small calves to strong and sturdy adult cows.
Yun Yi did not continue to feed. Instead, he waved to the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang who were watching around. The villagers did not dare to delay for a second this time. As soon as they saw Yun Yi waving, they all rushed in front of him.
"God, please choose."
"No! choose me"
"Don't listen to them, choose me!"
They raised their hands one by one, afraid that Yun Yi would not see. Looking at the excited crowd, Yun Yi didn't know who to choose for a moment. So, he just point to Zhao An at the back of the crowd and said:
"Zhao An, you come."
Seeing that Yun Yi had chosen someone, the villagers felt disappointed. They retreated to the side with their heads down.
Zhao An walked to Yun Yi's side in small steps:
"My Lord, what do you need me to do?"
Yun Yi nodded and stuffed two portions of wheat into his hand:
"You saw what happened, yes?"
Zhao An nodded quickly:
"Yes, my Lord, so those red symbols signify the animals wanting to reproduce?"
Yun Yi looked at Zhao An in surprise, not bad he's quite observant. He nodded and said:
"You are right, the appearance of hearts means that the organisms want to reproduce. Now try to feed the cows with the wheat in your hand"
Zhao An nodded, holding a portion of wheat in one hand and came to the two yellow cows.
Reach out. The yellow cattle were instantly attracted by the aroma of wheat.
They stretched their heads and ate the wheat in Zhao An's hand directly. After a while, hearts appeared around the two yellow cattle again and another calf was born out of thin air, no pregnancy or delivery was needed.
This is too magical! Seeing this, Zhao An's face was full of excitement: "My Lord, do all the wheat do this?"
Yun Yi shook his head: "Only the crops I harvest can have the effect of reproduction."
Zhao An was immediately disappointed. But it made sense, how could ordinary wheat have such a magical effect? If it really existed, it would have been discovered thousands of years ago.
Yun Yi stuffed several handfuls of wheat into Zhao An's arms: "You continue to feed the calf, don't stop till you run out"
Zhao An nodded and continued to feed. After each feeding, a green light will appear around the calf. But the calf itself did not change at all.
The villagers of Zhaojiazhuang around him poked their heads over, curious about what happened.
After all, based on their previous experience.
The calf should not behave so….normal after being fed. However, before they could react. Suddenly, the calf, which was only as high as a knee, grew up all of a sudden.
It became a man-sized, fat body as long as a foot of land.
???
No, did we miss something? The villagers of Zhaojiazhuang rubbed their eyes. The calf grew into an adult cow in an instant? What the hell?! Then won't we no longer lack oxen for farming in the future?
Yun Yi watched all this from the side. He nodded slightly, it seems that as long as the wheat he harvested was used, no matter who fed it, it'll still work.
It seems that these livestock can be directly handed over to the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang for breeding in the future while he relaxes.
Then, in order to miss any special cases. Yun Yi asked Zhao An to feed the sheep, pigs and chickens. The results were also very gratifying. As long as they are animals that can reproduce in MC and have suitable crops, even if ordinary people can feed them. They can reproduce and grow.
Finally, Yun Yi looked at a bunch of cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens that all looked a bit "square" in the livestock breeding area, satisfied.
Don't mind their small number, as long as he wants. He can use crops to quickly expand the scale at any time.
Then, Yun Yi called the villagers of Zhaojiazhuang again. Because he still had one last item to test, Slaughter.
As early as when he just crossed over. By killing wild boars, he knew that after killing an animal, items related to the animal would drop. But he wondered what it would be like for ordinary people to kill MC livestock. Would pork chops drop like him? Or would there be other changes.
"Are there any amongst you who can kill pigs?" Yun Yi asked immediately.
If it's just a simple way to kill the pig then anyone can do it, Just stab it twice and it's done. But doing so will only make the pig blood splatter everywhere and he didn't want to clean up the mess. So it's better to find someone with professional pig killing experience to kill it.
Clean and neat, with no blood. However, as soon as the voice fell. Most of the villagers in Zhaojiazhuang looked at each other. When it comes to farming, they think they are proficient. But killing pigs... They really haven't killed one before.
At this time, the tall and thin villager took a deep breath and stood up again:
"My Lord, I can kill pigs."
"Really?" Yun Yi asked.
Before the tall and thin villager could speak, Zhao An spoke for him:
"Zhao Lin's father used to be the best butcher in our village, but unfortunately he died seven years ago..."
Yun Yi nodded:
"Alright, since you can kill pigs, come over. Do you need help?"
Zhao Lin nodded immediately:
"My Lord, although I learned to kill pigs from my father since I was a child, I haven't killed a pig for seven years since my father died."
"So I hope someone can help me press the pig down. Also, can you give me a knife that can kill pigs."
Knife that can kill pigs? Yun Yi definitely doesn't have a professional pig-killing knife but he has an iron sword. With the quality of weapons in MC, the iron sword should be sharp enough.
"I don't have a pig-killing knife, will an iron sword do?"
Zhao Lin nodded:
"If it's sharp enough, yes."
Then, Yun Yi took out a silver-shining iron sword from his inventory.The iron sword is not long, only 80 centimeters. But the blades on both sides are extremely sharp.
Yun Yi plucked a hair, put it on the sword and then it was cut in half.
"Is this sharp enough?"
Zhao Lin took the iron sword, observed it and said:
"It's very sharp."
Yun Yi also nodded slightly:
"Okay, If you kill well and neatly, I will give you this iron sword."
The eyes of the tall and thin villager were bright:
"Really?"
"Yes." Yun Yi nodded.