MTL - I Like This Dream!-v2 Chapter 62
"Teacher Nancy?" An Xu called uncertainly.
"Ann." The old man in front of him looked at her as gently as he remembered.
An Xu's memories jumped a few times like sparks, and the part that had been left behind floated up. She took a few steps forward with some hesitation, and poked Nancy's arm with her hand.
The old lady was amused by her nervous appearance, and opened her arms to hold her in her arms. An Xu staggered from being hugged, let out a scream of joy, and hugged him back forcefully.
That was Teacher Nancy, and she was sure at once that it was the mother-in-law who had been taking care of her in the seminary, who always reminded her of her grandmother's unique ascetic. An Xu originally thought that after the dream changed, all the people he knew before would disappear, and he was just deceiving himself by comforting himself that he would meet again. Now a normal Nancy suddenly appeared in front of her, how could she not be overjoyed?
"Oh, you've grown taller, Ann." Nancy smiled, and stroked her head. "You've grown your hair, too."
"Really?" An Xu stepped on his feet happily. After being told so much, he really felt that he had grown a lot taller, and could touch Teacher Nancy's neck. "Ms. Nancy hasn't changed at all! I really want to you!"
She acted coquettishly for a while before she let go of her arms and thought of asking a question: "Why is Teacher Nancy here?"
"I'm resigned." Nancy smiled freely, and patted her big bag on the table, "I'm here to join you."
"It turns out that the church can leave?" An Xu said pleasantly, "That's great!"
Nancy looked at her the way she would watch her granddaughter mess around.
Of course the church cannot leave office, and Nancy still dresses up as an ascetic. To be precise, she just relieved herself of her duties as a seminary teacher.
Ann had an accident and was sent to the Tibes defense line, Nancy was worried but also happy for her. The old ascetic can find out that the god-favored one will be fine, and just started the trial of Sullivan's heir. She knew very well that Ann was not suitable for staying in the Holy See, and it would be a good thing for the child to have the opportunity to return to secular life.
However, the two children who have been taken care of under the wings for several years, one is forever isolated on the other side of the high wall as a holy person, and the other may never return to Alingu in this life, which makes the old man feel lonely.
Until Nancy heard the news of the "Miracle of Tibes".
She heard that the border of Tibes, where no plant powers were used, had an incredible harvest. The commoners were blessed by the gods, and the grains of wheat planted were as many as sand. Nancy knew that the ability of the God-favored was thunder and lightning, and that kind of violent, lethal ability that was as powerful as God's punishment could never be used for planting and catalysis. But she also suddenly remembered that Ann had never been surprised by her backyard.
Nancy is not a plant power, she is an earth power.
The other children who came to her to beg for snacks either didn't notice her supernatural power at all, or thought it was normal for an ascetic monk in St. Andrew's Seminary to grow plants by God's grace, but Ann was different. The child was often by her side, holding his chin and watching her use her ability to adjust the soil instead of catalyze the plants. Ann always turned a blind eye to this, as if Nancy was doing a very ordinary thing.
Nancy had discovered in the past that it wasn't just plant powers who could make plants grow. She has seen starving people all over Yamenan, and has been researching ways to make soil supernatural beings also useful to plant supernatural beings. An has actually allowed ordinary people to plant them!
Is it possible that ordinary people without supernatural powers can plant them?
Most people attribute it to God's favor with peace of mind, while a small number of people think it's just foolishness. But Nancy thinks about this possibility, and the more she thinks about it, the more excited she becomes. Her success in planting relies on the ability of the soil system to adjust the soil. If there is suitable soil, wouldn't ordinary people be able to grow food? But how to create such a bumper harvest? Just a rumor, or...
Nancy's old heart felt hot for a long time, she tossed and turned all night, and made up her mind to pack up the package. No one left her, and a good old man like her who had no money and status and only taught to read and write was handed over easily, carrying her belongings and using her meager savings on the teleportation array.
An Xu didn't think much about it, but thought it was great that Nancy was not an NPC bound to the map. She had no idea what Nancy could bring, she just felt that she finally had a place to spend money, and Nancy could buy whatever she wanted! After Nancy opened the package and explained what was included in the belongings, An Xu began to breathe hard.
Nancy didn't bring anything valuable, but it was definitely far more precious than gold.
She brought seeds.
During the decades of being disheartened by politics and religion, Nancy devoted all her energy to finding and improving food that even earth-type supernatural beings could grow. Her achievements are more than just feeding An Xu's snacks.
"Cabbage" that can eat all the leaves and grow layer by layer without pulling out the roots; "beet" that is high in sugar content, hardy to cold and can grow extremely fast in humidity and heat; "beet" that has huge rhizomes and stores a lot of starch "Potatoes", "heather beans" that can make people go without water for five days in an emergency... let's call these foods with similar names to Anxu's world. After she finished introducing them, Anxu's jaw was about to dislocate.
"You, how did you make it?" An Xu said dreamily. She actually didn't know that Nancy was an earth-type supernatural power user. The effect of Nancy's ability to adjust the soil was too low-key. At that time, An Xu thought she was loosening the soil.
Nancy explained in detail: "I adjust the composition of the soil, bring it into the house on extremely cold days, and put it behind the glass to bask in the sun. Choose the ones that grow best every time, and put them close together when they bloom... "
To translate it simply and straightforwardly, in addition to supernatural powers, Nancy discovered greenhouse insulation and cross-breeding techniques.
An Xu felt that he was about to kneel down, this is simply Mendelgar Yuan Longping from another world! Wow this feeling! It seems to be pretending to find out that the aborigines are hundreds of years ahead of the times with a half-handed golden finger! It feels like being illuminated by the brilliance of scientific researchers!
"They were cultivated by me using the soil ability. I don't know if ordinary people can grow them." Nancy still said worriedly.
"Yes! Definitely!" An Xu grabbed Nancy's hand and said out of breath, "You can feed a lot of people! There are so many people!"
"If ordinary people can really promote planting," Nancy said with glowing eyes, "we can make a city no longer starve for lack of hunting."
"A city? No, no, no!" An Xu laughed loudly, "We can feed a Yamenan."
Nancy's arrival was completely timely, although An Xu was not aware of it. This guy who confuses wheat and rice thinks that wheat can be planted three times a year in a warm place. If she continues to plant indiscriminately, it is not surprising that most of the production will decrease.
But since Nancy brought the seeds, Anxu did not hesitate to put aside planting wheat and asked everyone to plant these new varieties. Her assets and unknowingly increased subordinates quickly brought in full-time plant superpowers. These superpowers catalyzed day and night to breed a package of precious females into a plant that could be distributed to all new farmers. Do the number of seeds. People believed deeply in the request of the gods, and they did not hesitate to replant these never-before-seen plants.
Many parts of Nancy's guidance on agriculture are more careful and effective than An Xu's, not to mention that she has the golden finger of soil ability. When Anxu found out how the soil-type abilities could be used in agriculture, he threw himself into the ground again: pressing the soil to kill pests and insect eggs in it, loosening the soil evenly, and changing the soil to form compost. This is a world that does not know the concept of fertilizer but can match the perfect soil, thanks to the supernatural black box, and thanks to Nancy, the agricultural pioneer who has been experimenting for decades.
A small number of varieties are only suitable for cold regions, but most of the varieties are well adapted to the climate of Tibes. The fertile soil, which is already hundreds of times better than the barren soil of Alingu, has been adjusted by Nancy to make them invade by alien creatures. Crazy growth. An Xu is not worried at all, what is the threat of edible invasive creatures? The insatiable natural enemy of human beings is here.
And the result of this bumper harvest was far beyond anyone's imagination.
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A group of distinguished guests arrived at the Tibes defense line in the second spring, and they became very inconspicuous among the crowd.
"Why are there so many people?" Someone muttered, "Haven't they reached the defense line yet?"
The master sitting in the carriage ordered his servants to stop the passers-by for questioning. The man who was called made the servant a little strange. He looked ruddy, had a strong body, and wore clothes that ordinary people couldn't afford, but his hands were full of marks of rough work. When he was stopped, he did not have the timidity of a pariah, but he was not as quick-witted as a country gentleman who foolishly did not respond to the coat of arms on the carriage.
"Is this the Tibes line?" the servant asked.
"Yes!" The stopped person replied crisply.
"I mean, how far is it from the outermost fortress of Tibes?" The Tibes defense line can refer to the border in a broad sense. To prevent ambiguity, the servant asked in detail.
"It's not far away! Didn't you see it here!" The man pointed at the crowd and said enthusiastically, "You are here for the first time? Or haven't you been here for a long time? Merchants go to the left and go to the guild to register. Tourists, hey , do you want a tour guide? I can introduce it to you! The tour guide only costs nine copper coins! Now it’s just in time, and there will be a performance in the square in the afternoon!”
The servant didn't understand what a tour guide was, so he thanked him and reported to his master. The hostess in the carriage opened her mouth for this, never expecting that the fortress is so close. There are obviously a lot of people here, and there are shops on both sides of the road (not small stalls that can be walked at any time, but rather simple, but better than ordinary civilian shacks). The prosperity is comparable to a second-rate city in Skag County. Knowing that this is the frontier of the beast tide that has just passed the winter!
Merchants sell all kinds of goods, and people on the street pick and choose with great interest. They don’t wear homemade cloths that are mended and made by themselves like ordinary civilians, and the clothes they wear look pretty good ( Although in the eyes of newcomers, there is also a sense of rusticity of the nouveau riche), at first glance it looks like it is on the street of a commercial city. What's even more incredible is that some people dressed more gorgeously, soldiers and monks were crowded in the crowd (a monk was still bargaining), and they didn't seem to feel offended by the civilians.
"Unbecoming!" An elderly woman frowned.
The hostess in the carriage did not speak. She found that quite a few of the signboards were not simple and easy-to-understand patterns, but simple characters, which meant that at least half of the guests were literate. She quickly slid her fingers across her palms, counting the traffic on the street, the number of merchants, the possible income and tax range for a day.
She stopped for the calculated numbers, and even though she had read the descriptions in countless letters, the impact of what she saw with her own eyes did not diminish. She had come to this fort that was shrouded in a desolate and tragic atmosphere many years ago, but now, the atmosphere here has become different.
It was like a gritted old soldier turned into a lively and happy young man.
"Go see my sister first." She ordered, and her curiosity before departure became more urgent.
