Chapter II

Rice fragrance

Most of the people living in the 21st century have long since escaped the problem of hunger, in fact, this is due to the industrial revolution and the big bang of technology.

In 1975, an old man in China, Yuan Longping, overcame a technical problem, and hybrid rice also had an accident. Until this time, the people's grain production has also increased rapidly, and it seems as if it is in the era of great advance, but this is really real.

So, how did the Japanese people live 5oo years ago without hybrid rice?

In fact, the Japanese people in this era, most people, that is, farmers, could only eat two meals a day, and most of them only ate small rice with two radish strips.

Because all life in the Warring States period revolved around war, eating was to live, living was to fight, and fighting was to eat better. Japan is a rice-producing country, and rice is grown in almost all of the country's farmland, but rice is a luxury for ordinary rice growers.

However, in Musashi Province, Kaede no Village, a remote place in the countryside, this situation has changed.

It is precisely because of the poverty that even bandits, thieves, and outcasts do not bother to patronize this place.

Before Albert's arrival, life was peaceful, but they were able to harvest plants and get a lot of food. Shrine maidens and some sturdy youths would also go up the mountain to slay demons and kill demons, so that they could also bring some wild fruits and hunt some animals to eat.

However, since Albert remade Zuò out of his wand, even Kikyo gasped.

I went on living, and finally I didn't have the pressure of food.

Because of Albert's random magic, the millet, which should have been tasseled two months later, matured ahead of schedule. The mystery was solved after the panicked villagers found Kikyo, and then Kikyo found Albert.

From that day on, Albert became a sacrifice to the god of harvest enshrined in Kaede Village.

Even Kikyo was asked by the villagers to live in a newly built shrine.

"Anyway, it's a shrine maiden, what's wrong with worshipping a god who can bring people a good harvest?"

Although it sounds uncomfortable, but if you think about it carefully, it's actually right, after all, although you call yourself a shrine, you don't have to guard any shrine at all, and now, there is an extra shrine for yourself, which can be regarded as improving the living environment, right?

After all, the villagers who had just harvested the grain each "sacrificed" some to the gods, and all of them were collected by Albert and put in the warehouse in the backyard of the shrine.

With so many grains, you can't starve them, right? So many grains, myself and Kaede, and that strange man named Albert can't eat them all in a year, right?

Kikyo looked at Albert who was sitting opposite the coffee table drinking chrysanthemum tea with some concern.

"Don't worry so much, you can drink a little too! Kaede went out** and won't come back until the evening. He picked up the teacup and poured a cup of tea for Kikyo.

In fact, Albert has only recently developed the habit of drinking tea, and he used to drink coffee before, and he never thought that the taste of tea was so fragrant, no wonder his mother and grandfather liked it.

"That'......" Kikyo leaned on the coffee table with one hand and supported his face, looking very lazy, just like the one Albert had always forgotten, "I didn't mean Maple girl, you collected so much food from the villagers, aren't you worried that they will starve?" Also, your methods shouldn't be a trick, right? ”

"Don't worry, it's okay!" Drinking muffins and eating delicious baked muffins, thanks to a wand, with a wand, some things are possible, hahahaha.

"Big husband, Meng Da is a big-headed ghost!" Bang life, bellflower hammer coffee table, fortunately it is a coffee table made of wood, if it is made of glass, maybe it will be broken, right?

"I'm a shrine maiden dedicated to protecting the village, and how can you use your spells to cheat and cheat! Walk! I'm going to apologize to the villagers! ”

"Eh, eh~!" Unexpectedly, Albert was grabbed by the collar by Kikyo with one hand and dragged away from the shrine to the village.

"Wait until I swallow the muffin...... Hmmm......" Swallowing the muffin stuck in his throat, Albert hurriedly broke free from the bellflower's restraints, "No one will starve!" I'm a magical spell, isn't it? The villagers are busy sowing seeds! I've promised to let them harvest 3 times this year! The grain can be piled up until the next year, and it will not be eaten enough! ”

"You liar! How can there be such a spell! ”

Even if Albert said something, Kikyo didn't want to believe it, and didn't know where her strange power came from, so she dragged Albert directly to the rice field where the seeds had been sown, because of Albert's promise, the villagers were not willing to eat millet, but instead planted the cherished rice, which only nobles and samurai could enjoy.

"Yo, it's a shrine maiden and a priest! Are you already out to work? ”

"Mikome-sama, worship ......"

Along the way, the villagers looked at the two and kept saluting.

In this era, people do everything to survive, and Albert, who can ripen grain and harvest it day and night, is naturally respected by people.

"Whoa! Now cast a spell for me to see! Although I am not very old, but spring planting and autumn harvest is an unchanging principle, even teachers, and some more famous mages follow this principle, I don't believe that you weird person can make rice that is still a seed ripen immediately! ”

Kikyo pouted, let go of his hand, and dropped Albert to the ground.

Even the Jade of the Four Souls, which she had been guarding for several years, did not have this kind of power. So, she didn't believe that Albert had this ability at all.

"Cut! Just watch! After nibbling on the apples, Albert threw the kernels onto the path at the edge of the field and pulled out his wand.

Seven-colored stars rushed out from the tip of the wand, and just as Kikyo looked at him in shock, the freshly sown rice seeds had already sprouted, and then they grew taller and higher, slowly blossoming and heading......

"That's not enough!"

Intent on surprising Kikyo, Albert cast his magic by pointing at the discarded core.

The magic is ten times that of the rice!

I saw a piece of starlight spread on the road, and in just a moment, an apple tree that was not very tall had already appeared there, and the treetops were full of red apples, which was very beautiful.

"Whoa! If you take a bite, you'll know if I'm a trick! ”

With that, Albert plucked the apple and threw it to Kikyo.

"Eh, eh!" Kikyo also quickly caught the apple and put it directly in his mouth and took a bite.

"Hmm...... It's so sweet. ”

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