Chapter 16: Ring City OL V
On January 7, there was a thunderstorm, a north wind of level 4, and a temperature of 19 degrees Celsius. Today is the seventh day of prophecy, the day of the "promised" rain.
It's strange to say "promise", but that's exactly what it is - the weather forecast seven days in advance is a good thing, and just a week later, the city elves are a little inseparable from it. Because the elves are very sensitive, the temperature difference of a few degrees has an impact, and it is almost like hanging after having a weather prediction.
Even Asa said that they would use it, and hurriedly informed the empire behind him to do it. As in the past, the difficulty lies in the idea rather than the technology, in the past, the prophets focused on predicting natural disasters and magic tides, in fact, predicting the weather is such a thing that a level 12 prophet can do it, and the empire can easily come up with such talents. Asa informed him of this in return for providing tens of thousands of tons of grain to the empire.
Always ask for nothing in return, even if it is a god's affection, there will be a day when it runs out.
Of course, Shen Yan, who bought grain, was rewarded - the whole market around the city was discounted for seven days, and all of them were 50% off! 50% off! Asa Constance's hands hadn't been connected since they were chopped off......
The temperature is 19 degrees Celsius, which is the lowest temperature since the elves entered the world.
But the 11,734 people in Wisteria Town, both men and women, old people and children, all came to the town in new clothes. They walked hand in hand in groups across the fields, silently looking out at the gloomy sky and the fields where the seeds were planted, their eyes full of hope. There are 23,000 acres of land available for reclamation and 11,000 acres of woodland, of which 9,000 acres are grape fields.
Today, the woodland is almost untouched, and the vineyards are only half developed, but all 14,000 acres of arable land have been reclaimed and sown are completed! Food is the foundation of everything, and only when food grows in the field can the heart be steady. Now we are waiting for a rain that will moisten all things.
Spring rain is as expensive as oil......
However, even though the heavy dark clouds had blocked out the sun, the thunder kept rolling in the clouds...... But the long-awaited rain just doesn't fall, making people anxious to wait.
"Your Excellency, why hasn't it started to rain yet...... Is the prophecy wrong? The woman stared at the man, the man stared at Benjamin, and Benjamin had to stare at Shen Yan's phantom to ask.
"What's the hurry, you're making nitrogen fertilizer! If you don't get proficient the first time, the speed will definitely be a little slower. Shen Yan said.
At this moment, above the rain clouds, countless needle-like arc-shaped bronze pillars sticking out from the edge of the earth are releasing electric charges deep into the clouds, and it looks as if Odin's lightning spear is bursting with endless thunder and lightning!
It is as if a huge furnace of heaven and earth is turning, and a large amount of nitrate is produced and melted into the water vapor of the clouds, waiting for a while to turn into rain to moisten the earth...... The first natural fertilization is about to begin.
Benjamin and the others could only calculate how much land they had reclaimed, while Shen Yan already knew how much grain would be produced—after Michelle had balanced it many times, the average yield per mu was finally set at 400 kilograms, which was by no means high compared to modern times. Fertilizing this concentration of natural fertilizers ensures that the soil will not be compacted, and the crops will be fully absorbed, and the residues will be metabolized by nature. It can be said to be the best balance between benefit and pollution, and Michelle is about to advance again......
At present, the "sunshine" time of the bronze fragment world is as long as 16 hours a day, the temperature is subtropical compared to the Penglin Peninsula, and the rice and wheat growing period is about five months, and it can be planted twice a year. According to the calculation of 310,000 mu of cultivated land after the Emerald City is fully reclaimed, 124,000 tons of grain can be harvested a year. After satisfying the feeding problems of all elves, there will be a surplus of about 75,000 tons of food...... When he heard this data, the former emperor went out with his hands on the wall and did not return for a long time.
Shen Yan's "explanation" Benjamin couldn't understand at all, he could only helplessly point to his brain, hinting that "Lord Government Affairs Officer is smoking again". How did he know that this time "Lord Shen" was real, and he was staring at the back of his head with a sneer......
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Finally, as if it was a foreshadowing, there was a loud "boom"!
A huge thunderbolt rolled overhead, and electricity shone in the clouds, scaring the scalps of countless elves! Immediately afterwards, the bean-sized raindrops fell "crackling", and the heavy rain sprinkled on the fields, and also fell on the heads of these elves who deliberately ran out to get drenched in the rain............
Shen Yan had expected them to cheer loudly at this time. Benjamin first took a pose praising the sun, and then knelt down towards the sky with his legs weak. Immediately after that, one after another, groups of elves, including the old man and children, knelt down.
They stretched out their arms reverently toward the sky, letting the rain get heavier and thicker.
"And!" If they were surprised before, now Shen Yan has become unhappy - they are clearly praying to the elven god! Made, it's Lao Tzu who has a handful of...... It was Lao Tzu who ransomed you back and provided you with a new home, food and housing, and now you go to thank the silver moon for that blue pool!?
But if it's not happy, at this time, it doesn't seem to be good to directly destroy the ceremony...... Shen Yan's eyes rolled, and a cheerful tune suddenly sounded on the transparent wall! The beautiful sound of the flute turned into a flying note, drilling into the ears of every elf present! The point is that the wind that is blowing and the rain that is falling seem to be urgent and dense with the tune.
After a few minutes listening to the music, the itchy city elves couldn't help it—they weren't very religious, but now listening to the tune, the elves' optimistic nature prevailed. Some knelt on the ground, and their feet followed involuntarily beat...... Some of the elves couldn't help but simply stand up and dance in the rain to the music.
If there is the first one, there will be the second, and besides, how can it be comfortable to dance and itch when kneeling in the mud...... More and more elves stood up and joined the dance, turning the outside of Wisteria into an open-air dance floor.
The elves hovered and jumped gracefully in the rain, full of vitality.
Only Benjamin stood up last, the rain running down his cheeks, and he watched the joyous crowd look at him with a sense of loss.
Looking at him like this, Shen Yan secretly scolded Made! I didn't expect that there was a hidden devout disciple who broke into our army! You know, it's because Benjamin has enough prestige to personally take the lead that this kind of large-scale prayer scene occurs, and this doesn't happen in other towns at all.
Wait, there will be so many little shoes that you will break your foot!
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The plan called for everyone to set up their own tent in anticipation of the cooling and rain on the seventh day.
The tents were all set up, but the elves voluntarily chose to let the first rain pour themselves through...... Fortunately, Shen Yan quietly raised the temperature, and there were more and more people with elf awakening talents, and there were no large-scale illness incidents due to timely treatment.
Perhaps because of the countless years of being bullied and oppressed, the elves have now arrived in the new world—with cultivated land, a roof to cover their heads, enough to eat every day, and a kind ruler...... As soon as the elf's happy mood was ignited, it exploded with great enthusiasm!
In addition to Benjamin and some others still trying to pray to the Silver Moon, more people began to chant the name of Queen Penny, who had never appeared, and even offered their most precious items at the feet of Shen Yan's phantom - these are enough to show that the elves actually know who to thank!
Someone pretending to be a phantom wrote down all the names of these people in a small notebook, and if you trust me, I won't let you down, and besides, I'm very optimistic about you......
As for those who should have come but didn't, take note of it! Let these people understand what it means to influence their careers! As for what they were for—whether they were saved by the people of the church when they were dying of starvation, or their ancestral devout belief in the Silver Moon—Shen Yan didn't care at all.
His investment in building a new world would be in the hundreds of millions if converted into gold coins! You can buy the entire Swan Empire! It's okay to save lizardmen at such a big cost, and it's okay to save dwarves, so why do you have to save city elves? It's not because of the lack of faith in this race...... You don't want anything else, but faith must and must be dominated by the ring city.
As the grand celebration spread across the land, Shen Yan simply announced, "Thanks to everyone's efforts, the seven-day work was completed in six days, and everyone can enjoy a full day of vacation!" To commemorate this meaningful celebration, the first rain of the year is now celebrated as the Spring Rain Festival, which signifies the beginning of a new year.
And the work cycle will be divided into seven days in stages, called weeks. It works from Monday to Saturday and is closed on Sunday. ”
The world of the debris around the city is flat, and the earth does not rotate at all, and it takes about 70 years for the debris to follow the circle of gravel to complete a circle...... In this case, Shen Yan simply set the day to be 24 hours, the same length as the cartography room, of which the sunshine time was 16 hours (because the Shen capitalists wanted to prolong the exploitation time) and the night was 8 hours.
12 months per year, 30 days per month, a total of 360 days in a year, no leap years leap months.