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Chapter 233: A Tiny Productivity Shock for the Shinobi World!
Chapter 233: A Tiny Productivity Shock for the Shinobi World!
The golden rice fields!
However, the rice panicles here were more numerous and fuller than elsewhere, even bending the rice plants.
"This..."
Many people immediately understood what this meant, their breathing becoming rapid.
Shinobi from the great villages were not just brawny fighters; they also needed to be literate and knowledgeable, naturally comprehending the implications of such a scene.
Soon, large swaths of rice fields were harvested by over a hundred wooden oxen, then bagged, counted, and transported away.
"No way!"
"Could it be...!"
"How is this possible?"
...
Various voices of disbelief echoed through the team.
Standing at a height, they could take in the entire harvesting scene and roughly estimate the yield.
Before long, a young witch with a ledger walked over to report.
"Sir, we have now harvested one hundred acres. The maximum yield per acre is 260 kilograms, the minimum is 160 kilograms, and the average is around 200 kilograms. This is just the first year after cultivation, so the future yield will surely be even higher!"
The numbers she stated were cold and hard, yet they could make one's blood boil.
This was too terrifying!
After all, the average yield of rice in the shinobi world was just a little over a hundred catties per acre, or about fifty kilograms.
Yes, you heard that right, just that much.
The productivity in the shinobi world is well understood; planting relies on wooden sticks and stone hoes, while harvesting is done by hand and stone sickles. Most places adopt a strategy of "broad sowing and thin harvesting."
That is, they sow large amounts of seeds and depend on the weather, so a yield of less than a hundred catties per acre is very normal.
Like the fields around Konoha, the high yields there are due to the abundance of labor, allowing for intensive farming, with each acre yielding around two to three hundred catties, or about a hundred kilograms.
But those are fields that have been cultivated for many years, rich and fertile. What about here?
Just half a year ago, this was a barren wasteland with no value whatsoever.
But now, it could surpass the yields of Konoha's fertile fields, how could this not shock people?
There are several reasons for this yield.
First, the fertilizer!
Tang Ping has been collecting kelp, shells, and other materials to make compost, which he has been occasionally sprinkling into the rice fields.
Then, there is the abundant water!
The massive irrigation channels, which no human could dig, ensured that the rice fields never lacked water.
Finally, the seeds!
While Tang Ping is far from a god-level expert in hybrid rice, he still knows more about it than the people in the shinobi world. Combined with the rapid maturation of seeds in the hot springs, he managed to cultivate this hybrid rice with a yield far surpassing ordinary rice.
Tian Shou No. 1!
This is the name Tang Ping gave to these seeds. If planted in fertile fields, the yields would be even more impressive.
However, even this yield is enough.
"This..."
"Is this real?"
"Can the statistics be wrong?"
"Even if the statistics are wrong, we can't be wrong in what we see, can we?"
"A miracle, it's truly a miracle!"
...
Hyuga Cangyue, Uchiha Yayi, Yamakai Koji, Honda Masaru, and others were also struggling to remain calm.
For newly cultivated rice fields to surpass the yields of Konoha's fertile fields, this is what kind of hellish joke?
Looking at everyone's reactions, Tang Ping felt extremely satisfied.
Just a little taste of the farming prowess of the people from the Land of Rabbits for you.
"Only these five thousand acres are planted with Tian Shou No. 1. In the next round, we can plant this variety across the tens of thousands of acres."
Tang Ping reminded them, indicating that they shouldn't get too excited, as this wasn't the full planting of Tian Shou No. 1.
But this was already quite impressive.
Five thousand acres of Tian Shou No. 1 meant a harvest of about ten thousand tons. If you add the harvest from the other tens of thousands of acres, the total grain would be at least several ten thousand tons.
Several ten thousand tons of rice!
If purchased, this would be an astronomical amount.
Money is a minor issue; the key is the difficulty of transportation.
Now, the Tian Shou Pavilion can fully support itself, easily feeding tens of thousands of people.
No matter how much the shinobi eat, they will never drain the resources of the Tian Shou Pavilion.
This is a miracle!
A miracle that only Tang Ping could achieve.
Because only he could provide the cultivated rice fields, the irrigation channels, the wooden oxen, and the seeds.
No one else could have accomplished this.
Now, even Konoha Village is experiencing a food shortage, which gives you an idea of the value of this batch of grain.
In the Shinobi World, where productivity is incredibly low, the value of grain is both high and low.
It's high because every place is short of food.
It's low because the warehouses of the nobility are often full of grain, but they would rather let it rot than distribute it to the starving masses.
The Five Great Shinobi Countries can buy grain, but it's not that simple. They have to first establish connections, then pay a high price.
Otherwise, do they really enjoy farming? It’s purely out of necessity!
A shinobi needs to maintain a healthy state for chakra extraction, and their food intake is at least several times that of an ordinary person. If they are frequently in battle or training, their food intake will be even higher.
This is how the Five Great Nations control the shinobi villages.
Through funding or logistics.
But this is completely useless for Tian Shou Pavilion.
Because they have broken these limitations.
"Let's go, we can't miss today's Harvest Festival!"
Tang Ping watched for a while, satisfied, and prepared to return to Tian Shou Pavilion.
The Harvest Festival is an annual event in the Shinobi World, a celebration of the harvest. It's also a good time to ease the tense atmosphere in Tian Shou Pavilion.
On the way back, Honda Masaru's body was trembling slightly.
Not because he was sick, but because he was excited.
Because he just realized something.
The United Fruit Guild!
It will be a force of incredible power.
After all, Tian Shou Pavilion alone has several ten thousand tons of grain, not to mention the even more terrifying amount in River Country.
With such a quantity of grain, they could even manipulate the grain prices of a country.
For example, the grain in the Land of Water has always been in short supply.
Once so much grain is transported there, they could instantly reap huge profits and squeeze out the market share of other grain merchants.
If they monopolize the grain trade, their influence will be unimaginable.
If it were another guild, even with so much grain, they wouldn't dare to do this.
Because the business wars in the Shinobi World are too brutal.
But the United Fruit Guild has the backing of Tian Shou Pavilion.
While Tian Shou Pavilion may not match the Five Great Shinobi Villages, the problem is that the Five Great Shinobi Villages can't possibly deal with the United Fruit Guild.
Such a promising guild is managed by his son, Honda Taka, how could Honda Masaru not be excited?
Soon, the group returned to the newly renovated Tian Shou Pavilion.
All traces of the old Chashan City have been completely erased, with no sign left.
With enough manpower, they directly leveled the dilapidated city walls.
With the Southwest Shinobi Army stationed there, plus the Uchiha Elder Line (including nearly a hundred shinobi from the Security Division who also moved over) and the civilian shinobi forming the Tian Shou Pavilion Security Division, they don't need a city wall.
It's already a great favor that they don't cause trouble.
One by one, wooden houses, earthen houses, and tents sprang up, all neatly arranged, unlike the previous chaos.
There are no stones or wood around the city, only wild grass and such.
So this is a barren land.
If it weren't for the supernatural Wailiang, it would be impossible to develop here.
If Konoha had known about Tang Ping's abilities earlier, they would never have agreed to his choice of garrison location.
It's too far from the village! Almost at the border of the Land of Fire, where the village's influence is the weakest.
Originally, Tian Shou Pavilion was about two kilometers from the port. With the city's expansion, this distance has been reduced by almost half, making it much closer.
At the port, dozens of large ships are docked, and many people are working hard to load and unload cargo.
Many items need to be transported from here to Riverheart Island in River Country.
The shipping route between the two places has been fully established, and the orphan apprentices from the Qidian Orphanage often come here for internships.
At the same time, part of the security force is also stationed in River Country.
National borders, which can limit Konoha, are useless for Tang Ping.
Just as he returned to the city, he saw Uzumaki Kiyasu, the one they brought back from the Grass Hidden Village, holding a child and coming towards him.
"Lord, you have something delivered!"
She looked at Tang Ping with a strange expression, indicating that something was wrong with the item.
(End of Chapter)
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