"Oh, that." Tang En gave her a thumbs up with a hearty smile. "That's called a combine harvester. I developed it specifically to harvest crops … Isn't it great?"
Grandia watched helplessly as a mechanical construct drove into the farm. Then, the newly matured wheat was swallowed by the construct. Large patches of wheat disappeared just like that, and what was spat out in the back of the vehicle was the shelled wheat!
Grandia was shocked.
Grandia was dumbfounded.
Grandia trembled.
"You, you, you —"
Grandia's lips trembled. "You tricked me!?"
In her original plan, she only needed to use some time to ripen a piece of farmland every few days, and then she could relax and rest. After all, harvesting farmland required time. With the convenient teleportation array, she could take advantage of this time to harass Aiguin happily.
But she did not expect Tang En to have something like a combine harvester!
"How can that be?"
Tang En looked innocent. "When did I trick you?"
"You, why don't you say you have a combine harvester here?"
Grandia was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She watched helplessly as the large tracts of wheat in front of her were harvested in just a few minutes. According to this harvesting efficiency, she would not be able to catch up with the harvesting efficiency even if she was exhausted to death!
Tang En clearly wanted to exploit her ruthlessly so that she would not be able to get away to look for Aiguin!
Treacherous!
Insidious!
Cunning!
Grandia gasped for breath and glared at Tang En. She had to admit that she had underestimated this guy who looked harmless to humans and animals!
"Oh, oh, I understand what you mean!"
Tang En suddenly clapped his hands. "You're worried that I'll make you ripen the crops every day without stopping, right?"
Grandia did not speak, but her expression had already answered Tang En's question.
"Don't worry, I won't."
Tang En comforted her. "Although theurgy is very convenient, I still don't know if there are any restrictions in it …"
"Of course!"
Grandia said stiffly, "The same piece of land can only be ripened once every four months. Otherwise, the land will turn into a desert."
"Excessive consumption of nutrients leads to desertification? This is understandable. "
Tang En raised his eyebrows. "That's not what I'm worried about. It's worth exchanging land and time for food when there's not enough food. What I'm worried about is that the food ripened by magic is not nutritious enough and can only fill the stomach."
"Insufficient nutrition?"
Fiona was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"It's protein …"
Tang En was stunned. He said dejectedly, "Forget it. I can't explain it clearly. It's quite complicated. Anyway, it's more important to fill your stomach in a short period of time. Nutrition can be discussed later. All in all, we'll have to rely on Grandia to solve the food shortage for the winter. As long as we ripen another hundred hectares of wheat before winter, it should be enough to get us through the winter … Oh, I forgot to explain, but the farmland just now is one hectare. "
This is one hectare?
Grandia glanced at the farmland. There was still a hundred hectares to mature …
Her vision turned black as she saw a dark future.
"Oh, by the way, Fiona."
"Hmm?"
"Remember to mark the wheat harvested today. Make a note and put it in separate bags. Then, get someone to follow up on it. It's best to get someone to taste it and test the texture and taste."
"Alright."
Grandia said coldly, "No need. We've eaten it for so many years and there's no problem."
Tang En shook his head. "You're elves. You can't compare with humans."
The pen in Fiona's hand paused. "My Lord, since we're going to follow up, shouldn't we give this batch of wheat a name or code? It'll be more convenient. "
"Oh, that's true."
Tang En pondered for a moment. "Since it can only be ripened once every four months, let's call it 'Three Seasons Wheat'."
"Alright."
Fiona quickly memorized the name.
"Let's try the texture ourselves tonight. Have Tina bake some bread."
Tang En looked at Grandia with a smile. "Great contributor, eat more tonight. Only then will you have the energy to work tomorrow."
Grandia was so angry that her lips trembled. If she still did not know that she had been plotted against by Tang En, then she would be hopelessly stupid.
That night, Tang En tasted the bread that Tina had baked with Three Seasons Wheat. The taste was not much different from the usual. As for the nutrition, Tang En did not understand biology nor did he play with transmutation studies. Of course, he could not measure it. To be honest, the alchemy that he played with had nothing to do with chemistry. Tang En felt that his alchemy was purely a convenient cheat given to him by the gods.
A few days later, the other elves came to Ellington. For this, Tang En did not even hesitate to throw a welcome party. The grand event was broadcasted live in the lobby so that everyone could get a closer understanding of the elves. That way, not only would it reduce people's curiosity about the elves, it would also allow the elves to integrate into Ellington faster.
After being oppressed by Tang En for a few days, Grandia could not wait to leave this place immediately. Now that she saw her sisters of the same race step into this demon's den, she wanted to muster the courage to rush up and tell them to turn back and return to the peaceful forest.
However, when she thought of the smiling Tang En's unknown and terrifying means, Grandia could not help but tremble. The courage that she had mustered with great difficulty dissipated once again.
"What do you plan to do with these elves?"
Fiona could not help but ask as she watched the elves enter the small forest. "They might not be easy to arrange, right?"
"Says who?"
Tang En grinned. His confident smile made Fiona dizzy.
"Trust me, I already have plans for them."
Of course, Tang En had already made arrangements for the elves. In this batch of twenty elves, there were those who were good at art design, poetry writing, painting, and composing. Speaking of which, the elves were simply synonymous with being multi-talented. Their long lives had given them too many opportunities to learn. Even if they learned a little today or a little next month based on their interests, they would still be able to master their respective fields better than the vast majority of humans.
Of course, due to their limited lifestyles, their horizons were also limited. Therefore, it was inevitable that they would be somewhat petty in their various creations. However, this could be changed. If not for Tang En, their talents would only be appreciated by the elves themselves. As long as they were slowly trained by Tang En, they would understand where their true value lay.
Tang En revealed a satisfied smile.
"My Lord? What are you smiling about? I feel a chill all over my body. "
"It's nothing. You're thinking too much."
Tang En rubbed his chin and began to think about how to train these elves.
The matter that he had promised Izali must be put on the agenda as soon as possible and let her see the actual results. Otherwise, if it was delayed for too long, it would be troublesome to recruit more elves.
Moreover, regarding the cultural exchange, he had to use these elves to get something as soon as possible. At the very least, it would be good to exchange for some Kamla (natural latex plants). The role of natural latex was very great. It was used in many industries. He had to get it as soon as possible. In comparison, the Fruit of Wisdom was not so urgent.
Cultural products were easy to say but difficult to do.
Don't look at how there was paper, pen, writing, and drawing. However, if he wanted to have a wonderful story, he had to be popular among both elves and humans. This was a big problem.
Why did he have to be popular among humans?
Was there a need to ask this question? Since he wanted to do cultural exchange with the elves, he must print it in batches. Since he was going to print it in batches, how could he give up such a large market in the human world?
The life of the civilians in the Prandal world was very boring. They had almost no means of entertainment, except for … Huh? This was a means of entertainment?
If Tang En launched novels and comics at this time, he could completely seize this empty market and have the right to speak in this aspect.
Of course, novels and comics were spiritual entertainment. Their consumption would not improve the overall combat ability and level of this world …
But! Yes!
Tang En could completely popularize all kinds of basic knowledge in these cultural works!
Whether it was instilling combat awareness, subtly influencing the entire world, or even directly blackmailing the Chaos Army and making all intelligent creatures more vigilant, these were all excellent means!
Only when people started to take the initiative to ask for new things and wanted to take the initiative to obtain information, their speed of absorbing information would increase, and the speed of the entire society would increase.
However, what kind of story should he tell?
The fairy tales and world classics that Tang En was familiar with were obviously not suitable for the Prandal world. In this high-magic world, many unbelievable stories from Earth were normal. Therefore, the range of choices was very small. It was either various high-magic stories or … science fiction stories from Earth that they had never seen before.
Thinking of this, Tang En smiled.
Yes, what could be more attractive than a real world?
He did not even need to do too much description. As long as he vividly portrayed the other world, it would have an immeasurable impact on the Prandal world.
Of course, the creatures in the Prandal world had never heard of the various technological products on Earth — except for those gods — Tang En could completely mix the real with the fake. For example, he could fabricate an Earth hero who mastered the power of science, and then his enemies, the great villains, were all kinds of enemies born in Chaos. In this way, he could tell a story of a real world through the confrontation.
This was completely feasible!
Tang En immediately made the decision. Tomorrow, he would start training the elves. Their first job was to become the first generation of cartoonists and novelists in the Prandal world!
As for the name of the story …
Tang En smiled slightly. Since it was a story of another world, he would call it "Things in the Other World."
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