Amu's parents were very secretive about the Holy Land.
Lin Qian'an asked, but didn't get much information.
They only know that the Holy Land is a supreme existence that is superior to all secular forces. In the Holy Land, there live omnipotent immortals. Other than that, they know nothing else.
As for the purpose of the strange beasts or humans they are looking for, who are gifted and can control vegetation, no one knows.
Lin Qian'an decided to put these things aside and investigate slowly later.
As for now, he has to start implementing the plan.
The first is the issue of food. Since the court's land tax has increased, we must find ways to increase food production.
In this regard, it is definitely best to use Amu's ability directly.
But the Holy Land is also looking for Amu, so the ability must not be directly exposed, but must be hidden.
The best hiding place is under the ground.
After a little discussion, Yi Liang agreed to Lin Qian'an's plan.
With the reputation of being taught by a god and carrying a mission, plus their children were born extraordinary, Yi Liang and Sun He did not dare to constrain Amu's development as before.
So, after a lot of trouble, Lin Qian'an finally got her own free farming rights.
He asked Yi Liang to dig out a medium-sized cellar underground and divided it into two plots of about ten square meters.
Lin Qian'an marked these two plots of land respectively. One side is the experimental field and the other is the cultivation field.
Experiments are dedicated to growing new plants that have not been tried before, and cultivation fields are dedicated to growing food or plants that have been determined to be useful.
The underground space is very small, and it is humid and has no sunlight. Logically speaking, it is not suitable for plant growth. However, with Amu's special ability, Lin Qian'an can also grow plants on even a stone.
At present, one of the staple crops grown most by the people of Luo Yuan Kingdom is called [Grain].
Judging from the appearance, it looks a bit like a gramineous rice plant, very similar to real rice, but it appears to be very drought-tolerant, and the rhizomes are not annual herbaceous plants, but grow directly into small shrubs after planting.
It looks like, and then rice ears grow from the branches. Rather than being a herbaceous plant, it is more like a small shrub of a woody plant.
The growth height of [Graingrass] is more than half a person's height, about 80 centimeters, and the yield is also very low. According to the information obtained by Lin Qian'an, the yield per mu is only 600 kilograms.
Compared with the super rice that can even achieve a yield of thousands of kilograms per mu in reality, it is completely inferior.
But it also has advantages, that is, you don’t have to waste too much manpower on supervision after planting. You can get the harvest you deserve by applying a little fertilizer and paying attention to pests, birds and animals.
Generally, a [grass] tree can be harvested repeatedly for about five years before it gradually dies.
Lin Qian'an got a [Grain] seed and planted it in the cultivation field. Immediately, he pressed the e key to directly promote the seed.
Under the stimulation of plant essences, the seeds germinate and grow rapidly, the leaves extend, the rhizomes become strong, they bloom and bear fruit, and golden ears of rice grow.
Soon, a "Grain" about eighty centimeters tall appeared in front of Lin Qian'an.
What kind of power is it to force plants to grow and bear fruit without insect pollination?
There is no doubt that this is definitely a rule-level method.
And judging from Amu's origin, it can't be said that it is not an ordinary rule method.
With a click of the mouse, Lin Qian'an saw the profile information of this [Grain] tree.
[Hemu (one year): a lushly growing grass. [Characteristics: None]]
It has no special characteristics, but it has been able to grow to this point, which already surprises Lin Qian'an.
Calling his father Yi Liang and asking him to harvest the rice ears from the trees, Lin Qian'an tried the second round of growth promotion.
Emerald green light emitted from Amu's palm, and the harvested grass soon went through reincarnation again, and new ears of rice grew.
Lin Qian'an checked again and found that its properties had not changed much.
[Hemu (two years): a lushly growing grass. [Characteristics: None]]
Harvest again and grow again.
After five consecutive visits, the growth of the grass has reached its limit.
The limit here refers to the year.
Fixed at five years.
But it doesn't mean that Lin Qian'an can't continue to use plant essence to promote the growth of this grass.
He can still harvest it repeatedly and then give birth to it again and again.
You only need to consume a little bit of plant essence to get the entire ear of a grass, and you can get an almost unlimited amount of food from a single grass.
Lin Qian'an controlled Amu to find a few random trees outside and absorb them, and he could obtain dozens of points of plant essence.
So the efficiency is still very high.
After two days, the problem of Tian Fu was quietly solved.
In the process, Lin Qianan also discovered another mechanism.
That's the chance of plant mutation.
The ten percent mentioned here is not calculated based on the number of times Amu uses plant essences to induce plants, but based on the number of plants.
In other words, a 10% mutation probability means that for every ten plants spawned, there will be a probability of one mutation.
Therefore, Lin Qian'an also planted a new grass tree.
Its height reaches more than two meters, and its leaves and ears cover an extremely wide area, covering almost half of the ten-square-meter cultivation field. Its rice grains are two to three times thicker than ordinary cereals, and it almost reaches adulthood.
It's about the size of a person's little finger.
[Mutated grass (fifteen years): A mutated grass, the yield has been increased, and the grain has become fuller. [Characteristics: Increased yield]]
[Increase yield: The number of plants producing seeds increases significantly.]
This is a very interesting grass, its yield has reached about three times that of ordinary grass.
It reminded Lin Qian'an of Muhe in myths and legends.
However, compared to the five fathoms long and five wide circumferences, the grasses here are still far behind.
Although this magical crop has been grown, it is impossible to circulate it outside, so it can only be eaten privately.
Not to mention, the grains from mutated hemp trees are more nutritious and are also very helpful for martial arts practitioners to extract their true energy.
By complementing each other, Sun He and Yi Liang improved their martial arts cultivation much faster.
But even so, Lin Qian'an was not satisfied.
He wanted to find better, more suitable plants.
In the experimental field, Lin Qian'an brought out mutant plants one after another, but most of them were not suitable for mutation, so Lin Qian'an used Amu's ability to absorb the plant essence contained in them again.
Every time you go back and forth, at least 50% of the plant essence will be lost.
However, there are losses in energy transmission, which is normal.
It only consumes 50%, which is already very efficient.
This year, because of Amu, even though their land tax income increased by 20%, they still got through it smoothly.
If anyone else asked, Sun He and Yi Liang would shirk the question to their old father from Huwei Escort Agency.
When Amu was six years old, a mighty old man with white beard and hair, wearing a tiger-striped cloak and a broad-backed steel sword at his waist, came to Hongshan Village surrounded by a crowd.
He is the head of the Huwei Escort Agency, Sun He's father, Yi Liang's father-in-law, and Amu's grandfather.
He led the horse and arrived outside Amu's house.
[Sun Hu: My good son-in-law, you should go out and see who is coming!!]
Sun Hu waved his cloak and sat at the door swaggeringly.
Hearing the sound, Sun He and Yi Liang also led Amu to the door quickly and saluted him.
[Yi Liang: My son-in-law has met his father-in-law.]
[Sun He: Dad, why are you here? Why are you sitting here? Come inside and sit! 】
After some conversation, Sun He led Sun Hu into the house.
After everyone sat down, Sun He came to Sun Hu with Amu in his arms.
[Sun He: Mu'er, call me grandpa quickly.]
[Yi Mu: Grandpa.]
Sun Hu seemed very happy to see Amu.
He reached out and took Amu from Sun He and held him in his arms, with a smile on his face.
[Sun Hu: Oh, my good grandson, you miss me so much. Come here, grandpa brought you lotus cake. It’s so sweet. This was your mother’s favorite food when she was a child. 】
With that said, Sun Hu took a wooden box from his subordinates, opened it and showed Amu a look. Inside were small snacks shaped like lotus flowers.
He took out one piece and stuffed it into Amu's mouth. Lin Qian'an clicked the mouse and ate it.
Seeing Amu eating the cake, Sun Hu showed an expression of anticipation on his face.
[Sun Hu: Is it delicious? 】
[Yi Mu: It’s delicious, thank you grandpa.]
[Sun Hu: As long as it tastes good, keep it away and eat slowly. If it’s not enough, tell grandpa and he will buy it for you next time. 】
With that said, Sun Hu also put down Amu.
After reminiscing about old times, Sun Hu was welcomed into the house by Yi Liang and Sun He.
Amu also sat aside under Lin Qian'an's control.
Sun Hu held the teacup, took a sip, frowned and put it down.
Immediately, he looked at Yi Liang.
[Sun Hu: Are you planning to hide here for the rest of your life? 】
Yi Liang lowered his head and sighed.
[Yi Liang: Otherwise, what can we do? Mr. Liu tried his best to let me fake my death and escape. What can I do even if I go back? 】
[Sun Hu: If you don’t think about yourself, think more about Mu’er and Ahe. Over the years, I have also helped you investigate the original incident. I have collected some evidence for you in the Jade Buddha case. If you
If you want to overturn the verdict, you may not have a chance.]
Yi Liang looked back at Amu, then at Sun He, and then he shook his head.
[Yi Liang: Dad, I don’t care about that anymore. Life is pretty good now. Even if there is no glory and wealth, as long as the whole family is here, everything will be fine. 】
Sun Hu seemed a little disappointed, but he stopped trying to persuade him.
He took out two wooden boxes and handed them to Yi Liang.
[Sun Hu: Materials are scarce in the mountains, not as good as Hengwu. Living for a long time will inevitably lead to a loss of energy and blood. Here are two hundred-year-old ginseng. I just bought them from a hunter not long ago. You can take them to replenish your energy and blood.
Bar!】
After saying that, he stood up to leave without giving Yi Liang a chance to refuse.
Sun He chased after him and tried to persuade him to stay, but Sun Hu also refused.
Later, Lin Qian'an saw the old man riding away on horseback.
From this conversation, Lin Qian'an also discovered that Amu's father seemed not as simple as he imagined.
I'm afraid it's not necessarily that he was a high-ranking official when he was young.
It was only later that he was involved in the turmoil of the officialdom and paid a heavy price to escape. He had no choice but to choose to live in seclusion.
Just as he was thinking about it, Lin Qian'an's eyes caught a glimpse of the wooden box placed on the table.
With a thought in his mind, he manipulated Amu to step forward and open one of the wooden boxes.
A plump ginseng stained with some soil is lying quietly inside.
The leaves are still green and show no signs of drying out.
.....
Lin Qianan immediately thought of the cultivability of ginseng.
Even if you plan to plant it.
After Yi Liang and Sun He came back, Lin Qian'an manipulated Amu to negotiate with the two, and soon got the agreement to start experiments in the experimental field.
Lin Qian'an first checked the properties of ginseng itself.
[Wild ginseng (103 years): Wild ginseng with century-old medicinal properties. [Characteristics: nourishing qi and blood]]
[Invigorating Qi and Blood: After swallowing ginseng, it can greatly enhance Qi and blood, making the meridians smooth.]
Lin Qian'an nodded. Sure enough, not only mutant plants have special characteristics, but some ordinary plants also have special characteristics.
After burying the ginseng in the soil, the plant essence was infused into it, and soon the ginseng leaves regained their vitality.
Five-point herbal extracts are infused into ginseng, which directly blooms and bears dozens of red seeds.
After the seeds matured, Lin Qianan manipulated Amu to plant these seeds in the experimental field and stimulated their growth.
Not long after, Lin Qianan gave birth to a mutated ginseng tree.
[Mutated ginseng (one year): A healthy growing ginseng seems to have mutated and has some special effects. [Characteristics: life extension]]
[Life extension: After consuming ginseng, every thousand years of medicinal properties can extend your life by ten years.]
Lin Qian'an was stunned for a moment, and then her expression became a little surprised.
According to the introduction, it seems that as long as this ginseng is cultivated to a thousand years old, eating it can extend your life by ten years?
If cultivated to the extent of ten thousand years, it should be able to increase one hundred years of life.
What a baby!!
Lin Qian'an quickly began to infuse the remaining plant essence into it, and after a while, many seeds grew.
Manipulating Amu to collect these seeds in bamboo tubes, and then labeling them with the type and characteristics of the seeds, Lin Qianan put them into the backpack grid.
That's right, as long as a mutated plant grows from its seeds, it will also inherit the characteristics of the mutated plant.
Moreover, the seeds of mutant plants can continue to mutate, so every time Lin Qianan sees mutant plants appear, it feels like opening a blind box, full of surprises.
Putting aside the ginseng that prolongs life, Lin Qianan feels that at this stage, we should still enhance our ability to protect ourselves, so we must get ginseng that enhances qi and blood and speeds up the practice of internal strength.
In this regard, non-mutated ginseng, which is supposed to nourish qi and blood, is very useful.
Lin Qian'an planted the non-mutated ginseng seeds, and then controlled Amu to go outside. Under the protection of her mother, she began to collect the essence of wild grasses and trees.
He did not point to a place to collect. This place is close to the mountains and has many trees. As long as hundreds of trees do not die together, they will basically not be discovered, so there is no need to worry too much.
The only thing Lin Qian'an feels uncomfortable is that Amu's current maximum limit for collecting plant essence is 100 points, and he has to go outside to collect it again when he uses up.
Very troublesome!!
But I think this problem will be solved after upgrading.
Time passed, and soon Amu turned seven years old.
During this period, Lin Qian'an also informed Yi Liang and Sun He through Amu's mouth, from martial arts to innate cultivation methods.
Coupled with the unlimited supply of century-old ginseng grown by Amu, both of them easily reached the middle stage of the innate realm, and almost all the acupuncture points in their bodies were opened.
In addition, Lin Qian'an also tried to let Amu practice martial arts during this process.
Unsurprisingly, it was successful.
But soon after he discovered that practicing martial arts did not increase experience points and was very time-consuming, he regarded martial arts training as a secondary option.
However, even if this is the case, Amu's current martial arts cultivation level is already at the innate peak, and is about to reach the level of condensing pills.
The main reason is that Amu's talent is relatively strong, and all the meridians and acupuncture points in his body seem to be completely unobstructed from the beginning.
From the realm of acquired to innate, he only needs to do a simple thing like refining true energy to fill his Dantian.
Finally, on this day, Amu upgraded.
From level one to level two.
Each attribute has been greatly improved, and most importantly, the upper limit of plant essence that Amu can collect has also been increased by one hundred, reaching two hundred.
However, the upgrade experience has also become 200.
Two hundred upgrade experience means that a total of 20,000-year-old plants need to be produced, or in other words, a total of 200 mutant plants will be produced.
If you calculate it, it is the most cost-effective thing to directly use the essence of plants and trees repeatedly to create mutant plants to gain experience upgrades.
But if you do this alone, a lot of plant essence will be wasted.
After all, there will be losses in creating mutant plants and then recycling the plant essence contained in them.
And in this way, he can no longer produce ginseng that contains hundreds of years of medicinal effects for Yi Liang and Sun He to practice.
Therefore, Lin Qian'an's idea is to expand the underground planting base and expand the scope of searching for plant essences at the same time, a two-pronged approach.
While cultivating mutated plants to gain experience, it also spawned ginseng that enhances Qi and blood, assisting Yi Liang and Sun He in their martial arts training.
At the same time that Lin Qian'an's idea was born, someone in the village also came to the door.
It is the Li family, the Li family in Hongshan Village who usually have better contact with the Yi family.
Because of the land tax issue, their family has been in a bit of a financial situation recently. In addition, Li Qi was injured while going hunting in the mountains a while ago and is bedridden. During this period, the family actually ran out of food.
With no choice, they ran around the village hoping to borrow some food.
[Shi Zhang Li: Sister Sun, I came to borrow the food because there was really no other way. I promise, I will find a way to pay back the food once Li Qi’s injury is healed. 】
Sun He took out a bag of grass and handed it to Li Zhang.
[Sun He: Sister-in-law of the Li family, there is no need to rush to pay back, let Brother Li recover from his injuries!!]
When Mrs. Li Zhang got the rice, her face was moved, tears welled up, and she was about to kneel down to Sun He.
If Sun He hadn't stopped him repeatedly, he really wouldn't have been able to do it.
After sending Li Zhang away, Sun He also showed a sad look on his face.
It's not that she couldn't bear to part with the bag of rice.
The main reason is not to worry about scarcity but to worry about inequality. Now it is not just the Li and Zhang family who are short of food in the village, in fact many families are a little sad now.
If Li Zhang gives it, other villagers will inevitably come to ask for it.
When the time comes, will they give it to me?
As expected, it didn't take long for people to come to our door one after another, hoping that the Yi family, a wealthy family, could lend them some food.
For that morsel of food, they were even willing to sell their children to the Yi family as slaves, just to have enough food.
Fortunately, once or twice, Yi Liang and Sun He started to feel a little worried after doing this kind of thing too often.
Mainly because I'm worried that Amu's affairs will be exposed.
Although many things can be shied away to Sun Hu who is far away, but even if Sun Hu wants to deliver food to the Yi family, it will take time, right?
How could their family get so much food in a short period of time?
But in the end Lin Qianan made the decision to borrow food.
It's not that he didn't see the trouble later, but that he had already saved the file first.
You can wait and see what consequences will follow.
However, even though he was ready to read the file, the matter of borrowing grain still went through a lot of twists and turns. He asked Yi Liang to drive an ox cart around the town and then come back, pretending that he was going to get grain, as much as possible.
He passed the question of the source of food to Amu's grandfather, Sun Hu.
In this way, the residents of the village managed to survive the difficult days of this year.
And I heard that in the village next door, some villagers have even starved to death.
The rise and fall of a country is always first reflected in the people at the lowest level.
Some time passed.
It was raining heavily outside, and Lin Qian'an was controlling Amu to conduct planting experiments in the newly expanded experimental field. Suddenly, loud noises and fighting sounds were heard outside.
Before Lin Qian'an could react, the next moment, the cellar door was opened, and two young men wearing blue uniforms stepped in.
[Ouyang Qing: Is it him? 】
[Chen Huan: I don’t know, let’s take it back and let the ancestor decide! 】
The two of them said that they were about to attack Amu.
Lin Qian'an did not hesitate, and immediately controlled Amu to perform Qinggong, turned around to avoid the attack, and immediately knocked everyone to the ground with one palm and rushed towards the surface.
The two of them didn't seem to have high cultivation levels, so they couldn't stop Amu, who was now at his peak.
Arriving at the surface, Lin Qianan saw a scene that made him frown.
Yi Liang and Sun He were already lying on the ground at this time, with blood flowing out under them.
Surrounding the wooden house are countless people wearing blue uniforms. They are all armed with weapons, and they are not easy to mess with at first sight.
At this time, several people standing at the cellar door saw Amu.
【Yu Chao: Someone is there!】
[Pan Hongxing: It’s a child!!]
Soon, people surrounded Amu.
Lin Qian'an's heart sank and she had already decided to read the file.
But before that, he still planned to ask about the origins of these people and their situation.
[Yi Mu: Who are you? 】
I heard the voice, but no one answered.
A middle-aged man fell from the sky. A special force around him pushed away the raindrops, and he looked at Amu quietly.
At this moment, the two people in the cellar who were knocked down by Amu also rushed out.
[Chen Huan: Elder Tang, this should be the person that Grandmaster is looking for. We saw a lot of strange plants down there!!]
Hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression changed slightly.
[Tang Mincong: Really? Take a good look at him. Forget it, I’ll take him to see it myself!!]
With that said, Tang Mincong grabbed Amu and led him into the cellar.
Lin Qian'an thought about it but did not struggle, but let him lead Amu into the cellar.
In the cellar, there were also plants planted by Amu in the experimental fields and cultivation fields, including mutant plants. After looking at them for a while, Tang Mincong showed a surprised expression.
He turned back to look at Amu.
[Tang Mincong: Can you control the growth of vegetation? 】
Lin Qian'an did not answer the other party's question directly, but took the opportunity to raise his own doubts.
[Yi Mu: Who are you? 】
Hearing the sound, Tang Mincong narrowed his eyes slightly.
[Tang Mincong: Boy, I hope you will be smarter. Now your life and death are in my hands. All you can do is answer my questions honestly. 】
[Yi Mu: Okay, these are all made by me. 】
[Tang Mincong: Do it for me!!]
With that said, Tang Mincong let go of Amu and pushed him to the edge of the cultivation field.
Lin Qian'an followed the instructions and manipulated Amu to place a seed on the edge of the cultivation field, and then infused the plant essence into it, and saw a plant visibly undergo the process of sprouting, blooming and bearing fruit.
And all this only took less than a second.
Tang Mincong showed an expression of shock and joy.