nycdaug Chapter 495 Another Bountiful Harvest
Chapter 495 Another Bountiful Harvest
On October 11, 2027, Dawn City held a harvest festival to celebrate another bountiful autumn harvest. Nearly 200,000 mu of farmland outside Dawn City had been severely damaged by special forces over the past few months, resulting in a near-total crop failure. However, thanks to Li Chenglong's efforts, a miracle occurred, allowing the crops to not only revive but also bear abundant fruit.
Shuguang City is located to the east of Heijin Province and Nanhe Province, and to the north of Huian Province and Suzhe Province. According to its geographical location and climate, the autumn harvest begins in late September to early October in the Gregorian calendar. Therefore, these restored autumn harvest crops are just in time.
Since it was unknown when the special forces would attack again, Li Chenglong simply mobilized the soldiers of the Dawn Army to help with the autumn harvest. With the addition of the mechanized equipment from the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, nearly 20 mu of farmland around Dawn City was harvested in just one week.
Looking at the report submitted by Li Qingwan, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Li Chenglong learned that Shuguang City had a total of 19.4 mu of farmland. Assuming that the crops produced per mu of land could feed 2-3 people, the farmland of Shuguang City alone could feed more than 80% of the city's population.
Yunlan's current psionic space is still 8 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers is a storage area for time-stopping, and the remaining 5 square kilometers is a natural area. She divided the natural area into two parts, one of which is 1.5 square kilometers, which is specifically used to grow flame fruit trees, psionic apple trees, and various fruits and vegetables.
The other part, covering 3.5 square kilometers, is specifically used for cultivating advanced Dawn Rice. It's worth mentioning that, through the joint research of Princess Sera of Roland Star and Lena of Hailan Star, the advanced Dawn Rice has been further improved. Now, if the advanced Dawn Rice is stored in the psionic space of a level 12 or higher ability user, the yield per acre has increased to 1.2 tons.
Although the yield increased, the growth cycle remained largely unchanged at 30 days. After Li Chenglong reached level 14, his psionic space increased further, but not significantly, only from 16 square kilometers to 20 square kilometers.
Of this area, 5 square kilometers are designated as a space factory, 3 square kilometers as a storage area for time-stopping storage, and the remaining 12 square kilometers are natural areas. Li Chenglong allocated 3 square kilometers of the natural areas to cultivate Flame Fruit, Black Orchid, Psionic Apples, and other fruits and vegetables, while the remaining 9 square kilometers were used to cultivate Advanced Dawn Rice.
It's worth mentioning that the fruits and vegetables that Li Chenglong and Yun Lan grew in the spiritual energy space are not the kind commonly found on Earth. These were grown from seeds given to Li Chenglong by Queen Raymond when he went to Roland Star. They have advantages such as high yield, energy restoration, and delicious taste, and have received unanimous praise from people.
As soon as Yunlan came out of the shower, Li Chenglong hurriedly asked, "How was it? Did it work?"
Yunlan shook her head and said with a wry smile, "No, the natural zone of my spiritual energy space can't produce crystals like yours. I also showed the scroll that recorded that secret technique to Teacher Lena before, and she tried to learn it, but it didn't work at all."
Li Chenglong thought for a moment and said, "I remember that scroll said that in order to automatically generate crystals in the natural zone of one's own spiritual energy space, three conditions must be met. First, the potential must be SS or above; second, it must reach level 13 or above; and third, there must be a spiritual energy space. It seems that you meet all three conditions, so why can't it work?"
Yunlan pouted: "I don't know. Teacher Lena has been a level 13 superpowered person for hundreds of years and has a huge spiritual energy space, yet she still couldn't learn this secret technique. It seems that this thing can only be learned slowly and we can study it later."
Li Chenglong nodded, agreeing with the suggestion. Looking at the time, it was almost 7 a.m. Li Chenglong glanced at Yunlan, who was breastfeeding her daughter, and said, “The opening ceremony of the Harvest Festival is at 10 a.m. I need to go out and prepare. Sister Shangguan, Liu Xuehua, Wang Ruyan, and Liu Tao all said they'd be attending the opening ceremony, so I need to go to the airport to welcome them.”
Yunlan held her daughter in her arms and said with a smile, "Go ahead, I'll attend the opening ceremony with you later. We can meet in front of the Dawn Tower."
Li Chenglong stepped out of his bedroom and saw Li Yunhao and Su Qian playing in the living room. Seeing him come out, Li Yunhao quickly ran over, proudly saying, "Dad, look! I can put our sofa away!" He pointed to a single sofa in the living room, and the sofa instantly disappeared. Then he pointed again, and the sofa reappeared in its place.
Li Chenglong picked up his son, gave him a thumbs-up, and said, "Hmm, as expected of my son, Li Chenglong. Very good, very good. But we must never use this ability to play pranks, understand?"
Li Yunhao raised his head and said proudly, "I know that, Dad. Mom told me a few days ago, and I've always felt that my abilities should be used to do what needs to be done."
Li Chenglong patted his son's head with satisfaction: "Good, I'm very happy that you can say that. But you are still too young, so what you need is to study and have fun. Play with your friends more often when you have nothing to do. When you grow up a bit, you can learn cultural knowledge. I will also teach you all the knowledge about people with superpowers."
The couple learned a week ago that their son not only possessed a storage space, but also a spiritual energy space. As for its size, Hao Hao, being still young, couldn't describe it clearly, but it was at least the size of several football fields, which made them very happy.
To prevent their mischievous son from using this ability to play pranks, Yunlan explained a lot of reasoning to him. Fortunately, although her son liked to play, he was quite averse to using special abilities indiscriminately, which put the two of them at ease.
After playing with his son for a while, Li Chenglong went downstairs. By this time, the Dawn City People's Square in front of the Dawn Tower had been basically set up, and many people had even arrived at the venue for the opening ceremony of the Harvest Festival.
The wide east-west asphalt road 25 meters south of the Dawn Tower is called Dawn Avenue. It stretches 300km from the east gate to the west gate of Dawn City. It is also the widest road in Dawn City, with 12 lanes in both directions, and a 3-meter-wide non-motorized vehicle lane on each side for pedestrians and bicycles.
Further south along Shuguang Avenue lies Shuguang City People's Square, covering an area of 0.4 square kilometers. Important festivals and ceremonies in Shuguang City are held here. In the very center of Shuguang City People's Square stand two flagpoles of different heights, one displaying the flag of China and the other the flag of the Shuguang Autonomous Region.
Li Chenglong got into his car and first went to the Dawn City Civil Airport to pick up representatives from the other four bases. Afterwards, they all went to the Dawn City People's Square, where they shook hands and greeted the Dawn City leaders and officers of the Breaking Dawn Army. Three of the four representatives had visited Dawn City multiple times, while Liu Tao was visiting for the first time.
Liu Tao, 55, is the representative of the Yanjing headquarters. He currently serves as the director of the secretariat and also as the minister of foreign affairs. He is a level 12, three-elemental ability user. Notably, he was a classmate of the late General Sun Tianlong and has consistently supported Dawn City and Li Chenglong.
At 10:00 AM, the Harvest Festival officially began. Li Chenglong and Zheng Yong delivered speeches on behalf of Dawn City and the Dawn Army, respectively, while Liu Tao, representing headquarters, also spoke. Following this was the entertainment segment, where the Dawn City military band and performing arts troupe, along with invited organizations and individuals, took to the stage to perform, all celebrating the bountiful autumn harvest.
Among the invited performers was Liangli Performing Arts Agency. This agency was founded in Shuguang City by Liang Li, Zhao Liying's former agent. She came to Shuguang City in the middle of last year and, after refusing Zhao Liying's offer of help, established her own performing arts agency through her own efforts and the favorable policies of Shuguang City.
She currently manages over a dozen artists and several regular programs broadcast weekly on Dawn City Television, enjoying great popularity among the people of Dawn City. Due to their outstanding performances, they have been invited to this year's Dawn City Harvest Festival.