On the Tian Yuan Continent, it wasn't as if no one had studied the Yellow Plateau before. About a thousand years ago, a very famous high-level wood element mage, together with several water element mages, alchemists, and a few elves who understood plants the most had conducted research on the Yellow Plateau. They wanted to change the soil quality of the Yellow Plateau and turn it into the largest granary on the continent.
However, after 20 years of research, they still could not make even a blade of grass grow on the Yellow Plateau. In the end, they had no choice but to give up.
From then on, no one studied the Yellow Plateau anymore. People thought that there was no value in studying it anymore and it was just a waste of time.
In truth, this had a lot to do with the basic situation of the Tian Yuan Continent. Although there were many people on the Tian Yuan Continent, the area was much larger and there was a lot of land to cultivate. As a result, there was no need to worry about food, so agriculture had never attracted the attention of the people on the continent.
However, because the continent had been relatively peaceful in recent years, there had been no major wars, and the population had grown rapidly. Therefore, some small countries had already encountered food problems. However, because the five empires on the continent had good weather, such a situation did not occur, so it did not attract widespread attention.
Furthermore, there were slaves on the Tian Yuan Continent. It was fine if the price of food increased. As long as the slaves ate less, they would not starve to death.
Of course, those slave owners would not go out and say that their slaves had been reduced in food. In fact, those slave owners would not talk about those slaves at all. They would rather talk about women and the moon than slaves. Therefore, the people on the continent did not realize that the food crisis was getting closer and closer to them.
Now that the mainland was at peace, the economy of various countries was developing very well, so the prices of goods had been rising. However, those in power did not notice that although the economy of the country was rising, the living standards of most civilians did not improve. On the contrary, it had decreased a lot, not to mention the slaves.
When the country's economy developed, prices would naturally rise. However, when prices rose, the income of the commoners did not increase. This naturally made many commoners unable to support themselves. Without food, more people became slaves, and social contradictions intensified.
Of course, Li Na didn't know about this. She only knew that food was very expensive on the mainland now. If Li Yan could really turn the black soil on the Yellow Plateau into fertile land, it would be impossible for the Carlin family to not develop.
Li Yan looked at Li Na's excited expression and smiled."Yes, Grandma Li Na. This is an ability I obtained. However, I can only transform ten mu a day, so you have to organize them in the afternoon to measure as much land as possible. We'll use a thousand mu as the standard first. We won't be able to handle more.”
Li Na nodded excitedly.”After saying that, Li Na was about to walk out.
Li Yan quickly stopped her and said," Alright, Grandma Li Na, don't be so anxious. We can still make it after dinner. Oh right, we can't measure too much. Also, we can't be too far away from the castle. We can't let outsiders discover my ability. Otherwise, with the current ability of the Carlin family, we can't stop those guys at all.”
Li Na was also someone who had seen the world. When she heard Li Yan's words, she calmed down immediately. She nodded and said,"Alright, I understand, Young Master. Leave this matter to me.”
Neither Li Yan nor Li Na noticed that Zhao Xuan, who was standing behind Li Na, was looking at Li Yan with infatuation.
Previously, Zhao Xuan would lower her head whenever Li Yan appeared. However, she raised her head now and looked at Li Yan carefully. She no longer had the timid look she had when she saw Li Yan.
Zhao Xuan had grown up with Li Yan. Because Li Yan was two years older than her, the two of them had played together since they were young. At that time, Zhao Xuan was Li Yan's little tail. Wherever Li Yan went, Zhao Xuan would follow. If Zhao Xuan was bullied by other children, Li Yan would fight for her. Therefore, she had a good impression of her young master and brother since she was young.
However, as they grew older, they gradually became more sensible. Zhao Xuan knew that Li Yan was her young master. She could not call Li Yan her brother because she was a girl. Li Yan was also unwilling to play with her, so she was very sad.
When he was a little older, Li Yan made many friends with young noble masters. It was also from that time that Li Yan began to learn bad things and seemed to have forgotten about her, his childhood playmate.
As he grew older, Li Yan became more and more outrageous. Zhao Xuan, on the other hand, became more and more beautiful and sensible. She also displayed good magic talent. She and Li Yan walked on two completely different paths.
However, Zhao Xuan was getting more and more unhappy. Seeing Li Yan causing trouble every day, she really wanted to stop him, but it was useless. Li Yan did not even listen to her grandfather, let alone her. How she wished that time could return to the past, to the young master and brother who played with her every day and fought for her when she was young.
It was said that a girl's feelings were always poetic. Li Na was like this. She had always hoped that one day, Li Yan could return to his original appearance, but reality ruthlessly shattered her dream. Li Yan actually wanted to rape her.
When Li Yan walked towards her with a lewd smile, she felt as if her world had collapsed. The beautiful memories of the past had left her in an instant. Although she had escaped a calamity, it was as if she had lost her soul. Her world had lost its color from then on, and every day she lived in a daze.
At this moment, disaster struck. The Carlin family was on the brink of death. She saw with her own eyes the people who had lived with her since she was young leave the Carlin family one by one. She saw the place where she had lived since she was young was taken away by the king. She saw Li Yan being fed the Void Water and then falling unconscious. She saw her family disappear in a short period of time.
Then, they arrived at the Yellow Soil Plateau and this land of death. Li Yan did not wake up. He watched as his grandparents busied themselves day by day. For the sake of the continuation of the Carlin family, they worked hard non-stop. They were like people who were about to drown and were making their final struggle.
Zhao Xuan was just a young girl who had not experienced much. She could not stand the sudden series of blows. If it were not for her grandparents accompanying her, she might have committed suicide long ago.
However, not long after they arrived at the Yellow Plateau, Li Yan came. Zhao Xuan realized that the young master had changed. He was no longer the young master who knew nothing and only knew how to cause trouble. He had become mature and knew how to work hard for this family.
First, it was the devil radish, then the blue eyed rabbit, and now it was the black soil improvement. She suddenly found that the young master had become very unfamiliar, but he had slowly fused with the perfect young master image in her heart.
Zhao Xuan realized that there seemed to be something about Li Yan that was attracting her. His temperament was no longer frivolous and scary. Instead, it had become a calm and natural temperament that made people want to get close to him unnaturally.
She liked to see Li Yan's confident look. He also liked to see his gentle smile. She also liked the unnatural and guilty expression on Li Yan's face when he saw her.
Unknowingly, the young girl's heart was once again tied to Li Yan.
Li Na did not notice Zhao Xuan's change. After talking to Li Yan, she immediately went to the kitchen. This time, Zhao Xuan came back to her senses. She immediately lowered her head and followed Li Na to the kitchen with a red face. She brought the food up.
The few of them still ate together, but today, Li Na and the others ate very quickly. They finished the food in two or three bites. Then, Li Na and Zhao Xuan immediately walked out. It seemed that they were preparing to organize people to measure the land.
Li Yan looked at Li Na's expression and could only smile impatiently. He could understand Li Na's feelings. Li Na and the others had always thought that the Yellow Earth Plateau was a dead land. Now that someone suddenly told her that she could turn a dead land into a living land, it was like someone telling a terminally ill patient that their illness could be saved. How could they not be excited?
Li Yan slowly finished his lunch before leading Bruiser and Goudan out of the castle. When they arrived outside the castle, they realized that Li Na and the others had already led the slaves to measure the land.
Although those slaves didn't have any skills, they had planted land before. They might not be able to do anything else, but they were fully capable of measuring land and planting land.
The ten acres of land were almost finished measuring, but Li Na and the others did not measure it. Instead, they looked at Li Yan to see if he could really improve the land.
Li Yan looked at the ten mu of land and was stunned. He had seen how big the ten mu of land was in the space, but he didn't have to care about whether it was planted or harvested. Now that he was asked to improve the ten mu of land, he really didn't know what to do. Could the space soil and space water still be under his control after leaving the space?
When he was in the space just now, he was so focused on calculating the ratio that he forgot about this matter. What should he do now? Could it be that he was sprinkling the space soil and space water on the ground bit by bit?
Just as Li Yan was running around in circles anxiously, a spatial notification suddenly rang out."Do you want to improve the land in front of you? Yes/No."
As the voice sounded, a screen projection appeared in front of him. There were two buttons on it, one with 'yes' and the other with 'no'.
Li Yan was overjoyed. He immediately reached out and pressed the 'yes' button. However, he realized that his hand had passed through the screen and did not touch anything. The screen and the two buttons were still there. Instead, he seemed to have turned into a lunatic who was dancing with joy.
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