Free things often come with costs that are invisible at the moment.
In three months, the empire's Grand Cathedral of Light obviously couldn't wait, so with the news from South confirming the transaction with Frozen Earth Territory, it also brought a large number of objects to spread the faith of God of Light.
Marquis of Northwind, the favored one of light, a nobleman with Divine Grace, showed a Miracle.
Because of the war, Thundercloud County, especially in the former territory of Count Weiss, spring plowing was later than that of all nobles. It is precisely for this reason that the harvest on this land this year will be very low.
If winter had come earlier and been colder, many civilians and slaves would have died this year.
This is the impact of war, and only those who are deeply involved in it can understand.
How much benefit those nobles received and how much wealth they lost because of the victory in the war are just numbers, but those numbers will eventually fall on the heads of the serfs at the bottom.
Miracle demonstrated by Marquis of Northwind is in this aspect.
He released "Divine Art" with a huge range. In his mouth, it is said that this is the gift of God of Light that only Columbus Royal Family can master.
So, just like that, the brilliance of Divine Art fell in his hands, overwhelmingly gathering the Cloud Sea in the sky, and then it rained heavily. Under the heavy rain, the wheat seedlings in the farmland grew vigorously.
In one day, the wheat is ripe!
"What a rich divinity this is."
Ryan was shocked. The "Miracle" cast by Marquis of Northwind covered a radius of almost fifteen miles and a diameter of fifteen thousand meters. He was also standing in the center of Thundercloud County's largest farmland.
At this scale, apart from the power of Deities, even Legendary cannot compare.
"The divine blessing only brought this rain. The real power is in the rain."
"I feel the unique vitality of Life Magic."
Grand Mage Macken also rarely returned to Frozen Earth Territory from Wilderness World. He looked at the sky of South. Even though he was two counties apart, this Grand Mage could feel the boiling Magic Factor in the void.
"You mean, some kind of Life Magic was diluted by this heavy rain and fell on the wheat seedlings on the ground, causing them to directly change from a growing state to a mature state?"
"This statement... is also correct."
Grand Mage Macken looked at Ryan in surprise. It was difficult for Mages not to understand this kind of thing, but in Ryan's mouth, it sounded very ordinary.
"It should be some kind of powerful Life Magic. Through this heavy rain, it spread to the sky with a diameter of 15 kilometers, and then was brought down by the rain."
"Those Legendary Life Mage actually researched something."
"Is it possible to release this kind of Life Magic on a large scale?"
Ryan asked seriously, if you only look at the productivity of ordinary people, the productivity of this world is too bad, but if extraordinary factors are added, everything will become unfamiliar to him.
Just like now, within one day, the wheat seedlings in the farmland mature and can be harvested directly. If this kind of thing can be widely used, it will bring about earth-shaking changes to the empire, which is already in the stage of agricultural society.
Deities? Damn it Deities is not as good as the tenfold or hundredfold increase in grain production.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult."
Grand Mage Macken shook his head and said:
"Life Magic is either solidified on Magic Scroll, or Magic Potion with corresponding effects is created through this magic, but the cost will not be cheap."
"In addition, the scale of that heavy rain consumed a lot of divinity. No matter how much divinity Imperial House has, it cannot withstand such a squandering."
Ryan Clearly, indeed, divinity was used in this "Miracle".
Then the cost of this Miracle is much higher than the price of wheat in the farmland within a diameter of 15,000 meters.
The emergence of Miracle itself is not to increase production, but to spread faith.
I don't know how many people have firmly become God of Light believers because of this heavy rain.
So that...
"Mr. Priest, can the Lord allow me to double the beans in my farmland? In a few days, I will have to hand over 150 kilograms of grain to the lord, but in this case, our family will only be able to keep 30 kilograms, which is much less than last year."
"Maybe this year... my mother will starve to death in the winter."
The rough farmer lowered his head and refused the missionary's Healing Art, wanting to exchange for some "Miracle".
There is nothing the missionary can do about this. The gift of Dawn can make him a doctor, but it cannot make him become Deities and create food out of thin air.
"We failed."
Gathered together, several missionaries lowered their heads and told Archbishop about their failure in spreading faith during this period.
In this land, light is more easily recognized than Dawn. Those bright Pioneers, including Northwind Province's local nobles, are all promoting it.
The former is really for the spread of light, and the latter just wants to use this to offset the influence of the Church of Dawn missionaries who "passed" their territory not long ago.
"Maybe my Lord's Dawn can no longer illuminate this dark place."
The missionaries are frustrated, which is their failure as believers.
"The empire's heretics have deceived the ignorant civilians."
Red-haired Woman's Archbishop did not speak. She was not the same as the missionaries' frustration. Her eyes were always pious and firm.
"This is just a little hardship our Lord has given us."
Frozen Earth Territory.
Ryan knows that with a Miracle, those books will be given away without any worries.
The free lunch will bring devout faith, God of Light will soon gain a foothold on the land of Northwind Province, and the empire's plan will be successful.
The expensive Miracle Ryan didn't have many ideas anymore, so he found Yelena Mages. If this genius Mages hadn't been born, he might have already become famous.
Since Miracle is expensive and difficult to reproduce, down-to-earth has become the only option.
"These seeds can adapt to the cold of frozen soil more effectively. Their survival rate in the soil exceeds 80%. They cannot be planted this year, but you can choose a test field and plant it. If successful, each acre of field will be able to produce five to ten kilograms more grain next year."
"However, the cultivation value of seeds is somewhat high. On average, it costs one silver coin per acre, and the materials used are all magic crops."
"Only after three to five years have passed, when the seeds have stabilized from generation to generation, can we cancel this part of the cost investment."
Ryan's eyes widened, and he nodded his head excitedly. Yelena almost jumped in the eyes of Yelena who didn't understand many things.
Ryan knows very well what changes this improvement will bring to Frozen Earth Territory and to the land where Ryan's influence will be radiated in the future.
Food is the most important thing for the people. If he controls food production, he will be everyone's god!