Wang Shouye pondered briefly, then said, "The Lineage's annual consumption of spirit grain can be calculated at two million jin. For first-tier low-grade spirit grain, four crops can be grown each year.
Each mu of Spirit Field yields eight hundred jin annually, so we would need twenty-five hundred mu of Spirit Fields.
Although spirit grain is extremely low-tier, it drains a great deal of a Spirit Planter's energy.
It must be planted and harvested four times a year, and it also needs repeated watering.
If one Spirit Planter can tend ten mu of spirit grain, that is already quite good.
For twenty-five hundred mu of Spirit Fields, we would need two hundred and fifty Spirit Planters.
The Lineage could scrape together that many Spirit Planters, but it cannot plant only spirit grain. There are other important Spirit Fields that need tending.
If pests or diseases strike, it will be even more troublesome. How many mu of Spirit Fields can one puppet tend?"
Wang Daoyuan shook his head. "That is not how you calculate a puppet's workload. One puppet does only one thing.
For example, a puppet dedicated to casting the Sweet Rain Technique, if fitted with three fourth-tier Spirit Gathering Beads, can water one hundred mu of spirit grain fields for a long time.
There can also be puppets specifically responsible for plowing, sowing, and harvesting. Having one puppet handle one hundred mu of spirit grain fields would not be difficult.
As long as there is one puppet each for plowing, sowing, harvesting, and casting the Sweet Rain Technique, forming a group, they can manage one hundred mu of spirit grain.
For twenty-five hundred mu of Spirit Fields, only twenty-five groups of puppets would be needed.
Spirit bees can deal with insect infestations, so there is no need to worry