By mid-October, it should have been time for autumn planting, yet there was no sign of it on Viscount Leslie's estate. Instead, the incessant roar of machinery filled the air.
As far as the eye could see, dozens of pieces of Magic Machinery, large and small and of all different shapes, moved back and forth across the fields, transforming the once-barren land.
This had been Viscount Leslie's decision.
After securing the support of a large quantity of Magic Machinery from Xu Yi, Viscount Leslie had decided to reclaim every piece of land on his estate suitable for cultivation and, following Xu Yi's suggestions, carry out extensive improvements.
Previously, because all the fields on Viscount Leslie's estate had been cultivated by hand, their layout had been rather haphazard. Now that he had decided to reclaim all the land, Xu Yi suggested planning the fields anew, joining them together wherever possible before dividing them into equal squares. Wider irrigation ditches would also be dug in each field to make it easier to switch to rice cultivation and cope with droughts in the future.
In addition, Xu Yi suggested leveling all the fields into one large stretch of flat ground at the same elevation, which would make future mechanized work much easier.
In truth, Viscount Leslie had considered thoroughly improving his land before. But his manpower had been so limited that, even with the desire to do so, he simply did not have enough workers to carry it out.
With only his three hundred-odd slaves and fewer than a hundred guards, even their best efforts could reclaim less than seven hectares of farmland a year.
This year, with the help of the various Farmland Magic Machinery Xu Yi had developed, that idea could finally become reality.
First, a Small Magic Tiller broke up