The Dragon Girl would never like the Lord.

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After getting off the carriage, Fiona stepped onto the grass-covered hillside and couldn't help but mutter a complaint.

"This is temporary; it will soon become a vast territory."

After saying this, Ron looked at the dragon girl standing to the side;

“Oville, Lucia, you shall begin filling in the land around the hill.”

It's still early before sunset, so let them fill in a large area of ​​land first, so that we can set up the tents.

Otherwise, spending the night in a swamp with such a large temperature difference between day and night would likely cause many people to freeze to death.

"Yes, Lord Lord."

O'Vell didn't complain at all, because she knew she desperately needed a place to stay.

Otherwise, we'd have to sleep in the cold mud at night.

"My lord, Lucia is so tired~"

Lucia only pumped water a few times and didn't do much work, but she made a lot of noise.

When Ron saw her like this, he wanted to shut her up and teach her the consequences of not working.

"After working for half an hour, you can enjoy this fragrant, sizzling lamb leg."

With expansion imminent, there's no other way but to lure him with delicious food, and then I'll teach the disobedient little dragon a lesson later tonight.

"Yay~ Lucia loves roasted lamb leg the most~"

This trick might not work on others, but it always works on Lucia, who can't control her appetite and can't resist food.

Seeing that there was lamb leg to eat, she immediately became very motivated and worked with O'Ville to fill in the ground to make it flat and solid.

As the water in the puddles was drained, the fish, shrimp, and crabs that had been swimming freely in them suddenly lost their protection and could only thrash about in the mud.

These are all high-protein, high-nutrient foods, which are a good replenishment since we've almost finished eating the meat along the way.

At Ron's command, the serfs rolled up their trousers and sleeves, went into the mud, and began catching fish and crabs.

A man's love for hunting is ingrained in his bones and genes; no man can resist the temptation of fish and shrimp.

The swamps are free from external invasion and overfishing by humans, so their water resources are exceptionally abundant.

Many experienced farmers have also caught high-quality wild game such as soft-shelled turtles and eels, which are very nutritious when stewed or fragrant when roasted.

There were too many fish to eat in one night, so Ron asked O'Ville to choose a spot, dig out the soil, and build a large fishpond two or three meters deep to raise the fish that they couldn't finish eating.

When we want to eat it another day, we can just go down and catch it.

However, turtles, eels, and snakehead fish cannot be put into fish ponds because these creatures can go ashore and burrow into the soil. Fish ponds that have not been treated simply cannot raise these kinds of things.

We'll have an extra meal for everyone tonight.

“Oville, you should cultivate about thirty acres of wheat fields in this area.”

After watering the wheat seeds and letting them sit for a few days, they all sprouted tender shoots. At this point, they need to be scattered into the fertilized field, and they will grow into seedlings in four or five days.

Just in time, wheat fields were cleared out, and once the wheat fields were cleared out, the people could start transplanting rice seedlings and planting wheat.

"How much is thirty mu? What is a wheat field?"

For Ovir, who lives in the Yalong tribe, these words are completely incomprehensible.

"Forehead...."

Ron paused for a moment, then began to describe to O'Ville how big an acre would be and what a field for planting wheat seedlings should look like.

Wheat seedling fields are similar to wheat fields. Wheat seedlings need fertile, muddy soil, while wheat fields do not need much water. They only need some ditches to be dug out, and they can mature quickly by occasional irrigation, pest control, and weeding.

Under Ron's guidance, O'Ville understood roughly how much an acre was, and together with Lucia, they began to divert water and quickly reclaimed about thirty acres of wheat fields.

However, besides the silt, there are also many weeds and grass roots inside, which need to be cleared out before the wheat seeds can be sown.

At this point, the serfs came in handy. With the hard work of more than a hundred farmers, the weeds in the wheat field were all cleared away in less than half an hour.

I don't know if they all wanted to show off, but in the thirty-odd acres of wheat field, not a single blade of grass grew, not even a single weed root could be seen, only brownish-black mud remained.

This black mud is very fertile; it is fertilizer formed from the sediment of withered grass and dead animals over hundreds of years.

Then, the farmers, in pairs, carried the sprouted wheat seeds off the carts, stood on the ridges of the fields, and evenly scattered them into the fertile wheat fields.

The farmers worked with great enthusiasm, their faces beaming with happiness as they worked up a sweat.

Because they know that the wheat seeds sown now will one day turn into golden ears of rice, providing food for the winter...

What we are planting now is not wheat seeds, but the hope of survival.

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The setting sun, slanting in the west, intertwines with the evening glow, performing its final dance before parting.

As the sun set, O'Ville wiped the sweat from her face, lay on the ground, exhausted but smiling happily.

Seeing that vast expanse of weeds and mud transformed into solid land through their hard work, Lucia felt an immense sense of satisfaction.

Seeing everyone's shocked, astonished, and admiring gazes, O'Ville felt very satisfied and accomplished.

"Delicious! The roasted lamb leg is delicious!"

After finishing her work, Lucia didn't have much time for anything else; all she knew was that working would earn her a leg of lamb.

Can a sense of accomplishment be eaten like meat?

Nothing beats a delicious, fragrant leg of lamb.

"Oville, Lucia, thank you for your hard work today. If it weren't for the fact that you filled in more than ten square kilometers of land, none of us would have had a place to sleep tonight."

Ron looked at the two dragons gently, quite satisfied with their performance.

With over ten square kilometers of land, there's enough for seven or eight hundred people to camp out at night. The rest can wait until tomorrow, when they can get busy with the rest. The land needed for the initial stage of the territory will be basically filled in.

We'll make plans for the remaining land after we've cleared the wheat fields.

"This is what I should do."

O'Ville lay on the ground, panting heavily, and responded with a laugh.

For some reason, the admiring and praising gazes of the knights and farmers made her happier than a simple "thank you for your hard work" from the man in front of her.

"My lord, we'll have roasted meat after we finish our work, right?"

Even though she was so tired that she was lying on the ground, Lucia was still thinking about food.

"All-you-can-eat barbecue tonight."

To motivate the water dragon girl, Ron decided to let her eat her fill tonight.

Because we'll be counting on her to work all day tomorrow, and she needs to clear at least several tens of square kilometers of land to be used for the basic construction of the territory.

We'll make plans for the remaining facilities once the wheat fields have been cleared.

"Yay~ Lucia loves barbecue the most~"

Upon hearing that she could eat as much as she wanted, Lucia's mouth began to secrete sweet ambergris.

Perhaps because she had expended too much energy, she inexplicably wanted the lord to help her massage her tail...

But with so many dragons around me right now, I had to swallow this idea.

"You all rest for a while, dinner will begin shortly."

An hour earlier, Ron had instructed the chef to begin preparing dinner.

Just wait a little while, and the fragrant roasted meat will be ready.

"Hmm~"

O'Ville and Lucia didn't want to move, so they simply lay down on the grass to rest and wait for the big meal.

During this time, Fria stayed by her side, unable to offer any immediate assistance.

Of course, with her strength, she's very useful in battle.

“Master, Yarman just brought back news that only the water in the small lake six kilometers away is drinkable. The rest of the water is overgrown with algae, and the water is full of silt and weeds, so it is not suitable for drinking at all.”

When Fiona reported the news, her expression was rather unpleasant;

"According to Yarman's estimate, that small lake can only sustain daily water use for seven or eight days."

I originally thought that after arriving at the settlement, everything would go smoothly and the expansion of the territory would become much easier.

Unexpectedly, we encountered such a big problem as soon as we arrived in the territory.

Although the swamp has plenty of water, it is also full of weeds, silt, and algae.

"Seven or eight days should be enough. In the next two days, I will have Yarman lead the knights to continue exploring the outer areas."

Ron wasn't surprised to hear the news, because he had already learned about the structure of the swamp back in Winterhold and had considered issues such as water and timber.

"If all else fails, we can dig a canal from the Kechis Mountains, 40 kilometers away, directly into the territory."

This mountain range was right on the way we came. We saw that the spring water flowing down was clear, so we got off the carriage and rested for ten minutes to replenish our water.

When Ron got the water, he had already considered that if the swamp ran out of water, he would have O'Vell use her ability to dig a large irrigation canal and build a large lake in the territory, which would be perfect for raising fish and shrimp and providing a daily water supply.

Make a few ponds upstream; the water there can be drunk directly.