In his Divine Kingdom, Xi Wei couldn't help reflecting on whether he had been a little too hasty in choosing this idiot to be the village chief of the newbie village …
Be that as it may, Xi Wei did not expect the small town outside the Valley of the Tragic Dead to be so barren.
"Looks like I'll have to think of a way to help."
Xi Wei scratched his head with his tentacles as he thought about how he should come up with a story.
Since the townsfolk were in a state of famine, he could easily earn their respect if he could find a way to fill their stomachs, and perhaps even earn himself a wave of faith.
With that being the case, the Overlord System's strategic management could be put aside for now, and it would be better to focus on farming in the literal sense of the word.
"Speaking of farming, I guess it's games like Farm Story, Rune Workshop, or Minecraft …"
Xi Wei adjusted the settings according to his own ideas, only to find that his Authority over Plants and Harvest was insufficient. While he could modify crop seeds to have the ability to quickly mature in a short time, it would cost a considerable amount of divine energy with the 'Authority over Plants and Harvest' that he could control at the moment. Moreover, his progeny would not be able to maintain that ability, and they would only be normal crops if used as seeds.
"It's a little difficult to balance production and quality at once. There aren't any combat classes in the town either, and I can't get materials like bone powder from the outskirts of the Valley of the Tragic Dead to buff the crops …"
Xi Wei found the current situation a little tricky. "If I can't maintain a balance of divine energy, I'll only be able to replenish a dozen crops before my divine energy runs dry."
Moreover, if he thought about it carefully, both Farm Story and Rune Workshop's farming mode would take up a lot of the Players' time since that was the focus of those games.
Even so, Xi Wei didn't want Angora to become a farmer. While the fellow was a little idiot, he was still the village chief that Xi Wei had appointed …
That was when Xi Wei's attention unwittingly shifted to the pile of useless metalloid scraps in a corner of his Divine Kingdom, and the immature idea he had a few days ago popped up again.
Should he create a currency that only his own believers — in other words, the Players who owned the System — could use?
As long as they did not leak to other markets, these scum who possessed divinity should not attract the attention of other gods (especially the Goddess of Wealth). At the same time, because these dregs were contaminated with his divinity, it was almost impossible to forge, so there was no need to worry about the problem of counterfeit coins.
"Set the divine seeds to be bought with game coins and learn some business-related games, and have the idiot … ahem, Angora assign the villagers to be in charge of the farms. Since the Divine Power Seed doesn't need to be watered or fertilized, I'll just set it so that the people assigned to me must sincerely pray to me for the seed to take effect. The more believers assigned to me, the faster the seed will grow. The maximum number of people assigned to a plot of land is 3. This way, he should be able to retrieve the Power of Faith. In the future, other facilities can also be set up like this. I'm really a genius! "
As long as he set an example once, many of the starving townsfolk would join his cause. Xi Wei didn't need the townsfolk to become true believers who could activate the System. Shallow believers would be able to provide him with divine energy.
"At the same time, the crops obtained from the harvest can be sold to the System in exchange for game coins. After all, they're crops modified by the Mother Generation. Even though I've lost the ability to grow quickly, the amount of divine energy needed to modify them is also reduced. Angora can also buy new seeds after he gets the game coins. I'll then give the modified seeds to him, so there shouldn't be any problems. "
To put it simply, Xi Wei would still lose divine energy in the process of selling Angora's divine power seeds to Angora, reclaiming Angora's second-generation crops, and then selling the seeds back to him.
But as long as there was a shallow believer who kept praying during the growth of the seeds, this loss could be made up in an instant. The more believers Angora assigned to the farms, the more Xi Wei would earn.
And the existence of game coins was to limit the number of divine power seeds Angora could obtain during this process. After all, Xi Wei's current divine energy was limited, and he couldn't provide him with too many seeds at once.
"That's it. Now, let's see how that idiot is going to show off."
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The next morning, Angora woke up, left his house, and started patrolling his fief.
Just as the old man said yesterday, this land was very barren, and the few remaining farms had been burned to ashes. The townsfolk were very hostile towards outsiders, and Angora felt that if it weren't for the fact that he looked a little young, someone might have already chased him out.
"My lord, you're here." When it was almost noon, Vela found Angora and said with some dissatisfaction, "Please don't run around. If something happens to you while you're in town, we'll be in trouble. Lunch has been prepared for you, so please leave this place as soon as you're done eating! "
"Is lunch still the same black bread as yesterday?" Angora asked curiously.
"I warmed it up a little. I even picked some mushrooms to make soup for you … "Vela hesitated for a moment. She seemed to feel that it was a little rude to serve a noble with such food, so she said softly," I'm sorry, but this is the best we can give you. "
"If you don't mind, accompany me for a while."
"Huh?"
"Don't look so unhappy …" Angora said unhappily, "How about this, accompany me until the sun reaches the center of the sky. If you're still not interested, then you don't have to chase me out. I'll leave by myself today. What do you think?"
"I'm just a village girl, of course I can't disobey your orders, my lord." The girl muttered softly, but in the end, she obediently followed Angora to what used to be a farm outside the town.
Now that the farm was covered in a thick layer of ash, the land might become a lot more fertile next year. Unfortunately, there was no telling how many people in town would be able to survive this year.
"Is your family's farm here?" Angora asked.
"That's it." The girl pointed at the irregular field at the edge. "We don't have many family members, so the field is a little smaller."
"I'll borrow it for a while."
"What?"
Without the girl seeing him, Angora muttered in his mind, 'O game, grant us new life' and opened the system page. He then flipped to a new page that had appeared yesterday.