The Return of the Genius Farmer - Chapter 158



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Episode 158

79. Increased facilities – 2

“Where? Oh. Eric and Sailor?”

Hongryeon recalled the story Lee Han had told her before.

The plan was to stabilize food prices in the Elven Kingdom by farming in both territories, as had been done in the Hwinangsi Territory.

“Yes. Thanks to the cheap food supplies from the Hwinangsi territory, it seems that quite a few neutral nobles are joining hands with the royal family.”

“Oh, I see.”

The Marquis of Calois’ camp was shaken by just the food sold in the first round.

But what happens if food enters the market for the second or third time?

Perhaps the nobles who had been in the Marquis of Calois’ camp for food reasons would defect to him and go over to the royal side.

“Well, that’s something we’ll have to wait and see.”

Lee Han said nonchalantly and looked around at everyone.

Hongryeon and Treeman lightly raised their hands at the sight of someone asking if there was anyone who wanted to go together.

“Shredder. Aren’t you going?”

“Hmm. I thought about going. I think it would be better for us to harvest barley.”

“Is that okay? You can do it while I’m here.”

“Hey, don’t worry. Just try harvesting once or twice.”

Shredder has done quite a bit of farming with Lee Han.

Even though full-scale farming was difficult, the harvest could be achieved without any problems.

“I have to do the crushing.”

“Haha. Who taught you how to crush things?”

Walter, who was eating his omelet elegantly, smiled softly and said.

By the way, it was he who taught Lee Han and Seollim to crush.

What that meant was that anything that the explanation could do, Walter could do too.

“Don’t worry too much about this. Just do what you want to do.”

“Thank you, Walter.”

“That’s okay. Shouldn’t I pay for the juice I drink every morning?”

“I guess I’ll have to work hard to fill that up.”

Walter simply shrugged his shoulders at the snickering explanation.

The next day, Lee Han, Hongryeon, Tree, and Seolmyeong got on the cart.

After checking the necessary seeds once again, Lee Han took the Fairy Path and headed to Higgs Estate, where Eric was.

“There’s nothing special here.”

The surrounding atmosphere wasn’t particularly different from when I came last time.

As we walked through the desert-like atmosphere of Higgs Estate and arrived at the estate’s direct control, Eric, who had contacted us yesterday, came out, looking delighted.

“Welcome! Mr. Lee Han! Mr. Hongryeon! Mr. Seolpyeong! It’s been a while!”

“How have you been?”

“Yes! How have you all been?! And this person… … .”

“hi.”

“Hello. I’m Eric Higgs. I’ve heard a lot from you. You said Tree?”

Eric greeted her politely and glanced at Lee Han.

The view was that the tree was the world tree.

Eric nodded slightly and became more polite.

“Would you like to go straight to the mansion?”

“I wish we could go somewhere to grow wheat. Let’s start with farming.”

“Okay, let’s go right away.”

Eric raised his hand lightly.

There were already people gathered at the mansion.

The group, along with the wagon carrying them, arrived at a place a little outside the direct territory of Yeongji, at the end of the desert area.

“It’s wide.”

“Not as much as the Hwinangsi Yeongji.”

“But if we use this whole place to grow wheat, we could get quite a lot of wheat. That would be enough to deal a blow to the Marquis of Calois.”

“Yes. The huge amount of wheat produced in the Hwinangsi territory was distributed to each territory and sold at a reasonable price, so those who tried to monopolize wheat suffered a considerable blow. The price of wheat, which had been rising day by day, also decreased significantly.”

But this is not enough. The price, which once rose fourfold, has now stopped at twofold.

“You said you farmed here and in Hwarien Estate?”

“Yeah. But I’m worried that there might be people who want to covet the wheat produced here. If you need any help… … .”

“Hahaha. I owe you this much, Mr. Lee Han, so I can’t extend my hand to you. Isn’t that like asking for a bundle after saving someone from drowning? We’re not that shameless.”

To Lee Han, the food problem in the Elf Kingdom was literally a problem across the river.

So I was just grateful that he came forward like this.

“And our territory is not weak either.”

“Well then, that’s good. Well then. Shall we begin?”

It didn’t take long to create wheat fields on the vast plains.

Eric was amazed at the golden wheat fields that had appeared overnight while the exhausted Lee Han drank the stamina recovery potion.

“Every time I see it, I think about it, but you really have an amazing ability. How on earth did you get this ability?”

“Well, then let’s get going.”

“While you’re here, why don’t you also see my younger siblings?”

To be honest, I didn’t want to just let Lee Han, who had suffered so much, go.

Eric, who wanted to use his younger siblings as an excuse to let Lee Han rest a little, said with a smile and looked at Tree.

‘Well, Tree was curious about the twins too.’

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to sleep here today.

Lee Han patted Tree’s head and then got on the cart.

When they arrived at the mansion in a carriage led by Hyeol-ok-su, they heard that Lee-han had arrived and found the twins waiting in front of the mansion, wondering when they would arrive.

“Brother Lee Han!!”

“Brother Lee Han!!”

Sur and Aisin come running with bright smiles.

When Lee Han, who was sitting on the cart, waved his hand, the twins bowed to him and looked to his side.

“Wow! Is this a tree?!”

“Hello~! Do you want to go see my doll?!”

My excitement grew when I saw a tree that looked similar in age.

The twins were chattering wildly around the tree, then grabbed her hands from both sides.

“Let’s go! I’ll show you my toys!”

“My doll too!!”

“Explanation. Come with me.”

“Okay, I got it.”

Someone was needed to calm the excited twins.

Lee Han sent the explanation that was sitting on his lap to them, and Hong Ryun shrugged.

“Oh my. These guys. They’re so noisy.”

“Sister! Sister, I’m going too!”

“Let’s go too, Sister~!”

In the end, I ended up following them all the way to Hongryeon.

Eric, who was watching that, let out a deep sigh.

“Because of my younger siblings… … I’m truly sorry.”

“No. All kids are like that. But what about Lisa?”

“We are already preparing because we heard that Mr. Lee Han is coming.”

“preparation?”

“Yes. He said he wanted to show me the new glass we made in our territory.”

“I’m curious about that. Let’s go.”

After parking the cart in front of the mansion, Lee Han followed Eric to the back of the mansion.

Behind the large mansion was a huge building that appeared to be a workshop.

“Here it is.”

When I go inside, I feel the heat.

As they entered the workshop where glass was made and processed, several craftsmen noticed Eric and Lee Han and bowed their heads slightly.

When the two of them, who had given them a quick answer, reached the innermost part of the workshop, they found a woman working on hot glass.

“Hoo… … .”

Lisa was leisurely processing the hot-looking glass.

I knew that glass processing was no ordinary job.

It’s hot, dangerous and difficult.

As a noblewoman, the owner of a fiefdom, and the head of a family, it would be something she did not need to do herself.

Nevertheless, Lisa continued her glass-blowing work as if nothing had happened.

“Phew… … You came.”

After finishing her delicate work on the glass, she put down the neatly made glass and turned her head.

As Lee Han looked at her work as if it was amazing, Lisa smiled confidently and showed him the glass.

“How is it?”

“That’s amazing.”

Thanks to what I learned about craftsmanship in Dwarven City, I could tell that this glass goblet made by Liza was not made with ordinary craftsmanship.

A smile appeared on Lisa’s lips, perhaps pleased by his genuine admiration.

“I was making this to send as a gift to Lee Han.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. Of course, our glass is also famous as a luxury item, although not as much as Mr. Lee Han’s ceramics.”

Certainly, this would be acceptable.

When he nodded, Lisa smiled and took Lee Han aside.

“This is… … .”

“It’s called stained glass.”

It was a work of art using colored glass windows.

As Lee Han admired the splendor, Liza crossed her arms and spoke confidently.

“If you tell me, I can make it for you in Daesurim too.”

“Thank you for your kind words, but they seem a bit flashy for our cabin.”

“Haha. I think someone like Lee Han could be in a more fancy place. Well, just tell me anytime. If you want, I’ll go and install it right away.”

“We need more windows, even if they aren’t stained glass.”

“Why is that so?”

The dwarves came and built new homes for the water people.

When Lee Han asked for more windows because the ones he had were almost used up, she nodded as if it wasn’t difficult.

“By the way, you said you would farm on our land?”

“Yes, I already did.”

“Thank you. I heard that you were already running a bit short on food. I’m sure the surrounding territories will be happy too.”

“I would like you to sell me wheat at a reasonable price.”

“I see. Haha. This is really. Marquis Caloitz must be really upset. Even without that. It looks like there are a lot of places where money is going to be spent.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. There are costs incurred from fighting several territorial battles, and it seems that he is also building a temple in his own territory.”

“The temple… … then?”

“I don’t know the details, but we have received an order to build something really big and fancy.”

There weren’t many glass artisans who could make stained glass.

So it was only natural that a request was made to Lisa, one of the few craftsmen.

“If you want, can I go and find out?”

“Hmm. Wouldn’t that be dangerous?”

The Marquis of Calois is associated with the forces of chaos.

As such, the temple was likely a place associated with chaos.

Lee Han asked if it was okay to send her to a place like that, but Liza just smiled brightly.

“I’m not that weak either.”

“But there is always the “what if” thing. I hope you don’t overwork yourself.”

“Hmm. Well then, I guess there’s nothing I can do.”

Lisa smacked her lips as if she felt regret.

Eric sighed at his still passionate grandmother.

“I look like my grandmother.”

“Haha. Well, you’ve been pushing yourself quite a bit too hard.”

Because you entered the forest without any plan.

Eric’s face turned slightly red as Lee Han smiled while mentioning the old days.

“Then, shall we go out for a meal? Hahaha.”

Eric, who wanted to avoid this topic, hurriedly took Lee Han back to the mansion.

Although it was only for one day, the twins seemed to like the tree quite a bit.

Seeing tears streaming down my face like that.

“Huh! Don’t go, Tree!”

“Come live with us~!!”

“Come visit the cabin later.”

Tree must have felt sorry for them too, as she hugged them tightly and consoled them as they cried.

As Tree, who had just finished greeting people, got on the cart, Lee Han waved his hand at the twins who were shouting that they would definitely go to Daesurim.

“Then we will go now.”

“Take care. I’ll move the glass plate to the forest.”

Lee Han drove the cart, slightly bowing his head to Lisa, who promised to replenish the glass plates that were used to make the window.

When they arrived at the Hwarien territory by taking the Fairy Path through the Oasis, Lee Han and his party could not hide their surprise.

“Why are there so many people?”

This was because the territory was bustling with people, almost twice or three times as many as when I came last time.