After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 121

Chapter 121: Harvest (Part 2)
Far earlier in their trip, almost as soon as they transferred, Althea and the rest already had the improvement and sustainability (of their lifestyles) in mind.

There was not a day where Althea and Harold had some discussion about the food and ingredients in this world, and since the creation of the territory, they had not forgotten this goal.

To date, Harold and his team—signed a confidentiality agreement at the village center—had already done half of the spices and condiments they formulated beforehand.

These were already being mass-produced to be sold in earthenware bottles of about 100 and 250mL, to be made available in the grocery store tomorrow.

The other options were still being finished, with his team working overtime. They still had a lot to do.

At this thought, Harold excused himself and quickly left the farm areas. He went straight to the second floor of the restaurant, to the temporary production area, and started to monitor the progress like a hawk.

Eugene, on the other hand, was looking brightly at the plants for a different reason: The machines they worked so hard to make could finally be put to use!

He and his team (also signed with virtual confidentiality contracts provided by the village center) had worked day and night for the farming tools and machinery.

Fortunately, there were old designs available on their tablets and they could surmise the process after a bit of adjustment.

In the past few days, they had developed the most basic type of threshers, rollers, and other farming tools. Even if hundreds more fields were filled with rice and wheat, they could handle it.

Speaking of which, he had to rush the construction team to finish the processing factory… they still had a lot of raw materials to handle!

Like this, he also left excitedly.

At this point, the two children and Fufi had long run far away, their laughter bringing joy to all the adults in the vicinity.

“Ah, they’re all gone. I feel pressured.” Sheila said worriedly, though there was a fond smile on her face.

In the end, the nurse also decided to check the production of her scope of work—Althea’s formulated medicines.

Althea’s emerald eyes captured all of these and giggled. Who’d have thought that a little over a week ago, Harold was a poor old man who was scared for the future, Sheila was a timid nurse who couldn’t look people in the eyes, and Eugene was a love-hurt disabled veteran who was convinced he was a waste.

Seeing people regain hope like this made Althea more determined to build a good home.

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In the Farmlands

The farmers happily harvested the crops with a custom sickle Brenda made.

It was much better than the sickle recorded on her tablet, and it had additional efficiency bonuses.

“This is so amazing!”

Their eyes were bright at the sight and couldn’t help but look forward to the harvests of their families.

“In a few days, my team’s farm will also look like this!”

“Mine will take longer, but it’s better than nothing!”

Althea had allowed her farmers to pass on the knowledge they got from her and also allowed them to buy seeds from her at a fair price. This made them even more loyal to her to the point of worship.

Althea really didn’t mind, because the more farms and farm hands, the less worry she had to worry about the food situation within the territory walls.

In fact, this wasn’t the first harvest. Several vegetables and plants with shorter cycles were already harvested and processed to be sold in her grocery store.

There were also the Terran plants she planted, and although they grew much slower than the indigenous plants, they grew well nevertheless.

There were tomatoes (called red fruit by the system), peppers, sour fruit, and other alternatives used for condiments. Various vegetables and berries were also picked up.

The rich harvest inspired many others to plant.

To meet the demands, she built a few more fields—each of which were taken up almost as soon as they were created. These buyers naturally bought the seeds from the expert—Her.

Althea had quite earned a bit of money from the seed purchase alone.

Of course, the seeds used for special condiments were kept to herself. She dared not underestimate the cooking skills of her brethren. She also needed a lot of money.

She had a territory to build, okay?

Anyway, her target in the long term was to be a stable source of raw materials, and not just seeds. She aimed to create a more thorough win-win situation for the people, her, and the territory itself.

She also kept the medicinal plants to herself, though mostly because the people here didn’t have her skills. Who knew if they’d poison themselves.

Cough.

In any case, plants that took a month to grow from a seed generally took less than a fraction of the time here.

Coupled with the buff of the farming land and her special fertilizers, it was expedited even more.

Putting aside the safety-monsters-everywhere issue, this place was really amazing. It was basically impossible to starve to death here, right?

You could be eaten whole by monsters, but at least you wouldn’t suffer the extreme pain of hunger.

She was no stranger to that pain as an orphaned child, and she wouldn’t want it on anyone.

Of course, her memory wasn’t that clear, nor did she think Garan would actually let her starve for so many days… so this memory was really vague to her, but she remembered the feeling like it was yesterday.

“This is great. I can imagine the food situation in the territory would improve like a vertical line.” Gru said, pulling her back to the present.

“Have you isolated the best samples and seeds?”

“Yes, boss!”

As the farming went on, she and Gru were careful and isolated the better strains. This was in order to breed better and better generations of plants every batch of harvest.

With the short growth cycle, she wouldn’t take long to develop strains with much better productivity.

Eventually, she’d be able to develop better tasting and healthier strains. This point alone fired up her passion for plants, making her glow even more, to the amusement of everyone around her.

At the very least, in this place, even if there were wars everywhere, at least they would not lack food, water, and a roof over their heads.

And with the basic needs stable, people will start looking for spiritual satisfaction, luxuries, and better lifestyles.

And she, the Lord, will naturally give it to them.