After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 213

Chapter 213: Upgraded Farmlands
[10 days of Protection Period]

On the twenty-second day after the migration, nearly 80% of the territory’s population was wide awake well before daybreak.

Althea watched as a hundred or so residents flowed out to explore almost as soon as the day began, before heading out of the house herself.

She decided to perfect the current circle before the new wave of people came.

Then, after the upgrade, she would use the expansion rights for two levels and use the best available walls.

The current territory was big enough for her, but after the upgrade, it would quadruple its size. The high-level walls would also be very expensive.

But she believed in the income of the territory. Even if it wasn’t, she would definitely find a way to build the strongest wall that could be purchased at her level.

After everything, Althea was still heavily biased in defense.

In any case, all these were problems for later.

She went back to sleep and woke up when the light of the sun shone through and prepared herself and her babies for their morning walk.

A couple of minutes later, Althea headed out and went to the farms with the strollers. In her current stage, the farms had the heaviest role in her economy. She had to pay special attention to it.

Since she had added hundreds more farmlands last night, the farm area had now been maximized with more than 700 fields. Some of which were in the mountains, mostly orchards for cocoa and coffee.

Out of the 700 fields, about half of which were still being planted, as most were just ‘reclaimed’ yesterday.

As for the older fields, a lot of the rest with short-cycle plants were already harvested.

One of the more important harvests was cotton, which was the crop’s first main harvest. This also meant their supply could increase by leaps and bounds, and the clothing stores lined up would finally open.

With the help of her pharmacist-grade fertilizers and the farms, as well as some hired assistance from Farming elder Gru, the few dozen of the fields dedicated to the plant had flourished.

For her personal garden fields back home, she focused on more sensitive plants (local or Terran) as well as breeding new Terran plants and creating seeds.

When the quantity of seeds was enough and sustainable, she would also open a seed store for both local and Terran plants.

However, because of their special status, only permanent residents would be allowed to purchase seeds, and still in a limited quantity.

Other territories could also go into a partnership with her, but she’d definitely give a high price.

Back to her garden, she went to one section she dedicated to Terran flowers like roses, orchids, and the like.

It was a sea of color and an immersion in fragrance. It was an incredibly beautiful sight.

The kids babbled happily at the lovely surroundings that occupied their senses. Anyway, she had long confirmed that they didn’t have allergens so she didn’t worry too much about the babies’ exposure.

After a relaxed walk, she soon ended up in the greenhouse under construction.

With the help of Eugene and Oslo, a small greenhouse was about to be built and tested. For now, it was made of Youli stone and insulating materials and theoretically workable and duplicable. Time would tell how effective it was, but it was still a step in the right direction.

Overall, the agricultural aspect of the territory was on track and that alone let her heave a huge sigh of relief.

Like defense, food sustainability was her main focus for the territory.

“What a relief…” she said, looking over at her babies, “You don’t have to suffer growing up.”

“Mmhhammmngama~”

“Googlrhhgh”

She giggled and played with the babies for a while, until the familiar ding sounded in her mind.

[It has been detected that a total of 100,000 kilograms of plants have been harvested in the farmlands.

[The Farmlands are now eligible for Upgrade!

[Plants in Lv 2 farms will be granted 30% increase in productivity and 100% increase in survivability.

[Would you like to upgrade all existing farmlands for 723 gold?]

She flinched in shock as she stared at the notification.

An upgraded farm?

Survivability?!

YES.

Yes, of course.

She had always worried about what would happen to her plants when one of those annual extreme weather changes happened.

They all worked so hard in these fields. Not only would she feel sad, but it was estimated the entire territory would be depressed.

This upgrade was just what she needed.

Of course, the greenhouse would still be retained. Survivability was increased by 100%, but this was very misleading.

After all, what was the actual value of survivability that was doubled in the first place?

10%? 5%? Maybe even less?

Maybe the change was even negligible?

However, Althea thought that any improvement in this field was a welcome one. She was sure the others would, too.

She didn’t lack that amount of gold, anyway.

However, as someone who didn’t take losses, she also made an announcement to the territory.

[Farmlands have now been upgraded to Level 2. The rental fees after 1 plant cycle will be increased by three times.

[Level 2 farmlands have increased production of 30%, 100% increase in survivability, 50% resistance to extreme weather changes]

[Those who hope to rent Level 1 farmlands shall request for new fields in the Village Center]

She nodded. This was fair.

Anyway, there were a remaining ten or so hectares in the agricultural area, dedicated to raising free-range breeding of Gugu birds and, in the future, other livestock.

They didn’t need too much space for now. She could give some space to people who hoped to retain the level 1 farmland and build them there. Of course, this was only in the unlikely case that someone would rather have the cheaper default option.

It was also worth noting that the very expensive upgrade was probably not really based on the additional 10% productivity, but on survivability. Hopefully, the citizens understood this well enough.

After all, some time ago, she had made sure everyone was aware of the imminent weather changes, at least to a certain degree.

She had announced the news she got from the NPCs through the information tab. She even pinned it so it wouldn’t get buried in the plethora of information coming in every day. By this time, most people should be aware of the unusual weather patterns of this world.

No matter what, she wanted everyone to be prepared for whatever they might encounter.

To the best of their capabilities, anyway.