The arrival of that beautiful Witch changed the situation of Flying Heaven Stronghold.

The rebuilt hooks and cables were more like a simple cableway.

It fully utilized the advantages of pulley and slide structure.

The newly constructed cableway had a complete main beam, lock shell, sliders, transmission set, fixed poles, pulley group, and windproof structure.

Not only adults in the stronghold, but even children could freely enter and exit Flying Heaven Stronghold through the basket hanging under the hook.

Considering the security of the stronghold, the Witch also set up a series of detachment devices.

If anyone tried to invade the stronghold, Flying Heaven Stronghold could actively sever the cableway connection.

In fact, the cableway was merely the first change the Witch brought to Flying Heaven Stronghold.

After gaining initial prestige, the Witch introduced the improved crops selected by Li Boyang.

To quickly win the trust of Flying Heaven Stronghold,

the Witch even used witchcraft to ripen those improved crops, completely dispelling the concerns of the village elders.

This was followed by a series of infrastructure and renovation projects.

The Witch adapted Flying Heaven Stronghold with large-scale reconstruction and expansion, completely conquering this mountain peak.

Today, anyone entering Flying Heaven Stronghold would first see the uniquely characteristic cableways and fields sprawling across the mountains.

Through these cableways spread over the entire mountain peak,

Flying Heaven Stronghold required only a minimal workforce to fertilize and irrigate large swathes of fields.

Besides carrying people, these fine cableways also carried various irrigation and fertilization tools.

Some ground-level cableways even had specialized sickles and plowing tools, maximizing the advantages of machinery.

It was like a modern mechanical drip irrigation system, yet more primitive and wild.

"What a genius method!"

Staring in amazement at the farming model of Flying Heaven Stronghold, Xiluo couldn’t help but exclaim.

Although Xiluo was often called an illiterate by Li Boyang, it was merely due to her lazy nature and unwillingness to study.

Having been subtly influenced over the years, Xiluo naturally understood the advantages of this farming model.

Semi-mechanized, fully automated...

Through this model, Flying Heaven Stronghold successfully turned its population disadvantage into an advantage.

One person could manage a large area of land, adjusting work tasks only according to the seasons.

Even though this method appeared extremely rough,

far inferior to the precision farming model currently promoted in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range,

it accommodated the exaggerated population-to-land ratio of Flying Heaven Stronghold.

Even at its most primitive slash-and-burn farming, the per capita total grain far exceeded the average levels of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

Let alone, this mechanized work model was much more efficient than slash-and-burn farming.

"Indeed, very ingenious!"

"If paired with the Bronze Beast, it could even completely liberate most of the production population."

What even Xiluo could see, Li Boyang naturally could not miss.

On the contrary, coming from the 21st century, Li Boyang understood the advantages of this farming model better than anyone.

With a simple change in the system, this was the prototype of a mechanized farm operation model.

Of course, advantages come with drawbacks.

The large-scale, mechanized, and specialized farm model could manage the most land with the least number of people.

But as a cost, it led to product homogeneity, frequent diseases, soil degradation, and reduced biodiversity.

In this era where Gods could incarnate as Celestial Disasters...

In the complex environment of the Hundred Lands Mountain Range today...

If a farm’s operation encountered problems, all previously suppressed risks would burst out.

By comparison, more stable organic and ecological farming should be the mainstream farming methods in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

"Doesn’t this just align perfectly with your ’One Village One Industry’ model?"

Unaware of the shortcomings of the farm model, Xiluo instead thought Flying Heaven Stronghold’s model perfectly matched Li Boyang’s vision.

Selecting specialized villages for the farm model, which then specifically provided grain to other villages in the Hundred Lands Mountain Range.

These villages practicing the farm model would then exchange grain for products from other villages, forming a perfect cycle.

At least to Xiluo, this cycle seemed perfect.

"No, this model is too advanced."

"Being alert in times of peace and preparing for unforeseen events is what the Hundred Lands Mountain Range should do now."

However, facing Xiluo’s sentiments, Li Boyang habitually began to explain.

"The ’One Village One Industry’ I promote is based on each village being self-sufficient."

"This era has too many disasters that the Mountain People cannot resist..."

"Whether it’s Gods or Celestial Disasters, the calamities they cause are destructive."

"In this situation, if a village practicing this model gets destroyed, it would push the entire Hundred Lands Mountain Range into a grain deficit crisis."

After a slight pause, Li Boyang continued.

"Moreover, although this farming method can yield a large amount of grain for the village,"

"from the perspective of the entire Hundred Lands Mountain Range, it’s actually at the cost of decreased total grain production."

"Only precision farming can truly increase grain yield per acre and maintain the delicate balance between humans, Spirit Monsters, and Gods."

"Although the Mountain People’s population has grown significantly, it hasn’t yet reached the point of increasing grain production at all costs."

Gazing at the distant Flying Heaven Stronghold, Li Boyang said resolutely.

"This mechanized farm model is not suitable for the Hundred Lands Mountain Range."

"It can only be widely promoted if there’s ample land, sparse population, dominant humans, and no fear of Celestial Disasters and God threats."

"Right, Wu Zhen?"

Before he finished speaking, a familiar figure quietly appeared in Li Boyang and Xiluo’s view.

"You’re right, even on Changyang Mountain, this farming model has only been truly promoted in the past few hundred years."

Maintaining her usual aloofness, Wu Zhen stared at Li Boyang and said.

"After all, in Great Xia, few Great Witches research high-yield improved crops like you do."

"Without high-yield improved crops, this farming model merely wastes land fertility and can’t support the population of an entire Fang Kingdom."

"Ironically, the greatest deficiency in Great Xia is improved crops, and even those Fang Kingdoms that develop high-yield crops certainly won’t disclose them for free."

Great Xia is merely a loose Fang Kingdom alliance, a nation established by the absolute prestige and power of the Witch King.

Therefore, many things that are natural for Li Boyang would present a different scenario in Great Xia.

"This aligns well with the laws of nature."

Smiling and nodding, Li Boyang said nonchalantly.

"In a nation that esteems power, absolute force is the foundation of everything."

"Without sufficient power, even with the Witch King’s restraint, those Fang Kingdoms researching high-yield crops would definitely be plundered by other Fang Kingdoms."

"This situation, conversely, intensifies those Fang Kingdoms’ pursuit of force rather than high-yield crop research."

"So, in such a cyclical manner, perhaps only those pure idealists have the time and energy to research improved crops."

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