In the temple, the second-generation prophet Hemera reacted the fastest.
“Soya, the gods have sent down a gift!”
Exclamation marks popped up above her head, “The gods have given us new guidance.”
“Praise you, great and wise Yao God.”
She knelt in front of the idol, as devout as ever.
Outside the shrine, the pixel miniatures, on the other hand, reacted differently.
“Soybeans, soybeans …… soybeans are eaten.”
“Grow soybeans, the world needs soybeans.”
“The gods love soybeans! Soya must be delicious, same as wheat and potatoes.”
“Round, jewel-like, mysterious soybeans.”
The Garlic Tribe, who had already been gifted many times and were highly receptive to all kinds of divine gifts, immediately planted the soybeans in the land.
Soon, green soybean seedlings grew in the farmland. After a period of time, these soybean seedlings were tall and full.
Time passed quickly in the Pixel World, and the farmers began to harvest the soybeans batch by batch.
Just as Lu Yao had predicted, the little people were the first to use the soya beans as direct food.
As spring passed into autumn, with more and more soybean fields, the soybeans harvested by the Garlic Tribe became abundant and plentiful. A large amount of soybeans were dried by the little people and stored in the barn together with wheat to cope with the unexpected needs.
Lu Yao at this time also ate the briny soya beans and shared the joy with the people.
He chose soybeans, and the first thing he considered was to enhance the physique of the little people.
There was no physique attribute in the pixel world, but the Low Boundary Dimension world was still a complete world. The simulator just simplified it into a pixel interface, it didn’t mean that it was so rudimentary in itself.
The fact that Isabelle and the Blood Knights entered the real world before revealing their complete real bodies was a proof of that.
Therefore, Lu Yao used the real world as a template to find soybeans.
Eat enough meat, eggs and milk to strengthen the tribesmen!
The Garlic Tribe’s meat sources today were sheep, pacing birds, domestic pigs, and fish, which seemed to be more abundant, but actually produced very little meat, far from meeting per capita demand.
The pixelated little people are still in the tribal stage, and animal husbandry is more backward. Whether it is sheep, pigs or pacing birds, they are mainly free-range, with a long breeding cycle. Fishing boats were limited to the number of people and boats, and the amount of fish caught was also quite limited.
Meat could only be said to have a certain amount of reserves, but prices remained high.
Lu Yao noticed that many small people bargained with merchants at street stalls, the main reason being to buy meat.
Meat remained an expensive luxury for most of the tribal villainy. At best, many of the villagers bought salted fish with salt, and could not afford to consume fresh meat at all, and mainly relied on wheat and potatoes for their food.
This scene was heartbreaking to watch Lu Yao.
Although buddies can’t afford to eat meat, I’m going to make it possible for you guys to eat meat!
So, what is it going to take?
From a macro perspective, it is necessary to upgrade the entire animal husbandry industry, expand the amount of livestock raised, further reduce feeding costs, and speed up the slaughter rate.
Truly speaking, this is quite a complicated discipline.
Lu Yao has chosen one of the entry points: feed.
Soya is not only a high-quality pig feed, but can also be consumed by humans. Moreover, soybean itself contains a lot of oil and protein, which can be extracted, and then a series of exploitation can be carried out.
But the theory is one thing, but the small people will actually soybean in what direction is another thing.
Just like grapes, Lu Yao originally thought they could make wine. In the end, the little people backhandedly gave him ale, and made grapes into a high-end sacred fruit.
Lu Yao continued to keep an eye on the tribes.
After three winters had passed, a 60-year-old farmer named Nongliang discovered the secret of soybeans.
“The pacing bird often steals food next to the soybean fields, which means it loves soybeans, so since there are extra soybeans in the barn, why not feed them to it.”
Nong Leong was sneaky at first, using the fresh soybeans to feed the two pacing bird hatchlings he had purchased.
The pacing birds he fed out were clearly one size stronger than the others of their kind. The two birds were not only tall, but also had dense feathers, and their pacing was domineering, rather like the Red Rabbit of birds.
Especially after slaughtering them, they also obtained [High Quality Meat].
Nongliang was so excited that he ran all the way to the temple and selflessly told Leader Senmi about this major discovery.
“Leader, soybeans can make pacing birds strong with more and better meat!”
“Maybe feed it to sheep, pigs and fish too!”
Sorcerer Moromi took this very seriously. After making sure that what Nongliang had said was completely true, he immediately consulted with Hemila and Fishing Company, and asked other farmers and herders.
Soon after, they began to call on the entire tribe to feed their livestock with soybeans in order to produce more meat.
At this point a prompt appeared on the screen.
[Nongliang invented soybean feed.]
[The Garlic Tribe mastered the method of making and using soybean fodder.]
The feed policy brought immediate change. Soya-powered pigs, sheep, pacing birds and even horses all saw significant increases in their growth and breeding rates.
Soon these changes radiated to the trading market. Meat prices were somewhat reduced, allowing more shy little people to eat meat.
What made Lu Yao a bit regretful was that this Nongliang passed away soon after he pushed for the soybean feed. He didn’t even wait for the Heroic Conversion treatment that might have come his way.
But the tribal little people remembered him.
The old farmer’s name was engraved on a monument, and even though it was only a short line, it was remembered later as part of the tribe’s history.
“Nongliang: He was the first to feed soybeans to pacing birds, and he showed everyone that soybeans were valuable fodder. He made more meat available to everyone.”
The Garlic Tribe began to grow soybeans like crazy to get more meat.
It wasn’t long before the soybean fields were able to separate themselves from the wheat fields in size, stretching all the way to the forests and rivers. Soybeans attracted many animals, which again triggered a series of subsequent changes.
The Garlic Tribe learnt how to raise and use cattle.
The Garlic Tribe learnt how to feed fish.
Soya indirectly domesticated the bison and finally made fish farming a reality.
Black and yellow cows stroll leisurely through the grass as the farmer pushes piles of leafy soybeans next to them on his wheelbarrow. Then these large animals begin to smother their dry meals, so cool that they flap their tails.
The docks along the East River are lined with more fish farms surrounded by rocks and nets. The fishermen threw in feed made from soybeans, and the fish in the water drilled out to grab food.
Seeing this scene, Lu Yao also had a few feelings.
A long time ago, there were small people in the tribe who had developed the idea of raising fish.
One of them was called Nong Yu and the other was called Fishing Huan.
These two envisioned making a water farmland back then, raising fish like wheat and planting them in the spring and harvesting them in the autumn. But they never succeeded in doing so until they died.
It was many years later.
Later people finally accomplished their wildest dreams and made the dreams of their predecessors shine into reality.
Soybeans turned into a catalyst, allowing the Garlic Tribe’s long-stagnant agriculture to begin to flourish.
Not long after, what Lu Yao had longed for finally appeared.
[The Garlic Tribe learnt to make and use milk.]
“The Garlic Tribe has learnt to make and use goat’s milk.
[The intelligence of everyone in the Garlic Tribe has increased somewhat.]
Seeing these two lines, Lu Yao felt a sense of accomplishment.
Finally, he had made the tribe’s youngsters eat meat, eggs and milk packages, so he had done his job as a god.
