Starting Today, I’ll Work as a City Lord

Chapter 177: Plow Cattle and Cattle Plow

The carriage quickly arrived outside the city while they played along the way.

Liu Feng got off the carriage and saw Tess carrying a baseball bat walking on the side, keeping a distance away from Anri the pervert. She had been frightened by Anri’s tickling, and the places she tickled couldn’t be mentioned.

“Lalala…” Anri hummed a tune happily, occasionally glancing at Tess, feeling triumphant. That’s what you get for flaunting, big cow. Now you know how powerful this fox lady is.

Nicole’s cheeks were red as she walked with her head down, feeling her heart beating faster than usual. Today was the closest Liu Feng had been to her.

Liu Feng chuckled and shook his head. He looked at the fields in front of him- flat terrain, perfect for constructing a greenhouse. There were plenty of plastic films stacked in the castle’s warehouse.

Liu Feng had transported these from Earth over several days. It was enough to build a few dozen greenhouses, but any more would be impossible.

Moreover, Liu Feng intended to use a modified version of greenhouse technology from Earth- a semi-earth-enclosed greenhouse.

It was a greenhouse with three tall earth walls and one low earth wall facing a sunny area. Bamboo would be placed on top and covered with plastic film. Inside, coal stoves and other insulation methods would be set up, saving on plastic films.

The greenhouse was simple and easy- the hard in building the earth walls. In the spring, when the weather warmed up and the greenhouses were unnecessary, the earth walls were easy to dismantle and could be used to grow other crops.

The most important thing was making sure that the greenhouse didn’t collapse- but that was simple. The earth wall would freeze and become sturdy, and wouldn’t collapse at all as long as they regularly remove the snow.

“Anri, come here!” Liu Feng gestured Anri, who was basically his secretary, over.

“I’m here, Young Master!” Anri immediately took out a notebook and obediently stood beside Liu Feng.

“This area, and that area over there…” Liu Feng pointed out the places where the greenhouses were to be built, and then said, “That’s all for now. The blueprint for building the greenhouses is in the second drawer on the left side of the desk. Arrange for people to start construction.”

“Understood!” Anri nodded repeatedly. She would oversee these arrangements.

Clip clop. Clip clop.

“Moo…”

In the distance, the sound of hoofbeats accompanied by cow mooing could be heard.

Liu Feng turned his head and saw the War Wolf members pulling a carriage with a cow trailing behind it- a cow with a nose ring.

“Very good!”

Liu Feng nodded in satisfaction. Once a cattle had a nose ring, it became a docile working cattle, capable of plowing fields. There were only three such cattle in all of West Sun City, purchased from North Wind City.

Liu Feng had given the order to put nose rings on the cows before he went to North Wind City. This time, he was planning to test the power of the Research Department’s 20th secret- the cattle plow!

“Young master, what is this for?” Tess asked curiously.

“To plow and cultivate land!” Liu Feng smiled lightly, glancing curiously at Tess’s horns.

“What’s wrong?” Tess touched her horns and asked oddly, “Is there something on them?”

“Nothing,” Liu Feng shrugged, realizing he was overthinking things. Would cattle beastkins worry about cattle? Or consider them the same species? It was like asking whether humans cared about monkeys- they were different species, just like cattle beastkin and cattle.

The cattle was brought in front of Liu Feng, and the War Wolf members carefully lowered the cattle plow.

“Phew…” Liu Feng exhaled lightly. The cattle plow and plow cattle were his first steps in transforming the city’s agriculture. Plowing was necessary for wheat to grow abundantly.

Liu Feng took off his Hanfu robe, and Nicole immediately stepped forward to take it, revealing a T-shirt underneath. Following instructions from Earth, he awkwardly attached the cattle plow to the restless plow cattle.

“Moo…”

Amid the astonished gazes of the beastkins present, Liu Feng drove the plow ox into the field, clumsily operating the cattle plow, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

“Moo…”

The field was soon turned over, large swathes of soil overturned by the cattle plow. After a while, large tracts of land were plowed.

Liu Feng gently pulled the rope tied to the nose ring, slowing the plow cattle to a halt, then unhooked the cattle plow to let the ox rest for a while.

“Phew… I didn’t expect it to be so easy to use!” Liu Feng stretched his stiff limbs. He had been a bit nervous because it was his first time operating it.

“Young Master, this is amazing!” Nicole rushed forward, grabbed Liu Feng’s arm excitedly, and shouted, “What is this? How can it turn over such large patches of soil so easily?”

“It’s called the cattle plow. Starting next spring, everyone can use this tool to plow fields. We can also open up more uncultivated land. Next year, we won’t need to buy wheat from outside.” Liu Feng smiled lightly.

Moreover, Liu Feng would bring improved wheat seeds from Earth and establish a rice field as he had promised Mina.

“This is amazing.” Nicole was somewhat of a farmer girl and understood how hard it was for commoners to farm- especially since there were no good tools to help plow the land.

“Young master, we must protect these cattle and establish regulations to protect them. No slaughtering of the cattle!” Anri said sternly, immediately recognizing the importance of the plow cattle.

“Yes! That’s for sure!” Liu Feng thought of ancient dynasties on Earth, all of which had laws protecting plow cattle.

“It’s really impressive!” Tess patted the plow cattle’s back.

“Have the Research Department start mass-producing cattle plows.” Liu Feng whispered. He looked across to the land on the other side of the Ghostly Water River. If the wasteland was all turned into arable land, then it would be a huge food source for West Sun City.

“Understood!” Anri nodded and immediately took out a special notebook from her backpack to write down the orders.

Then, the War Wolf members carried the box containing the orders, the plow cattle, and the cattle plow back to the Research Department. They were commoners, so they knew the importance of the cattle plow, which could be considered a miraculous tool for commoners. During their journey, they even showed their military crossbows.

“Come on. Let’s go check out the bamboo forest.” Liu Feng then boarded the carriage. Bamboo in this world was different from those on Earth. He wanted to inspect it and see if there was a type of bamboo that met his needs.

West Sun City’s water supply system also needed an upgrade. As the population grew, there would be an urgent need for water. Now, while West Sun City was just starting to be renovated, was a good time to improve the water supply so that the residents didn’t have to rely on a few wells for water.