The agricultural productivity of this world is so low largely because the land, cultivated year after year without a chance to recover, only becomes more barren with each crop, naturally resulting in lower yields.
Lance adopted the simplest method for this: collecting human and livestock excrement. After just over ten days of fermentation, it could be turned into pollution-free fertilizer. This approach also created many job opportunities and improved sanitary conditions for the residents.
Dismas, though not fully grasping these topics, still felt they were quite impressive.
As they passed through the square, they found many people coming and going from the grain store. The townspeople who saw Lance would greet him warmly, smiles on their faces. Lance responded with a smile to the townspeople. The atmosphere was completely devoid of the tension from a few days prior; instead, it was quite harmonious.
Dismas had never seen a noble interact so amicably with ordinary people...
