The Dragon Girl would never like the Lord.

"Yes, you can sit down and eat too."

Ron glanced at his maid and Lilith, then picked up a knife and began cutting the lamb chops.

"Little dragons, you can start your breakfast now."

Before he could even speak, Lucia was already sitting at the table, watching him expectantly.

Upon receiving the order, she immediately grabbed a leg of lamb and started gnawing on it.

"Master, we should only be about fifty kilometers away from the swamp, right?"

Fiona looked at the map last night and estimated the approximate distance.

"Yes, it's about fifty kilometers away, but it's still about eighty kilometers away from the official settlement. Thirty kilometers of it is swamp, so the road will probably be quite difficult to travel."

On grassy ground, you can travel 60 kilometers a day without any problem, but in swampy areas, you can probably only travel 30 kilometers a day, and it's easy to get stuck in dangerous mud.

We'll rest by the swamp today and set off tomorrow morning. The knights will be ready to scout the way ahead so the carriage doesn't get stuck in the swamp.

Although it is a vast swamp, it is not a single, continuous swamp. There are also muddy areas covered with weeds, as well as grass and thin mud, enough for a horse-drawn carriage to pass through.

Once you've thoroughly explored the route, traveling 30 kilometers a day shouldn't be a problem.

"Then we probably won't arrive at the settlement until tomorrow evening."

After thinking for a moment, Fiona spoke:

"The journey alone took six days, and it will take more than half a month to clear the wheat fields. Master, would you like to reconsider planting wheat?"

She felt that even if winter came a few days later, wheat planting would be almost impossible.

"I had someone soak the wheat seeds a couple of days ago and seal them. Now they have sprouted and can be sown in the rice paddies once they reach the territory."

Ron wasn't completely ignorant about farming. Although he wasn't as skilled as an experienced farmer, he had farmed for a few years and knew a thing or two about cultivating seedlings.

He also consulted several experienced farmers, who were all very humble and shared their wheat-growing techniques without reservation.

The wheat and rye seeds originally prepared were only enough to plant 300 mu of land and more than 200 farmers, which was about enough for the first year of development.

However, now that the population has increased to about six hundred, cultivating three hundred acres of land is far too little work. Even if some people can be assigned to other jobs, at least five or six hundred acres should be prepared.

So Ron soaked the food supplies Fiona had prepared and used them as seeds.

However, he hasn't told his maid yet, afraid she'll get too excited...

"The owner even knew to cultivate seedlings in advance."

Fiona was once again surprised by Ron's actions, but still offered a reminder:

“Reclaiming swampy land is definitely more difficult than reclaiming land. It would be very difficult to cultivate several hundred acres of wheat fields in half a month.”

Even if it's developed in about half a month, the arrival of winter is already very close.

What should we do...?

Although Fiona was betting that Ron would fail, and kept saying that he would fail, she was actually the one who most wanted the wheat to grow successfully.

In the past two days, she has also inquired about Lilith's research progress and the subsequent success rate.

The answers I received were all guarantees that they could be researched and resolved...

Lilith's confident demeanor was just as it had been when she had divined that Ron was a woman.

Thinking about this made Fiona anxious, fearing that if the wheat was not successfully planted, the people would have no food to eat and would all starve to death this winter.

This would be a fatal blow to their expansion efforts.

And those weren't just one or two lives, but five or six hundred living people!

Therefore, Fiona believed that the wheat cultivation had to succeed, even if it meant being ruthlessly treated by her owner on harvest day; success was the only option...

"The wheat field can be cleared within three days."

Ron had been keeping an eye on O'Ville recently and had inquired about the specifics of her abilities.

With O'Vell and Lucia together, they could turn at least 50 square kilometers of swamp into solid plains in a single day.

If the goal is to turn swamps into arable wheat fields, it would probably be even simpler.

After all, the ground on the plains is harder, so the energy consumption is greater.

For wheat fields, all that's needed is a firm bottom; the top layer can be made of thin mud from a swamp.

"Sometimes the maid really doesn't know where the master gets the confidence to say that he can clear a wheat field in three days."

Fiona felt that her master was becoming more and more prone to exaggeration, saying that he could find the dwarves and grow wheat before the harsh winter.

Clearing out hundreds of acres of wheat fields in three days is all an impossible feat.

"If you clear a wheat field in three days, what are you going to do?"

Ron felt that he had tricked the maid so many times, he wouldn't mind doing it one more time.

Let her experience the bitter consequences of her own actions.

"If the master really does that, then the maid will wear that strange maid outfit and come to the master's room for a midnight snack."

Fiona deliberately emphasized the words "late-night snack," as if she felt it wouldn't matter if she agreed to something so impossible.

Even if that bastard owner got everyone to work together, it would be impossible to clear hundreds of acres of wheat fields in three days.

So, it doesn't really matter if I agree to this...

Her reason for agreeing was simple: although it couldn't be done in three days, it could definitely be accelerated, and perhaps the wheat field could be cleared in a week, greatly speeding up the wheat planting process.

In this way, even if the wheat isn't fully ripe before winter arrives, there won't be no wheat at all; there will still be some harvest...

"Okay, then I can feed you by hand."

With O'Vell and Lucia there, it might not even take two days to cultivate five or six hundred acres of wheat fields.

That will definitely give my maid a real shock...

"Damn master, he must have been looking forward to this for a long time, but clearing out a wheat field within three days is an impossible task."

Fiona was unaware of Oviere and Lucia's abilities, believing they were no different from ordinary female dragons.

It takes ten days to half a month to clear land on normal muddy ground, let alone in swampy terrain. Clearing land in half a month is already extremely fast.

"My lord, I just performed a divination, and it seems your plan to cultivate the wheat fields within three days has failed..."

Lilith, who was listening intently, became interested and wanted to know if the plan to cultivate the wheat field within three days would be successful.

Unable to resist the urge to try her luck, she consulted a fortune teller, and all the results pointed to failure.

Lilith, who had unwavering faith in her divination skills, believed that clearing a wheat field within three days was bound to fail.

"Master, did you see that? Even Lilith, who is usually inaccurate in her divinations, was surprisingly accurate this time."

Fiona felt that this witch had finally been accurate once in all her divinations, but the accuracy rate was truly worrying.

If all witches are this good, Fiona feels she is perfectly capable of doing the job.

"That's a sure thing."

Ron took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth. Originally, the success rate of expanding the territory within three days was at least 99%, and now that Lilith had done another divination, it was impossible to fail.

"What's stable?"

Fiona found her master's words inexplicable.

"Your enjoyment of a delicious late-night snack in a couple of days is all set."

After finishing his meal, Ron took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth and looked at his maid with a mischievous grin.

It's all set. In just a few days, the main castle will be almost finished. I can finally enjoy the experience inside with the maid.

"Master is indulging in wishful thinking again, but of course, it's just wishful thinking."

Fiona considered countless possibilities and concluded that it was impossible to cultivate hundreds of acres of wheat fields within three days.

"Don't worry, you'll get a good meal then."

After saying this, Ron took out a map and spread it out on the table;

"Lilith, tell me, which is safer to take, Cryton Avenue or the path closer to the Misty Forest?"

Under normal circumstances, it is definitely safer to take Clifton Avenue.

After all, the road was wide and the surrounding vegetation was not lush, which was not conducive to an ambush.

The other path is less than two kilometers from the outer edge of the Misty Forest.

The Misty Forest is home to many alien races, most of whom are hostile to humans, and there is a considerable chance of being ambushed.

However, the more dangerous the situation, the more cautious Ron became, and he still needed to have the unpredictable witch perform a divination before he could feel at ease.

"No problem, I will definitely divine the safest path."

Lilith was very confident in this simple divination. She immediately took out a compass from her waist, closed her eyes, and began to manipulate the star positions.

As wisps of pale blue energy flowed into the compass, the pointer jumped, and the stars shifted.

"My lord has determined that Cryton Avenue is safer, while the path closer to the Misty Forest is more dangerous."

Having obtained the results, Lilith confidently recounted the outcome of the divination.

Fiona, standing nearby, wanted to complain: it was obvious without even looking that Cretton Avenue was safer, since the side path was closer to the Misty Forest and was definitely more dangerous.