Chapter 165: The Redstone Reformation Begins

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"Fang Qiqi, according to our current pace, how much time would it be needed to semi-automate the Cube Kingdom's farmland in this manner?"

Mo Fangyuan was not merely reforming the currency. After a period of accumulation, their redstone reserves had finally reached a level capable of sustaining consumption, making the redstone-driven reformation a logical next step.

Following the original reform proposal, Mo Fangyuan placed his first target on the redstonization of farmland.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people, and agriculture is the foundation of a nation.

"Your Majesty, our construction personnel are still in the cognitive stage regarding redstone machinery for farmlands; they lack understanding and experience. To prevent any potential errors, the construction speed must remain slow at this stage... Given the scale of the farmlands, we estimate it will take at least three to four months to complete the semi-automation of the agricultural redstone systems."

"I am deeply sorry, Your Majesty."

Fang Qiqi wore a small, dark-grey leather tunic, with a grid-patterned miniskirt personally designed by Mo Fangyuan on her lower body, paired with modified short white stockings. A leather cap sat atop her short black hair, and her large, dark-green eyes revealed a trace of apology as her hands gestured continuously.

Placed before them was the most traditional semi-automatic farmland from the game. Its principle relied on the flow of water to wash away crops, turning them into dropped items to complete the harvest.

The flowing water then swept these dropped items into hoppers positioned at designated locations, which transported them to corresponding storage chests to complete the collection.

It was the simplest operating principle, the easiest redstone wiring layout, and the least material-consuming "lazy man's machine" among all semi-automatic devices.

It was also the pinnacle of redstone technology that the Cube Kingdom could construct at its current stage.

This redstone machine could undertake the harvesting and collection of crops. Farmers only needed to plant the seeds; all other heavy physical labor could be completed by machinery, which cut the farmers' workload by nearly half.

With this production method, the Cube Kingdom's agricultural development would become much easier, the labor force required for production would be significantly reduced, and the surplus labor freed up by the machinery could transition into other professions, promoting the development of other industries.

Mo Fangyuan's arrangement was to train all this surplus labor into warriors, preparing them for the inevitable future wars between the Cube Kingdom and various hostile monster factions.

"Then let us begin with small-scale modifications. Redstonize the farmlands and sugarcane plantations located in the core of the Cube Kingdom first, and then expand the scope of the redstonization..."

With that, Mo Fangyuan walked over to a piston under the respectful gazes of the staff and continued.

"The process of redstonization must be carried out to the very end. Not just farmlands, but factories, mines... every industry in the Cube Kingdom must undergo redstonization!"

"This is also the trend of the future. Only when we Cube-people master redstone and manufacture them into machines that serve us can we achieve new breakthroughs and reach a new era... Just as when we first mastered iron tools and entered the Iron Age."

"And the practitioners of all this are none other than your Construction Department and R&D Department. During this period, both of your departments will face a massive workload, and the work pressure may be immense, but... please do not let me down!"

These were words from the depths of Mo Fangyuan's heart. Only by mastering the power of technology could the Cube-people rise in this world where the strong prey upon the weak.

"Your will is our command, Your Majesty."

Fang Zhi's words were calm, but every single syllable was sincere and earnest.

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Fang Qiqi's emotions were exceptionally stirred. Her delicate feet, encased in white stockings, pressed tightly together as she swore to Mo Fangyuan that she would fulfill the task assigned to her—a contrast that clashed somewhat with her petite and cute demeanor.

"Good! Then I look forward to your results."

After inspecting the condition of the farmlands for a while, Mo Fangyuan returned to his office chair inside the kingdom's office.

"Redstone technology encompasses everything... semi-automatic, fully automatic..."

Pulling out the Cube Kingdom's most detailed data records, Mo Fangyuan used a quill to draft a comprehensive action plan for the kingdom's redstonization.

Now that redstone reserves were ample and the construction of redstone technology had begun, formulating more detailed guidelines and guiding the direction of redstone development was of profound significance.

"We will focus primarily on agriculture first, followed by the simultaneous development of heavy and light industries."

Agriculture was the prerequisite for industrial development. If the pressure of industrial development was not shifted toward colonial plunder, all the pressure of industrialization would concentrate on agriculture—just as it had been in Mo Fangyuan's motherland in his past life.

Therefore, developing agriculture well meant laying a solid foundation for industrial development.

The base determines the superstructure.

Among the existing crops in the Cube Kingdom, wheat, potatoes, and carrots were staple food crops planted on a large scale, featuring broad sowing areas, massive production quantities, and large labor groups. They were the industries that required the most effort in redstonization.

Meanwhile, cash crops like sugarcane were the easiest to redstonize because their fully automatic redstone machines required few materials and were convenient and simple to build.

Therefore, Mo Fangyuan established an action strategy of "prioritizing the easy over the difficult" within the primary goal of agricultural redstonization.

Industries that were time-efficient and yielded quick results took precedence, followed by those that were time-consuming and yielded slow results.

The redstonization of sugarcane plantations came first, followed by wheat, potato, and carrot farmlands.

Of course, besides agriculture, the redstonization of animal husbandry and poultry farming was also exceptionally important.

Grain enabled the people to survive and perform labor; meat enhanced the people's happiness and boosted their work enthusiasm.

Chicken coops, cattle ranches, sheep folds... and the rabbit breeding farms currently under construction were all industries that, in Mo Fangyuan's plan, had to achieve semi-automation.

For chicken coops and cattle ranches, Mo Fangyuan had watched quite a few corresponding redstone automation tutorials on a certain pink video app in his past life. He remembered the general construction principles and only needed to slightly modify them based on actual conditions to install these redstone machines into the farms for use. It was very convenient.

As for the other farms for which Mo Fangyuan had not seen corresponding redstone tutorials, they could be adapted using the cattle ranch's redstone machinery template, and with slight modifications, they should work as well.