Chapter 35...

Chapter Thirty-Five

Ye Anguo, Ding Hongwei, and the other forty-two people couldn't even have a peaceful lunch because of Jin Nian's words. They were all people who possessed jade tokens, which meant that they were all outstanding talents selected by the people in that mysterious space.

Jiang Lai let them go in alone, which, in the minds of optimistic people, was a good thing, meaning they could explore more of the space's secrets.

However, in the minds of pessimists, this is a bad thing, and they all engage in conspiracy theories. They believe that there must be some unspeakable secret behind the elaborate selection of 42 people from nearly a thousand.

Whether pessimistic or optimistic, the matter was eventually settled. Since things were already halfway done, Ye Anguo felt it was necessary to continue, no matter who tried to stop him.

Another reason is that Ye Anguo had a good impression of the owner of the training ground and Jin Nian, so while the two groups were arguing, Ye Anguo led everyone to fill their stomachs and then waited at the training ground.

Because Ye Anguo knew that no matter what the outcome of their argument was, they would still have to go in eventually.

After the two groups finished arguing, they saw Ye Anguo and his group already waiting in the training ground.

Ye Anguo thought that this time, he would have to climb over the high wall and enter like dumplings being dropped into a pot again, just like before. But this time it was different. Jin Nian could see the situation outside from inside the space. So after seeing that all 42 people had gathered, a flash of white light appeared, and everyone watched in disbelief as all 42 people disappeared.

Jiang Lai was unaware of the immense shock this caused to the outside world; she had already instructed Jin Nian to lead them to their destination.

This secret realm is very large and has everything. Jiang Lai caught fish and various edible meats from the space before, as well as ingredients such as lotus root and wild vegetables. However, there are still many things missing, such as cultivated vegetables and rice.

Jiang Lai's instructions were simple: use their remaining energy to craft some tools, and then have Ye Anguo lead the group to clear land for her so she could grow vegetables and grains.

It's partly the space's fault. After getting used to the ingredients produced in the space, Jiang Lai couldn't get used to many ingredients from the outside world. And it wasn't just her, but everyone in the Jiang family as well.

However, the rest of the Jiang family didn't know it was a problem with the ingredients. They only knew that they had been craving wild vegetables lately. The reason they preferred wild vegetables was because they were the only wild vegetables that Jiang Lai could find in her space. As a result, Jiang Lai had been eating the same dishes repeatedly for a long time, so she had to drag Ye Anguo and the others over to be her laborers.

Of course, Jiang Lai's motivation wasn't just to get some food for herself; the main reason was that the secret realm was vast, with large tracts of fertile land lying empty, which was such a waste.

Moreover, with only one spot available per day, some of them finished quickly, like some who had completed their tasks in the morning. That left them with an extra half-day, which they could use to farm in their space. Taking these delicious and therapeutic ingredients out with them would be a great thing, and it would also solve her food problem. It's a win-win situation.

Ye Anguo was led by Jin Nian's voice to a large open space. Calling it an open space wasn't accurate; it was more like a vast grassland, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"Is this... a way to clear land?" Ye Anguo looked at the grassland in front of him, as well as the hoes, sickles, and other tools on the ground.

"Yes, these tools are for you to clear land. You can clear land and farm here. You can take the harvested crops out with you. Although the effects of these crops are not as good as those from the spirit water pool, they can still gradually improve human physique."

After saying all that, Jin Nian left. He's very busy now. Jiang Lai went to the recycling station and found him a lot of books, and he's currently immersed in a sea of ​​books.

Ye Anguo and the others' eyes widened instantly upon hearing Jin Nian's words. Especially the soldiers who were already married or had partners, they immediately thought of their families. For example, Ye Anguo thought of his elderly parents, his three young adopted sons, and his fiancée, whose poor health worried him the most.

Now they don't need anyone to give them a pep talk; they're all pep talking themselves. They don't need anyone to tell them what to do; they're all doing it on their own, cutting grass with sickles and turning over the soil with hoes.

After looking at them, Jiang Lai ignored them and went out of the secret realm to eat.

Jiang Lai overslept at noon. When Liu Aihua came back, she saw that Jiang Lai was still asleep and didn't wake her up. As a result, when she woke up, Ye Anguo and the others had already been led into the space by Jin Nian.

After inspecting the area, Jiang Lai had no concerns, so she left Ye Anguo and the others to clear the land while she happily went to have her meal.

There's not much to say about what happened after that. Ye Anguo led his men in safely and came out safely without any problems. In addition, everyone who went in became a king of soldiers, and there will be more kings of soldiers in the future. Even all soldiers will become kings of soldiers in the past. No army commander could resist this temptation.

That's how it was settled. It started as just a company under Ye Anguo's command, then it became a battalion, a regiment, and then gradually more.

Speaking of which, there are quite a lot of soldiers in a military region. The total number of people in Ye Anguo's military region is about 100,000. If Jiang Lai goes by 1,000 people a day, it will only take a little over three months for everyone in the military region to be visited, including all the logistics personnel.

Of course, that's all in the future. Now, there's another problem. Jin Nian discovered that one of the people who came in was suspicious. Instead of training properly at the training ground, he was sneaking around touching and fiddling with things. Later, he even tried to take the water from the spirit water pool out.

This is outrageous! Actually, Jiang Lai doesn't need to do much. She just needs to have Jin Nian tie them up and throw them out.

And that was indeed the case. Several people, who were tightly bound, were thrown out. Anyone with a brain could tell that something was wrong, so without a word, the military quickly took them away and soon obtained the results of the interrogation.

Of course, none of this concerned Jiang Lai. He spent his days doing housework and cooking at home, watching the vast fields of crops grow vigorously.

It can only be said that human potential is limitless.

In order not to waste everyone's time and to reclaim the wasteland in the space as soon as possible, the warriors who originally entered the training ground were no longer sent out after completing the challenge and soaking in the spirit water pool. Instead, they were all left to farm and reclaim the wasteland.

The final result speaks for itself: 1,000 people were helping her clear the land every day for three consecutive months, and the results were absolutely astonishing.

Although more than half a day had passed by the time the soldiers had crossed the training ground and soaked in the spirit water pool, everyone was working hard because they all knew that the grain grown on the reclaimed wasteland could be taken outside and could improve the health of those who consumed it. No one was slacking off.

Everyone was working hard, and because their physical condition had improved after soaking in the spirit water pool in the trial grounds, the already hardworking warriors were able to clear the land even faster.

Basically, one person can clear an acre of wasteland in half a day. They are really working like crazy. Jiang Lai is not a cold-blooded and ruthless tyrant. Since the soldiers are working so hard, Jiang Lai used the bamboo in the secret realm to make bamboo tubes to hold water. When the soldiers went out, he let each of them take a bamboo tube of spiritual water, which is diluted spiritual spring water.

After more than three months of land reclamation, more than 100,000 people from the military region reclaimed a staggering 110,000 mu of land for Jiang Lai.

It can only be said that Jiang Lai's secret realm is truly extraordinary. Vast expanses of fertile black soil, even though 110,000 mu (approximately 7,667 hectares) have already been cultivated, covering 73.33 square kilometers, the remaining uncultivated land stretches as far as the eye can see.

Therefore, even though Jiang Lai's secret realm had undergone significant changes after more than three months of reclamation, with large areas of rice paddies, vegetables, and even fruits, as well as fish ponds and lotus roots, there was still room for soldiers from other military regions to make use of it.

Jiang Lai originally planned to go to other military regions after all the soldiers in Ye Anguo's military region had passed the training ground, but now that three months have passed, the rice in the space is about to be harvested.

Jiang Lai's mental strength was initially insufficient, but later she was able to fully support it. In the end, she could bring in several thousand people a day, but in the end she decided to only let 1,000 people in each day.

A strong nation is not something that can be achieved overnight. After the pain of exhausting her mental energy, Jiang Lai did not want to make things difficult for herself, so she continued to maintain a daily training of 1,000 people. As for the remaining energy, Jiang Lai used it for the planting of crops after the warriors cleared the land.

Every day after the soldiers finished clearing the land and were sent out, Jiang Lai would use her mental power to plant rice. Otherwise, how could there be 110,000 mu of rice fields now? It seems impossible.

Jiang Lai. I mentioned before that the grain that can be planted temporarily can eventually be taken out. Now, three months have passed, and the rice has begun to ripen. It seems a bit unreasonable to move it to another military region now and let people from other military regions harvest their harvest.

Therefore, Jiang Lai made a decision. But she would go to other military regions after all the rice was harvested, and she could also take the opportunity to rest for a while.

What Jiang Lai didn't expect was that the day after she had Jin Nian announce the news, she received a call from Ye Anguo. His comrades would be picking her up and taking her to the military region, along with Ye Anguo's parents.

Jiang Lai soon learned the reason why Ye Anguo did this.

It turned out that after the grain harvest, the military region leaders provided all the soldiers with the grain that had been brought out from the secret realm, and the soldiers with family members who were with them also received a share of the grain.

Because of Ye Anguo's contributions, Jiang Lai selfishly allowed Ye Anguo and Ding Hongwei to enter the space every day to act as the soldiers' leaders. Also, because of their talents, Ye Anguo and Ding Hongwei were awarded special merits, so they received a few more kilograms of grain than others.

Ye Anguo was thinking about his elderly parents and his fiancée who was in poor health, so he asked his boss for leave to go back home.

It's all because Jiang Lai's words were too tempting at the beginning, saying that the ingredients in the secret realm could improve people's physique. Ye Anguo had kept that in mind for a long time, and now he was thinking about Jiang Lai whenever he had the chance.

However, things weren't completely over in the secret realm yet, so how could the leaders let Ye Anguo, their "representative," go home? That's why Ye Anguo made that phone call back.

Of course, the others didn't hear this reason. Ye Anguo could only say that the leaders of the military region were concerned about his marriage, and that Ye Anguo would soon be going on a mission, so he asked his future fiancée to help take care of Ye Wenyu and her three children, and also to take care of Jiang Lai's rural assignment.

Jiang Lai was deeply moved by Ye Anguo's actions. Although she had always believed that Ye Anguo was an upright, devoted, and faithful person, she was still quite shocked when he actually did these things.