Chapter 263 The World Changer

【Ganlin Technique】

A dark grey Jindan stage spell that consumes 300% of one's spiritual energy and brings down a sweet rain over an area, making the land fertile and full of vitality. This spell lasts for 3 hours. The geological improvement effect is related to the original geology.

In the state of following the laws of nature, this spell consumes 150% of the spirit, and he now has 189% of the spirit, which is completely enough.

The remaining 39% of the soul can also use [Body Supporting the Mountain].

【Relying on the same mountain】

A light grey Jindan stage spell that consumes 75% of the spirit, making the mountains and rivers more suitable for plant growth and animal survival.

The two spells consumed a total of 188% of the spirit, which was just enough to use it up.

The "Sound of the Phoenix" lasts for two days. If calculated perfectly, Lin Wen can recover 24 times, which means that he can use [Sweet Rain Technique] and [Body Supporting the Mountain] up to 24 times.

The scope of [Ganlin Shu] is not large, only about 30,000 hectares.

500,000 hectares of land requires 17 uses of [Gentle Rain].

For the remaining few times, Lin Wen decided to use them on the most barren plots of land to ensure that they were transformed into fertile land.

Finally, keep a full soul as a backup.

So, the next two days were 007. In order not to go hungry, Lin Wen carried two large pancakes and a bottle of water with him to avoid going hungry for another two days.

After using the two spells, Lin Wen meditated on the spot. After his spirit recovered, he changed places to use the spells. It was also a good opportunity to observe which piece of land was the most barren so that he could come back and cast the spell a second time.

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Two days later, this vast and uninhabited wasteland had undergone a great change.

The land became fertile and soft, changing from a gray and lifeless state to light black granular soil.

Earthworms, small bugs, grasshoppers, and even moles, frogs, snakes, frogs, and clams that came from nowhere are all active in this fertile land full of vitality.

In two days, the wasteland turned into fields, and the uninhabited area became full of life.

Lin Wen walked in the fields and saw that on some of the land that had been changed earlier, grass had already sprouted and wild flowers were growing.

A strong sense of accomplishment surged in his heart, as if at this moment he had become an immortal, and with a wave of his hand, the barren land was full of vitality.

There was a huge cheer coming from the other side of the field. Lin Wen looked over and saw the cadres and people of the Kuomintang celebrating in the distance.

Chen Xingtai took the lead and rushed into the field, pulling out a person who was digging a hole.

The ground struggled in his hands, making a "clang" sound. Chen Xingtai's face was filled with joy, and he shouted, "Sheriff Lin's life essence really works wonders. Let's quickly reclaim the land!"

Everyone burst into laughter, with the butcher's voice rising to the sky. "Hahaha, how come I didn't know County Chief Lin was so powerful?"

"Yes, yes, yes. How much 'essence' is needed for such a large piece of land?"

"Come, come, let me feed you a mouthful of County Chief Lin's essence!"

The monkey grabbed a handful of dirt and stuffed it into the mouth of the old jar, then ran away. The old jar was so angry that it chased after him with a shovel in hand.

It's a pity that it's a wretched man and a dwarf chasing each other in the fields. If it were two handsome boys, there would be room for imagination.

Yun Qingshui ignored the dirty talk of these roughnecks and started to plan and divide the tasks with Chen Xingtai.

The red fox leaned close to the nightingale and whispered something in her ear. The nightingale suddenly blushed and jumped away from the field.

On the other side, several female cadres gathered together and giggled, but no one knew what they were talking about.

Further away, large groups of farmers were running towards us, carrying shovels and other farm tools. Even from such a distance, the excitement on their faces was clearly visible.

Lin Wen felt slightly touched, and an inexplicable sense of peace and joy surged in his heart. He didn't want to be discovered by the Kuomintang, so he turned and left.

He returned to the edge of the field, rode his beloved little motorcycle (which he borrowed from Wang Bo'an), and returned to Huaizhen.

The food crisis has not yet been resolved.

Even if the Democratic Party starts growing vegetables now, generally speaking, it will take more than 50 days for cabbage to mature, 55 days for radish, about 2 months for spinach and rapeseed, 3 months for corn, and about half a year for wheat and rice.

Changshan County’s current food inventory can’t last a month, and the amount of food purchased from outside is limited to 30 tons.

Changshan County now has a population of more than 8 million, and the daily food demand is more than 5,000 tons. If we save a little, it can be reduced to 4,000 tons. If there is a famine, it can be reduced to 2,000 tons.

Any lower and people will die.

Not only that, in the foreseeable future, as long as Lin Wen does not change his strategy, refugees will continue to flock to Changshan County, and the population of Changshan County will continue to surge at an extremely high rate, and the food and supplies needed will only increase, not decrease.

Lao Xie, Lei Tiantong and Xiao Xiao have repeatedly raised this issue to Lin Wen. Qin Luoshuang did not say anything, but she has been trying to contact channels to purchase food.

Currently, she can buy about 200 tons of affordable grain and about 100 tons of high-priced grain every day.

But for Changshan County, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, if Lin Wen wants to solve the current food problem, he must at least get enough food to last for three months, which should last until the Kuomintang’s second bumper harvest. Then there should be no problem.

Lin Wen asked about the spells, but both [Immortal Guidance] and [Asking the Way to Heaven] cost quite a bit. He decided to first understand the situation.

When I arrived at the County Hall, I originally wanted to look for Qin Luoshuang, but I found that they were in a meeting.

Lin Wen was born to be a "person who will die in meetings". When he was about to slip away, he was discovered by the sharp-eyed Qin Luoshuang, who pulled him back with all his might.

"Lin Wen, can you please come back for the meeting? I can't find anyone to attend the meeting every day. I don't know how you can be the county governor."

Lin Wen was extremely unhappy: "How do you talk to Dad?"

"You're here again!"

Qin Luoshuang was almost furious. She never thought that she would meet such a person. She regarded him as the savior of mankind and the punisher of the empire, but he turned out to be an eccentric among eccentrics.

"Can you please be serious? If you want to be someone's father so badly, just go and have your own child!"

Lin Wen glanced at her sideways and said, "It's impossible for you. Stop dreaming."

"You...you are shameless!"

Qin Luoshuang was so angry that her lungs were about to explode. She hated Lin Wen's attitude the most. He always found ways to trigger her anger, making her, who rarely got angry, explode with anger.

“Cough cough cough!”

Fortunately, Xiao Xiao, who was present at the meeting, interrupted the two of them with a cough.

"You two, one of you is the head of a county, and the other is the feared Minister of Security. Flirting in public... well, please be mindful of the impact."

Qin Luoshuang glared at Xiao Xiao fiercely and sat back angrily.

Yun Zhixing on the side secretly gave Lin Wen a thumbs up. He didn't dare to anger the eldest lady like this, let alone face the hostess like this. Only our role model, County Chief Lin, could do such a thing.

Lin Wen sighed, thinking that since he was already here, he sat down.

At a glance, those attending the meeting included Qin Luoshuang, Xiao Xiao, Lao Xie, Lei Tiantong, and many town mayors.

He didn't recognize most of the people. Compared to when he first arrived, the people had changed a lot.

However, he still saw an acquaintance - Xiao Li, his former errand boy in Changle Town, who has now become the deputy mayor of Xinzhen.

Xiao Li gave him a bright smile, raised two thumbs up, and mouthed, "The Lin-Li team is back together again!"

Lin Wen smiled.

A red-haired woman who looked a little familiar was speaking on the stage. She had a cute and slightly childish round face, big and bold eyes, and was very young.

She was very excited to see County Chief Lin coming, but she still finished what she was going to say.

"...In short, the situation in the new town is not good right now. The enthusiasm for disaster relief is dissipating, the atmosphere of working together and building is disappearing, and the town's morale is gradually deteriorating, to the point that some thefts have occurred that have never happened before."

As she spoke, her eyes were already filled with tears.

"I really don't want the new town we built with so much effort to go bad. I don't want those men who laughed and worked with us to become strangers. I don't want the best times in my memory to become regrets that only exist in my memories. But I don't know what to do. I'm a completely incompetent mayor..."

She looked towards Lin Wen, tears streaming down her face.

"Chief Lin! Help me! I really don't know what to do."

She was crying so hard on the podium that Xiao Li had to go over and help her down.

At this time, Lin Wen finally dug her out from the depths of his memory. It turned out that she was Ji Fuxiao, the civil affairs officer who was responsible for his publicity work during the disaster relief period.

Later, after the new town was established, she was promoted to mayor of the new town because she was familiar with disaster victims' affairs.

However, I didn’t expect that the new town, which I thought was full of vitality, would change. Why?

Next, mayors from all over the country came up to speak and talk about the problems they encountered.

Most of these problems were not administrative, but social and economic, so they did not bother Zhao Minggong and Yang Shaohu who were busy with countless affairs, but came to the county government office to seek help.

The main officials from the Security Department, Planning Bureau, and Finance Department involved in these matters all attended the meeting.

Originally, these people were responsible for solving the problem, but when County Chief Lin came, it naturally became his responsibility as the chief officer.

But Lin Wen was not good at solving such transactional problems, so he decided to deal with the food problem first.

So, after everyone had finished speaking, he went on stage and carefully asked Qin Luoshuang and others about the food situation in Changshan County and its surrounding areas.

It just so happens that the four of them are also officials in related fields.

Xiao Xiao from the Planning Bureau answered Lin Wen's question first.

"The food market in town is basically normal. Because our vegetable prices are low and meat prices are relatively high, a large number of merchants import meat from other places. Most of them are self-employed, restaurant or barbecue owners. This part of the trade can bypass the imperial blockade. On average, about 500 tons of meat are imported every day."

"I have already banned grain exports, and vegetable exports face transportation and storage problems. Although the price is low, the transportation and storage costs are added, and there is not much profit to be made."

"We still have about 100,000 tons of grain in stock. Based on current consumption, it can last for 20 days. If we use famine standards, it can last for 50 days, but that would affect the stability of Changshan County."

Lin Wen asked, "The empire has no control over private transactions?"

Xiao Xiao corrected him, "It's a small transaction. The Empire won't notice transactions below 0.1 tons."

Lin Wen suddenly had an idea: "How about we send a large number of people to buy in batches of 0.1 tons?"

Xiao Xiao said helplessly, "We're already working on it, but if we want to meet all the demand, we'll need 50,000 buyers. Putting aside whether we can do it or not, such purchases will make too much noise and could easily be detected by the Empire."

"What should we do then?"

Xiao Xiao thought for a moment and said, "We can rely on market adjustments. I'll continue to raise the prices of meat and staple food in Changshan County. As long as there's profit to be made, all kinds of merchants from outside will find ways to bring food into Changshan County."

"I will also implement a dual-price system to ensure that people's food prices do not rise too much."

"It means you might spend more money, and it will have a certain impact on the market."

Old Xie is no longer so averse to spending money: "That's absolutely possible, County Chief Lin! We can afford it financially now."

When he talked about this, his face was full of smiles.

"The Flying Sword Workshop is a real money-making machine! People are fighting over the knives we produce! And that guy named Tinglibaba is also doing very well, bringing in quite a bit of income."

Lei Tiantong nodded, indicating that what Lao Xie said was reliable.

Qin Luoshuang then said, "If I can spend more money, I can find some channels outside the empire and get a few hundred more tons of food."

After everyone calculated, they figured that the food purchased every day might reach more than 2,000 tons. Although it was still far from enough, it was a bottom line, and at least they could put their minds at ease.

Afterwards, everyone came to deal with the problems of the new town. This is a town of 300,000 people, and Lin Wen has also invested a lot of effort, but he is not a sociology expert, and in fact has no management experience, nor does he want to accumulate such experience.

So I asked [Xianrenzhilu] directly.

How to deal with the problems of new towns?

Cost: 560%

no.

The consumption is too high.

There isn't enough information.

Lin Wen looked at Qin Luoshuang and said, "Please summarize."

Qin Luoshuang never loses her temper when discussing work. After thinking carefully, she said:

"It's a job and income issue. Although the new town was built, there was no industry. After they finished adding to and renovating their new homes, they suddenly found themselves with nothing to do."

"After the new town was built, we stopped providing assistance. They had no jobs, no income, and no land nearby to farm. They could only survive by relying on small handicrafts and odd jobs. With 300,000 unemployed people, it's remarkable that they haven't had any problems until now."

Lin Wen asked, "What did they do before?"

Ji Fuxiao wiped away her tears and replied, "Most of them used to be farmers growing cotton, tobacco, and tea. After the Dongdao Levee collapsed, all their industries were gone."

Lin Wen also asked the mayors of other small towns. Most of them were small towns scattered in the central region. The problems they encountered were basically the same as those of the new town - they did not enjoy the dividends of Changshan County's development.

Lin Wen smiled.

He knew how to deal with this kind of problem without asking.

It seems that it is time to build a super factory for all the people.

So he changed the question.

What type of large factory should I build to effectively solve their problems?

Cost: 110%

Acceptable.

55% of his soul disappeared, and he still had 134% of his soul left.

Food processing plant

Food processing plant?

There is no land for farming in the new town, so where does the food come from?

Lin Wen had a thoughtful look on his face, and everyone looked at him expectantly. They knew that when "Pensive County Chief Lin" finished his contemplation, an incredible but miraculous solution would always emerge.

After thinking for a while, Lin Wen felt something was wrong and he couldn't find the meaning of the food processing plant.

If we were to process food from Shangxi Town, the harvest in Shangxi Town would have already ended, and the next harvest would have to be at least two months later.

Moreover, vegetable processing is not the best option. If the vegetables can be digested locally, selling them locally is the best option.

If processing purchased food doesn't feel a bit like taking off your pants and farting, then what about other types of factories? Why does it have to be a food processing plant?

There must be a blind spot that I didn't think of.

While thinking, Lin Wen said to himself: "Where can I find food near Xinzhen?"

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Only Ji Fuxiao whispered, "They sometimes go fishing in the Tianjiang River, but the current is too fast..."

Like a flash of lightning, Lin Wen's mind flashed through his mind and he jumped up.

“Ahahahahaha!”

"I see!"

(End of this chapter)