Chapter 177, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City, has garnered over 200 million points! ...
Bullet comments:
Wow! That price difference is so good, I want to crawl up the screen and make it!
[Extremely profitable! Extremely profitable!]
[I work like a dog every month to earn just a few thousand star coins, while streamers can earn tens of millions with a wave of their hands. I won't say who broke my heart QAQ!]
[If the streamer could earn this much every day, wouldn't he be able to accumulate enough points to buy a warship very quickly!?]
First of all, the streamer can't go winter fishing every day.
[It's not like there's nothing else to do in the village. We can't just eat fish all the time. Are we not hunting anymore? Are we not encouraging fruit trees to grow?]
[But making four or five hundred million during the entire cold season shouldn't be a problem, right?]
[Does the streamer need a son? Someone who's been to university, doesn't have any superpowers, and can eat a lot.]
[Dad! Dad, look at me! I'm your long-lost baby! (A desperate cry)]
...
Lu Xuan ignored the antics of his cyber sons in the live stream.
The fish caught by the villagers to exchange for nutrients only account for one-third or half of the total catch. The rest, apart from some that taste particularly good and are usually cooked and eaten, inevitably need to be processed.
Every household had several thousand kilograms of fish to process, and the villagers simply couldn't handle it all with their own manpower, so they naturally thought of hiring people.
Huo Tiankuo was stunned when he received Lu Xuan's call again and learned his purpose. He exclaimed, "How many people do you think you want to hire?"
Lu Xuan said, "Three hundred."
Huo Tiankuo asked in shock, "Why would we need so many people?"
Lu Xuan said, "The village has just received a new batch of supplies, and everyone has a lot to process, but we don't have enough manpower. Each household in the village can hire two or three people, and the rest of the people can work for me."
Huo Tiankuo was still somewhat dazed.
He knew that the women had processed tens of thousands of kilograms of supplies for Lu Xuan in just three days.
Fifty people have already handled so much, and now they need three hundred people. How much supplies have they obtained?
Huo Tiankuo felt dizzy just from doing a little calculation.
Lu Xuan continued, "This time we have a lot of supplies to handle, and the task is arduous. In addition to female workers, we also need men. The wages are two five-pound fresh fish per day."
Huo Tiankuo took another breath.
If each person is given ten catties of fish, wouldn't Lu Xuan have to pay more than a thousand catties of wages every day?
It seems that Lu Xuan, or rather the entire Yunlu Village, has made a fortune.
Huo Tiankuo couldn't help but ask, "May I come along and take a look?"
Lu Xuan: "Okay."
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After nearly ten days away, Huo Tiankuo returned to Yunlu Village and discovered a rather large shed on the outskirts of the village.
The shed was filled with plastic crates crammed full of large, frozen fish; a quick glance revealed hundreds of crates.
When the villagers saw that people had arrived, they rushed over and immediately began to choose people.
"Come on, my family has a large demand and needs many people, two men and two women, those with strong bodies will be given priority. In addition to fish, we will also provide some salt and nutritional supplements as wages."
"My family only needs one boy and one girl, so I can add a little more sugar to the wages."
"My family needs three."
Once each family stated their conditions, Huo Tiankuo didn't need to say anything; the disaster victims who had come along excitedly followed him.
In a short while, half of the three hundred people were led away, and the rest were taken by Lu Xuan to the area where his family's supplies were stored, which was also the largest area.
The female workers who had been there before were shocked to find that the supplies they were dealing with were still fish. After consulting with Lu Xuan, they skillfully led the first-time visitors to find seats and start working.
The fish species in the frozen lake are mainly grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, and bighead carp.
Since the fish are caught from individual nests, there's not much need for separate sorting; at most, you just need to group fish of different sizes together.
Then the men were responsible for scaling and gutting the fish, while the women cleaned the fish and processed it.
Smaller fish can be fried into crispy fish snacks or fish sauce, while larger fish can be made into fish balls or fish floss. In addition, there's the fish noodles that Lu Xuan had wanted to try before.
To be precise, it's actually about making fish soup.
The method is similar to that of mixed fish soup, except that unlike ordinary mixed fish soup which uses small fish, this fish soup uses large fish.
Simmer for half a day until the fish meat is completely tender in the broth. Then use this fish broth to make noodles, and sprinkle with a little pepper and cilantro according to your taste. The flavor is so delicious it will make your tongue tingle.
Besides being used as a topping, fish soup can also be used to soak rice, or even served alone as a delicious hot drink in winter.
In addition to paying attention to the type of fish and the ratio of seasonings during the cooking process, it is also important to ensure that the fish does not stick to the bottom of the pot.
Lu Xuan didn't intend to make it taste exactly the same as the ones he had eaten before.
As long as it tastes good, anything is fine.
The viewers in the live stream were practically drooling as they listened to Lu Xuan describe the deliciousness of the fish soup. They stared intently at the iron pots with different fish species and seasoning ratios, frantically urging Lu Xuan to use his time-speed ability to accelerate the process.
Lu Xuan also felt that the efficiency of preparing a batch every half day was too low, so he waved his hand and shortened the time to within half an hour.
Huo Tiankuo watched in disintegrate in the pot at an incredible speed, and was secretly alarmed.
Just how much strength does Lu Xuan still have that he hasn't shown yet?
The prepared fish soup was quickly served.
The soup below doesn't need any extra filtering; the thicker it is, the more fragrant it will be. Every bite of the noodles is coated with the essence of the soup.
If you want to drink the soup on its own with a refreshing taste, you can filter it to leave only the clear broth, sprinkle some chopped green onions on top, and take a sip. The taste is so delicious that it will make your scalp tingle.
Besides the milky white fish soup, there is also a light yellow sour soup, which is sour and delicious, and the more you drink it, the more appetizing it becomes.
Huo Tiankuo became somewhat dazed after drinking so much.
How can it be so fresh?!
For a moment, he even felt that it would be worth it if his life ended like this.
Huo Tiankuo exclaimed, "A delicacy!"
The viewers in the live stream, engrossed in the spectacle, nodded frantically: Absolutely amazing! Absolutely amazing!
[Wow, this fish soup is even fresher than any I've ever had from this streamer before! It's so delicious!]
[Host, stop giving away fresh fish, give away this fish soup! I want to actually drink this soup in real life!]
[I want some too! I'll regret it for the rest of my life if I can't have this fish soup!]
Lu Xuan: "..."
Lu Xuan was somewhat surprised after tasting the finished product from each pot.
Perhaps it's because the ginger used is a mutated variety with exceptional deodorizing effects, or perhaps it's because the fish from the frozen lake are of high quality and have a very mild fishy smell, resulting in an exceptionally high-quality soup. Not a single pot turned out bad.
It was a pleasant surprise that a group of laymen could make soup that rivaled the quality of professional chefs.
Lu Xuan had previously considered selecting a few outstanding dishes to keep.
Now, what's there to choose? Adults want it all, of course.
Seeing the audience's strong reaction, Lu Xuan said, "Since you want it, I'll give you another round of fish soup in the next two days."
After saying that, he turned to the female workers and told them to replicate the formula of the first batch exactly.
"Let's make a few hundred batches first."
The female workers: "!"
Huo Tiankuo, who was already on his third bowl: "!"
Lu Xuan didn't put away the first batch of fish soup; the villagers who smelled it had already gathered around.
"Your fish soup smells so good! I can't stand the aroma even from across half the shed! Give me a bowl!"
"I'll try that sour soup."
"No need for you to serve it, I'll do it myself."
Lu Xuan noticed that the disaster victims working were constantly swallowing their saliva, so he invited them to come over and have a bowl to try.
Soon, the shed was filled with the sounds of slurping soup and the occasional strange noises of villagers who were amazed by the delicious fish soup but reluctant to let go.
Only after the large bowl of soup was completely emptied did the villagers, including the disaster victims, excitedly shower the soup with every word of praise they could think of.
Delicious!
tasty!
Absolutely amazing!
A lack of vocabulary is exposed in an instant.
However, that wasn't the main point.
After praising the fish soup, the women couldn't wait to ask about the recipes for several pots of fish soup that perfectly suited their tastes, and happily prepared to cook dozens more pots for themselves to enjoy slowly.
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Lu Xuan had 170,000 catties of fish in his hands. Even if he planned to give away another 20,000 catties to the audience, he would still have 150,000 catties.
At the efficiency of the hired helpers, they can only process a maximum of 20,000 catties of fish per day.
After the second batch of winter fishing results came out, Lu Xuan and Li Tie discussed it and decided to conduct winter fishing every five days.
There are simply not enough fish to process before the next winter fishing season begins, and there will likely be the same or even more fish next time, barring any unforeseen circumstances.
Processed by-products do fetch higher prices when recycled, but the prices can be more than double for foods where the raw materials and seasonings are mutated.
If the fish are not mutated, and only a small amount of mutated seasoning is used, the price will be directly higher, but the increase will be limited. On the contrary, it will be more time-consuming and labor-intensive.
After some thought, Lu Xuan kept only half of the processing and recycled the rest.
The total points have increased by another ten million.
Live stream viewers: We're tired of saying "envious" ==!
While the hired workers were still busy, Lu Xuan led Huo Tiankuo to a quiet place and asked, "General, are you interested in our fish-sourcing channels?"
Huo Tiankuo looked at him in surprise, "Of course there are."
The fact that they were able to catch hundreds of thousands of kilograms of fish in such a short time clearly indicates that they had discovered a water source that was rich in resources and extremely large in scale.
His team is heavily in debt and they are barely making ends meet thanks to Lu Xuan.
How could he not be tempted by the opportunity to get more food?
He just didn't want to ask Yunlu Village directly since they didn't mention it.
Lu Xuan said, "We have discovered a huge frozen lake with abundant fish resources. I can lead the way and trade with the general some fishing nets and other tools to facilitate fishing."
Given the size of the frozen lake, even if they fished every day, they couldn't possibly consume that many fish. It would be better for them to achieve common prosperity.
Even if Huo's army has too many supplies, they still need to exchange them for supplies.
In the end, the lion's share will still end up in his hands and be converted into even more points, so he won't lose out.
...
Two days later, Lu Xuan led the Huo family army to the frozen lake.
Huo Tiankuo wasn't quite sure of their current location, but after spending some time checking the size of the ice lake, he guessed that this should be the largest freshwater lake in this area, a micro-lake.
Huo Tiankuo said, "There should have been a town called Shanyang around Weishui Lake, as well as many surrounding villages."
Lu Xuan had previously sent out a drone to fly over the surrounding area, but he did not see any signs of human habitation or even any trace of human presence.
The most likely explanation is that the town and villages were buried under the combined effects of the massive earthquake and flood.
The two looked at the desolate snowfields surrounding the frozen lake and fell silent for a moment.
However, the catastrophe had already been going on for half a year, and those who needed to adapt had already adapted, so Huo Tiankuo didn't dwell on it for too long.
Right now, the most important thing is to lead my personal guards and the disaster victims in winter fishing.
The able-bodied men of Yunlu Village enthusiastically taught them how to winter fish, and Lu Xuan also provided them with ice picks and fish finders in advance.
Considering that Huo Jiajun's strength was not as strong as that of the strength-enhancing type, Lu Xuan also provided an electric ice drill to help them break the ice.
Once the ice eye is successfully created, the rest will be easy.
Throw the fish finder, cast the net, haul in the net, and store it in your spatial ring.
Huo Jiajun was initially startled by the fish finder, but after learning about the wonderful uses of the spatial ring, he was even more amazed.
The first catch was easily stored in his spatial storage. Huo Tiankuo looked at the mountain of fish in his space and thought about the hard work his personal guards had put in hunting outside from dawn till dusk in the past few days.
Huo Tiankuo: "..." So supplies can be obtained so easily?
The disaster victims didn't think too much about it.
They couldn't help but cheer as they looked at the thousands of pounds of fish they had caught, and they hugged each other, weeping with joy.
"We'll never have to go hungry again!"
Once they pay off the debt for the greenhouse, they will not only have rice and grain to eat, but also meat and fish, and their lives will soon be much better.
With a good start, the Huo family can fish on their own without further guidance from Yunlu Village.
The hunting party also found a slightly more remote area that neither of the two groups had set foot in before, and prepared to begin their work for the day.
The hunting team was specially formed at full strength not just to guide the Huo family army, nor to fish, but to collect ice!
A group of people, each with a chainsaw, asked Lu Xuan to help blow away the snow on the frozen lake before starting the chainsaws and beginning to cut the ice.
Each ice block is cut into a one-meter-long square. Just as the ice is about to fall into the water, it is quickly stored in the space, and a one-cubic-meter ice block is obtained.
During the hottest season, the demand for ice is extremely high. Few people in the village have awakened ice-type abilities, and refrigerators consume a lot of energy. With countless free resources in front of them, they naturally want to take advantage of the coldest season to collect as much as possible.
Before setting off, the hunting team specially moved to a larger space, a 500-cubic-meter space for their own use, while the original 100-cubic-meter space was specifically for storing ice, and they filled it to the brim!
Imagine using a large piece every day during the hottest season next year to cool off or enjoy cold drinks with crushed ice—it sounds wonderful!
The viewers in the live stream were getting anxious as they looked at Lu Xuan leading the collection of ice and then at the Huo family army fishing enthusiastically in the distance.
[Answerer, are you sure that letting Huo Jiajun fish here won't reduce the village's harvest?]
[Exactly! There are still more than two months left in the extreme cold season. If they keep fishing like this every day, won't they drain the entire lake dry?]
Lu Xuan sliced off a piece of ice as easily as cutting tofu and had Lei Yan put it away. He casually said, "The Huo family army has to farm and hunt, and it's inconvenient for them to come out when the wind and snow are heavy. Their frequency of winter fishing is probably even lower than that of Yunlu Village. It's impossible for them to drain Weishui Lake completely."
During his second fishing trip, he specifically used a fish finder to check the fish population of the small lake, which was almost equal to that of a well-known modern winter fishing lake.
The two groups of people come five or six times a month. If they can make half of it, that's already quite an achievement. It's impossible for them to make it all.
Once the extreme cold season is over and the remaining fish enter their breeding season, the lost fish will soon be replenished.
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It's been a month since we entered the coldest season.
The disaster victims who came to the village to work were so excited to see Yunlu Village harvesting large quantities of grain that they almost went crazy.
Although I had heard before that the mutated improved varieties could yield thousands of kilograms per mu, it was still not as credible as seeing it with my own eyes.
The thought that they would also receive so much food in the future swept away the pessimism of the disaster victims and made them full of energy.
The first batch of grain has finally been harvested, with a total yield of 360,000 jin (130 tons), slightly higher than the previous harvest.
Because Lu Xuan was going to take half, each family only harvested a little over a thousand catties this time, far less than during the rainy season.
But with the recent abundant fish catch, and knowing that everyone would receive even more food in the next and subsequent catches, no one was disappointed.
Besides, our own share of grain is small, but there are still more than 70,000 jin of public supplies.
Trading fish for a thousand or eight hundred catties would at least make up for some of the losses.
Correspondingly, the catch of fish in public goods has increased again.
Lu Xuan used nutrients and salt and sugar to exchange for these fish, and then made a profit of 20 million.
The villagers received more food, the public supplies consumed the fish that everyone had plenty of, Lu Xuan earned points, and the audience received many more lottery draw slots.
Everyone has a bright future, that's great, that's perfect.
...
In the past, after the village harvested new grain, people would always go to the grocery store to make some purchases, but this time most families chose to save their grain.
To buy a house.
When people first make plans to buy a house, some people with limited foresight think that buying a safe house for two people is enough.
However, as the Li and Zhang families' three-year plans and their intentions for the third generation were revealed in casual conversations, everyone's goals were raised to a new level.
The Li family added a house for Li Kangbao to the original agreement.
The Zhang family, taking inspiration from the Li family, decided to upgrade their safe house for two people, making it larger and replacing it with a two-story villa.
Seeing this, other families with average means also set their sights on two-story villas.
It's not like everyone else is living in a two-story house while you're still living in a single-story house, is it? It would feel like you're inferior.
Even if it's just to keep up with the crowd and not seem too out of place, you still have to buy a small villa.
Imagine how impressive it would be if every family in the village lived in a two-story villa!
As for 10,000 jin of grain being too much?
So much!
If you can't save up this much food in four or five years, you deserve to be poor for the rest of your life!
Viewers in the live stream were both envious of the streamer's high enthusiasm for buying houses and puzzled by the large number of points the streamer would earn in the future.
[Is the streamer not planning to sell houses to Huo Jianhua's fans?]
[With over three thousand people, even if only one-tenth buy, and they all buy single-person safe houses, we can still make 300 million.]
Lu Xuan said, "No rush, let's get them to pay off their debts first."
Because Huo's army had a large number of people, each person received less grain than the villagers of Yunlu Village.
It takes a lot of food to eat and to exchange for supplies. Without installments, three thousand catties is not an easy amount to accumulate.
The disaster may change next year, and Huo Tiankuo may not stay here with the victims forever. Rather than buying houses, for the sake of the victims, let's let them keep more food.
There's no need to focus solely on this one group of disaster victims if you want to earn points; there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.
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Two days after the grain harvest, it was time to harvest the lotus roots.
The lotus pond was not deep, so Lu Xuan did not deliberately pump out the water. After loosening the silt layer, he used gravity to dig out all the lotus roots intact.
The mutated lotus root yields much higher than the original variety, with a yield of 3,000 catties per mu (approximately 0.067 hectares) and a harvest of 30,000 catties from a 10-mu (approximately 0.67 hectares) pond.
The lotus seeds were fewer, only 500 catties per mu, so only 5,000 catties were obtained.
Lu Xuan handled the pond himself from beginning to end, and in principle, he didn't need to share it with the village. However, Lu Xuan still contributed 20% of the lotus roots as public resources, and villagers could exchange them with the village chief if they wanted to eat them.
There were too few lotus seeds to hand over; aside from keeping 1,000 jin for our own consumption, the rest were recycled and disposed of.
The recycling price of lotus seeds is the same as that of ordinary mutated vegetables, only 200 points per kilogram. This amount is not profitable; it is purely for providing seeds to the Star Alliance.
As for lotus root, when made into the best pickled lotus root, we kept 5,000 jin for ourselves, gave away another 5,000 jin in a lottery, and bought back 20,000 jin, making a small profit of 6 million.
Several successful fishing trips, grain harvests, and a large amount of prize money from consecutive lotteries have all contributed to Lu Xuan's total score not only recovering to the level before he built a greenhouse for the Huo family army, but also breaking records by exceeding 200 million.
As Huo Jiajun gradually escaped poverty, the disaster victims had more surplus supplies, and the exchanges between the two different teams also increased.
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