Chapter 174, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: The female factory workers who came to work...
Huo Tiankuo picked up an entrenching tool, lightly scratched the tip with his finger, and a cut immediately appeared on his fingertip.
"Is this also a weapon?" Huo Tiankuo's eyes lit up.
Lu Xuan shook his head, "They are farming tools prepared for the disaster victims to plow the land."
Huo Tiankuo: "???"
Using such a sharp weapon as a farm tool?
What a waste!
Lu Xuan countered, "If you don't use them as farm tools, do you have any other farm tools?"
Huo Tiankuo opened his mouth, but was speechless.
No, there isn't.
Lu Xuan: So stop being so pretentious, just use it when necessary, so as not to waste time and energy.
Lu Xuan casually picked up an entrenching tool and explained its other uses to him.
For example, the shovel head can be rotated to become a hoe, the handle can be extended and adjusted, and the middle sections have small knives, screws, whistles, magnesium rods, or even small flashlights. The entire handle can be folded onto the shovel surface for easy carrying.
It may look like just a steel shovel, but it actually has a variety of small functions and is more valuable than a cold weapon.
Huo Tiankuo was so captivated by the story that he couldn't bear to put it down.
Lu Xuan said, "The entrenching tool is mainly used when turning the soil and harvesting. General, you can consider whether to rent it or buy it directly."
Huo Tiankuo: "Price?"
Lu Xuan: "The daily rent is two taels, and the selling price is 50 catties."
Huo Tiankuo replied without hesitation, "Buy!"
Renting may seem cheap, but it adds up to a considerable sum, and in the end, the entrenching tools don't even belong to them—it's a huge loss.
Once they buy something, it belongs to them. They can use it as a weapon when they're not tilling the land.
Huo Tiankuo bought 1,000 entrenching tools, which increased his debt by another 50,000 jin.
The shovels were quickly distributed to Huo Jiajun, who was on leave, and the first batch of able-bodied men.
Those who haven't been called yet can only wait in line.
The disaster victims had initially worried that the newly thawed frozen soil would be too hard to cultivate, but with the entrenching tools, all the problems were solved.
An entrenching tool can turn over soil as easily as cutting tofu; with just a few swift strokes, a large area of soil can be easily turned over – its efficiency is incredibly high!
Not only were the disaster victims excited, but even Huo Jiajun felt that the weapons he had just received yesterday were no longer appealing.
Looking at the group working enthusiastically, Lu Xuan asked Huo Tiankuo, "Turning over a thousand acres of land takes quite a bit of time. Would you like me to help with a portion of it?"
Huo Tiankuo paused slightly.
Given their labor force, it wouldn't be difficult for them to turn over all the land in a day, but he really wanted to see how many untold skills Lu Xuan still possessed.
Huo Tiankuo asked cautiously, "How much does it cost to plow one acre of land?"
The viewers in the live stream burst into laughter instantly.
[Hahaha, General Huo has clearly developed PTSD from being exploited by the streamer. He wants money for everything, this streamer is obsessed with money.]
[How can it be called exploitation? He clearly enjoyed buying it. You can't accuse the streamer of exploitation just because he's poor.]
That's right, the high price isn't a flaw of the product itself; it's a flaw of the product.
Lu Xuan said, "Only ten catties of grain are needed per mu."
Huo Tiankuo was surprised. So cheap?
"but……"
Huo Tiankuo understood.
Sure enough, there are other additional conditions.
Lu Xuan said, "In exchange, I would like to ask some women to come to Yunlu Village to help me process the ingredients."
Large quantities of radishes, cabbages, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, and fruits piled up after two harvests during the rainy season.
Apart from a small portion that was given away in the lottery, most of the winnings are still stored in the space, and the female relatives in the village who can afford to give away prizes simply cannot keep up with the demand.
On the other hand, Huo's army had a large number of people, and it would be no problem to borrow dozens of capable female relatives.
Huo Tiankuo's expression relaxed.
He thought Lu Xuan was going to make some difficult request, but it turned out to be just a trivial matter.
"No problem, I'll have someone ask later if there are any female relatives who are willing to go."
I imagine many people would be willing to visit the magical Yunlu Village in person.
...
When the ground began to shake without warning, the disaster victims who were focused on their work immediately panicked.
"What's going on? Another earthquake!?"
Having received a prior warning from the general, Huo Jiajun quickly stepped forward to reassure everyone, "Don't panic, everyone. It's Brother Lu using his magic to help us till the land."
The disaster victims were stunned for a moment. Was the wasteland being treated with magical magic?
They exchanged a glance, and driven by curiosity, they couldn't help but go together to the greenhouse where Lu Xuan and Huo Tiankuo were, craning their necks to look inside.
Inside the greenhouse, the ground seemed to come alive, rolling and turning on its own. The stones buried underneath and the vines sprouted from the ground. The originally hard soil quickly became loose as it rolled and turned, automatically forming rows of neat furrows.
The disaster victims: "!!!"
Huo Tiankuo asked Lu Xuan to tumble over a total of one hundred acres of land, and the more they did, the more disaster victims came to watch.
Having witnessed firsthand the power of wood-based supernatural abilities, which caused the ground to automatically flip over, the disaster victims were completely convinced.
Monsters definitely don't know how to farm; it must be magic! It really is magic!
This young man, Lu, has truly been enlightened by the gods!
Many elderly people, or those who were simply superstitious, knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Xuan on the spot, shouting "May the gods protect us!"
Live stream viewers: Haha! This is a massive display of feudal superstition!
It took Huo Jiajun a lot of persuasion to convince the disaster victims, who were stunned by the magic, to go back to work.
As they left, the disaster victims looked at Lu Xuan with eyes full of reluctance.
Lu Xuan: "..."
With two hundred earthen beds in front and another hundred acres of land turned over, Lu Xuan's supernatural abilities were indeed quite depleted. It was almost noon, so he casually found a place to rest and have lunch.
To avoid attracting hatred, Lu Xuan didn't eat any big fish or meat dishes, and just grabbed three nutrient solutions and finished them off.
Upon seeing this, Huo Tiankuo gasped and exclaimed in surprise, "You ate three at once? Won't you get full?"
Yesterday he ate a whole vial of the nutritional supplement to test its satiety level, and he's still full now.
Lu Xuan said, "Those with superpowers... those who understand immortal arts all have a large appetite. Three limbs are just to keep you from being hungry."
Huo Tiankuo was shocked to hear this.
Each of them only consumes one vial every three days, but Lu Xuan alone has to eat ten or even more vials a day?
If nutritional supplements are this bad, wouldn't we be eating even more if we converted them to grains?
Sure enough, people without any resources don't even deserve to possess magical abilities.
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After the meal, Lu Xuan went to the greenhouse that had been cleared and took out the plant protection machine, herbicide, and plant nutrient solution. He operated them while teaching the disaster victims how to use them.
The first thing to be used was still herbicide.
No weeds grow in winter, but there are definitely a lot of grass seeds in the ground. If you don't remove them, they will definitely grow back once the plant nutrient solution is applied.
Although weeds can't compete with mutant plants for nutrients, even a little bit is still competition. They still need to be removed.
The disaster victims had already heard about the "plant protection chickens" from the soldiers, and they were still a little surprised when they saw the actual product.
Why is it called Plant Protection Chicken when it doesn't even look like a chicken?
When the plant protection chickens actually took to the sky, the disaster victims all looked up and opened their mouths wide.
"The chicken, the chicken really flew up into the sky!"
Live stream viewers: Pfft, what the hell is this? A chicken flying into the sky? Are these ancient people trying to make us laugh to death?
The plant protection machine sprays herbicide along the field ridges, and after finishing one row, it automatically switches to the next row according to the set route.
After the weeder finishes spraying, it switches to another container of plant nutrient solution to spray again, and then switches to watering.
Finally, the seeds are sown.
Throughout the entire process, Lu Xuan only needed to swipe a few times on the remote control screen, requiring almost no effort.
The disaster victims and Huo's army, who had never seen such a miraculous way of farming, were all stunned.
This is so convenient!
Aside from tilling the soil, they hardly had to do anything...
No, they still have to provide their own water for irrigation.
The other day, they spent a lot of time and firewood just shoveling the snow out of the greenhouse and boiling water to melt it.
And this work will obviously have to continue.
They also had to do the work of covering the seeds with soil manually.
The water consumption for a thousand acres was too large. Boiling it in small pots or waiting for it to dissolve on its own would take too much time. Helpless, Huo Tiankuo had to ask Lu Xuan to exchange for many large iron pots.
The debt repaid is increased by 1 again.
The morning was a little delayed because of building the greenhouse, and even with Lu Xuankai's share, only 400 acres were reclaimed. However, with everyone working together in the afternoon, it shouldn't be a problem to reclaim all the land in one day.
With multiple plant protection machines used simultaneously, the process of weeding, fertilizing, and sowing was completed almost as soon as the disaster victims finished cultivating the land.
The first batch of grain was all intended to pay off Lu Xuan's debts, so the types of crops were all chosen by Lu Xuan.
Since they all need to be recycled and processed, the focus is mainly on high-yield varieties.
Sweet potatoes, corn, yams, potatoes, and soybeans are good choices for pickling, followed by wheat, upland rice, and vegetables such as cabbage, radishes, cucumbers, and peppers.
The seeds collected will be directly recycled and given to the Star Alliance for planting, while the fruits will be processed to earn points.
That night, Lu Xuan stayed at the camp for another night.
On the morning of the fifth day, he took the fifty expectant female workers, whom Huo Tiankuo had helped recruit, on the hoverbus back to Yunlu Village.
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Lu Xuan informed the village in advance. As soon as they got off the car, the women, led by Miao Jinfeng, warmly greeted them and took the female workers from Huo's army away.
These female workers, suddenly arriving in Yunlu Village where living conditions were significantly better than their own, were noticeably reserved, yet their eyes kept darting around, their faces clearly showing curiosity and longing.
Although Lu Xuan brought them here to work, he still had Miao Jinfeng lead them around the route Huo Tiankuo had taken before they started working.
Because the mushrooms and fruits had just been harvested, the mushroom houses and orchards didn't look as visually striking, but the female workers were still very satisfied and their envy was intense.
Finally, the group was led to a newly built processing shed.
The processing shed is equipped with air conditioning, just like a greenhouse. To prevent the food from spoiling, the temperature is not set too high, but it's not cold either.
Lu Xuan, who had gone home and checked on the training results of the young men over the past few days, was already waiting there.
There were also mountains of supplies that had been brought out in advance, including a row of iron pots, plastic boxes, dryers, large ovens, and other items.
Women from the Li and Zhang families, who were close to the Lu family, as well as Aunt Chen and Su Ying, put aside their own affairs to come and instruct the new female workers on the processing procedures, while also supervising them.
Lu Xuan ignored everything else and only focused on accelerating the processing of supernatural abilities.
The wind-powered mincing, slicing, and fruit-cutting processes, along with the quick-dip flavoring of the pickled peppers, left the new female workers dazzled and exclaiming in amazement.
Someone couldn't help but ask the women in the village, "Do all the men in the village know such powerful magic?"
Wu Yinyin said, "Lu Xuan is the most powerful. My man and everyone else in the village are far inferior. If it weren't for Lu Xuan, none of them would have been able to obtain immortal techniques."
The female workers were shocked. "Not only does he possess magical powers himself, but he can also bestow magical powers upon others?!"
Wu Yinyin wasn't sure if Lu Xuan had told General Huo about the evolution fluid, so she vaguely replied, "More or less."
The female workers, especially the younger ones, looked at Lu Xuan with noticeably more intense and eager eyes.
Miao Jinfeng noticed this and frowned slightly. She casually remarked, "Ah Xuan has been enlightened by a deity, so he is naturally very powerful. If nothing unexpected happens, he might even be able to ascend to the celestial realm and become a deity in the future."
"Being favored by the gods means Ah Xuan is no longer on the same level as us ordinary people. He might even marry a fairy in the future."
The young female workers, who had just begun to feel romantic feelings, were doused with cold water, and their budding thoughts vanished instantly.
Wu Yinyin secretly gave her mother-in-law a thumbs up.
Miao Jinfeng raised her chin smugly.
She said this not just to prevent anyone from trying to get close to Lu Xuan, but because she genuinely felt that no woman in the world was worthy of Lu Xuan. Their levels of cultivation were too far apart, and they simply couldn't see eye to eye.
Some sharp-eyed and observant viewers in the live stream noticed the commotion and immediately started making fun of it.
[Hey streamer, it looks like someone has a crush on you.]
[With a streamer this amazing, it's normal for her to have a few suitors. If we weren't so far apart, I'd want to pursue her!]
Unfortunately, the peach blossoms were nipped in the bud by the village chief's wife.
[Aunt Miao did a great job! It's not that I look down on these female workers, but the gap between them and the livestreamers is just too big in every way. If they were really working together, it would be pure charity work, which is such a waste.]
[Isn't the streamer even a little bit tempted?]
[Actually, there's a certain probability that similar superpowers can be inherited. Doesn't the streamer plan to leave behind their excellent genes?]
[What are you talking about! If you're going to stay, stay with the Star Alliance! Ancient humans' genes are too primitive; the probability of them being passed on is low. Streamer, please don't do anything foolish!]
Lu Xuan: "..." You guys said everything, what did I say?
"Don't worry, I won't get married."
Whether in his own world or in the Star Alliance, where he doesn't know if he'll ever have the chance to go, he has no plans to get married.
Getting married will only slow down his speed of earning points and conquering the stars and the sea.
...
After Miao Jinfeng poured cold water on their enthusiasm, the female workers quickly corrected their attitude and focused on their work.
At first, the female workers didn't dare to chat casually, but Miao Jinfeng and others took the initiative to start the conversation, and they joined in.
While at Huo Jiajun's camp, Miao Jinfeng and others had already shared some of their past experiences, but the female workers still couldn't help but ask them to elaborate again.
"Can the crops in the greenhouse really yield more than 1,000 catties per mu?"
"Your house looks much more beautiful than the mansions of those wealthy families I've seen before. Could we go inside for a look later?"
"Does everyone have bio-suits? Does that mean you haven't felt the cold since winter began?"
As long as it didn't involve any sensitive topics, the women in the village answered them patiently.
The more they talked, the deeper the female workers' envy of the people of Yunlu Village became.
In particular, they noticed that many of the women in Yunlu Village had fair and delicate skin, as if they had not suffered any hardship from the disaster.
If they hadn't said themselves that they came from a small village, the female workers would have even doubted them, especially Su Ying, who was wearing a bright pomegranate red jacket and skirt that accentuated her figure in the dead of winter, as if she were a well-bred lady from the city.
Because Su Ying was the most eye-catching person in the crowd, many female workers were focused on her. So when she took some hot juice from her space because she was thirsty, she was immediately noticed.
The female workers exclaimed in surprise, "You, you also have the magic of telekinesis!?"
Su Ying glanced at them and chuckled, "This isn't some kind of magic, it's more like a magical artifact. Didn't your general tell you? This is called a spatial ring, and it can hold a lot of supplies."
The female workers recalled what the general had said a few days earlier when he conjured something out of thin air.
At the time, it was indeed said that it wasn't a magic technique, but nothing about a spatial ring was mentioned either. Perhaps they were asking other questions and I forgot to mention it.
A moment later, one of the female workers suddenly realized something, quickly looked at the hands of the other women in the village, and exclaimed, "You, you all have spatial rings—!?"
What! ?
The other female workers were startled and quickly checked, and found that it was indeed true!
Although the styles are slightly different, everyone is indeed wearing a ring on their hand.
How is that possible?!
Except for a small number of strong-willed women who have the final say at home, these valuable items used to store household supplies should definitely be kept by the men in the family.
However, each of the women in Yunlu Village has one; it's impossible for women to be in charge in their village.
Then there's only one possibility.
Each of them owns more than one spatial ring!
The female workers who came to this conclusion changed their expressions, and their envy of the women of Yunlu Village instantly reached its peak.
They're all women, so why is there such a huge difference between them?!
At least one-third of the people had considered joining Yunlu Village.
They dared not even dream of the men's magical arts—they still did not know that magical arts were not exclusive to men—but after joining Yunlu Village, could they also hope to have their own spatial ring?
Even without it, the conditions in Yunlu Village are so good that becoming a member would allow one to live a better life than they do now.
General Huo will eventually return to the Northwest with his personal guards, but they may not go with him. It's understandable that they would make plans for themselves in advance, right?
They weren't greedy; knowing that Lu Xuan was beyond their reach, they stopped hoping for more.
Is Lu Xuan the only bachelor in Yunlu Village?
The female workers, their minds wandering again, began subtly inquiring about the village's bachelors.
These were no secrets, and Miao Jinfeng and the others didn't hide them from the female workers, who easily obtained what they wanted.
Li Tuo, the village chief's youngest son;
Chen Da Niang's son, Chen Rong, has the superpower of speed;
Wu Yang, the son of a hunter, is an expert hunter with unparalleled accuracy and possesses enhanced visual abilities...
The female workers, who considered themselves to have some advantages, secretly made notes on these outstanding young men, pondering how to actually make contact with them.
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