Chapter 163 Expanding the Industrial Chain
Ophelia also brought back some herb seedlings from the mountain, which were actually seeds bought from the space and planted in the newly purchased land.
After collecting all the herbs, Taylor led the elderly males of the Golden Dragon Clan to build a new stone house to the north of the Fu tribe.
Ophelia did not use all of the newly purchased 20,000 square meters of land to grow crops.
Instead, 5,000 square meters were allocated for building stone houses. As the number of people in the Fu tribe increased, there was no longer enough room for them to live there.
After the stone house outside is built, she will let all the single males live outside and separate the men and women.
A stone house was also specially set up to treat males, and injured males would be sent here for treatment in the future.
Moreover, Ophelia has already handed over the steps of cleaning the wound and applying medicine to the tribe doctor of the Fu tribe.
In the future, she won't have to do everything like this herself. She will only be needed when she encounters some seriously injured patients.
This time, Ophelia brought back a large batch of herbs, about 100 kilograms of each.
There was no way she and Taylor could handle all of these herbs alone.
So Taylor suggested, "Princess, you can ask those older males to help you process the herbs. This will also increase their income."
Ophelia's eyes sparkled. "Yes, how could I have forgotten them."
So Ophelia began to invite surrounding tribes, saying that she needed a lot of elderly males to do the work.
Her decision solved the problem of elderly males in surrounding tribes not having enough food to eat.
Therefore, the tribal leaders' opinions and favorable impressions of her increased a bit.
Early that morning, the elderly males gathered at the Fu tribe. Looking at the piles of medicinal herbs piled up like a small mountain, the males were very nervous.
Because they know that these herbs are miracle drugs that can save male lives.
So everyone is worried about damaging such precious herbs.
Ophelia looked at their trembling appearance and couldn't help but sigh.
"Don't worry, this herb won't spoil that easily."
"As long as you follow my method, there will be no problem."
Even after Ophelia said this, the males remained cautious.
Afraid that their hands might damage the herbs if they were too careful or too heavy-handed, they would use less and less force each time.
For a moment, the speed was very slow. Ophelia looked at their cautious appearance and couldn't help but sigh.
"You're moving too slowly. You'll delay my progress. If you keep going like this, I'll have to replace you."
When several elderly males heard that Ophelia was going to be replaced, they immediately became nervous.
They had finally gotten such a precious opportunity and could not let it go. After all, this job allowed them to catch a prey in one day.
Their subsequent movements became much bolder, and once they became fully proficient, their speed increased even faster.
Ophelia was satisfied when she saw that everyone was processing the herbs faster and faster.
The males handle the herbs every day and gradually become familiar with their smell and appearance.
So one day a male bravely found Ophelia and asked tentatively.
"Ophelia, I saw these herbs in the forest. Can I exchange them for food?"
"Of course you can. If you can gather enough herbs to fill a basket, you can exchange them for a rabbit."
Recently, the rabbits in the Fu tribe have been breeding at an increasingly rapid rate, and a lot of grass needs to be collected every day to feed them.
Now that she can exchange rabbits for herbs, of course she is willing.
The males were naturally happy to see that they could exchange herbs for food.
After all, they can feel at ease when they get food through their own labor.
Ophelia had said before that such a large primeval forest must have a lot of Chinese medicinal herbs, but they have not been discovered yet.
Now that they know that herbs can be exchanged for food, the older males are motivated.
Not only did I have more energy to work during the day, but I even walked with more energy.
The male chiefs of the tribe were surprised by the changes in their elderly males, who were becoming more and more confident.
Once the news spread that herbs from the Fu tribe could be exchanged for prey, some clever males wanted to take advantage of the situation.
But Ophelia checked very carefully every time, so no one succeeded.
However, there are always a few scoundrels among them.
One day, a young male from the ape tribe came to the Fu tribe to find Ophelia.
"Chief Ophelia, these are the herbs I picked in the forest. Why don't you take them?"
"Can't you afford the payment?"
"If you can't afford to pay, why are you still telling people you're buying a large amount of herbs? Aren't you just wasting our time?"
The male ape came up with an attitude of quarreling, and Ophelia frowned in dissatisfaction.
Klein was a little angry when she saw the ape being so unreasonable. She wanted to speak, but was stopped by Ophelia.
Klein was a little confused. Why was this happening?
Ophelia shook her head at her. "She is unreasonable, why do you argue with her? Isn't it degrading yourself?"
After hearing Ophelia's words, Klein's anger gradually dissipated.
But she was still somewhat unhappy with Ophelia's indulgence of the male's behavior.
Seeing that Klein was anxious, Ophelia hurriedly tried to persuade her.
"Don't worry, I have a way to cure him." Klein heard Ophelia say this and chose to believe her for the time being.
The ape thought Ophelia accepted it, so she stretched out her hand with an impatient look on her face.
"Give me the reward quickly. I'm still waiting to eat."
Ophelia picked up some herbs slightly similar to this male's from the backpack of another male nearby.
"This herb is called Wind-Fighting Herb. It has a cold nature and can reduce internal heat, reduce inflammation, and clear lung heat. People with fever will feel better after drinking it."
"On the contrary, healthy people will turn yellow after drinking it, but it is not life-threatening."
"You say this herb is wind-repellent grass. Boil it and drink it. If your face turns yellow, I will take the herbs in your basket and pay you tenfold."
"I, I..." The ape was tempted by the tenfold reward.
Ophelia blinked and continued, "But I think your grass doesn't look like wind-fighting grass, but like galloping grass. This grass is poisonous. If you drink it, you will die instantly."
"So do you want to drink more?"
When the ape heard that the grass was poisonous, it was so frightened that it broke out in a cold sweat.
After listening to Ophelia's words, Klein understood why she wanted to stop him.
Her face was cold and she said in a deep voice, "Since you said it's a herbal medicine, drink it."
"You, go boil this grass and feed her something." Klein pointed at a Fu Clan male nearby and said.
The male of the Fu tribe had long been angered by the shamelessness of the ape.
She immediately wanted to take some grass from the basket to boil water, but the ape was so frightened that it quickly hid the basket behind its back.
"I, I don't drink."
"I won't change it, is that okay?"
After saying that, the ape beast left in a panic, carrying the weeds on its back.
Seeing how powerful Ophelia was, the other males in the team who wanted to take advantage of the situation left in shame with their weeds.
"Ophelia, these herbs I picked are a little small. Would you like to take them?"
An elderly male with cloudy eyes took out a herb the length of his index finger from his backpack and asked in a low voice.
Ophelia saw that the roots of the herbs were intact.
She rolled her eyes and said, "Collect it. Although this herb is small, it can be replanted and used as medicine when it grows up."
Knowing that young herb seedlings can also be exchanged for rewards, the older males became more motivated to pick herbs.
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