Chapter 184 Jinjiang Exclusive
After discovering the hot spring pool, the villagers of Yunlu Village have added another daily hobby.
Take a hot spring bath.
When you are tired from hunting, processing by-products, or doing other housework, take a bath and all the fatigue will disappear immediately. It is so relaxing.
Their actions were not hidden from the village helpers, so the Huo family army also knew about the existence of the hot spring pool at the first time.
At the warm invitation of the village chief, I followed the villagers to enjoy the winter hot spring bathing.
There are more than a hundred hot spring pools in the mountains, and the largest one can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time. There is no need to worry that the Huo family army will affect the people of Yunlu Village after they go there.
And it was on the sixth day after the hot spring pool was discovered.
Huo Tiankuo, Lieutenant General Liu and another personal soldier ended the side effect period one after another.
Lieutenant General Liu and his personal soldiers were not very lucky, but their physical fitness was improved.
Huo Tiankuo awakened successfully.
Although the awakened ability is not a special one, it is a rare thunder-related ability.
Lu Xuan spread out hundreds of evolution liquids, but only Lei Yan awakened the thunder element, and now Huo Tiankuo has joined.
After the news spread in the camp, the Huo family army and the victims were in high spirits.
"The general also has magical powers!"
"Very good!"
"It's also a thunder element. Does that mean it can strike down thunder from the sky? That's too powerful!"
After the personal guards learned that they would have the opportunity to obtain the elixir in the future, they were eager to go out every day to get supplies to exchange for the elixir.
Huo Tiankuo naturally would not agree.
After all, magical arts are only accessible to a very small number of people. Procuring supplies is important, but we must not put the cart before the horse.
In the two days after awakening, Huo Tiankuo came to the village every day to consult with Lei Yan and discuss the use of thunder-related abilities.
By the third day, communication was suspended.
The first batch of crops planted by the Huo family army finally matured.
On the day of harvest, Huo Tiankuo himself, the Huo family army who went hunting, and the disaster victims who worked in Yunlu Village all returned to the camp.
More than 3,000 people, excluding children who cannot walk yet and elderly people who cannot walk, were mobilized and busy working.
On average, 2.5 people harvested one acre of land, and the efficiency was astonishingly fast. A thousand acres of crops were harvested in just one morning.
After that, it took more than an hour just to weigh it.
However, the final output was quite encouraging.
From one thousand acres of land, a total of 1.5 million kilograms of mutant grain were harvested!
The victims were stunned when they heard this number.
This, so much! ?
The audience in the live broadcast room was also excited.
So much food!!!
[Over a million jin, too much, really too much! ]
When Yunlu Village harvested over 300,000 kilograms of rice, I thought it was a lot. I never thought it could be even more!
【It turns out that you have to plant more to get more! 】
[We must open up more land next year! ]
[The key point is, all this food belongs to the anchor! ]
[And Star Alliance, our share! Waiting for the lucky draw!]
The victims gradually came to their senses.
As the first person burst into cheers, more and more people behind him roared with excitement.
"Oh my god! We actually managed to grow over a thousand kilograms of grain per mu!?"
"Over one million kilograms of grain! I've never seen so much grain in my life."
"I have seen the food and fodder sent from above, and the quantity is quite large, but this time the food was all grown by us ourselves!"
The victims were so excited that they danced and their faces turned red.
General Huo had just acquired the magical power not long ago, and now they have another good harvest. There are so many good news recently that they can hardly believe it.
Many people couldn't help but pinch it hard, until they felt the sharp and clear pain in their thighs and arms, then they smiled and continued to laugh.
It will hurt, it’s not a dream!
It was agreed before that the first batch of harvest would be used to pay off debts. Huo Tiankuo let the victims look at the mountains of grain and be happy for a while, then simply let Lu Xuan collect the grain.
However, he also took out some of the fish and exchanged them for several hundred kilograms of grain, steamed it into rice, and let everyone taste the grain they grew themselves.
Many people burst into tears while eating.
It's not just because it tastes good. They have worked in Yunlu Village and eaten Yunlu Village's "work meals", and the taste is not bad.
It is more because what they eat this time is grown by themselves, which is the guarantee of their future survival.
Even though they knew they could only have this one meal with all the harvest, everyone was still happy.
Thinking that they would have a share in the next batch of grain, they got up early the next day to turn the soil, operate the plant protection machine to spray nutrient solution, and sow a batch of seeds.
The victims also deliberately chose high-yielding crops for their own crops, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, taro, cabbage, radishes, etc.
Apart from continuing to provide nutrient solution and energy, Lu Xuan did not interfere in other aspects.
He left 50,000 kilograms of new grain for the audience to draw lots and collect data, and recycled all the remaining grain, making 400 million yuan in one go.
The total balance of points instantly reached 850 million, more than doubling.
[Over 400 million in one harvest, so cool!]
So much money!
[With so much money, if you give me even a fraction of it, I can live my whole life in peace.]
[It’s a shame that next time I can only get half. My income has been cut in half. I feel so bad for the anchor!]
[From the third time on, I completely lost touch with the anchor, which was even more heartbreaking! ]
Lu Xuan didn't care much.
The big head really has nothing to do with him anymore, but the subsequent nutrient solution and energy consumption are not a small amount, so he still makes a profit.
It's already great to be able to earn 600 to 700 million yuan from the Huo family army.
A gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way. He should not fleece a whole group of sheep at once.
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On the second day after the Huo family army's harvest, Lu Xuan's orchard was ripe again.
Lu Xuan traded a new batch of mutant fruits to Huo Tiankuo and earned another three million.
Huo Tiankuo adjusted the distribution of this batch of mutant fruits.
A portion of it was specifically supplied to the personal soldiers who were drawn by lot, so that they could adjust to the best condition, and the rest continued to give priority to the elderly, the weak, women and children.
If others who didn’t receive it want to eat it, they can go to the grocery store and buy it themselves.
It’s not that there were no disaster victims who felt it was unfair, but Huo Tiankuo silenced them with just one sentence.
"As for the remaining supplies, the young and strong were allowed to receive half a portion, while the elderly and weak only received one portion. Why didn't you say that the distribution was unfair?"
The young and strong people were allocated more because they had to work, but this did not change the fact that they received more supplies.
How can it be justified that you get the benefits but do not allow other weaker people to get a little more care?
After driving the Wei family away, Huo Tiankuo's style of doing things internally did become much tougher, so those people who had some minor opinions were suppressed without causing any waves.
After that, Huo Tiankuo became busy again.
He had to communicate with Lei Yan about his supernatural powers, manage the camp, and find time to rent a car to go out and look for prey. He had almost no time to rest.
However, no matter how busy I am, I never forget to take a bath in the hot springs occasionally. Only after the bath can I continue my busy work with more energy.
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Five days later, the greenhouse in Yunlu Village harvested the second batch of grain during the extreme cold season.
Because Lu Xuan further improved the yield-increasing genes of this batch of seeds, the yield reached a new high of 400,000 jin.
Lu Xuan took 20% of the total, 80,000 kilograms, and earned 24 million points for recycling.
The villagers received more than three times more food than last time.
On the day the grain was distributed, the first person to buy a house appeared.
"Are you sure you want to buy a single safe house and not save money to buy a bigger one?" Lu Xuan looked at Mei Xue in surprise and confirmed.
Lu Qing and Lei Yan were also a little surprised that the Mei siblings would come to buy a house so early.
Lu Qing thought Mei Xue was too young to think far ahead, so she reminded her, "You two will both get married in the future, so I'm afraid a single safe house won't be enough for you."
Mei Xue nodded and said, "I know. But Cheng Cheng and I are still young, so it's too early for us to get married. We still want to have a family of our own as soon as possible."
She and Mei Cheng are the only family in the village where both of them are special types, their evolutionary fluid expenses are fully covered, and they have no debts.
People with special abilities have big appetites, but the siblings are still young and their appetites are limited, so they save food much faster than others.
The first harvest during the rainy season and the extreme cold season alone distributed more than 4,000 kilograms of grain. Some of it was eaten, and some was exchanged for supplies, so there were still more than 2,000 kilograms left.
This time, another 3,600 kilograms were divided, leaving enough for food and daily necessities, which was more than enough to buy a single safe house.
It doesn’t matter if the house is small. Buy a small one first, and then buy a big house when you save more food. This way you won’t miss out on either.
Seeing that Mei Xue was not acting impulsively, Lu Xuan did not try to persuade her any further. He simply took out a dozen models of single-person safe houses and let Mei Xue and Mei Cheng choose one for themselves.
Even if it is a single safe house, the interior layout and appearance are different.
The brother and sister chose their favorite safe house among the many safe houses and exchanged it for three thousand kilograms of mutant food.
As for the safe house they are currently renting, they will naturally have to take it back.
The move to change houses caused quite a stir, and everyone in the village soon knew that the brother and sister had bought a house.
Some were surprised, some were envious, and some were eager to change their minds and buy a single safe house first.
Some aunts, like Lu Qing, were worried that the siblings were not thoughtful enough and tried to persuade them, but Mei Xue had her own ideas and was not persuaded.
The later generations who joined the village at the same time as Mei Xue and Mei Cheng felt a little unbalanced at first when they saw that they bought houses earlier than the original villagers.
But on second thought, they didn’t buy it because they couldn’t afford it, they just wanted to buy a big one at once.
So I quickly adjusted my mindset.
On the day of moving, many people in the village came to help and gave the siblings many housewarming gifts.
That night, the brother and sister lay in their respective rooms, tossing and turning excitedly, unable to sleep. They got up many times and walked back and forth in the room, touching here and there, and laughing from time to time.
It was not until the second half of the night when I could no longer bear it that I finally fell asleep.
Both the brother and sister were mentally prepared to get up late tomorrow, and were glad that their private school classes were all in the afternoon.
But when the brother and sister yawned, rubbed their eyes and opened the curtains, they found that it was still dark outside.
Mei Cheng Mei Xue: “???”
Mei Xue couldn't help but glance at the time displayed on the communicator.
It's clearly already 9:00 a.m., why is it still so dark?
At this time, Mei Xue noticed several flashlights appearing outside. After thinking about it, she pulled Mei Cheng out the door.
When I got to the street, I found that there were quite a few people gathered outside.
A group of people were chattering there, talking about the weather today.
"Why is it so late today?"
"Is it because it's cloudy today?"
"Have you ever seen a cloudy day as dark as midnight?"
"Something is definitely not right."
If we hadn't confirmed the time again and again, we would have suspected that it was already the middle of the night.
Lighting depends entirely on high-intensity flashlights or camping lights. Once the lights are turned off, there is almost no light around except for the reflection of the snow.
The group of people discussed for a long time but couldn't come to a conclusion.
Li Tie frowned and looked a little uneasy.
A moment later, Lu Xuan walked out of the Lu family, looked at everyone and said calmly, "Didn't I tell you before that the extreme cold season brings other troubles besides the low temperature? Now it's just the day, so there's nothing to worry about."
The other villagers were stunned at first, then they thought of something and their expressions changed slightly.
Li Tie frowned and said, "You mean..."
Lu Xuan looked at the dim surroundings and nodded, "The polar night has begun."
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Lu family.
Families close to Lu Xuan gathered together.
Zhang Chengming repeatedly asked Lu Xuan, "Is the so-called polar night really a whole day without light?"
Mr. Zhang: "How long will this polar night last?"
Wu Yang recalled: "I think it was about a month?"
Lu Xuan, who was sitting on the single sofa, nodded and said, "It's been exactly one month, and there are only four or five days during this period when it will be slightly brighter."
The others looked dazed.
Lu Qing expressed everyone's feelings, "I can't imagine what life will be like like this."
The others nodded.
That’s right.
Is it dark all the time for twelve hours a day?
So when do they go to bed and when do they get up?
If the sky never gets bright and the sun never comes out, what is the difference between day and night?
In fact, wasn’t Lu Xuan surprised too?
Before the end of the world, when he traveled to the Nordic countries, the polar night there was clearly just like a cloudy day. The sky was a dull gray-blue, and when the sun set, you could still see the glow on the horizon.
Even the sun is not completely gone, it's just not as bright.
But the polar night here is really extremely dark, with very little light from the sky.
It was just around noon when I went out that there was some light, causing the snow to reflect a little.
If you go out for a walk now, you will find that the little light has completely disappeared and the snow is almost invisible in the darkness.
The audience in the live broadcast room also found it strange.
[It's called polar night, but it's really dark. I can't tell the difference between day and night.]
【But if it's just dark, it doesn't seem like a disaster, right? 】
[Of course it doesn't count. If the anchor hadn't provided lighting tools to the village, every household would be in darkness, both inside and outside. We wouldn't be able to eat or do chores, and our lives would be completely paralyzed.]
In addition to living issues, another big problem is the crops in the greenhouse.
Li Tie just happened to mention this point.
He worriedly said, "There's no sun during the polar night, what's going to happen to the greenhouse? I just planted the third batch of seeds, is it possible that this batch of crops won't grow?"
When the others heard this, their expressions suddenly became tense.
"No way, that's hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food."
Lu Xuan said: "If there is no sunlight, we can use artificial lighting."
There are various kinds of lamps unlocked in the mall, including special fill lights for planting, which come in all kinds of colors and can fully meet the needs of plants for photosynthesis.
One acre of land requires five lights, so 200 acres requires 1,000 lights.
The cost price is about 300 kilograms of grain, and Lu Xuan's quotation is 500 kilograms.
Li Tie felt very distressed after hearing this.
In particular, Lu Xuan said: "Electrical appliances that can be charged by all stars in the polar night cannot be automatically charged. Subsequent energy consumption can only be replenished by purchasing energy liquid or energy stones."
Li Tie felt even more pain.
But he also understood that this was a necessary expense.
You can't give up hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food for a thousand or eight hundred kilograms of supplies.
Therefore, we exchanged more than a thousand kilograms of fish for enough fill lights.
At the same time, other people present couldn't help but want to cover their chests when they thought of their own lamps and various small appliances.
I thought the polar night was just darkness, but I didn’t expect it would require additional energy consumption.
Heartache!
But no matter how painful it is, these necessary expenses still need to be spent.
Most of the people present bought some energy liquid/energy stones to stockpile.
At this moment, Huo Tiankuo's call reached Lu Xuan.
The question was about the current weather.
Lu Xuan told Huo Tiankuo an overview of the polar night and how long it lasts, and reminded him of the problem that crops cannot grow without light. The latter immediately expressed his desire for a face-to-face meeting.
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When Huo Tiankuo arrived at Yunlu Village, the villagers were busy installing lights in the greenhouse.
Fill lights can be directly attached to the glass on both sides of the greenhouse, but in order to ensure uniform lighting, some need to be attached to the top.
The installation process was not difficult, but the area of dozens of acres was a bit large and took some time.
When Huo Tiankuo walked into the greenhouse, all the lights had just been installed and turned on. The dim greenhouse was instantly brightly lit, and even a large area of the village outside was illuminated.
Huo Tiankuo's eyes lit up immediately when he saw it.
"With these lights, the crops in the greenhouse can grow normally?" Huo Tiankuo confirmed to Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan nodded. "If we open it for four to five hours during the day, every day, the crops won't be affected."
Huo Tiankuo didn't ask much about the polar night, and said impatiently: "Give me a lamp for a thousand acres of land."
Lu Xuan casually threw the small space ring containing the lamp to the other party, "I have prepared it for you a long time ago."
There were five thousand lanterns in all, paid for with fish catch, weighing a total of two thousand five hundred kilograms.
Huo Tiankuo used his mental power to confirm the quantity inside, and after confirming that it was correct, he paid the bill with the public supplies specially reserved.
Then he looked up at the sky, which still looked dim under the light, and then glanced at the wilderness surrounding the village, which was getting darker and darker.
"If the polar night stayed this dark all the time, it would be very inconvenient to go hunting."
They can bring other lamps, but it is inconvenient.
Lu Xuan took out something from the space again and handed it to Huo Tiankuo.
The latter took it and looked at it, puzzled: "Is this, goggles?"
He had seen the hunting team from Yunlu Village wearing goggles when they went out before. After learning that this thing could prevent snow blindness, he had already replaced it with a new batch. There was no demand for it for the time being, so why did Lu Xuan give him this again?
Lu Xuan didn't rush to explain, "You can try it on first."
Huo Tiankuo didn't doubt him and quickly put on the goggles, then...
He was shocked and exclaimed, "How could it be!?"
The originally dim vision suddenly brightened up. Apart from the greenhouse with lights on, the wilderness that was originally dark and unclear suddenly reappeared in his sight.
The light is not as bright as sunshine, but it is brighter than a rainy day.
Huo Tiankuo asked Lu Xuan excitedly: "What is this?"
Lu Xuan: "Night vision goggles that allow people to see at night."
Huo Tiankuo said in surprise: "Great stuff! With this thing, hunting or going out will not be affected. Give me a new batch."
After saying that, I remembered that I didn’t ask the price, so I asked again.
Lu Xuan said, "We caught a set of 20 jin of fish."
Huo Tiankuo: “!” So expensive! ?
A pair of goggles can be exchanged for only three pounds of fish, but the price of night vision goggles has increased by six or seven times?
Huo Tiankuo originally wanted to prepare a pair for everyone, but he immediately gave up the idea after hearing the price.
Although the winter catch is abundant, they have a large population and need a lot of various supplies, so they cannot waste the supplies indiscriminately.
Considering that the disaster victims did not even come to Yunlu Village to work, they spent most of their time in the greenhouse and had no shortage of light.
Huo Tiankuo ended up replacing only 100 pairs of night vision goggles, and then had his personal soldiers wear them when they took turns going out hunting.
After changing into night vision goggles, Lu Xuan asked Huo Tiankuo, "Do you want street lights? Installing them on the roadside can illuminate the entire camp, so the victims don't have to worry about not being able to see the road clearly at night."
Huo Tiankuo was moved again when he heard it.
Everyone in Yunlu Village has enough mutant fruits to eat, and night blindness, which was common among ancient people, has long been cured without medication.
The Huo family army is different.
The medicines I purchased previously did not include medicine for night blindness, which does not have a big impact on my life.
Because there were not enough mutated fruits for everyone to eat, most people were still half blind at night.
When polar night falls, everything becomes completely blind.
It is much more convenient with street lights.
Huo Tiankuo quickly asked about the price of the street lamp.
It shouldn't be as expensive as night vision goggles, right?
Lu Xuan said: "That depends on which one the general chooses, an energy lamp that requires energy, or..."
He took out some mushroom spores and created a glowing mushroom on the spot.
"This is a 'natural light' that emits light naturally."
Huo Tiankuo looked at the mushroom emitting green light in Lu Xuan's palm and asked curiously, "There are actually mushrooms that can glow?"
The surrounding villagers noticed the glowing mushrooms in Lu Xuan's hand and came over to see what was going on.
"Isn't this the glowing mushroom we found in the underground cave?"
"I haven't seen it since I left the cave."
"It's basically useless."
"Why did Lu Xuan suddenly produce glowing mushrooms?"
Lu Xuan said: "I plan to plant it on the roadside in the village and use it as street lighting."
When the others heard this, their eyes lit up immediately.
"What a great idea!"
"I was thinking that my house is too far from the greenhouse, and the light is too dim, so it will be inconvenient to go out."
"That's right! Although you can take the light with you when you go out, it's too troublesome to carry it with you every day."
"If there were lights on the road, we could walk around even in the polar night."
Moreover, such an interesting mushroom lamp will make you feel better if you look at it for a few more times.
Wu Cheng asked a key question: "Will this mushroom stay lit forever?"
Lu Xuan: "There is a time limit."
"Ah!" The villagers looked puzzled.
Li Tie asked: "How many days will it last?"
Huo Tiankuo also pricked up his ears.
Lu Xuan curled the corners of his lips, "Exactly one month."
Everyone: “!!!”
The polar night lasts only one month, and mushrooms can last for one month, so doesn’t that mean they can be used all the time?
So you are deliberately teasing them, right?
Everyone was speechless when they saw Lu Xuan's expression.
[Hahaha, I feel relieved to see that the host's bad taste isn't just directed at us.]
In the end, both the villagers and Huo Tiankuo naturally chose the more cost-effective mushroom lamp.
Not only is the price of an energy lamp twice as high as a mushroom lamp, but you also have to buy the energy separately. Only a fool would buy one!
Lu Xuan quickly planted the glowing mushrooms along several main roads in the village.
Wherever he went, two rows of soft green lights would light up, causing the children in the village to run after him with laughter, and some women also followed him to watch the novelty along the way.
As for the others, some went to the greenhouses on the other two hills to continue installing fill lights.
On the other hand, since the lighting problem has been solved and it is still early, it is natural for those who need to work to go back to work.
Before Huo Tiankuo left, in addition to making an appointment with Lu Xuan to come to the camp to help with mushroom lights the next day, he also bought a batch of strong outdoor fluorescent sticks that were only slightly more expensive than ice patches or heating patches, and planned to distribute them to the victims after returning.
In case anyone really needs to go out, there will be a light source.
Lu Xuan also informed the villagers that the grocery store had new night vision goggles and asked them to purchase them as needed.
After everyone knew the function of night vision goggles, they naturally rushed to the grocery store to exchange them and then tried them on on the spot.
"Wow! I can really see it!"
“These eyes are amazing.”
"With night vision goggles, the polar night won't affect anything at all."
"The immortal has so many good things in his hands."
The first people to use night vision goggles were young and strong people who had hunting needs.
The other villagers originally thought that the lights inside and outside the village were sufficient.
But after trying on other people's night vision goggles, I found that I could see even the wilderness in the distance clearly, and I suddenly felt that it was necessary to buy a pair.
Otherwise, other people can see it, but you can’t, and you are just blind.
In the end, everyone in the village, regardless of gender, age or status, bought a pair, and the village’s polar night life officially began.
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