Chapter 227 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
On the three hills where the Yangshan disaster victims are located.
In the greenhouse gleaming under the scorching sun, countless disaster victims were harvesting crops taller than themselves with smiles on their faces.
In the cornfield, a disaster victim struggled to break off a cob, barely wrapping his hands around it. Then, he cushioned it with his hands and grinned, "This corn is really plump! The kernels are so full! This one alone probably weighs a pound."
In the potato field next door, someone gathered their strength and lifted up a potato stalk. Hanging from the roots were over thirty potatoes, each the size of two fists. They shouted, "Your potatoes are nothing compared to ours! Our potatoes are huge and plentiful! We can harvest dozens of kilograms of potatoes from just one stalk! The yield per mu is shocking!"
Someone nearby looked at everyone holding a pile of newly harvested crops and sighed, "When Boss Lu first said the greenhouse yield was over 1,000 kilograms per mu, many people didn't believe him. Now, no one doubts it anymore."
Several disaster victims nearby who had indeed grumbled privately earlier felt a little embarrassed.
The average yield per mu that Lu Xuan said was more than 1,000 kilograms, but the average line was pulled down by rice and wheat. In fact, the actual yield per mu of corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes and cabbages far exceeded Lu Xuan's estimate.
Looking at the mountains of freshly dug potatoes piled on the ground and the golden corn filling many baskets and plastic boxes, the victims' faces were filled with satisfaction.
Although the mutant crops in the field look strange, purple and green, as long as the yield is high enough, they don't mind even if it is colorful.
Someone said: "After I get my share of food, I plan to exchange half for nutritional supplements and keep the other half for my family."
Someone nearby immediately echoed, "That's what I thought! The crops we grow are growing so well, they must taste great. We should save some for ourselves to try."
During this period, they mainly ate nutritional supplements.
Being full means being able to eat enough but not having any real feeling of having eaten anything. People still grow their own vegetables or pick some wild vegetables and mushrooms to make cold dishes or soup.
Just as everyone was immersed in the joy of the harvest, someone outside suddenly ran over in surprise and shouted, "Boss Lu and the others are here! There are so many of them this time!"
"I see the goldsmith is here too!"
The people in the greenhouse were cheered up. Is Boss Lu here?
Doesn't that mean they can trade more supplies for the hottest season?
They don't dare to think about treasures like space rings and refrigerators, but biological clothing... at least they can prepare some extra ice patches for themselves to use when they go out, right?
Thinking about how Lu Xuan only stayed in Yangshan for a short time last time before leaving, the victims couldn't help but speed up their work.
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Mr. Chen, Mr. Miao, Boss Wang and others received the advance message from Lu Xuan yesterday, but they were still surprised when they found out the number of people coming.
"Village Chief Li, Brother Zhang, you are here too?" Old Man Chen looked at Li Tie, Old Man Zhang and others in surprise.
Li Tie said with a smile: "Yes, there is nothing serious at home. Since Xuan is out this time, we thought of coming to see you."
The only gathering place they had come into contact with after coming out of the mountains was Yangshan County. They had experienced a lot here, so their feelings about this place were naturally different from those of other gathering places Lu Xuan had visited.
After the two sides briefly chatted about the past, Li Tie knew that they still had serious business to discuss with Lu Xuan, so he took the initiative to mention that he wanted to take a walk around the mountain.
Mr. Miao asked Miao An to take the villagers on a tour around.
After all the irrelevant people left and only Lu Xuan was left, both sides did not say any more nonsense and started to pay their debts directly.
Old Master Chen handed the space ring containing food to Lu Xuan.
"This is the rice and wheat harvested two days ago, which has been dried and threshed, as well as some sweet potatoes and corn, totaling 2.5 million kilograms of grain. There are still many crops left to be harvested, and the final yield is uncertain, so I have prepared for half of the total debt."
Lu Xuan quickly scanned the space with his mental power. The space was filled with rice, wheat, potatoes and sweet potatoes that could be used for seeds. He felt a sense of grandeur that he would never have to worry about food and clothing.
After making sure the quantities matched, Lu Xuan took out a space ring of the same size and gave it to him as a replacement. He then took out the IOU, wrote down the amount of debt that had been paid off, and asked Old Man Chen and others to confirm it.
Once both parties confirm that everything is correct, this part of the debt is considered to be paid off.
Mr. Chen and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although they have enough confidence to pay off their debts after seeing the output of the greenhouse, the psychological pressure of carrying too much debt is still very great. Now that they have paid off part of it, they feel a lot lighter.
Boss Wang couldn't wait to ask, "Boss Lu should have brought a lot of supplies this time, right?"
Old Master Chen also said, "After the good harvest, everyone has more food. Recently, many people have come to us to exchange for biological clothing, and some people even want to chip in to buy a refrigerator. Unfortunately, the amount we exchanged was too small and we can't pay it out. We are so pressed for money that it gives us a headache."
Miao Lao added, "We also want to replace some ice packs and dry ice. These two items are more expensive than expected. The weather is getting hotter, so we plan to stock up to make it easier for everyone to travel."
Lu Xuan nodded and said, "No problem. These supplies are unlimited. Just tell me how much you need."
Lu Xuan also took the initiative to bring up the matter of evolution liquid.
I missed Yangshan County when I came here last time, so I can’t miss it this time.
When the people in charge heard that they could also get the elixir that could grant them magical powers, they were overjoyed. They were afraid that Lu Xuan would regret it, so they quickly took out some food to trade.
As for other supplies, in addition to those they just mentioned, nutrients, salt, sugar, fruits and other supplies that are both necessities and consumables will also need to be traded in another batch.
In addition, a batch of new supplies such as instant noodles, compressed biscuits, self-heating rice, etc. were added.
After all the supplies were traded, Lu Xuan earned nearly one million kilograms of mutant grain.
"Oh right," Lu Xuan reminded after putting away the food, "The capital has already started sending people to various places to provide disaster relief. The county government office in Yangshan County no longer exists. New officials should be sent over to manage it later. You should be mentally prepared in advance."
Mr. Chen and others, who were happy about the new batch of supplies, paused.
Especially the changes in expressions of Boss Wang, Landlord Liu and others were the most obvious.
Ever since the gambling house and the county government collapsed, they and Mr. Chen and others have had the final say in the entire county.
After such a long time, they have instinctively regarded this place as their own territory. Now when they suddenly hear that the higher-ups are coming to pick up the ready-made things, they can't help but feel a little resistant and disgusted.
But on second thought, it is impossible for them to rebel and declare themselves king. Now that the situation has stabilized, it is only natural for the higher-ups to send people to take over. It seems that it is not their turn to be dissatisfied.
When Lu Xuan mentioned that it was General Huo Tiankuo, who led the Huo family army, who came forward to suppress the rebellion that took advantage of the disaster to oppress the people, the thoughts in the hearts of several people were instantly suppressed.
What a joke! They are just businessmen with a little influence in a small county. Can they challenge the nationally famous and invincible Huo family army?
After all, they have accumulated a lot of wealth by swallowing up the other two forces and making several transactions with Lu Xuan. It is not a big deal to hand over the power.
Mr. Chen, Mr. Miao, and Mr. Zhang were all just happy and had no complaints at all.
They are all old, and even if they are in good health after eating the mutated fruit, they are still annoyed by having to take care of so many things all day long.
As long as the person who comes is not an old beast like the previous county magistrate who does not do his job, they are happy to relax and enjoy a peaceful life.
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While Lu Xuan was discussing things with Old Man Chen and others, the other villagers led by Miao An had already started wandering around the residential area on the mountain.
Looking at the white mist formed by dry ice and water floating everywhere on the mountain road, Mr. Zhang sighed with emotion: "This feels like I'm back in the Yunlu Mountains."
Li Tie glanced at the greenhouse that was vaguely visible in the open space in the distance, and said with his hands behind his back, "Our conditions were worse than theirs back then."
At that time, Lu Xuan had not yet asked the gods to exchange for greenhouse materials, so they could only rely on manual tillage and sowing. For watering, they connected bamboo water pipes to the ground themselves and needed to use buckets to collect water and water the ground little by little.
Although the white mist of dry ice is cool, it is not as comfortable as air conditioning.
However, the house is surrounded by white mist, which makes it look a bit fairy-like and like a fairyland at first glance.
The premise is that you cannot look at the house closely.
The mobile quarantine center would be fine, but the thatched hut really destroyed their wonderful fantasy of a fairyland.
When it comes to fairyland, their own village is more like it.
As Jin He, who was born in Yangshan County, Wu Yue was also surrounded by other familiar disaster victims to reminisce about the past, with expressions of surprise and emotion.
Jin He earned quite a bit as a blacksmith, but his blacksmithing skills were not very useful during the disaster, so he didn't have a good life.
Not to mention Wu Yue, he even became someone's son-in-law, how could he live a comfortable life?
But look at them now.
The already tall Jin He became visibly more muscular, with a body full of thick tendon meat. Wu Yue's long and thin face, which was thin when he left, became rounder. It was obvious that he had enjoyed a lot of life in Yunlu Village.
The two of them returned to their old friend, which felt like returning home in glory.
Wu Yue's mother, Zhou, also came with the village chief and others this time. She also brought some ice patches, summer-cooling medicine, and some fresh fruits that were not too valuable but very useful for the victims. She found some neighbors with whom she had a good relationship and gave them to them.
Now, the neighbors who benefited from it have become the envy of everyone.
Someone who knew Gao Dalin asked Wu Yue how Gao the hunter came here, and was quite disappointed to learn that the hunter had gone to other places to do business.
If Gao Dalin came, maybe people who knew him would be able to benefit from it.
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Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao and other young and strong people from the original Yunlu Village had no old memories, so they asked Miao An where they could set up a stall.
Miao An asked curiously, "Are you going to set up a stall?"
Zhang Chengming smiled and said, "Yes, we brought a lot of supplies."
Miao An asked: "What exactly are they?"
Xiong Mao said proudly: "Except for extremely precious and rare materials, or large electrical appliances, we have all the other materials that Lu Xuan has traded with you."
The disaster victims who were still talking to Wu Yue and Jin He not far away heard this and immediately asked Jin He and the others, "Is what they said true?"
Jin He nodded first and said, "We both brought a lot of supplies with us. We came back to see the people we know and to do business."
Someone asked, "Do you also have that cool biological suit?"
Wu Yue nodded, "Yes, one sixty-jin piece of supplies."
The victims immediately became excited.
"It's much cheaper than exchanging one for something here! Great, come on, I'll take you to where the stalls are, and then quickly tell us what the other supplies are priced at."
The supplies that Mr. Chen and others exchanged for were, after all, a guarantee for them, to ensure that the victims would not starve to death when unexpected situations occurred and supplies were cut off. Supplies were not distributed every day, and certainly not to everyone.
If the price offered by these young people from Yunlu Village is not too high, there are many people in Yangshan who have just received the new grain and are willing to stock up more good things for their families.
When they arrived at the flat ground where they were setting up their stalls, Zhang Chengming and the others took out a long table and put the goods in the space on it.
Nutrients, salt, sugar, ice patches and other necessities are put together, along with more expensive common fruits, dried kelp, fresh seafood, toilet paper, fluorescent sticks for lighting, pine cone lamps, sturdy and durable starlight cotton suits, sleeping bags, common medicines, sunscreen spray, moisturizer, lip balm and other relatively rare items.
All the seafood is caught by themselves. Apart from the time and energy spent, the actual material cost is zero and the profit is quite high.
In addition, more expensive supplies include biological suits, hoverboards, and ultra-small space rings of 5 cubic meters and 10 cubic meters that no one in the village uses anymore.
Many of these things the victims had only heard of but had never seen.
The materials that Lu Xuan and Old Man Chen exchanged for could not be provided to everyone. Most people had only heard of some good things from others, and this was the first time they saw the real thing.
In addition to the above items, various iced drinks and unlimited instant noodles from the anchor mall are also on display.
The young men were so cunning that they cooked a pot of instant noodles on the spot, filling the whole street with the unique rich aroma of instant noodles.
"Gudong."
The victims surrounding the stall couldn't help drooling.
After a while, someone couldn't help but ask the price of noodles, took out a small bag of dried mushrooms and ordered a bowl of wild vegetables.
The young man who helped serve the noodles also suggested that they have a cold drink.
Enjoy a bowl of hot noodles in the dry ice mist, followed by a cup of iced sour plum soup or sweet and sour passion fruit juice with lemon to quench your thirst.
I guarantee that anyone who has eaten it will never forget the taste.
The disaster victim who bought the noodles was reluctant at first, but after listening to the young man's description, he thought about how he had been eating nutritional supplements every day for a few days, so what if he could indulge occasionally? So he made up his mind and bought a large glass of passion fruit juice.
The young man who set up the stall also gave away two cloves of garlic and a small plate of pickled peppers and bamboo shoots.
The instant noodles are fresh, spicy and delicious. The garlic cloves and pickled peppers are just the right amount to relieve the greasiness of the noodle soup. The passion fruit juice is refreshing and appetizing, just enough to make you keep slurping the noodles with your chopsticks. The combination of these foods can be summed up in one word - absolutely amazing!
The victim ate half a bowl of noodles in one gulp before looking up and sighing loudly: "It's so refreshing!!!"
Seeing this, the other victims who were scrambling to exchange for other supplies or just watching could not help but order a bowl of noodles.
For a moment, the streets were filled with the sound of slurping noodles.
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The trading stalls in Yunlu Village became extremely popular as soon as they were set up, and even other stall owners on the same street came over to rush to exchange supplies.
Whether it is necessities or other "luxury goods", there are more than 70,000 people to prepare them. Even if many people are still busy working in the fields and have not come over, even if only one person out of a hundred buys the luxury goods, all the goods that are taken out will be quickly sold out, and there will never be enough to sell.
Most of the goods Lu Xuan supplied to Zhang Chengming and others were sold to them at half price, and they then sold them at the same price as the villagers or slightly higher.
In just one afternoon, almost everyone received about 2,000 kilograms of supplies.
After deducting the costs, the net profit is over a thousand pounds.
Zhang Chengming couldn't help but sigh to the others: "As expected, doing business makes money much faster than farming."
The purchasing power of large gathering places is much higher than that of small places. Although the profits they made from their previous two trips were not small, they were still far behind Yangshan County.
The victims, who had already spent hundreds of kilograms of supplies but were still not satisfied, asked them: "How long will you stay here?"
If they stayed longer, they could go out as soon as possible to collect more supplies and then exchange them for something.
The wild vegetables are old, the mushrooms are too dry to grow, but there should be firewood to pick up, right?
Zhang Chengming said: "Seven days at most."
This time they followed Lu Xuan not only because they felt that they could make more money in the big settlements, but also because the grain in other small settlements had not been harvested yet, and they would not be able to earn any supplies by going there.
After they finish this busy work and go back to rest for a few days, it will be their turn to collect the debts.
After that, it will be Li Jing and the others' turn to replace them.
However, the second group of people will not come here, but will go to the next gathering place that Lu Xuan is going to.
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In the evening, there was another lively welcome banquet. Because there were more people coming this time, the banquet was even more lively than the last time.
After eating and drinking, the villagers of Yunlu Village returned to their own mobile cabins to rest.
Lu Xuan finally had time to sort out today's gains.
Yangshan County had a debt of 2.5 million jin, plus one million jin from bulk transactions. Lu Xuan left 200,000 jin for fans to draw, and the rest were returned to the system.
This month, Lu Xuan went to the beach twice to fish and earned a lot of points.
However, he spent a lot of money on wholesale goods to the young men in the village, and on the large-scale transactions with Mr. Chen and others today, leaving a balance of less than 200 million yuan.
After more than three million kilograms of grain were recovered, the total points increased to over ten billion.
[Congratulations to the anchor for restoring his points to ten digits. It's not easy. ]
What the hell are you talking about? It's only been a month and you've already made back so much money. How could it be difficult? It's already incredibly fast.
[That's right! We've already collected 800 million yuan in just the first stop. I think the debts owed by the other settlements are even greater than Yangshan's. The anchor is really going to make a fortune collecting debts this time.]
[Can I earn 10 billion points in one go? ]
[Well... it's still a bit far off, but I can definitely earn the points for half a battleship.]
[Half a battleship is pretty cool, I want to feel that way too.]
Lu Xuan, who had received a large sum of money, said in a good mood: "You can't earn points, but the lottery can make you happy. From now on, I will give you a prize for every account I receive. It can be regarded as a celebration for everyone. How about it?"
【!!! The host is awesome! 】
[Ahhh! The anchor is getting more and more extravagant! ]
[Anchor Dad, look at me. Do I look like your long-lost son?]
[Two hundred thousand kilograms of mutant food, I don't believe I can't win, rubbing my hands together.jpg.]
Everyone was familiar with the lottery process. Lu Xuan directly clicked on the lottery and gave away the reserved 200,000 kilograms of various mutant grains.
The tens of thousands of people who won the prize in the barrage were instantly immersed in a sea of joy.
Those who didn't get the lottery ticket asked unwillingly: [When will the anchor leave Yangshan?]
In other words, when is the next draw?
Lu Xuan: "Three days later, wait for the results of their evolutionary fluid distribution."
The food in other settlements is not yet ripe, so if you go there too early you’ll have to wait.
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The distribution of evolution liquid in Yangshan County is relatively easy.
Chen Bing and Miao An have personal connections with Yunlu Village, so it was natural for Old Man Chen and Old Man Miao to each get one for them at the basic price.
For the other three groups, several people in charge will make their own bids, and whoever is willing to offer more supplies will be given priority.
If you are unwilling to pay a high price, you can wait for the next distribution at the original price.
In the end, Boss Wang, Boss Zheng and Landlord Liu each got one.
Three days later, Chen Bing and Miao An both awakened successfully, gaining fire and wood abilities respectively.
Boss Wang and Boss Zheng failed to awaken, and Landlord Liu only gained a power-enhancing ability.
After confirming that there were no special abilities, Lu Xuan did not stay any longer. After saying hello to the happy Old Man Chen and others, as well as the villagers, he headed to the next destination.
According to the order of last time, he should have gone to Luochuan this time, but after receiving the information from the robot he left in the Jiangnan base, Lu Xuan took a detour and decided to go to the Jiangnan base first.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Lu Xuan gave himself an inconspicuous appearance and, for the first time ever, changed into the clothes of an ordinary disaster victim. He found an opportunity to quietly sneak into the largest gathering place in Jiangnan, the capital of Jiangnan Prefecture, Licheng.
After entering the city, he went around the main street into the alley, and after many twists and turns, he arrived at a sparsely populated courtyard, where he went in to meet up with the robot he left behind.
The robot, which also looked like an unremarkable young man, took out a small eavesdropping device and played the recorded content for Lu Xuan to listen to.
Soon, the low voices of the heads of various prominent families in Jiangnan, whom Lu Xuan had some impression of, were heard from inside.
"How long will it take for the crops in the greenhouse to mature?"
"Five more days."
"To prevent us from defaulting on our debt, Mr. Lu will definitely come a day or two early. We'll collect the grain and hide it three days in advance, leaving him to starve."
"But the last time he came, the Zhao family was gone. What if..."
"And what if he's unwilling to provide us with those useful supplies after we fall out?"
"We were careless last time. We didn't expect an outsider like him to be so arrogant. This time, all of our families have united. I don't believe he would dare to go against all of us alone!"
"Just arrest him. If he wants to live, he will naturally hand over the supplies. You can ask for as much as you want then."
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[What did I say! I knew these Jiangnan guys would definitely default on their debt! Sure enough!]
In order to avoid paying back the debt, they would rather harvest early. Don't they know how much less food they will harvest? This is truly detrimental to others and not only to themselves.
[Perhaps they felt that the small losses from the early harvest were far less than the debt they had to pay back to the anchor.]
[…That’s actually true.]
【But when I think about it, I’m still angry! 】
Lu Xuan was not surprised at all by the content of the recording.
Why get angry about something I've already guessed?
[What does the anchor plan to do? ]
[I think the lesson we taught them last time wasn't enough. Taking care of the two families that attacked the anchor wasn't enough. We should just wipe them all out!]
[We can wait until they have finished harvesting the crops and have no time to hide them before we can rob them!]
[Secretly follow them to see where they're hiding their food, and when they're not paying attention, steal it all and make them regret it!]
[If all else fails, the host sends a message to Huo Tiankuo, telling him to come to Jiangnan next, to kill with a borrowed knife!]
Lu Xuan thought that even if Huo Tiankuo came, it might not cause much damage to these prominent families in Jiangnan.
Huo Tiankuo follows the path of a military general who engages in bold and direct combat, while the prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River follow the path of a civil official who is good at using conspiracies and tricks, and using Tai Chi to fish in troubled waters.
According to the operating model of various dynasties throughout history, a place like Jiangnan, where the situation is complicated but the conditions are relatively good and it is not in urgent need of rescue, will most likely be left until other places have been almost recovered before being dealt with.
Lu Xuan thought about what he had gotten from the second guaranteed 100 draws of Black Gold last month, and said with a smirk, "They won't start harvesting until two days later, but I can harvest before them."
Instead of waiting for others to take the lead, it is better to take action first.
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