The Lingguo Island branch engaged in a fierce battle, resulting in hundreds of casualties. Leveraging their superior numbers, they were able to thwart a conspiracy by a spiritual cultivator. Ma Yue also made a haul: a thousand mid-grade fire spirit stones. He also looted the storage bags of the deceased outsiders and found three small spirit boats. Without them, these guys wouldn't have been able to sneak so many people across.
"I think Wen Hong looks a bit like her... She seemed to have the same idea, so I let her stay here for many days." Lei Qing explained.
"You've even used the honey trap, haha!" Ma Yue laughed. "You, don't you think about it? She's a spiritual cultivator, and we're not familiar with her yet. Who would dare to sleep with her?"
The primitive people of that period didn't have a strong sense of family. In those kinds of situations, whoever caught the child would have sex with him. In many cases, the mother wouldn't even know who the father of the child was. Therefore, Lei Qing wouldn't be surprised if Ma Yue had other women.
But Ma Yue is different. If Lei Qing had another man, Ma Yue would be unhappy. It's a matter of ideology, a matter of different times.
"You are always weird."
"We're both weird, so it's just right for us to get together, hehe!"
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After "eating and drinking enough", Ma Yue inspected the Lingguo Island branch. It was pretty good, with good order. The supervisor Bai Ying was still very trustworthy.
The Lingguo Island branch didn't have any coal. Whether it was boiling salt or making pottery, they needed to chop wood locally. There were a lot of shrubs here, which were easier to cut than trees, right? There was no shortage of firewood, so Ma Yue wouldn't bring coal here.
Wang Chao's point is that the process of cutting wood is also the process of gradually expanding arable land. This is good. Nothing can be rushed; development requires a steady process.
Otherwise, Baiying is not worried about the nearby military training area. After all, the production and life of the Lingguo Island branch require a large amount of shrub firewood, so they just cut down the trees here in a planned manner.
Since the charlatan is worried about the safety of Lei Qing's residence, Wang Chao plans to cut down all the bushes near Lei Qing's residence and make it as open as possible. Even if sweet potatoes are planted, the enemy will have no room to hide, right?
This time, the enemy's hiding in the bushes was a great lesson for the Lingguo Island branch's defense. If the enemy hadn't been trying to lure Ma Yue over, if they had attacked Lei Qing first... the result would be unimaginable. How could Lei Qing defeat four mid-level cultivators?
"This is... tea!" It was a rare opportunity for Ma Yue to find something good.
"What is tea?" Wang Chao became interested.
"It's not something to eat, it's not food." Ma Yue said this, and Wang Chao was greatly disappointed. For primitive people, food is the first priority. What's the use of it if it can't be eaten?
"This tea will be used in future recipes. Tea is good for digestion..." Forget it, it's too professional. Ma Yue doesn't understand it. Even if I explain it, Wang Chao won't understand it either.
"Leaves, yes, these green leaves, collect some."
Ma Yue did what he said. After collecting some tea leaves, Ma Yue found a ceramic basin and started to stir-fry them with great interest until the tea fragrance came out.
The days without tea are finally over. I'm so lucky to find tea on Lingguo Island. There's no ice here, and there are green shrubs, so nothing strange here.
Ma Yue was not sure what kind of tea this was. At the beginning, Ma Yue was curious about the world's earliest tea variety, Wuniuzao, so he picked and experienced it himself. Therefore, he felt very familiar with the green leaves.
As for whether it's Wuniuzao tea, it's pretty close. Wuniuzao is picked very early, around February. It floats to the surface of the water for a while after brewing, so it's definitely tea, fresh and refreshing.
"Why do I smell a fragrance?" Bai Ying and Wang Chao took a few sips and felt it was astringent.
"Country bumpkin!" Ma Yue curled his lips. "Remember, from now on, this kind of tea will be included in your diet. Drink a cup half an hour after a meal to help with digestion and absorption. If you want to live a long life, you can't live without tea."
Living a long life is the greatest stimulation for everyone. Since the charlatan said so, it must be right. Whether it tastes good or not, you have to drink it.
"Once you drink it a few times and savor it slowly, you'll be able to appreciate the aroma of the tea."
Bai Ying and Wang Chao watched Ma Yue sipping his tea, his expression intoxicated. Was it really that delicious? Perhaps. Since it was a staple in the diets of ministerial-level officials, the Lingguo Island branch naturally had to continue growing it.
In fact, there is no need to plant it, as this kind of "firewood" seems to be abundant in the wild.
There were already several people busy frying tea at the Lingguo Island branch. Ma Yue had demonstrated it once, so they just had to follow his instructions.
Ma Yue collected more than a dozen jars of tea with satisfaction and left.
Ma Yue originally wanted everyone in the Hai tribe to drink tea, but most people don't eat enough on a regular basis, so drinking tea without a full stomach is generally not an option, especially on an empty stomach.
Xia Wu filled the vacancies of the Guards in Haifan City and also taught everyone the practical experience of the God Cultivator Team.
Ma Yue was promoting tea, and the Hai Tribe's leaders were all required to drink it. Once they heard it was linked to longevity, they quickly embraced it. No one wants to die young, right? The Hai Tribe was so prosperous, and there was a lot of hope.
"Can this thing prolong life?"
"Anyway, that's what our charlatans said."
Haifan City is a trade center, so when something new comes out, more people will be interested. To put it bluntly, many new foods are first grown by the Sea Tribe.
"The charlatan said that only people who are well fed can drink tea."
In primitive tribes, there are very few people who can eat enough on a regular basis. Usually, it is the main leaders of large tribes. The leaders of small tribes often go hungry.
It seems to be non-toxic. Isn't that how Shang Yin makes tea? Shang Yin is the Minister of Commerce. The charlatan said that from now on, this tea will be part of the etiquette for receiving guests.
The Hai Tribe's diet, which is used by ministerial-level officials and above, is renowned among the major tribes, often imitated by major tribal leaders, priests, and other key figures. Whether it promotes longevity remains unclear, but it certainly doesn't hurt, right?
Of course, as the leader of a large tribe, who wouldn't want to eat something delicious? Corn porridge, stir-fried pork and green onions, shredded potatoes, eggs with garlic sprouts (or sunflower greens), stewed potatoes with pork... the combination of meat and vegetables was delicious.
As for why sweet potatoes aren't in the recipe? It's probably because the Hai Tribe's shamans have a prejudice against sweet potatoes. They say even shamans wouldn't eat such delicious dried sweet potatoes.
After two years of development, the Hai tribe became a little richer, so Ma Yue changed the charter and bureau-level cadres also had to enjoy this diet.
Ma Yue himself doesn't eat sweet potatoes because his family was very poor when he was a child in his previous life. They either ate sweet potatoes or stewed sauerkraut. So, Ma Yue felt nauseous when he saw sweet potatoes and sauerkraut.
However, Ma Yue had no objection to his subordinates eating sweet potatoes. As long as it was food, it had its own unique nutritional value, so sweet potatoes were added to the new menu for bureau-level cadres.
Not only were the people of the Hai Tribe relieved, but the people of the other larger tribes were relieved as well. Everyone thought that Ma Yue's refusal to eat sweet potatoes might be due to something wrong with them. However, since sweet potatoes were now part of the diets of officials at the bureau level and above in the Hai Tribe, then there was nothing wrong with them.
It was not in the recipe before because the Hai tribe did not grow sweet potatoes. However, the Lingguo Island branch now grows and harvests a lot of sweet potatoes, so there is no need to buy them; they are in the recipe.
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