Xu Yuehuai was even more surprised. Could it be that so many people had deliberately come to the Tianxianglou branch?
Weren't they shills hired by someone else?
She was quite shocked for a moment, and quickly made arrangements to have the waiter secretly investigate and find out the origins of these people.
"Go quickly and secretly inquire why these people have come. This is the Tian Shang Lou branch!"
"Yes, shopkeeper, I'll go investigate right away and get back to you as soon as possible!"
Upon hearing this, the waiter hurriedly went over to inquire about the people who had come to the Tianxianglou branch.
He asked casually, "I wonder where you guys are from? You look a bit unfamiliar!"
One of them said, "We've just returned home! You haven't seen us in so long, so naturally we're unfamiliar with you!"
"It's been a long time since I've been home. Where did you come from?"
The waiter continued to ask, and the man slowly replied.
"Aren't you one of our Mingyue Kingdom's people? Didn't His Majesty send some people to cultivate the wasteland before? We were those people who were sent to the wasteland!"
This person was originally sent to cultivate the wasteland, and his skin was particularly dark. The others around him were the same, so the waiter thought they were outsiders. He never expected that they were all locals from the Kingdom of Mingyue.
Because the Dark Moon Kingdom is usually very cold, everyone's skin is very fair, and there are no people with skin as dark as this.
In fact, between the Kingdom of Mingyue and the Kingdom of Dongsang, there is a territory that is a no-man's-land. That area is a wasteland with extremely harsh temperatures, and there are usually no living things that can survive there, so no one has tried to take over this place.
Plants simply cannot grow there. There is only sunshine all year round, very little rain, and there are no lakes or other sources of water. If a person were to go there, they would not survive for long.
Xiao Er was also from the Mingyue Kingdom. He had heard before that His Majesty the King had arranged for some soldiers to go to the wasteland to reclaim land.
Unexpectedly, all those soldiers have returned safely.
"Oh, it's you! Welcome back to the Kingdom of the Moon!"
"You've really worked hard clearing this wasteland!"
"What are your plans after you come back this time?"
The waiter spoke to those people and poured them a cup of tea.
The man said, "Let's rest here for a while, and then hurry to the palace to report to His Majesty the King."
"Then you'll need to rest well. I'll talk to the manager later and ask him to send you some extra tea and snacks."
The waiter smiled and spoke to them, trying to get more information out of them.
Upon hearing this, the man burst into laughter.
"No wonder we heard as soon as we entered the city that the Tianxianglou branch is now the best restaurant in the Mingyue Kingdom! I didn't expect it to be true!"
"That's right, our Manager Xu is the best manager in the whole world!"
"The shopkeeper is a very kind person; he's even sent people to distribute porridge on West Street!"
The waiter praised Xu Yuehuai, expressing his deep admiration for her.
Upon hearing this, the man simply smiled faintly.
After asking them a few other questions, the waiter left and returned to the kitchen.
After telling Xu Yuehuai about some things, Xu Yuehuai arranged for someone to deliver tea and snacks to those people.
"I never imagined those people were the same ones the King of the Dark Moon Kingdom had sent to that desolate wasteland. I never thought they would all come back. I wonder what the situation is like there now!"
Xu Yuehuai said to Qi Guze.
Qi Guze said, "Actually, when I was young, I also went to the wasteland to investigate. That area is not suitable for planting anything else."
"Even if the King of Mingyue Kingdom arranged for these people to go there to reclaim wasteland, it would serve no other purpose. Perhaps they went there to inquire about the affairs of Dongsang Kingdom, but it was just an excuse."
The situation in Dongsang Kingdom is much better than in their Mingyue Kingdom.
However, Dongsang Kingdom is quite far from the other three kingdoms.
If one day the Mingyue Kingdom can no longer establish itself here, it will probably migrate south to their Dongsang Kingdom, and may even occupy Dongsang Kingdom as a result.
After all, compared to the Great Zhou Kingdom and the Wuling Kingdom, the Eastern Sang Kingdom is easier to deal with.
If the Mingyue Kingdom wants to occupy the Great Zhou Kingdom or the Wuling Kingdom, it will definitely cause chaos in the three kingdoms. It would be better to spend more effort and secretly send people to the Dongsang Kingdom to investigate.
Even if it's not possible to transfer resources from Dongsang Kingdom in the short term, we can still acquire more resources from Dongsang Kingdom.
Dongsang Garden has many rare medicinal herbs, various vegetables and fruits, which are things that the other three kingdoms do not have.
If they could find some things that could be grown in their cold and water-scarce Mingyue Kingdom, they could become their new economic crops.
Alternatively, they could try to cultivate the wasteland between their Mingyue Kingdom and Dongsang Kingdom, perhaps by planting more other crops to make the upcoming winter easier for their Mingyue Kingdom.
Is that really the case?
"Is it really impossible to grow anything else on that vast wasteland?"
Xu Yuehuai has modern ideas. When she thinks of wasteland, she thinks of how many people in modern times spent a lot of energy to grow things in wasteland.
Although she didn't know how those people cultivated it, she had heard about some of the general details.
Things can indeed be grown in wasteland, but they require careful cultivation and proper propagation of drought-resistant plants to succeed.
That requires repeated experiments to possibly encounter such a coincidence.
"It's true! I sent people to investigate before, and they tried to plant all sorts of plants there, but none of them could survive in that wasteland!"
Qi Guze had done something similar before when the Great Zhou Kingdom was experiencing a drought; there was also a place in their Great Zhou Kingdom that was connected to wasteland.
However, after trying various methods, it was found that there was no way to cultivate crops on the wasteland.
What the Dark Moon Kingdom wanted to achieve was simply impossible.
Upon hearing this, Xu Yuehuai had other ideas. Perhaps she could go to the wasteland to plant things and experiment with them. Maybe the crops she grew could save lives during the famine years in the four kingdoms.
This would reduce war for the entire Shikoku region.
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