Li Xin's voice choked with sobs, "In the divine kingdom, we were treated like cattle and horses by those evil spirits, never having enough to eat or wear, living in constant fear!"
She suddenly stood up and bowed deeply in the direction of the barren mountain.
"Fortunately, the Mountain Goddess was merciful and saved us poor people, otherwise we really don't know if we would have any way to survive!"
Wang Wei also exclaimed with emotion: "Yes, the Mountain Goddess is like our second parents!"
Li Xin calmed herself down and asked curiously, "By the way, Sister Weiwei, I heard that a lot of factories have been built on the barren mountain? Won't the environment here be affected? In our previous world, when there were many factories, the air and water were not very good."
After all, she was a modern time traveler, and had a natural wariness of industrial pollution.
Ancient times were able to manufacture various factories, which was indeed advanced, but it also caused environmental pollution, which was a troublesome issue!
Upon hearing this, Wang Wei's face showed a hint of pride: "Don't worry! Sister Li Xin, the Mountain Goddess has already thought of this!"
"Although we have many factories here—textile factories, glass factories, cement factories, farm implement factories, you name it—smell the air here, isn't it exceptionally fresh?"
Li Xin took a deep breath and nodded: "There is indeed no strange smell at all. It smells much better than the bloody and foul smells I smelled in the Divine Kingdom."
Wang Wei laughed and said, "Of course! The Mountain Goddess is the goddess of the barren mountains. While she promotes factories to improve our lives, she naturally does not want these factories to pollute the land she protects and us believers."
"Therefore, Her Majesty has specially bestowed a method so that all the wastewater and exhaust gas from the factories will undergo special treatment and will never pollute the environment!"
"Even the toilets we use every day will be replaced with flush toilets connected to septic tanks to ensure they are clean and odorless!"
Li Xin was stunned: "Flush toilet? Septic tank? It can even treat factory pollution? This is so advanced compared to my old world!"
"Even modern factories find it difficult to completely avoid various forms of pollution, yet the Mountain Goddess managed to do it?"
Wang Wei nodded vigorously, beaming with pride: "It's all thanks to the Mountain Goddess that our barren mountain has been able to maintain its green hills and clear waters, and fresh air, even as so many factories have been built here!"
At this moment, Li Xin's admiration for the mountain goddess, whom she had never met before, had reached its peak.
She secretly made up her mind that she would devoutly worship the Mountain Goddess from now on and stay in the barren mountain forever!
…
On the other side, Zhao Le, a burly man who had traveled through the desolate mountains, led Wu Feng, a man who had just come from the divine kingdom, back home.
Zhao Le works in a factory in the barren mountains. He is strong, hardworking, and lives a comfortable life.
"Brother Wu Feng, come, come, don't be shy, make yourself at home!"
Zhao Le moved over a stool and greeted them warmly.
Wu Feng seemed a little reserved. He nodded and looked around Zhao Le's room.
Although simple, it was clean enough, much better than the cave and thatched hut he lived in when he fled the divine kingdom.
Zhao Le poured him a bowl of water and asked, "Brother, you came from the Divine Kingdom, tell me, what's the situation there? I heard it's a mess."
Wu Feng took a sip of water, then looked at his face.
He lowered his voice and leaned closer to Zhao Le, saying, "Brother Zhao, you might not know this, but in the Divine Kingdom, most of us transmigrators have turned into skeletons!"
"What the heck?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Le's eyes widened, and he almost dropped the bowl of water in his hand.
"Skeletons? Are those the white skeleton soldiers who infiltrated the desolate mountains before?"
Wu Feng nodded heavily: "That's right! But don't worry, they turned into skeletons voluntarily. Only by becoming skeletons can they deceive the evil spirits of the divine kingdom and make it easier for them to cause trouble!"
Zhao Le slapped his thigh, his face showing excitement.
"Becoming a skeleton is so impressive? And you can even cause trouble in the divine realm?"
His eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands together, saying, "Brother, tell me, isn't that amazing? Can I turn into a skeleton now? Damn, just thinking about it is so exciting! Let's go to the Kingdom of Gods and show off our power!"
Upon hearing this, Wu Feng quickly waved his hand.
"No, no, no! Brother Zhao, you absolutely mustn't have such thoughts!"
He said urgently, "It's extremely dangerous over there! It's a near-death experience!"
"Although those skeleton brothers look imposing, they live with their heads on the line! The demons and monsters in the Divine Kingdom are no pushovers either. They're divided into several factions and are currently engaged in a chaotic battle. If they find out, it's certain death!"
Zhao Le's excitement immediately subsided somewhat, but a hint of longing still lingered in his eyes: "Is it really that dangerous?"
Wu Feng said with lingering fear, "It was even more dangerous than you thought! It's said that the vampire bats and wolf demons are planning to join forces to deal with the skeleton clan!"
"A world-shaking battle is inevitable then!"
"We are already blessed to be able to stay peacefully in this desolate mountain under the protection of the Mountain Goddess, with food, drink and a stable life! We dare not ask for anything more!"
Zhao Le listened, clicked his tongue, and ultimately felt a little regretful.
However, being able to live peacefully is indeed better than anything else.
"Sigh, that's true, my life is more important." He scratched his head.
…
Seeing that all 10,000 people had been settled, Yu Luo nodded, expressing his admiration for Liang Shu's abilities.
She felt that if Liang Shu became prime minister in the future, she would definitely be a brilliant prime minister!
That's decided. When Liang Yu ascends the throne, Liang Shu will be made prime minister!
By the way, I wonder if Emperor Yan has adapted to the environment here. He's been working here for several days now, so why hasn't he made a sound?
Yu Luo opened another panoramic map and found that the Yan Emperor was completely absorbed in the glass factory, holding various shapes of glass and grinning like an idiot.
Out of vigilance towards the Yan state, the manager of Liulichang did not allow the Yan emperor to be involved in the glassmaking process. Instead, he allowed the Yan emperor to participate in the display and packaging of the glass.
Emperor Yan was beaming with joy every day as he packaged those glass items.
Yu Luo was still a little confused, feeling that an emperor shouldn't be given away so easily!
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that Emperor Yan was also a part-time worker at the Liulichang factory, as he could exchange points for Liuli ornaments at half price every day.
The Yan Emperor exchanges one every day and is already so happy he's forgotten about Shu.
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