“It’s time to get up, My Lord.”
The sweet voice of a beauty, three parts shy and seven parts soft, once again sounded by Lin Yi’s ear.
Lin Yi’s eyelids twitched, feeling a bit tired, “Alright, help me change…”
“Mm~”
Wang Qiu’er’s cheeks flushed crimson as she reached to tuck her hair behind her ear.
She was about to pull her leg away from him.
“Slap—”
Feeling the warmth emanating from her body and that delicate touch, Lin Yi grabbed the slightly flustered, soft jade leg.
“Let’s wait a bit longer…”
Sigh.
Another day of lacking self-discipline.
Thirty-one minutes and forty-nine seconds later.
Lin Yi pushed open the mansion gate, feeling refreshed, only to find a silver statue blocking his way.
“My Lord has kept this subordinate waiting.”
Xiang Yi held a bowl of blood-red porridge in her hand, her narrow eyes glancing at Lin Yi’s occasionally trembling legs, and she snorted, “Weak and loves to play, shameless.”
“Take this, this subordinate is going to cultivate.”
With that, she handed over the bowl and turned to leave, regardless of his reaction.
“Tsk tsk.”
Lin Yi muttered softly, “What kind of gunpowder did this girl eat?”
He raised the bowl, took a sip of the blood porridge, smacked his lips, and gave his evaluation.
The texture was thick and smooth, not particularly delicious, but at least it had no strange taste.
However, after swallowing, he could clearly feel a warm current flowing through his body, replenishing some of the energy he had lost after the intense battle.
The absorption rate was much faster than that of fierce beast meat.
The feeling of fullness was also good; it was indeed a cash crop planted by many lords.
It had a large market potential.
“It’s more like a rice paste.”
“Damn, which genius researched this? Grinding wheat into powder and mixing it with water to drink.”
“The temperature is a bit cold.”
He casually handed the bowl to a staggering Niu Ma who was passing by, ignored the latter’s flattered expression, and strode towards the center of the plaza.
“What’s wrong, old man? Why the grumpy face? Your forehead wrinkles are showing again.”
Lin Yi saw Wang Fugui sitting at an outdoor table with a frown, leaned over, and glanced at the beast skin scroll in his hand.
【Three-Day Work Summary】.
“My Lord, something’s not right, twelve parts not right.”
Wang Fugui immediately stood up upon seeing Lin Yi, pressed him into the chair, and pointed at the beast skin, “Qianqian has recruited a total of 367 more wandering villagers these past few days, adding to those we recruited ourselves.”
“The total population has reached 887, almost reaching the 1,000 mark, and among them, 264 have become Scarlet Tassel Spearmen.”
“And there are 7,000 slaves… Uh, they’ve been eating grass paste these past few days, so let’s not count them as people for now, but there’s also one foolish Light Dragon that only eats and doesn’t work.”
At this point, Wang Fugui pointed at the food consumption record at the bottom, his old eyes wide, “Twenty thousand catties of meat in three days?”
“If we also provide basic rations for those slaves, this number will increase by another forty thousand!”
“Is there a problem?” Lin Yi asked, somewhat perplexed.
The Plain Secret Realm produced over 100,000 catties of meat a day; resources should be very abundant, right?
Moreover, with Blood Wheat now, they shouldn’t be worried about food.
Besides.
They couldn’t reduce the daily portion for the subjects just because food consumption was high.
Lin Yi hadn't actually compared it, but he was well aware that a person who was hungry could not compare to a well-fed person, whether in combat or work.
“There’s a big problem.”
Wang Fugui then pointed to the food production overview, “The first crop of Blood Wheat has been harvested, and excluding the portion reserved for seeds, there are only 12,000 catties.”
“On average, only 4,000 catties are available for distribution per day, and if we include the portion My Lord intends to sell, this number will be even smaller.”
At this point.
Wang Fugui finally got to the main point, stating seriously, “Our available food is too monotonous! Changing it up won’t help either.”
“Eating meat for every meal… every meal…”
As he said this, the old man suddenly felt his stomach churning, “Ugh… cough, cough.”
“Sorry, My Lord, but that’s the gist of it.”
“Now, when everyone hears about eating meat, they have to go outside and use the latrine first.”
“Today is a bit better; after the Blood Wheat harvest, the kitchen cook directly ground 1,000 catties, added some water, and boiled it. The little ones finished their meal this morning, didn’t even need to wash their bowls, licking them clean.”
“If this continues, I’m afraid there will be side effects… We need to find a large number of vegetable seeds that can be planted.”
After listening.
Lin Yi finally understood.
Good heavens, he was just worried about the villagers going hungry, but he didn’t expect them to be eating too well.
Damn it.
Who would have thought of that?
“It is indeed a problem.”
Lin Yi rested his elbows on the table, propping up his chin.
As a lord, his daily food was quite generous.
The wild vegetables collected by the villagers were always the freshest and tenderest parts reserved for him.
He hadn't considered this before.
“It has nothing to do with seeds; there’s still too little cultivated land.”
Lin Yi pointed out the problem incisively and continued, “I’ll figure out a way for this matter. For now, the Blood Wheat will not be sold! Alright, you go get busy.”
Wang Fugui was about to turn around.
“Oh, right.”
“Let me look at the beast skin again.”
“Alright.” Wang Fugui placed the beast skin on the table with both hands, hesitated for a moment, then added, “My Lord, if conditions permit, please buy some paper. The beast skin can be saved for making equipment later.”
“I know.”
Lin Yi waved his hand, quickly scanning the other information.
There was a lot of good news.
Wang Qianqian had returned twice to report, and they had roughly pinpointed the location of the Undead Lich’s territory.
The reconnaissance of the Monster Mountain Range’s periphery was also complete.
Except for a few places where special plants grew, there were only scattered second-tier magical beasts, possessing great hunting value.
After two and a half days of training, the first few batches of Spearmen had reached level 20 under Wang Dazhuang’s devilish military training, and the average level of the others had also increased by one, reaching 18.
This might be related to long-term consumption of fierce beast meat, but the greatest credit still went to the coach.
Economically, after deducting the daily reserved beast meat, the remaining portion sold for a total of 21,000 purple crystal coins.
Lin Yi’s empty treasury was slightly replenished.
“A Light Dragon’s daily food intake is 100 catties, which is acceptable for now. We’ll talk when it grows up.”
Lin Yi arrived at the foot of Crystal Mountain.
He spent 3,000 purple crystal coins and recruited three Light Dragons.
“Ger~”
“…”
With the same entrance, three dog-like young dragons circled Lin Yi’s calves.
Their shoe soles were licked clean.
“From now on, you will be called Erbai, Sanbai, and Sibai.”
The Light Dragon’s true names were incredibly long, and Lin Yi didn't have the memory for them, so he casually gave the dragons new names.
As for the first one…
“Awooo!”
A white shadow descended from the sky and unceremoniously plopped down in front of Lin Yi.
“Slurp~”
A pink tongue vigorously scraped across Lin Yi’s face.
“Dabai, how many times have I told you, don’t lick me!”
Lin Yi cursed, disgusted, wiped the saliva off his face, then grabbed the small Light Dragon at his feet like a towel to wipe his hands.
“Within three days, there will be no food for you in the territory.”
Lin Yi glared fiercely at the Light Dragon, which was now prostrate on the ground and already tall enough to reach his thigh.
“If you want to fill your stomach, go hunt in the south yourself.”
“Wuwu…”
Dabai stopped, its round eyes drooped, and it squatted on the ground like a dog, growling, looking extremely wronged.
As early as yesterday, it had already finished its slumber and its body size had exploded.
Its level had increased to 20, and its strength had undergone a qualitative change.
Not only was its entire body covered in intricate, delicate, and lustrous scales.
Its limb muscles were filled with explosive power.
As a spellcaster.
Even without casting spells, probably no one would want to engage it in close combat.
Coupled with its flying ability.
It was difficult for any creature around the territory to threaten it.
“What are you looking at? Go find something to eat.”
Lin Yi kicked Dabai’s rear, watched it fly towards the outskirts of the territory, and couldn't help but complain at its wagging tail, “It’s like a dog with wings.”
To be fair.
The Light Dragon race’s natural genes were far superior to humans.
They were only recruited for three days.
Eating a full meal and then sleeping, they reached the exaggerated peak of the second-tier!
Absurd!
Afterward, Lin Yi fed the remaining three young dragons and waited for them to enter slumber before leaving Crystal Mountain.
There was another more important matter waiting for him today.
“Two more hours.”
Lin Yi looked at the gradually forming Purification Pool in the center, licking his lips.
He had waited three days.
Once it was complete, he had to soak his feet first!