Zhang Dashan, full of vigor, continued to issue commands.
"Zhang Lengzi! You have a hatchet. Take your wife and find a few other women to go to the forest to cut trees and gather firewood. Be quick about it, no slacking off!"
"Team Leader, don't worry!"
"Huzi!"
Zhang Dashan called out again.
Zhang Xiaohu jumped up in surprise, looking at his stern father, and said, "Dad... no! Team Leader, what are your orders!"
"I appoint you as the Wild Vegetable Squad Leader. You will lead Xiaobao and the others to dig for wild vegetables! By noon, you must dig at least one basket for me. If you don't, you'll be punished!"
"Yes, sir!"
Zhang Xiaohu accepted the order and, with a few half-grown children, scurried off.
"Brother-in-law, what should I do?"
A slender, graceful young woman approached Zhang Dashan and asked softly.
Zhang Dashan said, "Don't call me brother-in-law, call me Team Leader. Lord said that I am now the Shitou Village Production Team Leader!"
"Alright, Team Leader! Can you arrange some work for me too? I also want to eat roast chicken!"
"You and your sister will clean up the ground. Lord is a meticulous person. Clean up this area thoroughly, and I'll try to get you a chicken leg!"
"Great!"
The young woman named Yang Qingshou immediately cheered.
Her elder sister, Zhang Dashan's wife, whose full name is Yang Qinggu, and the two sisters huddled together, chatting softly while working.
"Sister, what does 'Lord' mean?"
"How would I know? I just know that adult doesn't lie; he really gives roast chicken."
"Lord might be a high official."
"If he's a high official, he must be bigger than the county magistrate. Oh, right, Xiuer, when will Dad and Big Brother return from buying grain in the county town? They're not here, and we're missing out big time."
"Our dad said when he left that it would be three or four days at the quickest, five or six at the slowest. It's already been over five days, so they should be back soon!"
"Lord is looking over here, get to work!"
...
Wang Yi drove the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle, with Man Datou standing behind the driver's seat.
He surveyed the area briefly. Although the villagers were physically weak, they were all quite honest and none dared to cause trouble.
However, they were mostly working with their bare hands.
Wang Yi spoke with them and quickly understood how low Shitou Village's productivity was. The entire village had only a few iron pots, just one hatchet, no saws or axes at all, and very few farm tools. Even things like hemp rope were rare.
Without tools, manual labor for reclamation and logging was a joke!
The Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle Wang Yi drove seemed to be ahead of its time.
"My Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle, with its infinite power, black technology, and 200 horsepower, can't be wasted. If I could add a cargo bed, it would at least be a tractor... I wonder if using Flying Light Arrows to fell trees is feasible. Blasting through tree trunks shouldn't be difficult..."
Wang Yi pondered silently. A moment later, he drove the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle away from the territory.
However, he wasn't going to research Flying Light Arrow logging, but to explore the map!
"Explore the map, familiarize myself with the surrounding environment, survey water quality and water access routes, see if there are any potential threats, and valuable resources. With the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle and Man Datou as an escort, safety shouldn't be an issue. As for the Gourmet Processing Plant and Chaos Warehouse within the territory, no one should be able to damage them, right...?"
Wang Yi turned to look back at his territory, a mere ten meters in all directions, containing only two buildings: the Chaos Warehouse and the Gourmet Processing Plant.
Buildings cannot move, and damage might affect their functions, but fortunately, they can be repaired using Chaos Energy.
Wang Yi mused that it was very necessary to stock up on some Chaos Energy.
The Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle performed excellently. Wang Yi drove it like an off-road vehicle, first exploring south. Soon, about two li away, he discovered the Emerald River.
The great river flowed from the mountains, about two zhang wide, with calm, clear water that revealed the bottom.
"Beautiful mountains, beautiful water, beautiful scenery!"
Wang Yi enjoyed the mountain scenery, his mood joyful. He drove the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle along the river for another li to the east and arrived at a river beach. The terrain here was open, with a lot of sand and gravel.
Suddenly, Wang Yi received a system prompt: "Ding, a Level 1 resource point has been discovered."
"Ding, tip: Only Lord players or exploration units can discover resource points when exploring the Great World. Choosing to activate a resource point will immediately spawn resource point guardians. After defeating the resource point guardians, resource buildings will generally appear automatically. Please explore for specifics."
"Ding, do you wish to activate the current resource point? Once activated, fifty ferocious and bloodthirsty Sand River Crabs will immediately spawn here."
Wang Yi was slightly stunned, then overjoyed!
"A triggered wild resource point, how interesting. What the heck are ferocious and bloodthirsty Sand River Crabs? Are they strong?"
Wang Yi immediately asked Man Datou, "Datou, have you seen Sand River Crabs? Can you beat them?"
Man Datou shook his head and said, "I haven't seen them!"
"Then we'll see them today!"
Wang Yi had already made up his mind. He immediately drove the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle to high ground, then wiggled the handlebars, effectively setting up a "turret."
Next, Wang Yi communicated with the system and chose to activate the resource point.
The next moment, the distant river surface suddenly erupted with turbid splashes, and fifty huge crabs crawled out of the mud.
The carapaces of these crustaceans had a bronze-rusty color, estimated to be about 1 meter wide. Their claws were asymmetrical; the left cheliped was broad and flat like a shovel, while the right cheliped was sharp like a pointed pincer. Their other six legs were slender.
They moved extremely fast, not sideways, but crawling straight forward, somewhat like spiders.
"Such big crabs, they must have become spirits! Datou, prepare for battle!"
Wang Yi was not without tension. As he spoke, he already "squeezed the brake," and the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle immediately went to work. Flying Light Arrows shot out from the front of the vehicle like segments of lasers.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The Flying Light Arrows tore through the air with a buzzing sound like a swarm of bees passing by. One motorcycle produced the effect of a wild spray of gunfire, directly providing suppressive fire. The carapaces of the front-row crabs shattered in response, and blue-green blood splattered onto the beach.
The penetrative power of the Flying Light Arrows was astonishing; the Sand River Crabs' shells couldn't withstand them, each shot creating a hole.
Man Datou also jumped off the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle. He charged forward, lifted a millstone-sized rock, and smashed it hard onto a Sand River Crab, crushing its belly to the ground and utterly destroying its back shell.
However, the Sand River Crab's vitality was surprisingly strong; it still wasn't dead and tried to attack Man Datou with its claws.
Man Datou spat, then picked up another rock and smashed it down. Only then did the Sand River Crab finally die and stop moving.
However, Man Datou didn't have many chances to show off. With the Repeating Crossbow Motorcycle's power, the fifty Sand River Crabs were quickly cleaned up. Not a single one managed to get within ten meters of Wang Yi, leaving the river beach covered in honeycomb-like arrow holes.
This was an overwhelming victory.
The system prompt quickly sounded: "Ding, congratulations on defeating the resource point guardians. Resource point activated, calculating..."
"Ding, a Level 1 River Sand Resource Point has appeared. This resource point is a permanent resource point and can produce high-quality river sand. It automatically refreshes after collection, with a maximum daily output of 100 tons!"