Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 50 Gifts and Return

"Can we still play like this?"

"My fruit!"

Witnessing Li Mu's actions, everyone in the shelter felt surprised and regretful. They had originally wanted to bring some back for their families to try, but it was gone.

"Just take them back and plant them in the soil and water them as I tell you."

Li Mu handed the three seeds in his hand to Tang Anguo.

"Thank you, City Lord Li. We will return to the refugee camp right away to report."

Tang Anguo took the seeds and immediately expressed his intention to leave.

“Don’t worry, did you forget what I told you to take another copy with you before you leave?

Unfortunately, I was too hasty just now and the fruit tree has been restored to seeds.

In that case, let me compensate you in another way."

Li Mu turned his hand and six thumb-sized seeds appeared in his palm. "Here are the seeds of apple, grape, orange, grapefruit, banana, and persimmon. They can also grow three times. Each of you will get one."

“I would also like to ask you to say a few good words about the population transfer. If you can make it happen, it would be the best.

Of course, if there are more talents in management, breeding, construction, etc. among the transferred population, I will give them generous gifts."

Everyone, who were originally disappointed because they couldn't take some fruits away, immediately smiled happily when they saw Li Mu gave each of them a fruit tree seed.

"Thank you, City Lord Li. I will definitely help with this matter."

"City Lord Li has shown such great love for me, I will definitely live up to your trust."
Everyone who received the gifts couldn't help but pat their chests and pledge that they would do their part to help transfer the population. Some even wondered how amazing it was that City Lord Li had such magical abilities and was so generous.

Is it possible to consider including yourself, your family and friends in the list of people to be transferred?

"I wish you all a safe journey!"

Li Mu looked at the shelter visiting group leaving, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

"It's really tiring to talk to these officials. From now on, I'll let you and Chengcheng do this."

Li Mu frowned and said to Yu Shuaikang beside him.

"Goodbye, Lao Li. If you let me deal with them, won't that mean I'll die?"

"Besides, with my emotional intelligence, I'm sure I'll offend everyone."

When Yu Shuaikang saw that Li Mu was going to hand over all these things to him in the future, he screamed in surprise. He was already amazed by what he had just seen of Li Mu's operation. If he did it himself, he would be cheated out of everything.

"Okay, okay, I'm just saying."

"I originally wanted to go to the wild to look for survivors to replenish the population of Wanling City, but now it seems that there is no need."

"I hope my gift is not in vain, and that there will be more talented people among the transferred population, and that those sent here are not all old, weak, sick or disabled."

Li Mu couldn't help but sigh. It was easy to ask for people, but to ask for useful people it depended on whether the shelter would release them and whether those guys just now could contribute.

Over here in the shelter, except for Tang Anguo, all the others were Source Warriors, so they naturally had good physical strength. Plus, they were familiar with the route, so after traveling non-stop for more than an hour, they finally returned to the West Lake Shelter.

After returning to the shelter, everyone dispersed to look for their own superiors, while Tang Anguo took the three seeds to meet General Wang and Mayor Qian.

Tang Anguo continued to rush towards the center of the shelter. After smoking a cigarette, he arrived in front of a small building with simple decoration. Two soldiers with guns were standing at the door.

After the two soldiers reported, Tang Anguo finally met Mayor Qian.

"Why are you back so soon?"

Mayor Qian was very surprised to see Tang Anguo, and immediately asked, "Some special circumstances have occurred, so I hurried back to consult you."

"Special circumstances? Please tell me in detail."

"Wanling City is building an underground city, and is using fruit trees to pay for the food debts they previously owed."

Tang Anguo recounted his discoveries in Wanling City, his transactions with Li Mu, and even the gifts and requests from Li Mu before he left, in great detail.

"Which one here is the seed of the Everbright Tree?"

Mayor Qian took the seeds from Tang Anguo and did not mention the fruit tree seeds given by Li Mu. Compared with fresh fruits, he was obviously more concerned about the everlasting trees used for heating.

"This red one belongs to the Everbright Tree."

Tang Anguo felt much more relaxed when he saw that Mayor Qian did not mention the gift, which obviously meant that he could accept it.

"I have a general understanding of the situation. Go and tell Lao Wang to gather in the conference room. These seeds need to be displayed in front of everyone."

Mayor Qian looked at the seed belonging to the Everlasting Tree, and then gave instructions to Tang Anguo.

"Yes!"

Tang Anguo saluted and ran outside.

Half an hour later, the conference room was filled with managers from various departments of the shelter, talking in low voices in groups of three or four.

"Everyone be quiet, the meeting will begin now."

Mayor Qian sat high up in the front of the conference room and knocked on the table with his gavel.

After the "dong dong" sound, the conference room fell silent.

"I believe that everyone here has more or less understood the results of this visit to Wanling City. Now let's get straight to the point."

"First, is it a profit or a loss to exchange eighty seeds of a fruit tree that can regenerate three times for forty thousand kilograms of food?"

Although the deal was made between Mayor Qian and Li Mu at the time, and the soldiers used were from a battalion under Tang Anguo, directly under General Wang, this does not mean that General Wang and Mayor Qian can monopolize the seeds of these fruit trees.

The shelter is not dominated by one person, but by a complex network of forces. There is Mayor Qian who is in charge of government affairs, General Wang who manages the army, Mayor Zhou who is in charge of finances, the "Superpower Association" representing idle awakeners and source warriors, the "Workers Association" of ordinary residents, and so on.

Although it is important to get how much you share, the most taboo thing in distributing benefits is to keep it all to yourself.

"Although I have heard that these fruit tree seeds are very magical, seeing is believing. We might as well take a look at whether these fruit trees are really like what they say before making a decision."

The one who spoke was Mayor Zhou, who was in charge of finance. He had been managing all the economic aspects of the shelter. Before seeing how much fruit the trees could produce, he had no way of measuring whether this deal was a profit or a loss.

"Mayor Zhou is right. Let's first see if these fruit trees are as magical as we've heard."

"If everyone has no objection, then it is decided."

General Wang looked at everyone and asked.

All parties involved wanted to verify the authenticity of the fruit tree, and since the three giants of the shelter had spoken, they naturally had no objection.

"Bring me some dirt and water."

Following an order, several soldiers came to the front of the meeting room carrying a large vat filled with soil and a plastic bucket filled with water.

Mayor Qian buried the seeds representing the apple trees into the soil, and then the soldiers began to water them. As several liters of water were poured into the large vat, a "rustling" sound was heard, and a magical scene happened.

First, a tender bud slowly emerged from the soil, and then it began to grow rapidly. In just two minutes, it grew into an apple tree more than one meter tall!
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