Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 89 Red Flame Fruit

I put the new cherry tomatoes into my mouth, and as expected, the taste became better. One word to describe it is "fresh and juicy"!
And the warming effect is much stronger than the cherry tomatoes before. If the previous warm current was a stream, now it is a big river.

An hour later, Li Mu slowly opened his eyes and woke up from his practice. The source energy in his body had been fully restored, and at the same time, only the last trace of the warm current from the cherry tomatoes remained.

"It seems that this renovation was very successful. The warming time has been extended to one hour."

"But it's a bit inappropriate to call it cherry tomatoes. This name doesn't reflect its efficacy at all. Besides, it's going to be exported as a commodity, so we have to give it a new and more catchy name."

Li Mu touched his chin and began to think.

The skin of this fruit is bright red like blood, and the warm current after eating it is as hot as magma, so let's just call it "Red Flame Fruit".

The original cherry tomato mother plant is still retained by Li Mu. In this way, the warm-keeping series of fruits now has three categories, namely the original tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and red flame fruit.

They are different in size and warmth retention time, so the pricing will naturally be different.

However, all this will have to wait until the monetary system of Wanling City is established before it can be implemented. At that time, a store specializing in selling various plants will be built in the city for outsiders to purchase.

As for where to build the store, Li Mu has not yet thought of a suitable place.

When Wanling City was first built, Li Mu did not have enough time to complete the project, so he could only enclose a square with a side length of 500 meters. However, as the population grew, more and more buildings had to be built, and the current area was obviously not enough.

Besides, Li Mu did not intend to close the country to the outside world, but planned to build Wanling City into a large shelter known far and wide to recruit more people.

In this way, Wanling City will sooner or later have to communicate and trade with the outside world, and Li Mu does not want these outsiders to be too close to the City Lord's Mansion.

Then, when everything is settled, we can rebuild an outer city outside, use the current Wanling City as the inner city, and only leave the original residents and those who have made contributions to live there.

Thinking of this, Li Mu silently recorded this task in the Book of All Spirits:
6. Build the outer city of Wanling City.

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"Have Fu Zikui and the others returned to pick them up?"

On the top floor of the City Lord's Mansion, Li Mu looked at Yao Chengcheng and asked about the situation of the population transfer.

"Although they are half an hour slower than you were yesterday, fortunately they have returned safely, and there are still a little over 400 people this time."

Yao Chengcheng took a sip of the tea in the cup and continued with a smile,

"Fu Zikui also asked me to tell you that the energy in their bodies is enough to supply the tree people with a round trip, so they haven't used the red fruit you gave them yet."

Li Mu's face remained calm. This was a result he had calculated long ago. He expected it to be half an hour late. After all, Fu Zikui and the other man's source energy could not compare to his own.

"Have they all been arranged in the underground city?"

Li Mu continued to ask.

"Yes, we have already eaten, and now we should be tidying up our dormitories."

"I went down there to take a look today. Not only have the public toilets at both ends of the dormitory been almost completed, but other places have also been improved. The entire underground city now has a breath of life."

Yao Chengcheng couldn't help but sigh, it turned out that there is strength in numbers. In just one day, the dungeon seemed to have changed its appearance.

Li Mu's mouth curled up slightly. "After all, this is their own home. They are naturally motivated to work, and their efficiency is so high."

"I was like this when I was building Wanling City. Except for eating and sleeping, I was busy all the time." After a pause, Li Mu continued, "Just arrange the personnel to do these things. If you need any plants, let me know and I will provide them to you as soon as possible."

Yao Chengcheng slapped his thigh when he heard this, "There are indeed plants that are needed. One is the thermal konjac for boiling water, and the other is a tree that is specifically used for making furniture."

Li Mu replied, "Fever konjac is easy to deal with. Just come with me to the laboratory to get it later."

"But there are so many trees that can be used to make furniture. Do you have any recommendations?"

Yao Chengcheng did not answer immediately, but thought for a while, and then said,

"Redwood, pine, poplar..."

After listening to Yao Chengcheng talk about the dozen or so kinds of trees, Li Mu felt that these types were not good enough and were just some ordinary woods.

Suddenly, several types of wood flashed through his mind. These woods are undoubtedly the best choices for making furniture, but they may not be familiar to ordinary people.

"What do you think of golden nanmu, small-leaf red sandalwood and Hainan huanghuali?" Yao Chengcheng was stunned when he heard the names of these woods.

These woods had been famous before the end of the world, but he had never seen them with his own eyes.

It is said that the price of these woods is even more expensive than gold.

What makes them so valuable is that these trees have one thing in common: they grow extremely slowly.

Someone once calculated that if a golden nanmu sapling was planted during the Qianlong period, its diameter would only be as thick as a bowl by now.

However, for Li Mu, this was not a problem at all.

No matter how slowly the plants grew, as long as they appeared in front of Li Mu, he could easily make them grow from small saplings into towering trees overnight.

Thinking of this, Yao Chengcheng's face became excited and he said loudly,

"If you say that, I'm interested!"

"I want these three kinds of trees. Remember to leave me a several-meter-thick golden nanmu tree. I want to use it to make a bed.

I have never seen it before, and now is the time to enjoy it.”

"Hahaha, okay!"

Li Mu laughed out loud. He had just come up with this idea. Since he was going to find wood to make furniture, he should pick the best!
Moreover, doing so can also improve the happiness index of residents. After all, most people may rarely see these precious woods in their lifetime.

But now it’s different. With Li Mu here, not only can we use the golden nanmu to make furniture, we can even use it as firewood!
"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing."

Li Mu stopped laughing and patted his forehead. He was so busy joking that he almost forgot about the business.

He took out a bright red fruit from his pocket and handed it to Yao Chengcheng and said,
"This is the Red Flame Fruit that I transformed from cherry tomatoes. Eating one can keep you warm for an hour. Try it."

Yao Chengcheng took the Red Flame Fruit without hesitation, swallowed it in a few bites, and carefully felt the changes it brought.

"This warm current is stronger than before. The name Red Flame is really appropriate."

"You took out the Red Flame Fruit just to let me taste it, right? If you have any other plans, just tell me."

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(End of this chapter)