Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 88 Harvest
Having said that, Gong Tianwu looked around, paused, and then said:
"Let me remind you that the things you can exchange can be gold, spiritual stones, or even intelligence, resources, etc."

"I can promise here that I will protect your safety while you are practicing in the spirit cave of Xiaogushan Mountain, and provide various errand services. The bidding will start now."

Soon, a long queue formed in front of the large bidding box next to it. Fortunately, what everyone had to do was very simple. They just had to put the envelope in and leave. The whole process took less than three seconds.

Of course, there are some people with decision-making difficulties who, after submitting their bids, feel frustrated and want to take them back and rewrite the bid. Such behavior is of course stopped very simply.

Five minutes later, after making sure that no one had submitted any more bids, Gong Tianwu carried the big box back to his own cave.

Then I sorted the bids into different categories, and finally selected the twenty or so that I liked best.

This process also took less than ten minutes, and the most time-consuming part was tearing open the envelope.

Soon, Gong Tianwu stood up and said loudly:
"I will now read out the list of successful bidders for each spirit cave in turn. Please prepare your bids and come to trade with me."

"Grandma Zhu, please come to my door and maintain order. Tell them not to crowd."

After some slightly confusing operations, Gong Tianwu received a very generous amount of resources. Perhaps because of his notoriety for killing Yaqi, no one regretted their decision.

Those who paid the money received an exquisite wooden sign as a certificate for using the spirit cave for half a year, and it was stated that the sign would be taken back after half a year.
Of course, you can also enjoy some free additional services with this brand:

For example, ringing the bell in the spirit cave will deliver food to your door for free (Blood God Sect's version of Meituan takeout)
For example, you can run errands for people for free to make purchases at the Kouzhenguan store, or even invite one (or several) teachers to give classes.

You can get free guidance on spiritual practice every ten days or half a month.

After finishing the important work here, Gong Tianwu summoned all his men and officially announced the establishment of the Zhenyu Gang.

There are more than thirty men who have joined the gang, and only a part of Yaqi's men are among them. The rest are available talents discovered during the attack on the Blood Field, and then recruited.

This group of people includes independent cultivators, fugitives, abandoned disciples, seekers of the path to immortality, and abandoned farmers in the blood fields who have nowhere to go. It can be said that the composition is quite mixed.

At first, Gong Tianwu felt that managing this group of people was a bit overwhelming, but then he suddenly thought of the company management model on Earth and listed the structure of a company:
The senior executives headed by the chairman, the elites composed of the backbone of the company (who received dry shares), the ordinary members, and the non-staff personnel were all suddenly enlightened.

The first person to be called this time was Du Yong. Everyone knew that he had made great contributions to the blood field matter, so he was directly rewarded with a gold medal.

This badge allows him to choose any of the remaining spirit caves 2 to 10, within a period of six months.

Not only that, in the next six months, Du Yong will be able to receive a generous and stable salary every month.

For people like them, the spirit cave is equivalent to a resource for cultivation, and the salary Du Yong receives can solve his living resource problem. Xiaogushan is even safer and worry-free, which means he can cultivate without worries for half a year.

Compared to the previous days when they had to work hard and struggle to make a living, and had to be ripped off by Yaqi, this is the life they have always dreamed of.

In addition to Du Yong, other people who participated in this matter also received rewards. Those who made great contributions could choose the spiritual cave first and then receive a salary.

The two abandoned farmers of the blood field did not need any resources for cultivation, so Gong Tianwu directly allocated them two brand new wooden buildings.

They have perpetual use rights, but no resale rights, and receive a fixed amount of money every month.

The money was not much, but after the accommodation was solved, it could provide them with food and clothing every month. More importantly, they had the support of the organization and were not afraid of being bullied by others.
Next, Gong Tianwu planned to assign tasks to them according to their strengths.

All other gangs, without exception, only recruited those with high cultivation levels, but Gong Tianwu was able to make the best use of their talents, so those he recruited were all the best.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t fight, you can always serve people patiently, run errands or do some chores.

Those who are good at communication will go to gather intelligence and be responsible for procurement.

Even the two abandoned farmers of the Blood Field are not idle. They have to spend almost half a day every day to sweep and maintain the area around Xiaogushan Mountain.

The next step is for Gong Tianwu to learn from the Blood God Sect and develop a set of internal contribution systems. In the future, the right to choose spirit caves every six months will be based on contribution levels. This thing is the core mechanism of the Zhenyu Gang.

In addition, more and more people come here, and setting up a canteen is already on the agenda.

This is also a very important part of Gongtianwu's plan, and it even intends to make it a landmark word-of-mouth industry.

When people hear the name Zhenyu Gang, they will think of its cafeteria, to the extent that when they hear the name Tencent, they will think of keywords such as 399, skin, etc.

As for why the canteen should be chosen as a breakthrough point, after all, life is nothing more than just four words: food, clothing, housing and transportation.

People of this era do not realize that eating is actually a constant throughout life, from birth to death, and that we have to deal with it two or three times a day.

Eating a delicious meal is not only related to health, but also extremely helpful for soothing the body and mind.

After the canteen is established, the sense of class and superiority inside must be reflected:

First, the core members of the gang and customers who rent spirit caves can eat for free.

Second, ordinary members can eat at very favorable prices, with the price of an egg for ten cents and a chicken leg for one dollar, which can be used as a topic of conversation after dinner.

Third, outsiders have to pay high prices for their meals.

After finishing these tedious tasks and assigning them one by one, Gong Tianwu breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this was a once-and-for-all matter.

As long as everything is on the right track and the Zhenyu Gang has been operating according to the regulations for a period of time, and everyone in it has enjoyed the benefits, they will maintain it themselves and let it run by inertia. At that time, he can become a hands-off boss.

Finally, Gong Tianwu roughly counted his remaining income and was suddenly surprised.

Because after deducting those expenses, not only did I not lose money, but I actually made a lot of money.
The key is that this is not a one-time transaction! Just like the crops in the fields, they can be harvested again every six months.

After leaving behind some wealth to support the operation, Gong Tianwu went to Kouzhen Pass again to shop, and then made good use of his talent as a big eater to eat.

In order to survive the catastrophe of this life, he needs to quickly convert his wealth into powerful strength for his family!

***
A few days later,

Gong Tianwu once again came to his blood field and poured a large amount of processed fertilizer into it.

You can see that the blood lotus inside is growing very lushly, clustered together and swaying constantly, so dense that it even feels airtight, and you can't even see the surface of the blood pool below.

After witnessing this scene, Gong Tianwu said to Bat 89 hovering above:

"Is it almost done?"

Bat 89 screamed:

"Enough, enough. If you ask me, you should have taken action yesterday. If you delay for two more days, the lush blood lotus leaves will even affect the flowering period."

After hearing what Bat 89 said, Gong Tianwu nodded and signaled Bat 89 to take action.

It swooped down quickly, bit off the stem of a blood lotus leaf with its teeth, and then dragged it to the shore with extremely fast movements.

Not long after, the blood lotus leaves on this acre of land became sparse, and the picked lotus leaves were quickly collected by Gong Tianwu into the blood fertilizer bag.

Bat 89 circled around the blood field and then landed on the ground, panting heavily:
“Almost there, almost there!”

At this point, we have to mention why the planting requirements of blood lotus are much higher than those of blood cabbage. Cabbage is actually another name for Chinese cabbage.

But the cultivated blood cabbage, at least in appearance, has little to do with cabbage. It is more like a self-moving kelp with red stripes on its surface.

Different blood cabbages will even fight with each other, and it is not uncommon for them to bite their neighbors to death.

This is the thing planted in the blood field next to Gong Tianwu. It does not require high fertility, and has strong vitality and does not require much care (compared to other blood plants). The yield is not low and it can be harvested every thirty days.

Depending on the fertility of the blood field and the level of care taken for the blood cabbages, after the final squeezing of each acre of blood cabbages, four bottles of blood and flesh essence can be extracted from high-quality ones, and one or two bottles from the least.

But the blood lotus is different. It will usher in the first harvest period after only ten days of planting:

That is harvesting lotus leaves.

Actively picking off some lotus leaves at this stage is like the "pruning" and "fruit removal" techniques in agriculture. It can actually allow the mother body to have more sufficient nutrients to supply the upcoming blood lotus period.

Too many lotus leaves can even reduce the yield of blood lotus seeds and blood lotus roots by more than 20%!

The harvested lotus leaves can provide the farmer with the first harvest. If they are used to extract the essence of blood and flesh, two or three bottles can be harvested.

Then, when the blood lotus blooms and matures, the blood lotus seeds do not need to be squeezed at all. They are themselves a very good medicine and tonic. This is the second harvest that the blood lotus provides to the growers.

As for the third harvest, it is of course the blood lotus root dug out after the harvest. This thing can also be used to extract the essence of blood and flesh, and it is of very high quality.

According to the blood field tenants under Gong Tianwu, even if it was high-quality blood cabbage, it would take about fifty kilograms to squeeze out a bottle of blood and flesh essence. But if it was blood lotus root, only thirty kilograms was needed to squeeze out a bottle of blood and flesh essence.

This is the difference between high-quality crops and low-quality crops!

Of course, if Gong Tianwu had not inherited the team left by Yaqi and obtained sufficient manpower.

At the same time, he had an idea to develop and sell the cultivation resources of Xiaogushan Mountain to obtain enough material resources. However, it would definitely be impossible to support the huge cost of planting blood lotus in this blood field.

***
After counting the blood lotus leaves in the storage bag, Gong Tianwu was slightly surprised because the harvest was higher than he had expected.

He turned his gaze to the bat 89 next to him. The guy was so tired that he was sticking out his tongue like a pug, lying on the bone ridge with his arms and legs spread out. So he threw a large blood lotus leaf to cover it:
"Here, it's your reward."

Bat 89 immediately screamed with excitement, then started to chew on the blood lotus leaves. For these little monsters, even just wanting to take a bite was a luxury, let alone three large blood lotus leaves.

So the rest of the one-eyed demon bats looked over in disbelief, their eyes full of envy.

Gong Tianwu pointed at Bat 89 and said:
"Work hard, I won't mistreat those who are useful to me."

Next, Gong Tianwu left and returned to Xiaogushan, and then found the two retired blood field tenants to conduct an assessment.

I found that just from the batch of blood lotus leaves I harvested, I could squeeze out almost two bottles of blood and flesh essence. Didn't this complete the minimum task given by the higher-ups?
As for fines and the like, Gong Tianwu didn't even think about it. He would deal with it as long as he could live to that time.

At this moment, Gong Tianwu had the idea of ​​squeezing the juice immediately and then taking it to Qi Liansheng in the battle hall to claim credit.

I believe that if I hand over all the harvest from the blood field this time, Qi Liansheng will definitely look at me differently.

But what are the consequences of this different perspective?

That is, those who are capable will do more work, and you will most likely be entrusted with important tasks and manage more blood fields.

The question is, what is the core reason for the increase in income from this acre of land?
It's not that he possesses things like fertilizers or special spells to increase income, but that he obtained them by squeezing the bottom-level resources on the Kouzhen Pass.

Even if I were to manage an additional ten acres of blood fields, could I increase production to half of what it is now?
The answer is of course no.

Therefore, Gong Tianwu chose to make a fortune in silence. At this time, he had a very accurate grasp of the mentality of the people in the Blood God Sect.

Because the sect's style of doing things is typical of evil lawfulness, the atmosphere is too radical and cruel, and even encourages cannibalism.

Therefore, the higher the position of power, the more determined one will be to practice cultivation and will not care about most trivial matters!

This is just like when the nine princes were competing for the throne at the end of Emperor Kangxi's reign. The Fourth Master probably wouldn't be distracted by the details of a more capable servant in the mansion, as long as things were not messed up and the results met his requirements, it was OK.

What's more, he was born a humble blood slave. As long as he did what Qi Liansheng arranged and disguised himself as a salted fish in a low profile, there was a high probability that he could get away with it.

Gong Tianwu even suspected that even if he didn't hand over the two bottles of flesh and blood essence this time, Qi Liansheng wouldn't say anything, because he wouldn't take a small figure like him seriously at all.

***
Time passed quickly afterwards.
Soon the day of harvest arrived.

Gong Tianwu stood on the ridge of the bone field, staring at the blood lotus field in front of him!
Through this month's observation, Gong Tianwu noticed many details:

Normally, no blood field owner would come here to do it personally. Even after they got the corpse, they would send their men to drag it here and let the blood field tenants deal with it directly.

The key is that the remuneration received by the blood field tenants is fixed, and the tenants follow the operating procedures mechanically and rigidly. Simply put, it is a big pot meal, and it doesn't matter whether they do a good job or a bad job, so the utilization rate of these blood fertilizers can be imagined.

Gong Tianwu also believed that there was a high probability that no one would pay attention to this place. After all, this was just a Grade C blood field, and it was only an acre of land.

Suddenly, a broad leaf of the blood lotus withered rapidly, a process that made people inexplicably think of a piece of dry white paper being ignited by flames and then quickly turned into ashes.

Bat 89 excitedly somersaulted in the air and screamed in an excited tone:
"It has begun and matured"

As a result, it immediately saw Gong Tianwu's unfriendly eyes and covered its mouth tightly.

Soon after, several more blood lotus leaves began to wither. When the number of withered leaves reached seven, a blood-red root emerged from the bottom, with a fist-sized blood-red lotus on top.

The lotus quickly blossomed and turned into a blood-red lotus!
The blood-colored lotus only remained in this state for about ten seconds. The petals quickly fell off and turned into a lotus pod with blood-colored stripes, but it was not very big, with only five to seven grains at most inside.

Bat 89 immediately swooped down excitedly, bit it off, and threw it to Gong Tianwu.

This is the process of harvesting blood lotus seeds. It takes less than one minute from the formation of lotus pods to the maturity of lotus pods. If they are not picked in time, the lotus pods will fall into the blood field below because they are overripe and then be eaten by the blood lotus roots below.

The intense harvesting work lasted for about half an hour. When all the lotus leaves in the blood fields withered, Gong Tianwu harvested eleven lotus pods, two blood lotus flowers, and three blood lotus roots.

By the way, the blood lotus root is actually very different from the ordinary lotus root. To be more precise, it is more like a fat worm with sharp ring-shaped mouthparts, bloody stripes, and a fat body.

Looking at the nervous and expectant eyes of Bat 89, Gong Tianwu had no intention of going back on his word, because it was indeed useful to him, and more importantly, it could play a greater role in the future.

So Gong Tianwu simply waved to it, and then threw a small lotus pod directly to Fu 89 as a sweet treat for it.

The guy let out a surprised scream, then opened his mouth wide and swallowed it down.

Then, the bones of Bat 89 began to make a "crackling" sound, and then its body began to grow significantly larger, and two bulges appeared on its back. It seemed that it was evolving towards four wings.

Seeing this scene, Gong Tianwu nodded with satisfaction, then turned and left. Now he needed to find a secluded place to quickly squeeze out the essence of blood and flesh, and this matter must be kept secret, and other people must not be allowed to find out his background.

Fortunately, the method of squeezing the essence of blood and flesh has been widely circulated, so the threshold is very low, and you can even buy a special squeezing tank.

Gong Tianwu had already prepared all the necessary equipment, so he got it done quickly.

(End of this chapter)