Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 234 The Farmer's Daily Life

"Well—Second Aunt, I'm still more worried about your health."

Li Wei hesitated, refusing to budge. In any case, if I don't give the word, you have to obediently work as a cook for me. I'm not in a hurry; you're the one who should be in a hurry.

Are you planning to see Li Yue as your ultimate competitor, or me?
Liang Yuzhi stared at Li Wei for two seconds, and had to admit that she really couldn't do anything about his shameless tactics.

Although this trick is too clumsy.

Fine, so all you want is something in return?
I'm backing down now, but I don't believe you can turn the world upside down in the future!

snort!
The next moment, Li Wei and all the camp members within a ten-kilometer radius of the scavenging camp—yes, including the thirty-eight natural people who had just become free citizens of the territory—received the same messages.

[During her daily foraging, Liang Yuzhi, a member of the scavenging camp, discovered several herbs that could be used to combat mutated radiation. After careful preparation, she created a one-star blood resistance potion, which she chose to donate to the scavenging camp. Due to the current special circumstances, this donation will receive a 100% bonus.]

【她获得了100+100×100%=200点贡献，但因为独裁者BUFF的余威，她最终获得了100点贡献，累计250点。】

Based on this donation, Liang Yuzhi will need to prepare 100 doses of one-star blood resistance medication every month for the next six months; otherwise, her contribution will be revoked.

Wow!

Li Wei knew that as an excellent chef, even the second-generation Fila could prepare a one-star blood resistance potion, so there was no reason why a big shot like Liang Yuzhi wouldn't be able to prepare one. She was just holding back her strength.

Regardless of how shocked the free citizens were, Li Wei had indeed gotten the benefits he wanted this time, and Liang Yuzhi, this big shot, really knew what he needed most.

Now, with the help of professional cards to improve physical fitness and gain Level 1 Life Awakening, coupled with the use of one-star blood resistance potions to reduce the concentration of magical radiation in a timely manner, everyone will not turn into magical zombies and can live safely in this territory.

The key is that this will free up a large amount of labor. Even if these free people cannot go out into the wilderness to gather, hunt, or mine, they can build houses and dig basements within the camp without any problems.

That's right. Li Wei also plans to emulate the underground base and build a two-story basement under the five-story building. Moreover, the airtight doors of the underground base can be completely removed and brought back. Some materials that are easily degraded by radiation can be stored there, including some children and infants.

Great! Great!

At this moment, a bright smile finally appeared on Li Wei's face.

"Second Aunt, thank you so much. Here's the deal: tomorrow I'll have Xuanxuan help repair Leon's two-handed greatsword, and you can take Thomas, Zhang Jinjun, and a few freemen, and drive the electric bus to handle the transportation."

“Actually, that place is located deep in the mountains and is rich in resources. In addition to the supplies in the underground base, we can also mine stone, logs, and even limestone. We can make our own lime. We are very busy. You can arrange these things as appropriate, Auntie.”

This time, Li Wei truly delegated authority.

We can't not delegate power either. Li Yue is no longer restrained. She can do whatever she wants in the underground base. Rather than letting her develop rapidly and become the only one in power, it's better to let her compete with Liang Yuzhi.

At this moment, two more lines of information appeared before everyone.

Under the orders of Li Wei, the head of the family, Liang Yuzhi, a member of the prospective camp, has triggered a monthly main quest at the captain level. She will be responsible for the safe transportation of supplies and will receive a basic reward of 500 points at the end of the month.

[Note: If other family members or camp members participate in this month's main storyline, they will receive corresponding basic rewards based on their contributions. However, they must all obey Liang Yuzhi's commands and instructions, unless the head of the household directly intervenes.]

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The next morning, under Li Wei's orders, Liang Yuzhi, Thomas, and Zhang Jinjun, along with five free citizens who seemed to have been revitalized and discovered a new world, set off in two electric buses.

They will all head to the underground base to meet up with Li Yue and expedite the dismantling and transportation of supplies. In particular, they will prioritize the transportation of special cement and steel, as the construction of the city walls on this side of the camp needs to begin.

In addition, some houses in the town with intact foundations can also be repaired.

There are excellent stone quarries near the underground base there, so we can use electric buses for transportation.

It's even possible to drive electric buses into underground bases for charging, which is incredibly convenient.

In the future, they might even be able to cut down trees on a large scale there.

But we must pay close attention to the Flame Duke in the west; he might very well come over and cause trouble.

This is also why Li Wei released Liang Yuzhi, this big shot.

Li Yue needs to be stationed at the underground base; with her there, there won't be any safety issues.

However, the electric bus has to travel a long distance, and even if the roads are all solid and flat, what if it encounters a sneak attack by someone with superpowers?
Even sending out top-tier fighters like Lyon and Thomas for escort wouldn't be reliable; only a master like Liang Yuzhi could handle it.

As for the remaining free people in the territory, apart from women who need to care for infants and children, everyone else will be handed over to Leon and Zhao Xuanxuan for management, and all the rules must be clearly explained. The latter also needs to reopen the blacksmith shop to forge and repair various materials, and incidentally improve her fate. She is too weak; what she needs is not fighting, but work—work day and night, the kind that lasts sixteen hours a day.

In this regard, Li Wei gave Zhao Xuanxuan a lot of freedom.

As for Lyon...

"This month you'll be in charge of patrolling and keeping watch at the camp, especially patrolling the farmland at night. You can rest during the day. Of course, if you feel you can handle it, you can do something else."

Li Wei's words were quite meaningful, and I believe Lyon understood them instantly.

At present, the maximum contribution that a level 3 scavenging camp can obtain is 12000 points. Li Wei himself has 7525 points, while Li Yue, Liang Yuzhi, Thomas, Leon, Zhao Xuanxuan, and Zhang Jinjun have a combined contribution of less than 1800 points.

When the end of the month is settled, Li Wei will receive another 500 points for finding food. However, by then, everyone will have gained a lot of resources, but the total amount will not exceed 4000.

In this way, the total limit of contributions that can be obtained by the camp is basically reached, and there is no room for others to make efforts. They can only continuously increase the camp's fixed assets to raise the limit.

But who can compete with Li Wei, the head of the family?

"So now I can finally do something of my own, and by the way, verify one of my conjectures."

Li Wei stood in the empty town, watching the free people start getting busy in twos and threes. Even the women with babies were no exception. In the apocalypse, there was no time for sentimentality.

Moreover, once they've linked their professional cards, there are genuine positive feedbacks when they do things.

For example, the middle-aged women who had their chef cards linked were professional chefs in the underground base. Before the apocalypse, they were even top chefs at Michelin-starred restaurants. After linking their chef cards, they got up at 3 a.m. today to start preparing breakfast for dozens of people, seamlessly taking over Liang Yuzhi's business.

While they may not be able to make the important dish, straw mushroom soup, they can certainly make other non-starred dishes.

Every time you cook a meal well, the chef's experience points increase rapidly – ​​all of this is positive feedback.

What's interesting is that Li Wei, as the head of the family, can actually see the experience points gained by each free citizen and the amount of territory contribution they receive, and even their specific attributes and physical condition.

It feels like playing a game.

But what's even more interesting is that a rumor is now circulating among these free citizens that they actually consider Li Wei and his group to be NPCs. After all, what else could someone who can issue quests be but an NPC?
Li Wei eavesdropped for a while and found that the experience points they gained were the same as those of the players, with no discrepancies. In fact, those few middle-aged female chefs from Inachi Rim had 15 points of initial chef destiny after binding their chef cards. Wow, awesome.

In short, they are definitely not weak.

However, they are a bit slower at acquiring territory contribution points, probably only getting a maximum of 10 points per day, which is equivalent to 0.1 points of family contribution.

Well, those who know, know.

They reap all the benefits, what do the lords get? The lords even have to hand over 50% of the profits to their superiors!

Next, Li Wei made a special trip around and chatted kindly with each free citizen, instructing them not to leave the town's boundaries and to contact the guard captain, Leon, or Zhao Xuanxuan if they needed anything.

That's great. Even that old man in his sixties seems to have been rejuvenated. The boost from the professional card is real.

In addition, these free people don't seem to have to worry about NG (non-compliance), probably because they are natives of this world. They can say whatever they want without any taboos.

After confirming that there were no problems, Li Wei went to Farmland No. 4. The wheat in this field had grown to about 40 centimeters tall, which was excellent.

The rainfall in this area over the past month has been relatively frequent, preventing the farmland from drying up; otherwise, the three small farmlands on the rooftop would have been in trouble.

In addition, because the soil was fertile enough, the wheat fields were covered with weeds.

It's the perfect time to weed and loosen the soil.

Li Wei went to the tool storeroom to get a hoe and then went down to the field to weed and loosen the soil. It felt great; it was a real pleasure.

The rustling sound of a sharp hoe cutting into the soil, the crisp snapping sound of cutting through the roots of wild grass, were like a symphony.

Two rows at a time, without needing to rest, hoeing from one end to the other in one go, and in less than an hour, the weeding work for this acre and a half of wheat field is completed.

Next, he went to cornfield number five and did the same weeding and loosening of the soil. He even had to pull out some weeds growing in the furrows by hand, just like taking care of his own son.

(End of this chapter)