Volume 8: The Sword Points to the Far East Chapter 237 Great Merit
Xiao Yun was also familiar with the dragon race's peculiar character of engraving their own aura on every gold coin with their claws. The most obvious point was that Balk had neatly stacked the money he had saved over the years in boxes and kept it securely hidden in his stomach. He would take it out and play with it whenever he had nothing to do. Xiao Yun had seen this more than once or twice...
But it’s bullshit for a bastard like Auston to be so stingy with his meal expenses!
"Moss Ruhua, one is eleven and the other is four, they both know to pay for their own meals, but this two or three thousand year old old turtle actually wants to save even this kind of money, what bad habit does he have?!"
Xiao Yun was cursing, while across the table, two old men, Sean and Primo, were eating in silence without saying a word.
In their opinion, if they had to say it, Xiao Yun, who even charged a four-year-old child for meals, didn't seem to be qualified to mock Lao Long...
Well, of course, Ruhua, a standard child laborer, works diligently to earn her living, and there is also a reason why the free meals are not as rich as the standard meals - the cubs of the Snow Wolf Clan are very demanding when it comes to food, and they will never compromise on anything.
"The snacks provided by the cafeteria are still generous. The portions are larger and cheaper than those in the Welfare Department." Primo tasted the caramel milk egg pudding and said to Sean with emotion, "I traveled around the world and I don't miss anything except the cafeteria."
"That's right. The chef in our cafeteria is more valuable than the same weight of gold outside. Last time, the Dark Elf Mistress's Scythe of the Abyss, Don Angelo, came with a box of gold coins and specifically wanted to buy the ox horns, but he was kicked out by Ayun." Mr. Sean laughed.
"This is too greedy. He sets his sights on the horns right away. How could Ayun agree to this? It would be better if it were someone else." Primo agreed.
"I wouldn't agree to this if it was anyone else!" Xiao Yun shouted, "If you want to learn cooking skills, why don't you follow the book "Gourmet Hunter"? Why do you keep staring at our chef?"
The most important thing is... the tribesmen are so precious! Xiao Yun's oppression of the tribesmen's labor does not mean that he is willing to sell them out! Exploiting them for a lifetime or selling them out all at once, whoever chooses the latter is stupid.
"Hey, speaking of "Gourmet Hunter", Ayun, it seems like you haven't updated your travel notes for three months. A group of people over at the Orc Empire are getting impatient and cursing while waiting. Be careful that they find an excuse to call you and cause trouble." Primo teased.
"Remember this. I'll teach you how to make pudding next time." Xiao Yun said indifferently.
It is said that delaying writing is fun for a while, and it is fun the more you delay, the more fun it is. Two years ago, Xiao Yun was very "conscientious" and took a two-month break and a three-month break. Last year, he took a three-month break without fail, and kept testing the edge of a four-month break...
After "Gourmet Hunter" became a hit, some people tried to compile similar food-themed travelogues, which more or less attracted some attention, but the most popular one is still the Snow Wolf Tribe version of "Gourmet Hunter Travelogue".
As for the reason... not to mention the value of the recipe, the fact that the protagonist's identity has not been revealed yet, he hasn't even been given a name, and even his race is unknown is enough to make all readers anxious and worried.
What is the most beautiful thing in life? What you haven’t got and what you have lost!
Of course, no one who has access to Xiao Yun and is qualified to inquire about the Gourmet Hunter's true identity would try to be humiliated now - especially after the last time Aldoni's disciple Ali asked Xiao Yun a question, and the words "I haven't thought about it yet" turned him into an idiot who was in a trance all day long and couldn't wake up for half a month.
Primo's mouth twitched violently.
It’s not that the pudding is not delicious, but it’s a bit too much for others to wait for three months and only get your cooking instructions of making caramel with sugar, adding cold milk and eggs, and baking at a low temperature (about 150 degrees)...
Five years ago, pure white crystalline granulated sugar was an extremely rare luxury.
But after Xiao Yun took the initiative to leak out the technology of decolorizing and crystallizing mixed sugar when he helped Carlisle to trick the eldest prince, white sugar of different colors flowed out from St. Bridge in large quantities, quickly became popular in this world, and in one fell swoop supported several major sugar-producing countries in the Federation - colored sugar and white sugar are actually the same thing, with no essential difference, but who can blame the vast majority of people for being obsessed with appearance and preferring clean white?
The sauces flowing out of the grassland have seized part of the spice market in the southern countries, and the relationship between the two sides is still as sweet as glue. In addition to the close relationship between Xiao Yun and Carlisle, the development of the sugar market also contributed greatly... Originally, the sugar market was monopolized by several federal countries that produced a large amount of sugar beets. The southern countries lost part of the spice market but gained a share of the sugar market, not only did they not lose money, they even made money.
Pure monetary relationships are much more reliable than dirty friendships, family ties, and teacher-student relationships~!
As for whether Lamia's eyes were red, that was not a problem that Xiao Yun and Carlisle would care about.
"'Gourmet Hunter' is fine, Ah Yun, have you thought about what to write about in this issue of 'Elf Ranger'?" Mr. Sean tasted the pudding slowly, "Alternate between planting techniques and breeding techniques. Have you written about everything that can be written?"
Things that cannot be written about, such as earthworm farming, manure composting, and fish farming with poultry manure, etc., cannot be written about. It’s not that Xiao Yun is creating technical barriers, but that this knowledge is too impactful to the bottom line of acceptance of various ethnic groups.
When Xiao Yun wrote about growing crops in soil that earthworms had bored into, he was questioned about whether it involved black magic...
Of course, even if these cannot be written, the content that has been released is rich enough.
The reason why the "Snow Wolf Tribe Ayun" signature can still be eagerly awaited by countless people and appreciated by people from all walks of life even though it is not updated for a few days is that it contains enough practical information - each issue of "Food Hunter" is a cooking textbook that is easy to learn and can improve the happiness index of daily life of all tribes; "Elf Ranger" is more hardcore, teaching you how to be a farmer step by step, and even if you start from scratch, you can start your own business and become rich...
Xiao Yun smiled slightly, "Of course." He scooped the last piece of pudding into his mouth and said with a smile, "I still need to ask Mr. Sean for his opinion on this matter. We all know that wheat and soybeans are the most planted crops in Bloomfield. These two types of crops can be seen wherever intelligent races live. So... if wheat and bean harvesters can be popularized, it will be a good thing for all races, right?"
Sean & Primo: “???”
"In this issue of 'Elf Ranger', if you have no objection, Mr. Sean, let Crest teach all races to make wheat and bean harvesters, starting from the most beneficial aspect of people's livelihood and benefiting the entire continent. This is a great merit and should be done." Xiao Yun said with a smile.
Sean: “…”
If someone else said this, he would definitely think that the other person was a saint and feel hailed as a saint.
But since it was Xiao Yun who said this, he had to think carefully - mainly because this guy always cheated people under the pretext of "It's for your own good, I'm just very kind", and Mr. Sean had seen it many times.
"What do you want to do now?" This was Mr. Sean's reaction, with a vigilant look on his face.
"Promote and disseminate agricultural machinery technology to benefit the entire race." Xiao Yun looked upright.
Not to mention Mr. Sean, even Primo looked at Xiao Yun with an expression that said "are you kidding me?"
"I've already said that my intention is to benefit the public. It's not as complicated as you think. I'm not a devil. Agriculture is the foundation of every race. When it comes to matters of principle, would I cheat people?" Xiao Yun said with a look of disapproval, "It took us so many years of research and development in the Hilly New District to come up with suitable agricultural machinery. In order to prevent those who come after us from taking the wrong path, we who are ahead have the obligation to point out the way!"
"..." Primo decided to give up thinking and turned to look at his old friend.
The muscles on Mr. Sean's cheeks twitched noticeably, and the whites of his eyes began to grow...
"Right, Mr. Sean, you have put a lot of effort into the research and development of agricultural machinery. You know all too well how many twists and turns there are in it." Xiao Yun said honestly, "Let's publish the design drawings of the agricultural machinery. Anyway, the harvester doesn't have much technical content. Let those who have the conditions follow us to engage in mechanized agriculture. At the end, we will also add your name as the main developer, so that all races will know who made this tool that benefits the people come into being, benefit the entire race, and benefit the general public. You will be famous for thousands of years and will be immortal—"
"Stop, stop." Mr. Sean hurriedly stopped him. He was sweating profusely after just a few words. "There are no outsiders in the cafeteria. You'd better tell the truth directly. You can use this beautiful sign to hit others, but don't use it on an old man like me. I can't bear it."
Xiao Yun's expression changed, and he looked around more honestly, confirming that they were the only table in the cafeteria that was leisurely eating supper. Then he turned around and said honestly, "This world is too peaceful."
Sean was stunned.
Primo was still chewing food in his mouth. When he heard these words suddenly, he almost choked to death.
"Once the Tiger Tribe was weakened, the Dark Elves and the Dwarf King both slowed down the intensity of the war. Tsk tsk... They fought so fiercely when the Tiger Tribe was around, but now it's back to the old stalemate of fighting for a while and resting for a while. The corpses sent back to the dungeon are less than before." Xiao Yun said indifferently... and made a devilish statement.
Primo directly criticized, "Can you be more tactful! Be more tactful!!"
"Of course, it doesn't matter. Anyway, they won't have the energy to care about other things until they have fought and shed enough blood." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "We don't have to worry too much about this. Just wait patiently for a few years. When enough dark elves have died and their rule over the underground world has shrunk, we can continue to rescue the gray dwarves and goblins."
"No, no, no, no one has ever worried about this kind of thing like you." Mr. Sean glared with dead fish eyes and complained, waving his hands repeatedly.
"We should still care about them. After all, it's a neighbor's business." Xiao Yun stretched out his tone, ignoring Mr. Sean's more sarcastic look, and said calmly, "Neighbors who fight every other day are good neighbors. Not to mention taking sides and getting something for nothing, at least there's something fun to watch. (Mr. Sean couldn't help coughing) In comparison, the other side of the York Mountains, which is also close to our grassland, is really too peaceful in the Far East."
Primo, who had been coughing for a long time, twitched his mouth.
From the perspective of the human race, Primo would naturally not like the beast king of the alien race. But when Xiao Yun mentioned the beast king, he actually felt a little sympathy for the black bear...
"Primo, you must have felt it more deeply in the Orc Empire. The Beast King's authority is growing day by day. After the country's Grand Marshal was hanged in public by him, no one dared to take the risk. Over time, won't the Beast King be too idle and something bad happen?"
Primo: “…” You are really sharpening your knife to attack the black bear!
"The Orc Empire is different from the Human Kingdom. Their cities are developed from ethnic settlements. Each family lives a small life in their own territory. As long as they pay tribute on time and contribute manpower when called upon, the Beast King does not care how the lives of the various races are."
In the human world, not all good things will be promoted and widely used. Any good thing that touches on the distribution of interests and power disputes, even if it comes out, will become the exclusive property of a certain group of people - for example, the airship developed by the Alchemist Association is still a plaything of the rich.
Xiao Yun's eyes flashed, revealing his evil nature: "If the local lords of the human race want to make a big move in their own ruling areas, they will be influenced by other forces in the country, such as my disciple Laura. She is carrying out a large-scale purge in Bolton Territory, and she has to choose a good time for the noble council to grab the bones."
"The Orc Empire is different. As long as the settlements do not rebel, the Beast King will not care too much... After all, unlike the weak humans, ordinary orcs also have power. Too strict management will easily lead to backlash."
If the human world is a place where resistance follows oppression, and where people are hungry for change, then the Far East where the orcs live is a great place where "breaking the law with force" is rampant - the smallest and weakest snake tribe was exiled by several major bear tribes just because they owned gold mines. As for the other races, which one could be a dish on the plate?
"You need force to break the law. The orcs have this condition. But rebellion... no, resisting tyranny is not just about force, you also need money and food." Xiao Yun smiled slightly, his smile was very kind, and his expression was very evil. "Then the question is - when those races in the Far East who have the conditions to make their own agricultural machinery become wealthy, have food in their pockets, and have power in their fists, will the words of the Beast King still be so law-abiding and irresistible?"
Primo & Sean: "..."
"Our Elf Ranger has been serialized for several years. The Dwarf King has alleviated the famine with our terraced field waterwheel technology, and the Dark Elves have solved part of the food self-sufficiency problem in the underground world with our water-blocking fish farming and mushroom cultivation technology. This is something all races know." Xiao Yun rested his arms on the table with a particularly gentle smile. "With such credibility, it is a good idea to expand the scale of cultivation and free up some agricultural manpower for other uses. As long as the head of a race has a little vision, there is no reason for them to sit idly by, right?"
Among the three demigods of Bloomfield, strictly speaking, the Dwarf King and the Elf King are not as valuable as the Beast King - the individual fighting power of the dwarves is not conspicuous among a group of animals, and there are only a few hundred thousand snow elves in the elf tribe who directly obey the Elf King, while the Beast King is the king of tens of millions of real animals and orcs.
But the relatively weak Dark Iron Dwarves are very united, and they fight wherever the Dwarf King points. Needless to say, the Snow Elves directly regard the Elf King, the pretentious guy, as a god walking in the world. In comparison, the Beast King's ruling power is a bit embarrassing...
Of course, no matter how embarrassing his ruling power is, the boss is still the boss. Except for the Elf King, no one in this world dares to offend the Beast King in person.
"The agricultural manpower is diverted for other purposes..." Sean's eyelids twitched. This simple sentence was no exaggeration. Hearing it, he was a little frightened. "I'm talking to you, aren't you afraid of severely offending the Beast King?"
Xiao Yun chuckled, "The Beast King is also a very sinister... very shrewd person. When he saw the design drawings of the agricultural machinery and understood the benefits of agricultural machinery to agricultural production, would he not put it into practice since he has people and mines? He should become a friend of our Snow Wolf Clan."
Primo frowned until now, and couldn't help but ask: "Isn't this too risky? You also know that the Beast King has the conditions to make its own agricultural machinery. What if it doesn't play the role you expect, but makes the Beast King even more powerful?"
Xiao Yun simply said, "Are all members of the bear tribe loyal to the Beast King and have no second thoughts?"
Primo choked. Of course that wasn't the case... The Grand Marshal of the Empire who had previously been secretly colluding with the Snow Elves was from the Bear Clan.
"Even if they are from the same tribe, to truly coordinate and handle the relationship between the same tribe fairly, they must stand upright themselves in order to convince the others. With our experience in the Fire Tribe, we have a say in this regard." Xiao Yun said gently, "So, it's not that I look down on the Beast King... Is this guy a selfless person who can at least be fair and just within the Bear Tribe?"
Primo was sweating profusely.
Mr. Sean couldn't help laughing. "Haha, hahaha...you devil, I always said you would never be the selfless kind of guy! It's bad luck for the Beast King to be targeted by a guy like you. You are much more sinister than the Elf King!"
"That's impossible. I'm not as shameless as the snow elves who secretly support the infighting. I just gave two peaches to the three warriors in broad daylight." Xiao Yun smiled shamelessly.
Mr. Sean laughed even louder.
The fable of "Two peaches kill three brave men" also has a modified version in the Fire Tribe. Of course, it is not a story. Among the half-grown cubs in the same batch as Xiao Yun, there are three cubs who are particularly "united" and often get together to cause trouble. So Xiao Yun asked Dahe to make two peach-shaped pastries to pick up the three cubs and beat them up fiercely, vividly letting the tribe members understand the iron rule of "If the spoils are not divided equally, even brothers will kill you to show you"...
Primo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
He could also agree with Xiao Yun's open and aboveboard conspiracy.
Although as a traveler-type war god who only knows how to fight he is not keen on researching any kind of agricultural machinery, but as one of the witnesses who witnessed the birth process of the Fire Department's agricultural machinery, he knows it very well - this thing cannot be made with just a blueprint, because mechanical design is only a compass in the agricultural machinery manufacturing process; it points out the direction, but if you want to get there, you still have to build bridges and pave roads step by step, and not a single brick or tile can be saved.
Not to mention anything else, the processing procedures and precision requirements of each component, and the different alloy steel ratios, which one is not a technical threshold?
It is impossible to create it from scratch without investing huge amounts of manpower and material resources!
The Fire and Flame Tribe itself also raised Baru and other gray dwarves for several years to figure out the details step by step, and only after expanding the number of gray dwarves and increasing steel production could mass production be achieved - this process is the process of agriculture transfusing blood to industry, and it is also an "investment" made by the entire Fire and Flame Tribe.
The Beast King himself wants to put his own agricultural machinery into practice. The funds, manpower and material resources invested are definitely a hundred times more expensive than buying it directly from the Fire Department (full payment)... (Otherwise, why were compradors rampant during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China)
With such a huge investment, if the benefits cannot be distributed fairly overnight, to be honest, if the big bear tribes can just sit there and acquiesce, Primo will admire them for being real men.
For Xiao Yun, the reason he dared to release the agricultural machinery technology was, after all, because he had great confidence in the powerful people in this world - everyone here is a loser.
In this regard, all intelligent races share the same virtue, not just humans.
Why did Xiao Yun dare to make such a judgment ? Because this is the experience from the earth - the Zhengguo Canal, which is said to have an irrigation area of 40,000 hectares, why didn't South Korea dare to build it, but secretly presented it to the King of Qin?
Because South Korea is very smart, if it carries out such a large-scale project in its own country, it will definitely ruin itself. (Emperor Yang of Sui, who later built the Grand Canal, has something to say about this)
In the hands of the pioneer of the farming style, the King of Qin, who was vigorously carrying out reforms, the Zhengguo Canal truly became the foundation of the country, writing a magnificent chapter for the great cause of the Qin Dynasty's farming reforms...
Let’s take modern times for example. The United States is also engaged in aerospace. Has its aviation industry survived? No!
Everything has two sides. If used in the wrong way, good things can also become toxic!
The elves cannot use agricultural machinery because they either live underground, in the forest, or on the snowy mountains. Agricultural machinery that is only suitable for large-scale planting on plains is not attractive to them.
There are many plains in the Far East, which is just right. But... after developing agricultural machinery, should we also develop irrigation projects?
We have gritted our teeth and carried out irrigation projects. Do you think we should also get a share of the fertilizer industry?
Hehehehe…
If the orcs from the Far East dare to board the ship, Xiao Yun has plenty of tricks waiting for them.
"Since Mr. Sean has agreed, and we have nothing to do tomorrow, let's write this travelogue 'together' tonight... We can't finish it in one article, and we may have to tell it in several parts. We have to hurry." Xiao Yun stood up with a smile and went to pull Sean.
Sean's laughter froze, and he was shocked: "Wait, why do I have anything to do with this?!"
"You are the one who is in charge of the research and development of agricultural machinery. Your name is needed on the document. How can you not be there?"
"Bah, I don't want that byline. I'm going to die in a few years, so why would I need that fame? Can you please let me enjoy my old age in peace... Stop dragging me around!"
Primo had no intention of helping his old friend. He sat obediently in his seat and waved at Sean who was being dragged away by Xiao Yun.
After Primo had leisurely and quietly enjoyed his midnight snack and was about to get up to wash the dishes, he suddenly froze.
The tableware used by Xiao Yun and Sean was placed in front of him.
Primo: “…”
The cafeteria chef came out with a mop to mop the floor. Seeing three sets of dirty tableware on Primo's table, he immediately turned his sharp eyes to Primo.
"These two copies are not for my use--" Primo explained.
The chef looked at him quietly.
...Primo had no choice but to take the three sets of tableware to wash together in shame.
