Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 406 - 292: Crowdfunding for Book Writing, Incredibly Joyful_2

Chapter 406: Chapter 292: Crowdfunding for Book Writing, Incredibly Joyful_2

In the eyes of the farmers, turning wasteland into fertile land would inevitably require a lot of effort. Reclaiming land was an action with a poor cost-performance ratio.

But now things were entirely different. On one hand, labor took the place of relief aid, and clearing an acre of land would yield money.

With money, these farmers could become landlords and buy fertile land from Huang Youcai.

As for the fields they had cleared, they became properties of the Taoist Temple.

As for how to transform wasteland into fertile land, it was out of their hands. Even if they poured precious composted manure, the yield would only be about two hundred pounds per acre...

In their view, clearing wasteland was not cost-effective.

After dealing with these two farmers, Pan Hao looked forward to the distant future, "In a few more months, hybrid rice combined with chemical fertilizers, plus steam-driven agricultural engines, would show you country bumpkins the magic of modern science!"

The taste of hybrid rice was not too wonderful, and on Earth, it was generally used for animal feed.

But in the poor otherworldly realm, who would refuse a hybrid rice with a yield of two thousand pounds per acre, resistant to pests, and lodging?

Once there’s a bumper harvest, the shock to the farmers would reach deep into their souls, scaring them to the point of drooling.

"At that time, just attribute the abundant harvest to the benevolence of the Great Mother Goddess."

"Besides, without chemical fertilizers and seeds, the farmers wouldn’t be able to imitate us. They would yield two hundred pounds per acre while we would yield two thousand. Over time, the good reputation of Qingshi Town would spread far and wide."

"Bringing forth a large city with a population of ten thousand, even a million people!"

Unfortunately, chemical fertilizers are a genuine product of heavy industry, requiring huge material investments and fossil resources like oil. For the moment, they could only be transported through the "Game" and couldn’t be produced in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Pan Hao wandered around the town for a while.

Tricycles, this simple means of transportation, already had several prototypes.

Apart from chains and gears, which were key components, the rest could be made of wood.

Actually, tricycles weren’t essential, but since the "Game" transported these parts over, they were made incidentally.

"Now it seems not bad?" Pan Hao murmured to himself.

Wanting to build Qingshi Town like the cities on Earth was impossible in the short term—too great a workload and currently insufficient productivity.

But to casually build stone roads to make do, leveling out rough and uneven areas, was doable.

Some widows, loners, and the disabled had found work cleaning the streets, maintaining sanitation, digging sewers, and latrines!

Qingshi Town, backed by Lake Entrance, had no concerns about water sources. It was imperative to maintain cleanliness and hygiene to reduce the spread of disease.

In the perilous environment of the Mountain and Sea Realm, truly immobile disabled people were almost nonexistent. The only one who couldn’t move in town was that "human swine" found in the loot from the Water Ghost Pirates.

Already a month into treatment, precious Strange Objects like the Spiritual Bean and Immortal Bean had been used, but it was uncertain when consciousness would be restored...

Just then, Pan Hao saw a scholar in blue clothes riding a donkey through the town gate. It was Huang Youcai’s son-in-law, Ding Zhijing.

Upon seeing Pan Hao, he whispered, "Great Witch, some high-ranking nobles from the city want to buy military merit! I heard that the County Magistrate wishes to purchase military achievements..."

"What do you mean?" Pan Hao highly valued Ding Zhijing’s input.

Ding Zhijing said, "Great Witch, holding on to military merits is of no use to us. Why not give them to the County Magistrate as a favor?"

...

...

[Although the Great Qian Dynasty was declining and its control over the borderlands weakened, it hadn’t reached the point of true national demise.]

[The corrupt practice of selling official titles and nobility was "officially" banned by the court.]

[Therefore, some were eyeing the war achievements against the "Water Ghost Pirates." Officials in the city were willing to spend money or food to "acquire" the captured Water Ghost Pirate prisoners, claiming their military achievements henceforth. This debt and food would belong to Qingshi Town, leaving no obligations on either side.]

[Outsider, would you agree to such a trade?]

[Of course, you might have other options...]

Wang Hao sighed lightly as he looked at the text on the screen.

"So that’s it. The reward for annihilating the Water Ghost Pirates hasn’t been distributed because it was forcibly withheld."

"No matter the dynasty, such corruption exists, with inbreeding leading to class stratification and a loss of societal vitality."

Considering this, it felt somewhat lose-lose.

Because this money was originally Qingshi Town’s reward for suppressing bandits, but now it had become money for trafficking in military merit!

However, Wang Hao soon chuckled, feeling indifferent. He was intent on overthrowing the entire Mountain and Sea Realm; what use did he have for its merits?

Getting a sum of money was far more solid than some empty reputation.

[(Event Trigger) Scholar Ding Zhijing secretly informs you that an Immortal Master from the Kunlun lineage is testing qualifications in Fenghua City. Those who pass will be eligible to practice Kunlun Taoist Skill. For the common folk, these chances to test are incredibly precious. Those who pass will ascend to the heavens and become exalted Heavenly Masters.]

[For the nobility, there might be spare testing slots available. Perhaps you could take the opportunity to secure a few slots for yourself?]

[Yes/No]

"What good fortune!"

"Finally, a connection to Kunlun Mountain?" Wang Hao pondered for a moment and selected [Yes].

With this, he came out ahead!

[Kunlun Immortal Mountain, the abode of the powerful Deity "West King." The "West King" has protected the Human Clan for thousands of years, through the reigns of Great Xia, Great Zhou, Great Qin, and Great Han.]

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