Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter 41: 41 Planting

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Chapter Forty-One

Over a hundred people working.

In three days' time, the soil on Xishan had been turned over, now completely leveled.

Next, it was time to dig ponds.

The stony beach below had three hundred mu, and Long Xiaoshan planned to dig two first, fifty mu each. Due to the mountain road issue, it was difficult for digging machines to get in, so they could only rely on manual labor.

Luckily, with many hands, the progress wasn't too slow.

Long Xiaoshan ran to the county to discuss purchasing saplings and vegetable seeds with Su Wan, and they went to the agricultural market.

During these days, the fame of the miraculous shrimp had already spread far and wide.

Not only was it incomparably delicious, surpassing lobsters, but it also had the effect of strengthening the body, and even tonifying the kidney and bolstering virility.

Especially that latter feature.

Many who had eaten it whispered secretly, claiming their nighttime combat strength had multiplied several times over.

It boasted an effect comparable to Viagra.

And without any side effects at that, it was for nourishment, unlike Viagra, which came with side effects.

Thanks to the miraculous shrimp, Lily Hotel also reaped considerable benefits, such as the fact that many influential people sought these miraculous shrimp at Shangguan Baihe's establishment, which was a favor in itself.

Shangguan Baihe knew that these favors represented tremendous value.

However, the shrimp were limited for purchase daily, and at 1888 per piece, ordinary people couldn't afford them.

Therefore, it didn't contribute much to the hotel's performance.

Since it was a business, it wasn't possible to sell only high-end products, there also had to be mid-range and mass-market products.

Shangguan Baihe invested ten million into the farm, not for charity, but because she believed in Long Xiaoshan's words. He not only could raise shrimp but also had a variety of agricultural products, melons, vegetables, fruits, all of which could be sold to ordinary people.

Even if it was a bit expensive, it wouldn't be outrageously so, and ordinary people could still afford it.

Thus, Long Xiaoshan and Su Wan arrived at the agricultural product market and bought many vegetable seeds, including cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers, greens, water spinach, cabbages, eggplants... dozens of varieties, purchasing some of each.

Su Wan looked at Long Xiaoshan and said, "Some are not in season, can you grow them? The mountain terrain isn't suitable for greenhouses, right?"

"Let's just buy them and give it a try, the seeds aren't expensive anyway," Long Xiaoshan replied.

"..." Su Wan.

He gave a faint smile. He had almost fallen out with the village chief and certainly would not regard him as a clan uncle anymore. There was no need to put on a pleasant expression. He was not so hypocritical, simply responding indifferently, "It's okay, I guess."

Long Fakui's heart was filled with darkness.

Long Xiaoshan had created such high wages with this development project.

Many villagers had already quit working at his sawmill.

The wages there were low, and payments were often delayed, while here, wages were settled daily, with money coming into accounts every day. Only a fool would not make the switch.

If it were not for the fear that Long Xiaoshan's project might not last long, he would worry that he would completely lose his workforce.

"Fine, plant them well, waiting for you to get rich!"

Long Fakui said with a smirk that did not reach his eyes, thinking to himself that it would be a miracle if you managed to grow anything at all. He had come today precisely to see that Long Xiaoshan had actually planted dozens of varieties of melons, vegetables, and fruits, and he could not help but laugh inwardly.

He knew some people in plantation, and they all said it was impossible to keep these plants alive.

It seemed that Lily Hotel had really blundered, being fooled by an idiot like Long Xiaoshan.

But this was good, for the investment from Lily Hotel wasn't so easy to obtain. The lady boss of Lily Hotel, known as the most beautiful woman Black Lily in the county, was a lily with thorns.

Once Long Xiaoshan's plantation failed and he lost everything,

he wondered how Long Xiaoshan would wrap things up.

Probably there would be no need for him to deal with Long Xiaoshan; by then, Black Lily would take care of him.

"Let him enjoy his moments of pride for now," Long Fakui thought to himself.

Long Xiaoshan, however, did not care about what Long Fakui thought.

Once all the melons, vegetables, and fruit saplings were planted, he thought about how to sprinkle the Spiritual Liquid. He bought a water pump from the county. To save costs for now, he couldn't afford an automatic irrigation system, so it had to be done manually.

He arranged for ten large water tanks and pumped water from the little Xi into the tanks. Long Xiaoshan had previously poured some Spiritual Liquid diluted ten-fold into the tanks, simply referring to it externally as Nutrient Solution—which was rather common—so even if the villagers saw it, they wouldn't question it.

Then, the villagers carried water from the tanks in buckets up the mountain to water the vegetable plots and fruit saplings.

As the Spiritual Liquid wasn't abundant and the mountain land covered several hundred acres, it was significantly diluted.

It was certainly not as concentrated as it was during the shrimp farming.

Long Xiaoshan was not entirely confident. That night, when everyone had left, he did not return home but stayed in a shed on the stony beach. Deep in the night, he looked towards the mountain land, seeing faint glimmers of light emerging from the barren soil.

That must be the effect of the Spiritual Liquid.

But now he knew that only his Spirit Eye could see it; ordinary people could not.

Otherwise, if the vegetable patch and pond in the backyard of his home were glowing, his parents would have noticed long ago.