Chapter 35: Pot and stew
Fang Du glanced at Hua Ji: "In my opinion, the biggest asset of the Thunder Reserve is not the superpowers, but the large number of refugees in the slums."
"As long as we can find ways to stimulate the motivation of refugees, the protected area will be equivalent to an increase of 50% in the labor force!"
Hearing this, Hua Ji smiled sweetly: "Listening to what you said, I suddenly felt that the past efforts of the guardians were not in vain."
It seems that not only the hawks represented by Chen Wenshu, but also many guardians have some complaints about the consumption of resources by refugees.
Fang Du looked at the Forest of Beasts, with a trace of thought in his eyes.
He develops and opens up farmland in order to liberate himself from the complicated farm life.
When he saw the work efficiency of these refugees, Fang Du couldn't help but feel a little worried... Can such a group of sneaky guys really help him cultivate his farmland?
Finally, the dean woke him up.
Fang Du smiled slightly and said: "If you just let the refugees work, they will have countless ways to be lazy."
"But if we tell them that the first person to complete the task can receive a superpower fruit like we did just now, then they will definitely be able to complete the workload equivalent to three or four people."
This is a very simple and easy-to-understand truth, so simple that it is taught in history classes, but in this apocalyptic world where humanity has been depleted, almost no one will think about it.
Fang Du and Hua Ji talked for a while, and then they both joined the team that opened up farmland.
I have to say that the addition of superpowers has greatly improved the work progress.
Zhu Xiaoming, who has the power of "giant strength", can directly drive huge wooden piles into the ground; Yang Zhiguo's power of "limb reorganization" can transform limbs into various types of tools.
Among the many superpowers, Jiang Cha’s contribution is undoubtedly the greatest. The dragon’s blood tree she summoned can completely turn up the soil from very deep places at an extremely fast speed. Both the speed and range surpass the agricultural loose soil.
Machine!
This has further strengthened Fang Du's determination to expand the team of superpowers. If the people under him in the future have such a speed that is comparable to agricultural machines, then his strength will only develop at a higher speed!
Amidst the busy farm work, the sun hung above everyone’s heads.
Fang Du found Yang Zhiguo and pointed to the ingredients piled in the distance: "Those are extraordinary creatures that have removed their source matter. Send someone to cook all the meat. Remember to put a few juicy cucumbers when cooking."<
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"The health of the refugees is beyond imagination. In the early stages of farmland construction, no one should be allowed to fall ill due to hunger and cold."
"All?" Yang Zhiguo was a little surprised.
Fang Du answered matter-of-factly: "Of course. Is there any problem with fulfilling the promise?"
"I thought you meant just giving out more nutrition bars."
Yang Zhiguo explained: "In fact, there is no need for so much meat. For these refugees, a piece of meat for each person is enough to satisfy them."
"Just do as I say."
Fang Du waved his hand: "I will only give more than I promised. You remember to have someone set up the big pot in the most conspicuous place so that everyone can see the stew... Remember to maintain order, don't
Let people rob you."
"As you wish." Yang Zhiguo bowed slightly and went to complete Fang Du's instructions.
Fang Du noticed the gaze on the side. He turned around and found Jiang Cha blinking his big moist eyes and staring straight at him.
"What are you looking at?" Fang Du wiped his face: "Is there something on my face?"
Jiang Cha said seriously: "I suspect that your brain is broken. If it were the people I devoured, they would never give away their resources like this."
Fang Du found it a bit funny: "Do you think I should take all these resources as my own and then use them to exchange for beast cores to improve my strength?"
"Yes." Jiang Cha nodded quickly.
"In the short term, this is indeed no problem."
Fang Du explained: "But what I need is long-term benefits. If I only give orders, a refugee may only bring me a hundred kilograms of tuber tomatoes every month."
"But if I promise to give 20 percent of the proceeds to the refugees, I may be able to harvest three hundred kilograms of tuber tomatoes next month. It may seem that I have given too much, but in fact I have received more."
At this time Hua Ji came over and interrupted Jiang Cha who kept asking questions like a child, with an incredible expression on her face:
"It's incredible. I originally expected to take a day and a half to complete these tasks, but I didn't expect that they were almost completed in just one morning."
"They don't even need to assign people to supervise the work, they can complete the work very well by themselves."
Fang Du said calmly: "Because they only completed your tasks before, but now they are working for themselves."
"We were..." Hua Ji wanted to retort.
Fang Du put his index finger in front of his lips: "I don't mean to accuse you guardians. I know that the food in the reserve was quite tight before I appeared, and there was no way to achieve this level."
As Zhu Xiaoming set up the cauldron, the fire superpower lit the firewood, and the aroma of tomato stew continued to overflow from the cauldron, causing the stomachs of everyone present to growl.
A refugee sniffed, swallowed, and silently took out the nutrition bar and tomato from his pocket.
The refugees around him were the same, but just as the refugee was about to eat a nutrition bar, a pair of strong hands held his shoulders.
He turned around and found that the man who had just given a speech was smiling behind him and said: "Don't you think it tastes bad just eating a nutrition bar? The taste of this thing is no different from lime."
"What can we do?"
The man spread his hands and looked at the big pot: "That's what the guardians eat. How can it be shared with us?"
"No."
Fang Du shook his head. His voice was not loud, but it was enough to reach everyone's ears: "Remember, I said this is a new farmland, and there must be new farmland rules on new farmland."
"The first rule of the new rule is, when you work under my hand, if I have a mouthful of meat to eat, you will never miss a mouthful of soup!"
The man in front of Fang Du was stunned for a moment, and then looked in the direction of the cauldron in disbelief.
I saw Yang Zhiguo standing next to the big pot, knocking the edge of the pot hard, and the huge shaking sound spread throughout the farmland.
He looked in the direction of the refugees and shouted: "Let's eat!"
The refugees stood up collectively and looked at Fang Du.
After receiving Fang Du's nod, these refugees took their food and ran to the center of the farmland like crazy, fearing that they would be too late and not be able to grab the meat.
Fang Du bent down and picked up the nutritional bar dropped by some unlucky person in the messy soil.
After cutting off all the dirt-stained areas on the outside of the nutrition bar, Fang Du took a bite and swallowed it with difficulty.
Jiang Cha approached Fang Du and asked curiously: "Is it delicious?"
Chapter completed!