The female cannon fodder in the book, the villain instantly turned into a pitiful and coquettish gir

Just as the team sent by Ling Jinhan was demonstrating its strength and looking for allies in various places with new weapons, an unprecedented crisis suddenly broke out within the Ling Kingdom.

It turns out that the weapon on the blueprint is like a legendary artifact, with such power that it is astonishing.

But the materials needed to make them are more difficult to obtain than dragon scales and rarer than phoenix feathers.

The Ling Kingdom has gone all out for these "treasures". The resources have been dug out like a sieve, and the mountains and rivers are almost bare.

As for the common people, they were suffering terribly.

The family originally had that little piece of land, and they hoped to grow some vegetables to feed the family. But in the end, the land was gone, the water was polluted, and even the air had a smell of "rich gold" - it was all mineral dust!

Everyone felt so depressed, like a dumb person who had taken coptis root, unable to express their pain.

At this time, the nobles and officials were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, with their eyes flashing with a light brighter than gold coins.

They used the power in their hands to start the "unlimited money-making" mode, making money as if it were free.

There are so many names like "mineral resource tax" and "special mining fee" that they are as countless as the stars in the sky. The wallets of ordinary people seem to have been eaten clean by these termites.

That’s not all. They also started “rent-seeking”. If anyone wants to exploit some resources, they won’t be able to do so unless they give a “gratuity”.

As a result, social contradictions were like a fire that was poured with oil, burning more and more fiercely, and the anger of the people was about to melt the glazed tiles of the imperial palace.

When Ling Jinhan learned about this, he was so angry that he felt sick as if he had eaten a fly.

He thought to himself: "What a sin I have committed. I wanted to provide the country with some weapons to make it look good, but I almost brought the country down!"

Ling Jinhan slapped his thigh and decided to "scrape the bone to cure the poison".

He first issued a "mining ban" to let those crazy miners take a break and stop digging.

Then he sent out the "anti-corruption army", each of them acting like detectives, to thoroughly investigate those greedy nobles and officials.

For a time, the whole Ling State was in a state of panic, and those corrupt officials were like rats crossing the street, and everyone wanted to beat them up.

But Ling Jinhan knew in his heart that this was only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution.

To fundamentally solve the problem, we must find a good way to meet the needs of weapons manufacturing without damaging the environment.

After thinking about it, he posted a "heroic invitation" to recruit talented people from all over the world, claiming that whoever can come up with this good idea can become the "national teacher" of Ling State and enjoy wealth and glory.

Just two days after the post was posted, a mysterious old man came to the door.

The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I have a way that will ensure that you not only have the artifact, but also protect the environment and make those corrupt officials cry for their parents!"

Ling Jinhan's eyes immediately lit up, as if he had seen a savior.

He thought to himself: "Could this old man be someone who came down from the immortal world? How come he knows everything?"

In order to cooperate with the mysterious old man and change the turbulent situation in the country, Ling Jinhan had to temporarily abandon his plan of external expansion.

Many years later, Ling Jinhan still remembered the scene when he first met the old man.

The old man took a sip of tea leisurely, and his expression looked as if he was savoring the various aspects of life.

He spoke slowly, his voice full of vicissitudes and wisdom.

"Young man, do you know that everything in this world has its own cycle? Those rare materials are the essence of heaven and earth, and they are hard to come by. But have you ever thought that waste can also become treasure?"

Ling Jinhan frowned when he heard this, wondering, "Waste? What kind of treasure can this be?"

The old man smiled slightly and took out a yellowed book from his sleeve mysteriously. On the cover were written the words "Secret Book of Turning Waste into Treasures". It looked like a treasure dug out from an ancient tomb.

He gently turned the pages of the book and pointed to the pictures and texts and began to explain.

"The method above can transform some seemingly useless waste into materials needed to manufacture weapons through special processes. It is not only environmentally friendly, but also can solve the problem of resource shortage."

When Ling Jinhan heard this, his eyes widened like copper bells and he muttered to himself.

"Is this old man a hermit master? Is this secret book real?"

But on second thought, Lingguo's current situation did not allow him to be suspicious.

He snatched the secret book, as if he had found a treasure, and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you for your guidance, old sir. Ling Jinhan will definitely keep it in mind!"

The old man waved his hand and smiled like an old naughty boy: "It's okay, it's okay. I just can't stand the injustice in this world. I'll help if I can. Remember, treating the people well is the way of a king."

After saying that, the old man disappeared without a trace like a gust of wind, leaving only the secret book and Ling Jinhan standing there in a daze.

Ling Jinhan held the secret book as if it were a treasure map leading to the future, his heart full of hope.

He immediately summoned the country's top craftsmen and scientists to begin studying this secret book.

After countless days and nights of hard work, they finally mastered the technology to transform waste into weapons materials.

This technology not only solved the problem of resource shortage, but also greatly reduced the manufacturing cost of weapons, enabling Lingguo's military equipment level to achieve a qualitative leap.

And those nobles and officials who had once been extremely greedy, when they saw that Ling Jinhan had actually used this method to resolve the crisis, were so frightened that their faces turned pale, fearing that they would also be found out to have problems someday.

They restrained their behavior and became low-key.

Ling Jinhan looked at all these changes and felt secretly proud.

However, Ling Jinhan was not satisfied with this.

He knew very well that if he wanted to make Ling State truly powerful, he needed to continue exploring.