Ranch Story: Start Over

After a long phone call, there was a knock on the door.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

"Please come in!"

"Feng Ling, are you on the phone?"

"Yes, Senior Sister. Is Master home? I will treat everyone to dinner tonight. My magic device has passed the review!"

Seeing Feng Ling's happy expression, Lin also jumped up excitedly.

"That's great, how about the reward?"

"One million magic crystal coins, one hundred thousand merit points. Look, I just came back from Uncle Gotz, and he gave me the recorder. In the future, I can buy some special materials directly if I need them."

The grade of recorders is the same, but the personal permissions are very different. The minimum standard for obtaining a recorder is 1 duchy merit points. The reason is that recorders are specifically designed to serve customers with duchy merit points.

"Oh, that's great. If I need something in the future, can I use magic crystal coins to exchange for merit points with you to buy it?"

"Of course it's no problem, but the prerequisite is that I have so many merit points."

"Don't worry, it's not a valuable item, it's just that it can't be purchased in the regular market."

Lin would not treat Feng Ling as a cash cow. As for Feng Ling, a boy who was a few years older than her, she was becoming more and more proud of everything he did.

Looking at the red heart that popped up above Lin's head, it was obvious that her favorability had risen again.

"Sister, let's go downstairs. I'll go prepare the ingredients for tonight. Oh, and five new dishes tonight."

"Okay, I want to eat it then."

Looking at Lin's excitement, Feng Ling grinned.

"Let's go."

......

The news that Feng Ling's magic device passed the review spread quickly, especially the reward of 100,000 merit points, which was absolutely shocking to everyone.

Tonight, the business of Dart Restaurant is obviously better than ever. It seems that the folks are still willing to support Feng Ling, and Feng Ling and his friends sat down in a special luxury box. As both the host and the chef, Feng Ling prepared five new dishes, and coordinated with the dishes made by other chefs. Soon, all the dishes were served, and he finally sat down.

"Come on, come on, everyone congratulate Feng Ling."

“Thank you everyone, cheers!”

The joyful atmosphere is so enviable.

Everyone was eating and chatting, and Thomas was the first to speak:

"Feng Ling, where are you going to use this magic device for the first time?"

"Uncle Thomas, I told you before, it's the magic street light. My original intention of developing it was to get your financial support for the project. You only approved of me a little bit at that time, which was really painful."

"I'm not too confident in you. I didn't expect you to be so capable and win the first battle."

“What about the next project funding?”

"Let's make the finished product. After it's finished, everyone can vote and say whether it's right or not. The street lamps are related to the image of Mineral Town."

Everyone jokingly echoed.

"Okay, okay, no problem!"

Feng Ling agreed readily. Since it was a finished product, the core had been completed, and the only thing left was the design of the appearance and the cost of material usage, which Feng Ling was very familiar with.

"I will build my ranch first, and you can design the appearance you want."

Thomas said he had no objection. After all, it was their own land and they could do whatever they wanted. Besides, it was necessary for Morningwind Ranch to install street lights. Otherwise, if Ginger came home late from get off work occasionally, Thomas and the others would be worried. Morningwind Ranch was quite large.

"Do you need me to find someone to help you with the design? Feng Ling."

Scholar Mary suggested:

"Don't worry, Mary. I can do this. My only problem now is that I have run out of ore. If it weren't for the Alchemy Furnace, it would have been impossible to refine those metals last time."

Uncle Gotz offered Feng Ling a glass of juice. He didn't drink alcohol, but he liked pure juice very much. Especially this time, the juice was squeezed from top-grade onions, which was very sweet and had a refreshing taste.

He and Feng Ling clinked glasses. Goetz gave his suggestion:

"Feng Ling, I have hundreds of street lamp design drawings. I'll send them to you later. See if you can get any inspiration."

"Thank you so much, Uncle Goetz."

Uncle Gotz directly used his advantages to offer help. Feng Ling did not need to thank him for the great favor, and he kept it in mind.

At this time, Hua Xiaoling, who was also drinking juice, interrupted:

"Brother, can you design a unique shape for me? I want to decorate the orchard."

Hua Xiaoling's words reminded Feng Ling that, yes, one can decorate one's own home as one likes, and as for the public areas, they can be standardized according to everyone's preferences.

"No problem little sister, we design our own at home, what do you want?"

"Hmm? I want something cute and softly lit."

This request was too simple, Feng Ling nodded and agreed, but then Feng Ling brought up another use of the magic energy device.

"Uncle Thomas, I haven't told you about the other uses of this magic device. I was worried that it would not pass the review. Now I can take it out."

"What? There's another half?"

Everyone was suddenly in an uproar, and they all looked at Feng Ling with curious eyes. The first half of the research was already so excellent, so what about the second half?

"I'm going to Uncle Thomas' place tonight to demonstrate. I have no choice but to do so, so I kept some tricks. Now that there's no need, it's time to show my cards. I won't pretend anymore. I'm going to show my cards now."

Feng Ling smiled and kept the secret, which immediately made everyone present unhappy.

"Hurry up and tell us. We are all family members. Why are you still keeping us on suspense? We are still eating!"

Lin knocked on Feng Ling impatiently.

Seeing that everyone was on hold, Feng Ling thought about what his senior sister said and had to release the other half of the magic device.

"This is?"

"Magic energy storage battery."

"! No, you designed this one yourself, too?"

"Yes, Uncle Thomas. This is a battery pack that fully matches the magic energy device. Don't worry. According to the current budget, it is no problem to produce a 1KW magic energy stone every day. I designed the street lamp according to 200W."

"! Feng Ling, do you know what this means?"

"what?"

"This means that our Mineral Town's lighting electricity can get rid of the huge loss of traditional magic stones."

Harris is the chief in charge of daily patrols in Mineral Town. Although he does not have many staff, he has to drive a patrol car around the entire Mineral Town every day. Therefore, many places are pitch black at night, which is very inconvenient. He is the person who feels it the most.

"I read in the seven books I borrowed from Mary that the utilization rate of traditional magic stones is only 30%, and they are easily damaged. This research is designed based on the concept of the Mechanical Civilization Continent, and it is more useful than I imagined."

After hearing Feng Ling's answer, everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Only Senior Sister Lin said somewhat unhappy:

"Feng Ling, is it because you went to the Mechanical Civilization Continent that your cultivation has not improved at all?"

The concern in his eyes was revealed without any concealment. It was the first time that Feng Ling saw someone looking at him with such pity. He was speechless for a moment.