Ranch Story: Start Over

That night, Ares used the magic phone in town to call his godfather and reported what had happened there. Ling Tianying did not show much emotion after listening.

"Ares, you've done a good job. However, since this is a high-quality resource mine, it seems that we need to send someone to discuss cooperation matters. However, Feng Ling has done us a favor after all. As the contractor of this mine, what do you think we should do to give him a discount?"

"Dad, let's just give a portion of the long-term benefits to Feng Ling. The income from our high-level resource mine is not bad, but the long-term benefits are very important to Feng Ling."

At this point, Ares lowered his voice and said to Ling Tianying:

"Dad, did you know that Feng Ling is actually an alchemist who came back from the Mechanical Civilization Continent? Even though his current cultivation is very low, what he has researched is beyond my imagination. It seems to be a fusion of magic techniques from two worlds."

From Ares' description on the other end of the phone, Ling Tianying was a little bit unbelievable for a moment. This kid, didn't expect that people who returned to the magic continent from the mechanical civilization world would be so powerful?

Thinking about Zhang Tianshi's performance in the past two days, Ling Tianying's expression gradually became serious.

"Ares, then just give the profits from the construction of Mineral Town to Feng Ling. It is very necessary for us to befriend a powerful alchemist."

"Okay, Dad. I've just finished surveying and I'm going to learn from him about the magic street lamps he just developed. This thing looks simple, but it's more efficient and cheaper than the magic stone street lamps we're using now."

After reporting to Ling Tianying, Ares finally hung up the phone with peace of mind. Ling Xiaoxin behind him poked Ares.

"Brother Ares, what did father say?"

"Father said that although we are involved in this construction, it involves many cooperative units after all, so all the profits from this high-quality resource-based mine will be donated to Feng Ling. This way, we can repay Feng Ling's favor and also give him what he wants."

"Brother Ares, will my sister and the others come with us?"

"It should be. After all, our capabilities are not enough for such a large project. They will come over once they have arranged the work."

Ling Xiaoxin was very excited when she heard that her sister would come. She had two sisters. Ling Xiaowan was the second sister, but she had been too close to Xie Ying recently and could not be called. She only had her eldest sister whom she admired the most. If she came here, maybe she would gain something.

"Look at your malicious smile, who are you planning to prank now?"

Ares glanced at Ling Xiaoxin's expression and immediately felt something was wrong. Feng Ling on the other side also seemed to have a feeling. Who was this person who was full of malice towards him? He sneezed.

At the weekend, the last day of this summer, Feng Ling stopped all the extra work. He had to sort out all the work today, and when tomorrow it would switch to autumn, he would start sowing a large number of sweet potato seeds.

"Zhuoka, how about this, how much arable land do we have now?"

"Brother Feng, there are 4 standard plots of arable land in total. We need to replace new seeds in autumn. What should we plant this time?"

"Sweet potatoes. This time we're planting sweet potatoes, and they're a new variety."

"Grow sweet potatoes? They are very durable in storage, but it is difficult to dig them up. They grow underground, so will it affect work efficiency?"

Feng Ling saw that everyone was looking at him. It seemed that everyone had the same concern.

There were quite a lot of people attending the meeting today. The seven dwarfs, Master Lu, Star Bird, Hua Xiaoling, Great White Shark Tietou, Ginger, and the Yu brothers all gathered at the long table in the workshop. As for her brother Geist, he was going back to Portia today and was not an employee of the ranch, so he did not attend.

Seeing that Jin Jier's physical condition had stabilized at Morning Breeze Ranch, and that Hua Xiaoling was about to refine the gifted-grade special-grade colorful bee royal jelly, he was completely relieved.

"This kind of sweet potato grows on the ground, not underground. Moreover, it grows very fast and has a very high yield. I will trouble you when the time comes. If nothing goes wrong, it will be a top-grade crop."

Feng Ling's words shocked everyone again. The yield was high and it must be sweet potato, a special-grade crop. It must be war reserve food. How could Feng Ling get such a thing? Wouldn't the higher-ups catch him?

"Boss, the Principality has very strict control over war reserve grains. Will our planting of these premium sweet potatoes cause trouble for the ranch?"

Old Lu has traveled all over the country for so many years and has seen a lot of these things, but Feng Ling is not worried at all. The planting license has already been obtained. Luo Linnan is really reliable. He has asked Duan Zhaoai's family to grant him a license to plant special-grade war reserve crops. In the future, he can plant unlimited special-grade crops related to food.

However, Feng Ling was not planning to sell all of the special-grade sweet potatoes this time. He looked at the resources he owned in the system interface.

Pasture resource evaluation: poor

Morning Breeze Fruit Grove Very Small

Morningwind Ranch Qualified

Morningwind Forest Barren

Morningwind Fishery Barren

Underground Magic Source Level 1 (Upgradable)

High-quality resource veins in Ore Town await construction

Among these six, only the source of magic gives Feng Ling hope, the others all require time to build and develop.

The underground magic source requires a large amount of special-grade crops to be sacrificed before it can be upgraded, and the sacrifice amount is 15.

The second level magic source alone costs a terrifying 15, but once upgraded, it can accelerate the growth of crops. Let's take a look at the properties of the current first level magic source.

Increases the chance of producing premium crops.

Feng Ling was dismissed with just this one sentence. If it weren't for Jin Jier's existence, Feng Ling would never have been able to make all his crops top grade.

However, the description of the attributes after the promotion made Feng Ling determined to seize this opportunity of enormous wealth.

Second level magic source attributes:

改善土壤生态环境，魔力恢复速度+10%、体力恢复速度+10%、移动速度+5%、所有农作物品级+1、特级农作物产出率大幅度提高、农场生物愉悦度+1、生物农产品特级产出率提高。

The last point is the one that Feng Ling cares about the most. Currently, the only biological agricultural product is the premium eggs produced by black-bone chickens. This has become a best-selling product recently, but the probability of 500 black-bone chickens actually producing premium eggs is only about 50%. Perhaps it is because the black-bone chickens brought back from Li Ke’s farm have different physiques.

Some can produce top-grade eggs, some can only produce excellent eggs, and when they are in a bad mood, it is good enough to produce qualified eggs.

However, the pasture nourished by the second-level magic source will reduce these probabilities again.

As more and more people know that Morning Breeze Ranch produces premium black chicken eggs, the number of people who have made reservations for delivery has increased to 50 households. Star Bird's daily job now is to deliver black chicken eggs to distant towns.

"Our goal this time is to grow more than 100 million premium sweet potatoes in the fall. I'll be in trouble then. If we achieve this goal, everyone's salary will be doubled starting from winter."

Feng Ling paused, then looked at Jin Jier:

"Ginger, although you are not an employee of the ranch, we really can't do without you now. To put it more mysteriously, because of your presence, the probability of the ranch's output of special crops and agricultural products will also increase, so I decided to distribute Ginger's salary as a year-end dividend at 2% of the ranch's total income."

"! Huh? Is Sister Ginger so powerful?"

“Is this the ranch’s mascot?”

"I was just saying how I felt comfortable around Sister Ginger."

"I also want to be such a person, I'm so envious."

The crowd suddenly became excited.

……

Feng Ling's sudden decision left Jin Jier flattered and at a loss.