Chapter 47: Cold Fresh Warehouse

Xie Luyan's eyes were full of shock; he asked, "Your Highness, did you make this?"

Yan Ze nodded, "It is merely the experience of predecessors that I obtained by chance."

Xie Luyan thought to himself that luck is also a form of strength; to be able to obtain such powerful things, the First Prince is truly the Son of Heaven.

No wonder the national treasury and the Crown Prince's private treasury were both emptied; this is likely a punishment from the Heavens.

Otherwise, who could move all those things of varying sizes right under everyone's noses?

I reckon the Gou Huangdi is still worrying about money at this moment.

Seeing his eyes light up, Yan Ze said, "If you have nothing to do, you can come and help me make this kind of explosive; I don't feel at ease handing it to others."

Although they were not familiar with each other in the Capital, Yan Ze knew that Xie Luyan's exile was mostly because he spoke up for him in the Court, which led to him being exiled to Lingnan by the Gou Huangdi.

Moreover, having traveled all the way to Lingnan together, Yan Ze already trusted him deeply.

Xie Luyan's eyes lit up instantly, "Yes, yes, yes! If there is anything complicated that I can be of use for, just say the word."

He was dying to help Yan Ze make all kinds of weapons.

The more weapons, the better; then, when the time comes, more people will be incited to rebel!

These days, everyone has been working hard.

The weather is getting hotter by the day; Yan Ning wants to eat chilled watermelon and drink chilled coconut juice.

She will be able to unlock the fifth warehouse soon, and after that, she can unlock the Cold Fresh Warehouse; she wonders if the Cold Fresh Warehouse has a chilling effect.

Actually, one could also use niter to make ice, but that is too troublesome.

At night, seeing that her father was not yet asleep, Yan Ning poked him, "Dad, do you still remember the task for my warehouse?"

Yan Ze hurriedly said, "I remember, ten thousand stones, right? Shall we go outside and look at the bricks now? It doesn't feel like there are ten thousand."

Yan Ning whispered, "Every bit counts."

At night, the father and daughter snuck out and crept over to the bricks and stones; the two of them were acting very suspicious, and as they walked, they heard a shout: "Who's there!"

Yan Ning and Yan Ze raised their hands, "It's us, our own people, don't use the crossbow!"

Zhuo Heng retracted his weapon and said embarrassedly, "I was distracted for a moment and saw you standing here, so I thought they had snuck over to this side."

Yan Ning and her father came to the bricks and stones together, and Yan Ning collected one brick inside.

【Task Progress: 1/10000】

It can be upgraded using bricks and stones!

However, there aren't many bricks and stones here right now; everyone is working too hard, coming before dawn and not leaving until it is pitch black. For a job that pays thirty copper coins a day and includes meat at every meal, even the women can come, and they are all thrilled. The bricks delivered in the morning are never left until the evening.

Yan Ning said to her father, "Dad, let's go to the brick kiln tomorrow. My system is very rigid; as long as I collect the bricks and stones in an instant and then put them back, no one will definitely notice."

Yan Ze pondered for a long time and asked, "If this system of yours is exposed, what will be the consequences?"

Yan Ning recalled the content of the book.

Yan Yu used the Trading System and the Space System to slaughter his way to the top; later, he would take supplies from the space in front of his subordinates, and they still regarded him as a god descended to earth.

Yan Ning thought for a moment, "It seems there are no consequences."

Yan Ze immediately said, "Then let's go tomorrow quickly; your mother said this morning that she wanted to eat chilled coconut."

Early the next morning, Yan Ning prepared to take a boat to the brick kiln in Shawan County.

The moment the brick kiln owner saw them, his face blossomed with smiles.

Yan Ning was very generous with money; she gave him one thousand silver notes the first time, and another five hundred later. Although he lost some other clients, he felt that as long as he clung tightly to Yan Ning's thigh, their brick kiln would only earn more.

Yan Ning smiled sweetly and tried to get on good terms with the owner, "Uncle, may I go in and take a look at the bricks?"

Although he didn't know what she wanted to do, he knew that when dealing with a big customer, one should just let them do what they want and not ask too many questions.

The brick kiln owner agreed immediately.

Yan Ning entered the brick kiln and saw the bricks prepared for transport today, just waiting to be loaded onto the boat; this boatload had at least ten thousand of them.

Seeing the owner go to supervise his workers, and with everyone else busy with their own tasks, no one had the time to pay attention to her.

In that very instant, Yan Ning collected the bricks into Warehouse No. 4, then put them back exactly as they were; the whole process took less than a second.

"Huh, I think I just had a moment of dizziness."

"I think I had a moment of dizziness too; I saw the bricks move."

"It must be that everyone has been too tired these past few days; don't think about such messy things, hurry up and send the bricks to Chaoyang Village now."

Chaoyang Village was the name Yan Ning gave to their piece of land.

【Congratulations to the host for completing the stone-collecting task 10000/10000, unlocking Warehouse No. 5.】

【Please collect 5000 pieces of seafood to unlock the Cold Fresh Warehouse. Note: The Cold Fresh Warehouse is only 100 square meters, but it is a sterile environment with adjustable temperature (0℃—15℃).】

Yan Ning's face was full of surprise.

Yan Ze asked in a low voice, "What are you so happy about?"

Yan Ning's eyes curved into crescents, "We are about to have a 100-square-meter cold fresh refrigerator, and it's even sterilized. Whatever we want to eat in the future, we can just toss it in, and it won't spoil no matter how long we keep it."

Yan Ze was happy too; he asked, "Ningning, what is the task to open the Cold Fresh Warehouse? Is it hard to complete?"

After seeing the reward and then looking at the task, Yan Ning almost blacked out, "My god, it needs 5000 pieces of seafood; let's think of a way to upgrade instead."

The father and daughter felt a bit regretful.

On the way back, Yan Ning saw farmers pulling carts heading straight for the city; that net of seafood was truly not a small amount.

Yan Ning quickly thought of a way, "Dad, we can do this: buy a small boat and a fishing net, and we'll go out to sea to catch fish. Once caught, I'll collect them into the space; we'll be able to gather five thousand eventually."

The more Yan Ze thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, so the two of them went back and brought the small boat they had bought earlier to Chaoyang Village.

The first thing to do after returning was to find Er Gouzi.

Hearing Yan Ning call, Er Gouzi immediately trotted over.

Er Gouzi had been getting a lot of silver lately and had bought himself a few new sets of clothes, making him look clean and sharp.

Yan Ning said to him, "Are there any fishermen around here? The kind of fishermen who can catch fish from the sea."

Er Gouzi said with a smile, "My father is exactly that."

Yan Ning hurriedly said, "That's perfect, please trouble your father to teach us how to catch seafood."

Er Gouzi was stunned for a moment and asked, "It's just that catching fish at sea isn't that easy, otherwise shouldn't we find someone with experience to go catch the fish?"

Yan Ning's attitude was firm: "My father and I want to learn how to fish."

Er Gouzi did not press further and immediately went to call his father, "Father, the young lady wants you to teach them how to fish."