[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-farming-with-entries-from-lord-to-emperor":3,"chapter-farming-with-entries-from-lord-to-emperor-farming-with-entries-from-lord-to-emperor-chapter-36":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Farming with Entries: From Lord to Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},561339,812,"Chapter 36 - 32: Return","farming-with-entries-from-lord-to-emperor-chapter-36",36,"\u003Cp>Luo De didn’t expect such a surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He almost couldn’t believe it, leaving Gang Le behind, and took Durant and the guards personally to the valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even before Luo De arrived, he received a notification that a salt mine had been discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De immediately quickened his pace and rushed into the desolate valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the guidance of the guard, Luo De soon saw a crack standing on the mountain, nearly four meters high and less than two meters wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the crack, layers of white and yellow crystals interwoven, either protruding or recessed, constantly undulating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De bent down, picked up a piece of crystal from the ground, broke off a piece, and tasted it; the bitter salty taste made him grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, this is a salt mine!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De was overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The importance of salt is self-evident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not only a seasoning for daily food but also an essential way to preserve food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era, without refrigerators, game and fish caught in summer must be salted and dried for preservation, consuming a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Pine Ridge is very far from Capital Coast, originally Luo De was thinking of finding time to procure it, but now there is no need to travel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fish of the Blue River are going to suffer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De picked some salt minerals and packed them into a bag, leaving satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a better mood, Luo De ate two pounds of roasted meat that night; Baron Avril, who hadn’t had a hot meal for a long time, also ate with her mouth full of oil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After three exhausting days of wandering in the wilderness, Luo De and the others stayed an extra day in a cabin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving two guards to protect the children and pack up, Luo De took Durant, Gang Le, and Rein to circle around the area again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, besides forests and stone mines, Luo De found nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the morning of the next day, Luo De’s team left the hunter’s yard and headed back to Frost Leaf Town in another direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the presence of the three children and the injured Avril, the team’s speed was significantly slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De took this opportunity to hunt in the desert with Rein, honing his archery skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps he had some talent; after just two days of training, Luo De could accurately hit a stationary rabbit within thirty meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountains on the southern side of Black Pine Territory receded, giving way to more desert basins, where Luo De encountered many natural lakes, each one carefully recorded by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team finally returned to Frost Leaf Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De’s manor was almost finished; six wooden houses were already fenced, and the yard could no longer be seen from the town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence asked Luo De to name the manor, and Luo De casually thought of \"Winter Manor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He arranged for Lawrence to clear out guest rooms for Avril and the three children to live in, while Durant went to publish the news of recruiting information about desert homesteaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After easily arranging all of this, Luo De personally went to the fields to check the planting results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto didn’t slack either; as soon as Luo De stepped into the field, he immediately brought three farmers to Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord, these three violated your rules while working!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto reported loudly: \"They threw a pile of seeds into a single furrow to be lazy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Northern Wasteland is not short of lazy people, especially after Luo De implemented collective farming; even with overseers, they still try to slack off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De was well aware of this, so he had everyone supervise each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let the person who reported them go to Lawrence to receive a reward later, ten pounds of rye for each.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my lord. I thank you on their behalf for your generosity!\" Otto bowed to Luo De.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for these three, deduct half of their work points from last month; each receives twenty lashes, and they’ll be hung in the town center for a day as a public display.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De said mercilessly: \"If there’s a next time, confiscate their property and degrade them to slaves!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haven’t shown power for a few days, and they consider me a sick cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De cannot let these people walk over him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know I was wrong, please don’t hit me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We beg you to forgive us, subtract more work points but please don’t hit us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The farmers wasting seeds knelt on the ground begging for mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De remained impassive, sneering inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three are very afraid of pain but simply don’t care about work points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems they still don’t take his words seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De understood that many people here thought this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, he decided to give these people a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And give those who work hard a little sweetness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De calmly said: \"Also, ask Lawrence how the calculation of work points is going; if there are no issues, open the work points exchange for materials in three days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto immediately stood up straight, looking at Luo De in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De looked at Otto and countered: \"Have I ever deceived you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no, I’m sorry, my lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto didn’t mind being scolded, his face full of excitement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, my lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, my lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone around bowed in salute, filled with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the three punished lazy men sat on the ground, full of remorse and spiritless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, they thought labor points were just a gimmick, but they didn’t expect them to actually be exchangeable for food!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De scanned everyone present, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exchanging resources was just a small benefit, to make them understand the importance of labor points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more crucial part is yet to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost Leaf Town opened up for labor point exchanges for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the gates of Winter Manor, Lawrence sat behind a wooden table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Lawrence, inside the manor, were goods for exchange: rye, wheat, rabbit meat, salted fish, salt, and everyday items like linen and animal hides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of Lawrence, a dense crowd of people gathered closely together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were over 350 people in Frost Leaf Town, with almost everyone here except for some women staying home with children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Form a line! One at a time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guards stood at the manor entrance with whips in hand, their expressions cold, closely watching the crowded townspeople.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of them lay a black line drawn with wood ash; anyone daring to cross it immediately received a whip lash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No rush, no rush, line up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otto personally led a few slaves to organize the townspeople into lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From dawn until the sun was high, he had been busy all morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, these people learned to queue orderly, starting the official exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many labor points do you have, Luo Fei?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the long queue, a woman holding a child asked the man in front, Luo Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three thousand labor points.\" Luo Fei showed a proud expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My goodness, that’s so much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman looked astonished, \"You can exchange that for 150 pounds of rye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, that’s from my hard work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei excitedly sniffed, recollecting some unpleasant memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After climbing out of the dung pit that day, his wife despised him for a full two weeks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, he wanted to exchange all his labor points for rye, and throw it in his wife’s face to humiliate her!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m really envious of you dung stirrers, although it’s smelly, you can exchange for a lot of food, my points can only get me 80 pounds of rye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman lamented helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De’s labor point system was designed based on the current monetary system, with 10 labor points roughly equating to one Copper Coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lowest labor points earned were by the women cooking, averaging 1,200 labor points a month, just enough to exchange for 80 pounds of rye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Equivalent to the market price of three Copper Coins for two pounds of rye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence originally wanted to deduct the usage fee for farm tools, but Luo De refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Luo De set this price aligned with the minimum subsistence line, it couldn’t be harsher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Farmers earned more labor points, ranging from 2,000 to 3,000, and blacksmiths and carpenters could reach 5,000 to 8,000, while militia earned even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, these were average earnings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the militia were farmers, and didn’t earn that much every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the formal soldiers in town were only Luo De’s guards, and Gang Le’s mercenaries were still previously paid by Luo De’s Gold Coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eighty pounds of rye is already quite a lot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei sighed: \"We must thank the Lord for keeping his word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said he’d give us dung stirrers more food and he really did, said we could exchange labor points, and we really could.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, praise the Lord.\" The woman nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard’s voice interrupted their conversation, and Luo Fei hurriedly ran forward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honorable Lawrence, exchange for 150 pounds of rye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence frowned, somewhat annoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence quickly wrote down the exchange of rye on the wooden board, then signed his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Redeem later, expires otherwise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei responded cheerfully, quickly running into the yard to exchange for rye, then excitedly headed home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This continued until evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence, unable to endure it any longer, slammed the records onto Luo De’s desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord! We can’t keep doing this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence shouted: \"They exchanged 7,450 pounds of rye in a day!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De, studying a map, frowned, slowly lifting his head without a word, his gaze coldly fixed on Lawrence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lawrence shrank back in fear, forcing a smile on his face, stammering, \"My Lord, what I mean is, you have to come up with something, you can’t let them only exchange for food...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De put away the map and calmly said, \"It’s alright, I will handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1675,"2026-05-30T15:19:44.915Z","2026-06-01T04:31:34.172Z",1,"novelbin.me","93e99fb0b4b798feb81adb75a8ce6cddfd089356aa21aa50e7856dca0c838584","farming-with-entries-from-lord-to-emperor-chapter-37","farming-with-entries-from-lord-to-emperor-chapter-35",776,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffarming-with-entries-from-lord-to-emperor-cover.jpg"]