Chapter 1430

Tang Ruan grinned. "It's fine, I'll just put it on the ground. Later, Sister Gu, you can help me tidy up. I'm going to give it a try."

"Okay~" Gu Qing said with a smile.

The two of them watched Tang Ruan run off.

"How's the territory been these past few days?" Zhao Chi looked at Gu Qing.

Every time he saw her, he felt she had grown another fraction more gentle and beautiful.

Gu Qing said with a light laugh, "Everything's fine. We harvested another 3,375 tons of flour and another 350,000 experience fruits. You can sell them all whenever you like."

"That much again?"

It had only been four days, yet the supplies were even greater than before.

Gu Qing said with a smile, "Yes. While you and Zhuang Ya were busy at the arms factory, the rest of us were busy with the harvest at Chaoge Village."

Zhao Chi nodded. "No one has it easy."

Gu Qing said, "It is the harvest season, after all, so everyone's enthusiasm is running high. Also, the cabbages on several dozen farm plots are growing quite well, but Gu Yan says if we want to eat them we'll have to wait for the next batch. This time they need to grow until they flower and set seed — it's mainly for the seeds. The sugarcane is the same."

Zhao Chi nodded. "Right, but next month we'll definitely be able to eat cabbage — and have all the cabbage we want. The sugarcane will just have to wait a bit longer, but not too long."

"Mm, 300 tons of golden-juice fertilizer stock solution has already finished fermenting. You can find time to make it when you're free."

"Golden-juice fertilizer stock solution? You mean your urine?"

"Yes. I thought saying 'urine' might be a bit too blunt? Hehe."

"That doesn't matter. 300 tons already — that's wonderful. I'll go make it in a bit and pour it on the sugarcane fields. That should double the sugarcane's growth speed. In just over a month, we should be able to eat sugarcane too."

Gu Qing said with a smile, "I'm really looking forward to it."

"What about the raw materials for the gold-chunk fertilizer?"

"You mean the manure that's currently composting?"

"Yes. You just said 'stock solution,' so now I'm saying 'raw materials' too — keeping consistent with you."

"Hehe, got it. But those raw materials still need some more time. The earliest batch is 30 tons, and it'll need another 23 days to finish composting."

"Only 30 tons?"

"Yes. After all, these raw materials need 90 days to compost — nine times longer than the stock solution. The gold-chunk fertilizer's effective period is a full six years, while the golden-juice fertilizer only lasts six months."

"When will the next batch of gold-chunk fertilizer raw materials be done composting?"

"Mm, around 70 days, when 120 tons will have finished composting."

"That long… and only 120 tons…"

Zhao Chi frowned.

Gu Qing said with a smile, "There'll be more and more later. After all, the further along we go, the more sisters there are, and the greater the output."

Zhao Chi said, "It's still too slow. No matter — leave that to me to solve. Is there anything else going on in the territory?"

"There is. The first batch of 300 feathered cattle all reached adulthood the day before yesterday. I'm arranging the breeding now — they should all be mated within the next few days."

"Really? That's great. Once the calves from this new batch of feathered cattle grow up, we'll be able to supply beef in large quantities."

"Mm, yes. Should we slaughter and eat the 150 male feathered cattle that just matured this time?"

"I'd like to hear your opinion."

"My opinion… my opinion is that you should be patient a little longer, my lord. These 150 feathered cattle can take part in the rotating breeding work. After all, we only started with 60 feathered cattle, so I need to plan the breeding order to avoid inbreeding. If these 150 bulls can also take part, the pace will be much faster."

"Understood. I'll go with what you say."

"Hehe, but if you want to eat meat, slaughtering a few dozen is fine too."

"No need. A little longer is fine."

"Okay~ Also, my spider-queen silk has already been produced in considerable quantities. It's all been degummed and placed in your tailor shop. It should be enough for all the sisters' outfits. I've been gulping down water like crazy these past few days."

Zhao Chi said with a smile, "I can tell. Every night, what you produce is practically enough to give me a bath."

"It's not that exaggerated…"

"How's the strength of your spider-queen silk now?"

At this, a glint of light flashed in Gu Qing's eyes.

"Very strong."

"Very strong?"

"Mm, very strong."

"How strong?"

Gu Qing smiled and pointed at the extremely heavy Fengming Blade beside her.

"Watch this, my lord."

With that, Gu Qing flicked a fingertip. A pale-red silk thread shot out, accompanied by a faint stir of air, and wrapped around the hilt of the Fengming Blade.

Immediately after, Gu Qing gave a hard pull, and the Fengming Blade whooshed over.

Gu Qing didn't catch it — she suddenly flung it outward.

The heavy Fengming Blade was sent flying far away by the silk thread.

The silk thread pulled taut, even emitting a humming buzz, but it did not snap.

Gu Qing yanked hard once more.

This time the silk thread let out a creaking sound.

Immediately after, the Fengming Blade, more than ten meters away, came flying back fast.

Gu Qing swung her arm in a full circle and brought it down.

Thud!

The Fengming Blade arced into the sky, then crashed heavily into the earth, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Only the thick, long hilt remained exposed outside, trembling continuously.

"That strong?"

Zhao Chi was pleasantly surprised.

This Spider Queen's silk really has impressive tensile strength.

Such a thin thread, yet it could fling the 12-kilogram Phoenix Cry Blade around like that without snapping at all.

And not just the thread — the mucus on the thread is also extremely strong.

Although at the end the thread was wrapped around the Phoenix Cry Blade in an open coil, it wasn't tied into a knot.

That whole whip, pull, and slash just now was all achieved through that powerful mucus.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Yes, are you going to start making outfits in a bit?"

Zhao Chi nodded: "I'll start making them this evening. Right now I need to sell off the flour and experience fruits we got this harvest."

Gu Qing nodded: "I still have two suggestions to tell you."

"Suggestions? Sure, go ahead."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "The first is about adjusting the planting on the farmland. We now have over 6,000 plots in total, but each plot has a different harvest cycle. I'd like to make some adjustments — unify the planting times and harvest times respectively. It will temporarily delay some of the growth cycles, so I wanted to discuss it with you."

"That's fine, it shouldn't delay more than a few days."

"Yes, the delay won't be long. The main thing is that right now everything is scattered everywhere — every day there are planting, harvesting, hulling, tilling, and all sorts of other tasks. If we unify them, we can roughly plant everything within one period of time, and then harvest within another relatively unified period."

"I understand what you mean, but you can't unify everything, right?"

Gu Qing nodded: "Of course. After all, some plots are fertile land, some have fertilizer — they can't all be unified. But if we can unify most of the farmland, that will still improve work efficiency quite a bit."

Zhao Chi said: "Of course that's no problem, go ahead and do it."

"Alright, the second suggestion is that you could buy more Flower Fairies. Those little Flower Fairies are quite good — they work very enthusiastically, and their bodies are very small, so they do a lot of detailed work really well. If the number of Flower Fairies increases, it can also reduce the workload for Gu Yan and her team."

"Flower Fairies? How many?"

"It depends on your plans. If you can give Gu Yan's team more people later, then you can have fewer Flower Fairies. If not, you can have more Flower Fairies. I suggest topping it up to 1,000 now, and increasing it later as the number of farmland plots grows."

"Alright, I'll go buy them."

Gu Qing smiled and said: "There's also the situation at Cloud Dream Village to report to you. The shipyard and dock have already been built. I've reassigned 10 shipwrights, and the team leader is Zhou Ting. They've already built the first small wooden boat and delivered it to Wei Yu's fishing team for use."

Zhao Chi smiled and said: "Not bad, let's go take a look."

"Okay."

The two instantly teleported to Cloud Dream Village.

There were more people here than expected.

Quite a few people from Fang Li's construction team were here.

Along the Dahe riverbank, piles of timber were stacked everywhere.

A small shipyard and a small dock had already been built, and next to them a large shipyard and a large dock were under construction.

Large-scale buildings take a very long time to construct, but once they're done, they're far more useful than the small ones.