Chapter 232: Deal Achieved

Soon, they sent people to inspect the hunted Hua Zheng, and Shi Jia Dan hurried back.

The Exotic Beasts that the Wan Beast Continent rushed over this time total about twenty thousand; they dispatched several thousand people to count them, to verify the number of prey, whether any are sickly, how much each weighs, which will take one or two days.

Mo Lie arranged the Wan Beast Continent at the previously used Kana Fo Hall, and after the prey were confirmed, Lin Manzhi followed Mo Lie to the feed warehouse to have people count.

Her space's ranch has no livestock; the daily feed is all harvested by puppet machines and made into haystacks.

The ranch is huge; at each interval they harvest feed in different zones, the grass cut here regrows there, and the harvesting never stops each day.

After a day, Lin Manzhi counted and found that four extremely compact hay bales, five meters high, appeared on the space's meadow. In more understandable terms, the daily output of dry forage is about twenty thousand jin.

Since she acquired the ranch she has been gathering forage, but has never sold any; the real-world warehouse in Kuangsha City holds one and a half million jin, not counting the twenty‑six hay bales in her space's meadow.

A mere twenty thousand Exotic Beasts are more than enough for Lin Manzhi to trade away now.

After returning, she wrote two trade orders.

The next day, Mo Lie summoned the people of the Wan Beast Continent again.

Niu Bin, following Shi Jia Dan, arrived early at the main hall to wait; after Mo Lie and Lin Manzhi arrived, Hua Zheng handed the trade contract that Lin Manzhi had written to Shi Jia Dan: "You have brought twenty thousand sixty‑four Exotic Beasts. After discussion, calculating at 3,400 jin of fresh meat per beast, we will give you ___ jin of alkaline dried grass, and we also gave you several dozen jin of alkaline dried grass."

Getting straight to the point made the anxious Niu Bin breathe a sigh of relief, his heart unable to stop bursting with joy.

Trading the prey for so much alkaline dried grass is a huge profit!

The lord of Kuangsha City surely doesn't know how useful alkaline dried grass is to some Beastfolk races! That's why he sells so much to the Wan Beast Continent.

He must not laugh out loud; he has to stay quiet, lest he draw Kuangsha City's attention and cause them to learn the use of alkaline dried grass and backtrack on the sale.

This is Kuangsha City's territory; they cannot defeat this group.

Niu Bin struggles hard to suppress his laughter.

Shi Jia Dan beside him looked at the Thin Skin Scroll in his hand; it was his first time receiving a transaction written so clearly on paper.

He examined it carefully; what was written matched what Hua Zheng said, and he exhaled, "No mistake."

Shi Jia Dan looked up at the two masters of Kuangsha City, fixed his gaze on the lord, and asked, "Lord, Lord's Wife, we wish to trade alkaline dried grass with you long‑term; will you consent?"

Lin Manzhi, having set her sights on the fresh meat the Wan Beast Continent can eat, smiled and nodded: "Very well. As long‑term partners, let's clarify the trade details. Both sides will meet on the last day of each month in Kuangsha City for settlement, with each transaction fixed at twenty thousand Exotic Beasts. How does that sound?"

Mo Lie, sitting beside, made no comment, leaving the decision to the female seated next to him.

Shi Jia Dan was momentarily stunned: "……"

She is actually the one making the decision!

He had never seen a female beside a lord wield such authority, but she is so beautiful that I also dote on her.

Shi Jia Dan showed no hint on his face and, in a very serious tone, said, "Beautiful Lord's Wife, please forgive me, I cannot accept your perfect suggestion, because Wan Beast City …"

"Speak plainly." Mo Lie, leisurely, took Lin Manzhi's hand, his cold blue eyes narrowed, cutting off Shi Jia Dan's long, flamboyant nonsense.

Shi Jia Dan quickly adjusted his tone and said rapidly: "The coldest period of the Wan Beast Continent's winter season is approaching; a blizzard will seal the entire continent for two months, after which we cannot go out. We seek cooperation in good faith; your proposal is indeed ingenious, but to ensure smooth trading, I suggest moving the next trade date to the end of the last month of the cold season."

So that's how it is.

Lin Manzhi thought it over; the weather constraint is unavoidable, and she readily agreed: "Alright, let's set the next trade date at the end of the last month of the cold season."

After she spoke, Mo Lie had no objection, nor did anyone else, and the trade with the Wan Beast Continent was settled.

Shi Jia Dan hurried back; after confirming the alkaline dried grass was fine, he quickly led his squad back.

……

Lin Manzhi has been soaking in the Planting Base these days.

Once the wheat seedlings are stable, the Planting Base is overseen by seasoned cultivators like Xiang Sa, and she has nothing to do there.

She doesn't need to go to the Planting Base today; instead she sits with Mo Lie in the Hall of State Affairs, where he handles various matters of the domain, and she just looks over issues concerning the Planting Base.

Lin Manzhi sat in the chair, eyes slightly lowered, lifted with her left hand a thick stack of Thin Skin Scrolls that Mo Lie handed her, and with her right hand holding a feather pen she recorded on a stack of blank yellowed Thin Skin Scrolls, looking serious.

In the Planting Base, the last batch of Holy Maiden Fruit was finally harvested; after picking, the seedlings were dug up and the soil turned, awaiting the planting of cherry radishes, which was already completed a few days ago.

The rebuilt Planting Base in Kuangsha City temporarily cultivates Cherry Tomato, cherry radish, wheat, Potato, corn, sweet potato, watermelon, Cucumber, Agave, and a small amount of grapes.

These several crops each cover dozens or hundreds of mu; it looks abundant, but compared to the whole world, this amount is still too little.

For future plans, Lin Manzhi intends to plant several more hardy foods, which requires more land; Mo Lie thought of this even earlier and had already planned it at dawn.

The Planting Base arranged by Mo Lie follows the river.

After Kuangsha City gradually restored the old city across its regions, the riverside residential area near the Planting Base was completely relocated, freeing about 1,500 hectares of land for expanding the Planting Base.

Lin Manzhi couldn't help but gasp at this sight.

One thousand five hundred hectares of land—one hectare equals fifteen mu, which is over twenty‑two thousand mu…

Imagining planting on tens of thousands of mu, she felt a surge of vigor.

It can definitely be fully planted, and then more people will be able to eat the crops from her hometown.

Lin Manzhi paused, then continued to look down.

In this layout of Kuangsha City, one side of the river is the city's residential district; the upper half of the opposite bank is residential, while the lower half is the Planting Base and an endlessly extending desert.

As for the Lord's Residence where she and Mo Lie live, it is at the highest point in the city.

When everyone looks up, they can see Kuangsha City's lordly palace complex; the white buildings in the desert are bathed in sunlight, turning a pale gold, appearing sacred and majestic.