Chapter Four Hundred and Forty Six – A Shocking Statistic (1/2)
Chapter Four Hundred and Forty Six – A Shocking Statistic
“From today onwards, this cloud island’s name is changed to Turtle Island!” Zuo Mo announced in satisfaction.
No one below responded, but they all looked at each other.
A beat later, the most daring of them, Lei Peng, weakly responded, “Daren why call this Turtle Island?”
“What? You feel this name isn’t good enough?” Zuo Mo angled a stare at him as he drawled.
“No! No!” Lei Peng hurriedly waved his hand, his face red before he said weakly, “Just that, Just that, this name … … it isn’t … … flashy?”
The other people were all distressed.
Zuo Mo snorted and said with disdain, “A thousand year tortoise, a ten thousand year turtle, ever heard this before?”
“Heard this!” People nodded their heads.
“The longer one lives, the more profit one can make,” Zuo Mo warned everyone in a meaningful tone. “Look at those flashy guys, show-offs, all of them are short-lived, why? Because they are eye-catching! What was that phrase … …”
Zuo Mo couldn’t recall it and thought with a furrowed brow.
“Say what?” The people below stretched their necks and waited for his next words.
“Oh, I remember.” Zuo Mo’s mind became alert. He spread his arms, looked at the sky and dragged his words in a tone that created goosebumps to recite with emotion. ”His outstanding figure was so dazzling among the crowd, like a sun, he was unable to be ignored!”
Everyone shuddered, their hairs standing on end.
Zuo Mo turned his head down and his gaze swept the crowd of confused people. His tone became normal as he picked out Lei Peng to ask, “If there was a person like this among the enemy, what would you do?”
“Kill him as soon as possible!” Lei Peng glared murderously.
“Why kill him first?” Zuo Mo lead him along.
“A person like this is either an expert or a leader, they have higher … … strategic value!” Lei Peng stammered out. Under Lil’ Miss’ high pressure training, learning combat tactics became a necessary class for every member of Vermillion Bird Camp. Even a rough man like Lei Peng could casually speak a few phrases.
“You are right!” Zuo Mo praised Lei Peng and said amusedly, “The spear strikes the bird that pops up first, that is the moral. The more low-key you are, the longer you can live. The longer you live, the more you can make. A name like Turtle Island that doesn’t catch the attention is suitable for us. Our method is to first be low-key, pretend to be weak, and then, hee hee, you know!”
Everyone realized and nodded their heads hard, their eyes gleaming with light. They looked at each other and smiled evilly at each other. “Hee hee, we understand!”
Coincidentally walking in at the same moment, Shang Wei Ming’s cold sweat flowed down.
He really wanted to tell Daren what a large influence killing the three Ren Family elders would have on Xu Ling City’s inhabitants. Xu Ling City was most likely in an uproar at this moment. No matter how low-key orweak they pretended to be, no one would believe them … …
Of course, these words only spun in his mind. He smartly closed his mouth. Boss definitely had Boss’ reasons for doing a thing. A little character like him definitely could not understand the profound meaning of Boss’ action.
He already knew that Boss wasn’t just a boss. This was a classic combat troop. However, that had nothing to do with him. No matter what the other had him do, he would unhesitatingly do it, even at the risk of his own life.
When the evil laughs in the room decreased, he reported the assets of Turtle Island to Zuo Mo. “Daren, we have finished our survey.”
When Zuo Mo held the result, his eyes were wide.
The area of Turtle Island was forty seven thousand mu. Zuo Mo had to sigh that Turtle Island was, as expected, one of the largest islands of the intermediate-sized islands. The next string of statistics caused Zuo Mo to start drooling.
There were fifteen thousand mu of ling fields on the island, of which ten thousand were third-grade ling fields and another three thousand were fourth-grade ling fields.
Seeing such enormous numbers, his thoughts almost diverged. The entire Wu Kong Sword Sect had never had so many ling fields in the past, much less third-grade ling fields! Such an large amount of third-grade ling fields was enough to support a sizable sect. Adding on that the three thousand mu of fourth-grade ling fields was an enormous sum of wealth!
They had struck it rich!
Deliriously happy, Zuo Mo’s gaze moved down and then he suddenly froze.
Ten thousand mu third-grade ling fields but they only had thirty ling plant farmers!
Thirty ling plant farmers!
Compared to the enormous amount of ling fields, the number of ling plant farmers was not enough! Thirty ling plant farmers, not one of them had the Summer Flower Jade Medal, they were all Spring Sprout ling plant farmers!
This meant that almost ten thousand mu of the third-grade ling fields were in fallow! A spring spout level ling plant farmer could only plant and care for fifty mu of third-grade ling fields at maximum for a total of one thousand and five hundred mu! On their hands, the fourth-grade ling fields were an even larger waste, and could not reach their full potential.
Thinking about the ten thousand ling fields being in a state of waste, Zuo Mo instantly felt pain.
“Is it hard to hire ling plant farmers?” Zuo Mo asked Shang Wei Ming.
Shang Wei Ming shook his head. “Not easy. Even though many roaming xiu have come recently, but there still aren’t many ling plant farmers. Many families are recruiting ling plant farmers.”
Zuo Mo bared his teeth with a painful expression. He secretly noted down this problem.
Wastefulness was shameful!
Zuo Mo quickly found that it wasn’t just the ling fields that were not being utilized to their full capacity.