Chapter 53: Amazing, My Little Miss

After leaving the Rattan Armor Barracks, Mo Xiaobai immediately used the Mantou Kiln, the Mulberry Garden, and the Hot Spring Pool building models.

Currently, there were no Mulberry Farmers, Potters, or Kiln Workers in the Territory, so the two production buildings had to remain idle for now. As for the Hot Spring Pool, Mo Xiaobai planned to let it be used by the Generals Li Ji, Li Guang, and He Chun.

“Maogong has worked hard lately. You can use the Residential Courtyard blueprint yourself. Find some villagers to help build it, and for now, treat it as your home.” Mo Xiaobai handed the remaining Residential Courtyard blueprint and the War Elephant Barracks blueprint to Li Ji, doing him a favor.

Li Ji was a capable deputy after all. Mo Xiaobai would not be stingy if he could give him better treatment.

“Ji, thank you, My Lord.”

“Hey~ There is no need to thank me. By the way, most of the infrastructure in the Territory has been built recently. You can arrange some Territory Citizens to gather basic resources. We need to prepare for upgrading to Village Level 3.”

“Yes.”

Li Ji left upon hearing this, while Mo Xiaobai slowly walked towards Dong Zhen’s home in the back of the Territory.

The three hundred mu of land granted to Dong Zhen a few days ago had already been marked. As Mo Xiaobai glanced over, he saw that most of the land remained untouched, with only the two or three mu near the small house having been reclaimed.

Walking towards the Dong Family small house, he found Dong Zhen holding a wet cloth against a villager’s swollen calf.

The villager’s calf was as swollen as a bun; it was clear that the injury was serious.

“I will apply this dressing for you once. Take some medicine back, and remember to cook a herbal soup to apply it morning and evening every day.” Dong Zhen said while removing the cloth, then slowly walked toward her medicine box.

After a moment, she wrapped the herbs and handed them to the injured villager: “I do not charge money for treatment here, but after you recover, you must come here to plant ten medicinal herbs by hand.”

“Thank you, thank you, Doctor Dong! I will listen to you. Once I recover, I will definitely come. Thank you so much!” The villager nodded repeatedly. A free doctor was something he had never heard of in his old village.

As the villager thanked them and pushed himself up with a wooden stick, he realized Mo Xiaobai was standing at the door and immediately prepared to bow.

Mo Xiaobai usually did not check the Attributes of every villager, but since he happened to be there, he checked the villager’s status. He learned that the man had accidentally stepped on a beam while building a house. He waved his hand: “Old Sun Tou, no need to be so formal. Rest well after injuring your foot, and be careful in the future.”

“Yes, yes, this old man will be careful in the future and will not cause trouble for the Lord and Doctor Dong all the time.”

“No problem. Go back and rest.”

Watching Old Sun Tou leave, Mo Xiaobai followed Dong Zhen into the backyard of the small house: “Miss Dong has a kind and merciful heart. You don’t even charge for seeing patients? I wonder if I will get the same treatment if I get injured in the future?”

“For others, I just need them to plant ten seedlings with care. But for you, My Lord, you must plant at least one mu of land,” Dong Zhen replied. She was very relaxed after coming to Daming Village and had even learned to joke with Mo Xiaobai.

“Then I cannot afford to get injured. Planting one mu of medicinal seedlings would break my back.”

Mo Xiaobai laughed and took out the herbs and seedlings he had bought: “I bought a large batch of herbs this time. Here, they are for you.”

“Say it. What do you need me to do?” Dong Zhen accepted them openly and asked directly.

Mo Xiaobai had learned some tricks in his communication with Dong Zhen. After the jokes, it was best to get straight to the point: “I brought three old farmers back this time. I want you to work with them to open a new Medicine Field for Daming Village and cultivate some truly reliable herb farmers for the village.”

“Why do you need to open a medicine field? Do I not already have one?” Dong Zhen frowned slightly, not understanding why Mo Xiaobai was wasting time and manpower.

“I said that this is your private property. It is your choice to treat patients for free, and I respect that. But our Daming Village still needs its own medicinal plant industry.”

“Oh, okay. I will find time to help you. Also, you can let Xiao Yi help. She is not worse than me, in fact.”

“Her? Never mind.”

Mo Xiaobai shook his head. He would rather expect the girl to properly serve his two precious Divine Pets than expect her to work seriously.

So far, Mo Xiaobai had not received any notification about the two Divine Pets moving into Daming Village. Clearly, the rat and dog combination was not yet a member of Daming Village. They had only stayed there for now because Dong Yiyi was here.

Seeing Mo Xiaobai look annoyed when his sister’s name was mentioned, Dong Zhen couldn’t help but smile: “Does the Lord have any other matters?”

“Of course, and it is a big matter.” Mo Xiaobai said and took out another important item he had obtained when he went to Juancheng earlier.

Nine-Fragrance Rice!

“What is this?”

As soon as he saw the rice paddy Mo Xiaobai took out, Dong Zhen’s face showed an unusual emotional fluctuation for the first time.

She stepped forward, grabbed a handful of rice grains, and smelled them for a long time before a hint of certainty and surprise appeared in her eyes: “My Lord actually managed to find Nine-Fragrance Rice?”

“It seems Miss Dong knows a little about it?”

“I am ashamed. My understanding of Nine-Fragrance Rice is less than one percent. I have never seen it before, and I only heard rumors about it in an ancient book.”

“That is amazing. I got this when I went to Juancheng before. I came to ask you if this Specialty rice can be planted directly in the ground?”

Mo Xiaobai had not arranged villagers to plant the Nine-Fragrance Rice immediately upon returning because he had some concerns in his heart.

The effect of eating Nine-Fragrance Rice was amazing, but Mo Xiaobai knew that many Specialty foods had very strict planting and breeding conditions. If an ignorant person messed around, they might ruin the specialty or even destroy the Territory.

“Planting it on ordinary farmland is indeed possible, but after one harvest, the land must lie fallow for three years. Also, the rice qi scatters too quickly, so the eating effect might be less than thirty percent. The ancient book records that Nine-Fragrance Rice absorbs soil nutrients very aggressively. Even if I arrange the Medicine Field by hand now, I think it can only achieve one harvest followed by one year of fallow.”

Amazing, My Little Miss!

I knew I would find the right person by asking you!

You say your understanding is less than one percent?

Without your information, I would have definitely failed by messing around randomly.

Mo Xiaobai could not handle this trouble himself, so he had to continue seeking advice from Dong Zhen: “Is there a way to solve this?”

“Yes, find a suitable Spirit Field. Or, you can wait.”

Spirit Field?

Why do I need that thing?

Mo Xiaobai’s lip twitched. Compared to ordinary fertile farmland, Spirit Fields were extremely rare. Even five years after the Plane opened, no one had heard of a Player Territory having one.

It was impossible to find a Spirit Field in a short time, so Mo Xiaobai asked immediately: “What do you mean by ‘wait’?”

“Wait until my medical skills improve further, and at that time, I should be able to arrange a Spirit Field.”

Great!

Saying this was no different from not saying anything at all.

In his previous life, Miss Dong would not break through to the Medical Immortal realm for many years.

Mo Xiaobai was speechless for a moment. He clearly had something good in his hand, yet various restrictions came with it.

This was so annoying!

Mo Xiaobai scratched his head, not giving up yet. Just when he was about to say something, the message from his friend, Fatty, suddenly rang. There was hardly any sound from the chat box before this.

The message was from Fatty, and it only contained a few short words:

Something big happened. Get on the Forum quickly.