Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 47 Sending Food, Requesting Reinforcements!
Cha Nan, along with two mischievous cats, created twelve wheat fields, which occupied almost half of the stronghold's land.

In the circular stronghold, amidst the golden waves of wheat, Guo Jing's eyes glistened with tears. His fingers traced the clusters of plump wheat ears, and he watched as the Bona Rabbit, whom Cha Nan had moved to the stronghold, quickly harvested the wheat. Immediately afterward, she sowed seeds and waited for Yun Zhonghe to bring water to irrigate it.

"The stronghold is still missing a magical beast with the ability to water plants. Relying on Cloud Crane to fetch water is too inconvenient."

"Also, the workstations at the outpost are still too few. Four workstations are always a stretch. We need a lot of Paru ore fragments to upgrade the Paru terminal." Cha Nan looked at the wheat that had already filled a corner of the outpost and still felt somewhat dissatisfied.

"Um... Brother Cha! Can't we plant a little more outside?" Guo Jing asked Cha Nan, pointing to the large open space outside the stronghold.

Cha Nan shook his head: "It's not possible now. We need to expand our base. If we plant wheat outside the base, we can't guarantee such a fast growth rate. Even if it grows faster than normal, it will still be very limited."

"Then how can we expand our stronghold?" Guo Jing pressed.

Although the yield of wheat fields is astonishing, each field is too small. Even if twelve fields are added together, they are not very large, at most a little over an acre, and the yield each time is quite limited.

Of course, Cha Nan can also build structures and then create wheat fields on different floors.

However, unlocking buildings requires technology points, while constructing buildings requires a large amount of resources.

"That will require a large amount of Yuan Qi Stones!"

“The cliff I took you to before, Uncle Guo, had quite a few Yuanqi Stone mines, but they were taken over by those two wretched Gale Falcons,” Cha Nan said.

Guo Jing gripped the newly acquired triple bow and pulled it again to test the strength. Although he was still not satisfied, he could only give it a try. It was still much better than the lousy bows in the Xiangyang City armory.

Over the years, Guo Jing recruited some blacksmiths from the martial arts world who knew how to forge weapons to forge armor in Xiangyang City, but there were no craftsmen who knew how to make fine bows.

After all, bows and armor were both controlled items among the common people, and even their manufacturing techniques were kept largely secret.

An ordinary blacksmith in the martial arts world can make some weapons and simple iron armor, which is considered quite good.

Although the form of a bow may seem simple and it is not difficult to make, making a good bow, a strong bow, requires inheritance and experience; it cannot be mastered by mere trial and error.

Therefore, in comparison, the triple bow made by the mischievous cats according to the blueprints, Cha Nan, is actually the best bow that Guo Jing can obtain.

"It's alright, after I make some arrows..." Guo Jing paused, slapped his forehead, and said, "It was my mistake. Brother Cha, you can go back and ask Rong'er for some arrows. Why bother with all this?"

Cha Nan nodded in agreement; he thought so too.

Low-level weapons, like stone axes and stone pickaxes, are not worth unlocking with tech points. It's better to just bring tools from the martial arts world, since it won't cause any trouble.

Cha Nan is currently waiting for Mai Zi to collect more, until it reaches near the backpack's weight limit, before bringing it all back to the martial arts world... Of course, he can put a mischievous cat in the team to increase his own weight limit, allowing him to carry more at once.

Cha Nan has already tried it. His current maximum load capacity is about 400 kilograms. Of course, he can't actually put 400 kilograms of stuff in his backpack to return to the martial arts world, as that would make him too slow.

Therefore, the actual load capacity is between 350 and 370 kilograms. Even with the addition of the Mischievous Cat's companion effect, it can only approach 390 kilograms at most.

The wheat has ripened several times now, yielding two to three hundred kilograms. Soon, Cha Nan will be able to return home.

Of course, this amount of wheat is not enough to eat, since the straw and husks have to be removed, as well as the weight of the moisture after drying. Less than half of it can actually be used as food.

Wheat straw and chaff won't go to waste; they're quite good as livestock feed.

After working for a while, Mai Zi had collected about 350 kilograms of wheat. Cha Nan put it all into his backpack, glanced at the few remaining pieces of Palu ore fragments, and asked Guo Jing, "Uncle Guo, are you really not going back with me?"

Guo Jing said, "Since you have already explained that the time we spend in this world does not count as the time that passes in my original world, it is good for me to stay here and do more work."

Guo Jing was strong and powerful, with profound internal strength. Whether it was cutting down trees or mining, he was an expert.

"Okay! You go ahead with your work, I'll be right back!"

As Cha Nan was about to leave, she thought for a moment and then used her last technology points to light the campfire technology. She then took out some wood and lit three campfires in three different locations in the stronghold.

"Don't let this fire go out. If I don't come back soon, it will help keep us warm at night!" Cha Nan reminded him.

Yun Zhonghe, who had been busy running around like a maniac, finally regained a sliver of clarity upon hearing this, despite his somewhat bewildered expression.

"Thank you, Master!" Yun Zhonghe said sincerely.

He was truly terrified of that sudden burst of extreme cold; having experienced it once, he never wanted to go through it again. As for Uncle Shi, he was still 'battling' with the mischievous cat in the cage. At this moment, both of their eyes were already bloodshot, and the mischievous cat was clearly exhausted. Whenever the mischievous cat wanted to rest or close its eyes, Uncle Shi would use every means to provoke it, making it go crazy and angry in the cage, yet helpless.

Cha Nan knew a little about this method. She had heard that this was how direct selling brainwashing was done in the early years. When people are extremely tired, it is easy for them to be implanted with certain ideas, and once those ideas are formed, it is not so easy to wake up.

Shi Shugang's animal taming is clearly a similar approach.

Leaving the world of fantasy beasts, Cha Nan sniffed as he looked at the three remaining pieces of Paru Ore fragments in his backpack. He then summoned Guo Fu and went to find Huang Rong together.

Huang Rong was doing accounts in the accounting room at this time.

Looking at the unbalanced accounts, Huang Rong's mature and beautiful face was filled with worry.

If she were just a simple "knight-errant" in the martial arts world, she could simply borrow from wealthy households or landlords nearby if she needed anything. However, she was going to defend Xiangyang with Guo Jing, and all kinds of supplies needed the support of the surrounding landlords and powerful families. She was making long-term plans, so whether she was buying something or needed something, she had to pay money or exchange supplies with the other party.

With the Mongol army about to invade, many local landowners are taking the opportunity to raise prices, causing the money donated by various righteous people in their warehouses to be poured out like water, while the amount they receive in return is decreasing.

I fear that soon the soldiers' rations will be reduced, and new winter clothing for keeping warm will not be issued on time.

Just as Huang Rong was looking worried, Cha Nan and Guo Fu walked in. As soon as Guo Fu entered, she exclaimed happily, "Mother! Mother! Brother Cha... has brought you good news!"

As she spoke, she handed a golden ear of wheat to Huang Rong.

Huang Rong took the wheat ear, and with her quick wit, she immediately understood what it meant.

"How many?" she asked in a low, urgent voice.

“About seven loads!” Cha Nan replied.

One load in the Song Dynasty was about fifty kilograms. Cha Nan brought back about three hundred and fifty kilograms, so it was seven loads.

"Seven loads...that's too little!" Huang Rong said disappointedly.

Seven loads of grain, mixed with wild vegetables and some other grains to make porridge, would at most be enough to feed the entire city for one or two days.

“But this is only the amount for one time. I can bring back much more, as much as I want. However, I need your help! I need more and more capable people to help me!” Cha Nan said.

Since Guo Jing can act as an 'equal external aid', others might be able to as well. Moreover, this kind of uncontrolled external aid has its advantages, namely, it does not take up team space and allows for more freedom of movement.

Cha Nan wasn't worried about things getting out of control. Without absolute trust, it would be impossible for a low-level Paluk to capture a high-level martial arts character. This was equivalent to setting up an invisible threshold in advance.

Once this equal contractual relationship is established, Cha Nan cannot forcefully interfere with their will, but they also cannot do anything to harm Cha Nan.

Cha Nan has several things to do now.

First, we need to eliminate the two level 10 Gale Falcons, occupy the open-pit mine, achieve Paru Mine Fragment Freedom in the short term, and also upgrade the Paru Terminal to expand our base and gain more job slots.

This is also the most urgent matter. Only with enough Paru fragments can Chanan move freely, instead of constantly worrying about the consumption of Paru fragments and thus experiencing resource anxiety.

Secondly, we need to find large lake areas and capture suitable water-based Palu (a type of bird) capable of watering. This will increase productivity and free up Yun Zhonghe (another bird) to do more work that suits him.

Yun Zhonghe is highly mobile. In fact, compared to cutting down trees and mining black stone ore, he is better suited to go out and explore the map, find out the location of resources, BOSS and teleportation points, and then take Cha Nan straight to the destination, instead of wasting time wandering around in the forest.

Next, we need to search for the whereabouts of the mythical beast 'King Melupa', gather people to push it, and capture this mythical beast. This should be a BOSS-level mythical beast. Pushing it will yield Ancient Technology Points and Ancient Parts. In addition, the companion skill of this mythical beast can increase the carrying capacity far beyond that of the mere Mischievous Cat. In this way, Chanan can transport more food each time and reduce the waste of many Palu Ore fragments.

Of course, this is not mandatory. Cha Nan can choose to bring more mischievous cats to the team to increase the weight limit, or he can improve his physical fitness by cultivating internal energy to increase the weight limit.

There are many other solutions!

Besides these, Cha Nan also plans to officially begin practicing martial arts in the world of fantasy beasts, and he needs a suitable teacher.

Although the situation in Xiangyang City is already extremely precarious, once you enter the Fantasy Beast World, time and space here will essentially freeze. If Cha Nan learns martial arts well in the Fantasy Beast World, when he returns to the martial arts world, his ability to protect himself will be completely different.

His business is going smoothly right now, and every time there's a rollback, it's a loss. Of course, it would be best if there were no rollbacks.

(End of this chapter)