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Chapter 114, Day Twenty-Four Settlement (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
In addition to this plant, this harvest also includes an advanced building card.

With the Tianxing Arrow Corridor ahead of him, Qin Ziwen was full of anticipation for the new advanced building.

After taking out the card, I learned that the building needs to occupy an area of ​​20*40 meters.

"Do all these advanced buildings need such a large footprint?" Qin Ziwen wondered, somewhat troubled.

I put the cards away and had no choice but to wait.

The current blank area is not large enough, but if we are lucky, we will be able to get enough expansion cards tonight.

After Qin Ziwen came out, Liu San reported to him: "Sir, the quality of the salt today is much better than before. Please see for yourself."

In fact, he did not require Liu San to report to him regularly. After all, the salt well was small, and the daily output was so small that it was basically transparent.

However, since Liu San was willing, he did not refuse, saying, "Let me see."

Liu San handed over a burlap sack, which contained today's coarse salt.

Although it is coarse salt, the fineness of the granules and the purity of its color are already close to those of the previous green salt.

"Is this coarse salt?" Qin Ziwen asked, somewhat surprised.

If crude salt can be purified to this extent in one pass, what level of purification can it achieve in two passes?

"Yes, sir, this is the salt produced today." Liu San handed over a small bamboo pot containing fine, bluish-white salt.

Although the color still has a slight bluish tint, overall, both its fineness and particle size are quite close to that of refined salt produced in a factory.

Qin Ziwen gently rubbed some salt between his fingers, watching it slip from his fingertips.

"good."

The better the quality, the stronger the competitiveness.

If two companies are selling the same salt, they will either engage in a price war or rely on their quality advantage.

Qin Ziwen asked, "By the way, I remember there were two refugees who were assigned to Li Tieshan, right? Did Li Tieshan make arrangements for them today?"

Liu San said, "Reporting to my lord, Master Li has instructed them to mine at the iron mine."

"You've been digging all day?" Qin Ziwen's expression was strange.

Liu San gave an awkward smile.

Qin Ziwen nodded, "Okay, I'll go take a look."

Upon arriving at the iron mine, the large bamboo basket placed at the entrance was already filled with iron ore.

The two refugees were resting on the ground when they saw Qin Ziwen coming over. They hurriedly got up and picked up their pickaxes, pretending to mine ore.

Qin Ziwen did not reprimand them for slacking off.

Because blaming is useless.

After spending the past few days with the refugees, he has roughly figured out their behavioral logic.

As long as they are fed and have enough to eat, they will listen to you and can do some simple, not too strenuous work.

However, if they are hungry or under external pressure, their efficiency will be greatly reduced, and they may even try to escape.

Currently, it appears that if the same refugee receives porridge regularly, their efficiency in carrying out orders will increase.

Qin Ziwen said, "No need to dig for now, just take these two baskets of ore to the blacksmith's shop."

Upon hearing this, the two refugees happily put down their pickaxes.

Then the refugee on the left seemed to realize something was amiss and quickly suppressed his smile. Only after seeing that Qin Ziwen wasn't angry did he continue laughing.

Qin Ziwen asked him, "What's your name?"

He raised his sleeve to wipe his face, only making his already smudged face even more dirty. "My name is Little Stone."

"A good name is as resilient as a stone."

The little stone grinned even more foolishly after receiving the praise.

"Go."

In the evening, after dinner.

Qin Ziwen arrived at the rooftop.

There were many neighbors on the rooftop, from units one and two. He also saw Zhao Shuhuan.

Upon seeing him, Zhao Shuhuan waved to him.

"Where's your dad?"

"My dad went to get the seeds."

"Oh, have you had dinner yet?"

"Uncle Qin, I ate before coming up here."

Looking out from the edge of the rooftop, you can still see many forest mayflies flying over the river.

Some of the mayflies broke away from the group and rushed to the surface of the water. Their light bodies floated on the water, their tails outstretched, their wings spread, and they drifted with the waves.

"They must be laying eggs." Qin Ziwen looked at the river surface, where countless mayflies floated, some already dead, others in their final countdown.

Zhao Shuhuan said, "I heard from my biology teacher that mayfly eggs hatch very quickly. As long as the eggs fall into the water, they will hatch successfully in less than ten minutes."

Qin Ziwen's gaze fell on the ancient giant toad in the stone cave, which was lying quietly on the shore. It was still in the same position as it had been that morning, and it seemed that it hadn't moved much at all.

"How long has it been lying there?"

Zhao Shuhuan said, "It's been lying there all day. I'm starting to suspect it's here to protect the mayflies."

Just as the two were talking, the giant toad lying on the ground in the stone cave finally moved.

It slowly moved forward.

Until its entire body was submerged in the water, with only a small part of its body floating on the surface, it looked like a "small island" floating on the river when viewed from a distance.

The giant toad in the cave swam toward the corpse of the forest mayfly on the water's surface, opened its huge mouth, and took a bite, instantly clearing a section of the river surface.

It's like a buffet, with the countless corpses floating on the river as its gluttonous feast.

At that moment, Qin Ziwen seemed to suddenly understand.

Why did the giant toad in the stone cave come here?

For it, the annual mayfly migration is an opportunity to have a full meal without expending much effort.

This is a unique landscape that belongs only to this river basin.

For the next three days, the giant toad in the cave will likely remain by the river until the mayfly molting and breeding season ends, at which point it will return to its cave.

After exchanging pleasantries with Zhao Shuhuan, Qin Ziwen returned to his residence, practiced archery for a while, took a shower, and finally lay down on the bed to rest.

"You have successfully survived in the wilderness for 24 days. Today you acquired a card and a mysterious plant from the depths of the cave. Overall score: 150 points"

「获得奖励：【功能卡】1级洞察卡*1、【资源卡】1级煤矿*1、【拓展卡】地下洞穴（小）*1」

The next day, it was still time to check the daily settlement.

With an unprecedentedly high score, Qin Ziwen's attention was drawn to the settlement log after reviewing today's rewards.

Interestingly, the fact that the plant obtained from the Ancient Giant Toad Cave was specifically highlighted and appeared in the settlement log is enough to prove that this plant is definitely not ordinary.

Because its priority is higher than activities such as raising animals in cages, mining stone, and extracting salt from wells.

Then he looked at the newly acquired function card.

With a flick of his wrist, an extra red card appeared.

Silently recite "use" in your mind.

[Activate Feature: Level 2 Insight]

[Privileges elevated, current privileges: Level 2 (0/4)]

[Level 2 Insight: Can be used on card buildings, resource points, recruited units, and humans to understand their basic rules or attributes]

Your privileges have been upgraded; you now have access to the Safe House feature.

Your privileges have been upgraded. Users with lower than level two privileges will not be able to view your belongings.

Your privileges have been upgraded; you now have access to more information for your next journey.

(End of this chapter)