PFC Chapter 74 A Bumper Harvest of Watermelons
Chapter 74 A Bumper Harvest of Watermelons
"Hello listeners, it's 7:00 AM on January 15th. This is Huaxia Longcheng Radio Station, bringing you this broadcast! Let's start a wonderful day with some great songs. Please enjoy 'Heroes' Song' performed by local singer Liu Huan..."
"The great river flows eastward, and the stars in the sky point to the Big Dipper..."
As the music started, Liu Huasheng felt very excited.
He was eating ramen at the Dadi Noodle Shop at that moment, and Zhu Gaoxu was sitting opposite him. He hadn't even finished his own bowl yet, but Zhu Gaoxu had already eaten five bowls!
But as much as he can eat, this S-class support hero's farming skills are truly top-notch.
After waking up in the morning, Liu Huasheng went to the farm immediately.
Who told him to dream about a pig-like son-in-law?
Then Liu Huasheng was pleasantly surprised.
Pig Gaoxu is in charge of growing melons on the farm. Yesterday, the ground was covered with unripe melons the size of fists, but today they have all turned into big, sweet melons. They are all ripe and ready to be harvested!
This is not the result of natural growth; ordinary farmers do not have this ability. Rather, it is the result of Zhu Gaoxu using his own skills to farm.
"No rush, eat slowly, eat as much as you want, and then get back to work!"
Liu Huasheng said to Zhu Gaoxu, thinking to himself, "Compared to the value created by such an excellent farmer, what is the little bit of noodles we ate?"
However, there was something that annoyed Liu Huasheng today: it was a beautiful day, but he could only build half of the defense towers!
He built half of a defensive tower outside Chaos City, but he was exhausted and would have to wait until tomorrow to finish building it!
Of course, that would be a Tier 3 defensive tower.
After breakfast, Liu Huasheng went to the farm again, where Zhu Gaoxu had already organized the farmers to pick watermelons.
The watermelons were round and plump with shiny rinds. The larger ones weighed over 30 pounds, while the smaller ones weighed 7 or 8 pounds. Regardless of their size, they were all ripe.
Liu Huasheng called over Wang Shuaibo, Guan Zhengxing, Zhou Shuqi, and Qin Wuman. The four of them showed off thirteen large watermelons by the melon field, marveling at them and claiming they had never eaten such delicious watermelons before.
"Boss, we've got a bumper crop of watermelons, more than we can eat! Let's put them up for sale on the trading post! I just checked, and there aren't any watermelons listed yet. If we list them now, we'll definitely make a fortune!"
Guan Zhengxing then said that he was an ice mayfly, which was big and had a big appetite. Out of thirteen watermelons, he ate ten of them by himself!
"Ah Xing, come here, borrow your frost breath to chill this watermelon for me!"
Wang Shuaibo used his paws to dig at a large watermelon. Although he was a ghost wolf, he still retained human tastes and loved eating watermelon.
Liu Huasheng was also extremely pleased at this moment. He discussed with everyone and determined the selling price of the watermelons.
Since the watermelons are sold individually in the market regardless of weight, Liu Huasheng only sells medium-sized watermelons, weighing about 15 jin (7.5 catties), priced at three gold coins each.
After a flurry of activity, Liu Huasheng first listed 1000 watermelons at the trading market. The farmers were still harvesting, and he estimated that this batch would yield several thousand watermelons without any problem.
Liu Huasheng even specially had his donkey Afu pull a cart of small melons to Sima Zhen and Ma Xianlong. Of course, they weren't using them for free; he was there to sell them!
In addition, the five of them also discussed the future development of Huaxia Longcheng while standing by the melon field.
The first thing we'll talk about is the Lost Temple.
Everyone agreed that they should eliminate it as soon as possible, and preferably kill Hua Xiaolan to eliminate any potential threats.
Unfortunately, Hua Xiaolan knows how to dig tunnels and is currently hiding in the underground palace, so there's not much that can be done about her for the time being.
After some discussion, Qin Wuman was responsible for launching a daily rocket bombardment of the lost temple, and Liu Huasheng would then send the Sky Thief over at night.
The group also talked about Ma Xianlong's Xianlong City and Sima Zhen's Dazhen City.
Guan Zhengxing advocated wiping them out, and he made this suggestion to Liu Huasheng, but Liu Huasheng thought about it and rejected it!
Sima is very honest and pays his protection money every day. If we spare his life, we can earn two thousand a day, which is not a loss.
As for Ma Xianlong, Liu Huasheng felt that his Xianlong City was not entirely useless.
Qin Wuman then gave a brief report, informing everyone that Peiqi from the pig farm had grown to over 500 jin (250 kg), was nearing adulthood, and showed signs of mutation.
She estimated that tomorrow, Peiqi would either mutate into a high-level pig or be ready for market!
When a pig is ready to be sold, it is either sent to the Pig King's Palace for a grand ceremony to officially appoint it as the Pig King.
Alternatively, they can be sent to a gas-operated slaughterhouse for gas-operated slaughter and the pork harvested.
Of course, the specifics will depend on the "hint text" above Peiqi's head.
If the coronation ceremony of the Pig King is to be held, at least three witnesses are needed. Qin Wuman and Wang Shuaibo have agreed that they will broadcast a notice and invite everyone back to the city to witness it.
Next, Liu Huasheng named the Western-integrated Lostamp "Xiluo". Guan Zhengxing was very interested in it and volunteered to go and scout out the enemy's situation!
This guy has the air of a warmonger, assuming all outsiders are enemies and advocating for their extermination or taming with the Tower of Death!
Zhou Shuqi planned to enter the Demon Mountain Hunting Grounds to level up.
She was low-level and had low health, so she didn't dare to go on a wild adventure with Guan Zhengxing.
Furthermore, Wang Shuaibo was eager to know if he could hear the radio in Xiluo, so he decided to go out and explore with Guan Zhengxing today.
"After discussing this for so long, nobody's going to take charge of the infrastructure work, is that it?"
Liu Huasheng sighed silently. He told everyone about his idea of building a wonder, but no one responded. In the end, the task of monitoring the entire map and building the megalithic city wall still had to be taken care of by him, the city lord!
After leaving the farm, Liu Huasheng carried two large watermelons to the monitoring room and silently monitored the entire scene.
After Li Jinfu was killed, Dog Head Holy City didn't react much. Liu Huasheng monitored him for a whole morning but didn't see any black or green dragons.
However, the city lord of the Immortal God King City has shown up!
To Liu Huasheng's surprise, she turned out to be a female player. She was tall and looked to be in her early twenties. She had red lips and white teeth and was very beautiful. She also had a head of very stylish white hair, which she tied up in a high ponytail.
She rode a white tiger to the foot of the high ground, then squatted down and carefully buried the dark, unsightly things into the ground.
Liu Huasheng was eating watermelon at the moment, curiously observing the female lord, guessing that she might be planting landmines!
After working for a while, the female player returned to her Chaos City, and soon came out again, placing a wooden sign at the high ground intersection.
Liu Huasheng zoomed in on the surveillance footage and saw a sign that read in large characters: "Dragons and dogs are not allowed to approach!"
The handwriting is terrible, like a dog's scribbles!
The female player put her hands on her hips, examined the wooden sign, nodded, and seemed quite satisfied. She then returned to Chaos City and remained silent thereafter.
Liu Huasheng took a closer look at the Immortal God King City and discovered that the number of second-tier defensive towers that had been integrated within it had increased to five. The towers were slender and had diamond-shaped crystals on their tops, unlike any defensive tower Liu Huasheng had ever seen before.
"If this Immortal God-King City can withstand the Dog-Headed Holy City, then the Dog-Headed Holy City is nothing to worry about... Black Dragon? Green Dragon? Perhaps that peace ambassador was just lying to me!"
Liu Huasheng pondered silently.
In the afternoon, Liu Huasheng, who had not found any dangerous elements, walked out of the monitoring room. He collected a large amount of stone from the Chaos Quarry and transported it out to assist Lu Xuanyue, the Foolish Old Man of Beishan, in building the city wall.
The number of stonemasons responsible for welding the stones is maintained at around two hundred. Liu Huasheng estimates that by tomorrow, the city wall should be able to be built to a height of fifty meters, which should be enough for the time being!
"The city wall will be 50 meters high. Next, we'll pave the ground and raise the foundation of Hill One to 50 meters as well..."
Liu Huasheng quietly made plans, relocated Huaxia Longcheng, and led a group of stonemasons to get busy again.
As night fell, the flying thieves could strike again, so Liu Huasheng quickly organized an invasion of the Lost Temple.
This time, Liu Huasheng deployed the Greatsword Shield Dogs, also known as Guardians!
It's not expected to attack cities or destroy towers, but rather to provide a protective aura to help Bodina and others recover health.
After five flying thieves successfully infiltrated the Lost Temple, the invasion was not over. In the end, Bodina and a group of heroes braved the knockback rays and went one after another to destroy a knockback tower.
Of course, the tower that was being repelled had already lost 16000 points of durability due to rocket missiles, while Bodina and the others had only lost 4,000 points of durability.
After returning to the city, Liu Huasheng discovered that the five thieves had stolen a total of 1666 gold coins, and all the watermelons in the trading house had been sold!
He checked his personal information panel and found that his reserve coins had reached 39542!
"A bountiful day! We're rich again! Let's hire more migrant workers, expand production, grow bigger and stronger, and create even greater glory!"
Liu Huasheng was planning to build houses at the Demon Mountain Hunting Grounds when his yellow dog, Awei, suddenly ran up to him and said urgently, "Master, something terrible has happened! The gold mine on Hill Four has been attacked, and all the miners have been killed!"
"Huh? Who did this?!"
The game assistant has the ability to issue system reports, so it naturally wouldn't lie. Liu Huasheng frowned and immediately ran to the watchtower monitoring room.
He soon saw the forces that had captured Hill 4; they were actually elven troops who had come from Silvermoon City in the East.
Moreover, they have begun construction on that third high ground, having already built many halls and two ancient guardians.
In Liu Huasheng's view, the elves of Silvermoon City were actually no different from wild monsters. The so-called native lords were essentially just humanoid monsters for players to hunt down. In layman's terms, they were just "computers"!
"I didn't expect them to provoke me before I even went looking for trouble! In that case, let's start a war!"
Thinking of this, Liu Huasheng used a teleportation talisman to teleport to the side of the greatsword and shield dog who was chopping wood in the center of the map!
Then, he summoned his donkey Afu and drove the donkey cart south, eventually arriving at the city of Xianlong!
The Immortal Dragon City remains exactly as it was a few days ago, dilapidated and with a durability of just over a thousand, and not a single defensive tower has been added.
"Lord of Immortal Dragon City, come out for a chat!"
Liu Huasheng stood below the city wall and shouted.
After only one call, Ma Xianlong appeared in the city defense hall.
He saw that it was Liu Huasheng shouting from below, and felt a pang of sadness, thinking to himself, "Is this guy finally going to make a move?"
"I guess I'm going to turn into a monster today. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to accept my fate! Being a city lord is really pathetic these days; damn it, I can't even afford a watermelon..."
Thinking of this, Ma Xianlong actually walked out of Xianlong City. Despite losing face, he remained arrogant, raising his chin as he said to Liu Huasheng, "Before I die, I want to hear a song… I Want to Become an Immortal!"