Chapter 621 Our Life Is Sweeter than Honey

"How can this be called bribery? This is called fair trade..." Zhao Min now knows Zhuang Buyuan's true story, "These children's bodies need sugar, and we need the sap of the blue stone leaf tree. This is mutual benefit."

"Uncle Zhao, you are becoming more and more shameless!"

"Everywhere, it is all taught well by you, the owner of the village."

Hehehehehe~

The two men laughed evilly.

Zhao Min, the honest and arrogant person at the time who couldn't even deal with being a reporter, has now grown into a man who trembles every time he stamps his feet. Sometimes, what people lack is just a second chance.

Looking back, even Zhao Min himself would find it difficult to imagine.

The so-called late bloomer is nothing more than that.

Although Zhuang Buyuan rarely manages the agriculture of the manor, the agriculture of the manor is the most stable cash cow, which continuously supports the consumption of the manor and is also the ultimate confidence of the manor.

Where there is land and people, there is money.

Zhuang Buyuan saw that there were many wooden barrels next to him, so he opened one at random, smelled it, and said, "Is it maple syrup?"

"Yes, maple is the only sugar-producing crop in the manor now, but the forest is too dangerous and cannot be easily entered, so we planted some sugar maple trees outside the forest."

There are two types of time acceleration in the manor.

One is through the control of the manor, stable acceleration, which the manor can take advantage of.

The other type is time acceleration, such as forest and moat, which is completely generated by the blood of time itself. This acceleration is uneven and extremely destructive. The instability of time causes the distortion of space. So far, Except for the Zhuangmo people whose lifespan and life form are so terrifyingly stable and whose lifespan is almost infinite, no living thing dares to enter.

"However, the efficiency of sugar maple trees in producing sugar is really low. If the stone ant colony in the manor grows larger, it will consume more and more sugar, so we have recently been cultivating new sugar-producing crops to Improve sugar production efficiency.”

There are four common sugar-producing crops, sugar cane, sugar beet, sugar maple (sugar maple), and sugar palm.

For people in the state, the first two are more common, sugarcane in the south and sugar beet in the north. The latter two are relatively rare. Sugar maple trees are now also planted in the manor. Its sugar production comes from the starch stored in winter, while sugar palm trees are a specialty of tropical regions. Their thick inflorescences will drip sugar juice after being cut.

Of course, these are only sugar-producing plants in the traditional sense. In fact, with the development of industry now, there are many cases where starch is directly hydrolyzed into sugar. For example, corn syrup is also a major supplier of sugar for human consumption.

But Zhao Min is not optimistic about sugar: "The sugar we use daily is just a high-purity crystal with little nutritional value. Coupled with the stable supply in the international market, sugar prices have been trending downward recently. Unless the ancient times are promoted, Legal sugar, natural sugar, etc. are subject to IQ tax from consumers, otherwise the added value is not high. If the manor grows it, it will be a waste of manor resources. Therefore, the sugar-producing crops in the manor are only used as emergency and supplementary products. For a long time, the manor’s sugar needs were mainly purchased.”

Zhuang Buyuan nodded: "The business method of IQ tax is not advisable. You will not get far by relying on IQ tax. You are doing the right thing."

"At present, the manor has cultivated more than ten kinds of sugar-producing varieties that are adapted to different environments and have different sugar yields. We will continue to optimize the varieties and strive to cultivate the best varieties. The specific information is here. Please take a look."

Zhuang Buyuan looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, received the information in his bag, and said: "Okay, okay, let me know the follow-up progress at any time."

Then, not far away, Zhuang was drooling over a pool of blue stone leaf sap again.

In addition to the "regional" function, the manor town also opens a "palace" for the owner.

Zhuang Buyuan has no idea about the "palace" at all. Fortunately, the covenant achievement of "Building God's Power" is: one of the "Great Buildings". Build ten buildings that comply with the covenant and be rewarded with a blueprint.

In other words, if you want to complete the upgrade of the manor, this is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

But if you want to complete the "Great Building" achievement, you must build ten giant buildings!

The requirements for a "great building" are extremely high, and at least it must be of the level of the Huanshan Tunnel.

Zhuang Buyuan is not only busy dealing with the threat of the Exile Era, but also busy promoting this achievement. However, he has not made much progress before. With the continuous supply of blue stone leaf sap, many of his plans can be implemented.

Zhuang Buyuan praised Zhao Min so much that the old man was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.

Not far away from the village, Zhao Min immediately called a few of his deputies to arrange for them to continue optimizing species and planting sugar-producing crops in the manor.

"The owner of the village attaches great importance to it. Now in the manor, the most important thing is the sap of the blue stone leaf tree, and the sugar production is the production of the blue stone leaf tree sap. What we grow is not sugar, but the blue stone leaf tree sap! Come on, come on, everyone Cheer up and work hard! Put aside all other work, our focus recently is to cultivate perfect sugar-producing crops!"

The manor's botanists divided four different sugar-producing crops into blocks and continuously selected and cultivated them. The experiment was in full swing. As the sugar-producing crops became more and more mature, half of the manor was filled with a strong sweet fragrance.

This smell not only attracted the stone ants, but also many servants from the Exile Era in the manor stretched their necks and inhaled desperately beside them.

On the contrary, the servants of the earth were afraid to avoid him, especially Zhuang Buyuan, who covered his face for several days. He had dental caries when he was a child, and now he feels his face hurts when he smells sugar.

After Zhao Min finished working for a while, he came out of the experimental field with a few pieces of sugar crystals and saw the manor servants standing on the roadside.

There are Naxulians, Three-Eyed People, Lamp Holders, Velvet People, Fallen Dragon People...

There are even rabbit dragons, dog dragons and tiger people domesticated by the manor.

Seeing Zhao Min coming out, the brothers Sanjinsi and Liang came forward and asked, "What is this?"

"Sugar." Zhao Min said.

"Sugar? It's the kind of small white sand? Isn't that for stone ants to eat?" Three pounds and four ounces looked confused, "Why does it smell... so delicious?"

"No way... you haven't eaten it before?" Zhao Min was stunned. People on earth have been promoting the dangers of eating sugar all day long, and they have been promoting less intake of sugar. Even children know that eating too much sugar will cause harm. Toothache, these guys haven’t eaten yet?

"No...no, can you eat it?"

"I've eaten it, I've eaten it, and it's delicious!" Gaida jumped up in the crowd. Previously, Zhuang's father boiled syrup under Xiaofu's maple tree and poured it on shaved ice for them to eat. Gaida was eating it at that time My belly is round.

However, not everyone can go to the master room not far away from the village, and it is impossible to attract as many people as it does now.

Zhao Min saw everyone looking directly at him, smiled, and handed over a few crystals in his hands.

Taking advantage of his big body and long hands, Sanjin grabbed it, stuck out his snake-like tongue, and took a lick.

"Ouch..." At that moment, Sanjin was stunned as if he had been punched.

The next second, like a large squirrel, he picked up the large piece of candy with both hands and stuffed the whole piece of candy into his mouth. The large piece of candy bulged on his cheek. From the left, it swells to the right.

Next to him, Si Liang stared at him blankly, twitched his nose, and then suddenly pounced on him.

"You don't want to feed me such delicious food?"

"I'll beat you to death, believe it or not!"

"Spit it out for me, spit it out for me!"

Si Liang risked having his fingers bitten off, first punched San Jin unconscious, then opened San Jin's mouth, took out a large piece of Tang from his mouth, and stuffed it in without paying attention to the saliva on it. He put it in his mouth and gave him a black eye.

Zhao Min: "..."

Is it disgusting?

Are you really brothers?

Did your mother hug you wrongly?

Seeing Sanjin shaking his head, getting up from the ground, waving his fists to greet him, Zhao Min quickly said: "Don't, don't fight, and more, and more!"

Seeing the eager looks on the faces of the people behind him, he said: "They are all there, they are all there!"

Outside the farm, at the edge of the experimental field, a group of manor servants squatted on the ground and nibbled on candy bars. It was really spectacular.

A group of manor servants ate candy bars and burst into tears.

"Wow, wow, it's so delicious."

"Why are there so delicious things in this world..."

A group of earthlings felt as if they were watching a monkey show and were puzzled.

Is it really that delicious?

Nong Lixindao: "In fact, for humans, before industrial development, sugar was also a very rare delicacy. It can stimulate the human brain and produce dopamine. Think about when we were children, when materials were still in short supply, eating sugar was the most important thing. How does it feel? The less material-rich you are, the more you like sweetness. After all, sugar is the substance that directly provides energy... Materials are very scarce in the Exile Era... Moreover, sugar seems to be more attractive to creatures in the Exile Era than humans. big……"

A group of Earthlings looked at the servants of the Exile Era in front of them with emotion, as if they were starving children.

This was just a small episode, and it passed quickly.

At night, everyone went to rest. Early the next morning, everyone returned to the experimental field and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Nong Lixin opened the warehouse door, took a look, and immediately shouted: "No... it's bad, there are thieves in the manor!"

Zhao Min heard the sound and rushed over. There was originally a lot of sugar stored in this warehouse, but now, the entire warehouse was empty.

"The production last night hasn't been calculated yet... This... who stole our sugar! Who the hell stole the sugar!"

A passing worker ant turned around and ran away.

Sanjin Siliang covered his mouth and said, "I didn't... steal it... steal it."

A blush flashed across the face of the Naxunlian: "We Naxunlians never steal anything..."

The three pupils of the three-eyed man were dilated: "I didn't see who stole it..."

The velvet man licked his sticky paws: "I... suck... suck... don't know anything."

Zhao Min:......

"I, I'll go find the owner of the village!"