17 Namu's Settlement (4)
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Ashen Cloak [Unranked]
Evaluation: Exquisite Beastskin Cloak with special properties
Status Increases:
-Charm (+1)
-Control (+1)
-Defensive (+3)
Special:
-Wolf Lord (All Ashen Wolves will weaken by 5% when fighting against the cloak wearer
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Information: Well-made, exquisite cloak made from Ashen Wolf pelts. The cloak provides sufficient warmth to the wearer during travel and could deflect an attack to a certain degree.
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"Nice equipment worthy of the Ashen Wolf pelts." Mu Qing Lang enjoyed the feeling of touching the cloak's surface that was sewn together with wolves pelt. The feeling is soft from the outside and warm from the inside.
With everything done, Mu Qing Lang headed to the bed after he pops in a Small Xian Pill and Xian-Qin Pill. As for the Herbal-Cress and Xian-Ren Grass, he'll leave them until tomorrow.
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Day fourteen.
"Focus on the Xian-Ren Grass Plot first! We will handle the Chang-Er Bronze Wheat next and finish with the Mingwen Soybean! Xiao Qing, I need you to harvest the Amber Root plot. Qing Yi, can you clear the Demonic Juniper Flower's plot?"
"All the other goblins will help me to harvest Xian-Ren Grass. No food for those lazy fellows!" the fourteenth day is the busiest day so far, with a total of 5 plots of plants to harvest. And at the same time, they'll have to replant the same number of Xian-Ren Grass seeds into the soil and increase the number of wheat and soybeans to 1,000 plants.
Meanwhile, the Amber Root Plant is going to have a hundred units of yield this time, while replanting the 1,000 seeds from this harvest back into the soil. Only based on the task alone, Xiao Qing's responsibility is nowhere lesser than Mu Qing Lang's team.
Of course, Qing Yi harvested the Demonic Jupiter Flowers and replanted them back into the soil, a total of 80 seeds this batch.
Still, it was much better than before because of one additional worker in their team now. At the end of their harvest, the group of fourteen including Mu Qing Lang rested for two hours, with everyone given an additional portion of Xian-Ren Grass as their afternoon meal.
After the meal, Mu Qing Lang distributed five hundred Xian-Ren Grass to replenish the goblin's food supply. And then, here comes the most tedious work after grain harvest. The stones he collected in these two days is put together manually by Luoli before the lass left their camp.
In total, there's five Manual Flat Mortar available to mill the Wheat Grains into flour. As this will be their first time, the quality of the produced flour is undoubtedly less delicate in the grading. But for starters, this grading is acceptable.
Along with the Mingwen Soybeans, they complete their first harvest with 5kg of shelled soybeans and 4kg of plain flour. While the soybeans are stored within the goblin's hut, the wheat flour is mixed with water, under Mu Qing Lang's guidance before they were kneaded into eight balls of dough, 500gm each.
Then, hot water was boiled using a stone pot before the Mu Qing Lang used the copper knife to start slicing the dough into thin slices manually. This tricky skills caught the goblin's attention, with Qing Yi proposed to be the first one to copy his method.
For the first time in the goblin's life, this is their first time enjoying sliced wheat noodle cooked in boiling water. A little salt is sprinkled on the noodle to make it tastier before they clear their bowl. After cooking it in this way, even the pot of boiling water is palatable.
Enjoying this kind of delicacies made the goblins motivated to plant the Chang-Er Bronze Wheat continuously. Since the land nearby of the camp has been reclaimed for farming, a few goblins suggested they start recruiting for more working members.
It should be easy, from what they say. Due to the lack of knowledge at farming, harvesting crops, processing the food, and cultivating the plants, many goblin villages failed to maintain their member's stomach. It is a normal thing for the younger goblins to die due to hunger.
After most of their discussion is done, Qing Yi is given the task to recruit more goblins for the camp, while Xiao Qing handles the farm duty and food distribution. It was a tiring night, therefore Mu Qing Lang head to bed after popping a Small Xian Pill and Xian-Qin Pill.
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Day Fifteen.
Early in the morning, the goblins are already spending some time outside of the camp searching for fully grown Chang-Er Bronze Wheat. A few of them came back with some harvest, but most of them did not get anything.
The reason for this is due to their land reclamation, where most of the wild wheat growing around them is harvested and throws aside to be used as straw barricades. Of course, it is practically impossible for them to harvest wild wheat as much as what they grew.
One of the reason is due to the Prairie Fake Wheat that grows along with the edible Chang-Er Bronze Wheat. It was almost a confirmed fact that 70% from the land they cleared to build this Mu's Camp is infested by the Prairie Fake Wheat.
Hence, this is where the straw barricades come into the story.
With Qing Yi out to search for new goblin members, the number of goblins available to work in the farm returns to 12. Including Mu Qing Lang, the thirteen of them cooperate together and handled the farm and whatever ready to harvest.
Their harvest totaled up to 2,000 stalks of XIan-Ren Grass, 1,000 Amber Roots, and 9,600gm of Herbal-Cress. The 160 fruits from the withered Demonic Juniper is replanted again, making the next harvest is expected to be 320 fruits. As for the Prairie Herbal-Cress, their seeds is enough for 32 cubic meters of space.
It was already middle in the afternoon when their work is completed. Mu Qing Lang returned to his carriage for a short nap, before he processed the Herbal-Cress and Xian-Ren Grass into Xian-Qin Pills. After a little wait, 144 Xian-Qin Pill is produced from the 14.4kg of Herbal Cress and 144 stalks of Xian-Ren Grass.
As for the Amber Root, adding up along with today's harvest is a total of 1,260 units, which equivalent to 1,260 bottles of Binding Solution. He did not hesitate. The finger tapped on the Amber Root and in ten minutes, everything is completed.
A total of 126 gourd bottle appeared inside his storage chest, with each of them carrying about 100ml in term of volume. The Binding Solution within comes in a viscous liquid form, while is just slightly less compared to honey.
This kind of viscosity allowed them to be applied on tools without too much trouble on over-application or slow flowing speed. After the processing work is done, Mu Qing Lang left the camp with the Carriage of Immortality and went to the pond to relax.
How good will it be, if he can relax like this each day after he finished handling the task? Mu Qing Lang even thinks about requesting Luoli to create a leaning couch for him to rest outdoor once a while.
The trio is the first one to return to the Mu's Camp this evening. Following behind the trio is two other youngsters, one named Yulin, a voluptuous lady on her upper frame and a skilled fighter. Her choice of weapon is a blunt mace shaped into a cricket bat.
As for the second youngster, his name is Fengbu, known for his fitness and running speed. This fellow's father is the merchant Xiao Qing talked about, and his appearance here is to make sure they can continue to do business with Mu Qing Lang.
Surprisingly, amongst the product, the Recovery Ointment is the best seller so far, where it was sold out immediately from the moment they're up for sale. As for the Small Xian Pill and Xian-Qin Pills, they're less popular than the ointment but still sold out on their second day.
They are exchanged into fifty sets of clothing, ten clubs, five copper swords, a wooden bow, and the seeds for the plant Mu Qing Lang has been searching for when he scanned them on his Information Table.
After some renovation, the two small huts have been upgraded to a more spacious building. Now, each straw hut can accommodate four people or up to eight goblins. Not far from the building is a smaller scale workshop created for Luoli to show her talents.
Ka Ba's interest is all into cultivation. Other than making him as the camp's guard, there's nothing else for him to do except starting a bonfire. When it comes to starting a fire, this fellow is second to none. Even by closing his eyes can a fire starts.
The moment their dinner ready, Qing Yi came back. Following behind her is five green goblins, all of them injured or malnourished. From how the situation looks, it wasn't that positive if there are so many refugees in their section.
"Look's like the fight against the Namu's Settlement is not too far. I'll have to get all of them ready for a confrontation against the people from other settlement." Mu Qing Lang whispered at himself and throw a smile at Qing Yi.
