Chapter 324: Small Things Within Our Capacity
It was still early when Mu Zhengguang and Xu Ying arrived at the Xiangye City Research Institute branch.
Xu Ying first met with her assistant Li Jiyuan to confirm that there was still uncultivated land in the city. At this time, confirmation was not about asking one or two questions and getting one or two answers, but about knowing the location of the land, seeing pictures of the land, and understanding in detail what role the land played in the past and who used it.
In the past half hour, Li Jiyuan has searched a lot of information.
Before today, he had never paid attention to whether there was any uncultivated land in the city, but he thought there must be.
He checked and found it.
In fact, even if there is no such land in the city, he can find more second-order asymptotes and create uncultivated land in a short time.
For a second-order asymptote, changing the geography is difficult. However, filling in a pond, demolishing an abandoned house, and cutting down an unowned forest are all easy to do. The dean is just a high school student. Can she tell the difference between a filled-in pond and cultivated land? No.
As long as the dean puts forward the request, he can mobilize more manpower and more civilian forces and quickly create land that "meets the requirements".
He had been in the position of assistant for a long time, and he felt that anything that could be done with power and strength was not difficult. If the dean's request was beyond his power and strength, he would have a headache.
After Li Jiyuan left the office, Lu Xiangyu entered the office.
After reading a lot of information and pictures, Xu Ying believed that there were indeed uncultivated lands in the city, and that handing these lands over to Lu Xiangyu would not cause adverse consequences. At this time, she assured Lu Xiangyu and promised: "I am going to change your job. If I let you farm, will you have a big objection?"
Lu Xiangyu's face was very ugly: Will there be big objections? Is there any need to ask? There must be big objections! Not to mention that my current job is easy and comfortable, and the income is high, even if I study hard for four years in college, I shouldn't go to farm!
"I have no opinion."
"Impossible? If someone asks me to farm, I will have objections. You can tell me your thoughts on farming, your requirements, and your conditions. If you don't, I will tell you my conditions first." Xu Ying talked about serious matters in a very non-serious tone. She had already decided to do this matter, and no matter what the other party thought or required, the result would not change much.
Lu Xiangyu was very confused. What on earth did Xu Yingze want to do? Asking the Middle Ages to farm, wasn't that an insult?
"You go ahead and say it."
"I am going to give you 20 mu of land to manage. You can plant flowers, trees, vegetables, or grains. If you plant flowers, you can just give me a few flowers when they bloom. If you plant trees, I will mark a few trees, and you can send me the height of the trees regularly. If you plant vegetables... forget about planting vegetables, you can eat the vegetables yourself. If you plant grains, you can give me half of the harvest, a little more or less is fine, but you are not allowed to cheat."
Lu Xiangyu was getting more and more confused: How much is 20 mu of land? Can one person finish farming it? Maybe. Can I hire a few more people to help me, or buy a machine? But I don’t have money. Then I can only wait until I reach the third level. After reaching the third level, farming should become easy, right? No! I can’t think about farming! I have to think about the leader’s intentions. She is a big leader, it’s not easy for her to find someone to help her farm? Why does she have to help me farm? The major I studied in college has nothing to do with agriculture. Wouldn’t it be better for her to find more professional people to do professional things?
"Leader, I don't understand. With my abilities, I can do more."
"Yes, with the abilities of the Ancients, you can indeed do more. But that's all for the future. Start with small things within your ability. If you feel that farming alone is too lonely, you can find a partner or a helper, but only one person."
The leader made the requirements and conditions clear, but Lu Xiangyu's mind was still confused: Looking for a partner? I'd better wait a little longer and make a decision after I see the string of numbers. But what is the connection between farming and finding a partner? Why did she connect these two things together? What did she mean by "the future"? Could it be planting more land? "Leader, do I have to go farming?"
"Yes, definitely. Are you almost at level three?"
"Yes. I will be able to reach the third level by the end of this month." When Lu Xiangyu heard the word "definitely", he felt hopeless, but when he heard the "third level", his confidence was rekindled. He was eager to prove his ability: I will be at the third level soon, I am an important talent, and you ask me to farm. Such an arrangement is inappropriate.
Xu Ying thought that since he hadn't reached the third level yet, it was okay. He could save himself some trouble and just find someone who could see the dreams of the second-level asymptotes. But he had to do it as soon as possible. If he delayed it until next month, he would have reached the third level.
"I will help you see the string of numbers in your dream. In exchange, you will help me farm. If you do well, I will send other medieval people to farm. You will manage the land and them. Do you want to hear my higher requirements for you?"
"See the string of numbers in the dream", this promise swept away the haze in Lu Xiangyu's heart, and he painted a picture in his mind: in the sea of flowers he planted with his own hands, there was a small wooden building. He and the person in the dream stood on the building, and the spring breeze blew towards them, bringing colorful fragrance.
"You manage your land, and you manage them", this sentence was also added to the picture by Lu Xiangyu: he drove the medieval people to cultivate the land, drove them to build bigger wooden houses, and let them plant a wider sea of flowers. By that day, his name will spread throughout the city, and he will become an important partner of Xu Yingze. He can legitimately get rid of his identity as a criminal and naturally obtain greater power and wealth.
Thinking of this, he was eager to know what the "higher requirements" that his leader was talking about were.
"I want to." Lu Xiangyu's expectation, piety, and excitement are all gathered in this one word.
"My request to you is very simple, and it is something that ordinary people can do. Try not to do anything that is harmful to others. If you don't do it, I won't say more about the consequences, you should be able to imagine it."
Lu Xiangyu thought of three words: behead immediately. In this era, the three words "behead immediately" are not common, but these three words clearly appear in the order to maintain dignity, which gives people a sense of the fragility of life and the uncertainty of life. The consequences that Xu Ying said are similar to behead immediately, right?
"I can think of it. If someone wants to hurt me, can I fight back?"
"Will ordinary people fight back when they are hurt?" Xu Ying didn't like the question Lu Xiangyu asked. This question was too hypocritical. If someone from the Middle Ages hurt him, he couldn't help but fight back.
"Yes." Lu Xiangyu gave the answer immediately, but after he said it, he realized that his answer was too straightforward. Would it give the leader a bad impression of him?
"Ordinary people will fight back, and you can fight back too. You can make decisions on these very small matters by yourself, and you don't need to ask me. You go back to Qichuan City tonight to pack up your things, and I will go to your place to get the cat in the evening. You will go to Xiangye City tomorrow to manage the land, and you will stay here from now on."
"Yes."
(End of this chapter)