Chapter 109 - 107: The Teeming Crowd

Chapter 109: Chapter 107: The Teeming Crowd

The sheer volume of traffic on the road from Wuyuan County to Mountain Ridge Town was overwhelming, catching everyone off guard.

Jiangcheng City urgently dispatched traffic police for support, and all roads in Wuyuan County were placed under traffic control.

In Lin Xian Village, Lin Feng looked on with a puzzled expression at the sea of people swarming the Medicinal Tea shop, surrounding it completely.

"Lin Feng, the county just called. There’s still a huge crowd heading toward Lin Xian Village."

"Where did so many people come from?"

Hu Xia said, "Didn’t the police arrest someone here yesterday? He was the main culprit behind the rumors. An official announcement was posted online last night explaining the situation.

I heard he’s the singer Chen Yi’s assistant. That was leaked online last night too.

Chen Yi posted an apology last night and even advertised our Medicinal Tea, saying it was what cured his cough.

As a result, the Medicinal Tea completely blew up last night, and it’s still at the top of the hot search rankings this morning.

And this is just the first wave of people who found out about its effects. More will definitely come later."

They had never promoted the Medicinal Tea, and had even tried to keep it low-key. He never expected something like this to happen.

"How’s the pharmacist recruitment going?"

’If I can recruit three more Pharmacists, the Medicine House will be able to supply more Medicinal Tea.’

[Medicine House (Level 2): Gently stimulates medicinal properties, increases the success rate and quality of Elixir Pill refinement, reduces side effects, increases medicinal ingredient processing speed by 10%, and increases Pharmacist medicine-crafting proficiency by 10%.]

The upgraded Medicine House could accommodate five Pharmacists, and to his surprise, it even came with an attribute that increased Pharmacist proficiency.

With this attribute, the Pharmacists’ medicine-crafting would become more and more proficient, and naturally, faster and faster.

"I’ve already had people come over, but they’re probably stuck in traffic now too."

"Then call and ask where they are. We need to figure out a way to get them here first. Otherwise, Daoist Feng and Zhao Shiyun won’t be able to handle it."

’I’d like to have other people help, but unfortunately, only tea brewed by those with the official Pharmacist status is effective.’

This was already an open secret among some people in Lin Xian Village. Daoist Qi, in particular, could never understand it.

Luckily, Daoist Feng and Zhao Shiyun had no intention of probing into the matter.

’If it were someone who obsessed over every little detail, they’d probably drive themselves crazy.’

"Holy shit! Why are there so many people today?"

"Dude, were you not online last night? The effects of the Medicinal Tea have blown up online."

"Not only has it blown up, but a lot of people are also saying the Medicinal Tea not only treats coughs and clears heat, but it can also treat some lung diseases."

"I came here specifically for that lung-soothing effect to buy the Medicinal Tea. I didn’t expect so many people."

"Then what’s the point of even trying to buy it? The Medicinal Tea is limited every day. Looking at the situation today, there must be several thousand people."

"Several thousand? Go look at the news online and see what the roads from Wuyuan County are like."

Some of the tourists who came to buy Medicinal Tea, unaware of the situation, opened their phones and were left speechless by the news.

At the same time, they gritted their teeth in hatred for that guy named Chen Yong.

It was this guy who caused the Medicinal Tea to go straight to the hot search list, get a singer involved, and create a huge news story.

Great. Before, you could buy the Medicinal Tea as long as you came early and got a little lucky.

Looking at Lin Xian Village today, it was obvious it wouldn’t be so easy to buy Medicinal Tea in the future.

In the crowd, many scalpers were also speechless. They never thought a day would come when they couldn’t out-compete the tourists.

"Everyone, please form a line and don’t push and shove. Anyone who cuts in line will be disqualified from buying.

Troublemakers will be permanently banned from buying. Please line up in an orderly fashion."

Yu Hua held a megaphone, standing in front of the Medicinal Tea shop, shouting as he directed everyone to line up.

Looking at the surging crowd, he, who had once wished for more tourists, had completely changed his mind.

This dense crowd was frankly terrifying.

Luckily, quite a few police officers arrived from a distance, which was a great relief.

At this moment, Lin Feng received a call from Uncle Ma, the town chief.

"Uncle Ma, how are things down the mountain?"

"There are too many people. The line of cars on the road is endless. The road leading here has already been blocked off."

"That’s good. Don’t let anyone else in. It’s already packed with people up here."

"I know, I know. I guess having too many people isn’t such a good thing after all!"

Ma Dehua had always hoped for more tourists, but today’s situation made him understand that too many wasn’t good either.

Mountain Ridge Town simply couldn’t handle the influx, and it also caused traffic jams, creating a massive disruption.

Luckily, it wasn’t the height of summer. Otherwise, with these people stuck on the road, something bad really could have happened.

Some of the tourists who had arrived posted about the situation in Wuyuan County, Mountain Ridge Town, and Lin Xian Village online, letting even more people know what was happening.

Netizens were also shocked when they saw the situation, not expecting that just one special kind of Medicinal Tea could attract so many people.

Of course, when those pharmaceutical companies saw this, their eyes went red with greed. It was a goldmine!

Lin Feng was impervious to persuasion, so they wondered if they could use the current situation to make him hand over the recipe.

Unfortunately, they could only think about it. For now, they didn’t dare make any moves, because the last company that contacted that Chen Yong to stir up trouble was currently under investigation.

As three new Pharmacists were brought into Lin Xian Village, the supply of Medicinal Tea began to increase, but the crowd just kept growing.

"Boss, all of our activities today are fully booked."

"Then control the number of tickets sold. Stop selling any more for the rest of the day."

"Okay."

Lin Xian Village was now full of people everywhere, no different from those super-popular tourist spots during the October holiday.

Even the noon banquet was so overwhelmed with people they couldn’t possibly serve everyone.

Some people even went online and booked the All-Cow Banquet for the next day.

Over at the Marketplace, the stall owners were grinning from ear to ear; business was so good they couldn’t keep up.

Of course, there were many good things, but also quite a few bad things. Some ill-mannered tourists caused a lot of trouble.

Luckily, there were plenty of police in the village today, so whenever a problem arose, the person was immediately taken away and dealt with.

「It wasn’t until after two in the afternoon that Lin Feng finally had time to sit down and rest for a bit.」

"Brother Lin, it was so busy today. It’s not going to be like this every day, is it?"

’I’m getting a headache from this, too. This many tourists is clearly not a good thing. I have to find a solution.’

Zhao Shiyun said, "Why don’t we set a daily sales limit for the Medicinal Tea and then take reservations online, just like booking a doctor’s appointment?

That way, people who don’t get a reservation won’t all rush over here like they did today."

"That’s a brilliant idea, Shiyun. It could really work. Otherwise, everyone will keep thinking they can just show up and buy some, and we’ll have a repeat of today."

"Alright, let’s do that."

The special effects of the Medicinal Tea, as well as its scarcity, meant it was destined to be snapped up.

Hu Zhiming said, "Then I’ll go find someone to buy the software right now."

He had no desire to repeat a day like today, being run off his feet and on edge the entire time.

Hu Xia said, "This is a good chance to take advantage of the hype. I’ll live stream the announcement in a bit.

By the way, a travel agency contacted us. They want to partner with us."

Lin Feng asked in confusion, "Why are they only now thinking of partnering with us?"

"Because we’re different from other tourist areas. The village doesn’t have an entrance fee, so they weren’t optimistic about our model and have been watching from the sidelines."

"Forget it. We don’t need to partner with travel agencies. We can’t even handle the tourists we have now."

’If I hadn’t needed the prosperity rating for upgrades in the beginning, I wouldn’t have opened the village to tourists at all.’

’Besides, even without tourists, Lin Xian Village would never be short on money, not with all its special products.’