Chapter 110 - 108: Lin Xian Village Plan

Chapter 110: Chapter 108: Lin Xian Village Plan

As night fell, the crowds of tourists in Lin Xian Village finally dispersed.

The staff, exhausted from a long day’s work, dragged their weary bodies back to their dormitories.

According to information from Wuyuan County, the situation tomorrow looked grim. A large number of patients in need of the Medicinal Tea were still expected to rush over.

Lin Feng sat in his chair, looking at the day’s sales figures for the Medicinal Tea. Over fifty-eight thousand cups had been sold in total, meaning that more than twenty-nine thousand people had managed to purchase it today.

The Arrow Tower had received over twenty-one thousand people, and only because it couldn’t accommodate any more.

The performance stage held a show every half hour. They had put on eighteen shows today, entertaining eighteen thousand people.

It was impossible to get a count for the running banquet. Things had gotten chaotic toward the end, so they just served openly until they ran out of ingredients.

His mood soured as he thought about the problems that had arisen today. Someone had actually tried to steal cuttings from the Zheyu Grapes.

If it weren’t for the police guarding the Medicine House, something might have happened there too. It was clear some people had ill intentions, hoping to cause trouble amidst the chaos.

’This can’t go on. I have to control the flow of people.

Perhaps Lin Xian Village should be like those museums and implement an appointment system.’

With things as they were, he couldn’t even handle matters related to Lin Xian Tea, and the construction projects were being delayed.

Many tourists had wandered onto the construction sites today, repeatedly interrupting the work.

He glanced at the village panel. Even the temporary quest to feed the animals had been interrupted.

Otherwise, the quest would have been completed today.

Lin Feng was rather looking forward to the quest’s reward. If it was truly animal-related, it would be a great help for him in acquiring pets.

Right now, if he wanted to acquire special pets, he had to capture them first, which was far too dangerous.

He looked over at the two little creatures in a standoff. A Little Red was perched on high, staring down at Mo Yu.

After the little one leveled up, it gained a point of Constitution and also acquired a Skill.

[Pet: Squirrel (A Little Red)

Level: 2 (10/1000)

Age: Eight months

Gender: Female

Talent: None

Skills: Throwing

Constitution: 2

Loyalty: 95 (100)]

[Throwing: A rapid throw that deals damage to an enemy.]

How should he put it? For a large animal like Mo Yu, it wasn’t that the skill did zero damage, but rather that its taunt effect was incredibly potent.

He hadn’t utilized the pet function at all yet, and it was clearly a very powerful feature.

’Tomorrow, I’ll have someone find some bees. The vegetable greenhouses need them anyway.’

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The night passed. Before the sun had even risen, the area in front of the Medicinal Tea stall was already lined with people.

The situation today was clearly a bit better than yesterday; there was no dangerous crowding.

This was mainly because Wuyuan County was controlling traffic heading toward Lin Xian County; anyone who wanted to come had to take a bus.

Most of these people had stayed in Mountain Ridge Town the previous night and walked over early this morning. Many of them were residents of Mountain Ridge Town itself.

The price of the Medicinal Tea had been driven up to 200 yuan per cup online. Who wouldn’t be tempted by the chance to make a 185-yuan profit just by reselling it?

Lin Feng didn’t try to stop this. Since each person could only buy two cups a day anyway, he just considered it a perk for the residents of Mountain Ridge Town.

Over at the Medicine House, the three newly arrived Pharmacists were already up early and had begun brewing the Medicinal Tea.

They were all working overtime voluntarily. This was mainly because after the salary structure for Lin Xian Tea was changed, their pay was directly tied to the amount of Medicinal Tea they sold.

From yesterday’s sales alone, they stood to earn over seven thousand in bonuses. They were dead set on working this overtime; nothing and no one could stop them.

The few employees in charge of processing the medicinal herbs had worked past ten o’clock last night to prepare all the ingredients needed for this morning.

They were back again early this morning to continue processing herbs—the bonus was simply too good to pass up.

Only Daoist Feng and Zhao Shiyun had no interest in working overtime, nor did they want the extra pay.

An employee processing herbs asked, "Brother Hao, how much Medicinal Tea are we planning to brew today?"

"Twenty barrels! If we hadn’t been delayed by the traffic jam yesterday, we definitely would have sold over 80,000 cups."

"It’s a shame we can’t use machines to brew it. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of cups a day wouldn’t be a problem."

The pharmacist beside him said, "If machines could really do the job, we wouldn’t have even gotten the opportunity to come here and earn this money."

"Yeah, it’s really incredible. Only the Medicinal Tea we brew is effective. What do you think the principle behind it is?"

"Don’t even think about it. I’ve heard that many large pharmaceutical companies and various drug Research Institutes still haven’t figured it out."

"Why think so much? Let’s just hurry up and brew the tea. Every minute we waste costs us dozens of yuan."

Before the three of them had arrived, they had all been approached by pharmaceutical companies. They were told that if they could just leak the recipe, they’d be set for life.

But after brewing the Medicinal Tea for a full day, they completely gave up on the idea. ’Steal the recipe? What a joke.’

They hadn’t found anything special about the brewing process at all, and the medicinal ingredients were as common as could be.

They had personally handled and inspected the entire production process; there were no hidden steps or secrets whatsoever.

Realizing they couldn’t earn that easy money, they had simply blocked the numbers of those pharmaceutical companies during their break last night.

If Lin Xian Village found out, not only would they fail to get any reward, but they’d also be fired. They would regret it so much they’d want to bang their heads against a wall.

In the future, things surely wouldn’t be as frantic as yesterday. But given the popularity of the Medicinal Tea, even when sales normalized, a monthly salary of tens of thousands of yuan would be easily attainable.

Once the Clearing Heat and Stopping Cough Pills were approved, their monthly salary would depend entirely on how many pills they could produce.

They’d also heard that more special formulas would be introduced in the future, which made them even more determined not to get fired.

In the village, Hu Xia was holding a morning meeting with some staff members to prevent any accidents today.

"Everyone, stay sharp. Once we get through these next few days, you’ll all get to take paid leave in shifts."

"Today’s priority is still the Medicinal Tea stall. Half of the patrol staff should head over there to maintain order."

"Understood."

"The kitchen team needs to pay attention. It was too chaotic yesterday. Prepare in advance today and have the tourists line up to eat."

"Understood. I guarantee a repeat of yesterday’s situation won’t happen."

"To the cleaning team, I know this will be tough. If anyone feels unwell, report it immediately. Don’t try to tough it out."

"Okay, we’ll be fine."

"Meeting adjourned."

Seeing Lin Feng come out, she walked over to him.

"Not as many people today, right?"

"Yeah, the numbers have dropped a lot. The intersections are under traffic control, and the county is only letting tourists in by batches."

"But, public opinion online isn’t great. A lot of tourists are complaining that we’re providing too little Medicinal Tea."

Lin Feng said nonchalantly, "Let them complain. I’d actually prefer fewer people came."

"Here. This is the solution I came up with last night. See what you think."

"An appointment system? The backlash online will be even worse."

"It’s fine. Once the Clearing Heat and Stopping Cough Pills are approved, I’m going to filter out this batch of tourists who are only here for the Medicinal Tea anyway."

"Lin Xian Village doesn’t need this many visitors. With too many people, the tourist experience suffers for everyone."

"Besides, too many tourists are delaying my construction plans."

Hu Xia didn’t quite understand Lin Feng’s reasoning, but she prepared to follow his plan anyway.

She also hoped for fewer tourists. It would make their days less exhausting and their work a bit more comfortable.

Besides, even if no tourists came to Lin Xian Village, Lin Feng wouldn’t be short on money, not with the Jade Grapes.

’I’ll put out this news through the livestream in a bit to warm people up to the idea, and then I’ll have the software department purchase the necessary program.’

"Oh, right, should we build a proper entrance and exit, like at a tourist attraction? That way, people with appointments can just scan their IDs to get in."

"Yes, that’s a good idea. We can build a parking lot at the foot of the mountain while we’re at it. From now on, we can’t let vehicles drive directly into the village."

Although the village had an air-purifying property, the exhaust fumes from cars driving up couldn’t just vanish instantly.

’The Lin Xian Village of the future,’ he thought, ’should be a place with a beautiful environment, full of unique buildings—a place where everyone longs to live.’