Chapter 233 - 229: Astonishing Discovery at the Blacksmith’s Shop

Chapter 233: Chapter 229: Astonishing Discovery at the Blacksmith’s Shop

The fragrant aroma of oil drifted on the mountain breeze, spreading toward the Clothing Workshop and the Barracks, quickly drawing the attention of the tourists over there.

"Where is that amazing smell coming from? It’s so tempting. I’m starting to feel a little hungry."

"Lin Xian Village has come up with something good again. This is just too fragrant! It smells like there’s a hint of peanut in it."

"Let’s go, let’s go! We’ll follow the scent and find it."

"..."

A large number of tourists, drawn by the aroma, followed the scent toward the Oil Workshop.

More and more tourists gathered outside. Everyone knew the fragrance was from the Oil Workshop pressing oil.

Lin Feng came out and was startled. Not only was the platform in front packed with tourists, but the road was also full of people.

Seeing the crowd gathering, a large number of other tourists thought something good was happening here.

"Everyone, please don’t push! Don’t move around! This is just the Oil Workshop, there’s nothing special here."

Lin Feng took out his phone and called Sister Wu. "Sister Wu, a huge number of tourists have gathered at the Oil Workshop."

"Have the security department send a few people over to guide the tourists and disperse them in an orderly fashion."

"Okay, I understand. I’ll send people over right now."

Looking at the noisy crowd of tourists, Lin Feng was speechless. ’So many people have gathered in such a short time.’

"Everyone, quiet down, quiet down! Don’t move! Tell the people in the back to stop pushing forward!"

"Boss, there are too many people. It’s getting dangerous."

"It’s fine. First, just get the tourists to stop moving. Security will be here soon to guide them out."

Lin Feng also realized that the road design here was indeed flawed. He should have another road built off to the side, connecting with the road by the Blacksmith’s Shop below.

That way, if a situation like today’s happened again, the flow of people could be directed to leave via the front road.

"Brother Lin, I never thought an Oil Workshop pressing oil would attract so many tourists."

"Today’s situation is very dangerous. Have someone build a road here that connects to the one by the Blacksmith’s Shop below, creating a loop."

"Got it. I’ll schedule the task as soon as I get back.

Brother Lin, the oil we’re producing... will we sell it to the public later?"

Based on the Oil Workshop’s production output, they definitely couldn’t use it all themselves.

And if they hired workers, they couldn’t just have them work for a few days and then stop.

"We’ll sell it. First, let’s determine the production volume. Then we’ll send the oil for inspection and certification, and sell it as a Lin Xian Village specialty."

Wang Lihua said, "Lin Feng, the oil you’re producing here might be effective in treating anorexia."

Lin Feng looked at Wang Lihua. "Effective for anorexia! Are you sure?"

Wang Lihua glanced at her daughter, Yuyu. Although the little girl was nearly cured, she was still suffering from some of the effects of anorexia.

"I’m not entirely sure, but Yuyu said she wants to eat that oil.

Why don’t you have someone run some tests and see what the specific effects are?"

"Mm, I’ll have someone run some experiments when I get back, then we’ll see."

’If it’s really effective for anorexia, then the sales strategy for this oil will have to change.’

"Lin Feng, how about we try some dishes stir-fried with this oil tonight and see what they taste like?" Zhou Jun suggested.

Smelling the fragrant oil, he was very curious whether cooking with it would make the dishes at the Lin Xian Village Restaurant even more delicious.

"Alright. I’ll bring some back in a bit and give it to the Restaurant to try for dinner."

Wu Jiaxing watched as several old men, having heard the news, hurried over, only to be met by the impassable road.

"Is that the smell of oil from inside?" Liu Yuxi said.

Wu Jiaxing replied, "It should be. The Oil Workshop and the Water Mill are in there."

"This Lin Xian Village is truly magical."

The group toured all over Lin Xian Village, even going inside the Land God Temple to have a look.

Only after confirming they could smell the fragrance did the old men dare to go inside and offer incense.

Once the crowd dispersed under the direction of security, Lin Feng and his group hurriedly came out of the Oil Workshop.

"Boss Lin, is that fragrant smell from oil? Is Lin Xian Village selling it?"

"Boss Lin, just name a price! So I can give up hope."

"Boss Lin, I own a supermarket. Can I partner with Lin Xian Village?"

Lin Feng said to the tourists, "It is indeed oil produced by Lin Xian Village itself. As for the specifics, we’ll have to determine our production volume before we can decide whether or not to sell it."

After shaking off the tourists and returning to the lounge, he saw Hu Xia, Zhao Shiyun, and the others waiting for him.

"Lin Feng, what’s going on with the oil? Next time you do something like this, give us a heads-up."

"I didn’t expect something like this would happen just from having the Oil Workshop press some oil."

Wang Lihua told them what had happened at the Oil Workshop, which surprised the young women.

They hadn’t expected that even the oil pressed in Lin Xian Village could be so magical.

Hu Xia asked, "Lin Feng, if we used the peanuts grown here in Lin Xian Village, would the pressed oil be even better?"

Lin Feng was surprised she’d thought of that. ’It seems she’s been paying close attention to the vegetables in the Farmland.’

"It would indeed be a bit better. The crops grown in Lin Xian Village are of a higher quality."

Zhao Shiyun asked, "The flour you brought to the Restaurant today, was that milled at the Water Mill?

I tried the steamed buns that Bai He made, and they tasted even better."

"That’s right, it was flour milled at the Water Mill. If you need any, you can have the workers mill some for you."

Anyway, as long as the sluice gate at the Water Mill was opened, it could mill flour continuously.

Lin Feng had considered opening the Water Mill to tourists to let them experience it.

Hearing Lin Feng’s words, they were surprised that even the Water Mill was so magical.

Everyone agreed with Lin Feng’s decision to sell the oil; it would be another source of income for Lin Xian Village.

Hu Xia looked outside and asked, "Your tea, when will it be ready?"

"I already told you, it needs to be air-dried for ten days. If you want to drink some, you can take some of the tea leaves that are picked each day."

Hu Zhiming was the first to exclaim, "Brother Lin, why didn’t you say so earlier? I’ll go get some tea leaves right now."

The guy shot up and ran out before he even finished his sentence.

He ran back a few minutes later, holding a small, bowl-sized bamboo basket filled with bright green tea leaves.

"Brother Zhou, change the water in the teapot!"

Zhou Jun quickly refilled the pot with fresh water, then took a single leaf from the bamboo basket and dropped it in.

When the aroma of the tea began to drift out, everyone sniffed the air. The fragrance was truly pleasant.

"Compared to the smell of the oil, this tea’s aroma is much better."

"I agree. This tea fragrance is more pleasant and doesn’t overwhelm your sense of smell.

After smelling that oil for a while, everything else starts to smell the same."

Hu Xia said, "That oil fragrance you’re talking about... maybe it could be used to make perfume."

"Sis, given the scale of the Oil Workshop, we might not even have enough oil to sell. You should forget about making perfume.

If you really want to make perfume, you can wait until spring and plant some flowers in the village.

Besides, if we really were to make perfume, your workload would just increase again."

Hu Xia shot him a glare. ’He’s right. If they really did make perfume, Lin Feng, the boss, definitely wouldn’t manage it.’

While they were drinking tea, a group of people inside the Blacksmith’s Shop were gathered around a forged steel plate, studying it.

"What on earth is going on? Why is there such a huge difference in the same steel after it’s been forged?"

"It’s truly magical.

How about we send it to a testing facility to analyze the steel plate’s elemental composition, then run some spectral, metallographic, and tensile tests to see the specific data?"

"Notify the boss first. He needs to make the call on this.

Oh, and close the shop outside for now. We’ll resume selling products after we’ve asked the boss."

A tourist had bought an unsharpened sword from them and ended up using it to break another sword made of the same material.

The guy even filmed a video and posted it online, damaging the reputation of the other sword’s manufacturer, who was naturally unhappy about it.

The video was basically saying that there was a problem with the material of the sword they produced.

To prove there was nothing wrong with their sword’s material, they contacted the person who made the video directly and had the material of the broken sword tested, proving it was fine.

After the blacksmiths saw this video, they proactively contacted the vlogger to ask about the specifics.

They were afraid this person was using Lin Xian Village’s name to slander another manufacturer.

But the answer they got was that the weapons they forged genuinely had better performance than other weapons of the same material.

At first, they didn’t believe it either. It was only after trying it themselves that they discovered the performance of the forged material had indeed been enhanced.

Faced with this unscientific situation, the group of blacksmiths was completely baffled.

"Do you guys think... maybe our Blacksmith’s Shop has a special effect too?

I heard that many of the buildings in Lin Xian Village have special functions."

"I’ve heard that too. Apparently, the Restaurant can speed up the learning of culinary skills and enhance the flavor of food.

Not to mention the Land God Temple and the Arrow Tower. And the temperature inside the Houses is always constant."

"Hey, now that you mention it, I hadn’t realized, but it seems our forging skills have improved quite a bit recently."

The blacksmiths paused for a moment, thought back on their recent forging work, and realized they had indeed made some progress.

"You know what, you’re right. My skills have improved a lot lately."

"Does that mean our Blacksmith’s Shop also has a function that enhances our skills?"

They glanced at each other. They never thought working in Lin Xian Village would come with this kind of benefit.

Although mechanized equipment was now prevalent, and their kind of hand-forging was an obsolete technology being left behind by the times...

...for enthusiasts like them, an improvement in skill meant they could hand-craft even more exquisite items.

They looked over at Lin Lei in the corner, who was still practicing the Forging Technique. The kid’s transformation was immense.

When he arrived, he barely had any muscle on him, but now, the muscles on his arms were already bulging.

"We didn’t miss out on something good, did we?!"

"I’m such an idiot! I shouldn’t have doubted the boss."

"Let’s first figure out if this Blacksmith’s Shop really has a special effect." As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the Forging Technique chart on the wall.

The men quickly got busy. Proving whether there was a special effect was simple.

Take two identical pieces of metal. Forge one, and leave the other untouched.

After a while, they could test both pieces of metal and they would know the specifics.

As men who were experts in smithing, they were very familiar with the properties of metal.

They could also find a piece of metal with superior properties and compare it to the forged piece.

An hour later, the expressions of the group changed as they stared at the performance test results.

"It’s definitely an improvement. The toughness has increased by five to ten percent compared to the same material, and the hardness is up by about three percent.

If we want to understand the details, we’ll have to send it out for professional testing."

"Contact the boss and report the situation.

Let the boss decide whether we should get it tested."

At that moment, they were more interested in the Forging Technique on the wall. Recalling the boss’s reminder, they all wanted to slap themselves.

The boss had clearly given them something good, and they had just ignored it. ’What complete morons we are!’

Lin Feng, who answered the call, was stunned for a moment. He hadn’t expected the situation at the Blacksmith’s Shop to be discovered so soon.

"Brother Lin, what’s wrong?"

"Mm, they discovered something at the Blacksmith’s Shop. I’m going to go take a look."

"I’ll go with you. I drank a stomachful of water, so a little exercise will do me good."

Lin Feng glanced at the guy. "Even if the tea is good, you shouldn’t drink that much. It’s not like you won’t be able to drink it again in the future."

"Hehe, it was just too delicious. I couldn’t control myself."

The two of them arrived at the Blacksmith’s Shop and saw the men inside, all practicing the Forging Technique.

Lin Lei was acting as the teacher, correcting their improper stances.

"Boss, you’re here! We’ve made a major discovery!"

"Boss, Manager Hu, come take a look! The properties of this metal are incredible!"

Lin Feng, who already knew about the situation, wasn’t surprised, but Hu Zhiming was shocked by what they were saying.