Chapter 234 - 230: The Oil Workshop Workers’ Surprise

Chapter 234: Chapter 230: The Oil Workshop Workers’ Surprise

Hu Zhiming looked at the two types of metal materials, still finding it hard to believe that their properties could be improved just by forging them.

"Are you sure these materials have improved by that much?"

"Manager Hu, we’re sure. We’ve run experiments."

"That’s right, Manager Hu. We think it’s because this Blacksmith’s Shop has a special effect."

Hu Zhiming understood instantly.

’That’s right, the buildings in Lin Xian Village have special effects. Since the Restaurant, Arrow Towers, and other buildings have them, it doesn’t seem strange that the Blacksmith’s Shop would have a special effect too.’

He looked at Lin Feng. How to handle this matter was a decision for the boss.

Whenever they encountered strange things in Lin Xian Village, they generally didn’t act on their own and left it for Lin Feng to handle.

"Hmm, run more experiments with different metals, then send them out for analysis to see the specifics."

A blacksmith asked, "Boss, shouldn’t we keep this a secret?"

In their view, exposing such a miraculous phenomenon would surely bring trouble to Lin Xian Village.

But they didn’t know that strange things were a common occurrence in Lin Xian Village. To Lin Feng, the matter with the Blacksmith’s Shop was trivial.

When he eventually brought out the Mechanical Beasts, *that* would be truly earth-shattering.

"It’s fine. Just do as I say. Prepare more materials for experiments, then send them for testing."

"Boss, we’ll do as you say.

By the way, Boss, about this Forging Technique... you said that practicing it would strengthen our bodies, right?"

"Yes. Is there a problem?" Lin Feng looked at them.

"No problem. We just feel like we were fools before."

Lin Feng understood. Because of the Blacksmith’s Shop’s special properties, they no longer doubted the Forging Technique.

As the two of them walked out of the Blacksmith’s Shop, Hu Zhiming asked in a low voice, "Brother Lin, can I learn that Forging Technique?"

"Didn’t you all try already? It’s a method for blacksmiths to train their bodies. Other people can’t learn it."

Hu Zhiming recalled how the three instructors at the Barracks had tried to learn it and decisively gave up on his unrealistic idea.

"Brother Lin, when are you going to get a Body Strengthening Technique that all of us can practice?"

"Soon."

Hu Zhiming was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Brother Lin to actually answer. But what did "soon" mean?

’Could it be that Brother Lin will soon have a Cultivation Technique that everyone can practice?’

Thinking of the rumors about Cultivation in Lin Xian Village, he instantly grew excited.

Lin Feng watched the guy’s expression change, wondering what wild thoughts were running through his head now.

After they left, Qiu Jinghong, the manager of the Blacksmith’s Shop, went to the neighboring Stone Workshop.

"Old Huang, not carving that broken stone sculpture of yours?"

Huang Wenlong glanced at him and said, "What, still not convinced? My Stone Dragon Carving has a special effect, you know."

"Heh heh, well I have some news for you, too. We made a big discovery at the Blacksmith’s Shop today."

"Oh? What big discovery? Let’s hear it."

"A big discovery! But I’m not telling you. You just wait."

Watching the other man turn and leave, Huang Wenlong’s face flushed slightly, and his chest heaved a few times.

He roared, "What the hell? Are you just messing with me? You just wait!"

"Haha, from now on, our Blacksmith’s Shop won’t be any worse than your Stone Workshop."

Huang Wenlong watched him go. ’Did they really discover something at the Blacksmith’s Shop?’ he wondered.

He waved a hand toward the inside of the Stone Workshop. "Ah Wen, come here. Go to the Blacksmith’s Shop and ask around. See if anything strange has happened."

"Yes, Master. I’ll go right now."

Having been in Lin Xian Village for so long, they had already learned that every building in the village had some kind of unique effect.

For example, his Stone Workshop’s Stone Dragon Carving was very special, and it had also enhanced his micro-carving skills.

Over at the Woodworking Workshop, they hadn’t yet discovered what was special about it. It seemed the Blacksmith’s Shop had finally made a breakthrough.

It was precisely because of this situation that Huang Wenlong completely ignored those who wanted to make private deals with him.

Outside of Lin Xian Village, he was just a Master of Stone Carving. But in Lin Xian Village, his status would continuously rise.

People who used to be merely polite when they met him now had completely different attitudes.

These were the benefits Lin Xian Village brought him, benefits that were completely unattainable elsewhere.

Moreover, he discovered that his skills were actually starting to improve again in Lin Xian Village.

Recalling some of the gossip from the Restaurant, he understood that the Stone Workshop should have a similar effect.

Ah Wen returned quickly, but his expression was full of confusion.

"Master, over at the Blacksmith’s Shop, the blacksmiths have started practicing that Forging Technique again.

Also, the Boss and Manager Hu were just there, but Lin Lei doesn’t know the specifics of what happened."

"They started practicing that Forging Technique again?! Didn’t they say that method was impossible to learn?"

"Master, I have a feeling that Forging Technique must be effective. Take a look at Lin Lei; his physique has changed a lot." Ah Wen was a bit envious. Those muscles looked so cool.

Huang Wenlong hadn’t actually noticed the change in Lin Lei. He decided he would go take a look later.

Meanwhile, over at the Woodworking Workshop, Sun Chuanxi looked at the task the boss had assigned him today with a strange expression.

’The boss must be making a Mechanical Beast.’

It was just a little strange. Why didn’t the boss let him help, instead taking the parts back with him?

He remembered the first batch of parts he had made; the boss had taken those back too.

’Maybe the boss likes to assemble it himself.’

But as he looked at these parts, they were completely different from any woodworking techniques he knew. They looked very strange.

’Forget it. I’ll just ask him directly next time the boss comes over.’

...

Over at the Oil Workshop, a group of people stared at the barrels of freshly pressed oil, their expressions a mixture of surprise, doubt, and confusion.

The oil was simply too strange. They had been pressing oil for so many years, but this was the first time something like this had ever happened.

"Old Wen, what’s going on?"

"Yeah, Manager Wen, this oil is completely different from what we’ve pressed before.

I just checked. The peanuts, sesame seeds, and other ingredients we used for pressing are pretty much the same as what we’ve always used."

Wen Daying also looked at the oil barrels in confusion. "You’re asking me? If I knew the reason, my old oil factory wouldn’t have gone out of business!"

"This Lin Xian Village is really magical. Nothing here is the same as on the outside."

"Alright, stop guessing. Everyone, let’s get the numbers. How much raw material did we use today? How much oil did we produce?

I need to report the data to the boss in a bit. This will determine whether we get to keep working in Lin Xian Village."

Hearing this, everyone’s lazy demeanor vanished, and they all began to tally the numbers seriously.

Soon, the data was compiled and brought to Wen Daying. Looking at the figures written in his notebook, he thought he must have miscalculated.

He calculated it again, but the result was the same.

"Did any of you miscount?

My calculations show the oil yield from the peanuts reached fifty-eight percent."

"Fifty-eight percent! Then there must be a mistake. Everyone, count it again, and be serious this time."

Soon, the data was compiled once more, and the result was basically unchanged from before.

A normal oil yield for peanuts is between thirty-eight and forty-five percent. This yield was ridiculously high.

"Manager Wen, the data should be correct. That’s the real oil yield."

"This is too astounding. How is this possible?"

"Lin Xian Village is strange to begin with. For something like this to happen... it actually feels normal."

Wen Daying looked at the oil-pressing tools. There was such a huge gap between them and industrial machinery, yet they somehow produced more oil than the machines.

But Lin Xian Village was indeed very strange. There was no need to make a big fuss over something like this.

’If we’re talking about strange things, isn’t the situation with the Land God Temple even more miraculous than this?’

"Manager Wen, what should we do with all this oil? We can’t just leave it here."

"Wait a moment, I’ll call the boss."

When Lin Feng heard that the oil data was in and was asked what to do with the oil, he hurried over with some people.

Looking at the oil stored in the Warehouse, the rich, mingled aromas had become a bit strange.

"Boss, we were delayed a bit today since it was our first time.

Tomorrow, we’ll definitely press more oil than we did today."

"Mm, I know. Load it all onto the truck and take it to the cold storage room at the Restaurant."

’I need to get the various permits sorted out quickly,’ Lin Feng thought. ’Otherwise, once this oil is produced, we won’t be able to sell it.’

As the truck carrying the oil entered the main road, the tourists on the street instantly turned to look.

"Wow! Is that the oil from the Oil Workshop they were talking about today? It smells amazing!"

"Does anyone know where we can buy this oil?"

"Don’t even think about it. Lin Xian Village just produced it. They need permits to sell oil, so there’s no way they can sell it to us now."

"Everyone, go flood the Lin Xian Village social media account and urge them to get the sales permits quickly! I can’t take it, the smell is too good.

If you cooked with this oil, the food would probably be amazing even if you didn’t eat at the Lin Xian Village Restaurant."

All along the road, the fragrant aroma of the oil attracted a large number of tourists, who had originally thought they would be able to taste it in Lin Xian Village.

But they soon learned that the oil didn’t have any permits, so it couldn’t be used or sold to the public yet.

"Brother Lin, what should we do with all this oil?

We’ll definitely produce a lot more tomorrow, and the Restaurant’s cold storage won’t be big enough to hold it all."

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Distribute it to the employees as a bonus. And buy a set of oil bottling equipment tomorrow."

"That’s a great idea. I’ll get in touch with someone right now and have the equipment delivered tomorrow."

When the news spread through the employee group chat, everyone was thrilled. They had all smelled the fragrant oil from across the village—it was simply too aromatic.

Besides, anything produced by Lin Xian Village was guaranteed to be top-quality stuff that you absolutely couldn’t buy anywhere else.

For the employee dinner that evening, Lin Feng had them use the oil pressed that day. The resulting dishes were a pleasant surprise to the chefs.

"Brother Lin, I feel like using our own pressed oil caused some kind of magical chemical reaction in the food. The flavor is even better."

"It’s so delicious! I can’t believe just changing the oil could improve the flavor so much.

Lin Feng, if all the seasonings were produced by Lin Xian Village, would the flavor be even better?"

"It would definitely be better! Boss, why don’t you give it a try and produce all the seasonings?"

Lin Feng ignored them. There were so many seasonings; how could Lin Xian Village possibly produce them all?

Huang Yi found Lin Feng and said, "Boss, hurry up and get the permits for this oil. From now on, let’s use our own pressed oil for all the cooking in our Restaurant.

The flavor is too good, and we won’t have to worry about oil transported by tanker trucks."

"Stop rushing me. I’ve already sent someone to handle it.

The dishes made with this oil do taste really good."

’Most importantly, it’s healthy. No need to worry about any nasty stuff in it.’

The two Bakers ran over as well. Bai He said, "Boss, we’d like to request that we switch all of Lin Xian Village’s pastry ingredients to our own milled flour."

The two of them had used the flour Lin Feng had given them today, and the pastries they made had a much-improved flavor.

Moreover, they had discovered that the flour the boss brought over was of much higher quality than what they were currently using.

Having found better quality flour, they naturally didn’t want to use the old stuff anymore.

"Alright. Tally up what kinds of flour you need, and I’ll have someone prepare it for you."

This was much easier than the oil. He just had to start up the stone mill in the Water Mill, and he could easily meet their demands.

"We’ll go tally it up right now."

After the two of them left, Lin Feng finally had a moment to look at his data panel. A new quest had just appeared.

’Looks like my guess was right. A new quest related to oil and flour really did pop up.’

Lin Feng looked at the two new quests. He had a feeling these would be very easy to complete.