Currently, the Thermal Power Plant that Lin Ze built in the Other World can generate enough electricity in a year to supply a fertilizer plant to produce about 8.5 million tons of fertilizer.
If he wants to supply fertilizer to the Spiritual Medicine fields, the annual fertilizer production needs to exceed 30 million tons before he can start.
To achieve this, he first needs to expand the scale of the Thermal Power Plant and build three more Thermal Power Plants. Only then will the electricity be sufficient to meet the demand for fertilizer production. Then, he needs to expand the corresponding fertilizer production line capacity to meet agricultural needs.
Purchasing three Thermal Power Plants, plus the corresponding fertilizer production lines, would cost about 2.5 billion.
Labor costs and raw material costs can be ignored.
This is a cost that Lin Ze can easily afford, but the key issue is the construction speed of these industrial facilities.
To normally complete a Thermal Power Plant that generates 500,000 degrees of electricity per hour, the project would take a year. Even rushing the project regardless of cost would take seven or eight months.
Previously, in order to quickly build the Thermal Power Plant, Lin Ze infinitely stacked manpower and pulled in many martial artists with extremely high work efficiency to help. He even personally participated in the construction, which compressed the entire project time to less than fifty days.
At that time, many giant construction machines were operated by these sharp-eyed and quick-witted martial artists who learned on the spot.
During this project, Lin Ze also trained a barely qualified construction team, and many craftsmen who assisted Lin Ze also learned a lot.
These craftsmen are professional talents from the Directorate of Craftsmen of the imperial court. They still don't know the construction and operation principles of a Thermal Power Plant, but that doesn't prevent them from replicating it in a similar way.
Subsequent construction definitely can't be done like this. Before, he was forced to do it because there was no other way. Lin Ze doesn't have much time to spend on building power plants in the future. In this case, it is estimated that it will take a year to build a Thermal Power Plant.
If he wants to meet the demand for producing 30 million tons of fertilizer, it will take three years.
As for the fertilizer production line, that's simple. It can be completed along the way during the three-year process of building the Thermal Power Plant.
In summary, an answer can be given to when Bright Moon Pavilion and Eunuch Hua will be able to use fertilizer to grow Spiritual Medicine.
"Conservatively estimated, it will take three years. If you can support some craftsmen as apprentices to learn how to build power plants and fertilizer production lines, then it is estimated that fertilizer can be applied to the Spiritual Medicine fields in about a year."
Lin Ze said, giving an accurate answer.
The raw materials for his factory construction are all purchased from the Main World, so he doesn't have to build everything from scratch, even a screw.
The craftsmen of the Great Zhou Dynasty also have technology related to civil engineering. It may not be as advanced as the Main World, but at least they have a foundation. Learning it is entirely possible for them to be competent in building Thermal Power Plants.
"No problem, this old servant will go back and ask His Majesty for instructions to send the court's royal craftsmen to help."
Eunuch Hua agreed immediately.
"What if a Peerless Expert who is proficient in all kinds of crafts leads the team? Could it be faster?"
"The Hundred Crafts Elder of my Bright Moon Pavilion is extremely good at construction. Besides, I know several other experts in this field, and I am confident that I can invite them here."
At this time, Zhao Cheng interjected.
Peerless Experts are not only martial artists, but also beings whose wisdom and comprehension far exceed ordinary people. If such an expert is proficient in all kinds of crafts and then learns how to build a power plant, it can indeed achieve twice the result with half the effort.
"If that's the case, then it is estimated that it will be effective within half a year."
Lin Ze nodded slightly after thinking.
His spirit has been strengthened many times, and his wisdom and comprehension are estimated to be no less than that of a Peerless Expert. He started learning from scratch and completed the construction of the Thermal Power Plant with people in more than a month.
Now that there are other Peerless Experts and a lot of labor supported by the royal family, it is entirely feasible to achieve the same effect.
These people first spent a month and a half learning how to build a Thermal Power Plant, and then used the same speed to build new Thermal Power Plants to expand fertilizer production. Moreover, they could carry out the construction of several power plants at the same time.
If this continues, in half a year, the fertilizer production will not only be able to meet the agricultural production of the entire Great Zhou, but also the Spiritual Medicine production of the whole country.
This is undoubtedly a good thing for Lin Ze, representing that he can change the entire world at a faster speed and reap a large amount of Luck.
After agreeing, facing Zhao Cheng's expectant eyes, Lin Ze took the initiative to promise, "If Mr. Boyan can find many experts to help build the power plant, a fixed share of the fertilizer produced at that time can be given priority to Bright Moon Pavilion."
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Zhao Cheng's face, and he nodded in agreement, "Then thank you, Zi Yi."
Wasn't this what he wanted when he took the initiative to help?
Lin Ze was so sensible, saving a lot of tangled time.
After the negotiation, the two did not stay long and left to do their own business.
After settling the fertilizer matter, they will definitely be able to benefit greatly from it, and then they will be able to get more silver to buy cultivation resources.
Moreover, after the popularization of this fertilizer, the output of Spiritual Medicine will increase, and maybe the price of medicinal materials can be reduced, saving them a lot of expenses in the process of cultivation.
Related to their vital interests, these two Peerless Experts are very motivated to do things.
Lin Ze stayed at the fertilizer plant, paying attention to the sales of fertilizer.
In the next few days, the fertilizer plant was filled with an endless stream of people coming to buy fertilizer, and many fertilizer plant employees were busy explaining the use of fertilizer over and over again tirelessly.
Under such circumstances, the 100,000 tons of fertilizer in stock in the warehouse, as well as the 10,000 tons of fertilizer produced in the past few days, were all sold out.
In just a few days, Lin Ze directly earned 4.4 million taels of silver. Even after deducting the cost, the average daily income has already exceeded one million taels.
4.4 million taels of silver, purely calculated at the price of silver, has already exceeded 1.168 billion, and the key is that Lin Ze can also exchange these silver for gold, and earn a lot more money.
440,000 taels of gold, this is already worth 9.9 billion.
This kind of money-making speed is really faster than sending out a large army to rob money.
Lin Ze counted the income every day, and his heart was beautiful. This kind of money-making speed is pleasing to the eye just by looking at it.
Making money happily, Lin Ze certainly did not forget about Luck.
He sent his personal soldiers as eyes and ears to visit various villages in the surrounding counties to check the use of fertilizer by the people.
The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty generally have low personal qualities when it comes to land-related matters.
It is possible that some village bullies will oppress their neighbors and seize the fertilizer purchased by others to profit themselves. Lin Ze sent personal soldiers as eyes and ears to prevent this from happening.
Facts have proved that Lin Ze's behavior is not superfluous, and he has really caught some landlords and gentry who do not know how to live or die.
Although most people are honest, there are always some who do not follow the rules.
Lin Ze did not show mercy in dealing with these people. He directly called the local government to whip them in public, and also collected high fines. Some of the more serious cases were arrested and educated in prison. If they commit the crime again next time, they will be killed on the spot, and the family's fertilizer purchase qualifications will be completely cancelled.
With this violent method suppressed, the atmosphere directly turned better in an instant.
February 15th, late at night.
Afterwards, Li Yunhua snuggled in Lin Ze's arms.
Sighed, "Husband, how long will you be gone this time?"
According to the planned schedule, Lin Ze would next go to North Sea Pass, and then make a trip to Fufeng County.
This journey of thousands of miles across the north and south, even if Lin Ze was a martial artist with a fast travel speed, it was estimated that he would be away from home for a not-so-short period of time.
They hadn't even spent the New Year together properly, and after only a few days, Lin Ze was about to leave again.
"Probably going to be out for more than half a month. We have a long future ahead of us. Be good and help me take care of the businesses in Fengping County."
Lin Ze stroked Li Yunhua's smooth hair, comforting her with a smile.
He still liked Li Yunhua very much. She was well-behaved, sensible, and a good helpmate, so he didn't have to worry about his affairs in Fengping County after he left.
"Husband, how about I help you take a concubine?"
After a moment of silence, Li Yunhua suddenly spoke.
"Why bring this up suddenly?"
Lin Ze asked strangely.
Generally speaking, wives would hope that their husbands could be devoted to them. Even in the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had a culture of having three wives and four concubines, if the husband did not actively take a concubine, it was generally only after the principal wife became old and unattractive and had no children that she would actively bring up the matter of taking a concubine.
But Li Yunhua had only been married to Lin Ze for a few months, and they were still in the honeymoon phase.
"It's a younger cousin from one of my uncles' families. She has been practicing martial arts since she was young, and now she has reached the age of marriage. Because she particularly admires your reputation for sweeping away the bandits in the Distant Moon Mountain Range and suppressing the Western Regions alone, she asked me to mediate."
"This younger cousin is the same age as me, has a beautiful appearance, and her physique is far superior to mine. She will definitely be good at bearing children."
Li Yunhua didn't say why she took the initiative to propose taking a concubine, but she said everything.
To put it bluntly, she was delicate and weak and unable to be plucked, so she pulled in a helper.
Although Lin Ze had recently found some martial arts suitable for women for Li Yunhua to practice, it would not be effective in a short time.
Don't look at Li Yunhua lying in Lin Ze's arms with a calm and relaxed expression right now, but not long ago, she could only whine.
"Then I thank the madam for her kindness."
Lin Ze certainly wouldn't refuse such a thing, and nodded in agreement.
The rest was left to Li Yunhua to handle.
Taking a concubine was nothing more than that. If she wasn't good-looking, he could return her; if her personality wasn't good, he could return her at any time. It wasn't a big deal.
The next day, Lin Ze went out alone, without any guards or maids.
Leaving the sight of everyone, Lin Ze first returned to the Golden Continent of the Main World.
A few days ago, he had placed an order in the name of Yulin City to purchase ten sets of Thermal Power Plant materials. In addition, he also bought many production lines for producing chemical fertilizers to prepare for increasing production in the Other World for a period of time. At this time, a small portion had arrived one after another.
Lin Ze began to use his Personal Space to slowly transport a portion of these things to a material warehouse built in a hidden place in the Other World.
After doing this, Lin Ze went to World No. 0 for a look.
The more than six hundred Gates to Heavens Mall reserve employees here had undergone considerable changes compared to before. Their spirit, energy, and essence had grown due to daily military training and literacy education.
Lin Ze called his adjutant and, in conjunction with the content of the surveillance video, began to review the recent training results of these people.
"It seems like everyone is very proactive and there are no troublemakers."
"Since their obedience is so high, then we can start teaching them martial arts next."
Lin Ze instructed.
The personal guard named Zhang He agreed. As Lin Ze's personal guards, they had also begun to learn martial arts. They weren't practicing any profound martial arts, but rather a set of ordinary, widely available martial arts that Xu Sheng had taken from the Bright Moon Pavilion's Sutra Depository.
However, it was enough to lay the foundation for these outsiders.
For the time being, the arsenal plan cannot be carried out, after all, the electricity supply in the base camp is not very sufficient.
Therefore, we will first train this first batch of employees in the direction of an army's combat power.
After dealing with these trivial matters, Lin Ze temporarily stayed in World No. 0. Besides occasionally watching everyone's training and learning, he spent the rest of his time practicing martial arts and exercising his Mental Power.
There was nothing fancy about the cultivation of Mental Power, it was simply a matter of constantly using and consuming mental energy, and then recovering.
The strength of Mental Power increased in this process. So far, Lin Ze had trained his Mental Power to exceed 500 jin, and it was still in a state of slight growth.
In terms of martial arts cultivation, Lin Ze had also made great progress.
After breaking through to the Essence Solidification realm, Lin Ze's physical strength and Inner Breath strength were already in a state of rapid growth, especially with the Aperture Opening Method, which allowed Lin Ze to specifically cultivate the acupoints all over his body, which greatly increased his power.
Now, three months had passed, and Lin Ze's Aperture Opening Method had come to an end, and he had opened up and cultivated all the acupoints in his body.
The cultivation of each acupoint would increase the upper limit of Inner Breath and develop the body's potential.
Not only did it cause the amount of Inner Breath to skyrocket nearly tenfold compared to before, but the strength of the flesh, bones, tendons, and internal organs throughout his body had also greatly increased, and his perception had become several levels more acute than before.
Next, what Lin Ze had to do was to use the Essence Solidification Nine Revolutions to cultivate the purity of his Inner Breath to the extreme, and comprehending the artistic conception would allow him to break through to the Spirit Accumulation realm in a logical manner.
At that time, even if Lin Ze didn't use his Mental Power and Within Reach Horizon Divine Power, he would still be a genuine Super-Class Expert in the entire Great Zhou Martial World.
However, for Lin Ze's overall combat power, his progress in martial arts had not played a qualitative role. It was only because his own spirit, energy, and essence had improved, which strengthened the duration of combat, allowing Lin Ze to persist longer in battles with Peerless Experts.
"Soon, it won't be long before I can save up 100,000 Luck again."
Lin Ze glanced at his Luck balance and calculated in his heart.
Then, seeing that the time was almost enough for him to travel from Fengping County to North Sea Pass, he opened the Gates to Heavens and came to North Sea Pass from World No. 0.
Next, the grassland ranch plan in cooperation with Ji Kan was about to begin.
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