Bai Jing keenly noticed this and looked at Song Xiaozhu as well.
Mu Qing briefly explained the whole story. Upon hearing about the Acidic Crawler, Bai Jing took a deep breath and finally said sincerely to Mu Qing, "Thank you."
Mu Qing shook his head. " Xiaozhu is very alert. Luckily, she knew to run towards the logging camp, otherwise no one would have been able to save her in time."
Bai Jing nodded. "She's always been quick-witted."
These words weren't sarcastic; rather, they had a hint of boasting, making Song Xiaozhu blink repeatedly.
Mu Qing smiled and asked, "What brings you to the logging camp, Master Bai?"
Bai Jing said seriously, "I want to send an urgent order."
Mu Qing hesitated for a moment, then said, "The quarantine zone needs a lot of timber lately, I'm afraid..."
Bai Jing shook his head and said, "I don't need timber."
Mu Qing was taken aback. "What is that?"
Besides timber, what else does a logging camp have that warrants an urgent order?
Bai Jing calmly replied, "Foxtail grass."
Mu Qing: "?"!
Chapter 39
As an eccentric old man who dislikes explaining himself, Bai Jing used his personality to his advantage at this moment.
Regardless of what others think, I'm going to send an urgent order to Foxtail Grass.
Mu Qing had to take the initiative to confirm. "Foxtail grass?"
Bai Jing decisively took out 400 yuan and said, "The sooner the better, one yuan per kilogram for buyback."
In the logging camp, neglected weeds were actually worth one yuan per kilogram...
Mu Qing wasn't from the Garbage Mountain, so he wouldn't be bothered by the 400 yuan, but he just couldn't understand...
" Master Bai..." Mu Qing finally asked, "What do you need this foxtail grass for?"
He vaguely knew that the seeds of this thing could be eaten if properly processed, but with that money he would rather just buy wild vegetable powder, which only cost two cents a pound.
Bai Jing didn't hide anything and bluntly said, "Pharmaceutical manufacturing."
Mu Qing was taken aback again.
"They've already been very kind of you to say all that," Bai Jing said, putting down the money. "I'll come pick up the goods this afternoon." He added, "You can keep your commission."
Mu Qing had a lot to say, but in the end, only one sentence remained. "... It's just a small matter, no commission is required."
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Liu Mu has been feeling quite frustrated these past few days.
He thought about it day and night, but he just couldn't understand why he, even if he wasn't as good as Tian Man, was far better than Luo Liuzi. How could he have missed such an opportunity?
Tian Man and Luo Liuzi were selling stone axes. These ordinary-looking things sold hundreds of them, and the two made a fortune.
The news spread among the lumberjacks that Tian Man and Luo Liuzi had found a batch of rare, high-quality lumber from the city. Although it was made of stone, the feel and efficiency of its felling was incredible.
They used to be lucky to cut down three large-diameter trees a day, but now they can cut down five. With these constant rush orders, they're making a killing.
Others might not know what was going on, but Liu Mu did.
Did Tian Man and Luo Liuzi find it?
It's clearly Master Bai's little apprentice!
I'm so angry!
Liu Mu grew angrier the more he thought about it.
Who would have thought that the girl, who was as thin as a twig, would have such abilities?
He didn't have any bad intentions for the time being; he just hated his bad luck, hated that Luo Liuzi was a fool with good fortune, and hated that Tian Man good fortune by choosing that fool Luo Liuzi to sell axes with him.
Isn't he ten times better than Luo Liuzi?
Tian Man
If we had teamed up with him, we would have sold... at least a thousand by now!
Actually, if Liu Mu were to humbly approach Tian Man and Luo Liuzi now, he might still be able to get on this train.
But he couldn't bring himself to do it; he couldn't bear the embarrassment.
The thought of Luo Liuzi mocking him made him feel nauseous and want to vomit.
Good heavens...
You're absolutely blind!
What angered Liu Mu even more was that he no longer had a team to handle urgent orders.
Tian Man and Luo Liuzi made a fortune with their axes, but he couldn't even get any urgent orders—trees that big couldn't be cut by one person alone, and the others already had teams. He asked several teams, but none of them wanted him.
Liu Mu strolled leisurely to the logging camp, listlessly chopping wood, when he unexpectedly spotted a new urgent order.
Foxtail grass?
One yuan per jin?
Liu Mu thought he was seeing things and rubbed his eyes hard several times.
You read that right, it's true.
There are actually people collecting foxtail grass!
Liu Mu straightened up.
What kind of small axe, big axe, trash axe...
He got a better order!
One yuan per pound...
He can harvest hundreds of kilograms a day by himself!
One day... one day...
A few hundred yuan?
Liu Mu hadn't even seen a single blade of grass yet, and he was already fantasizing about getting rich and reaching the pinnacle of life.
After the people next to him rushed out the door, Liu Mu cursed and quickly went out as well...
Foxtail grass... foxtail grass...
The foxtail grass never imagined it would end up like this.
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After delivering the urgent order, Song Xiaozhu didn't rush back to her shack. She had just made an iron axe and hadn't even tested its effectiveness yet.
Bai Jing wasn't in a hurry to go back. He lit a pipe, found a shady spot, sat down, and closed his eyes to rest.
He wasn't interested in axes or anything like that; he was just thinking that he'd get some foxtail grass by the afternoon. Rather than going back and waiting, he figured he might as well stay here and keep watch, since he didn't have much time anyway.
Qiu Shuyu was very interested, playing with the professional axe in her hands like a toy.
Song Xiaozhu made a total of five professional axes, the best of which had a 90% effectiveness rate, the worst still had a 60% effectiveness rate, and there was also one that added a 10% critical hit rate.
Song Xiaozhu was quite curious, wanting to know how useful the 90% bonus was, and also what the 10% critical hit bonus meant.
While it may not be necessary to give it to Mu Qing, understanding its specific effects will allow for better pricing later.
Song Xiaozhu had marked everything. She took out the iron axe marked with the number 9, weighed it in her hand, and found it wasn't too heavy, about the same weight as the stone axe. The overall construction was much more advanced, without any fancy features; it was simply clean and easy to use.