Lou Yu Shocks the Entire Team
On the same day, Lou Quan also unfolded the letter Tao Qiu had given him.
Unlike his gentle words to Lou Yu, the paper in Lou Quan's hand contained only a cold, hard line of text.
--I and my three children's legal human identity documents, in exchange for a worry-free food supply for the Yong'an Base in the future.
Chapter 84 Lou Yu Shocks the Entire Team
In order to plant wheat, Tao Qiu and the children harvested all the other crops ahead of schedule, so that they could clear out all the land to make use of it.
After harvesting the fruit and turning the soil, we rested for a day before starting to sow wheat seeds.
Because Tao Qiu has special abilities, the step of fertilizing is skipped. The main tasks are sowing seeds and covering them with soil. Recently, there has been a lot of autumn rain, so even watering has been omitted.
The kids were full of energy; they did most of the work, from sowing seeds to covering them with soil. In ancient times, they would definitely be skilled farmers.
After finishing their work, Tao Qiu and the boys washed off the mud and sat on the grass eating meat and flatbread.
Tao Qiu told the children that the pancakes in their hands were made of flour, and that the wheat they had just planted was the precursor to flour.
Eldest Cub: "Wheat grows? That's... flour?"
Tao Qiu shook her head. "Just like fruit juice is made by crushing fruit, wheat also needs to be ground to become flour."
The Second Cub was very curious. "I want to see how wheat is ground into flour."
"Sure, we should be at the Yong'an Base when we're processing this wheat. We'll have your father, Lou Yu, take you there."
The Third Cub said happily, "The flour made from the wheat that Dad grows will definitely taste better."
Eldest Cub: "We can make meat patties, egg pancakes, vegetable pancakes..."
Second Cub: "Anything else? Steamed buns and dumplings."
"Egg cake is also made of flour?" Third Cub added.
A cool breeze blew by, Tao Qiu took a sip of hot water. Listening to the children discussing how many ways there are to eat flour, she contentedly closed her eyes amidst their soft, childish voices.
An hour later, it was nap time. The kids, exhausted from the morning, slept soundly in their blankets. Tao Qiu came down to the bottom of the valley and, like watering a plant, spread his supernatural energy to every inch of the wheat-planted land.
Tao Qiu thought to herself, "Luckily, I planted wheat, not rice, otherwise it would have been even more troublesome."
If not, Tao Qiu wouldn't be willing to grow staple foods like rice and wheat just for their own consumption, in order to make a deal with the base.
Firstly, it's too tiring, and secondly, it's inconvenient to handle.
They could transform into bird form and eat unprocessed grains, but that would still be troublesome. Fruits and sweet potatoes would be more convenient and suitable for them.
However, this is only the first time he will personally plant them. After he goes to the base, there will be many more to plant, and the sowing and harvesting will be handled by professionals. He will only need to use his special ability.
It took Tao Qiu an entire afternoon to use up all her supernatural energy, and lush new shoots sprouted from the ground.
A light rain fell in the evening, which moisturized the seeds.
In the following days, Tao Qiu used his supernatural abilities to the point of exhaustion before stopping, while the wheat seedlings grew taller and taller, with the tips of the leaves reaching Tao Qiu's calves.
In the afternoon, just as the cubs were lying in bed getting sleepy, the soft whimpering of a fox came from outside the valley.
Once they were familiar with each other, Red Fox and his group were no longer afraid of disturbing Tao Qiu, so they stopped using scent to notify him and started shouting directly from outside.
Tao Qiu told the children to go to sleep first, and then transported all the crops meant for Red Fox and the others over there.
Upon seeing Tao Qiu, the Red Fox didn't even look at the crops; instead, it asked Tao Qiu why the humans hadn't arrived yet to collect the materials.
Tao Qiu said, "Chirp, chirp, chirp."
--Don't worry, you can take the crops with you. He'll come to collect the materials before winter. I'm not so kind as to give you so many crops for nothing.
The Red Fox breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, "Mmm..."
"That's good. He hasn't come for so long. The foxes were very worried."
After Red Fox and the others left with the crops, Tao Qiu returned to supply energy to the wheat, but also began to think about what would happen to his territory and the crops for the mutated monsters once he and the children went to the base.
Their ability to move into the base smoothly indicates that their identity issues have definitely been resolved, and those other factions within the base have probably been mostly eliminated as well.
Well, it shouldn't matter since he'll be coming and going from the base frequently.
He's practically friends with the mutated monsters around him; even if he doesn't live here often, they won't come and take his territory.
Should we plant the crops here? We can continue to supply the Green Python, and we can also eat them ourselves; let's treat it as our own vegetable garden.
If he's not busy, he might come back once a week? Twice? I doubt it. What kind of blind mutated monster would dare to come and steal?
When Lou Yu has free time, his family can come and stay for a few days, like a vacation. How comfortable!
Having made up her mind, Tao Qiu felt much more relaxed and began to use her special ability with even greater effort.
The wheat in the valley is growing well day by day, and at the Yong'an Base, the operation to eliminate several factions is also in full swing.
Lou Quan and Lou Yu's attacks weren't indiscriminate; given their continued business ties with the Lou Family, they couldn't afford to completely sever ties, so their attacks on the Lou Family weren't as fierce as those against the other families.
The other companies, despite having little to no vested interest in the Yong'an Base, have been secretly causing trouble. When Lou Quan was taken to the Central Base, they were so arrogant they were practically flying high.
If it weren't for the fact that the people at the base felt guilty towards Lou Quan and were afraid of driving Lou Yu away as well, and if they hadn't continued to be instigated to cause trouble and used as pawns, the base would have been in a terrible state recently.
Lou Quan had long disliked them, and this time he finally found a reason to take action.
After nearly a month of cleanup by Lou Yu and his team, most of the spies and undercover agents in various departments of the base were caught, and some forces hidden in the black market were also forced to be exposed to the light of day.
Lou Quan launched a sweeping purge, uprooting several factions and exposing their misdeeds, which won the support of the base's residents. He then ruthlessly kicked them all out of the Yong'an Base.
As for the Lou Family's faction, Lou Quan didn't go that far, but he still took the opportunity to sever many of their branches and roots, ensuring they couldn't become a significant force in the Yong'an Base.
Upon seeing this, the spies from the other families all assumed that the Lou Family, in collusion with Lou Quan, wanted to turn the Yong'an Base into a place where the Lou Family held absolute power, and they were so angry that they reported the situation to higher authorities.
The higher-ups were indeed quite dissatisfied, and several parties joined forces to subtly warn the Lou Family not to act too greedily.
The Lou Family believed that Lou Quan's current madness was retaliation for their capture and interrogation of him. They thought that the other families had insisted on getting involved and trying to seize power from Lou Quan.
They failed themselves, couldn't beat Lou Quan and were kicked out? And now they want to shift the blame onto the Lou Family? What a load of rubbish!
And so what if the Yong'an Base becomes a one-man show by the Lou Family? In recent years, not only the satellite base has wanted to become independent, but the Central Base and other entities have also been plotting to divide up the satellite base and rename it to their own.
The main figures of the Lou Family always believed that no matter how much they Lou Yu with Lou Quan and Lou Yu, it was still a family matter, and the Yong'an Base was ultimately decided by the Lou Family.
The other few wolves in sheep's clothing really think they're sheep? They dare to come and demand an explanation from us? Their skin is thicker than a city wall!
Anyway, they won't care about Lou Quan. The other families want to go back to the Yong'an Base, so they'll have to figure it out themselves.
The higher-ups were too busy arguing to care about those below, which ironically gave Lou Quan and his men a chance to relax and catch their breath.
Now, Lou Quan has made two deals with Tao Qiu. One is to deal with the remaining forces of several families in the base, giving Tao Qiu and her child a relatively safe living environment.
The other thing is to arrange a legal and legitimate human identity for him and the children, so that they can live openly and legally in the Yong'an Base for a long time.
The first aspect, Lou Quan, has been secured; the second aspect is more difficult to handle.
If Tao Qiu and the children only want to be ordinary residents of the Yong'an Base, then the entire base is under Lou Quan's control; it would be easy for him to easily obtain an identity for them.
But the reality is, once they arrive, they will definitely reveal their relationship with Lou Yu. If Lou Yu suddenly has a husband and three children, it would be strange if those old fogies in the Lou Family didn't let them investigate.
Tao Qiu and the children's prior life experiences in human society are completely blank, making it easy to find problems upon investigation. Falsifying their life records would be a massive undertaking.
In any case, Tao Qiu and her child cannot be from the Yong'an Base or the Central Base; otherwise, an investigation would easily uncover their true identities.
After considering it for several days, Lou Quan finally decided to cooperate with his old ally Yongkang Base.
The commander-in-chief of the Yongkang Base is not from any of the major families in the Central Base. He is a commoner who has worked hard for decades to reach his current position. Therefore, the influence of the major families is basically unable to penetrate the Yongkang Base.
In addition, the Yongkang Base has an independent military factory, which is not very large, but sufficient for its own use.
Therefore, the Central Base has very little control over the Yongkang Base; currently, the most important aspect is reagent technology.
Overall, the Yongkang Base is the most independent of the several satellite bases, and it is also the best partner that Lou Quan can choose.
After making his decision, Lou Quan sent a secret telegram to the commander-in-chief of the Yongkang Base.
--I have some research data on Awakening Reagent here, would you like it?
Several satellite bases are secretly figuring out how to develop the reagent; this isn't exactly a secret. Besides, Lou Quan only said he had the data, not that he had already developed it.
They replied very quickly.
--condition.
Lou Quan needed him to fabricate a flawless identity for Tao Qiu and her three children, with their household registration in the Yongkang Base, which had to withstand scrutiny.
The other side agreed, saying they could do it. Lou Quan first sent over one-third of the data. After the researchers at the Yongkang Base confirmed that everything was correct, the two sides began the transaction.