bestfiction Chapter 445 Xiao Yu: I am a boss with a conscience!
Chapter 445 Xiao Yu: I am a boss with a conscience!
"The city lord has been incredibly kind to us, and you're not working properly? Instead, you're complaining!" In the salt factory, the factory manager gave a stern lecture, his face full of disappointment and frustration.
"Alright." Just then, a gentle voice rang out.
Xiao Yu brought Honglian to the salt factory.
His gaze swept over the dozens of workers at the salt factory, all of whom had dry, withered skin on their hands.
Despite being only in his twenties or thirties, his hands have become like those of an elderly person, like withered tree bark.
Even more seriously, some people with sensitive skin experienced slight redness and swelling on both hands.
With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yu unleashed a burst of emerald light, instantly restoring the workers to their original state.
"Ah, this feels so good, I'm not itchy anymore?"
"Yes! The city lord healed us!"
"Thank you, Lord City Lord!"
The workers were overjoyed to find that the discomfort in their hands had disappeared.
When they first joined the salt factory, they didn't feel anything special.
However, over time, people with sensitive skin may experience some discomfort.
The situation would have been much worse if it weren't for the glowing lights at night.
"Yes, thank you all for your hard work these past few days. I will make it up to you later."
Xiao Yu smiled gently, glancing at the workers who were still carrying salt ore by hand, and promised, "Just a few more days, and you won't have to touch the salt ore with your bare hands anymore."
He has decided to get the workers at the salt plant using rubber gloves as soon as possible.
Not to mention that touching such chemicals with bare hands can cause significant damage to the skin.
Even from a hygiene perspective, Xiao Yu felt very awkward.
After all... a lot of salt from the mines was sent to the city lord's mansion for him to eat.
"Yes! Thank you for your understanding, Lord City Lord!"
"Lord City Lord! Thank you so much!"
"Rest assured, Lord City Lord! We will definitely work hard!"
Everyone was overjoyed and immediately bowed to express their gratitude.
Xiao Yu and the red-haired girl exchanged a glance, smiled wryly, and sighed, "It seems we need to manufacture the rubber gloves as soon as possible."
After leaving the saltworks, the two also visited the paper mill and garment factory.
To meet the production deadline, each of these workshops has 50-100 workers.
Xiao Yu discovered that, apart from the fact that everyone at the salt factory was touching the salt mine with their bare hands, it was very bad for their skin.
The people in the paper mill also deal with chemicals and need gloves.
Or, to put it another way, all workers should wear gloves, which is both clean and hygienic.
Otherwise, over time, these people will develop occupational diseases.
This is not what Xiao Yu wants to see; he wants these workers to do the work for him.
But at the same time, everyone is also his people, and he has an obligation to protect them.
Only when everyone truly serves him and works for him can Longcheng truly develop and grow stronger.
He's a conscientious boss; he has to take everyone's feelings into consideration.
"However...different workers use different gloves, so we need to design several types of gloves."
Thinking of this, Xiao Yu immediately drew up a design and asked the garment factory to rush to produce a batch of coarse cloth gloves.
After leaving the workshop area, Xiao Yu went to the breeding area and the planting area in turn.
There are now tens of thousands of silkworms, which naturally produce a lot of silk every day.
There are also three-colored chickens, more than a hundred in total, most of which are of the third or fourth tier.
These tricolor chickens lay dozens of eggs every day.
Some of the food was prepared in the food hall, and some was delivered to the Hall of Merit and the staff canteen.
They are fed corn stalks or the roots and stems of plants such as cabbage.
These things are plentiful in Longcheng, inexhaustible, and can never be eaten up.
"How's the sorghum planting going?" Xiao Yu asked, looking around the new farmland in the planting area.
After the Earth Dragon Turtle evolved again, there are still many empty spaces in Dragon City.
Although the night the glowing tree evolved, it also spurred the growth of hundreds of thousands of fresh vegetable seeds.
However, these vegetables still only occupy less than one-third of Longcheng's arable land.
Therefore, Xiao Yu set aside a separate plot of land to grow sorghum.
Moreover, he recently remembered that sorghum can not only be used to brew wine, but also to make vinegar.
To know,
In this wasteland, the essential ingredients for eating—oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar—are mostly just oil and salt. The processes for making soy sauce and vinegar are so complex that they have long been lost, and nobody knows them anymore.
Now, even if Xiao Yu still remembers how to make it, he simply can't find the raw materials.
However, Xiao Yu still vaguely remembered the process of brewing sorghum wine.
"Reporting to the City Lord!" A woman in her thirties bowed and greeted him.
Xiaoyu is now a true high-ranking official in Dragon City, second only to the red-haired girl in status.
Therefore, he has long since ceased to be in charge of specific affairs in Longcheng.
The person in charge of the planting area has naturally changed.
"The soil here is severely sandy, and it doesn't seem to be very effective for planting crops," the lady said with a wry smile, pointing to the somewhat withered sorghum field.
Upon hearing this, both Xiao Yu and Hong Lian looked towards the sorghum field.
These sorghum plants, which appear to be tall and lush, have thin stems and somewhat shriveled grains.
Clearly, this is caused by malnutrition.
"Is it because this soil comes from the desert?" Honglian asked疑惑地.
In the past, she wouldn't have understood any of this.
Different crops require different growing environments and conditions.
“Yes.” Xiao Yu nodded, frowning in thought.
Previously, when the Earth Dragon Turtle evolved, Dragon City had not yet left the desert where the Ruins City was located.
Therefore, Xiao Yu directly ordered the Earth Dragon Turtle to transport a large amount of soil up on the spot.
But now, it's clear that these soils are severely sandy, and the soil nutrients have been severely lost.
"I'll figure out a way to address the soil nutrient issue," Xiao Yu said to the person in charge after a moment's thought. Then, he turned to the red-haired girl and said, "Notify Chenlong to come to the City Lord's Mansion before he goes out hunting this afternoon."
“Okay.” Honglian nodded immediately and used her bracelet to send a telepathic message to Chenlong.
"Lord City Lord! Deputy City Lord Honglian!"
A moment later, upon seeing Xiao Yu and the other person in the orchard, the plant girl quickly bowed in greeting.
"Well, how have you been lately? Do you like this job?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.
He glanced around the orchard, his face full of satisfaction.
Previously, in the city of ruins, I wanted to open a fruit shop.
Xiao Yu picked all the fruit in the orchard.
But now, thanks to the life-giving light cast by the glowing trees during their evolution, the orchard is once again laden with fruit, and many new saplings have also grown to over two meters tall that very night.
It's estimated that after a few more visits to the glow-in-the-dark zone, these fruit trees will also begin to flower and bear fruit.
However, the plant girl alone can guard such a large orchard.
This made Xiao Yu feel even more strongly that saving the girl back then was a very wise decision.
It just goes to show that good deeds are rewarded!
When you do a lot of good deeds, everything goes smoothly.
"Thank you, Lord City Lord, I really enjoy this job!" Aqing bowed again in gratitude.
Her talent is plant-based, so her combat ability is generally average.
It can only exert its power when it is in a place full of plants.