Jiang Ye: My old base, just the toilets and warehouses were worth millions! It took a lot of effort to build. If you really want to rent it, I'll give you a discount of two thousand yuan, forty-eight thousand a month, okay?
The other side clearly hesitated, and it took a long time to reply.
Real Estate Agent: Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm really a bit tight on cash. How about forty-seven thousand a month? I'll take good care of the place and won't ruin your house.
Jiang Ye showed a sly smile. This bargaining skill was too low; he couldn't handle it already?
Jiang Ye: Deal! You give me a deposit of twenty-three thousand first.
After waiting for ten seconds, a transfer message popped up. The real estate agent had indeed transferred twenty-three thousand yuan.
Jiang Ye's personal assets rose to 2,108,000 yuan.
Jiang Ye: The location of that base is at (1184, 0673). Can you get there?
Real Estate Agent: Oh! It's a bit far, but I can make it. It will probably take me three days to get there, and if there are delays on the road, maybe longer. Thank you, sorry to trouble you.
Jiang Ye: Alright, then let me know when you arrive. The rental period will start from the second day after you settle in.
Real Estate Agent: Okay, landlord, thank you, thank you.
Jiang Ye: I'm curious about something. Why is your ID "Real Estate Agent"? Are you planning to flip houses, or did you used to be a real estate agent?
Real Estate Agent: What are you talking about? My name is literally Real Estate Agent. My surname is Real Estate, and my given name is Agent.
Jiang Ye was completely stunned by this statement.
He stared at the screen, his mind reeling.
Jiang Ye: My apologies, I've never heard of the surname Real Estate. It's a bit unusual, please don't mind me.
Real Estate Agent: Do you know about the Yamato people? Our nation has over a hundred thousand surnames; it's normal that you haven't heard of it. Also, I'm actually a woman.
Jiang Ye was stunned again.
The other party was a Japanese girl?
No wonder she was so polite.
And that name was truly bizarre, Real Estate as a surname was one thing, but then to choose Agent as a given name.
Closing the chat interface, Jiang Ye focused on eating.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the passive income started rolling in.
Cao County Citizen: I have the money from the chicken farmers, plantation workers, and cannery workers. Your share is 368,000 yuan. Please check your account.
Jiang Ye looked at his personal account, which had now increased to 2,476,000 yuan.
Jiang Ye: Received. Are you feeling better?
Cao County Citizen: Slightly better, but my head is still very dizzy. I need to rest for a couple of days.
Jiang Ye: Drink more hot water.
Just two minutes later, another familiar contact sent a private message.
Long-Legged Teppai: The chickens are laying eggs. I'm transferring today's earnings to you, 3800 yuan.
The account balance increased slightly to 2,479,800 yuan.
Jiang Ye: Are you feeling better?
Long-Legged Teppai: I'm almost recovered, just still a bit weak.
Jiang Ye: Drink more hot water. By the way, are you tired from raising those 20 chickens?
Long-Legged Teppai: Not tired at all, it's very relaxing. I just sit by the chicken coop and play with the hens.
Jiang Ye: Then how about I give you some more livestock to raise? We'll split the profits as agreed before. Are you willing?
Long-Legged Teppai: Yes, yes! What should I raise?
Jiang Ye: Just a moment.
Closing the chat interface, he opened the "Livestock Assistant."
Jiang Ye browsed through it, looking for livestock he could entrust to Long-Legged Teppai.
Chickens were too unoriginal; he wanted something different.
Cattle and sheep were out of the question; they were too large and difficult to manage.
Finally, Jiang Ye's gaze landed on "Ducks."
Ducks seemed promising. They were about the same size as chickens, could lay eggs, and could also be eaten. Roast duck, braised duck, salted duck, steamed duck, soy sauce duck, old duck soup...
That's it!
Jiang Ye opened the chat channel: How about raising ducks? Do you like them?
Long-Legged Teppai: Quack! (Good duck!)
Jiang Ye immediately got to work.
He opened the Livestock Assistant and first purchased four duck coops, costing a total of forty thousand.
Each duck coop could accommodate 20 ducks, so four coops meant 80 ducks. That was by no means a small scale. If raised well, they could probably earn a good amount of money per day.
For anyone else, Jiang Ye would definitely not give them so many ducks; he couldn't let them become too powerful.
But Long-Legged Teppai was an old acquaintance, and her character was decent. She didn't seem like a treacherous or cunning person. Therefore, Jiang Ye felt confident in letting her expand her breeding scale.
He first placed all the duck coops into the trading bay and teleported them over.
Long-Legged Teppai: Oh! So many!
Jiang Ye: Assemble them first, and then I'll give you the ducks.
Long-Legged Teppai: Alright, Boss Jiang, I'll get started right away.
While waiting for her to build the duck coops, Jiang Ye wasn't idle.
He browsed the Livestock Assistant, reading information related to raising ducks.
Indeed, raising ducks was quite complex. It wasn't just a matter of feeding them feed; there were also things like spraying disease prevention solutions, anti-diarrhea medication, maintaining proper density, and preventing mosquitoes and other insects.
Jiang Ye didn't read too deeply. He copied anything useful and pasted it all to Long-Legged Teppai.
Half an hour later, a private message arrived.
Long-Legged Teppai: The duck coops are all assembled and placed behind the windbreak rocks.
Jiang Ye immediately began buying ducks.
He bought seventy female ducks and ten male ducks.
The price for both males and females was the same, one hundred yuan each, quite cheap. It cost a total of 8,000 yuan.
The trading bay flashed, and a large group of quacking ducks appeared. Their feet and wings were tied with thin string, rendering them immobile, only able to stretch their beaks and quack.
The noise was quite deafening; Jiang Ye felt like there were ten thousand "quacks" in his ears.
He quickly teleported the ducks to Long-Legged Teppai, and the base vehicle suddenly fell silent.
For a long time, there was no message from the other side.
She was probably overwhelmed by the sheer number of ducks and busy putting them into the coops.
Jiang Ye then bought a large batch of feed, medicine, and other consumables, and teleported them over as well.
His personal assets were now down to 2,411,800 yuan.
He waited and waited, and finally, a private message arrived.
Long-Legged Teppai: Done! So tired! The ducks have started eating!
Jiang Ye: Alright, raise them slowly. Also, leave one duck egg for me every day. I'll have it as a side dish with my meals.
Long-Legged Teppai: Should I cook it for you?
Jiang Ye thought about it, and that would be fine, saving him the trouble. So he replied with an affirmative.
Drowsiness crept in, and he went to bed.
Although he hadn't set an alarm, Jiang Ye woke up precisely at five in the morning.
While contemplating what to have for breakfast, he suddenly remembered the pot of sardines left on the boat.
He put on his clothes, went out, boarded the boat, and found the pot in the cabin. He had scooped half a pot of seawater and thrown the fish in at that time.
He lifted the lid.
The sardines lay listlessly at the bottom of the pot.
No way, are they dead? Jiang Ye shook the pot.
He didn't want to eat dead fish.
The sardines were quite spirited; when the pot was shaken, they all twitched slightly. It seemed they had a sliver of life left.
"Alright, hold on, little fish! Hang in there! I'll get the stove going!" Jiang Ye rejoiced.