[Item: Galena Ore]
[Item Description: A metal sulfide, the most important lead-containing mineral. It is simple to smelt and widely distributed. Besides lead, galena often contains small amounts of silver, zinc, copper, cadmium, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, etc.]
[Appraisal: 10 Yuan]
Jiang Ye was slightly disappointed. It was so cheap, only ten yuan for a piece of ore.
But he still decided to open this mine.
The reason was simple: the reserves were too large!
The ore visible to the naked eye had already piled up into a small hill!
It barely required digging; one only needed to bend down and pick it up continuously.
It felt like ten-yuan bills were scattered everywhere, thousands upon thousands of them. Would you pick them up or not?
Jiang Ye dragged his pot out of the base and bent down to pick up the galena ore on the ground.
In less than a minute, he had a pot full.
He carried it back to the base, poured it into the trading bay with a clatter, and immediately sold it.
[Sale Successful! 360 Yuan has been transferred to your personal account!]
Jiang Ye was quite pleased. Earning 36 grilled sausages in a minute was not a bad speed.
Carrying the pot out, he continued to pick up ore.
This exposed galena hill was larger than he had imagined, with piles of ore that were very easy to pick up.
The only drawback was that it was too dirty; his hands quickly became covered in lead dust.
Jiang Ye worked tirelessly, picking a pot full and returning to sell it. After selling, he went out to pick again, repeating the process for two and a half hours.
In total, he sold 45,000 yuan, and his personal assets increased to 835,867 yuan.
At this pace, he could upgrade to a Level Six base in about two to three days.
Jiang Ye felt it was a bit slow and wanted to speed things up. So, he bought another physical enhancement injection and administered it to himself.
The effect of the previous injection had not yet worn off, and he wanted to see what would happen if he took another, whether he would gain double the stamina.
But unfortunately, after taking the physical enhancement injection this time, he didn't feel any strong effects.
It seemed the effects couldn't stack, only extend the duration.
He settled down to work at a steady pace.
Jiang Ye continued to pick up ore, selling pot after pot of galena.
He kept picking until sunset, and his personal assets settled at 863,300 yuan.
Jiang Ye drove his car back along the original route to the lake.
From a distance, he could see the three plantations.
After growing all afternoon, all the crops had borne fruit.
But differences could still be distinguished.
The first plantation was left with only bare plant stalks, their leaves and fruits having fallen to the ground.
In the second plantation, the plants had withered, but the fruits and leaves were still attached.
In the third plantation, the fruits had just ripened, and the leaves were still green.
Night was falling, and he dared not linger outside for too long. Therefore, Jiang Ye only drove around once, observing the types of crops in the three plantations.
Corn was the most abundant, occupying almost half the area.
The second most abundant was surprisingly tomatoes, not cherry tomatoes, but fist-sized ones, shining a bright red.
Jiang Ye quite liked tomatoes; they were highly nutritious and could be eaten as vegetables or fruits.
The third most abundant was peanuts. Jiang Ye didn't recognize peanuts originally, but the peanuts cultivated by the magical seeds had clearly mutated. Many roots extended from the soil, dangling the tender yellow peanut shells.
These were also good things. Peanuts could be eaten, and the shells could be used for firewood. One must know that Jiang Ye planted these crops not only for their fruits but also for the important reason of accumulating firewood.
The quantities of other crops were relatively small, including apples, oranges, broccoli, and eggplants. The most surprising was watermelons, which were not very large, about the size of a person's head.
Jiang Ye couldn't resist picking a watermelon and carrying it back to the base.
Then, he picked up his samurai sword and pressed down on the melon with his hand.
With a fierce expression, he asked:
"Melon, are you ripe? Speak! I ask you, are you ripe!"
He suddenly plunged the sword into the melon, his action akin to stabbing a person.
Jiang Ye chuckled. Having lived alone for too long, he occasionally started talking to himself and entertaining himself, showing signs of developing a mental illness.
He cut open the melon. The flesh was plump, bright red, and juicy, emitting the sweet fragrance of watermelon.
Jiang Ye made several more cuts, slicing the melon into pieces, and began to eat them.
The taste was acceptable. After all, it was a fast-growing melon, not as sweet as those from Earth, but it was indeed satisfying to eat.
Jiang Ye had a surprisingly large appetite and ate more than half the melon in one go.
Content, he went to bed.
When the sun rose the next day, Jiang Ye was already out in the fields working.
He started by harvesting the tomatoes.
As soon as he began harvesting, he felt a pang of heartache.
The tomatoes were overripe. When they fell from the branches to the ground, many of them split.
Once these crops cracked, they would spoil quickly.
Most of the tomatoes in the field had already begun to rot and emit a foul odor.
Only the slightly smaller tomatoes that fell to the ground without splitting remained intact. Jiang Ye harvested only this portion.
After half an hour of work, he had brought all the good tomatoes back to the base, a total of 200.
The rotten tomatoes numbered as many as 1000!
Jiang Ye placed the tomatoes into the trading bay for scanning.
[Item: Tomato]
[Item Description: Safe genetically modified tomato, containing antifreeze, drought-resistant, and insect-resistant genes. Extremely high nutritional content and quite good taste.]
[Appraisal: 30 Yuan]
Thirty yuan per tomato meant that thirty thousand yuan worth of produce had rotted in the field!
Jiang Ye immediately ate two raw tomatoes to calm himself down. He was truly heartbroken; he should have stayed up late last night to rush the harvest. He had truly not expected them to rot so much overnight.
It seemed that crops grown from magical seeds grew fast and spoiled fast. The potatoes he planted last time had also sprouted overnight.
The rest were basically fine, maintaining a plump and fresh state.
Jiang Ye spent a full six hours, from dawn until noon, finally finishing the harvest of all crops.
He had been keeping count of the quantities during the harvest, and the final total collected was:
28 watermelons
260 broccoli plants
590 eggplants
700 apples
300 oranges
1200 corn ears
The peanuts were not counted, but they were piled up into a small mountain half a meter high.
It was a complete bumper harvest!
There were so many fruits that the base could not hold them all, so they had to be piled up next to the plantations, forming small mountains!
Jiang Ye's face was full of smiles. This time, he truly wouldn't starve to death.
He immediately felt the satisfaction of being a landlord with a surplus of grain.
Of course, he couldn't eat all of this, and leaving it there would be a waste.
It would be better to take it out and help the poor.
Of course, charging a small amount of money was also reasonable.