Chapter 83: Even Mosquitoes Are Meat

While Green was not distressed, it did not mean that Zhao Hai was not. He could not help but be distressed, for he knew that once his level was high enough, the gold coins in the space could be taken out and used. Spending so much money now was like spending the money of the future. How could he not be distressed?

However, no matter what he said now was useless; he could only wait. He had to wait until the radishes were sold and he had money to proceed with the next plan.

Green also noticed Zhao Hai's unhappiness. He suddenly smiled and said, "Young Master, we rarely went into the forest to collect seeds of those plants when we were in a hurry. Why don't we go to the forest now and see if we can collect some useful seeds? If we can, we won't need to buy seeds, and the space can be upgraded."

Zhao Hai smiled bitterly. He did not have much hope. After all, the recorded history of the Ark Continent had already been tens of thousands of years. Although their agricultural development was not very good, it was not bad either. The crops they used now were almost all carefully selected. Take the rice bamboo, for example. Once its seeds were stored in the space, they immediately replaced rice. This meant that this rice bamboo was better than rice. Even so, the evaluation of this rice bamboo in the space was not high, let alone those wild plants growing in the wild. They might not be as useful as the crops.

However, for Zhao Hai now, even mosquitoes were meat. A little was better than nothing, so he nodded and said, "Alright, but this matter still needs you, Grandpa Green. Otherwise, I can have Zhao Qian help you?"

Green shook his head and said, "No need. I can do it myself. This way, when we collect seeds of other plants in the future, others won't find it strange. Perhaps even if they investigate the radishes we sell, we will have an excuse."

Zhao Hai had not thought of this. He nodded and said, "Alright, let's do it this way. But, Grandpa Green, you must be careful. Just look around the nearby mountains. Someone could poison us once, and they could do it again."

Green smiled and said, "Young Master, don't worry. I will be careful. I will take water and food with me, and everything will be prepared by myself, so there won't be any problems."

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Alright, but the water you take must be from the space. This way, even if someone tries to poison you, the space water can help for a while. And you must not go too far. Otherwise, send an undead creature to follow you. If anything happens, you can quickly return on the undead creature."

Green smiled and said, "That's not necessary. I think I can handle it myself."

Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "Alright, I'll have the alien follow you. The alien's internal space is not small. If you find something good, the alien can transport it back directly. Otherwise, with just the big bag you carry, you might not be able to carry much."

Green thought about it and nodded. "Alright, but can the alien listen to me?"

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "No problem. After the last upgrade, I found the alien to be much smarter. Apart from not being able to speak, I feel he is not much worse than an ordinary person. Don't worry."

Green nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go now."

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "No rush. Those things won't run away on the mountains. There's not much to do in the manor recently. We can only act after Lara returns. Rest a bit more in the manor."

Green smiled and did not object. As Zhao Hai said, this place, the Rocky Mountains, was still quite safe. Whether it was the Vanser family or other forces, few people were willing to provoke them. Zhao Hai's public identity was a black mage, and no one wanted to provoke a black mage.

Just then, Merlin and the others also came over. It was time for lunch, and they were there to call Zhao Hai and Green to eat.

Merlin saw that Green was already up and quickly asked, "How did it go? Did it work?"

Zhao Hai did not want her to worry and smiled bitterly. "It worked. Don't worry."

Green also understood Zhao Hai's meaning and did not say much. He just turned to Merlin and smiled. "I plan to go around the nearby mountains in the next few days to see if I can find other useful plants to help the Young Master's space upgrade two more levels. The space already has eighteen acres of land, and it will only increase in the future."

Merlin was very happy when she heard this. In their view, the more land, the more money they could earn, and the more prosperous the Buda family would become.

They did not know that the space could also be upgraded to open a ranch. Zhao Hai had not told them. He liked to announce things after they were accomplished.

After the meal, the people in the manor were still busy. The slaves, however, were very happy. In the space, they had nothing to do, and learning to read was a reward for them. This daily reward and no work made them feel like they were living the life of a noble.

Slaves were different from ordinary people. They had also been educated, but their education was different from that of ordinary people. Ordinary people received orthodox education, while slaves were different. Slaves like Chrysanthemum and An, who became slaves later in life, were better off. For those whose parents were slaves, from the moment they were born, they received complete slave education. In their education, the master was always right, their god, their everything. This slave education began when they were too young to understand, and its terrifying aspect was that it could brainwash a person, turning them into a slave from head to toe.

The reason the nobles and slave owners on the continent could achieve this was because of the large-scale slave rebellions in the past. Unfortunately, those slaves were suppressed.

Later, there were several more slave rebellions, all of which were suppressed. However, the nobles found that suppressing the slaves cost a lot of money. If they used that money to educate the slaves, making them slaves from a young age, it would cost less than suppressing the slaves. Thus, they naturally began to educate the slaves in slave education.

No civilization that had developed for tens of thousands of years was simple. These nobles, who had ruled the continent for tens of thousands of years, even though the oldest noble families had already perished, the ancient noble families on the continent had ruled for thousands of years. Here, a thousand-year-old noble family was considered young, and the truly great noble families had been around for tens of thousands of years.

These people could rule the continent for so long for a reason. If they did not have the means, how could they rule for so long?

For this reason, when these slaves were bought by Green, their hearts also belonged to the Buda family.

Chrysanthemum and An were different from those who had been slaves since childhood. They were originally commoners. Although the life of commoners on the continent was not good, it was vastly different from that of slaves. Most importantly, once a slave, always a slave, and once a slave, generation after generation.

For this reason, Zhao Hai's daily pampering of the slaves made them uncomfortable. So, now, when they did some work, they felt more at ease.

Zhao Hai knew this. He knew that changing the minds of these slaves was not something that could be done overnight. So, for now, he was teaching them to read and understand more principles.

Zhao Hai never thought he could change the entire world. Even if he had such thoughts, they would quickly disappear. He knew his capabilities. He was just an ordinary otaku. Although he had the farm as a cheat tool here, he did not have the ambition to change the world.

Especially when he learned that the history of this world was tens of thousands of years old, he dared not have such thoughts. For tens of thousands of years, this world was still in a slave society, which could not help but show the strength of the ruling class.

Now, he only wanted to live a good life. However, being born in New China, he was not used to ruling slaves, so he set up a reward system where if you worked hard, you could gain freedom.

The Black Earth Wasteland was his territory, and he treated it as his private property. However, at the same time, no one valued this property. In the eyes of the nobles on the continent, the Black Earth Wasteland was undoubtedly a stone, a stone with no use.

But Zhao Hai knew that once he improved the land in the Black Earth Wasteland, this ordinary stone would become a piece of jade, a treasure that everyone would fight over.

So, if he really wanted to protect this treasure, he needed strength. Although his current strength was not weak, it was not strong either. If he could open a ranch, then the monsters on the continent could all become his subordinates. At that time, no one would dare to provoke him.