Chapter 6

Low profile, definitely low profile!

Zhao Hai, who had read countless穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" which translates to "穿越" in English, but in this context it means "time-travel" or "穿越" novels), was very clear that if you don't keep a low profile in a different world, you won't have a good outcome. Zhao Hai believed that novels were just fantasies, and the reason the protagonists could command the elements in the other world was entirely due to the author's favor. If a person were to act so arrogantly in a completely unfamiliar environment, the consequences would certainly be fatal.

And now, Zhao Hai's identity was the last heir of the Buda family, and they had offended the largest power in the current Aksum Empire. In such a situation, if he didn't keep a low profile, he would be the first to die.

Although he now had a spatial farm to hide in, there were too many ways to kill a person. Zhao Hai didn't want to lose his head in his sleep.

While Zhao Hai was thinking about these things, there was a sudden knock on the door. Zhao Hai was taken aback but quickly said, "Come in."

Megg pushed the door open, lowered her head, and bowed to Zhao Hai, saying, "Young Master." Then she said nothing more.

Seeing Megg's demeanor, Zhao Hai smiled bitterly. The reason Megg wouldn't look up at him was because Adam had once tried to molest her because she was pretty, but he didn't succeed. Since then, Megg had always avoided Adam, and even when they met, she would just lower her head, call him "Young Master," and turn to leave.

Zhao Hai sighed. This was all the trouble Adam had caused, but he had to bear the consequences. Oh, what a curse.

Looking at Megg, Zhao Hai sighed again and said, "I have nothing to do. You can go rest. I'm going to sleep a bit more. Come and wake me up for dinner."

Megg responded and turned to leave, gently closing the door behind her. Seeing Megg avoid him like she was running away, Zhao Hai smiled bitterly again.

Now that his body was completely recovered and he felt no discomfort, he said he wanted to rest to organize Adam's memories and see if there was anything he didn't know. With the spatial farm he now had, it would greatly help his future development. He needed to think about how to better utilize this spatial farm.

Currently, his spatial farm was growing radishes. If he sold these radishes back to the farm, he could get at least 500 gold coins, meaning he could make a profit of 350 gold coins.

He could also take these radishes out of the warehouse and have Green sell them to other places on the Ark Continent, which might earn him more gold coins.

However, the most important thing was that he didn't know if there were radishes on the Ark Continent. Adam was a wastrel and never bought vegetables. He usually ate better dishes or ready-made meals and never asked what ingredients were used, so he didn't know if there were radishes on this continent.

If he couldn't sell the radishes outside, he would still need to deal with them. Radishes are valuable, and the system only needed the radishes themselves, not the leaves. The radish leaves were actually very tasty and could be made into a delicious dish with simple pickling.

Zhao Hai, who lived in northern China, clearly remembered that when he was young, his mother often made pickled radish leaves, which tasted very good.

Moreover, radish leaves could be used as feed for herbivorous animals. If this world didn't have radishes, they could sell the radishes and keep the leaves to feed herbivorous monsters. In Adam's memories, some monsters were easy to raise and would eat anything. They could raise these monsters in large numbers, ensuring they wouldn't lack meat and could even establish a ranch, which would naturally bring in more income.

Even if this world had radishes and they were cheap, he could still sell the radishes to the spatial store and keep the leaves. No matter what, he couldn't waste anything.

Currently, because his level was not high enough, Zhao Hai couldn't open a ranch in the spatial farm, but he could start a ranch on the Ark Continent first. Once the spatial farm was upgraded, he could open the spatial ranch and raise some Earth animals.

Zhao Hai had already decided that his future development would focus on farming. Since the spatial farm lacked offensive capabilities, farming was the most suitable for him.

Now he had a large fief, a mountain, a dead land, and a corpse swamp, all of which were his fief. However, it would take a lot of time to make these places useful.

Zhao Hai hoped that the water and soil in the spatial farm could really change the black soil wasteland. If so, he would have a large area of arable land. No matter what, land was the foundation.

The issue of manpower never worried Zhao Hai because he knew that this world had something that Earth didn't: slaves.

On Earth, there were no slaves, but here, as long as you had money, you could buy many slaves. The lives of these slaves were entirely in your hands, and they were absolutely loyal and wouldn't run away because each slave was branded with the family's special mark. If they were found to have run away without their master, the consequences would be severe.

So as long as his farm could make money, he wouldn't have to worry about manpower. There were plenty of slaves on the continent, and even if they weren't originally slaves, as long as someone needed them and could offer a suitable price, the nobles could turn countless people into slaves.

The nobles owned everything, and that was how this world worked.

However, with Zhao Hai's current status, if he suddenly bought a large number of slaves, it would attract the attention of those with ulterior motives. Therefore, he had to keep a low profile. Low profile was his guiding principle, and farming was his main direction of development.

After thinking this through, Zhao Hai let out a long breath and slowly lay down on the bed. He still felt like he was in a dream. He was just an ordinary otaku on Earth who liked to read time-travel novels, but that didn't mean he wanted to time-travel. Who would have thought that such a thing would actually happen to him?

Oh, taking an otaku away from his computer is like turning a pervert into a eunuch. This was too cruel.

Zhao Hai sighed deeply, threw himself onto the bed, and looked at the stone ceiling, sighing again. In this place, there were no entertainment facilities, and he wondered how he could live each day without his novels. This was truly a nightmare.

Perhaps because he had just received too many memories and the unexpected joy of the spatial farm, Zhao Hai's nerves were very excited for a while. Now that the excitement had passed, a wave of fatigue washed over him, and he fell into a deep sleep.

What Zhao Hai didn't realize was that as soon as he fell asleep, his door was pushed open. Megg peeked in and, seeing Zhao Hai lying on the bed asleep, quietly walked in, picked up the blanket, and covered him. Then she stood by the bed, looking at Zhao Hai and sighed, muttering, "Young Master, you must be strong. The Buda family depends on you."

After saying this, she turned and left, gently closing the door behind her.

As Megg came out of Zhao Hai's room, Green walked over and asked, "Megg, how is the Young Master? What is he doing?"

Megg replied, "Nothing much, he's sleeping."

Green nodded and said, "Go see how your grandmother is preparing dinner. Come and wake the Young Master when it's ready. Sigh, since we're in this place, we can only put aside the noble etiquette for now." He shook his head and walked back.

Megg looked at her grandfather. She understood his feelings very well. Her grandfather had devoted his life to the Buda family, but he never expected to see it fall apart right before his eyes. How could Green feel good about it?

Megg followed Green to the kitchen. Although there was only one cook, Melin, she was only responsible for their meals. The slaves outside had to take care of themselves. Green had already provided them with food, and they would prepare their own meals.

Megg agreed with Green's approach. The slaves were already pitiful, and here they were treated well. Although the food wasn't great, they could at least eat their fill. If it were other nobles, they wouldn't even let the slaves eat.

Megg was also very clear that the Buda family now relied entirely on her grandfather. Adam, the young master, knew nothing. She only hoped that Adam would become more sensible and not cause more trouble. Otherwise, the Buda family would have no hope.

Even if Adam became sensible, he would still have a lot to learn. He was a typical wastrel with no skills, and he had no experience in managing a family. If he became sensible and willing to learn, it would be one thing, but if he still refused to learn and gave random orders, they wouldn't last long in their current situation.

Although the Buda family wasn't very wealthy, they were still a noble family. Although they had been punished this time, they hadn't been stripped of their assets, so the family still had a considerable amount of money, about 100,000 gold coins in total.

However, most of this money had already been exchanged for various supplies, leaving only about 100 gold coins. If the Buda family continued to spend as they did before, they would starve to death.

Now, Adam's behavior would determine the survival of the Buda family.