Chapter Ten

“How’s it going?” After Baisheng Agricultural Trade left, Liu Wensheng looked at the empty warehouse and asked seriously.

“Success.” Qin Yun shared the system interface.

“Passed…”

Liu Wensheng breathed a long sigh of relief. Since deciding on the [Harvest-Sell] plan, Longxia had registered a farm company. The agricultural trade company was compliant and legal, but the [farm planting—state purchase] was a kind of BUG. Now that the bug had been passed, it meant future missions would have a reference template.

Liu Wensheng returned to the office to report progress, while Qin Yun left the warehouse.

Outside the warehouse, Zhao Zhishun was pacing nervously. When he saw Qin Yun, he hurried over: “Secretary Qin…” After spending time together, he had learned about the Farm System. He wanted to ask about the mission, but given his position, he was afraid of touching on state secrets.

“The progress is going very smoothly,” Qin Yun said with a smile, seeing Zhao’s concerns.

“That’s good!” Zhao Zhishun was very excited.

That evening, Zhao Zhishun cooked seven dishes of farmhouse stir-fry. After the tense harvesting period, even the farm soldiers felt relaxed.

Early the next morning, Qin Yun opened the system interface.

Host Name: Qin Yun.

Current Mission: None.

System Inventory: Basic Irrigation Machine X1.

System Points: 19,000.

…

The Basic Irrigation Machine was a cherry-pink hose irrigation device. The irrigation icon was simple and elegant. Qin Yun asked Liu Wensheng and clicked [Use].

【Oops! The farm irrigation machine requires a perfect farm water source. Current irrigation machine use conditions not met. Please purchase a farm water source first! Current mission: Purchase Farm Growth Spring. Mission Reward: Unlock irrigation machine permission.】

At the moment Qin Yun clicked [Use], the System Task updated again.

“What’s wrong?” Liu Wensheng noticed Qin Yun’s expression change.

Qin Yun shared the interface again. Now a [Use Condition Not Met] icon appeared next to [Basic Irrigation Machine]. After carefully reviewing it, they turned to the system store.

The system store had refreshed the icon for [Growth Spring].

Farm Growth Spring: An infinite recycling water source, limited to use on farms and farm areas. Discount points: 5 million.

Qin Yun and Liu Wensheng: …

“Five million for this?” Liu Wensheng frowned. With point redemption now open, land extra purchase cost was 1,000 points per mu, seed cost 1,000 points per mu, harvest 4,500, net profit 2,500 points. To get 5 million points, you’d have to cycle at least 2,000 mu of wheat.

“What a nested trap…” Liu Wensheng complained. The [Basic Irrigation Machine] was a mission reward from selling wheat, but now you had to complete the Growth Spring mission to use it… it was as good as useless.

“Exactly,” Qin Yun also complained. In his previous life, he had barely managed a thousand mu of land in a year, but now the third mission required 2,000 mu of wheat… a huge gap.

Despite the sighs, Liu Wensheng sent the System Task to the Longxia Team that afternoon.

The farm only had three mu of land. System store prices—

Primary Land: 1,000 points per mu.

Primary Wheat Seed: 1,000 points per mu.

Intermediate Wheat Seed: 2,000 points per mu.

…

After careful calculations, the Longxia Team planned to use System Points to buy eight mu of land, then plant, earn the margin, expand land, and continue planting…

Qin Yun received the plan and directly bought eight mu of land, plus eleven mu of seeds.

Current farm details—

System land: 11 mu.

Primary seeds: 11 mu.

System Points: 0.

…

After purchasing, Qin Yun immediately planted.

Plowing, sowing, harvesting… a week later, Baisheng Agricultural Trade came to the farm again, this time with five large trucks. Qin Yun sold all 16,500 jin of wheat to Baisheng for a total of 49,800 yuan. System Points: 49,500.

With 49,500 points, Qin Yun bought twenty mu of land and twenty-nine units of seed.

In the next two months, the farm repeatedly went through the cycle of [buy land and seeds—plant—harvest and sell—buy again].

Two months later, after the final batch of wheat was sold, Qin Yun opened the system interface.

Host Name: Qin Yun.

Current Mission: Purchase Farm Growth Spring.

System Land: 1,800 mu.

System Points: 5.29 million.

…

The land had surged from three mu to 1,800 mu. Since it was cyclic planting and costs for land and seeds needed subtracting, during this period the farm sold 3,500 mu of wheat to Baisheng, totaling 15.75 million jin. 15.75 million jin equals 7,875 tons, which sounds like a lot, but Longxia’s annual wheat demand was over 100 million tons. Qin Yun roughly calculated this was the food demand for a small county for ten days.

“Spectacular.” Now in late October, as the Baisheng fleet left, Zhao Zhishun looked at the vast wheat fields, overwhelmed with emotion.

At this time, the golden wheat stretched in one continuous patch, with the faint Fengshan peaks in the distance, surrounded by barren neighbors. The golden wheat fields looked like a cap on the farm. He had been deeply moved by this stark contrast.

“Indeed spectacular,” Qin Yun scratched his arm.

The farm had only six people. Because system permissions had not upgraded, he had no authority to hire “employees.” Previously with only three mu, harvesting was manageable, but as the land grew larger, it was impossible to handle manually. To improve efficiency, the farm bought three harvesters.

The harvesters were non-farm equipment; though they could harvest, each person suffered a full-body itching DEBUFF daily, which worsened over time. Coupled with the [Poor Building] DEBUFF, it was a nightmare-level experience.

Now, with the last batch of wheat sold, the farm returned the three harvesters to Baisheng Agricultural Trade.

With the harvesters gone, the DEBUFF disappeared, and everyone felt one thing: absolutely awesome!

Amid light chatter, Liu Wensheng came out of the office: “Let’s start the mission.”

Qin Yun didn’t hesitate and immediately purchased the system Growth Spring.

“Farm Growth Spring, a basic item, purchase?”

“[Yes].”

…

【Congratulations Host on obtaining [Farm Growth Spring], unlocking Basic Irrigation Machine permission, unlocking farm basic tools permission…】

As Qin Yun clicked, the system refreshed again.

The system store now unlocked more than ten products—

Basic Irrigation Machine: 1 million.

Primary Harvester: 1 million.

Grain Thresher: 2 million.

…

Qin Yun set the interface to share with everyone, then clicked on the system balance.

System Points: 290,000.

After two hard months, back to square one.

Qin Yun read the Growth Spring details.

Farm Growth Spring: A basic item that increases crop quality by 10%, only obtainable from System Tasks.

The Farm Growth Spring was a palm-sized card that could transform into a small lake of about 100 mu. Liu Wensheng finished reviewing its attributes and sent it to the Longxia Team for location scouting.

“Not a loss!” Liu Wensheng smiled. These past two months sounded simple, but waking early and working late every day made harvesting a real ordeal. He didn’t know the exact effect of the 10% quality boost, but just building a small lake in the Uninhabited Zone… was definitely worth it!

“Achoo!” Liu Wensheng sneezed right after speaking.

“Want to go back and rest?” Qin Yun suggested.

Liu Wensheng had been living on the farm all this time. He was getting older, and with the farm DEBUFF, red spots covered his face. He even caught a cold two days ago… Although the farm DEBUFF was only mild itching and lower temperature, clearly it wasn’t suitable for the long term.

“I’m fine,” Liu Wensheng waved it off, then said, “Let’s convert the remaining points into land first.”

The system’s wheat was still undergoing further testing and research. To avoid future changes, the Longxia Team decided to convert the 290,000 points into 290 mu of land, maximizing system rewards.

Qin Yun clicked to purchase.

Three minutes later, Qin Yun helplessly shared the system interface: 【Host’s current permission is low, only allowed to unlock 2,000 mu of system land, please reselect!】

Liu Wensheng: …