When the spirited horses were matched with the freshly seated carriage, several villagers sat in the carriage and test drove it for a while, the joy of happiness ready to take off was brimming on each villager's face.

This was not enough, Lin Yi bought 500 old hens from Nine-Eyed Mall, asking the villagers to bring them back to the village fort for a communal meal.

"Let's go, you mountain bandits, cut the bamboo properly with us!" A villager shouted, ready to start working with the mountain bandits.

However, at that moment, Lin Yi suddenly stepped forward to stop them.

"Wait, they've caught the chickens and are thirsty and starving, mountain bandits are humans too, we can't abuse them. Come on, everyone, come eat."

[Beep beep beep, the host has successfully purchased 30 bottles of Red Bull energy drink, 2 bottles of Vitamin C chewable tablets. 3000 Heavenly Bead Coins paid.]

Lin Yi called out with a wave of his arm, and the bound mountain bandits hurried over to eat the leftovers, devouring the food like wolves.

"Come on, you all must be thirsty, drink this, it's really refreshing." After Lin Yi handed a bottle of Red Bull to each of the mountain bandits and drank one himself gulping it down.

Seeing Lin Yi drink up, the mountain bandits also started drinking.

After confirming that all mountain bandits had finished their Red Bull, Lin Yi slowly said.

"What I just gave you to drink is a slow-acting poison, it erodes your body unconsciously, first emptying your strength, then corroding your internal organs."

After speaking, Lin Yi took out two bottles of Vitamin C chewable tablets, tore open the packaging, and threw one into his mouth.

"Here, this is the antidote, you need to take five pills to be completely detoxified, one pill a month, so you better turn over a new leaf, otherwise, you can only wait to die."

The mountain bandits, terrified, clutched their throats, trying to vomit out the Red Bull they had just drank.

Lin Yi sneered proudly, continuing to deceive: "There's no use in vomiting, you were poisoned as soon as you drank a little bit, now be obedient and get to work."

After saying this, Lin Yi came to an elderly man, whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing Lin Yi's words, the elderly man was initially shocked, it took him a while to digest the information, and then slowly eased his worries and nodded: "I will heed the instructions of General Lin."

"That's easy then, old man, you have to hide their antidote well, even your wife shouldn't know where you've hid it, go and give each person one pill, then take them to cut bamboo."

Although the old man was somewhat stubborn and obstinate, being the oldest and most authoritative person in Shiku Village, Lin Yi still left the decision making to him.

Shivering, the mountain bandits took the "antidote," ate it, and were then taken by the villagers to chop bamboo on the mountain.

"General Lin, are you rushing to Nan Zhao Country? Why not come and sit in my fort, you haven't tasted our culinary delights yet."

The old man bent over, for the first time actively inviting someone to visit the fort.

Had it been in the past, they would never allow outsiders to visit the fort, but now the situation was different, Lin Yi was not an outsider anymore, he was regarded as a deity in their eyes.

Lin Yi looked at the sky where the sun had just risen, there was no hurry to reach Nan Zhao Country yet, besides, he was eager to meet the graceful and skillful cook from last night again.

"Alright, I have time, lead the way then."

In this way, Lin Yi and others, escorted by the villagers, arrived at Shiku Village.

The houses in this Shiku Village were all tall bamboo houses, each one uniquely arranged in a chic pattern.

If this village were placed in a later era, it would definitely be a popular hotspot for social media check-ins.

"The Clan Leader is back, the Clan Leader is back!"

Several toddlers, running around bare-bottomed, spread the news, as they saw men carrying large, fat old hens, the whole village boiled with excitement.

The village was in a humid and hot climate, with many insects and snakes, only high-legged houses were the safest.

Under the warm introduction of the Clan Leader, Lin Yi became the object of reverence for the entire village, and the pretty cooks couldn't help but throw alluring glances when they saw him.

The girls all looked very charming, if he weren't in a rush to go to Nan Zhao Country, he would really want to stay overnight.

Luoluo came up with a plate of delicious radish dices for Lin Yi.

"General Lin, this is a small dish made by me, please have a taste."

Meeting Luoluo's affectionate eyes, Lin Yi's mind was instantly in disarray.

'It's over, I feel like I'm falling. This is clearly the feeling of a heart flutter, no, I must find an excuse to stay tonight.'

Before coming, Lin Yi had planned well, entering the village to get acquainted with the villagers and to investigate what this village could develop.

He could have traveled to Nan Zhao Country by the afternoon.

But now it seems, there are quite a few things that Shiku Village could develop, besides selling bamboo and training those mountain bandits, there are other things that can be done.

For example, vigorously developing Luoluo's radish dices to be canned, marketed throughout the great You Country, would also be a good sales outlet.

"Indeed, this radish dice is truly outstanding, only your Shiku Village can produce such deliciousness in the entire You Country," Lin Yi tasted and found it endlessly delightful.

The complimented Luoluo blushed and hid behind the Clan Leader.

The Clan Leader saw Luoluo's little thought and went with the flow, saying: "Mr. Lin, you might not know, Luoluo is our village's best pretty cook specializing in dried radish, her family has been making radish dices for three generations."

From the Clan Leader, Lin Yi learned that the east side of Shiku Village was a barren sandy land, beyond which were wild mountains. Over a hundred years ago, wild grass could still be seen, and occasionally rabbits were caught.

Later, the grass slowly disappeared, and the rabbits fled along with it, thus the place was renamed Shiku Village.

However, every cloud has a silver lining; surprisingly, plump white radishes grew on such sandy land.

The clever girls discovered that the radish flesh was slightly spicy and sweet, able to be boiled, steamed, roasted, etc.

But large white radishes are not easy to store and can easily shrivel, causing wastage during the harvest season.

One chance discovery was that Luoluo's grandfather found that sliced, air-dried radishes did not smell bad, and eaten with Cornelian, it had a unique flavor.

After discovering this culinary method, Luoluo's grandfather promoted it widely and continuously improved it until Luoluo's generation achieved the delicious radish dices previously tasted.

The flavor of Cornelian certainly couldn't compare to chili peppers, and for making small canned goods, chili peppers would be the better choice.

"This radish dice is a good product, I suggest making it into small tinned goods, marketed within You Country and even possibly supplied to the court for the soldiers at the Border."

"The soldiers at the border eat tasteless millet every day, having this appetizer would surely greatly increase their appetite, and hence their combat effectiveness as well."

The villagers listened with great interest, although they did not understand the meaning of chili and small canned goods.

[Ding ding ding, host successfully purchased ten kilograms of premium Sky-pointing Chili, 10 kilograms of Sky-pointing Chili seeds, paying a total of 300,000 Heavenly Bead Coins. Goods have been delivered to the off-road vehicle.]

When Nan Yi brought the Sky-pointing Chili to everyone, Lin Yi let the people in front try it.

"This little thing called chili? Just this? I can eat seven or eight at a time with no problems." A few overconfident young men, not satisfied with one, directly grabbed seven or eight, stuffed them into their mouths, and chewed vigorously.

They were assertive one second, the next second they were like eating a barrel of Gunpowder, their entire mouths fiery hot, their faces swollen red like monkey's buttocks.

"Water, quickly give me water, I can't take it anymore, this thing is too spicy, even spicier than Cornelian."

"I, too, help, help, I'm going to explode from the spiciness."

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The young men, unable to find water, ran to the well to fetch water to drink.

Everyone was shocked, staring at the small red plant in front of them with caution.

They couldn't believe such a tiny thing, smaller than a thumb, could be so powerful.

Seeing his goal achieved, Lin Yi slowly said, "This is chili, you've tasted its flavor through them, from now on, replace Cornelian with this."

"Also, these are chili seeds, it's still time to plant them now, just plant them like beans."

The Clan Leader nodded, earnestly noting every word Lin Yi said.

Regarding small tinned goods, Lin Yi directly picked up a section of bamboo from the table, cut off one of the nodes, slightly trimmed a small circle from the node cap, and put the pieces back together, creating a small tinned good.

Shiku Village had rich bamboo resources, which could conveniently be utilized for making small canned goods, truly saving a lot of trouble.

Initially, Lin Yi had considered setting up a small glass factory to resolve the canning matter.

…End of chapter…

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