Chapter 145
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Chapter 145: This Combination is Simply Too Sinful
“Sun Li, what’s the next work arrangement?” Luo Ji casually asked as he left the Armament Department.
The middle-aged man following Luo Ji quickly flipped through the animal hide book in his hand and replied.
“Chief, the next arrangement is to go to the Agricultural Department to confirm the potato harvest.”
“I almost forgot about that…”
Hearing Sun Li’s words, Luo Ji pinched his brow forcefully, a clear look of exhaustion on his face.
“Is it time for potatoes to be harvested already? Right, the weather is also starting to get warmer, it’s almost summer, isn’t it…?”
“Chief, you don’t seem to be in good spirits. Perhaps you should go back and take a short nap. I can go confirm with the Agricultural Department myself.”
Luo Ji looked at his sincere subordinate beside him.
This was indeed the management talent with a 4-star spirit cap whom he had discovered.
For the past few months, he had been serving as Luo Ji’s assistant and secretary, helping him share a significant amount of work.
Also, because he had been kept close, his loyalty had risen rapidly, now reaching 90 points.
“Alright, you can go confirm with the Agricultural Department. Come find me if you encounter any problems you can’t handle.”
Luo Ji nodded, not refusing his subordinate’s kind offer.
As Sun Li’s loyalty increased, so did Luo Ji’s trust in him.
From initially keeping Sun Li close just for errands, to gradually entrusting him with relatively more important tasks, the change was very evident.
Returning to his house, Luo Ji lay down on the bed and quickly fell asleep. This period had truly exhausted him.
When the commercial system was first launched, a mountain of trivial matters awaited his attention. Then came various issues with the Forging Department, followed by constant concerns about the tribe’s daily food consumption. Additionally, with Zhao Pan absent from the Mirror Tribe during the recent player invasions, he had to personally command all the defensive battles, leaving him almost completely swamped.
He slept for an unknown duration.
In his dream, Luo Ji sniffed, and an enticing aroma of food wafted into his nostrils.
The constant hunger in his stomach made his eyes struggle open into a thin slit.
He glanced at the sky outside the window.
“Mm, is it evening already?”
“I-I’m sorry, Chief, I didn’t know you were resting…”
The girl who was bringing in dinner showed a clear look of panic upon realizing she had woken Luo Ji.
Luo Ji, however, waved his hand.
“It’s fine, I’m hungry anyway.”
“Just put it on the table.”
With the introduction of the commercial system, the Mirror Tribe had long passed the period where everyone ate meals together from a communal pot.
Facing this change, Luo Ji’s daily life clearly needed someone to take care of it.
This girl, named Liu Ye, was chosen to look after his daily needs.
Her main job was essentially to prepare his three meals and occasionally clean up.
Besides that, there was nothing else.
Stretching vigorously, Luo Ji glanced at the sky outside the window.
The fiery red sunset dyed the surface of Mirror Lake with brilliant colors.
He had actually slept through the entire afternoon.
Rubbing his rumbling stomach, Luo Ji slowly walked to the table and looked at his dinner for the day, a grilled fish, a bowl of meat soup, and three simply steamed potatoes.
In this era, this was already a very luxurious dinner.
He first took a bite of the grilled fish to satisfy his hunger, then unhurriedly peeled the potatoes in his hand.
When he first discovered potatoes as a crop, he had prepared them for everyone to taste, so everyone knew how to do it.
After peeling the potatoes clean, Luo Ji used the wooden spoon in his hand to mash two potatoes into mashed potatoes, then poured a few spoonfuls of the greasy meat soup over them.
Hmm!
This combination was simply too sinful!
After devouring his luxurious dinner, Luo Ji patted his stomach and leaned back in his office chair, a satisfied expression on his face.
The meal was truly enjoyable, it had been a long time since he had eaten a staple food.
He couldn’t help but exclaim how wonderful potatoes were.
After eating and drinking his fill, Luo Ji knew he wouldn’t be sleepy after sleeping all afternoon.
Sun Li, very opportunely, came to report on the afternoon’s events.
Overall, it was clear that the potato harvest for this season was abundant.
For Luo Ji, this was a great piece of news.
And after this season’s potato harvest, they could plant another round in the autumn.
Simply put, from this moment on, as long as their tribe could maintain the cultivation of crops and avoid any rapid population increases in the short term, their food problem would essentially be resolved.
The most difficult period had passed!
Unlike himself, who had slept all afternoon, Luo Ji looked at the weary Sun Li and told him to go back and rest early.
In the quiet of the night, Luo Ji, having had enough sleep, took the time to draw the design blueprint for Luo Yong’s custom made double-bladed battle axe.
For Luo Ji, who was drawing the blueprint, the structure of the double-bladed battle axe wasn’t actually complex, as the difficulty lay in the forging.
But he decided to let the Forging Department worry about that.
After finishing the design, Luo Ji stretched.
Just as he was about to move on to his next task, a system notification, indicating a player message, rang in his mind.
Luo Ji opened it.
It was from Ye Qingxuan.
“Five minutes remaining until the novice protection period ends.”
Luo Ji had specifically instructed Ye Qingxuan to send a message to remind him when her novice protection period was about to end.
On one hand, this was to prepare for her first player invasion.
He could seriously give her advice and even help her plan battle tactics if he knew her troop composition.
On the other hand, he wanted to sign a ‘War Alliance’ treaty with Ye Qingxuan before other players could invade.
This way, if Ye Qingxuan couldn’t handle subsequent invading players, she could just maneuver with them in the forest, dragging out the time until the seventh day, and then request support from Luo Ji as her ‘War Alliance’ partner.
As for whether Luo Ji’s involvement would eventually escalate into a large-scale free for all with both sides calling in allies, he couldn’t concern himself with that much.
Regardless, she had to be saved!
Five minutes quietly passed.
Luo Ji initiated the application almost to the second.
Other treaties could wait, the ‘War Alliance’ treaty had to be established first.
[System notification: Congratulations to player ‘Luo Ji’ and player ‘Ye Qingxuan’ for successfully signing the ‘War Alliance’ treaty]
