Chapter 2404: Chapter 2996: Rewards Beyond Rewarding
The task Feng Jun entrusted to Li Shishi was to help translate the manuals for those medicines.
He truly didn’t have the time for such trivial matters, yet someone still had to do it, so he chose Li Shishi.
This person not only lacks ambition, but also has close connections with several software groups, so let her create a translation database and translate them gradually.
He wasn’t in a rush to push the medicines to Beauty Lin; it involves human lives, so being cautious is best.
Anyway, who knows how many years ahead their technology is compared to ours, a delay of a few days won’t matter.
What’s truly shocking are the effects of this advanced technology—for example, the sensation of how a damaged organ can be repaired without surgery through the injection of nanobots.
However, the news of his return inevitably got out—it was basically impossible to hide it. Besides people like Luo Yuhuan leaking information, there are countless people and equipment watching Luohua every day.
So, on the second day after his return, Beauty Lin came by.
On the third day, Beauty Lin came again.
On the fourth day, not only did Beauty Lin come by, she blocked the door for the whole day, even stopping Yin Mingyue from entering the estate.
But Yin Mingyue was not someone to be trifled with; her assistant at the estate and her connections in both the legal and covert circles of Jin Province made her formidable.
Even though she knew Beauty Lin was related to a certain influential group, she chose to confront her directly, "I don’t care who your boss is, my boss is Gazi!"
Actually, until now, she wasn’t aware that her leverage point was at Lin Heihu’s—Lin Heihu’s cultivation level was much stronger than Gazi’s.
The two argued fiercely, eventually causing the people at Luohua to be alerted. Feng Jun heard about it and came down, a bit irritated. He glared at Beauty Lin, "You’ve grown audacious, blocking my door!"
"The main reason is I knew you were at Luohua," Beauty Lin explained softly, "but you just wouldn’t see me, and I felt so empty inside."
If she had been more aggressive, Feng Jun wouldn’t have bought into it, but since she spoke like that, he felt a bit helpless, "Speak human words."
Beauty Lin immediately brightened up with a smile, "Human words are... I still want to ask for your help in transporting a mining machine to another place."
"Is it so convenient to use me?" Feng Jun casually smirked, "What’s in it for me?"
"State your demands," Beauty Lin answered without hesitation, "As long as it’s something our country has... or something abroad, whatever’s on this Earth, feel free to propose it."
"I truly don’t know what to ask for," Feng Jun chuckled indifferently, then after thinking for a moment, he expressed, "Maybe give me some more mountain tops in Chaoyang."
"This matter is already settled," Beauty Lin raised her head, proudly answering, as this was something she had initiated, "But it was negotiated with your parents, so this side hasn’t been informed yet."
Feng Jun was surprised to hear this, "Very nice, you even knew how to bribe family members, how much land was transferred?"
"Ninety-four square kilometers or so," Beauty Lin replied without hesitation, "Seventy-year usage rights of the sort; it’s temporarily impossible to grant you permanent usage rights, please understand that."
Feng Jun could certainly understand; land ownership is either collective or national. He had no intention of having policies changed for him, the key is that the Earth Realm no longer intrigued him as much for property—doesn’t White Pebble Beach have everything?
Of course, establishing a legacy on Earth Realm is still necessary; no one can predict what the future holds.
This addition of the land area was significant, now totaling over 100 square kilometers in Chaoyang, which made Feng Jun quite satisfied, "How much did it cost?"
"Leave that problem for us to handle, you don’t need to worry," Beauty Lin replied without hesitation.
Actually, discussing the transfer fees for land usage rights is quite tricky because it involves local finances.
However, ultimately someone made the decision, "They send us tons and tons of gold, have they asked for any returns? This payment, we’ll settle internally, would it be appropriate to ask them for money?"
Feng Jun was a bit surprised, but after reflecting on it, he understood that, considering everything he had done, this kind of reward was indeed reasonable, so he smiled and said, "Oh, can it be handled this way? Isn’t ninety-something square kilometers a bit small?"
That vast mountain range spans several tens of thousands of square kilometers; choosing only uninhabited deep mountains and forests, it would be absolutely feasible to demarcate four to five hundred square kilometers. If some sparsely populated villages were relocated, acquiring a thousand square kilometers wouldn’t be far-fetched.
"Is that your demand?" Beauty Lin’s eyes brightened; she had actually orchestrated the land allocation for Feng Jun. Ninety-some square kilometers was just one of the proposals; moving the nearby hilltops would facilitate management.
There are two other planning proposals, one is a bit small, just over thirty square kilometers, and the other is a bit large, nearly two hundred square kilometers.
During the proposal review, the small plan was considered "petty," while the large plan was kept as a backup.
It was kept as a backup not because the land occupied was too large—nobody lived there anyway, so it didn’t matter if it was assigned to Feng Jun.
As for worrying about him engaging in deforestation? Just look at what he has made of Luohua—turned it into paradise on Earth!
The reason for not choosing the large plan is that someone remarked, "Since he didn’t directly ask for it, give him less. That way, if he achieves more great things in the future, we won’t face an ’honors with nothing left to honor’ predicament."
The phrase ’honors with nothing left to honor’ is known from history books, but to see it manifest in modern society is indeed rare.
However, upon reflection, the person judging the proposals thought Feng Jun really is that kind of person. Fame and wealth are within his reach; he’s focused on cultivation without any political ambition. Money? He’s donating Gold to Guojia. Power? Who dares to bully him?
He’s got everything he could ask for, so trying to win him over is puzzling. Now that he might finally be interested in land, even though the land is state-owned in Huaxia, giving him a piece to play with isn’t that big of a deal, right?
But, ultimately, this kind of thing can’t be overdone. Assigning too much land is inappropriate. Two hundred square kilometers this time is fine, but how much next time? And what about the time after that?
So the reasoning behind ’honors with nothing left to honor’ is quite sound.
However, Beauty Lin isn’t worried. As long as Feng Jun asks, she’d dare to promise—after all, giving willingly is not the same as the other party asking for it.
Feng Jun, seeing her attitude, was a bit curious. Having grown accustomed to large land transfers in Tianqin, he wasn’t impressed with the Earth Realm’s pettiness, but he still asked, "What’s the most you can allocate to me?"
"Two hundred square kilometers is definitely not a problem," Beauty Lin blinked, "As for more... you name a figure, and I’ll report and request approval upward. How much do you plan to ask for?"
Feng Jun pulled out a cigarette and lit it silently. He was somewhat tempted, not because he was enamored with such a "small piece" of land, but purely out of vanity— in the state-owned land system of Guojia, having such a large piece of land felt incredible.
It was a sense of superiority, breaking a taboo, indescribable in words.
But quickly, he put away this thought. As much as the sense of superiority was nice, who was there to flaunt it to?
Indeed, experts feel lonely, unable to find anyone worth showing off to.
Besides... he didn’t really need such a large space; the current one hundred square kilometers could encompass all the essence regions of the Swallowed Star Demon’s internals, which was already sufficient.
Considering those big clans in Tianqin, apart from a few, most lived in secret realms, so why hold too much land?
However, Feng Jun didn’t necessarily need to establish a secret realm on Earth, as building one not only required many materials but also a lot of Spirit Stone support. If he truly operated at that level, it wouldn’t be very friendly to the Earth Domain.
So he thought, setting up a large formation to create a folded space would be pretty great—like Kunlun.
He hadn’t grasped the principles of a folded space yet, but it wasn’t an urgent matter. Solving it when he was ready to condense the infant would not be too late.
At last, he came to his senses and shook his head at Beauty Lin, "Forget it; having this much is already good enough. I’m used to keeping a low profile. Making people talk would be bad... By the way, can I establish a natural village in the mountains?"
"Natural village..." Beauty Lin blinked and asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
"Nothing special," Feng Jun waved a hand, "I heard that collective land can be permanent."
Beauty Lin blinked, finally understanding his meaning, "So the one hundred square kilometers of land would become the village’s land?"
"It’s just a thought," Feng Jun replied casually, "Seventy-year usage rights... might as well be converted to collective land. But whether the policy allows this and what procedures are necessary, I’m not very clear on. Could you please look into it for me?"
Beauty Lin felt a bit daunted hearing this, "You really dare to think big. Nowadays, natural villages are merged, split-ups happen because the village is too large. But you want to go into the mountains to re-establish a natural village?"
"It’s not like I have a choice, but the usage rights only last seventy years. Whether I can renew is uncertain," Feng Jun pouted in frustration, "And I have to convert my urban residency status to a non-urban one... do you think I want that?"
"Agricultural residency is more appealing now, you know?" Beauty Lin couldn’t help but retort before shaking her head, "But residency isn’t the main issue. The important thing is... forget it, I won’t say more, I’ll inquire for you."
"Then get ready to sort things out, and ensure unrelated people aren’t around," Feng Jun spoke in a serious tone, "Coincidentally, I brought two large items as well. I’ll move them to the location you designate."
Beauty Lin, of course, knew that Feng Jun didn’t want others to see when he was transporting equipment. But then her eyes lit up, "Large items... what large items?"
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