After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower
Chapter 164 - 162: Going Home

Chapter 164: Chapter 162: Going Home

They had spent three days traveling back to the base, each returning home to rest for a bit. Li Pan was also anxious to get back so he could transplant the spirit plants and feel at ease.

"Uncle Pei, I’m back."

Li Pan reached the forest area and excitedly shouted.

"Pan’er is back, how was it, everything went smoothly?"

"Super smooth, Uncle, I’ve learned to make all the high-level potions, am I awesome or what?"

Li Pan, facing his familiar relatives, revealed a childish side, tilting his chin up and waiting for praise, much like a little kitten shaking its tail begging to be petted.

Pei Yuan expressed a surprised look, "Really?"

"It’s absolutely true."

"That’s great, now you’ve really made us proud, we don’t have to be throttled by the lack of medicine anymore."

"Exactly, that’s the spirit! I also brought back young plants and seeds of spiritual medicine, as long as we nurture them well, we can be self-sufficient."

Li Pan smiled happily at him.

"That’s fantastic, such a huge surprise, we definitely need to celebrate. Lingzi, you go back and tell the others, let’s celebrate at the small building, we’re having barbecue today."

"Alright, I’ll go right now."

Xie Ling rushed back to spread the good news to everyone.

"Uncle, you come help me first, let’s talk after we transplant the spirit plants. I’ve left a portion for you and the base to transplant to the Spirit Plant Garden."

"Sure thing, let’s do this first."

Pei Yuan immediately came over to help with the transplanting. Lin Tianyi and Zhang Qimi were also called back to assist with the transplanting.

This time they brought back quite a lot of things, several hundred plants including various spiritual medicines and spirit trees, all needing transplanting to different places to grow.

Pei Yuan didn’t rush off, helping with the transplanting and even staying a few days to ensure they’d survive before he could rest easy.

After transplanting at the farm, there was still the transplanting at the base’s Spirit Plant Park to do, plenty of work still remaining.

That very night, everyone gathered together for a lively barbecue.

They chose beef and lamb skewers; the men were responsible for grilling. The farm’s own meat was of very high quality and suited for white skewers, unmarinated, sprinkled with spices directly during grilling.

The girls also skewered some chicken wings and mushrooms, among other vegetables.

The Base Commander and Gao Wenbin also came over.

"It’s all grilled, oh, I’m eating two skewers first, I’m starving."

Gao Wenbin ran to grab a few skewers of meat, giving some to the Base Commander and sat down to eat to fill his stomach.

Yang Zhengfei brought over a box of chilled beers, distributing them to everyone as they ate and chatted.

"What are you planning to do next?"

"The potion room got some new equipment, the next step is to expand the potion room, recruit Wood Power Users for further training. Then establish an Agricultural Research Institute, train our own people. I plan to call all the nearby brother bases’ Wood Power Users to teach them potion making, especially the mid-high level ones. What do you all think?"

"That sounds great, the more people learn, the cheaper the potions will be, and with many skilled people, the common folks can also afford the potions."

"That’s the plan. Next up, we need to tackle Pan’er nurturing the spirit plants, I think you’ll need a few helpers."

"We’ll need apprentices, free training but must sign a contract, they pay tuition in exchange for a basic salary. Those willing can sign up, this will lay the groundwork for the future establishment of the Agricultural Research Institute, starting with our base."

"I think that’s a good plan, we still need to unite with the brother bases to work together, this way our strength is greater, and we can better integrate and develop resources."

"That’s the plan."

"Pei Yuan, when are you coming back to the base?"

"Not in the next few days. I need to help Pan’er successfully transplant the spirit plants and then return to transplant those at the base. Lately, nurturing spirit plants has been the priority. We’ve brought back so many of them that we need to ensure they survive first; otherwise, there’s no point talking about the future."

"Alright, you do your thing."

The Base Commander nodded in response.

"Should I transfer the money to Pan’er’s farm in a few days?"

Gao Wenbin asked about the payment for the spirit plants.

The spirit plants were bought by Li Pan with his own money. If the base wanted to transplant them, they had to pay for them. Everything had to be accounted for separately; personal favors are personal favors, and shouldn’t be mixed up.

"Pay after they survive, follow the rules, don’t leave any loopholes."

"Got it, let’s draft a contract first."

"Yes, that’s the idea."

The Base Commander nodded happily.

"Sister, our homemade green plum wine is really delicious. Let’s brew it again next year."

"Sure, we’ll make some for ourselves to drink."

"The base is planning to set up a distillery later on and will make some fruit wines, including green plum wine. How about you contribute the recipe and we’ll buy your fruits?"

"Sure, I planted a lot of green plum trees specifically for brewing green plum wine. How about counting me in as a shareholder? I can contribute the ingredients and the technology."

"No problem, I’ll have Wen Bin draft a contract, and we can discuss this properly later."

"Uncle, I plan to establish a legal department to specifically handle these types of contracts and other legal matters."

"That’s fine; you need reliable people, and I’ll find someone you can trust. We really need to start handling things more formally, it can’t just be you all managing everything. There are always gaps when it’s not handled professionally."

The Base Commander also nodded, agreeing with her idea. Professionals needed to handle professional tasks; one shouldn’t try to handle everything at once.

Everyone was especially happy today; they ate, drank, and chatted until 2 a.m. before dispersing and heading home.

The next day, they continued with the spirit plant transplantation. These plants were delicate, very different from regular tree planting, requiring careful handling, hence the slower process.

It took half a month to finish transplanting all categories of plants.

Only after seeing them thrive did Pei Yuan feel relieved.

Li Pan then went to the base to help them transplant the spirit plants into the Spirit Plant Park, with Sister Qian and others also helping out.

These days involved traveling back and forth, but thankfully, the transmission array made it convenient, taking only a minute each way.

Li Pan checked on the spirit plants morning and evening, taking care of them. At noon and in the afternoon, he went to the base’s pharmacy to teach others, along with Xie Ling, how to make other mid-high level potions.

Sister Qian and Pei Yuan, both already skilled in making high-level potions, found learning other types not too difficult. Although there were losses, they were within the estimated range. Since Li Pan explained everything in great detail, they learned quickly.

Sister Qian and Pei Yuan were among the first to master all categories of high-level potions. As they kept busy, autumn arrived, and it was time for the harvest.

The revenue from the farm was quite stable now. Farms No. 9 and No. 4 still had plenty of land available for development, planning to continue planting crops, essential for any farm. This time, they planned to cooperate in planting spirit trees, to improve the soil environment and purify water sources further aiming to transform the farm into an organic one, a natural oxygen bar.

The Base Commander had collaborated with other bases to bring high-level Wood Power Users to learn how to make high-level potions.

Essentially every connected base sent two people, and this time the training was free, but they had to provide some crystal cores and medicinal materials. Additionally, they had to support Li Pan, such as guaranteeing orders for the farm, among other benefits, essentially a resource exchange.

Now, Li Pan was busy acting as a teacher, giving hands-on instruction on how to make potions and trying to minimize the failure rate.

Everyone was studying very diligently, and Li Pan was teaching meticulously. When the other bases heard about it, they were deeply grateful to Li Pan for being open and sincere. Other issues aside, they had to increase the farm orders, and any available crystal cores from their own bases were sent to the farm first.

Xue Dong, meanwhile, was busy handling the expansion of the production line at the factory. With increasing orders, the existing production lines were not enough, leading to the addition of two more equipment sets. Plans were underway to set up more factories at other bases to deepen cooperation, thus creating many job opportunities.