Chapter 544: Production Can Free The Labour Force
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Jia Yuqin was not certain either. She said with a trembling voice, “It’s impossible for her to know. At that time, it was chaotic. She fell down purely because of an accident!” Then she emphasized to Bai Xinshui, “It has nothing to do with us. Remember!”
Bai Xinshui bit her lip. “But what if she knows and doesn’t let us go?”
She suddenly had a guess that Emperor Ling Hui had asked her to come to the southern frontier to allow Bai Wutong to vent her anger.
The more she thought about it, the more terrified she became.
Even if Emperor Ling Hui did not mean that and simply wanted their family to persuade Bai Wutong to submit to the Ling Kingdom, now that their family could not play a role, they would probably blame them for being useless and embarra.s.sing.
Bai Xinshui could not help but regret it. Why had she listened to Bai Shining’s nonsense back then and felt that marrying Chu Mingxuan was a good thing?
Not only had he cruelly humiliated women, but he had also not consummated their marriage after being married for so long.
Thinking of Bai Wutong, who had married Chu Tianbao and had both children, she couldn’t help but feel deeply jealous.
Jia Yuqin’s heart trembled. “I’m her mother and you’re her biological sister. If she dares to attack us, that would be killing her own family for no reason, and the spit of the world can drown her!”
Bai Xinshui looked at the deep cell and was extremely anxious. This was the southern frontier and Bai Wutong had an extremely high status.
She was just afraid that Bai Wutong could say whatever she wanted.
If she spat, the ones who would drown would only be the mother and daughter.
The mother and daughter hugged each other in the cell that had a drastic change in temperature between day and night and endured the entire night.
The next day, someone brought food for them to eat. They were handcuffed and taken out of the cell.
He saw his wife and daughter handcuffed and looking disheveled.
Bai Shining, who had been obedient the entire night, shouted, “If you dare to treat us like this, you’ll regret it sooner or later!”
Without looking at him, Lu Ye shouted at the team, “Continue setting off!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Ziya rode a white horse and appeared with a group of people.
“Wait, I’ll go with you!”
She wanted to see with her own eyes if Bai Wutong would let them go after meeting these people.
Ziya sneaked into the team as if they were close friends. Her gaze landed on Lan Jingbai’s face and her eyes lit up.
It was rare to see such a good-looking man.
Ziya rode her white horse forward and spoke to Lan Jingbai. “Hey, what’s your name?”
Lan Jingbai did not speak and ignored her.
Good-looking men all had their own reason to be proud.
Just like the men in Ziya’s family, she had spent a lot of effort to marry them.
Ziya smiled and narrowed her eyes. “Even if you don’t tell me, I’ll find out sooner or later.” Then she chattered in his ear, “This thing you’re carrying is called a gun, right? I heard from my father that this thing is very powerful! Can you show me?”
Lan Jingbai’s gaze turned cold. He finally said to her, “Apart from the army, no one is allowed to touch guns and ammunition!”
Ziya only felt that his deep voice was so cool. His handsome face was extremely charming.
Ziya was experienced and knew that pursuing such a man would only have the opposite effect. She nodded obediently and remained silent. She specially stared at him with her pair of beautiful amber eyes.
After a day’s journey, they finally entered Baye’s territory.
After entering the Baye territory, they could clearly feel that the local construction was better.
Not only was the road wider, but there were also exclusive sidewalks and greenery around them.
Those who pa.s.sed by this place to graze had to prevent the horses and sheep from running over to munch on the plants.
There were too many bicycles on the road to count.
The clothes worn by the pedestrians became more and more varied. It was as if they had entered a diverse world.
Zeng Sanshui saw that many people on bicycles, regardless of gender, were wearing wide clothes of the same color. He could not help but ask curiously, “Are they wearing the same clothes to symbolize a tribe or a large family?”
Lu Ye shook his head. “They’re all workers from different factories. They’re wearing the uniforms of every factory.”
Zeng Sanshui was stunned. “Then you really have a lot of factories here.”
Lu Ye pointed at the other road on the right. “That’s the gathering place for the agricultural processing plant, so there are many people.”
“There’s not much here. Only around Carefree City will you know what it means to have a lot.”
Zeng Sanshui asked again, “What is an agricultural processing plant?”
Lu Ye said, “It’s for the pickles, dried vegetables, noodles, instant noodles, sauce, seasonings, and so on that you ate at the rest station. They’re all in the category of agricultural processing.”
“Some agricultural products, such as chili, can be made into chili sauce and chili powder. You can also extract chili elements and make it into rouge that women like.”
Zeng Sanshui could not help but find it strange. “Your Carefree Kingdom doesn’t have that many people. Why build so many unnecessary processing factories?”
In his opinion, the commoners could completely make chili sauce and chili powder at home.
Lu Ye looked in the direction of Carefree City and said to him, “Production can free the labor force. When there are these goods in the market at a good price, there’s no need to waste time and effort making them at home. There will be more time to do more value work.”
Zeng Sanshui was completely dumbfounded. “Production can free the labor force?”
“For example, a woman who originally had to take care of the family’s food, accommodation, and transportation tried her best to save money. When she realized that she could buy better and more cost-effective food outside, how would she choose?”
Zeng Sanshui subconsciously replied, “Of course she will buy from outside.”
But what did this have to do with labor?
Lu Ye smiled. “If she buy from outside, she can save a lot of time and energy. Women can use this time to do other value work.”
Zeng Sanshui understood. “Oh, isn’t it just saving time to do other things? Why explain in such a complicated way?”
“You guys produce so much, but you can still sell it?”
Lu Ye raised his eyebrows. “You don’t have to worry about that.”
Zeng Sanshui pursed his lips. So be it, it was not because he wanted to ask.
After a while, the team entered the greenhouse planting area. On both sides of the road were greenhouses.
Zeng Sanshui said, “There are so many greenhouses! Isn’t it expensive?”
He had too many questions, so Lu Ye couldn’t be bothered to say anything else. “We’ll stay in this farmyard for the night. You can take a look.”
Zeng Sanshui became happy and asked, “Then what are we eating tonight?”
Along the way, the food arrangements prepared by Lu Ye had won his heart.
Lu Ye said, “It should be stewed goose in an iron pot.”
Stewed goose in an iron pot!
Zeng Sanshui’s eyes lit up. If there was two bottles of wine, it would be perfect!
Zeng Sanshui was thinking about eating the goose happily. As a prisoner, Bai Shining and his family were handcuffed. Their faces were pale, and the soles of their feet were already bleeding. They just wanted to reach the rest station as soon as possible, rest for a while, and eat their fill..