I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 574: Chapter 378: It’s Really That Big (8K)_1

“Son, there have been some rumors circulating around the factory lately.”

One day, while Chen Mobai’s family was having dinner, Tang Panchui suddenly brought up an issue.

“Apparently, since you started replacing human labor with puppets, there is talk of a large group of employees being laid off. Many older workers with families have come to me over this.”

Upon hearing these words, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but smile wryly.

The primary reason for using puppets instead of human labor is to maintain secrecy. His main reason for testing and setting up a puppet factory within the Heavenly Talisman Factory was to integrate it with the manufacturing of talisman paper and talisman ink artifacts.

He had never planned to establish the puppet factory in such a bustling place as the Heavenly Talisman Factory.

However, Tang Panchui’s words served as a reminder to him.

If this situation truly causes widespread anxiety and results in numerous layoffs, it is likely that the City Lord, Qin Baipeng, would intervene.

“Mom, don’t worry. Everything will remain the same in the Heavenly Talisman Factory. Once the assembly line artifacts, specifically ordered for the puppet factory, arrive, I will find a separate location for it.”

Upon hearing Chen Mobai’s words, Tang Panchui felt relieved.

After her military service and giving birth, she had worked in the talisman factory. Even though she has since become the boss’s wife, she maintains deep relationships with many long-term employees in the factory. If she indeed had to replace human labor with puppets and lay off employees, she would find herself in a very difficult position.

After dinner, Chen Mobai headed out to the Cultivation Mechanism Building in Red Sandstone City to meet with Qin Baipeng.

“You’re saying that you need a piece of land to build a new factory?”

Upon hearing this, Qin Baipeng opened the virtual map of Red Sandstone City in his office, pointing out several scattered areas glowing in white, indicating that these lands were available for use, and left Chen Mobai to make his selection.

“The land within the city is too small. The new factory I’m building will implement new technology that allows for fully automated puppet operation, without the need for human labor. However, it may need more land space.”

Upon hearing Chen Mobai’s words, Qin Baipeng didn’t quite understand the technical jargon. Nevertheless, he understood that Chen Mobai required a larger industrial land area.

“That leaves us with options outside the city. Do you see anything you like?”

The virtual map zoomed out, revealing the terrain outside Red Sandstone City. At this point, many large, interconnected white patches appeared, indicating that numerous land options were available in the suburban areas outside the city.

“How about this piece?”

Chen Mobai pointed at the largest wasteland outside the city, covered by a white glow. Even though the map showed that this area lacked any major transportation routes and appeared to be the most desolate tract within the jurisdiction of Red Sandstone City, its area was significantly vast.

Using his Divine Sense to calculate the map proportionally, Chen Mobai estimated this land area to be roughly two to three thousand acres, large enough to accommodate twenty Heavenly Talisman Factories.

“Nephew, are you sure about this piece of land? It seems that you are not aware of its history.”

Upon hearing Qin Baipeng’s words, Chen Mobai took a closer look and noticed that the land exhibited a faint red hue under the white glow, indicating some issue. This piece of land was situated at the tail of the Danxia Fire Vein and bordered the realm of the Danxia Blessed Land. Any further from it would be the territory of neighboring Yu Wood City.

“This piece of land, despite its large area, offers nearly no soil fertility. A few decades ago, when the underground Fire Vein erupted, this land was mostly spared due to suppression by the Green Paulownia and Grandmaster Shi Qing. However, as no one was using this land, the Red Dawn Institution and the Dance Tool Dao Academy have yet to send anyone to clean up the residual fire poison. Cultivators would even struggle to Refine Spirit Qi in such an environment.”

Upon hearing Qin Baipeng’s words, Chen Mobai learned the reason for the desolation of this piece of land.

A few decades ago, even before Chen Mobai’s birth, when his parents were still serving in the army, no one knew about the eruption of the Fire Vein.

However, to others, what might be called poisoned land sparked joy in Chen Mobai’s eyes.

“My puppet factory does not require human labor initially, and solving the fire poison issue is simple – by planting trees. I can go to the Red Dawn Institution and buy some Green Paulownia seedlings, or go to the Dance Tool Dao Academy to transplant a Vermillion Fruit Tree, or even plant some Fire Spirit Trees. These are all methods to transform fire poison into resources. Perhaps, after a hundred years, this wasteland poisoned by fire will become a lush forest.”

Chen Mobai had been looking to convert the abundant tree resources of the Divine Tree Secret Realm, even considering leasing a forest in Yu Wood City. This piece of fire-poisoned land was perfect for his purposes.

Firstly, he could use this as a pretext not to hire anyone for his puppet factory and operate it entirely with automation.

Secondly, the Dance Tool Dao Academy had extensive experience dealing with fire poison. Whether it was the Vermillion Fruit Tree or the Fire Spirit Tree, both could absorb and purify fire poison, not to mention the Green Paulownia, which could also manage earth veins.

Moreover, the properties of the Red-sun Spirit Tree were not much different from those of the Fire Spirit Tree, and he could later label the Fire Spirit Tree from the Divine Tree Secret Realm as his homegrown brand.

Since all lands differ, even if future patrons noticed some differences between the Red Sun Spiritual Wood and the Fire Spirit Wood, they would attribute it to the result of growth in lands poisoned by fire.

“Well, if you put it that way, let’s get the paperwork started to hand over this piece of fire-poisoned wasteland.”

On Planet Dihuan, all natural resources are owned by the Cultivators. Regular inhabitants could only obtain rights to use the land, and even then, such rights were time-limited.