Chapter 237 The End of Leisure

The territory is promoting research on pumice stone and producing products related to pumice stone. Ji Lin also saw from the newly constructed aerostat frame that it could not only exist as a military transport unit, but might also be applied to the territorial transport industry.

A frame consumes twenty units of floating stone, and the head and tail consume a total of sixty units.

As for the output of floating stone from small sky islands, micro-mineral veins provide 1 point per day, and small floating stone veins provide 2 points per day, with a total daily output of 4 units of floating stone.

One month is one hundred and twenty units of floating stone, which is not even enough to supply the territory to start construction at full speed.

In addition, units made from floating stones will be lost due to malfunctions, and floating stones also need to be consumed to replenish them.

Rare resources are this kind of thing. As long as they are possessed, they can continue to promote the rapid development of civilization. No one can resist the temptation to increase the logistics speed of the territory several times while reducing logistics costs and labor costs.

Since Jilin built a large crystal ore growth mine near the coast, the population in the territory that should have been engaged in logging and coal mining has been freed up to devote to other jobs. He only needs to dedicate a very small number of people to collect crystal ores every once in a while to meet the territory's growing fuel needs.

Providing hot water to the residents, making meals, and developing iron smelting all require energy consumption.

This is the improvement brought by the crystal mine to the territory.

If aerostats can be popularized, commuting time and transportation costs can be greatly reduced. Citizens can save time commuting and use it to do other things: such as attending night classes to learn new knowledge, studying at home, or making some handicrafts.

The supply of floating stones in Sky Island World must not be interrupted.

In order to ensure the popularity of airships in the territory, it is necessary to invest more resources in the sky island world... to control more mineral veins...

"If you think about it again, I'll cut it off."

Jeanne held down the back of the kitchen knife in Ji Lin's hand. The sharp blade was only an inch away from his fingertips.

"It's fine."

Ji Lin coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment. After flying on the aerospace boat, Ji Lin's mind was now full of what the new aerospace boat of the Territory should do and where it should be used.

"Are you worried about the development of the territory?"

Jeanne's voice came from the side, and the faint fragrance surrounded Ji Lin's nose, making him feel uneasy for a moment.

"Those who are your contemporaries now may not be your direct enemies two against one."

She leaned close to Ji Lin, letting her light blond hair fall on his body, and watched him cut the rice flour dough that had been kneaded into balls on the table into small balls one by one.

"I may have to face more than two enemies at the same time."

Ji Lin sighed. He didn't know how many other lords the Sky Island World Fragment had now entered. Even the local force occupying the largest island was not an easy character to get along with.

"Just do your best, or at worst, you and I will kill them together like before!"

Jeanne rested her head on his shoulder, speaking briskly, as if she was waving her pink fist, while Ji Lin struggled to turn his attention to the glutinous rice noodles in front of him that had been kneaded and cut into small pieces.

He was trying his best to adapt to Jeanne's behavior of getting closer and closer, and Jeanne found that he was not disgusted with her hugging behavior, so she often pressed against him.

No matter how courageous Ji Lin was, he never dared to tell Jeanne that she was actually the last girl he had hugged - he could only let her hug her more to make up for it!

There was no glutinous rice in the territory, so this was the glutinous rice he purchased from the market, and the rice flour obtained after grinding the rice produced in the territory into powder was used by him to make pastries.

"Ahem, Jeanne. Make a note of the recipe and time. You'll have to hand it over to the kitchen to cook."

Jeanne opened her amber eyes, blinked, and continued to lean on his shoulder.

Unmoved at all.

"My vacation is going to end tomorrow, so... I have to take care of myself while I'm away and don't tire myself out. Next time I come back, I want to meet the other two."

The sound of a kitchen knife falling on the cutting board can be clearly heard in the huge kitchen.

Jeanne's eyes fell on Ji Lin's cheek, while Ji Lin lowered his gaze and fixed it on the chopping board, crying in his heart, wishing he could go back and strangle himself to death a month ago.

He couldn't stand it any longer.

"Um."

Ji Lin took a deep breath and nodded in agreement. He really didn't know how to deal with relationships with girls. When Jeanne realizes this and attacks him, his resistance is better than nothing. If the other party hadn't planned to be too proactive and already treated him like a cooked duck in a bowl, he probably wouldn't have lasted thirty days.

If he doesn't agree, he might not be able to leave the kitchen today.

"You tell me the recipe and I'll remember it. I have a very good memory and I can't forget it."

Jeanne's face was close and she looked at the table with him.

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"There are a total of one hundred glutinous rice balls and two hundred pastries of various types. They should be sorted into different categories and put into wooden thermal boxes."

Without Jeanne to assist him in handling the territory's business, he would definitely have fewer and fewer opportunities to cook in the future. It would be better to make pastries with Jeanne while she is still there.

These three hundred or so snacks kept him busy all afternoon. Every time a snack came out of the oven, Jeanne would stare at the snack curiously, and couldn't help but express an "I want to eat" look.

Born in a world where wheat is the staple food, Jeanna has a strong curiosity about this rice-based snack that she has never seen before. These translucent snacks dotted with nuts and chopped fruits and vegetables, just flick them with your fingers, and they will shake their attractive bodies like a block of glue.

Very soft, very sticky, and very sweet.

Some pastries are soft and sticky, while others are crispy.

Every bite is a new experience.

Seeing Jeanna's satisfied and comfortable expression, Ji Lin also felt relieved. He was still worried that the pastries he made would not suit her taste, or that they would taste very bad because of his unfamiliarity.

After all, he hasn't cooked in person for a long time, and he is only proficient in three of the eight major cuisines, and pastries are not his strong point.

The recipes and production processes of many pastries made today were copied directly from the forum. The brothers on the forum are capable and talented, and can find almost any content that does not involve their own interests.

They compiled various cuisines into a collection and posted it on the forum, so that people who have left their hometowns can also make food with similar tastes step by step.

It’s just that those delicacies that vary from person to person and from cooking method to cooking method will be lost.

The forum has also developed into a database in a very short time. As long as you post the inherited content, it can be permanently preserved. The system will never delete it actively, nor will it hide the content of your post.

“Well, the taste is great, but this thing called glutinous rice balls is so greasy after eating too much.”

Jeanna praised sincerely.

“You have eaten fifty glutinous rice balls, it must be very greasy!”

Ji Lin looked at the bowl with only half a bowl of brown sugar and ginger syrup left, which was originally full of glutinous rice balls.

All of them have entered Jeanna’s stomach.

Without white sugar, he used a little ginger mixed in brown sugar water to blend and remove the taste, as the base soup for glutinous rice balls.

Ji Lin sat on the edge of the bed and put away the storybooks, which were brought by the Holy City caravan.

“Good night.”

Jeanna poked her head out from the quilt, looked at Ji Lin who turned off the light for her, and looked at the other person’s face that was somewhat clear in the light.

She was still a little unwilling.

It was like a piece of cake that belonged to her was being taken away by others, and she was unwilling to accept it.

She raised her head, straightened her chest, and said to Ji Lin confidently.

"I'm afraid of the dark! Sleep with me tonight!"