RNP Chapter 276: You rascal, you still remember Zhang Lai?
Chapter 276: You rascal, you still remember Zhang Lai?
In fact, Lao Mo isn't a very diligent person. He'd rather spend money than do these kinds of things himself.
Therefore, Lao Mo entrusted Deng Shiwen with all the tasks of recruiting and training troops.
The next morning, Lao Mo got up early and went to the fields.
Yes, today they are going to burn all the poppies.
Someone took a gasoline can and poured gasoline onto the poppy fields. After pouring the gasoline, they set it on fire upwind.
Soon, a raging fire broke out. Fueled by the wind, the entire poppy field was billowing thick smoke.
They burned poppies all day long.
For the smaller patches, just pull them out by hand. Pile the pulled-out seedlings together, then sprinkle gasoline on them and burn them all.
There was nothing we could do; Old Mo had already given us double the money. What else could we do but burn it?
Watching the thick smoke rise into the sky, Lao Mo felt very pleased.
Old Mo and Lu Xiangdong stayed at the base for a week and finally destroyed all the poppies they had planted.
They destroyed all the flour they had. The factory and all the production equipment were also destroyed.
Deng Shiwen's big move terrified the nearby villagers.
Many of the villagers under their control within their sphere of influence also grew poppies.
If they destroyed this thing, then who will buy it from them?
Although many factions here grow and need this stuff, they dare not sell it to other factions.
What should we do then? Haven't they wasted a whole year?
Thankfully, someone came quickly. They bought it all at the market price. And from then on, growing this stuff was prohibited here.
Upon hearing this, the villagers breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went from house to house to pull the thing back and sell it all.
After they collected all these things, they gathered them all together and burned them.
This busy work lasted for several days.
Old Mo was also very happy to see this scene.
He risked his life to come here and finally achieved some results.
During this time, Lao Mo also called Hong Kong. First, he called to let them know he was safe. Then he asked about Wu Shih-hao.
Thankfully, the news came back good.
Lei Luo told him that Wu Shih-hao had woken up. The doctor told them that he would be fine after resting for a while, and that his body was recovering day by day.
Upon hearing this news, Lao Mo breathed a long sigh of relief.
On this day, the envoy Deng Shiwen sent to Thailand returned. He had successfully obtained a tobacco production license after spending ten million Thai baht.
Deng Shiwen was very happy and immediately began researching and working on planting tobacco. Her main concern was whether planting tobacco now was a suitable option.
In addition, Lao Mo transferred another HK$100 million to them to recruit and train soldiers, preparing them to eliminate the surrounding forces.
Seeing the base developing steadily, Lao Mo was very happy and even had sweet dreams in his sleep.
(By popular demand from readers, the system is about to be activated. The system primarily appeared to heal Chen Yao's arm. It took nearly three hundred chapters for the system to appear, which is quite unusual in online novels. Now that the system is out, let's go all out!)
That night, Lao Mo was half asleep when he suddenly heard a "ding" in his mind.
"Ding, the system has been activated as the host has acquired his own armed forces."
The feeling was like a dream, and Old Mo shuddered and sat up abruptly.
"System, is it really a system? Am I hallucinating?"
Old Mo called out in his heart.
"Host, you are not hallucinating. Your space was originally a dormant system. Now that the achievement has been completed, the system is activated."
Old Mo was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately asked in his mind, "System, system, tell me quickly, what functions do you have?"
The system said, "It doesn't have any particularly powerful functions; it just gives you a spiritual spring space. That's all."
"What the hell? This is called a system?"
Old Mo couldn't help but complain.
Old Mo's consciousness subconsciously sank into his own space. Sure enough, he found that two acres of land and a well had appeared next to his space.
The difference is that this space has the sun.
Old Mo was speechless. Was this system really that stingy? It only gave him two acres of land and a well?
"System, system, you're being way too stingy! What's the use of these two acres?"
At this point in his rant, Old Mo suddenly remembered his daughter. He quickly asked, "System, system, is this well a spiritual spring? Does drinking from this spiritual spring strengthen the body, cure all diseases, revive the dead, and even regenerate severed limbs?"
The system replied, "Anything is possible. This is indeed a spiritual spring, but it only has the effect of strengthening the body and does not have the strange effects you described."
Old Mo panicked upon hearing this: "Then what use is this spiritual spring? System, is there anything that can heal my daughter's hand?"
The system replied, "The Spirit Spring is not available now. However, you can upgrade it by spending money. The upgraded Spirit Spring water can cure all diseases and even regenerate severed limbs."
Upon hearing this, Lao Mo immediately shouted, "Great! That's wonderful! Then upgrade me quickly. How much do you want?"
The system said, "Upgrading the Spirit Spring requires one billion US dollars. Land can also be increased, at one hundred million US dollars per acre."
"Holy crap, this is way too expensive! Wait, system, what do you need US dollars for? Can't you use other currencies?"
The system replied: "The system only accepts US dollars."
Old Mo was dumbfounded: "Why?"
The system replied, "Because it's a universal currency, because the system doesn't want to see the host slack off, and because the system wants the host to acquire resources from the US."
Upon hearing this, Lao Mo finally understood.
The system is forcing him to go play on the old US!
"Alright, in that case, I agree."
Old Mo agreed readily because he wanted to heal his daughter's hand as soon as possible.
The system's sudden activation made Lao Mo eager to return home.
The next day, he gave Deng Shiwen some instructions, telling him to finish the preliminary work and then call him again.
Then Deng Shiwen dispatched a helicopter to take Lao Mo and the other man to the city. They boarded the helicopter and returned to Hong Kong that afternoon.
Why go back to Hong Kong? Didn't you say you were going to the US?
There was no other way; he needed to go back to Hong Kong to get a passport to go to the US.
Outside the airport, Leilo had been waiting for quite some time.
As soon as Lei Luo saw Lao Mo leading Lu Xiangdong out of the airport, he immediately led Zhu Youzai to greet them.
"Haha, brother, you're finally back. You have no idea how worried I was every day you were there! Come on, to the Emperor Hotel, the food's already ordered, I'll treat you to a welcome-back feast."
Lei Luo laughed and went up to give Old Mo a big bear hug.
"Okay. Thank you, Brother Le!"
Lei Luo let him go.
Two women rushed over and threw themselves into Old Mo's arms.
"You rascal, so you finally decided to come back?"