Animal husbandry might seem insignificant, but a mobile animal farm is truly extravagant.
It's outrageously extravagant. Leaving aside the possibility of providing sustenance in emergencies, the daily output alone is more than enough to sustain them.
Lu Ming conquers women through his bedroom skills and tender affection, aided by delicious food. A happy stomach makes a woman more easily swayed.
Relationships still require cultivation, and he can also enjoy a delicious meal—it's a win-win situation.
He picked up tools and began building a greenhouse in the medicine kit.
The animals to be raised need to be captured in the wild, and different species need to live in different areas, requiring different traps for capture.
That's quite troublesome, but the greenhouse is different. With sufficient materials, construction can begin immediately.
Cai Wenji and Zhang Yulan emerged from the yoga room, drenched in sweat, about to shower and then go to sleep.
They were also preparing; Lu Ming was returning to Longxi County, and they would inevitably accompany him.
So, some things need to be organized. The books might not be taken; it'll be at least several months, so some things still need to be prepared.
Going back to see her mother-in-law is always a bit awkward for a daughter-in-law.
Besides, the prospect of meeting her future wife is always shrouded in mystery. How should she get along?
Many worries still need to be dealt with.
Lu Ming spent the night working on various projects. First, he built the greenhouse, then he began preparing the farmland, planting all the crops.
He just needs to wait for the crops to sprout, flower, and bear fruit, supplementing them with fertilizer and water along the way.
Stepping out of the greenhouse, it was already dawn. He stretched his body, his bones cracking and popping.
He went to the courtyard, picked up his spear, and began practicing thrusting.
He practiced almost everything, mastering the skills.
Maintaining good combat awareness also helped him exercise.
It usually didn't last too long, just twenty or thirty minutes.
Too long a time wouldn't be very effective, and too short a time wouldn't show any results either; about thirty minutes was about right.
After practicing, Lu Ming went to the greenhouse and took out the calcined solution, waiting for it to cool.
This contained artificial rubber, used to make wheels.
For long journeys, he needed to make inflatable tires for shock absorption.
In areas with poor road conditions, the sturdiness of the carriage was especially important.
Having women was so troublesome, nothing compared to marching into battle.
You reap what you sow; the more you put in, the more you get out.
Wanting a rough woman without paying the price? There's no such thing as a free lunch.
He'd have Aunt Yu help him bathe, and then have his way with her.
Watching the trembling mature woman dressing him, Lu Ming couldn't contain his excitement.
This is the steward's wife, and she still is, but now as his mistress. He can have sex with Aunt Yu anytime, while Aunt Yu's husband, Wang Huan, cannot. That's the benefit of power!
After breakfast, Princess Wannian and the others were already up exercising, not daring to stay in bed. Unless pregnant, they all needed to get up and exercise.
Wu Xian and her mother, however, shyly approached and told him the news of their pregnancies.
Both mother and daughter were pregnant at the same time!
This is understandable; mother and daughter always conceive together, and the time it takes for them to conceive is usually about the same, only a few days different.
"Since you're pregnant, you don't need to exercise anymore. Just take walks regularly and take good care of the pregnancy. I'll talk to Madam. You two go back and rest." Lu Ming's face was very excited. It seemed his methods were working; the women were starting to get pregnant one after another!
Young girls were pregnant, and mature women were getting pregnant too!
The good news was that it proved he indeed had very strong sperm motility—a capability every man dreams of!
Every cloud has a silver lining, and the bad news was that he'd lost two more sex toys!
Pregnant women weren't suitable for serving him in bed, and even if they were, one had to be extremely careful.
Therefore, he needed to develop new sex toys. For a lustful man like himself, it was true that he couldn't live without women!
"Yes, my lord," Wu Xian and her mother said, their expressions a mixture of secret joy and shyness. Mother and daughter both pregnant with the same man's child—how lewd!
Moreover, such a thing was rarely even heard of, let alone pregnancy.
Meanwhile, far away in Gaotang County, Liu Bei was still up handling official business. As the county magistrate, his daily tasks were patrolling and apprehending thieves. To be fair, his reputation was quite good.
It was just that he would become Lu Ming's adversary in the future. If he was willing to submit, he could be given some dignity.
Today, while on patrol, Liu Bei didn't know why, but leaves kept falling on his head, making it look like a bright green hat from a distance.
The future Queen Wu Xian had been seduced by Lu Ming, and now, due to his constant ejaculation, she was pregnant. It would be strange if he wasn't being cuckolded.
This minor incident didn't delay Lu Ming's plans. Early the next morning, he went to his workshop outside the city and set up traps in the nearby mountains—a bird trap.
Simultaneously, based on his exploration, he dug five more pits deep in the mountains.
After setting them up, he placed meat on top.
The top of each pit was made into a funnel shape using branches and leaves, with meat bait placed in the center. Any wild boars that came to eat the meat would inevitably fall into the pit!
Then he could come back and harvest the wild boars. At this time, there were still many wild boars, and their reproductive rate was incredibly high, making them an ideal source of meat.
Compared to domestic pigs, it was the wild-caught animals that could be domesticated—that made for a very systematic approach.
Lu Ming's movements were always being observed, but his bird-catching and wild-boar-catching activities, even if reported back, would only raise suspicions.
The powerful families like the Yuan and Yang clans were simply puzzled. Why would he go out and hunt wild animals? Was it to curry favor with someone in the palace?
Sometimes his schedule was very regular: the palace, home, a simple routine. Other times he went to the Grand Commandant's residence or Zhang Feng's mansion. Now, hunting wild animals was simply a distraction from his duties.
After finishing all this, it was already afternoon, and Lu Ming hurried back to the city.
He arrived at a large mansion in the north of the city. This was originally the residence of a member of the Liu clan, but after they all died out, only this one remained.
Now, Lu Ming had taken it over to use as a women's pub, exclusively for entertaining women.
He was there to check on the progress of the construction. It was just laying wooden planks and installing the sewage system; little decoration was needed, only repairs to some damaged areas.