Raising Ducks for Daily Rewards-Chapter 70: The Open Scheme

"Senior brother, this... did the court really just...?" Ling looked at Fengyu, a look of shock.

"Let’s talk outside," Fengyu stopped her and walked out of the village hall.

Just as he passed by the reception, he was called by the receptionist.

"You three, you participated in the defense against the Beast Attack, right?

The village has decided on a compensation of 1,000 spirit stones and a 10% voucher on any purchase in the Green Plum Store.

Both will be delivered to your place soon!" After saying this, the receptionist looked back at the one in front of him, talking again.

Hearing this, Fengyu cupped his hands in thanks and left.

The reminder was loud but clearly contained key information – he was able to defend against the Beast Attack and come out uninjured.

Anyone who heard this wouldn’t think of the money but rather that he had the power to protect himself if it came down to it.

Fengyu was slightly thankful but didn’t stop his steps, walking out of the Village Hall.

Outside, he slowly walked back to his field with the twins behind him, casually chatting along the way.

When he was midway through the road, seeing no one around, he sighed and answered the first question.

"This person, he wasn’t a good citizen in the first place. The village usually doesn’t care about them on normal days, but once the beast tide approaches, or when they make a mistake, they instantly use them as cannon fodder or make them miners.

They are like weeds that casually grow in the village, to be used by anyone at any point in time.

Now he died because he was useless. But, can either of you tell me why I call him useless?" Fengyu asked them a question instead.

After what he had seen in court... he realised that having companions was extremely important, especially smart companions who knew the ins and outs of things and threaded the path with care.

Hearing this, the twins also realised something and paused for a moment, thinking of an answer. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Brother, is it because he was weak? If he was strong, he could become a real force in the Beast Tide, which would make the village hesitate about using him as cannon fodder?" Ling asked after contemplation. She had known about the situation outside and knew that stronger cultivators had a special status in the village, even if they didn’t produce much.

Ming answered differently, "Brother, I think he’s useless because he can’t produce anything. He’s renting one acre and earns 150 spirit stones yearly with his cultivation at the fifth stage of Qi Refining.

Even if we divide our income by ten, we would still earn more than him.

In addition, 150 spirit stones on one acre doesn’t mean 1,500 spirit stones with 10 acres. After all, a cultivator’s energy is limited.

If my guess is right, then he would have only earned 500 spirit stones with 10 acres, based on my impression of his abilities and the words of the prosecutor.

Such a person doesn’t produce much, doesn’t earn much, and doesn’t benefit the village.

With no value, he’s useless."

Fengyu smiled and nodded, "Both of you are right and it also shows the difference between Battle Masters and Creation Masters.

Neither his strength nor his production is high, so he’s expendable.

When calculating strength, the city usually calculates how many enemies he can kill and how strong they are. Usually, a rough measure is that a cultivator who can kill a beast a minor stage higher has the potential to become a battle master. Someone who can capture a beast stronger than them is definitely of high value and won’t be treated as expendable.

The calculation of production is easier – while it’s correct that spirit veins are limited, in fact, that’s only relative. How much a cultivator can bring out of one acre is different.

A cultivator like him brings out the minimum, which creates no value.

You and I both have the ability to bring out twice or three times the minimum, qualifying as potential or full creation masters.

While it seems like most profits enter our own bags, in fact, this isn’t the case at all.

Let’s take one of my ducks as an example –

A high-quality duck is sold to the village at the price of 10 spirit stones. I ’earn’ 9 of them, but taking off my skill and time as a cost, my real earnings are only 3 or 4.

The village sells these ducks at the price of 15 spirit stones, taking ten off for purchase and one as a handling fee, they directly earn 3 or 4 spirit stones from one duck.

Hehe, does this seem fair?

For me, it’s very fair. Outside, anywhere I go, I will have to pay a high tax, fee, and lack various privileges I enjoy in the village.

If you think we could avoid the village and sell directly to a butcher, then you’re wrong.

Because a butcher has to rent a store in the city in addition to renting a place to cultivate.

I can only imagine that the store rent is extremely high. The illusory profit gained from the ducks is still delivered to the village.

The butcher might also earn three to four spirit stones after butchering the duck and selling it to a restaurant for 20 spirit stones.

A restaurant will need larger space, making the rent rise. They sell the whole chicken for 25 spirit stones, the profits split between the restaurant and the cook.

Hehe, no matter what we do, the village will still gain their profit.

And by having all these steps, they make sure the market flows better, which will lead to more people having more money, making them buy more things, many of which will be bought from their stores directly.

They create the illusion of no tax but they still benefit the most just by keeping the city and supporting the movement of money..."

Fengyu looked back to the village hall, feeling a magnificent scheme out in the open.

Many people could see it, but the issue was that everyone benefitted.

Those smarter benefitted more, and those useless benefitted less...