Chapter 144: Return Fully Loaded! Royal Jelly Will Be In Mass Production Soon!
When Chen Dagou and the others gathered around, that person quickly took out two pieces of beehive to compare for everyone: “Look, aren’t the colors of these two beehives different? The honey from this hive also tastes sweeter, and after eating it there is a wonderful feeling, as if it can relieve fatigue.”
This sounded a bit miraculous, and the people from the Demon Subduing Hall found it hard to believe.
Chen Dagou subconsciously glanced at Chen Han; the honey water Xiao Han brought out at noon had exactly this effect.
He immediately broke off a small piece from that hive, put it in his mouth, and sucked the honey.
It was indeed sweeter than ordinary honey, and the key thing was that eating it directly like this was not cloying at all.
After a short while, he also felt that wonderful sensation; the exhaustion from being busy on the cliff for half a day was clearly relieved, and he could feel his recovery.
He remembered the honey water Chen Han had given them at noon. Wasn’t this the same? He could not help saying, “Xiao Han, this honey’s effect is as strange as the honey water you gave us at noon. Did you already know there was this special honey here?”
Chen Han followed up smoothly: “Uncle Dagou, I am not sure. I bought someone else’s honey; that is just what they said. And clearly, this place is not where they harvested it.”
As he spoke, he kicked the ball back: “Uncle Dagou, when you were cutting, do you remember who cut this hive? Was there anything special about it? This will help us produce this kind of honey in the future.”
Chen Dagou was stunned. How could he remember that?
Although there were only 13 beehives, one hive was not just one piece, but stacked in many layers.
Some with a large area even had to be cut into several pieces, otherwise the netting they carried could not bear the weight.
So who could remember all that?
He carefully recalled, then looked toward a short middle-aged man: “Xiao Shan, was it you?”
“Dagou, how would I remember!” the middle-aged man called Xiao Shan said with a frown.
Chen Dagou immediately said, “When on a task, use positions. Call him Hall Master!”
Xiao Shan said awkwardly, “Fine, Hall Master, then it should be me who cut it. At the time I did feel one piece looked a different color. It should be this one.”
At this moment, another person said, “Xiao Shan, it must be you. I glanced at you back then and also felt that piece was a bit special.”
Hearing this, Chen Han silently stopped speaking.
The goal had been achieved, and in a very reasonable way.
Seeing Xiao Shan admit it, Chen Dagou immediately ordered, “Check whether there are any other different ones.”
At once, the others began searching through those hives.
After looking through them once, someone indeed shouted, “This hive is different too.”
Chen Dagou went up to taste it, found it was indeed so, and asked, “Then who cut this one?”
At once, the group began discussing again.
In the end, another person inexplicably took the blame.
Because others said it might be him and he was not sure himself, he ended up bearing that extra weight.
Seeing that both different hives had someone to claim them, Chen Dagou said, “Think back carefully to what was special about these two hives at the time. Maybe in the future our Chen Clan can cultivate this kind of honey.”
As he spoke, he even took out his mobile phone’s notepad, preparing to record.
Seeing this, Chen Han said with a smile, “Uncle Dagou, if the Chen Clan can mass produce this honey in the future, it will definitely be your merit.”
Hearing this, Chen Dagou grinned widely, suddenly full of motivation.
This was a chance to be recorded in the glorious history of the Chen Clan.
After his death, his memorial tablet in the ancestral hall would surely receive more offerings.
With a broad smile, Chen Han watched this scene. This was the primacy effect, the first impression effect, also called preconceived impression.
When royal jelly was mass produced in the future, everyone would think of that afternoon when they followed Doggy in pursuit, and here at the cliff they brought back the hives that could produce different honey.
Chen Han took out his mobile phone again and began filming those two pieces of royal jelly: “When subduing the giant demonic bee clan, we actually obtained royal jelly that is extremely scarce even among the giant demonic bees. This royal jelly not only tastes good and relieves fatigue, but also benefits cultivation.”
“To thank the righteous path fellow practitioners for always helping the Chen Clan resist the demonic path rogues, the Chen Clan has decided to soak this royal jelly in spirit spring water and share it daily with 30 fellow practitioners who help the Chen Clan resist the demonic path.”
In the eyes of ordinary people, this video material might look abstract, and certainly could not compare with the video of encircling and suppressing the Joyful Union Sect demonic cult rogues.
But if 30 people drank honey water every day, that would be different. It would definitely create some popularity and spread the reputation of royal jelly.
The key point was that 30 cups of honey water did not consume much. His current stock of royal jelly was completely sufficient, and for a strong colony, with enough nectar sources, a hive could produce honey in 40 days.
Now the queens in the 13 bee boxes had all been renovated by the game system. Once they laid eggs again and a new generation of colonies appeared, needless to say, they would definitely be the strongest group.
That meant that in this season, in theory, after 40 days, the Chen Clan could mass produce royal jelly, perhaps even faster.
“Royal jelly, that is a good name!” When he heard the name, Chen Dagou’s eyes lit up, and after that he also helped handle the honey.
…
Woof woof!
When they finished processing the honey and were on their way back, Doggy’s barking echoed through the mountain forest. On the way back, they still ran freely through the forest.
Chen Han and the others were naturally returning fully loaded. The bee boxes carried by Chen Dagou and the others had their latches sealed, leaving only small gaps for air, and the buzzing inside shook and hummed.
Then, as they passed a small slope, a sudden “cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck” sound rang out.
A shan ji suddenly dropped down from above onto the mountain path.
Woof woof!~
In that instant, You Cai and the dogs seemed as if injected with chicken blood and were about to rush up.
“You Cai, stop, you must not hurt it!” Chen Han shouted anxiously.
This was a protected animal.
You Cai had already rushed up to that shan ji. Hearing his master’s words, he instinctively stopped, barked, and made all the dogs stop as well.
But the shan ji was clearly frightened out of its wits. In a panic, it bolted blindly and suddenly crashed straight into a tree, then flopped limply to the ground.
“…” Chen Han was speechless.
He stepped forward to look. This unlucky creature’s neck had snapped.
This was not his fault, right?
He hurriedly called to Chen Dagou and the others: “Go, go, go, we did not see anything.”
The others exchanged looks, then hastily hoisted the bee boxes and followed.
Woof woof!~
You Cai did not understand why, but led the dogs after his master and even ran to the front to clear the way.
Left behind was only the shan ji that had, for no apparent reason, killed itself by running into a tree.
Not far along, when Chen Han saw that You Cai had run out front again, he showed a stunned expression.
A ball of white light was floating over You Cai’s back, and at a glance he saw it was Green Feather Pheasant meat.
So this worked too?
It seemed this game system was really very abstract.
After returning to the Chen Clan, how to arrange the bee boxes became an issue.
If they wanted to mass produce royal jelly in the future, splitting the boxes and increasing yield would all depend on these 13 bee boxes.
If things went quickly, for a strong colony they could split a box in a month and a half.
At that point, there would be 26 bee boxes.
Based on a strong colony splitting seven times a year, the numbers would be terrifying.
So, they needed to choose the location well, and they also had to set up rain protection. Just relying on the boxes themselves would not be enough to keep out the rain.
After searching around, they decided to place the bee boxes on a hillside beside Fifth Uncle’s place. Behind the slope was forest, in front, not far away, were ten mu of spirit fields, and it was also close to the sea of flowers, convenient for gathering nectar.
The key was that the place was open, convenient for building sheds, and also convenient for splitting boxes in the future.
The follow-up matters would naturally be handled by Uncle Dagou and the people he brought. Then he instructed them to distribute some of the ordinary honey to each member of the clan, while the royal jelly was taken back by him. Also, the video material they had filmed needed to be edited.
By the time he finished editing the video of capturing the queens, it was already evening. He uploaded it to the Chen Family Head’s account, titled: 《Subduing the giant demonic bees, happily obtaining royal jelly!》.
But he did not rush to publish it, since the video mentioned sharing 30 cups of royal jelly water with fellow practitioners, which needed to be handled properly.
So he called his junior sister over and explained the matter to her.
“So from now on the Chen Clan can mass produce that kind of honey?” Xiao Yu’s eyes also lit up. She had drunk that honey water and had personally felt that strange fatigue-relieving effect.
Then she immediately had an idea: “Senior brother, we can use a lucky draw. We have done lucky draw boxes before. Just prepare a bunch of black and white chess pieces. Black means no prize, white means a win. Once the 30 cups of honey water are drawn, that is it.”
“Mm, that is one method!” Chen Han nodded. It was just a bit crude and could only be used for now. In the future they would need more refined lucky draw props.
This required proper thought.
Xiao Yu did not hesitate and immediately went to arrange the lucky draw. Around dinner time, she had it ready.
Only then did Chen Han upload the 《Subduing the giant demonic bees, happily obtaining royal jelly!》 video to Douyin.
The news about him and Ming Di encircling and suppressing the Joyful Union Sect demonic cult rogues was very hot today, so once he posted this video, it was pushed by the stream.
Soon many people came in to watch. Seeing the title 《Subduing the giant demonic bees, happily obtaining royal jelly》, many people knew this was definitely pure abstract content.
Many people admitted that they had jumped to conclusions too early about the earlier Joyful Union Sect video; the Chen Family Head, though abstract, actually had a core of reality and had really taken out a batch of Joyful Union Sect demonic rogues.
But giant demonic bees? At most you caught some bees or something, just like that Dog Demon King was actually a little earth dog.
It was impossible that little earth dog was truly a demonic beast.
So the giant demonic bees were surely utterly abstract, and the royal jelly that was shared as 30 cups a day must just be honey.
Zhang Jie and his girlfriend Lu Lu thought so.
They were not fans of the Chen Family Head, but had been attracted by Xiao Yu Za’s promotional video.
After coming, they had scrolled through the Chen Family Head’s videos and found that this boss of the Chen Clan was incredibly abstract, and today’s news of encircling Joyful Union Sect demonic rogues had indeed shocked them.
No one had ever seen an internet celebrity play abstract to such an extent.
But no matter how abstract these giant demonic bees and royal jelly were, there were still limits. People who could not accept this abstract humor would probably curse him as crazy after watching.
However, since they were here, the two of them also wanted to try it and see how their luck was. If they were lucky, they might get a cup of honey water.
When they arrived at the Tourist Service Center, they indeed saw an abstract box already set up there, and a waitress beside it had just put up a sign that read: The Family Head has subdued giant demonic bees and happily obtained royal jelly. Today there are 30 cups of royal jelly to share with all fellow practitioners…
Many people had already seen that video from the Chen Family Head, so all the tourists entering the hall gathered around, and it even became a bit noisy:
“Haha, I did not expect the Chen Family Head to carry abstractness through to the end. There really are 30 cups of honey.”
“Whatever, we can just join in the fun. I will draw!”
“Me too. The Chen Family Head has been abstract all day; we cannot let his efforts go to waste.”
“…”
The tourists were very enthusiastic. Even if in their minds this was just 30 cups of ordinary honey, they were still willing to accompany the Chen Family Head in his abstractness and actively participate.
That already counted as a success.
Soon, several tourists went up for the lucky draw, but they all drew black pieces and did not win.
This instead left them a bit disappointed.
Zhang Jie and Lu Lu went forward and each drew a piece. Seeing that the people before them had not won, they had thought the winning rate was low.
But when they both took out their pieces, they were stunned at the same time. Both of them had white pieces.
Which meant they each won a cup of honey water.
This made the people who had already drawn feel unbalanced. Why them?
“Congratulations, you have won two cups of honey water.” The waitress in charge of the draw smiled as she handed over the two cups.
Zhang Jie took the two cups, passed one to his girlfriend, and took a big sip from the other. Then he said in disbelief, “This honey water is really good! The honey flavor is strong, yet not cloying!”
Hearing this, Lu Lu immediately took a sip as well and then exclaimed, “Really, this honey water is very good.”
They both took another couple of sips, and after a moment, surprise appeared on their faces.
Zhang Jie asked his girlfriend directly, “Lu Lu, do you feel it? There is a special sensation.”
In the afternoon, he and his girlfriend had walked through the sea of flowers, toured the ancient architectural complex, and gone to a fruit grove in the village to pick fruit, so they were indeed a bit tired.
Now, after drinking this honey water, that fatigue was beginning to fade, and they could clearly feel it.
He thought of how, in the video, the Chen Family Head had said that royal jelly had a fatigue-relieving effect.
No way.
Was this royal jelly actually real?
Lu Lu could not help exclaiming, “This is incredible. This honey water really does relieve fatigue, and so obviously. Is this really just honey water?”
The surrounding tourists looked the two of them up and down. When they had only said that the honey water tasted good, it had not seemed like much, but now this was too over the top.
They looked exactly like two planted shills.
Sensing their looks, Zhang Jie quickly said, “We are not shills. If you do not believe us, try this honey water.”
As he spoke, he actually handed out his honey water. The key thing was that someone did step up to try it; two people came over and each took two big gulps, not worried at all about shared saliva.
The effect was clear. After a moment, those two were also astonished:
“It really does relieve fatigue. What the Chen Family Head said in the video is true.”
“The honey the Chen Family Head got is wild. Maybe royal jelly really is a thing.”
At this, everyone became half believing, half doubtful. Naturally, they also suspected the two might be shills. But when more people kept winning and tasting the royal jelly, all the tourists could not hold back anymore and rushed up to draw, wanting to try it themselves.
After all, maybe one or two people were shills, but it was impossible that everyone who had drunk it was.
Unfortunately, most people did not win, and for a while they looked at the winners with envy.
At night, the entire Chen Clan grew even more lively. As more than 20 cups of royal jelly water were won by tourists, royal jelly completely set off a sensation.
Gu Ning was a rich second generation who checked in only that evening. Seeing a winner’s exaggerated cries of surprise, he was speechless.
It was only a cup of honey water. He had drunk far more expensive things; was that reaction necessary?
When another person won, he did want to taste it and directly asked, “Two thousand yuan for the honey water in your hand, okay?”
That tourist clearly also wanted to drink it, hesitated, and said, “Half a cup!”
“Fine!” Gu Ning said speechlessly. He took the half cup and drank it down, and within moments his eyes widened slightly. He hurriedly asked the waitress, “Does the Chen Clan have any more of this royal jelly for sale? I want to buy it, and I do not mind if it is expensive.”
While the Chen Clan was running the royal jelly lucky draw, Chu Hao had gone with his father to the outside of a manor, holding a tube of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea in his arms.
They greeted the people at the door and waited a while before a middle-aged man led them inside.
They had naturally come at night to meet that tycoon big shot. His rheumatism symptoms were so severe his bones were deformed. If they could tell him about the Chen Clan’s effect and help cure his symptoms, he would definitely owe them a huge favor.
As soon as they entered the hall, father and son heard scripture chanting. They saw an old man sitting in meditation, with a monk in front of him chanting scriptures.
This was the abbot of the largest temple in their city. The tycoon had donated fifty million, and now the abbot was here chanting for him.
After seeking treatment from many hospitals to no avail, this big shot had chosen to turn to gods and Buddha, and he obviously believed in Buddha.
Buddha statues and the character for Buddha hung all around the hall.
The two did not disturb him. Only when the monk finished chanting did the man open his eyes.
The middle-aged man stepped forward then and said, “Boss, these two are Chu Lin of the Chu family and his son.”
“Mr. Liu, hello!” Chu Lin immediately greeted him.
Chu Hao did the same.
Looking at them, Liu Dong said, “Since my assistant brought you in, you must have something that can surprise me.”
Without hesitation, Chu Lin explained, “Mr. Liu, I know you are suffering terribly from rheumatism. I have some news that may help you. The Chen Clan that is very popular online now is a Daoist Sect Heritage Family with some remarkable inheritance that might help your symptoms.”
“We have found out that a tycoon’s father had an eye condition that hospitals could not treat, and he was cured after going to the Chen Clan.”
This made Liu Dong pause. His condition was indeed torturing him. According to Master Xin Yan, it was the sha qi accumulated in his body blocking his qi and blood, so it needed to be dispelled by chanting scriptures and praying for blessings.
He had also thought of his younger days of struggle, when he had indeed done some unruly things. But in that era, who in his position could truly keep their hands clean?
So he had donated fifty million and asked Master Xin Yan to chant for 49 days to ward off evil and resolve the sha qi. It had already been half a month, but he had not felt any improvement.
He was discouraged, but did not dare to give up. What if after 49 days the sha qi was resolved and then the symptoms could be cured?
“Is this information true?” Liu Dong asked, then frowned and said, “If it is still mystic sect means like chanting and praying, why bother going to others for the same thing? My 49 days of chanting to ward off evil cannot be interrupted halfway.”
Chu Hao smiled. No matter how wise or formidable someone was, in the face of an incurable condition, they would turn to gods and Buddha. If Mr. Liu were twenty years younger, he probably would never think this way.
Let alone donate fifty million to have someone chant and pray for him.
He was old now, and his spirit was not what it once was.
So he said to Liu Dong, “Mr. Liu, I have brought with me a fine product from the Chen Clan. Perhaps once you taste it, you will not have so many doubts.”
As he spoke, he took out the Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea in his hands.
Since he had brought it, he naturally wanted to make full use of it.
Liu Dong was intrigued, and the middle-aged man stepped forward to take the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, opened the packaging, and took out the bamboo tube inside.
Even Master Xin Yan was drawn over.
But when they saw that inside the bamboo tube there was only bamboo leaf tea, their expressions became a bit odd.
Especially Liu Dong, whose brows furrowed slightly. With his status, what kind of tea had he not drunk? He had tasted even the most precious teas that were extremely rare and hard to buy. His tea room had some of everything.
So this tube of bamboo leaf tea did not stir the slightest ripple in his heart.
