Chapter 87 - 86: Pigs, Cows, and Sheep Won’t Do

Chapter 87: Chapter 86: Pigs, Cows, and Sheep Won’t Do

"Hey everyone, hold on! Don’t rush, no shoving! I can’t sell these pigs, cows, and sheep to you."

"Why not? Boss Lin, it wasn’t easy for us to get here. You live here, you can buy them anytime."

Lin Feng was speechless. ’These people are definitely going to buy up all the poultry in the area.’

Hadn’t they seen all the uncles and aunties secretly texting and calling, telling their families to bring over all their poultry?

’I’m sure it won’t be long before the news spreads, and all the surrounding villages will come here to sell their stock.’

"Let me clarify. It’s not that I won’t let you buy them, but you first need to consider if you can even take live animals home.

Besides, if you want to slaughter pigs, cows, and sheep to sell the meat, they have to be inspected at a slaughterhouse first. Otherwise, it’s illegal."

Ma Dehua also chimed in anxiously, "That’s right, that’s right! Large livestock must be processed at a slaughterhouse. Selling it otherwise will result in a fine."

He had forgotten about that. If they had actually sold them today, he would definitely be in trouble once word got out.

In truth, secret slaughtering was common in the countryside. It was one of those things where if no one reported it, the officials wouldn’t investigate.

But today’s situation was different. If they really slaughtered the animals and sold the meat, someone would be knocking on their door tomorrow.

"We still want to buy them. Is there any way?"

"There’s no way. It’s too late even if we took them to a slaughterhouse now. You have to file a report in advance to get them processed there."

"Since that’s the case, Boss Lin, could you help us find some more free-range chickens? Farm-fresh eggs would be great too. And if there are any old ducks or duck eggs, we’ll take those as well."

Lin Feng looked at Uncle Ma. This was something he definitely couldn’t handle on his own; he had to rely on Uncle Ma.

"Uncle Ma, why don’t you have someone make an announcement with a loudspeaker? They can trade at the newly built Marketplace."

Seeing the expectant looks from the surrounding tourists, Uncle Ma agreed, "Alright, I’ll have someone make the announcement."

After Uncle Ma made the call, Lin Feng pulled him aside. "Uncle Ma, you need to find a few sharp-eyed, knowledgeable people. Don’t let the tourists get ripped off with fakes here on our turf."

"Right, right, we absolutely have to stop people from trying to take advantage of the chaos. I’ll find some people to help right now."

He made a few calls, then suddenly asked, "Xiaofeng, do you think our town could develop a free-range poultry industry?"

"As long as you can guarantee it’s genuinely free-range poultry, sales shouldn’t be a problem. We could even turn it into a local specialty."

There were many such products online, like black pork, free-range chicken, and farm-fresh eggs. As for whether they were authentic, that was a matter of conscience.

"I’ll go back and discuss it in a meeting. We have plenty of mountains around here. If we fence off some forest land for raising poultry, with all these tourists, it might actually work."

"Uncle Ma, you can’t be the one to push for this. The villagers have to be willing to do it themselves. As the old saying goes, ’Vast fortunes don’t count the ones with fur.’"

Ma Dehua said, "Why do we need others to do it? I’ll see if I can apply to set up a town collective enterprise."

He watched the tourists scrambling to buy chickens and ducks. As long as they could raise them, they definitely wouldn’t have to worry about selling them.

Lin Feng gave him a thumbs-up. Uncle Ma was thinking of developing a specialty industry for Mountain Ridge Town, proactively earning money to drive development.

It was just as he thought. Although most farmers were simple and honest, there was always a portion of people who liked to cut corners and act slick.

If you went around asking in the villages, you’d find that basically every village had two or three of those troublemaking households.

Sure enough, someone showed up with a cart full of obvious broiler chickens, only to be chased away by Ma Dehua.

After everyone else heard about it, they realized that as long as no one cheated, the tourists would keep buying their free-range poultry. United against a common problem, they all began to supervise the sales together.

And they actually managed to catch a few people who were trying to sell mixed batches of regular and farm-fresh eggs.

The impromptu market lasted for over three hours. Tourists who heard the news all came over to watch the excitement, whether they planned to buy anything or not.

Some who hadn’t originally planned to buy anything couldn’t resist purchasing a few things after hearing the enthusiastic recommendations from other tourists.

The main issue was that live animals were difficult to transport, so most of the buyers were people who had driven there themselves.

The situation here even caught the attention of the county government. After hearing about the tourists’ demand, the county officials saw a business opportunity.

They just wanted free-range livestock, right? Given Wuyuan County’s unique situation—lots of mountains and little arable land—this was a direction they could genuinely develop.

Of course, to make this business successful, they couldn’t do without the tourists in Lin Xian Village. Therefore, Lin Xian Village had to be developed properly.

Right now, the tourists’ food and drink expenses already brought in a lot of income. If they could also develop some agricultural products, they’d be waking up laughing in their sleep.

Lin Feng hadn’t expected it either. He had only wanted to buy some livestock for his own Restaurant to use, but it ended up revealing a business opportunity to the county.

He answered several calls in a row, all from people inquiring about the matter and wanting to get into this line of business.

"Brother Lin, you’re incredible! You’ve single-handedly kickstarted an entire industry."

"I didn’t expect so many people to be this optimistic about the industry either."

Hu Xia said, "Of course they’re optimistic. As long as you keep getting tourists here, they won’t have to worry about sales."

"Sis, you’re thinking about it wrong. They have to cooperate with Brother Lin to sell anything. It would be very difficult for them to sell on their own.

There’s a serious lack of trust in today’s society. Consumers get ripped off easily when they buy things. You can only sell a product if you can make people believe in its quality."

Did the people in today’s buying frenzy trust the farmers?

A few might have, but the vast majority of tourists chose to buy because they trusted Lin Feng.

"True. Lin Feng was basically like an influencer promoting products today. If something goes wrong, he’ll face the backlash."

Lin Feng said, "This was a one-time thing. I’m definitely not helping them sell products in the future."

He couldn’t possibly inspect every single item. There was a famous influencer who was even invited by a government department, and he still ended up getting scammed.

With nothing much to do in the afternoon, Lin Feng went over to the Livestock Shed. The shed had already been upgraded, and he had added two small sterilization systems.

[Livestock Shed (Level 2): Slightly increases livestock growth speed, slightly improves quality, and increases livestock disease resistance by 20%.]

He planned to add more sterilization systems during the next upgrade to further increase the disease resistance. If it reached 100%, he wouldn’t have to worry about plagues.

He hadn’t managed to buy a single small poultry animal today. The shed was now full of pigs, cows, and sheep. He really needed to hire a stockman.

He could also complete the quest and get a livestock feed formula.

Of course, completing a quest would also let him level up. ’I wonder if anything will change?’

Right now, aside from Quest Four and the Medicine House quest, all the other quests could be completed quickly.

He called his father and delegated the task of finding a stockman. He should have news by tomorrow.

As for the feed problem, he would figure out a solution after he obtained that formula.

An employee helping out over here saw Lin Feng arrive and hurried over.

"Boss."

"How are things over here? Have you found any problematic animals?"

"No, Boss. They all look very healthy. But just now, Chef Niu came by, took a look at the cattle inside, and said he wants to make an All-Cow Banquet."

Lin Feng remembered that he had promised everyone an All-Cow Banquet after the Lord’s Mansion was built, but it wasn’t impossible to do it earlier.

"I got it. I’ll go find him in a bit."

He decided to raise them for a few days first to see if there were any changes. If not, he would slaughter a cow for the All-Cow Banquet.

Slaughtering a cow for personal consumption didn’t require an inspection, as it didn’t involve a transaction and wouldn’t enter the market.

The Restaurant was also nearing completion. As soon as the interior decorations were finished, it could open for business. The only problem was that he still hadn’t found a chef.