After Apocalypse, I Got Rich With Superpower

The mysterious bigwig and the others from the imperial capital went back, saying that they would issue the approval for the Agricultural Research Institute once they returned and that she should start building the houses first.

After seeing off these bigwigs, Li Pan glanced at the Base Commander. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Uncle, why don’t you hit me a couple of times to vent your anger?"

"The trouble you’ve caused isn’t minor. Keep an eye on the Institute’s matters for me. Also, I’ve taken back several farms and plan to work with your Panpan Farm. I need you to dispatch some people to me."

The Base Commander glared at her.

"Alright."

Li Pan obediently bowed her head in agreement.

The Base Commander hummed, hands behind his back, humming a little tune and striding away triumphantly.

I showed my face again, the child I raised makes me proud, making others envious, jealous, and hateful. I fear nothing!

Only after everyone had left did Li Pan look up and poke Xue Dong, "What’s he planning by taking the farms back?"

"The government will run them on its own, hiring people to work. They’ll use ordinary folks for the farm work, which means there will be a lot more job opportunities. It’s easier to manage than private leasing since it’s for the government, and they’ll consider our farm’s welfare systems as a reference, planning to continue them to give ordinary people more benefits."

"Oh, that’s a good thing. It kind of feels like the days when the corps were opening up new territories for cultivation."

"Exactly. As long as the welfare and benefits keep up, there’s no worrying about their lack of effort. Also, the Base is going to build apartment buildings, not for sale but affordable for the regular folks to live in. They’ll have residency rights but can’t sell or trade in the market. Those without money can rent, and long-term renters won’t be evicted."

"Oh, so these are welfare houses; no need to worry about not affording a house."

"Right, and there will be a series of policies to follow. If you’re an employee of the Base, they’ll give you housing for free. You can’t sell it, but it doesn’t cost employees anything, and like us, they’ll build kindergartens, canteens, and so on. All the welfare facilities will follow suit. We’ve set a template, and now that the bigwig has given public approval, it’ll soon be rolled out nationwide as a demonstration. Our Base will be among the first examples, and they’ll even promote us as a model farm."

"Good heavens, this is all so surprising to me."

"There’s more; I’m going to add factory lines. The Base will also start factories to increase production capacity and more job positions, making the Base even better."

Xue Dong throws out one bombshell after another, leaving Li Pan feeling a bit overwhelmed.

"I feel like I have endless work to do."

"You don’t need to worry about these things. Jianzhong and the others will discuss and handle them. We originally thought about hiring professional management talent, but the bigwig rejected that idea, saying we’ve never relied on professionalism but on a personal touch, considering the people and employees like family, genuinely intending to make life better for everyone. If they came, they wouldn’t fit in."

"It seems to make sense, but as we keep growing, won’t there be a risk of us going astray in the future?"

"No. The bigwig said later there would be an organization of various Bases and Farms that are doing well, as well as businesses to come for mutual learning and exchanges. It doesn’t matter if it’s a company, factory, farm, or supermarket; everyone learns and exchanges with each other."

"Good, I’d like to go and learn too when the time comes."

"Sure, I’ll take you with me."

"Right, the base is going to open another big supermarket, which they say will have all kinds of goods and will mainly be a value supermarket."

"Let’s go check it out once it opens. Then, we’ll have to arrange for our products to be delivered there as well."

"Of course, I’ve already filed a report to apply for that."

Li Pan’s life after marriage hadn’t changed much from before, except that the two of them became even closer.

Xue Dong was still busy outside, while Li Pan was responsible for the cultivation of medicines and Spiritual Medicine. Xue Dong also very much supported her work and career, and he wasn’t insistent about having children.

Nowadays, with the birth rate being so low, pressuring wouldn’t work; letting nature take its course actually made for a more relaxed mindset. Even if they didn’t have children, spending a lifetime together as companions was also very nice.

If they ended up without children, they planned to continue choosing orphans to raise on the farm, cultivating the children to be independent—this was also a cause for happiness and a sense of achievement. They had discussed it thoroughly and agreed to let things take their natural course without forcing anything.

Li Pan was still researching how to find wild medicinal materials that could serve as affordable alternatives to the expensive Spiritual Medicine, which would make the medicines more cost-effective.

Her impact was still continuing. After she had made the medicine recipes public, the advantages held by the families were nearly gone—especially since on the wedding day, she announced several crucial medicines that had affordable alternatives with still powerful effects.

Even if they were slightly less effective, all the specific details like the difference in efficacy, affordability, and failure rates were clearly stated on the medicine, earning immense appreciation from many warriors and commoners.

Even with a failure rate, they accepted Li Pan’s potions because they were affordable, giving them more opportunities. The previous medicine was indeed good, but it was useless if you couldn’t afford it in your lifetime.

The farm’s potions had to be pre-ordered, and they were currently in excess demand. The government was their most stable big customer, signing a two-year order in one go and paying in full, with the possibility of exchanging for Spiritual Medicine.

The families’ advantages disappeared, and their say in matters lost ninety percent. The only remaining advantage was that potions made from Spiritual Medicine were indeed more potent and came with a very low failure rate.

However, Li Pan’s potions had no toxic side effects. If there was a failure, it wouldn’t break the bank, so the common people were still willing to choose her potions. "If I fail once, I save up and can have another go, or even two. The family products are good, I agree, but if I can’t afford even one bottle in my lifetime, they have no relevance to me."

Many large bases and supermarkets began ordering Potions from the farm, preparing to introduce them on a large scale to the market, which could further lower the prices.

Now, there were two types of Potions on the market: a budget version and an expensive version. The wealthy people still chose the expensive version, but the common folk went for the budget one.

Food Potions also started to hit the market in large quantities. Many poor people who couldn’t afford food could buy them to fill up, saving some food money.

Some people, busy with work, didn’t want to waste time on mundane tasks like eating and cooking, so they bought Potions to save time.

Li Pan was still working on the experimental fields at No. 6 Farm, transplanting the Spirit Plants that she had painstakingly brought back from the imperial capital for the second time. Some offshoots also needed careful transplantation. She organized for people to further summarize the daily data and planned to install many cameras, mainly to observe the growth changes of various Spirit Trees.

And the changes were still happening. The Spirit Plant Area was growing, and now the farm was home to many harmless small animals, like squirrels and ground squirrels, which had started to appear in the farm’s forests.

The variety of fish in the water had also increased, and the water became clearer. There were more birds on the farm, and although they sometimes pecked at the grains, they actually made the farm’s ecosystem better. People were even more convinced of the farm’s products—if the birds could eat them, surely they were safe for humans.

Over at the Farmer’s Market, the base planned to develop a gourmet food street and create a night market.

Unlike before, when the land was barren, the area was now covered with shade-providing green trees and looked beautiful. Other buildings, along with the surrounding farm territory, would cater well to the food street, offering services to more employees and their families in the area.