Infrastructure Craze (BL) (Full English Translation)

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Chapter 52: Glass and Coal

While Zhuang Yu contemplated how to solve the problem of peppers and soybeans not growing, he went daily to check on their waterwheels, grasslands, cows, and sheep.

He wasn't in a hurry because these were just seasonings and supplementary food.

Sitting atop the blue Great Fish, he looked down and saw vast green grasslands below, herds of cattle and sheep scattered everywhere, and children chasing them joyfully. Whenever adults had a bit of free time, they would lie in groups on the grass, chatting.

Beside them, the clear river revealed its bottom. Waterwheels turned leisurely, sprinkling water into the adjacent channels. In the distance, one could faintly see busy people turning over thick salt flakes in the salt fields.

This was Crimson Great City. Once shrouded in yellow sand, it was now full of vitality. This was his home.

Although people still wore tattered fur and still planned every day how much to eat to avoid going hungry in the future, poverty, everyone's faces were filled with hope and anticipation for the future.

A group of children seemed to have noticed the blue Great Fish in the sky. "Are those clouds, or is it Brother Yu's Great Fish?"

"Brother Yu, we're helping pick up cow dung. It stinks, it stinks. Would you like to join us?"

A group of children from Crimson Great City's various Tribes were busy picking up cow dung. The sun was scorching, but the cow dung dried quickly, and there wasn't much smell, actually.

In ancient Earth, there was also a habit of picking up cow dung, especially in grassland areas. Sometimes children even fought over a piece of cow dung.

Zhuang Yu laughed and his voice came from above, "Go ahead, but remember to wash the little mushrooms before you come back."

Little Mushroom stood in front of a piece of cow dung, covering his face. This mushroom looked too evil; it decided to expel this mushroom from the mushroom family.

Then it ran to find another ugly mushroom, and the little radishes picked up all the ugly mushrooms, feeling ashamed and useless compared to the beautiful mushrooms of the Mushroom Tribe.

Zhuang Yu looked at their channels; there were still many places where channels had been dug but nothing planted yet. It was a bit of a waste.

Now, there were a lot more grasslands than before. Previously, the grasslands were along the river, and they still were, but the area had increased a lot, and the length had also increased a lot.

If you stood on the ground, you couldn't see the end of the grasslands because, due to the use of little mushrooms' bathwater, the grass grew particularly lush. Their vitality was even stronger, and even the little radishes running on them couldn't crush them. It was a very suitable place for leisure and play.

Now, you could always see the children of Crimson Great City chasing and playing on the grasslands, and the silver bell-like laughter never stopped.

Zhuang Yu looked at a large vacant area. Clearly, water had flowed through it, but nothing had been planted yet. It was a bit of a pity. Then, he drove the Great Fish towards the direction of the volcano.

Zhuang Yu observed the lava. The huge lava lake was surrounded by sand dunes. The sand dunes in contact with the lava occasionally emitted light.

This was because the sand grains had melted due to contact with the high-temperature lava, resulting in glassification.

Zhuang Yu's eyes flickered. This indicated that the temperature of this lava lake was high enough to melt the sand into glass.

And what Crimson Great City lacked the least was sand, good sand for making glass.