Chapter 224: The Authority of the Spring (Part II)

The 300 gold coins that bought the Spring Secret Text were about twice the cost of the Aya's estimates.

And the most important of them is not lost at all for the goddess.

Just like the power of a big man, as long as it is not abused, there will naturally be no loss - the boss commands a low-level white-collar worker to help run an errand, will he still lose a penny?

If you put this process into perspective, it is not difficult to conclude that the goddess spent other people's money to build the spring, and then strengthened herself, and the extra money could be invested in the operation of the church, which is really an excellent business model.

Although the Secret Texts of the Springs are expensive, there are always people who can afford them – even the most extravagant and wealthy people will buy them to put in their yards as a landscape.

I heard that this business has been in business for hundreds of years—even if it is two hundred years, if twenty coins are sold every year, it is equivalent to a net profit of 800,000 gold coins. The highest net income of the Principality of Lothar is only 140,000 gold coins a year, so you can imagine what a huge amount of money this is.

Sure enough, don't underestimate the heroes of the world.

While Luo Ming sighed, the core of the rune in his hand had already simulated a permission.

...... This is the same as pretending to be the boss and ordering a low-level white-collar worker to help run errands.

And in the process, the goddess of spring water could not be allowed to find out about this, if it was placed a thousand years ago, this was the most troublesome thing - at that time, the goddess of spring water was a demigod, and there were not many believers, and she relied on the supply of spring water to maintain her strength, like a poor ghost miser who had to count the spring water one by one every day. For a while, even throwing garbage into the spring could result in a tiny divine punishment.

However, Aya said that if there are thousands of springs today, and the geological changes of nature or the excavation of manpower would have created new springs, plus the spring secret text has also sold a lot, the goddess of spring water will not strictly investigate this kind of thing now.

The goddess's attention had been more focused on the Duchy of Lothar - after all, the devotion of the Duchy and the prosperity of the Duchy itself brought her more than ten times more power than the little power provided by the spring water of the world.

Just as stealing state property is theoretically a crime, but for a while no one cares about the workers in any factory, there will be loopholes to exploit in the case of negligent management - those managers are more willing to catch a corrupt criminal than a petty thief who catches a worker, and the loss caused by a single embezzlement is not comparable to the petty theft of a thousand workers.

Countless mysteries surged into Luo Ming's heart at this moment.

The same is water, and there are differences between spring water and the sea, but there are similarities.

This process may also have some benefits for him himself - after all, the Xuanhai Dou Qi created with the artistic conception of the sea is one of Luo Ming's foundations.

Then, with a rub of his fingers, the imitation rune instantly disintegrated, becoming a soft mist of water, spinning in his palm, seemingly unpretentious, but containing infinite mysteries.

Luo Ming was stunned for a moment, realizing the mystery of this change, and then he waved his hand forward.

The mist, which had been soft, was now like a projectile, striking the bottom of the pre-dug pit and quickly burrowing through the earth and sinking beneath the ground.

There was a slight shaking and shaking of the ground, not from the surface, but from a depth of tens or even hundreds of meters underground.

Only a few seconds later, a clear spring gushed out.

Droplets of water sprinkled in all directions, flying in the wind, showing a rainbow in the sunlight and dispelling a bit of the summer heat.

At the same time, hundreds of cheers rang out at the same time, and people rushed forward to take a sip of spring water—Luo Ming, who had performed miracles one after another, was already a divine envoy and a saint-like figure in the minds of the people.

Although the water has some mysteries, it has no additional use if you drink only a few sips, but the coolness and sweetness of the spring water allow people who are tired of a long day to breathe freely and feel the hope of life.

After all, water is life – and with water close at hand, fields can be more productive.

Perhaps because of the sudden release of the pressure of the groundwater, the initial flow was as thick as a bowl, rose to a height of three meters, and slowly lowered after tens of seconds.

In the end, it was fixed on the thickness of a person's forearm, not to mention that thick, but Luo Ming roughly calculated the flow rate, which was enough to sustain the livelihood of thousands of people - not only for drinking and domestic use, but also for irrigation.

This is also the result of Luo Ming's final control - there are actually a lot of groundwater resources under Miana, but it is only through the solid stratum that it does not easily gush to the surface, if Luo Ming adds a little more strength just now, he may even directly dig a huge spring, which is enough to maintain a river that can pass through large boats!

It's just that he doesn't need such a large spring now, so he doesn't waste much water - perhaps because of the habits of modern earthlings.

The spring soon filled the small pit, and then flowed into two large pits on the side—

The pit that Da Kang and his men had dug over the course of four days was not a problem to stuff even a tank into it, but it was gradually filled up in the face of a steady stream of water.

One large pit was used to store water, while the other was prepared as an artificial lake, where Luo Ming was prepared to raise various aquatic plants and waterfowl.

At the same time, the water flowed down the prepared ditches towards the fields, and people rushed to the fields they were responsible for and began to irrigate.

With this additional water source, this year's harvest is sure to be better than ever.

Luo Ming suddenly felt something, and after everyone dispersed, he returned to his room.

Holding a porcelain cup in his hand, while tasting the taste of fresh spring water, he summoned the sword soul "Tianquan" and carefully observed the gem on its handle.

When he first got this sword soul, the gem was noticeably a faint red.

Today, the gem is close to crimson.

This gem corresponds to its own "authority" and is an interesting counter. The indicators it measures are very similar to the concept of "luck" in a certain network that I have read in my previous life, and Luo Ming simply called it that.

Not only Luo Ming's own power, but also the land he ruled and the people above him, wealth, fame, and connections were also included.

What it measures is all the resources that Login has at his disposal and can mobilize.