MTLNOVEL Chapter 226 Divine Skill Project Management
The old man's eyes shone brightly.
These metal objects were just too beautiful.
Every time he looked at a price, his heart would skip a beat...
His mind raced to calculate how much food they were worth.
In the past, within the Sha Li Clan, metal tools were very expensive!
The productivity of a blacksmith was limited; a knife might take several days to forge.
Low productivity meant naturally high prices.
And now, to think they were mass-produced, more than one could take in at a glance.
The shock was too much, really too much!
This old man hadn't felt the rush of hot blood and a quickening heartbeat in a long time; even the veins on his forehead bulged.
He wanted to buy everything!
He wanted everything!
So this... this was a supermarket!
Not just Sha Sanli, but many villagers looked blankly yet excitedly at the array of goods, their emotions growing more and more fervent. They all wanted to grab with their hands, but with a "slap" they quickly retracted their hands.
One must have money to make a purchase!
"Without money, what are you touching for? Just look, and that's it," the Undying Giant Turtle cursed. It wouldn't let go of the matter once it had the upper hand, "Thieves, I'll bite you to death, believe it or not?"
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"Luckily, I have some money in my hand!"
Sha Sanli felt light as a feather; the 200 dollars in his possession filled him with a sense of security.
All that food piled up there, buy whenever you want, what's the rush?!
A few steps further, and he saw...
Clothes, trousers, and shoes, in a variety of styles and mostly in shades of green, exquisite yet generous.
"Huh... where did all these clothes come from?"
In the past, only nobles of the Empire had the right to wear such clothes!
The cheap ones at thirty to fifty, the expensive ones for five hundred?
"Elder, they are produced by the textile brigade," the attendant explained.
"The five hundred dollars clothes are made of silk from insect cocoons, very precious." the attendant explained on the side.
"Oh, the textile brigade... their salary is quite high. One of my nieces is learning the technology, hehe." Sha Sanli slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing his niece, who had been studying hard, was quite smart indeed. She earned her keep.
Then, he saw in the corner transportation vehicles—ten tricycles in total. (The chains were brought from the Rize Civilization by Lu Yuan).
The price blinded his eyes: 1288 per vehicle.
He pinched the two hundred dollars in his hand; it would take seven months' salary to buy a tricycle.
Sha Sanli suddenly developed a strong obsession: I must buy one of these bikes!
It belongs to me!
The reason, naturally, was... to look cool, to catch the eye!
Even if it was a new era, I, Sha Sanli, could still live better than others!!
This obsession was too strong; he clutched the money in his hand, stopped looking around, resolutely turned his head, and left the supermarket.
Then, he actually dove into a flower bud.
He was preparing... to learn!
He wished to become a higher-level civil servant!
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It wasn't just Sha Sanli who had this kind of miraculous psychology. It was nearly all-encompassing, covering all walks of life!
The appearance of a large supermarket, with its dazzling array of goods...
Suddenly, it left these people, who had suffered too much hardship, stunned.
When had they ever seen so many goods?
And more amazingly, these things were really cheap and high in quality.
They surpassed all the handicrafts they produced!
They looked on with blank and shocked faces.
Some even drooled, looking like lovesick fools.
But they were all quite behaved, no incidents of theft occurred.
After all, the supermarket had security forces protecting it. There were insect guards at the door, the Undying Giant Turtle, plus the vines from the opium poppy trees on the ceiling for surveillance.
If you stole something here, you'd be in deep trouble and banned from returning in the future.
Most important, however... was money!
If you had money, you could buy whatever you wanted!
Without money, sorry, you could only look.
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So, where does the money come from?
From work, of course!
You only earn money if you work!
And work requires skills and knowledge, all acquired through long-term study.
This then formed a logical loop—so it turns out that studying really does pay off, more than the income from farming!
Many people with nimble minds started to think about what knowledge they could learn, what kind of work they could find?
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"Their outlook on life should change quite a bit."
"If people are really unwilling to advance themselves, then there's nothing to be done; let them be, to rise or fall on their own. Every civilization has such people."
The "supermarket," a social product common to humans, actually had such a great impact. Lu Yuan could only sigh.
Even though he had anticipated this, actually seeing the wide-reaching shock among the people was still quite astonishing.
Perhaps this was the benefit of studying history.
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On this day, countless children suffered scolding from their parents.
These parents, who hadn't studied hard themselves, shifted the pressure onto their children.
They delivered a soul-crushing interrogation identical to that of Earth People: "Why don't you study hard?"
"Smack! Smack! Smack!"
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Countless children's behinds were spanked raw, and their wails tore through the air.
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It was also on the opening day of the supermarket that the usage rate of the flower buds skyrocketed.
This device, which could be used for free study, finally played out its intended role, surpassing the efficacy of the human era!
Exactly how many people were spurred on by the moment or truly motivated to strive and change their destinies remained to be seen.
After all, studying is a dull and uninteresting task, and not many may have the perseverance to continue.