Chapter 21: New Atmosphere on Fang Xing Mountain
After lunch, Bai Feng chatted with everyone for a while, and then the Talonflame Leader came to the Orphanage to pick him up.
He had scheduled a Construction Team to go to Fang Xing Mountain today, planning to develop the Infrastructure there. Two years had passed, and the Employee Dormitory he had been planning to build could finally start construction.
The Wooden Cabins he had previously built for the Talonflame and Diglett, after two years of sun and rain, were now on the verge of being scrapped.
In addition to this, Bai Feng also plans to build a large Courtyard on the Mountain and set up his Home there. Although he has always had a place to stay at Blue Bird Orphanage, he still hopes to have a place that he can control as he wishes.
He doesn't plan to build the Courtyard to be luxurious or particularly good-looking; it will mainly focus on practicality and comfort, with the style being that of a Simple Farmhouse Courtyard.
The main highlight is one characteristic: saving Money.
Although Bai Feng earned a lot of Money by selling Berry in the past two years, the majority of it was used by him to repay debts. He will need Money in many more places in the future, for example, the road on Fang Xing Mountain needs to be repaired, the Orchard needs to buy land for continued expansion, he has to pay the employees' Wage... Money is needed in all aspects.
Anyway, now he saves wherever he can.
The Talonflame Leader slowly landed at the entrance of Blue Bird Orphanage. The strong Wind it brought up stirred up gusts of dust, and its sturdy and tall body cast a large shadow on the Ground.
Compared to two years ago, its size has become larger. Standing up, its height exceeds three meters, and with its wings spread, its wingspan is nearly nine meters. It looks very intimidating; when ordinary people face it directly, they might even feel like they can't breathe.
This massive size also brings it powerful Combat Power. It is well-deserved to be the security captain of Fang Xing Mountain.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Bai Feng climbed onto the Talonflame's wide and thick Back and rode it, flying towards Fang Xing Mountain.
Today's Fang Xing Mountain is already very different from the past. The entire Mountain is full of Fruit Tree. Whenever it is the season for Fruit Tree to bloom, the entire Mountain is a sea of vibrant colors; it is truly beautiful.
In the past two years, Bai Feng, leading the Pokémon, developed the remaining part of Fang Xing Mountain little by little. Later, they successively went to Qing Qing Planting Garden and bought batches of Fruit Tree, and now the entire Mountain is planted full.
That original Wild Mountain full of Weeds and messy Tree has been built by Bai Feng into a fruitful Orchard.
He did not add new Berry varieties, still planting Pecha Berry, Oran Berry, Cheri Berry, Figy Berry, Chesto Berry, and Wiki Berry.
He is already skilled at the cultivation of these types of Fruit Tree. For other types of Fruit Tree, Bai Feng plans to wait until the planting area of his Orchard expands before considering them. It is better not to mix too many types of Fruit Tree on Fang Xing Mountain, as it is not convenient for management.
Currently, his Business is in the foundational Stage. Cultivating these types of Fruit Tree well and making a name for himself is enough.
Currently, Fang Xing Mountain can already mass-produce B-Grade Berry. This is very rare in Couriway Town. If it weren't for his lack of seniority and excessive publicity, Bai Feng would probably have become famous in the circle long ago. After all, the mainstream Berry on the Market now are still mainly C-Grade and D-Grade, and there are not many Orchard that can mass-produce B-Grade Berry.
The Breeder's House that cooperates with Fang Xing Mountain is called Wanhe Feeding House. It is one of the largest Breeder's House in Couriway Town, its scale is second only to the Alliance Breeding Base in Couriway Town and another Breeder's House called Xiguang.
Their demand for Berry is very large. Every time they can buy up most of the Berry produced here by Bai Feng. Therefore, in the past two years, Bai Feng has basically not contacted other large Customer, only occasionally doing some retail sales, for example, selling some individually to Zhen Li, Miss Jun Sha, Nurse Joy, Captain Sanders, and them.
Bai Feng has already discussed with Fuyu. When the scale of the Orchard expands in the future and their Berry output is higher, they will contact other Customer. After all, you can't put all your eggs in one basket; the risk is too great that way.
What if one day the cooperation between Fang Xing Mountain and Wanhe Feeding House has a Problem? Then they would be doomed.
Although Fuyu is friends with the young Boss of Wanhe Feeding House, friendship is friendship, and Business is Business. Wanxing doesn't only have Fang Xing Mountain as a Berry Partner.
Riding on the Talonflame Leader's Back, Bai Feng saw Fang Xing Mountain from afar.
It is now February, exactly the blooming season for Pecha Berry, Oran Berry, and Cheri Berry Fruit Tree. So, the Mountainside of Fang Xing Mountain seems to be wearing a belt of alternating pink, blue, and white colors.
"Yagoro~ Yagoro~~"
"Chabuu~ Chabuu~~"
Just as Bai Feng was about to arrive at Fang Xing Mountain, a flock of Talonflame, Fletchinder, and Fletchling suddenly flew out from afar.
They all came to welcome their leader and Boss.
Bai Feng's Talonflame patrol team originally only had twelve members: one Talonflame Leader plus eleven Fletchinder members.
Because of Bai Feng's help, except for the Talonflame Leader, the remaining eleven Fletchinder also successively evolved into Talonflame later. The entire patrol team's Strength greatly increased.
Whenever they fly out in groups from the Fang Xing Mountain Mountain Top, that momentum, that display, is very intimidating. Anyway, now there are rarely any ignorant Wild Pokemon coming to the Orchard to cause trouble.
Later on, the Talonflame paired up with each other, and Fletchling started being born in the patrol team from time to time. Then the Fletchling evolved into Fletchinder, and finally, the team members increased to the current twenty-one.
Among them are twelve Talonflame, five Fletchinder, and four Fletchling.
Just as the planting area of Fang Xing Mountain increased, the patrol team's patrol Task load increased. With the birth of New Member, the patrol team's pressure was greatly reduced. This is something Bai Feng was happy to see; otherwise, he would have to consider the Problem of recruiting New Member.
Surrounded by a flock of Talonflame, Fletchinder, and Fletchling, Bai Feng slowly landed on the Mountain Top of Fang Xing Mountain. At this Time, various Building Materials were already piled up on the Mountain Top, just waiting for the Construction Team to arrive to start working.
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. Bai Feng was just about to inventory the Building Materials when the sound of trucks starting up came from not far away.
The Construction Team has arrived.
Although the location of Fang Xing Mountain is remote, not far from the Mountain Foot is a Highway, so it is very convenient for vehicles to drive in.
In addition to this, the Diglett family also used their free Time to build a road from the Mountain Foot to the Mountain Top. The road is covered with fine Pebble; although it is not very flat, there is no Problem for vehicles to go in and out (provided it doesn't rain).
As Ground-type Pokémon, building a road is not a big Problem for them, especially after Little Diggersby also evolved into Diglett.
Little Diglett is a girl. Like its father, it also has a lot of Talent in planting and is more careful than its father when working. In the past two years, the father and daughter helped Bai Feng a lot. The heavy work in the Orchard is basically done by the family of three.
After exchanging pleasantries with Bai Feng for a while, the person in charge of the Construction Team took his employees and started working.
The building blueprints and some special requirements, etc., they had already discussed with Bai Feng before, so there is no need to say much today; they can just start working directly.
Bai Feng plans to build the Employee Dormitory first, letting the Talonflame patrol team and the Diglett family move in first. He himself can always go back to the Orphanage, so building the Courtyard a bit later is fine.
Bai Feng expects the patrol team's Dormitory to be built as several Building, each four to five stories high. The Room in the Building don't need to be too large; enough for a family of three to live in each unit is fine. About four or five Building need to be built.
The style of the Building doesn't need to be too good-looking; anyway, the Talonflame don't understand appreciation. But the Room in the Building must meet the following requirements.
One, the Room must be comfortable and well-ventilated.
Two, it must be convenient for the Talonflame to go in and out.
Three, it must be sturdy, firm, and not afraid of heavy pressure.
Don't look at Bai Feng's requirements being few, but actually building them is not easy. This is completely different from building human residences.
Pokémon are different from humans. Due to the Influence of various factors such as living habits, weight, size, Strength, etc., their residences are often more prone to Problem. Bai Feng argued with the person in charge of the Construction Team for a long Time for this before finalizing the building blueprints.
He also plans to build a few more Room, so that even if the patrol team members continue to increase in the future, they won't be afraid of not having a place to live.
Bai Feng plans to arrange the Diglett family's residence Underground the Talonflame Dormitory.
It's not that Bai Feng did this to save space; this is what the Diglett themselves requested.
As Ground-type Pokémon, and the kind that likes to dig holes, the Diglett still prefer to live Underground compared to living on the Ground. They have had enough of living in Wooden House for the past two years.
So after learning that Bai Feng was going to build New Dormitory for everyone, they actively came over, proposing that they wanted to live Underground.
Of course, Bai Feng had to satisfy them.
While the construction team was working on the Mountain Top, Bai Feng took Bai Ye, Oshawott, Helioptile, and the Diglett family of three to pick Berry in the Fruit Forest.
It is now the season for Figy Berry and Chesto Berry to ripen, so on Bai Feng's side, a batch of ripe Berry must be picked every day and sent to Wanhe Feeding House.
"Aibii~ Aibii~~" Bai Feng, look how amazing I am!
Bai Feng was picking Berry when he suddenly heard Helioptile calling him. He turned his head to look, only to see Helioptile suddenly radiating streaks of golden light from its whole body. Each streak of golden light, as it shot out, would turn into an Electric Current as thin as hair.
Only to see the Electric Current accurately striking the Fruit Stem of each Berry. The Berry immediately detached from the Tree Branch one after another and fell towards Below.
At this Time, Bai Ye's eyes flashed with purple light. Before the Berry landed, she used Psychic to hold them up and then sent them into the basket one by one.
"Amazing, amazing!" Bai Feng gave Helioptile a thumbs up.
When Helioptile was just caught, it did not know attacking Move, only Charge, Quick Attack, Electric Terrain, and Electromagnetic Wave, these four status Move.
After training with Bai Feng for two years, it successively learned Thundershock and Parabolic Charge, these two Electric-type attacking Move.
Through continuous Training day and night, its mastery of these two Move has become perfect. Therefore, it can, without harming the Berry, use Electric Current to accurately hit the Fruit Stem.
"Aibii~ Aibii~"
Receiving Bai Feng's praise, Helioptile jumped up and down happily. Electric Current radiated from its body again, and it quickly picked another batch of Berry. Bai Ye continued to follow behind it, cleaning up.
In terms of the speed of picking Berry, Bai Feng is the slowest, so he often puts his ideas elsewhere.
Oshawott, seeing Helioptile liking to show off so much, immediately became unhappy.
"Wuu~ Wuu~ Wuu~" Hmph, what's so great about that? I can do it too!
Saying this, it raised its head, and a beautiful Singing Voice came from its throat. The Air suddenly produced slight vibrations with this Singing Voice, and the Leaves and Tree Branch all trembled slightly with it.
In the past two years, as Oshawott's Hidden Energy Circuit in its throat were lit up more and more, its Singing Voice also became more and more beautiful. Listening to it every Time is a kind of enjoyment.
Moreover, its mastery of the Charm Voice Move has also reached the point of perfection.
Because Bai Feng would greatly praise Oshawott's Singing Voice every Time, this makes it like to sing a song whenever it's free.
*Rustling sound*...
The Berry, under the vibration of the sound, automatically detached from the Tree Branch and was then controlled by Bai Ye using Psychic and put into the basket.
After doing this, Oshawott glanced proudly at Helioptile, but Helioptile didn't react much to this, making Oshawott half-dead with anger.
Oshawott seems to have a naturally incompatible aura with Helioptile. Every Time it sees Helioptile being praised by Bai Feng, it can't help but compete with Helioptile.
However, Helioptile pretends not to see every Time, and the result is that Oshawott gets angry by itself every Time.
"Hmm, Oshawott is also getting more and more amazing." Bai Feng equally praised both, also giving Oshawott a thumbs up.
Oshawott, who received Bai Feng's praise, seemed like it was pumped up and was no longer sulking. It opened its mouth and spit out streaks of small Water Spout.
Biu~biu~biu~
Each Water Spout can accurately hit the Fruit Stem of a Berry, letting the Berry fall without any damage.
Using Water Gun, the efficiency of picking Berry is naturally not as good as Charm Voice. But Oshawott doesn't care about whether the efficiency of picking Berry is high or not; it simply wants to show off its technique and let Bai Feng praise it a few more times.
Bai Feng naturally was very supportive. Every Time Oshawott showed off, he would praise it once, so Oshawott's motivation became even stronger.
Every Time at this point, Bai Feng would cover his mouth and chuckle.
Bai Ye expressionlessly followed behind Oshawott and Helioptile, cleaning up after the two of them. Every Time these two guys started arguing (actually it was Oshawott unilaterally provoking it), she would show such an expression of silently watching the show.
Also, Bai Feng deceives Oshawott like this every Time to make it work hard for him, and Oshawott also falls for it without hesitation every Time.
In the evening, Bai Feng and the others finally picked enough of today's Berry. Then, the Diglett transported them basket by basket to the Mountain Foot.
At the Mountain Foot of Fang Xing Mountain, there is a Warehouse which Bai Feng built a year ago, specifically used to store the picked Berry.
After the Berry are stored inside, Fuyu will bring the staff of Wanhe Feeding House the next morning to drive and take them away.
(End of this chapter)