The next morning, as soon as Lu Ming woke up, his mother parted her legs, seemingly beckoning him to enter her without a word.
Lu Ming playfully rubbed the head of his penis against his mother's clitoris, teasingly chuckling, "Mother, do you want it?"
"Mmm, yes, come in." His mother's breathing became slightly ragged, her cheeks gradually flushing, seemingly a little embarrassed.
"Then call me husband. In bed, I am your husband, and you are my wife, and also my mother!" Lu Ming's smile was lewd; he wanted to tease his mother, to make her get used to treating him as her husband.
Over time, they would naturally interact as husband and wife.
"Husband, come in, I want it! Ah!" His mother suppressed her shyness, and as soon as she finished speaking, Lu Ming thrust inside her.
After being filled again, the emptiness and loneliness gradually dissipated, replaced by immense satisfaction.
Her beautiful legs wrapped around his waist, serving her son in the way she served her husband.
Half an hour later, Lu Ming left his mother's room, satisfied, leaving her panting on the bed. Her fair skin was flushed, her eyes still glazed from the afterglow of her orgasm, and the alluring crevice between her legs remained open, revealing a thumb-sized opening from which fresh, hot fluid was overflowing!
"Ding, Dong Yue (Mother) can become your partner."
"Ding, you have more than four partners. Blueprint System activated."
A headache followed, and a flood of knowledge rushed into his mind. He saw a new system branch.
This was a completely new panel, mostly filled with blueprints for life skills. Each blueprint corresponded to a crafted item.
These items were diverse, and clicking on them revealed materials required to craft other blueprints.
"Base, Tools, Hunting, Weaving, Industry, Cooking, Medicine, Agriculture."
Looking at the numerous and complex options, each with its own branches,
For example, the Base option included branches such as Decoration, Housing, Storage, and Materials. The agricultural and livestock sectors are also divided into agriculture and animal husbandry. Each blueprint is interconnected, and unlocking a blueprint takes time, ranging from one hour to ten days; the higher the level of the blueprint, the longer the unlocking time.
"Sulfur Pesticide: Protects crops from fungi, pests, and animals. Research time: one day. Forging materials: a bowl filled with water, one part sulfur, one part quicklime, and a hammer tool. Thirty minutes to obtain one part sulfur pesticide."
"Quicklime: A material for building houses and crafting other items. It is made by calcining stones and large rocks in a kiln or advanced kiln, then breaking them down. No research time required. Calcination time: eight hours."
"Fiber Extraction: Extracts fiber from snake grass. Two parts fiber are extracted from each part of snake grass. Time: thirty minutes."
Looking at these complex blueprints, Lu Ming had an epiphany: if he wanted to unlock these blueprints, he had to start now and unlock them systematically, from high to low level.
Following the development direction, craft the items you need.
Extract materials, craft the tools needed for material extraction, and create the finished products!
Opening the blueprint list, Lu Ming chose to unlock the kiln.
The kiln is very useful; it can smelt metals, fire ceramics, and also calcine stone.
He doesn't need to craft basic tools, as these can be purchased and unlocked later. He doesn't need them now; unlock the kiln first and craft the materials.
With metal, he can craft more advanced tools or weapons, and copper products are also closely related to other things. For example, cooking pots for making food and brewing medicine.
No one understands the role and impact of medicine in this era better than him!
Even a common cold can be fatal, and with other complications, the lack of medical technology means many diseases cannot be cured or eradicated.
Like the simplest cataract, which can be removed with surgery, but that's not possible in this era.
Firstly, there was no clinical technology available, and secondly, there were no corresponding medical tools or sterilization methods.
Moreover, the late Eastern Han Dynasty was a turbulent era. Besides cannibalism and exploitation,
natural disasters and man-made calamities, including widespread plagues, were extremely severe.
Otherwise, Zhang Jiao's call to action wouldn't have garnered such a response from heroes from all sides. Because saving a life is considered a great act of merit, it was incredibly easy for a skilled physician to gain fame and power.
The so-called high status of physicians was merely due to their superior medical skills.
Medical skills and medicine could be used to help him when necessary.
He could use them to win over subordinates, to cultivate relationships, or even to exchange favors!
No one is unafraid of death, and the wealthier one is, the more afraid they are of death.
Adding to this, the plague was spreading, and population was the most important resource.
He could have used the opportunity of treating the plague to gather displaced people, cultivate land, and stockpile grain.
With nothing else to do, Lu Ming invited Fa Zheng to accompany him to the artisan camp.
Fa Zheng was also somewhat helpless. Frankly speaking, putting aside his personal dislike, Lu Ming wasn't a particularly capable ruler. Besides, he currently held no official position, merely a county commandant, controlling the troop movements of a county—far from being a wise ruler.
At least someone of Dong Zhuo's stature would barely qualify him to recruit talent.
Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, only a Grand General could establish his own headquarters and recruit talent; otherwise, it was considered treason.
This rule gradually disappeared after the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, whose founding was inextricably linked to the support of powerful clans.
When Liu Xiu became emperor, he naturally wanted to repay the powerful clans, thus the talent recruitment system gradually declined.
The artisan camp was still bustling with activity, forging agricultural tools, refurbishing farm implements and kitchen knives, and manufacturing the famous water-powered carriage. Everything was related to agriculture, and some were even researching crossbows.
Fa Zheng followed reluctantly. He didn't want to pledge allegiance to Lu Ming; it wasn't a wise choice.
"Forging armor, weapons, and crossbows without the court's permission, and being exposed by someone with ulterior motives—even if you're just a county magistrate, you'll suffer!"
This wasn't a reminder; it was pure sarcasm.
Fa Zheng was truly annoyed with Lu Ming. The man was younger than him, but that wasn't a problem; loyalty to the monarch had nothing to do with age.
What annoyed him most was that his mother and sister had been taken as concubines—it was utterly shameful!
Even his wives wouldn't have angered him this much!