Occasionally, she would compete with Chen Ming for food and steal a few bites from Alpha's baby cafeteria.
Chen Ming, whose drink was snatched away, wasn't angry. He'd have another drink soon anyway...
After lunch, Chen Ming began his daily materialization work - but what he needed to materialize today was different from the past, because the computer center next door had already been built.
When he walked into the computer center, there were already a large number of T-101s waiting for him.
In the five-meter-high dome space, the blue emergency light stretched Chen Ming's shadow very long.
Without even a moment's rest, Chen Ming immediately began to materialize the computer server according to the information provided by [Crimson] - as the magic power was consumed, light golden ripples appeared in the space in front of him, and a three-meter-high black cabinet gradually took shape in the magic vortex.
"Buzz——"
The moment the cabinet base touched the ground, the first set of T-101's compound eye arrays lit up with a pale purple light. They used precise pneumatic suction cups to steadily lift the two-ton server, and the communication module on the abdomen simultaneously received the route map planned by [Crimson].
As they left, the next group of T-101s quickly came to Chen Ming, like housewives waiting for the rice to cook.
Because what he materialized were complete servers, with all the hard drives, CPUs, and graphics cards in the slots fully populated, the T-101s only needed to place the servers in designated locations and connect the wires.
"Node EX-097 in place, cable connection commenced."
Mechanical synthesized sounds echoed in the empty computer center. The T-101 arrived at the designated location and used a robotic arm to precisely cut open the explosion-proof floor, revealing the dark red fiber optic matrix underneath.
When the 10G optical module is inserted into the card slot, white mist suddenly sprays out from the heat dissipation holes on the entire surface of the cabinet, and the unique humming sound of the liquid cooling system resonates with the metal structure.
Chen Ming worked for three hours in a row, using up his magic power countless times, before he finally materialized all the required servers.
To be honest, he was exhausted. Even charging all night long didn't make him feel this tired - after all, charging has [Big Kidney Returns] which can instantly restore his energy, and charging is really fun!
However, looking at the densely packed servers in front of him, he still felt a sense of accomplishment.
This computer center is several hundred square meters in size. It looked empty when Chen Ming came in, but now it has transformed into a temple of technology.
Eight hundred groups of submerged servers stretched out like a black honeycomb matrix. Superconducting quantum computing modules hung from the ceiling like clusters of optical cables hanging from crystal chandeliers. In the westernmost storage area, one hundred thousand super hard drives were humming at a critical temperature of 0.02°K. Countless black-sheathed optical fibers connected every component.
After the computer center was completely built, [Crimson] was transferred here from the host computer in the basement of the villa along the network cable.
"Thank you, Master. My computing power has increased 648 million times."
A crimson holographic projection suddenly descended from the dome - a virtual girl in a crimson dress. I didn't know whose appearance she used as a reference, or if she drew it herself, but she was very cute.
Her skirt, like a flowing binary galaxy, floated in front of Chen Ming and advised, "Master, your fatigue level has reached 77%. I suggest you take a rest immediately!"
Chen Ming nodded obediently and finished his work for the day.
……
At the same time the next day, Chen Ming came to [Mary Chamber of Commerce] again.
Maya was waiting at the door of the Chamber of Commerce early. When she saw the big customer coming, she immediately led the way with a smile.
In the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce, Chen Ming met 107 little girls aged 5 to 10 - children who were too young to survive as orphans.
Although Maya had provided them with the most basic food since yesterday noon, because the time was too short, they were still skinny, with dry hair and skin, and were completely in a state of malnutrition.
In this thin and dirty state, it is difficult to determine their appearance.
Even the system's identification function doesn't work, it only shows that it's growing.
However, Chen Ming still chose to check them all and confirmed that the number of power banks in their hands was zero. Only then did he feel relieved - mainly because this world is too dangerous. In the original novel, when Maho was only twelve years old, she was already being targeted by the director of the orphanage. Although she was finally rescued by the male protagonist, it can be seen from this that in this world, twelve years old is already a very dangerous age...
Chapter 71: There is Rice at Home
That's why Chen Ming first asked Maya that the girl must be under 10 years old.
Facts have proved that his judgment is very correct. All 107 little girls in front of him have passed the test - although most of them are sick, they are all normal diseases that are not contagious.
As long as their illnesses are cured and their nutrition is supplemented, these little girls will be able to become normal children.
After all the appraisals were completed, Chen Ming waved his hand and said, "I want them all. And please arrange ten carriages for me. Your Chamber of Commerce has carriages, right?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I've already arranged everything. Free delivery to your door!"
Soon, Maya called ten carriages and ten coachmen. After arriving at the destination, the coachmen would return to the town on their own.
Chen Mingze paid the bill very generously, 10700 for the goods + 10700 for the commission - 1000 for the deposit, and he gave Maya 20400 gold coins.
While the little girls were queuing to get on the bus, Chen Ming noticed that one of the girls was crying and waving goodbye to another girl who was standing at the door of [Mary Chamber of Commerce].
He asked Maya curiously: "What's going on?"
"The girl was 12 years old and did not meet Mr. Chen's requirements, so she had to be separated from her sister!"
Maya told the truth.
Chen Ming was kindhearted and couldn't bear to see them separated by death, so he gave them a chance - he immediately used the system's identification function on the sister!
As it turned out, they were lucky. Although the sister was also sick, the number of power banks she had was zero!
Chen Ming waved to the other party.
The other party happened to be observing his sister's future owner to avoid entrusting her to the wrong person.
Seeing him waving, she immediately trotted forward.
"Respected Master Magician, is there anything I can do for you?"
"Would you like to be my maid?" Chen Ming said bluntly.
"Of course I do. Thank you, Master, for giving me this opportunity!" The girl knelt down on the ground excitedly.
"Okay, get in the car and go stay with your sister."
Chen Ming waved to her, turned around and handed Maya 200 gold coins - hehe, he found another reason to give her money!
"Oh my god, I've met the god who controls business, trade, and wealth!"
Maya sighed inwardly, but she collected the money at a very fast pace.
After Chen Ming agreed on the next trading time with him, he rode on horseback and led ten carriages on the return journey.
Watching the convoy leave, Maya's heart was filled with motivation - she easily earned 21400 gold coins in a single day. Excluding costs and labor costs, she could earn at least 21000 gold coins this time. The profit margin was simply amazing!
Although he had collected all the homeless girls in the town, under Chen Ming's inspiration, he had learned to draw inferences about other situations - there were even more homeless girls in the commercial city of Murdor, and they were all golden coins, so he had to hurry and collect them.
……
At the same time, on the other side.
When Chen Ming passed by the town market, he wanted to go in and buy some grain, oil, rice, flour, etc. After all, there were suddenly one hundred and eight more hungry mouths to be fed.
But then he thought again, after buying the ingredients, he still had to trouble Alpha to cook, which would tire her to death!
It would be better to directly materialize the finished food.
Anyway, with his magic recovery speed a thousand times faster, it only takes 259 seconds to restore full magic, which is definitely much faster than Alpha cooking.
"Thank you, kind master, for taking my sister with you."
The little girl's somewhat timid voice suddenly sounded.
Chen Ming, who was riding on a horse, turned his head and saw two little heads sticking out of the carriage window next to him. They were the two sisters who had just said goodbye to him in tears.
"Thank you for your kindness!"
When the sister saw Chen Ming looking at her, she immediately thanked him again, and her eyes were full of longing when she looked at Chen Ming.
"You are welcome!"
Chen Ming reached out and rubbed their heads, then asked with a smile, "What are your names?"
After enjoying the head pat with her eyes narrowed, the little girl said timidly, "Mei, Meimi."
The older girl paused for a moment, looking at Chen Ming in a trance, and said softly, "Mei Jia, my name is Mei Jia."
"Meimeimi and Meijia? Nice names!" Chen Ming repeated their names.
Seeing that her master had misheard her name, the little girl said anxiously: "Meimi, master, my name is Meimi!"
"Okay Meimi, let's go home. There's rice at home!"
"Go home, go home..."
When Meimi heard that there was rice at home, she immediately became excited.
When her sister heard Chen Ming say "go home", her eyes suddenly became firm.
……
Soon, Chen Ming returned to the Banshan Manor.
After sending the coachmen back, he walked towards the villa with a group of little girls.
On the way, he observed carefully that these little girls were very quiet and well-behaved. He probably thought that this was because they had suffered a lot and had been discriminated against and bullied for a long time.
Not only that, their health is also very poor.
Some people who are thin and pale are not so bad. It is just caused by long-term malnutrition. They just need to eat well and take care of their bodies.
Others suffer from illnesses, but they are all minor ailments that can be cured by taking some medicine.
What is even more tragic is that there are some children with physical disabilities, some of which are congenital and some of which are acquired.
For example, one of the orphans had acquired disabilities, including a little girl of seven or eight years old. Her right hand was normal, but her left hand was missing. The wound at the broken end was jagged, as if it had been bitten off by sharp teeth. In this magical world, most orphans were orphans because their parents were attacked by monsters.
Another girl of five or six years old with congenital disabilities had a head that was bigger than her body, just like the "big-headed baby" phenomenon that appeared after drinking Sanlu milk powder.
In short, there are relatively few children with healthy bodies and intact limbs, and the rest all have more or less disabilities and illnesses.
After entering the villa, Chen Ming asked Alpha to take them to take a bath, and ordered [Crimson] to demolish the two rows of dilapidated servants' quarters behind the villa and build two high-rise buildings on the site as dormitories for the future maids.
Before the twin towers were built, these little girls had to squeeze in and live in Villa No. 1 for the time being - Villa No. 1 had also been modernized, but Chen Ming had gotten used to living in Villa No. 2 and had not moved back, so it was now vacant for the little girls to live in.
However, after taking a bath, the little girls were trapped in the bathroom.
Because the rags that the little girls were originally wearing were taken away and burned outside the manor by the T-101 controlled by [Crimson].
Maya did not provide them with any spare clothes. Providing food was already kind-hearted of him. As a businessman, how could he possibly give away more than a hundred sets of clothes and shoes for free?
In fact, he had already prepared the clothes and shoes, and was just waiting for Chen Ming to ask to buy them. Unexpectedly, Chen Ming took people away directly - but at that time he was overwhelmed by the 21400 gold coins, so he did not react.
Chapter 72: People always like to compromise (two in one)
When Alpha hurried over to explain the situation, Chen Ming was materializing lunch.
Hearing that the little girls had no change of clothes, he immediately materialized a large pile of children's clothes and ordered [Crimson] to control the T-101 to help carry them over.
Compared to the clothes in this world, the children's clothes in the main world are obviously more beautiful.
When the little girls changed into new clothes and returned to the living room on the first floor, they were shocked to see more than ten round tables filled with steaming food... Every dish looked tempting and smelled fragrant.
The children, who were already hungry, stared closely at the delicious food they had never seen before. They kept gasping and even swallowing their saliva.
But because of their past tragic experiences, they all watched helplessly, and no child dared to be the first to take action.
Chen Ming clapped his hands and directed, "Everyone, please find a place to sit down and eat first. I'll treat you after you eat!"
“So many delicious foods…”
On the way, Meimi heard her owner say that there was rice at home, and she thought it was rice with some dried radish - this was the best food she had ever eaten in her little life.
Although there was no rice on the round table in front of her, Meimi's eyes still lit up and she started to talk nonsense happily: "With so many delicious foods, we can eat them for a long time, maybe a year?" If her owner hadn't been watching, she would probably have pounced on them.
Chen Ming shook his head: "It won't last that long... But as long as you remain loyal to me, you can eat your fill every day."
Meimi looked at him with gratitude and at the same time, "Master, please rest assured, I will always be your most loyal servant..." As she said this, she patted her flat little chest.
"Serving the master is my lifelong duty." Mei Jia on the side also expressed his opinion.
Seeing this, the other little girls followed suit and swore allegiance.
Chen Ming nodded in satisfaction. "Eat quickly, or it'll get cold... Meimi, now I need you to take the lead and set a good example. This is the first task I'm giving you!"
After saying that, he took Alpha, Taldo and Elise to the dining table nearby and sat down to eat - because he was not familiar with these little girls yet, standing there would create invisible pressure.
Meimi obviously understood what he meant and nodded heavily. "Master, just watch me." As she spoke, she quickly called out to the children who were gathered around wanting to eat but were afraid to go to the table. "This is the food given to us by the kind master. Everyone, please eat quickly."
Then she grabbed a roast duck leg and took a big bite. The fat dripped through her fingers and the exotic aroma mixed with rosemary and star anise exploded on her tongue.
"It won't taste good if it's cold."
Meimi deliberately let the caramel-colored crispy crust make an exaggerated crackling sound between her teeth, looking very happy.
With her exemplary role, the children cheered and began to enjoy their meal.
Although the food that Chen Ming materialized were ordinary food from the main world, for the people in World No. 1, they were undoubtedly rare delicacies!
Not to mention these little kids who haven't eaten meat in a long time...
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