**Chapter 21: New Look for Fangxing Mountain**
After lunch, Bai Feng chatted with everyone for a while, and then the Talonflame Leader came to the Blue Bird Orphanage to pick him up.
Today, he had scheduled a construction team to go to Fangxing Mountain to work on its infrastructure. Two years had passed, and the Employee Dormitory he had been planning to build could finally begin construction.
The Wooden Houses he had previously built for Talonflame, Diggersby, and the others were now on the verge of falling apart after two years of exposure to sun and rain.
In addition, Bai Feng also planned to build a Yard on the mountain and set up his home there. Although he always had a place to stay at the Blue Bird Orphanage, he still hoped to have a place he could control as he pleased.
He didn't plan to build the Yard to be luxurious or beautiful; it would mainly focus on practicality and comfort, with the style of a simple farmhouse Yard.
The main characteristic would be saving Money.
Although Bai Feng had made a lot of Money by selling Berries over the past two years, the majority of it had gone towards paying off debts. He would need Money for many things in the future, such as repairing the road on Fangxing Mountain, buying more Plot of Land to expand the Orchard, and paying his employees' Wages/Salary... Money was needed for all aspects.
In any case, he was saving Money wherever he could now.
The Talonflame Leader slowly landed at the entrance of the Blue Bird Orphanage, the strong wind it brought up stirring up dust. Its sturdy, tall body cast a large shadow on the ground.
Compared to two years ago, its size had grown even larger. Standing up, it was over three meters tall, and its wingspan reached nearly nine meters when spread. It looked very imposing; ordinary people facing it head-on might even feel breathless.
This massive size also brought it formidable combat Strength. It was well-deserving of the title Security Captain of Fangxing Mountain.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Bai Feng climbed onto Talonflame's broad, thick back and rode it, flying towards Fangxing Mountain.
Fangxing Mountain was now completely different from the past. The entire mountain was planted with Fruit Trees. Whenever the Fruit Trees bloomed, the whole mountain was a riot of colors, truly a sight to behold.
Over the past two years, Bai Feng, along with his Pokémon, had developed the remaining part of Fangxing Mountain little by little. Later, he successively bought batches of Fruit Trees from Qingqing Planting Garden and had now filled the entire mountain with them.
The Wild Mountain, originally full of Weeds and wild trees, had been transformed by Bai Feng into a fruitful Orchard.
He didn't add new Berry varieties, sticking to Pecha Berry, Oran Berry, Cheri Berry, Sitrus Berry, Cheri Berry, and Persim Berry.
He was already proficient in the Breeding of these types of Fruit Trees. As for other types of Fruit Trees, Bai Feng planned to consider them after the planting area of his Orchard expanded. It was better not to mix too many types of Fruit Trees on Fangxing Mountain, as it would be inconvenient for management.
His Venture was currently in the foundational stage. Successfully Breeding these few types of Fruit Trees and making a name for himself was enough for now.
Currently, Fangxing Mountain could mass-produce Grade B Berries, which was quite rare in Biyi City. If it weren't for his lack of seniority and not excessively promoting himself, Bai Feng would likely have become famous in the circle long ago, as the mainstream Berries on the Market were still mainly Grade C and Grade D. There weren't many Orchards that could mass-produce Grade B Berries.
The Pokémon Day Care that partnered with Fangxing Mountain was called Wanhe Breeding House. It was one of the largest Pokémon Day Care centers in Biyi City, second only in scale to the Pokémon League Breeding Center in Biyi City and another Pokémon Day Care called Xiguang.
Their Demand for Berries was very large; each time, they would buy up most of the Berries produced by Bai Feng. Therefore, over the past two years, Bai Feng had rarely contacted other large Clients, only occasionally engaging in some Retail sale, such as selling some to Zhen Li, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Captain Sanders, and others.
Bai Feng had already discussed it with Dongyu. When the Orchard's scale expanded in the future and their Berry output increased, they would contact other Clients. After all, putting all your eggs in one Basket was too much of a Risk.
If the Partnership between Fangxing Mountain and Wanhe Breeding House ever had problems, wouldn't they just be waiting for death?
Although Dongyu and the Young Master of Wanhe Breeding House were friends, friendship was friendship, and Business was Business. Wanxing didn't only have Fangxing Mountain as a Berry Partner.
Riding on the back of the Talonflame Leader, Bai Feng saw Fangxing Mountain from afar.
It was now February, the season when Pecha Berry, Oran Berry, and Cheri Berry Fruit Trees bloomed. Thus, the Mountain mid-slope of Fangxing Mountain seemed to be adorned with a belt of pink, blue, and white stripes.
"Yaroo~ Yaroo~"
"Chapu~ Chapu~"
Just as Bai Feng was about to arrive at Fangxing Mountain, a flock of Talonflame, Fletchinder, and Fletchling suddenly flew out from a distance.
They had all come to welcome their Leader and boss.
Bai Feng's Talonflame patrol team originally had only twelve members: one Talonflame Leader plus eleven Fletchinder members.
Thanks to Bai Feng's help, besides the Talonflame Leader, the remaining eleven Fletchinder also successively evolved into Talonflame later on, greatly increasing the entire patrol team's Strength.
Whenever they flew out in groups from the Mountain top of Fangxing Mountain, their presence and display were quite intimidating. In any case, very few ignorant Wild Pokémon came to cause trouble in the Orchard now.
Later, the Talonflame paired up, and Fletchling began to be 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 were twelve Talonflame, five Fletchinder, and four Fletchling.
Just as the planting area of Fangxing Mountain increased, the patrol team's patrol workload grew. With the birth of new members, the patrol team's pressure was greatly reduced, which Bai Feng was happy to see. Otherwise, he would have had to consider recruiting new members.
Surrounded by a flock of Talonflame, Fletchinder, and Fletchling, Bai Feng slowly landed on the Mountain top of Fangxing Mountain. At this time, the Mountain top was already piled high with various Building materials, 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 driving came from not far away.
The construction team had arrived.
Although Fangxing Mountain's location was remote, there was a Highway not far down the mountain, making it very convenient for vehicles to drive in.
In addition, the Diggersby family also used their free time to build a road from the Mountain base to the Mountain top. The road was paved with fine Gravel. Although it wasn't perfectly flat, there were no problems for vehicles going in and out (provided it didn't rain).
As Ground-type Pokémon, building a road was not a big problem for them, especially after the little Bunnelby also evolved into Diggersby.
The little Diggersby was a girl. Like her father, she also had a lot of Talent in planting, and she was even more meticulous in her work than her father. Over the past two years, the father and daughter had helped Bai Feng a lot. Most of the heavy labor in the Orchard was done by their family of three.
After the construction team's person in charge exchanged pleasantries with Bai Feng, he led his employees to start working.
The Architecture Blueprint and some special requirements had already been discussed with Bai Feng beforehand, so there was no need for much talk today; they could just start working.
Bai Feng planned to build the Employee Dormitory first so that the Talonflame patrol team and the Diggersby family could move in. He himself could return to the Orphanage anyway, so building the Yard a bit later was fine.
Bai Feng planned to build the patrol team's dormitory as small buildings, each four to five stories high. The Rooms inside didn't need to be too large, just enough for a family of three to live in. He would probably build four or five such buildings.
The style of the small buildings didn't need to be too aesthetically pleasing, as the Talonflame wouldn't appreciate it anyway. However, the Rooms inside must meet the following requirements.
One, the Rooms must be comfortable and well-ventilated.
Two, they must be convenient for the Talonflame to enter and exit.
Three, they must be sturdy and strong, not afraid of heavy pressure.
Don't let Bai Feng's few requirements fool you; the actual construction would be quite difficult. This was completely different from building human residences.
Pokémon are different from humans. Due to various factors like living habits, weight, size, Strength, etc., their residences are often more prone to problems. Bai Feng had gone back and forth with the construction team's person in charge for a long time before finalizing the Architecture Blueprint.
He also planned to build a few more Rooms so that even if the patrol team members continued to increase in the future, they wouldn't have to worry about not having a place to live.
Bai Feng planned to arrange the Diggersby family's residence underground, beneath the Talonflame's dormitory.
Bai Feng didn't do this to save space; it was what the Diggersby themselves requested.
As Ground-type Pokémon, and the kind that likes to dig holes, Diggersby preferred living underground rather than above ground. They had had enough of living in Wooden Houses for the past two years.
So, after learning that Bai Feng was going to build new dormitories for everyone, they proactively came forward and proposed living underground.
Of course, Bai Feng couldn't refuse them.
While the construction team was working on the Mountain top, Bai Feng took Bai Ye, Popplio, Helioptile, and the Diggersby family of three to pick Berries in the Orchard.
It was currently the season for Sitrus Berry and Cheri Berry to ripen, so Bai Feng had to pick a batch of ripe Berries every day to send to Wanhe Breeding House.
"Aibi~ Aibi~~" Bai Feng, look how amazing I am!
Bai Feng was picking Berries when he suddenly heard Helioptile calling him. He turned his head and saw Helioptile's entire body suddenly bursting with golden light. Each strand of golden light, as it shot out, transformed into a current as thin as hair.
The currents accurately struck the Berry stem of each Berry, causing the Berries to immediately detach from the branches and fall downwards.
At this moment, a purple light flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. Before the Berries hit the ground, she held them up with Psychic and then sent them into the Basket one by one.
"Amazing, amazing!" Bai Feng gave Helioptile a thumbs-up.
When Helioptile was first caught, it didn't know any attacking Moves, only the four status Moves: Charge, Agility, Electric Terrain, and Thunder Wave.
After Training with Bai Feng for two years, it successively learned Thunder Shock and Parabolic Charge, these two Electric-type attacking Moves.
Through continuous Training day and night, its mastery of these two Moves had become perfect. This allowed it to accurately hit the Berry stem with currents without damaging the Berries.
"Aibi~ Aibi~"
Receiving Bai Feng's praise, Helioptile jumped up and down happily. Currents burst forth from its body again, and it quickly picked another batch of Berries. Bai Ye, like a mother hen, continued to follow behind, cleaning up after it.
When it came to the speed of picking Berries, Bai Feng was the slowest, so he often came up with ideas for other methods.
Seeing Helioptile so fond of showing off, Popplio immediately became unhappy.
"Woo~ Woo~ Woo~" Hmph, what's so great about that? I can do it too!
Saying this, it tilted its head back, and a beautiful Singing voice came from its throat. The air suddenly vibrated slightly with the Singing, and the Leaves and branches trembled slightly along with it.
Over the past two years, as more and more Hidden Energy Circuit in Popplio's throat were activated, its Singing became more and more beautiful. Listening to it was always a pleasure.
Moreover, its mastery of the Disarming Voice Move had also reached perfection.
Because Bai Feng would always greatly praise Popplio's Singing, it liked to burst into song whenever it had nothing else to do.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Under the vibration of the sound, the Berries automatically detached from the branches and were controlled by Bai Ye using Psychic to place them into the Basket.
After doing this, Popplio glanced proudly at Helioptile. However, Helioptile didn't react much, which infuriated Popplio.
Popplio seemed to have a naturally incompatible aura with Helioptile. Every time it saw Bai Feng praising Helioptile, it couldn't help but compete with it.
However, Helioptile always acted as if it didn't see anything, resulting in Popplio getting angry with itself every time.
"Hmm, Popplio is also getting more and more amazing." Bai Feng spread his praise evenly, also giving Popplio a thumbs-up.
Popplio, having received Bai Feng's praise, seemed energized. It stopped sulking and opened its mouth to shoot out thin streams of Water Gun.
Pew~ Pew~ Pew~
Each stream of Water Gun could accurately hit the Berry stem of a Berry, causing the Berry to fall without any damage.
Using Water Gun to pick Berries wasn't as efficient as Disarming Voice, but Popplio didn't care about the efficiency of picking Berries. It simply wanted to show off its technique and get more praise from Bai Feng.
Bai Feng, of course, was very accommodating. Every time Popplio showed off, he would give a word of praise, making Popplio even more motivated.
Whenever this happened, Bai Feng would cover his mouth and chuckle to himself.
Bai Ye expressionlessly followed behind Popplio and Helioptile, cleaning up after them. Every time these two guys started arguing (which was actually Popplio unilaterally provoking it), she would wear this expression of silently watching the show.
Also, Bai Feng always tricked Popplio into working hard for him like this, and Popplio would fall for it without hesitation every time.
In the evening, Bai Feng and the others finally picked enough Berries for the day. Then, the Diggersby transported them Basket by Basket down to the Mountain base.
At the Mountain base of Fangxing Mountain, there was a Warehouse that Bai Feng had built a year ago, specifically for storing the picked Berries.
After the Berries were stored inside, Dongyu would drive over with the staff from Wanhe Breeding House the next morning to pick them up.
(End of this chapter)