The three of them went to the slave trade area in the outer circle. After Jiang Chen paid twenty thousand crystals, the one thousand slaves were transferred to his name. With the Fishbone soldiers leading the way, the ragged slaves walked to the underground tunnel.
They would be taken to the Fishbone base to receive three months of military training. If they passed the test, they would get rid of their slave status and become lower citizens. As for those who couldn't pass the test, they would be sent to the colony for production.
After receiving the crystals, Hu Youde exaggeratedly bowed to Jiang Chen before he left with his arms around his waist.
"I bought this from a store on the Sixth Street … Do you know where it came from?" Jiang Chen pulled Zhao Chenwu to the side, took out the bag of shell grains, and asked straightforwardly.
"Shell grains? I know this stuff. It wasn't until my merchant fleet left the Suhang province that I realized the wasteland was much larger than we imagined. In the Jingchu land 600 kilometers away, the survivors there all grow this grain. It was only recently that this grain was transported here along the trade route. "Zhao Chenwu looked at the bullet shell-sized grain as he forced a smile.
"What's the production rate of this?" Jiang Chen asked in an undertone.
"The production rate is very high, but the requirement for the soil quality is very strict. Only soil with a pollution and radiation value below 20 can be planted. You can't find this type of soil in the entire Wanghai city. Even in the Jingchu area, there aren't many farms that can grow this crop. Although it can be grown with a CNC planting tower, the cost would be very high. "
At this point, Zhao Chenwu paused for a moment. He reached out and grabbed a few bullets from the bag of shells.
"The starch of this shell grain is mixed with a few special plant proteins, so the structure is more compact. If it's steamed into rice, the outside would usually be rotten, but the inside could still be raw. So this type of shell grain is usually ground into flour and mixed with mutant meat butter to make bread or biscuits, or even used to make wine. My merchant fleet saw these things in Wu City. When I saw they could produce food … To be honest, I was shocked. I originally thought that only the Northern Alliance Area and some of the fallout shelters could produce food, but I didn't expect someone to find this edible mutated crop. "
Radiation had brought too many surprises to this land. Just like how no one knew what kind of monster would walk out of a nuclear crater, no one knew what treasures might be hidden inside. When the plants of the Old World could no longer reproduce on this soil, they would inevitably be replaced by the plants of the New World.
"This mutated plant won't accumulate toxins?" Jiang Chen was confused.
From what he remembered, most of the plants on the wasteland could not be used. The main reason was that the toxins in the soil would accumulate in the plants. This was why mutated fruits were inedible and could only be used as nutrient supply.
Zhao Chenwu sighed. "This Shell Grain is very special. The toxins are basically accumulated in the grain's shell, so you don't have to throw it into the organic converter to eat it."
This was not good news. If the rice flowed into Wanghai City through the trade route, it would definitely impact the food business monopolized by the Fishbone base and Zhao Corporation. Although this kind of thing was not as good as white rice in terms of taste and taste, it was still a good alternative for poor people who could not afford rice.
Seeing that Jiang Chen was silent, Zhao Chenwu tentatively suggested.
"I suggested Chu Nan increase the tax rate of the Shell Grain."
"Oh? His response was? "Jiang Chen asked.
"Free trade." Zhao Chenwu helplessly spread out his hands.
"He had the same idea as me." Jiang Chen smiled.
"Okay, since this is also your business." Zhao Chenwu saw that Jiang Chen was not moved, so he sighed and didn't insist.
Protective taxation was meaningless other than making the poor unable to afford the Shell Grain. Even if they could not afford the Shell Grain, they might not consume the food they could not afford.
Objectively speaking, the appearance of the bullet shell valley in the Sixth Street was a great help to the growth of the population. Only with enough food could more people be fed. In the long run, the benefits of the Shell Grain outweighed the disadvantages.
…
After saying goodbye to Zhao Chenwu, Jiang Chen saw that it was getting late, so he went to the Paradise Island Hotel to rest for the night.
The next morning, Jiang Chen returned to the Fishbone base by helicopter.
In front of the square in the community center, under the statue of the Mother of Death Claw, one thousand slaves stood in a dense mass. The clothes on the slaves were all changed into the Fishbone base's military uniform. Although they felt uneasy about what was about to happen, under the barrel of a gun, there was no way for them to resist.
Cheng Weiguo was standing on the temporarily built review stage as he lectured the new recruits and read the rules of the Fishbone base as well as the training plan for the next three months.
Jiang Chen went around the square and returned to the mansion before he went to Yaoyao's room.
The door to the bedroom was open. When Jiang Chen walked in, the little loli was fiddling with a mechanical helmet.
"Ah, big brother is here. What's up?" Yaoyao's eyes lit up when she noticed Jiang Chen. She took off the welding mask on her face and turned around joyfully.
Her lotus-like legs swayed on the edge of the chair. With the light pink dress, she looked rather soft.
"Mhmm, I have something to do. What is this? "Jiang Chen rubbed her head as he smiled.
"Brainwave neural signal converter. If Sister Xiaorou wears it, she can walk without a wheelchair." Her long eyelashes squinted in satisfaction as Yaoyao said joyfully.
"Really? That's all thanks to Yaoyao. "
With a shy blush on her face, Yaoyao smiled apologetically. "It's all because of Lin Lin. I'm only responsible for processing the database and the chip."
[Lin Lin? I didn't expect that guy to be so considerate of others. Jiang Chen was gratified.
"Speaking of this, does big brother need my help?" Yaoyao blinked as she looked up at Jiang Chen's face.
"Mhmm. Last time, Sun Jiao copied the entire library database to you, right? Can you help me check if there's a mineral resource distribution map? "
"Mineral resource distribution map? Let me see … hehe. "
Her feet wrapped in white silk reached the slippers on the ground. Yaoyao slid to another computer table and quickly pressed a few buttons on the touchscreen. A blue loading bar appeared in the center of the screen.
Half a minute later, 37 search results popped up.
Jiang Chen stood behind Yao Yao and confirmed the images one by one, but he didn't see what he was looking for.
"Why are they all regional production data … Is there no specific location information?" Jiang Chen forced a smile.
"Sorry, I couldn't help." Yaoyao lowered her head in disappointment.
"No, it's not Yaoyao's fault. Maybe the geological information is too sensitive and wasn't recorded in the city library's database. "Jiang Chen immediately comforted her.
It made sense. How could such critical information appear in the library that was open to everyone?
"… If the library doesn't have it, would the Wanghai Geology Department have it?" Yaoyao suggested, unwilling to give up.
Geology Department? That's a good idea.
"Can you find the location of the geology department before the war on your computer?" Jiang Chen asked.
The map in the EP was only an outline. It could only identify floating train stations, airports, hospitals, or other obvious landmarks.
"No problem, leave it to Yaoyao! The library has a pre-war city map in the database … This is it. "Yaoyao already opened the map and presented it in front of Jiang Chen.
"The outskirts of the city center?"
Looking at the red dot on the map, Jiang Chen frowned.
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