Summer was coming to an end, and the temperature in Luzon Island was much better than before.
The war criminals were put in prison, and the post-war liquidation was over. The transitional government smoothly took over national affairs, and the tense atmosphere had also calmed down a lot.
At present, the Moro army still occupied City M, and the scars of war could still be seen in the streets and alleys. However, the number of war refugees lining up at the military checkpoint to receive relief food was much less than before.
MLL Island was developing light industries, and many food processing plants, paper mills, and clothing factories were springing up. People who couldn't find jobs in City M began to migrate south and took a boat from Quezon City to MLL Island to try their luck.
Although the war between the two countries had just ended, the unification of the two countries for many years had made the people of the two countries somewhat related by blood. The transitional government had a good relationship with Santos. In order to alleviate the tight employment pressure in the country, the two sides signed a special visa-free agreement to facilitate the unemployed in City M to work in MLL Island.
Moro's industry was in its infancy and needed these technicians from City M.
In early September, with the help of the State Grid Corporation of Hua, the power grid in downtown City M and the industrial area was finally restored. As for when the power grid in City M could be restored to the level before the war, it would probably have to wait until this time next year.
At this moment, in the suburbs of City M, large and small plantations had resumed production.
In the entire City M, and even the entire southern Luzon Island, the least loss was the unskilled plantation industry.
Although orders from China were reduced, fortunately, relations between Xin and Country F eased after the transitional government came to power. Xin reduced tariffs on a total of 21 commodities such as bananas, mangoes, coconuts, and iron ore. The orders from Xin eased the pressure on these plantations and allowed those unsalable fruits to be disposed of at a price acceptable to fruit farmers.
Years of border friction and Celestial Trade's participation in the Moro-Country F War made the F people generally hostile to Xin. However, the fruit farmers who benefited from the war were undoubtedly grateful to the Xin merchants who saved them from disaster.
Led by Future Group, Future Biology almost consumed all of their unsalable inventory.
At this moment, these refugees who came from the city to work in the countryside were helping to move boxes of fruits onto wooden carts, pulling mules and horses to carry these goods to the dock. The truck from the plantation had broken down, and the new truck had not arrived yet. Before that, they could only make do with this primitive method.
Some of the people carrying the goods were wearing leather shoes, and some were even wearing trousers.
They obviously didn't look like farmers, but they worked harder than farmers. Only they themselves knew the bitterness.
In all of City M, there are only a few companies that have not closed down, and there are not many decent jobs that can be provided to them.
Although power had been restored to several large industrial parks, there was not a single working factory to be found. It was not only the power grid that was paralyzed by the EMP, but also the production lines and industrial machines. Without production tools, he couldn't just plug himself into a socket with a few kilowatts of electricity, right?
Speaking of the negative impact of EMP on Country F's industry, it was necessary to mention the pure electric vehicle companies that Jiang Chen acquired in Europe earlier.
Previously, because of a series of sanctions from the European Union, Luer and other pure electric vehicle companies declined from a market value of billions of dollars to the brink of bankruptcy. At that time, Jiang Chen ordered Luer and others to move the company from Europe to Asia, settle in the New Malaysia Special District, give up Europe, and focus on the Hua, Nippon, and South Korea markets.
When executing the order, Luer's mood was undoubtedly desperate.
However, in less than two months, the situation immediately turned around! Not because of anything else, but because of the EMP detonated over City M by Celestial Trade!
Within the strike range of the EMP, all civilian vehicles in City M were turned into scrap metal, and the motor vehicles in Country F became tense.
The paralysis of the transportation system was even more troublesome than the paralysis of the production system. Affected by this, the demand for cars in Country F skyrocketed, and the performance of Luer Motor Company almost skyrocketed!
Especially pickup trucks, small and medium-sized trucks, many companies borrowed money from banks to buy them in order to restore the paralyzed logistics. And in this environment, with reliability and relatively low price, Luer's brand conquered half of the related car market in Country F.
In order to fill this large market gap, Luer continuously ordered the company's assembly plants to expand the production line, and at the same time, joined forces with Future Heavy Industries and a number of electric vehicle manufacturers to invest in the construction of solar electric vehicle charging stations in major cities such as City M to further consolidate its current market position.
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Maintaining a long-term vassal relationship did not rely on a mere contract, but on economic interdependence.
What Jiang Chen needed to do was to make every iron ore mined from the mine pass through Xin or indirectly related to Xin's steel plant to be sorted, smelted … and finally refined into finished steel. Every grain of rice produced by Country F must pass through Future Group's food processing plant and then return to their own table.
At that time, even if the transitional government was dissolved and the new president elected by Country F was not Baudista, for the sake of employment and GDP data, they would have to continue to be a vassal.
After staying in City M for a month, he took care of the business at hand and returned to Coro Island.
He walked out of the airport and looked at the bustling crowd on the street. Jiang Chen finally felt like he had returned to a civilized society. When he stayed in City M, it was quite inconvenient in various senses. Every time he went out, there were armored vehicles before and after he opened the door, and there were at least two people standing in front of him.
Fortunately, now that he was back, this kind of life should end.
Unlike the dilapidated City M, the developing Xin was thriving. The war between neighboring countries did not affect the lives of the people of Xin. Instead, because of the devaluation of the peso, the prices on Coro Island were much lower than before.
Especially fruits and food.
In mid-September, the first batch of rice, cabbage, and carrots produced from the bottom of the sea finally landed on the farmers' markets of Coro Island and Penglai City.
Because there was no need to worry about pests, these agricultural products were not sprayed with pesticides at all. They were truly natural and pollution-free! And because of the carbon-rich environment of the sea, as well as factors such as constant temperature, these crops produced from the bottom of the sea were often more high-quality and delicious than those cultivated on land.
The grains of rice were plump like pearls, and the steamed rice was even more soft and fragrant. It was addictive! The cabbages were also fresh and juicy. Each of the cabbages was the same as suet jade. They looked pleasing, tasted delicious, and were nutritious.
Such agricultural products, no matter which country's market, would definitely be competitive.
And the most important thing was that they were cheap!
Because they were vegetables produced in their own country, not only did they not have to pay tariffs, but they also enjoyed policy subsidies for corporate income tax. In addition, because there was no need to use pesticides, the three-dimensional planting of vegetables below and fish on top even saved the need for fertilizers. The highly mechanized farming also did not require too much manpower.
Without considering the one-time investment in the construction of the planting base, the cost of the rice grown from the bottom of the sea was at least 30% lower than that imported from Thailand and Australia!
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