Chapter 24, Cyrenaica Colony (Part 2)
Three months later, the colony of Cyrenaica
After this period of hard work, an exquisite and compact colonial town has taken initial shape.
Looking from the rough Mediterranean Sea to this newly developed land, we can see a white lighthouse standing majestically on the steep cliff dotted with juniper trees and shrubs, guiding the route for merchant ships that may come in the future. At the bottom of the cliff, on the platform near the coastal beach, the Japanese immigrants who worked tirelessly have opened up terraced fields of varying heights, planting corn, rice, wheat, barley, potatoes, zucchini, peppers, sweet potatoes, onions, radishes, Cabbage, green vegetables, watermelon, eggplant, sugar cane, cucumber, grapes and other crops.
Clear springs rush down from the foothills, flowing happily in the irrigation canals as dense as spider webs, nourishing this dry land. Due to sufficient irrigation and the scorching sun, the growth of various crops is very gratifying, and they can be harvested before your eyes.
Among these lush green fields, there are hundreds of mushroom-shaped metal huts scattered throughout the forest, decorated with colorful polka dots, making them look like a dreamy fairy tale country. But in fact, because the wind and sand in Cyrenaica are too strong and the sun is too strong, these metal mushroom houses are burned like steamers during the day, making people feel like taking a sauna in them, so most people regard them as Instead of abandoning them, they live in several huge caves underground, which are safe and cool. They can also share a set of toilets and bathing facilities, eliminating the trouble of installing sewers for each household.
However, they did not huddle in holes in the ground and be otakus all day just for the sake of shade. Instead, they worked actively every day.
For example, Officer Miyamoto's unofficial son-in-law, Judo master Igo Hironaga, led a hunting team, carrying a Sanba Gai, and worked tirelessly to wander around in the barren mountains, hunting all kinds of animals. Birds and beasts - although the record of laymen like them is really bleak...
"...Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Along with the green smoke slowly rising from the muzzles of more than a dozen "San Ba Da Gai" guns, a wild goat on the cliff in front finally fell down. It also made all the Japanese urban youths who were already exhausted due to lack of exercise and industriousness let out a burst of cheers of relief.
"...Oh! Long live! I finally hit a prey! This time I don't have to go back empty-handed and be laughed at by those women!"
"...But this goat is still on the opposite cliff, separated by a valley, and there is no way to go. How to get it back?"
So, facing the glittering starry eyes of the "amateur hunters", classmate Jing Haoyong suddenly felt great pressure and had to take out a [Bamboo Dragonfly] and insert it into his head, then rise into the air and fly carefully Go over and carry the body of the wild goat over.
Then, on the way "returning with a full load" (actually, after a day of hard work and being as tired as a dead dog before hunting a sheep), everyone found another fox, and they were immediately overjoyed, and immediately started shooting again with "crackling" shots. In the past, I didn't care whether it would hurt the fur... But when the smoke cleared, the fox was still unharmed, wagging its tail at them as if mocking, and then walked away gracefully...
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——Well, it seems that the marksmanship level of these amateur hunters obviously needs to be improved...
After all, carrying a shotgun across the mountains and fields in search of prey is much more difficult than waving a bat and yelling at people.
At the same time, Igo's future wife, the local "princess" Miyamoto Rei, is also working hard for life with a group of women.
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In the cloudless sky, only a group of seagulls gliding at low altitude were seen looking for food.
And under this clear blue sky, rows of fine white waves are like galloping horses, sweeping across the vast sea, and like the fists waved by giants, slamming into the rocks on the seaside, making a burst of heaven-shattering and earth-shattering waves. There was a loud sound, and countless snow-white foam splashed up.
Large and small sea crabs and unknown crustaceans walk through the gaps in these reefs. Barnacles and oysters are densely covered on the pitted rock walls. Sea cucumbers squirm in the clear water and spit out milky white mucus.
A group of girls from all ethnic groups wearing straw hats and white overalls, with bamboo baskets hanging around their waists and small shovels and hoes in their hands, are taking advantage of the low tide to shuttle through this paradise of shallow sea creatures, collecting in Seaweed, oysters and scallops attached to the reef, turtles on the beach Turtles, sea crabs, and small fish stranded on the shoals at low tide... On this smooth and sharp reef, they would occasionally fall and bruise their heads due to accidental falls, leaving streaks of blood dripping on their bodies. Although he still had wounds, he still gritted his teeth and continued to work hard.
Living in the nightmare of the zombie apocalypse for more than a month has already taught the most squeamish little Japanese girl what it means to be strong.
As for the slave girls bought in Crete, most of them came from poor backgrounds, and they just went to the sea to collect shells. It was really not a heavy job.
While digging for shells, Miyamoto Rei, who had become tanned, would occasionally look longingly at the deep sea not far away, where there are more valuable lobsters, abalones and pearl oysters... But in the absence of professional skills , they really don’t dare to act like deer Kojima, like the professional haenyeo in Jeju Island, rashly dives to catch fish - since it is bare-handed diving and relies only on the oxygen stored in the lungs, this requires the haenyeo to be in excellent physical condition, as well as have good swimming skills and breath-holding skills. ability. What's even worse is that because the underwater environment is complex and you may even be attacked by sharks and other predatory fish, the work risk is extremely high. Therefore, haenyeo must also have calm judgment and a certain degree of fighting ability.
Obviously, they do not meet any of the above-mentioned harsh conditions. Many of them even learned how to swim in the dog-paddle style just now. In fact, until now, they have not even mastered the skills of casting a net for fishing. They can only fish with a fishing rod and cannot catch a fish for several hours.
Of course, compared to those men who hang around in the mountains with guns all day long and boast that they have "samurai blood" but can't even bring back a rabbit, what these women gain from collecting shellfish from the sea every day is , it can be called rich... Recalling her boyfriend's red and ashamed face yesterday when he came back empty-handed, Miyamoto Rei couldn't help but feel funny. At the same time, she raised the tool in her hand and picked up the oysters again.
However, although the shellfish, seaweed, shrimps and crabs picked up by these girls on the beach every day can be sold from the [automatic pawn machine] for hundreds of thousands of yen, which is a small help to the financial situation of the colony. But it was nothing compared to another big gain in Cyrenaica.
That's oil!
——Well, Cyrenaica, or Benghazi in the future, is where the main oil fields in Libya are located...
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Under the scorching sun, in the gravel desert south of the settlement of Cyrenaica, a tall drilling well stood, making rumbling sounds. Around it were scattered many dark oil mining machines, huge spherical oil storage tanks, and a large circle of Japanese immigrants wearing sunglasses and hard hats. They were whispering to each other, waiting for an exciting moment.
"...Five, four, three, two, one... Pay attention, everyone! We've dug it!"
As Doraemon shouted from the console, everyone held their breath for a moment.
Although the delay was only a few seconds, it seemed as long as a day.
A moment later, under the gaze of dozens of people, the conduit connected to the wellhead suddenly raised its head like a cannon, and a jet of black oil with gray mud spurted out from the ground in an instant, splashing oil. Take a moment to exceed the height of the derrick!
"...Long live! The oil is out! The oil is finally out! Now you don’t have to worry about money anymore!"
Ms. Kiriko Miyamoto, the "First Lady" of the Cyrenaica colony, suddenly jumped up like a child, as excited as if she had just finished a super difficult game. The others all cheered together, and tears welled up in their eyes.
"...Oh, I don't know how to be more stable at such an old age. Kiriko is really..."
Mr. Miyamoto Masaru pretended to complain, but with a smile on his face, "...how is it? How much income can this oil well bring?"
"...You want to ask about the oil output of this well? Well...it will be more at first, and then it should be stable at about three hundred to four hundred barrels per day. Calculated at a price of one hundred dollars per barrel, Even if you have to apply a certain amount of discount when using the [automatic pawn machine], it should be no problem to ensure an income of 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars per day, or 2 to 3 million yen.”
Wang Qiu looked at the data on the surveillance computer, thought about it in his mind, and then answered.
"...What? It's only two to three million yen? Isn't this income too small?" Miyamoto smacked his lips with some dissatisfaction.
"...It's good to have this little money, Mr. Miyamoto! It's true that Libya will be an important oil exporting country in the future, and Cyrenaica is also a famous oil field in North Africa. But most of the oil wells in Cyrenaica , are all located in inland desert areas far away from the coast, at least three to four hundred kilometers away from here, and the environment is as terrifying as an oven. If you can produce this little oil on the seaside, you are already lucky. ! ”
Wang Qiu snorted and replied with some displeasure, "...Doraemon has prepared a small fully automatic oil refinery for you. Various refining and production procedures are set using artificial intelligence. Wait until the oil pipe is Once connected, your cars, tanks, fishing boats, and airplanes will all have fuel, and you can even synthesize various plastic products for sale... Hey, hey, Don't take it seriously! Mr. Miyamoto, let me explain again, the bargains you get from the [chronic vending machines] can only be used by yourself or given to others, and cannot be used for transactions, otherwise you will suffer terrible consequences. Punishment - Nobi Nobita was almost killed before and had to cut off his kidney to pay off his debt. Do you also want to try it yourself? ”
Then, after sending away the greedy Japanese immigrant leader, Wang Qiu took out the "Book of Time Travel" and looked at the new writing on it:
"...The plot changes, the daughter of the Nile becomes pregnant for the second time, and gets 1,000 reward points..."
——As a result, their total points in the plot space of "Daughters of the Nile" have reached 48,000 points, which is not far from the 50,000 points of "GAME#OVER". But Mr. Zhang Daniu, the unlucky traveler who was lost in this world, still doesn’t know where he is... The only thing that is certain is that he should still be alive, otherwise Wang Qiu and others would not be able to stay in this world safely. In...
"...It seems that I have to go to Egypt recently to see if they have found Mr. Zhang Daniu..."
After pondering for a moment, Wang Qiu put away the "Book of Time Travel" and whispered softly.
Early the next morning, after bidding farewell to the Japanese immigrants, Ma Tong, Wang Qiu, Doraemon, Nan Lixiang and Marikawa Shizuka each inserted a [bamboo dragonfly] on their heads and walked along the coastline. east, slowly flying towards Egypt in the distance.
And just three days after Doraemon and others left, the first Cretan merchant ship to arrive in Cyrenaica also slowly approached the island under the guidance of the lighthouse and the cheers of Japanese immigrants. Reinforced concrete docks for the new colonial city.
Then, these merchants from the Kingdom of Minoa unloaded a large amount of Lebanese cedar wood, Aegean dried fish, Egyptian dates, alabaster and other miscellaneous goods from the cabin, in exchange for sweet candies from the people here. , snow-white refined salt , silky cotton cloth, convenient matches, exquisite porcelain, fragrant shochu, sparkling stainless steel and aluminum alloy tableware, as well as modern small jewelry with gorgeous appearance, and sharp steel knives (all left by Wang Qiu and others in advance products). In addition, the first batch of plastic containers produced by Japanese immigrants in the Cyrenaica colony using local crude oil and 3D printers were also very popular with these businessmen... Of course, if it were not for the deterrent of the huge airship before, there would also be residents here Due to their friendship with the "man of God", these Minoan merchants who often work part-time as pirates would not trade in such a regular manner, instead of trying to grab a handful and leave.
Regardless, everything seems to be on the right track and the city's future is full of bright hopes. However, what all of them don't know is that in the south of Cyrenaica, a group of uninvited guests are quietly approaching...