Chapter 691: The grain industry is competing, and the wasteland is also getting involved!
Just when Zhang Min hurriedly changed the new recruitment inspiration and re-passed the demand to the free market.
Sumo, however, had already gone through all the formalities, took the work permit that allowed for temporary registration, and took the first step in the car to Mingyue Town.
After three days of staying in the guest house in Mingyue Town, the huge amount of money spent already made him feel a little uncomfortable.
If you can go to Sangtian Town one day earlier and rent a house there earlier to save this expense, you can retain more savings for subsequent development.
At the entrance of the village, three trading points were allocated again, and Sumo got out of the car expressionlessly.
Looking at the time, it was still more than half an hour before Huang Xiaojuan left work.
Sumo simply went to a roast duck restaurant in the town and spent two points to buy a roast goose that exuded a strong aroma of oil.
Waiting at the place where the plantation workers were getting off work, after a while, Huang Xiaojuan with a tired face appeared in Sumo's field of vision.
Compared with the previous two days, Huang Xiaojuan has obviously calmed down a bit and adapted to the intensity of labor here.
Just like now, although her pretty face is still pale and she looks like she is suffering from severe hypoglycemia, at least she doesn't stagger when walking like before.
"Hey, Brother Zong, why are you here!"
Walk with her head buried in her chest. When she realized that she was about to bump into someone, Huang Xiaojuan subconsciously raised her head and wanted to apologize.
But the next second, when she saw it was Sumo, she rushed forward in surprise and hugged him tightly.
"Xiaojuan, I know the work, we will go to Sangtian Town tomorrow!"
"We will be able to settle down then!"
"Huh? Have you found a job?"
Huang Xiaojuan screamed, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
At first, everyone thought they were just another ordinary couple, getting tired here.
But the next second, after looking at the roast goose in Sumo's hand, many people showed envy in their eyes.
"Go home"
"Yeah, then I have to pay my wages for these three days first!"
I patted my head and thought that I would go to Sangtian Town tomorrow to start the real work. After living for a long time, Huang Xiaojuan hurried back to the park against the flow of people.
After a long while, when the flow of workers at the door was scarce, she happily walked out of the door and raised her hand.
“Brother Zong, it’s 1.2 o’clock in three days!”
"And these two days have been included in the summer harvest period, so I got an extra 0.3 points of reward and 5 cents!"
In the Qingguo Territory, during the busiest time, ordinary people are exhausted. If you live for a month, your income will only be about two trading points.
When Huang Xiaojuan thought that she had made the previous month's profit in three days, she couldn't help but giggle, feeling extremely happy.
“Hey, that’s awesome!”
Touching Huang Xiaojuan’s head, Su Mo pursed his lips.
Previously, he thought that the current Tianyuan Territory only had a serious gap between rich and poor, but now it seems that class solidification is even more obvious.
If Huang Xiaojuan knew, it would cost 6 points to go back and forth to the city, and 2 points for a roast goose.
I'm afraid she is optimistic and has no expectations for future life.
Once such people increase in number in the territory, it will inevitably affect the security and future development of the territory.
“Let’s go back and eat”
"Wait until tomorrow, we will go to Sangtian Town to settle down."
At ten o'clock in the night, after putting Huang Xiaojuan to bed, Sumo quietly came to wait outside the guest house.
This is one of the busier streets in Mingyue Town.
There is a brightly lit food stall in front of the door, filled with migrant workers.
It’s summer harvest time.
After earning income, these migrant workers are not stingy.
Most of them were drinking low-quality beer at a sufficiently low price, eating kebabs made from unknown ingredients, bragging about their awesomeness, and were very happy.
Compared with the aboriginal people in Tianyuan Territory, they live a more relaxed and comfortable life.
“If I’m not around, no one will be there to control it ruthlessly.”
“Alas, the territory is too big, and in the end the ordinary people at the bottom will be sacrificed.”
In fact, from the end of the wasteland year to now, the results of the entire Tianyuan territory's wanton development have been completely contrary to the original intention of Soma when it was established.
The current Tianyuan territory is more developed and stronger than other small territories.
In terms of people's livelihood, infrastructure, even education, farming, etc., we have not dared to be pioneers at all. We are just copying what we have on earth over and over again, for fear of making mistakes.
Those ordinary people living in the Tianyuan territory, as well as the newcomers who joined later, still have a hard life, they are just doing a lot of work that has no nutritional value, and they can survive with an income that is just enough to survive. That’s all.
Moreover, those residents who were in the territory from the beginning failed to fulfill their responsibility of getting rich first and driving wealth later. They only knew how to continue sucking blood from the people who came after them to strengthen themselves.
Such a result is a serious mistake by the territorial management and a major structural mistake that occurred after the expansion.
“With such a sense of territorial belonging, once the zombie attack really comes, I’m afraid they will be in chaos before they can be integrated.”
“It seems that this time the disaster is over, people’s hearts are also A point to pay attention to"
"But fortunately, not only do I have a chance to make amends in this world, but I also have time to make a change in the real world!"
Thinking about it now! Territory is an obvious problem.
When Somo suddenly came to his senses, Oreo's figure had already appeared in the darkness on the street.
But unfortunately, after just one glance at Oreo's expression, Somo shook his head.
"Wow"
"It's okay, there will be opportunities in the future!"
After being restricted into Yuanbao's body and losing the power of his godhead, Oreo's The scope of exploration is also greatly restricted.
During the day, Sumo thought about letting Oreo sneak into the city through another line to see if he could contact Moore or Su Chan.
However.
Oreo searched for a whole day but could not find any trace.
“Is the game causing trouble, or are Su Chan and the others not in Hope City?”
Su Mo was not discouraged even if he failed to catch this bug.
After only keeping this information in mind, he took Oreo back to the room and began to rest.
The sun rises and the moon sets.
No words for a night.
As the sun rises slowly from the horizon on June 1st, the town that has been quiet all night begins to boil again.
The closer we get to June 20, the summer harvest, the more foreign people will enter the town.
The unique temporary status gives these people the opportunity to make a lot of money.
Their consumption after entering the city also indirectly drove up the consumption in the territory, injecting new vitality into the stagnant pool.
Mixed among these crowds, with Huang Xiaojuan in tow, the two of them and one dog hurriedly finished their breakfast and then boarded a medium-to-large-sized vehicle headed for Sangtian Town.
“Hey, this ticket is so expensive!”
“To go from Mingyue Town to Sangtian Town, one person actually needs 1 transaction point, and Yuanbao also has to be counted.”
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"No wonder the roads in Tianyuan Territory are so well maintained. With such an expensive price, who can sit and run around every day!"
Having just sat down in the seat, Huang Xiaojuan asked after getting the ticket. He complained in pain.
It’s just that her appearance seems to be common in this car.
As soon as the words fell, an uncle next to him happily answered: "Girl, you and your wife also went to Sangtian Town to be busy with the summer harvest?"
"Husband and wife?" No, no, no, we are brothers and sisters!" Huang Xiaojuan's focus was a little different from others. Upon hearing her lame explanation, good-natured laughter suddenly sounded in the car.
As for Sumo, who had been silent, he turned his head and said curiously:
"Old man, I think there are a lot of people in this summer harvest. Is there enough land in Tianyuan territory? ?”
“Is it enough?”
Hearing this question, the uncle in his fifties was stunned, then looked at Su Mo with a strange expression, and said leisurely:< br>
"Hunter, you are looking down on the Tianyuan territory. You have to know that Tianyuan is one of the top five territories in the New World in terms of planting area." It took a full 150,000 people to harvest for less than half a month before we could finish harvesting the reserved grains."
"When planting this winter, the area of reserved grains increased by one-third compared to last year. , please calculate, how many people are needed to collect such a large area this time?”
“So many?”
Looking at the old man’s face, As if this land was his own, Sumo couldn't help but marvel.
Fifteen thousand people, half a month, even if the manual harvesting efficiency is not high, the converted area is staggering enough.
This year’s winter planting area has been expanded by one-third, which will inevitably attract more labor.
“Sure, what a big market these tens or hundreds of thousands of people are!”
“It may be difficult for my technology to enter the market, but as long as I eat these people Now, even if one person gives me a little, if there are more people, the profit will be terrifying enough!”
Having some ideas in his mind, Sumo was not stingy and immediately took out a dry cigarette from the bag under his leg! .
They say that where there are people, there will be a market.
When there is demand, there will be a variety of products accordingly.
After discovering that this thing was sold in the territory from the first day, Sumo spent 8 points to buy two full packs.
In the past two days, whenever there is news and advice, this thing is always helpful.
"Hey, cigarettes, you are very polite"
After taking the dry cigarette, the wrinkles on the old man's face seemed to be exuding happiness.
Especially when Sumo took out a lighter and clicked on it in cooperation, his satisfaction seemed to overflow.
Immediately, he began to ramble on about the situation in Sangtian Town.
“The first time our Tianyuan Territory started contracting foreign fields was four years ago in the wasteland.”
“At that time, there were not so many people in the territory, and Sangtian Town only had about ten people as it does now. One-third of a large area, but at that time, our lord Tianyuan was afraid that the disaster would bring a devastating blow to the food. When planting winter crops in the territory, the planting area allocated was very large, almost reaching a terrifying ratio of ten acres for an individual."
"But no one expected that the disaster that year did not target food at all, which led to the immediate liquidation of the territory, and had to start this model of outsiders assisting in harvesting."
Speak clearly in a few sentences. The old man changed his voice and began to half brag and half describe the origin of this grand scene.
“I was there during the first harvest. At that time, there were only two contracted grain banks in Sangtian Town, which were far from the scale they are now. And we, the independents, could even take a mortgage. stuff, get the contracting rights of several acres of land, and make a lot of money."
"Let me tell you first, I am not bragging. For the first time, my old man and my two sons contracted a total of twenty acres. In addition to the handling fee and deposit, as well as the land, I made a full profit of seven acres!"
The old man patted the two shy young people sitting next to him, and the old man was very satisfied. Take a big puff.
But then, looking at the rolling farmland that was already passing by quickly outside, he said regretfully:
"There are still not enough funds. After the first harvest, I felt that I could do this contracted planting work. But we don’t have the funds, and we can’t open such a big stall.”
“By the time we came here in the second year, which is the fifth year since the wasteland, Sangtian Town had been completely transformed, and the area was more than five times larger. , and the most terrifying thing is that there were only two grain stores before, but by that year, there were a terrifying 21 stores!”
“We, the independent people, can no longer contract land, we can only do it! Affiliated with these grain stores, working for them, and paying a high tax to these middlemen."
"In the fifth year, the three of us contracted 25 acres, but in the end the harvest was not the same. Only five acres.”
The profit from 35% dropped by nearly half, approaching 20%.
The old man’s experience seems to be a reflection of most people in the car. As soon as he finished speaking, there were people talking about it.
"I said, uncle, you are doing well. In the third year, we and I purchased ten acres of land, but in the end we only had one and a half acres~"
"Opponent , even less in the third year. In the first two years, not many people knew that Tianyuan Territory was recruiting people, so you were blessed."
"The six of us took over fifty acres. Guess what, we did it. Half a month, and in the end I paid for one acre of land.”
"Go, go, you are consuming it yourself, you are happy, who is to blame!"
Income is a hot topic, whether on earth or in the wasteland.
Once someone mentions it, the discussion will become one in an instant.
However, listening to the quarrels of these people behind, the old man remained unmoved. He just sniffed and continued:
"The market situation in the wasteland in six years is indeed Not good. There were too many food stores that year. At its peak, there were about forty stores. They all competed maliciously. As a result, they didn’t make any money, and neither did we. The money ended up going to those selling food. The vendors who rented out their houses made money”
"But seven years after arriving in the wasteland, the competition among grain shops was too great. After only six companies closed down, the situation improved a lot. The profit margin that year was still around 20%."
"What about this year?"
Seeing that the old man was about to finish smoking the dry cigarette in his hand, he took out another cigarette, and Somo handed it to him "honestly" and leaned his body against it.
In a sense, the information provided by the old man is very useful.
Two of the four potential shops previously selected in the free market are grain stores.
At that time, Sumo was still wondering why a grain store would hire electricians, a type of work that they couldn't get together.
Now it seems that these people are simply rich.
The income from just one summer harvest is probably more than the income from some small and medium-sized shops in the city.
Hiring electricians for development, even if it costs money, these people can afford it!
“This year?”
"Young students, we have only one choice this year."
After dusting off the ashes, the old man seemed a little melancholy.
“There are only two grain stores left this year, namely Zizailiangfang and Qiankun Grain Store, but if we have to choose, we can only choose Ruyi Grain Store”
“This is Why?”
“Why? Not because.”
After a pause, the old man simply winked and asked the eldest son next to him to take out a gray-black leaflet from his bag.
Taking the crumpled white paper that had not been rubbed, Sumo only glanced at it a few times, connected the information he had collected before, and instantly understood the situation in Sangtian Town.
“This kind of powerful stone sickle is too advantageous. I’m afraid that Zizailiangfang will suffer a loss this year.”
“It’s a pity that the person who contracted the territory cannot be changed. Otherwise, if he is willing to do the same as before, he will lose the land. It's not impossible to let us individual people take over the contract and survive this disaster."
"But now, if you can earn more, who will have trouble with money?"
After taking back the leaflet handed over by Somo, the uncle felt a little disinterested and closed his eyes and stopped talking.
But it is the same as the information he conveyed.
Before the medium-sized high-performance vehicle full of people entered Sangtian Town, only five kilometers outside the town, staff from Qiankun Grain Store came up to promote it.
"Can I try it?"
Taking the Nengshi Sickle from the staff, Somo waved it in a decent manner.
The effect is good, as the leaflet said, it can save a lot of effort.
But because he had no ownership rights and could not use the system to view information, Somo could only hand the sickle back with regret and began to sit down and meditate.
As far as the current situation is concerned.
It is definitely a good choice to join Qiankun Food Bank, which is about to have a large amount of capital income.
As long as they can make some achievements here, with their funds, it is probably not a problem to buy some rare materials and tools, which will just meet Somo's requirements.
"Go and have a look first. If you can get in, it'll be good."
"If not, this Manufacturing Zero is okay!"
(End of this chapter)