Walking out of Xinglong Military Academy in a daze, Liu Wei'an's excitement slowly subsided and was replaced by some anxiety. Whether it was from a simple school, weird students, or unreliable teachers, everything he saw and heard gave him a shock. It felt awkward, maybe he had entered a scammer's university. Liu Wei'an sighed slightly. If he just cheated money, that would be fine. His current worth is not short of the tuition fee. The key is that his dreams are all gone. Cast in it. When something that was expected to be very difficult suddenly becomes very easy to solve, there will be some worries about gains and losses.
Hopefully tomorrow won't be too disappointing.
After successfully entering the university, I should have celebrated, but now I no longer had the intention to do so. I took a taxi and went straight back home. When he opened the door, there were actually people at home. Xu Ying, Zhou Jie and Zhang Yan were all there. They were also surprised to see Liu Wei'an. This was during the day and not on the weekend. This kind of situation was rare.
"Liu Wei'an, where have you been?" Zhang Yan spoke the fastest.
"Liu Wei'an, why have you been so mysterious lately and not working?" Xu Ying looked at Liu Wei'an. She knew that he was a gamer and didn't go out during the day.
"Uh... some things have been settled." Liu Wei'an was stunned for a moment and did not tell him about entering the university. If it were Xu Ying alone, he would say it, but he is not very familiar with Zhou Jie and Zhang Yan, so I don't want to talk too much, but I'm wondering if the two girls don't have to go to work or are they going on strike together. And Zhou Jie, who is being chased by Zhang Yan every day to make money in the game, is actually here too. Do you want to hold a family meeting?
"The company's office is being renovated, so we have three days off." Xu Ying seemed to see the confusion in Liu Wei'an's eyes, pointing to the sofa and said: "You just come back, sit down and chat."
Liu Wei'an changed into a pair of slippers and sat next to Xu Ying. The weather was too hot. Unless he had no choice but to wear shoes, wearing shoes when he came back would be a punishment.
"What are you talking about?"
"The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. We are discussing how to play. Liu Wei'an, do you have any suggestions?" Zhang Yan looked at Liu Wei'an, her peach blossom eyes sparkling. She still had a good impression of Liu Wei'an. Zhou Jie curled his lips, seemingly disapproving of Liu Wei'an's joining.
Dragon Boat Festival? Liu Wei'an was stunned again. This seemed to be a very distant festival. It seems that people eat rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival. It is a festival set up to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan's jumping into the river. However, because of the doomsday Due to the war, this festival was interrupted again and again. With the improvement of living standards, this ancient festival was revived. However, due to the polarization of the gap between the rich and the poor in the Han Dynasty, the poor even had problems with food and clothing. I have no intention of celebrating any festivals. The only festival left is the Spring Festival that is integrated into my bones. The other festivals are the affairs of the nobility.
You don't have to spend money on anything to eat, drink and have fun. When did Zhou Yan, who had always been frugal, become generous? Liu Wei'an was a little confused, but when he thought of the Dragon Boat Festival, he was also a little excited.
"Buy rice dumpling leaves to wrap in rice dumplings and eat them."
"What kind of suggestion is this? Zongye doesn't cost money?" Zhou Jie immediately objected.
"I'll pay for it, can you make rice dumplings?" Liu Wei'an glanced at Xu Ying, who was a little excited, and felt a little strange. She was not such a stingy person normally. He narrowed his eyes slightly, Xu Ying always wore better clothes at home. Casually, she wears a strapless off-shoulder top with a strap and a floral skirt below. Her round, snow-white shoulders are as white as jade. Her eyes are bright and her teeth are bright. She is still so beautiful, but there seems to be a trace of unnoticeable worry hidden between her brows.
"Great! But Liu Wei'an, rice dumpling leaves, glutinous rice and the like are not cheap. Are you sure you want to pay?" Zhang Yan said half-jokingly.
"Let's go together." Xu Ying interjected.
"It doesn't matter. Since it's an event, you must have the money to contribute and the strength to contribute. I don't know how to make rice dumplings, so I have to contribute the money. Don't be polite, everyone is so familiar. It doesn't matter who doesn't contribute. Just be happy." Liu Weian smiled and didn't take it seriously.
"Okay, Liu Weian will go out this time, and we will go out as husband and wife for the next event." Zhou Jie said loudly before Xu Ying, and he decided happily. Zhang Yan quickly opened the tablet computer.
Today's shopping is basically online shopping.
Looking at the items in the mall, Liu Weian understood what Zhang Yan meant by not being cheap. Rice dumplings cost 16 coppers per piece, glutinous rice cost 300 coppers per pound, red dates, peanuts, black beans, chestnuts, etc., basically all costing hundreds of coppers. Among them, lotus seeds are the most expensive, costing 1,800 copper coins per pound. These can be used as fillings for rice dumplings, as well as some dried fruits needed for the festival, such as pistachios, almonds, walnuts, and nuts. The price is basically more than 3,000 copper coins, which is scary. This kind of price, if placed in the slave area, would be unthinkable.
"Why has the price increased again?" Zhang Yan raised her eyebrows and asked, "Yesterday I saw that glutinous rice was only 296 copper coins per catty, and chestnuts. I remember yesterday it was 265 copper coins per catty, but now it has increased to 270 copper coins per catty. It's really hard to live these days. . Prices are getting higher and higher, and by then I may not even be able to afford steamed buns."
Four people buy twelve or three rice dumplings per person, which is about fifty rice dumplings worth about 5,000 copper coins. Add some snacks, and once you check out, it’s 12,653 copper coins.
"I heard from my friends that the food harvest has failed recently, whether there was a flood or drought, or chicken plague, that's why the price of food has increased," Zhou Jie said.
Liu Wei'an glanced at Xu Ying thoughtfully. It seemed that when Zhou Jie mentioned 'chicken plague', her expression changed. She looked at the tablet. Although she just glanced at it, the prices of the items on it were all... I wrote it down. Compared with before, although it cannot be said to have doubled, the price has increased significantly. Judging from Mars's always tight food situation, the news Zhou Jie said was not groundless.
Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little worried. There is no need to worry in Xinfeng City. No matter how big the food crisis is, it will not crisis the city. As long as you have money, you will definitely be hungry. The army usually stores enough food for the city for one or two years. What you need to worry about is The slave area, the foundation he worked so hard to create, would be unjust if he didn't starve to death just after it started to take off.
During this period, Times Square and Liu Wei'an basically maintained a phone call every two days to ensure that Liu Wei'an could always know what was going on in Times Square. With a large amount of investment in manpower and material resources, Times Square has entered an era of rapid development, and the changes are rapid.
Times Square is currently doing two things. One is an underground castle. Why build an underground castle? There is nothing we can do about it. The country will not allow large-scale organizations to exist independently, even if it is just a few slaves. Without organization and discipline, the country does not care, but once controlled by others, it will definitely be mercilessly attacked by the country. Today, Times Square controls about 30,000 slaves in the core and 30,000 in the periphery, totaling 60,000 troops. In a slave area with hundreds of thousands or millions of people, it is not eye-catching, but the fact that there are few people now does not mean that we will not recruit people in the future. It is necessary to prepare for a rainy day, and the underground castle can be used to hide the number of people.
This is a safety consideration.
The second thing is to build a road, to build a road to the Mayan Empire. The garbage mountain will be dug out one day. It is impossible for tens of thousands of slaves to be raised by Liu Wei'an alone, but the slave area has few resources, housing Xiaoyuan thought hard and finally thought of a way to make money.
The slave area is located in the middle of the three major empires. No matter how harsh the environment in this third-party zone is, the terrain is there and the transportation is convenient. For various reasons, the road has never been built. Once it is built, it will definitely become a transportation artery connecting the three major empires. As long as a toll station is set up, it will equal an endless stream of money.
Although this plan was full of risks, Liu Wei'an agreed after careful consideration. Without him, there is really no other way out.
The only purpose of slaves is to serve as cannon fodder on the battlefield. Now that the war has stopped, slaves have no use. The second purpose of slaves is to mine. Unfortunately, none of the planets currently occupied by humans have minerals. Third, do some of the hardest, most tiring and dangerous jobs, such as cleaning sewers and exploring unknown areas, but you don’t need so many slaves. The slaves who are slightly useful have long been picked away, and the rest are unwanted. .
Therefore, slaves could not find a job, even if it was for free and just for a meal, there were not that many jobs available to them.
Road construction is the only profitable project that can be thought of at present. No matter how risky it is, Liu Wei'an will grit his teeth and carry on.
Relying on the income from garbage, Fang Xiaoyuan made a budget and was able to persist until the road was repaired and there was still a little surplus. Speaking of this, I have to thank the tens of thousands of slaves in the slave area. In order to have a full meal, they worked hard without wages and without regard for their own lives. Many places where machines can be used have been replaced by humans. Except for the things that cannot be done manually, the rest The steps are all completed by slaves. The more people there are, the more powerful they are, and the speed is not much slower than machinery.
Although food is also a big expense, it is much cheaper than using machinery entirely. Among them, Zhao Kangcheng played a key role.
He provided the talent and equipment, but he was not at a loss. In this era where even garbage is becoming increasingly expensive, the dozens of trucks of garbage imported into Times Square every day made him a huge profit. In the waste industry status continues to rise.
Because of his meritorious service in that massacre, Zhou Xingchen was promoted to the rank of section chief. From a subordinate to a leader, he rose to the top in one step. Although he was still responsible for the gatekeeping work, he was still the leader of more than a dozen people. .
As his position was promoted, his authority became larger. Under his operation, almost fifty core members of Times Square obtained city entry certificates and escaped from the status of slaves. From now on, people can enter the city openly.
This was because Zhou Xingchen was being cautious. He had to prove too much to enter the city at once, lest he attract the attention of interested people.
The slave area and the city must be connected. Although Zhao Kangcheng helps, Zhao Kangcheng's identity is not simple after all. Some big things require him to come forward, but some small things cannot trouble him. It is necessary for someone to be active in the city.
It wasn't until Liu Wei'an paid that Zhou Jie and Zhang Yan felt relieved. They were worried that Liu Wei'an would not be able to pay because the price was too high.
Liu Wei'an ignored the two people's thoughts and returned to the room. He first checked the balance in the account. Thanks to Huang Shacheng's emotion, there were still 1.3 billion copper coins. took out the phone.
"Sir!" The person who answered the phone was Maohou. As an elite member of the transportation brigade, he became one of the first people to enter the city. Because he was shrewd and capable, he was promoted to captain.
The direct descendants of the lion originally called Liu Wei'an his benefactor, but Liu Wei'an disagreed, so he became the son.
"Buy food!" Liu Wei'an's order only had four words, no redundant words.
When Maohou opened his mobile phone and looked at the series of numbers on the bank card prompt information in the text message, his eyes were almost dazzled. He counted it several times before he could figure out how many zeros there were, 1.3 billion. He had never seen so much money in his life. . Although he didn't understand why Liu Wei'an issued this order, he carried out Liu Wei'an's order unconditionally.
At around 12 o'clock in the afternoon, it was the time to have dinner at home. In Anyuan City and several surrounding cities, some mysterious figures appeared in various rice shops, noodle shops, wholesale supermarkets, and department stores, and began to frantically scan the goods. The cashier couldn't even scan the QR code when the cart was being pushed into a large trailer.
The large trailer loaded with goods rushed directly to the city gate at the junction of Anyuan City and the Slave District. Zhou Xingchen, who had already been notified by Liu Wei'an's phone call, did not stop him and let him go.
The trailer drove out of the city gate and changed its ride with another batch of large trailers waiting outside. A batch of empty trucks entered the city, while the large trailer filled with food rushed towards Times Square. Times Square originally only had dozens of scrapped cars. Later, because of the trouble of changing cars, more than 50 new cars were bought in one go.
Scrapped cars cannot enter the city, and every piece of equipment purchased is transferred at the city gate.
It happened that more than 50 core members had obtained the city entry documents, so they bought 50 large trailers in one go so that they could make a living in the city.
All told, including the scrapped cars, there are almost 150 cars in Times Square. However, these two big car purchases almost wiped out all the savings in Times Square.
The large-scale food panic buying operation soon attracted the attention of concerned people. Many citizens joined the panic buying trend. People are blind. Once someone takes the lead, others will follow. At this time, the food crisis and chicken plague incidents were exposed. , panic spread at an alarming speed, and most of Tianfeng Province fell into a panic buying food.
The lack of food on Mars is as serious as the lack of water. It has always been an unforgettable topic. At night, the entire Han Dynasty was caught in a wave of panic buying food. The prices of various foods soared. Even so, it was not enough to stop the anxious citizens. In my mood, all the goods in supermarkets and wholesale markets have been emptied. Small department stores, restaurants, hotels...everywhere with food has been flooded with people. Those who had grabbed the food were worried that it would not be enough, while those who had not grabbed it were extremely anxious.
"Who, exactly who leaked the news?" The deputy governor in charge of food in Tianfeng Province was furious.
