Chapter 691: Competition Among Grain Stores, the Wasteland Is Also Playing Involution!

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Su Mo had already completed all the formalities, holding the work card that could be temporarily registered, and took the car to Mingyue Town first.

He stayed in the guesthouse in Mingyue Town for three days, and the huge expenses had made him feel a little uncomfortable.

If he could go to Sangtian Town one day earlier and rent a house there earlier to save this expense, he could keep more savings for subsequent development.

At the entrance of the village, three trading points were allocated again, and Su Mo got off the car expressionlessly.

He glanced at the time, and there was more than half an hour before Huang Xiaojuan got off work.

Su Mo simply went to a roast duck restaurant in the town and spent two points to buy a roast goose with a strong aroma of oil.

After waiting for the workers to get off work, Huang Xiaojuan, who looked tired, appeared in Su Mo's sight.

Compared with the previous two days, Huang Xiaojuan has obviously recovered a little and adapted to the intensity of labor here.

Just like now, although her pretty face is still pale and she looks like she has severe hypoglycemia, she at least doesn't stagger like before when she walks.

"Hey, Brother Zong, why are you here!"

Huang Xiaojuan walked with her head down, and when she realized that she was about to bump into someone, she subconsciously raised her head and wanted to apologize.

But the next second, after seeing that it was Su Mo, she rushed up in surprise and hugged him tightly.

"Xiaojuan, I know the job, we will go to Sangtian Town tomorrow!"

"Then we can settle down!"

"Ah? Found a job?"

Huang Xiaojuan screamed, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.

At first, everyone thought it was just another ordinary couple, being affectionate here.

But the next second, after seeing the roast goose in Su Mo's hand, many people showed envy in their eyes.

"Go home"

"Yeah, then I have to settle the wages for these three days first!"

Slapping her head, thinking that she would go to Sangtian Town tomorrow to start a real long-term life, Huang Xiaojuan hurried back to the park against the flow of people.

After a long while, when the flow of workers at the gate was sparse, she walked out of the gate happily and raised her hand.

"Brother Zong, three days, 2 points!"

"And these two days have been counted into the summer harvest period, so I got 3 more rewards and 50 cents!"

In the Qingguo Territory, during the busiest time, ordinary people worked hard for a month and only earned about two trading points.

When Huang Xiaojuan thought that she had earned the previous month's income in three days, she couldn't help but smile foolishly and was very happy.

"Hey, that's amazing!"

Touching Huang Xiaojuan's head, Su Mo pursed his lips.

He used to think that the current Tianyuan Territory was just a serious gap between the rich and the poor, but now it seems that the class solidification is even more obvious.

If Huang Xiaojuan knew that it would take 6 hours to go back and forth in the city, and a roast goose would cost 2 hours.

I am afraid that she is optimistic and will not have any expectations for her future life.

Once there are more people like this in the territory, it will inevitably affect the security of the territory and its future development.

"Let's go, go back to eat"

"Wait until tomorrow, we will settle down in Sangtian Town"

At 10 o'clock in the evening, after settling Huang Xiaojuan to sleep, Su Mo quietly came to the guesthouse and waited.

This is a more prosperous street in the entire Mingyue Town.

There is a brightly lit food stall in front of the door, which is full of migrant workers.

It is the time of summer harvest.

After having income, these migrant workers are not stingy.

Most of them drink cheap and low-quality beer, eat skewers made of unknown ingredients, brag in their mouths, and are very happy.

Compared with the natives of Tianyuan Territory, they live a more chic and comfortable life.

"When I'm not here, no one will come to regulate it ruthlessly"

"Alas, the territory is too big, and in the end, ordinary people at the bottom are still sacrificed"

In fact, from the first year of the wasteland to now, the result of the wanton development of the entire Tianyuan territory has completely run counter to the original intention of Su Mo when it was established.

The current Tianyuan territory is more developed and stronger than other small territories.

In terms of people's livelihood, infrastructure, and even education, farming, etc., it has not dared to be the first, but just repeatedly applied the set on Earth, fearing that something would go wrong.

Ordinary people living in the Tianyuan territory, as well as newcomers who joined later, still have a hard life. They are just doing a lot of work with no nutritional value, and they are just living on an income that is just enough to survive.

In addition, those residents who were in the territory at the beginning have not been able to play the responsibility of the rich leading the rich, and they only know how to continue to suck blood from the latecomers and strengthen themselves.

Such a result is a serious mistake of the territory management and a major structural mistake after the expansion of the size.

"With such a sense of belonging to the territory, once the zombies really come, I'm afraid they will lose their composure before they can be integrated."

"It seems that people's hearts are also a point that needs to be paid attention to in this disaster."

"But fortunately, not only do I have a chance to make amends in this world, but I also have time to turn things around in the real world!"

Thinking about the obvious problems in the territory at the moment.

When Su Mo suddenly came to his senses, Oreo's figure had already appeared in the darkness of the street.

But unfortunately, after just one glance at Oreo's expression, Somo shook his head.

"Woof"

"It's okay, there will be more opportunities in the future!"

After being restricted into Yuan Bao's body and losing the power of his godhead, Oreo's exploration range was 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 full day but could not find any trace.

"Is the game causing trouble, or are Su Chan and the others not in Hope City?"

Sumo 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.

A night of silence.

As the morning sun on June 1st slowly rose from the horizon, the town that had been quiet all night began to boil again.

The closer we get to June 20th, 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 water.

Mixed in 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 trading point, and Yuanbao also needs to be counted."

"No wonder the roads in Tianyuan Territory are so well maintained. With such an expensive price, who can sit and run around every day?"

Huang Xiaojuan just sat down in her seat and after getting the ticket, Huang Xiaojuan complained in pain.

It's just that her appearance seems to be common in this car.

As soon as the words finished, 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 brother and sister!"

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 for a moment, then looked at Somo up and down with a strange expression, and then said leisurely:

"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."

"I won't talk about the distant ones, let's talk about last summer's harvest. It took 150,000 people to harvest for less than half a month before we could finish harvesting the grain reserves."

"During winter planting this year, the area of ​​grain reserves has increased by one-third compared to last year. Do you have any calculations? How many people will be needed to harvest such a large area this time?"

"So many?"

Seeing the old man's expression of embarrassment, as if this land was his own, Su Mo 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, the area for winter planting has been expanded by one-third, which will inevitably attract more labor.

"Sure, what a huge market these tens or hundreds of thousands of people are!"

"It may be a little difficult for my technology to enter the market, but as long as I eat these people, even if one person gives me a little, when there are more people, the profit will be terrifying enough!"

With some ideas in his mind, Somo 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, a variety of products will be available accordingly.

From the first day after discovering that this thing was actually sold in the territory, Sumo spent 8 points to buy two full packs.

In the past two days, whenever I encountered someone asking for advice, I would always bring this thing to my rescue.

"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 Su Mo took out a lighter and cooperated, 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 after it was a wasteland."

"At that time, there were not so many people in the territory, and Sangtian Town was only one-tenth of its current size. But at that time, our lord Tianyuan was afraid that the disaster would bring a devastating blow to the food, so he allocated some money during winter planting in the territory. The cultivated area is very large, almost as large as ten acres per person."

"But no one expected that the disaster that year did not target food at all. This led to the immediate liquidation of the territory, and had to start this model of outsiders assisting in harvesting."

After explaining the origin of this grand scene in a few sentences, the old man changed his tone and began to recall it half braggingly and half narrating.

"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 independent people could even mortgage our things and get a few acres of land. The contracting rights and make a lot of money”

"First of all, I'm not bragging. For the first time, my old man and my two sons contracted a total of twenty acres. Taking into account the handling fee, deposit, and the land, we made a full seven acres! "

Patting the two shy young men sitting next to him, the old man took a big sip with great satisfaction.

But then, looking at the rolling farmland that was speeding past outside, he said regretfully:

"I still don't have enough funds. After the first harvest, I felt that I could do this contract farming work, but I didn't have the funds and I couldn't open such a big stall."

"By the time we came here in the second year, which was the fifth year since Wasteland, Sangtian Town had completely changed its appearance. The area was more than five times larger. And the most terrifying thing was that there were only two grain stores before. By that year, there were actually It’s a terrifying 21 stores!”

"We, the independent people, can no longer contract land. We can only work for these grain stores and pay a high tax to these middlemen."

"In the fifth year, the three of us contracted 25 acres, but the final harvest was only five acres."

The profit from 35% dropped by nearly half, approaching 20%.

The old man's experience seemed 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~"

"My opponent, there are even fewer people in the third year. In the first two years, not many people knew that Tianyuan Territory was recruiting people. You are considered a blessing."

"The six of us rented fifty acres. Guess what, we worked for half a month, and in the end we 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 becomes one in an instant.

However, listening to the quarrels of these people behind him, the old man remained unmoved. He just sniffed and continued:

"The market in the wasteland was really bad for six years. 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 we didn't make any money either. In the end, all the money was made by vendors selling food and renting out houses.”

"But seven years after arriving in the wasteland, the competition among grain stores was too great. After only six stores 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, Somo took out another cigarette and 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 were grain stores.

At that time, Sumo was still wondering why a grain store would hire electricians, a type of work that they couldn't even 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.

Even if it costs money to hire electricians for development, these people can afford it!

"This year?"

"Young students, we have only one choice this year."

After dusting off the cigarette ashes, the old man seemed a little melancholy.

"There are only two food stores left this year, namely Zizai Liangfang and Qiankun Food Store. But if we have to choose, we can only choose Ruyi Food Store."

"Why?"

"Why? It's 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 energy stone sickle is too advantageous. I'm afraid 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 release the land and let us individual people contract it like before, it is not impossible to survive this disaster."

"But now, who can make more money, who can't live 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's the same as the information he conveyed.

Before the medium-sized high-performance vehicle full of people had completely entered Sangtian Town, only five kilometers outside the town, staff from Qiankun Food Store came up to promote it.

"Can you let me try?"

Taking the powerful stone 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.

However, due to the lack of ownership rights and the inability to 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 would be great."

"If it doesn't work, this Manufacturing Zero is still okay!"