Chapter 2522 Low Cost
The food problem was very serious, so the top leaders decided to counterattack, but the rise of the Red Meteor at this time made the situation very chaotic. In addition, Duran's establishment of the escort agency made the merchants complain, and the military police had no evidence to arrest Duran, so the situation inside the wall was chaotic for a while.
These days, even children have to do odd jobs to survive, resulting in adults not having so many jobs.
Because of backwardness, facing the problems of land and population, they can only learn from Thanos to eliminate the population. Thanos eliminated the population to increase the per capita resource ownership because he has a zero-cost killing method, which can solve the problem with just a snap of his fingers. This world also has a zero-cost way to eliminate the population, which is to prevent people from attacking giants, and giants will not waste resources when killing.
If ordinary civilizations want to rely on killing to increase per capita, it is a big mistake, because fighting will also consume resources. In the end, even if half of the population dies, the per capita resources will still not increase. If you want to eliminate the population and increase per capita resources, you must first establish an efficient and low-cost killing method. The lower the cost of killing, the more this theory can stand.
Obviously, in the world of giants, this theory is valid, because giants kill people for free, don't eat, and don't complain about hard work. Giants are just hardworking population elimination machines, ruthless and efficient, which is very consistent with the needs of the Eldian high-level.
So the high-level organized a population counterattack and solved the food pressure by the way. And many people also support it, because the people from Wall Maria are really annoying, and people can't wait to kill them all.
This is still a country where compatriots are so disgusted. If it were foreign refugees, they would have been organized and put into concentration camps for destruction.
The people of Wall Maria have become an alternative and have become people who cause trouble to others.
In this environment, even though they know that the recapture of Wall Maria is a suicide mission, they can only rush forward with their heads held high, because if they don't die, they will be regarded as a burden.
However, Duran provides jobs by plucking wool. A bodyguard position can support a family, so Duran's escort agency can support a group of people. And because of the red meteor, Duran quickly monopolized the bodyguard industry, so more and more people are supported.
Moreover, the escort industry was not so prosperous before. After all, the domestic security was good before. Although there were occasional robbers, there were military police and garrison troops on several main roads to protect them, so escorts were not needed. Therefore, the emergence of escorts was an innovation, not a job grabber.
Although merchants were squeezed by the Red Meteor and escorts, they wanted to increase the price of goods to transfer pressure, but if they dared to do so, the Red Meteor would make them bankrupt. If they didn't want to do it anymore, Duran would take over.
Of course, it was not just merchants, the nobles were also regarded as piggy banks by the Red Meteor and were taken care of.
At this time, the benefits of private ownership were reflected. In order to make more money and buy more land, small farmers would be willing to sell more food and materials at a high price, leaving only the minimum rations needed to maintain their own production. So the money stolen by the Red Meteor could be exchanged for materials.
When the materials were transported, it was the transport team formed by Duran, which also reduced costs, so in the end, when the materials were transported to the refugees, the refugees could afford it.
So the refugee ecosystem, which was managed by the Red Meteor and Duran at a low cost, barely maintained itself. In this system, everyone can only have enough food and clothing.
Many refugees who did not have time to pack their belongings in order to escape survived in this system. In fact, they were mainly Shiganshina refugees, because the other three urns learned about the giants in advance and could still pack some property. However, a month has almost passed, and they have to face various survival pressures and join Duran's low-cost system.
"Although the system is running now, the output of the land is fixed. Even if everyone tightens their belts to live, it will not be a solution if it continues like this." Mikasa looked at Duran, waiting for her father to come up with some black technology to solve the problem of food.
"Then we can only open up the wasteland." Li San knew that there was still a lot of land that had not been opened up. Even if the land on the outer ring was missing, there was still a lot of land inside.
There are still five years before the plot, and there is still time.
"But there is no industry in Eldia at all, and the cost of opening up the wasteland is too high. And the fertility of this land is also average." Mikasa said, following Duran through the time and space and learned agricultural knowledge about farming.
Eldia does not have an industry. Although they have built blast furnaces and can make some precision instruments, their limited resources can only make small and delicate machines. The largest is a cannon. They cannot build airplanes, tanks, or tractors. They do not have this ability and do not have so many resources.
Eldia's industry is a small peasant economy industry. There are no factories. All parts are made by craftsmen with their apprentices. This has never changed since the first blast furnace was built fifty years ago. Because there is no demand for change, Eldia does not have a complete industrial system with a clear division of labor that Mikasa agrees with.
This technology is impossible to invest in agricultural machinery in agriculture, and can only rely on manpower.
However, what is least lacking now is manpower, and many farmers have money and are eager to expand production. It is still feasible for refugees to go to the farm to work as laborers to open up wasteland.
Although refugees may not necessarily endure hardship, they must do something in order to survive. For those who have lost their homes, they are extremely lucky to be able to work as laborers and have a full meal.
Of course, not everyone is willing to accept being reduced from petty bourgeoisie to abject poverty, so some people are still willing to participate in the high-level crusade plan. Because if they are lucky, the crusade is successful, and their homeland is conquered, then everything they lost will be back.
Dulan doesn't care about these people who are taking chances. Everyone has their own choice. But Mikasa hopes that Duran can do something. After all, as long as Duran comes up with a black technology, it is enough to feed everyone, and there is no need to fight the giant and die in vain.
"I know you are worried about them dying, so just find a way to stop them before they set off." Duran said: "Just ask them when they returned to Shiganshina, how did they block the gap? They should You know how big the gap is. If you can't block the hole, it's useless to go back."
At present, they have no way to plug such a large gap in a short period of time. Even if they use local materials and construction waste to block the opening, they lack enough cement to use as an adhesive. It is difficult to say that they can block the giant.
"You can try, but what if they insist on an expedition?" Mikasa was worried that she wouldn't be able to persuade everyone.
"Then we will design a mobile city wall plan to protect the expedition team a little bit." Duran said: "The current city walls are all fixed dead walls. If we can create a mobile movable city wall, then we can go out of the city gate to conquer it. Build as many walls as you lose the land, and by encroaching on it little by little, you will eventually be able to regain the lost land.”
Mikasa said she can do it? What material is it made of?