Qiao Xuejun looked up at her and said, "Of course it's the deal we agreed on before. We'll give you a season's worth of grain seeds, and you'll give us steel to build fortifications."
Yuan Zhiyi: "Are you willing?"
Although Qiao Xuejun was talking about seeds for one season, not five years, they were still seeds, and at worst they wouldn't eat the food grown from these seeds, and would use them all for breeding.
As long as Qiao Xuejun is willing to give it, it's good. What's more... now their plan to assassinate Zhao Xian has failed, and they no longer have bargaining chips.
However, the seeds for one season were too few, and it was hard to imagine that her parents would agree.
Yuan Zhiyi was puzzled, so she asked, "Did my parents agree?"
Qiao Xuejun paused and said, "I agree."
Originally, it was naturally not that straightforward. Zhao Xian asked Doctor Zheng to hand over the collected bones of Yuan Zhiyi, which were still bloody and even had bits of flesh on them, and gave them to Yuan Yuanfang.
The other party agreed quickly.
Qiao Xuejun felt strange and asked Zhao Xian, "They can let their daughter take risks with explosives, so why is she scared by some bones now?"
Zhao Xian slowly explained to her: "It's different from enduring torture. When the bomb explodes, people will die quickly and without pain. Something must have happened on the ship at that time. As managers of the sea fort, the Yuan couple couldn't refuse Yuan Zhiyi from being the one to carry the bomb. Now that there's an opportunity to save people, we'll naturally grab it."
"Then why did you retreat? Why didn't you just go ahead?" Qiao Xuejun was curious about Zhao Xian's thoughts.
Zhao Xian did not answer directly. Instead, he reached out and gently grasped Qiao Xuejun's right hand, and gently stroked the scar on her wrist with the tip of his thumb.
The scar did not disappear. It was shallow and long, running across the center of the wrist.
Qiao Xuejun didn't understand why, but the scar on her wrist was new skin that had grown later, and the color was lighter than the surrounding skin color, which was very sensitive and delicate. Zhao Xian's fingertips had a layer of calluses left by holding the gun, and the roughness was obvious. Qiao Xuejun's hand began to tremble slightly when he stroked it.
He whispered, "At that time in Xiaokai Town, you lied that someone was attacking you, injured yourself and ran away."
Qiao Xuejun felt a little uncomfortable when he talked about this, and couldn't help but pull her hand back: "Why are you talking about this..."
She was a little impulsive at the time, but there was nothing she could do. She did not trust Zhao Xian at the time, even though Zhao Xian promised her many benefits and let her work at the First Base.
She didn't believe it and would rather hurt herself and run away.
After she lured Zhao Xian away from the mountain, she ran away on her motorcycle.
Zhao Xian held her hand tightly, not letting her retreat, and said slowly: "When I reacted and rushed back, you had already left on your motorcycle. But you were still within my range."
Zhao Xian: "I aimed, but I didn't shoot."
Qiao Xuejun was not convinced: "I move in an S-shaped snake-skin pattern!"
Zhao Xian was amused: "Forget about the S-type, your W-type is useless."
Qiao Xuejun: “…”
Well, she later saw Zhao Xian sniping a moving target, and his accuracy was indeed very strong. No matter how the target moved, he would hit wherever he pointed.
"Because what I want is not the roll of mulch you hold, nor the motorcycle you ride." After firing the gun, these were the only things he could get.
Qiao Xuejun joked: "The mulch is useless to you, but the motorcycle is still very useful..."
"I want you, as a person."
Zhao Xian said this, interrupting Qiao Xuejun's joke. His voice was light, but firm, without a trace of dragging his feet.
Qiao Xuejun stopped talking and looked up at him.
Zhao Xian was silent for a while, raised the corner of his lips, and continued: "Similarly, I don't kill the people of Haibao because I value not only their machinery and factories, but also their people."
"Haibao was originally a place where factory park employees gathered to survive, so many of them are experienced workers in various industries. They are useful."
"Even if I take over the factory, I will need to train new workers to operate it, and the output will definitely not increase."
Zhao Xian’s goal has always been steel.
Qiao Xuejun looked at him: "Didn't you want to do it from the beginning?"
Zhao Xian: "No. I do want to take action. Haibao is too independent and doesn't cooperate with my work. This time I go there to intimidate them and move a few useless people. Then I will move all the steel produced on their ship, including the steel on their hull."
Qiao Xuejun looked at him with admiration. To strip the steel from the sea fortress's hull? Only Zhao Xian could do that. After the hull was stripped, the sea fortress would have to make steel to repair it. That was perfect. Once it was repaired, Zhao Xian could pry it open.
Infinite loop.
Zhao Xian sneered: "But I didn't expect that they would come up with such a thing."
The active attack was a stroke of genius, with hostages in hand and a legitimate reason. Now he didn't have to pry it out specifically, and a season's worth of seeds was exchanged for future steel.
Still a good deal.
Zhao Xian: "I'll ask Xiao Lin from the Logistics Coordination Department to talk to those three and let them know the situation and behave themselves."
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Zhao Xian had arranged someone to be in charge of this matter. So Qiao Xuejun came to see Yuan Zhiyi mainly because she wanted to.
After all, Yuan Zhiyi had come to see her when she was sick before and brought her gifts.
Qiao Xuejun took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and handed it to Yuan Zhiyi: "Take it and eat it."
Yuan Zhiyi took it with his intact left hand: "What is it?"
It didn't seem too heavy. What was it? Corn? She untied the bag clumsily with one hand and looked inside.
The first thing that comes out is the aroma.
A unique melon fragrance, with a little sweetness from pumpkin and some salty flavor...it's pumpkin seeds!
Yuan Zhiyi looked at the large, plump, snow-white pumpkin seeds in the bag, his eyes sparkling: "How come there are these?"
Qiao Xuejun said: "Pumpkin, eat the pumpkin flesh, save the seeds and fry them with salt, which can also supplement some trace elements. The pumpkin was planted before. The seeds are also given to you Haibao, and I am waiting for you to plant them."
But in fact, it is almost impossible to grow pumpkins in this weather.
This pumpkin variety is the honey pumpkin. It was chosen because it is early maturing, high-yielding, and does not require much sunlight, requiring at least six hours a day.
But it requires a certain temperature, which is around 20℃ to 25℃.
The only option is to build a greenhouse. But it needs to be heated from -20℃ to 20℃, and artificial lighting and watering are needed. How much resources are needed? Is it cost-effective? There is also time. Pumpkins need three months to grow.
If they insist on growing their own food, they might as well just exchange it with her.
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