Su Bai rubbed his forehead.
He hadn't had time to explore the east for the past three days, but now it seemed the task of exploration was urgent.
He developed too fast.
The drawbacks have also become apparent.
Currently, there are very few lord players in the entire Chinese server who are capable of mining magic crystals.
He is the only one who will consume a large amount of energy.
This leads to...
The price of energy crystals in the market remains high.
A single White Source Crystal now costs 10 silver coins, and one White Source Crystal corresponds to only 1 unit of energy.
In other words...
Now, the daily energy expenditure of his dozen or so territories alone exceeds 2,000 gold!
If he relied on acquisitions, he would go bankrupt in just a few days...
We must find more magic crystal veins!
Other matters were dealt with.
Su Bai turned around and went to Claudia's private office.
A manager was reporting to her in the room when the two interrupted their conversation, stood up, and bowed to him.
"My lord."
"You may continue."
Su Bai waved his hand and stood aside listening for a while.
He acted as a hands-off manager, handling important matters such as financial expenditures, management transfers, and development planning.
All I have to do each day is come to the office center to sign a few documents, and that's it.
Claudia handled everything else.
Her work is much busier.
For several days in a row.
Working and thinking intensely for more than ten hours every day.
Claudia's face showed obvious signs of fatigue, and she wore a pair of old-fashioned rimmed glasses in front of her clear eyes, which added a unique charm to her appearance.
"We can get this document for upgrading residential buildings approved by Du Yue... Forget about the wall, it's not urgent, let's wait."
"The church wants to apply to hold a large prayer event? We don't have time for them to do that now. Rejected."
"Have Du Yue keep a close eye on the procurement of the first batch of office equipment for the Elite Academy to prevent any mishaps."
Wait a moment.
Claudia had just finished reviewing the documents in her hand.
Another manager left the room, and Su Bai naturally got up and walked behind her, placing his hands on Claudia's shoulders and gently massaging them.
"Thanks a lot."
“It’s not hard work, it’s just my bad luck.” Claudia didn’t object to his actions, but simply sighed, took off her glasses, and complained:
"I'm so busy with all sorts of things every day that I don't even have time for afternoon tea. But you, on the other hand, are gone the moment I open my eyes in the morning, and then I can't see you all day."
"I'm also busy with what I need to do."
Su Bai said with a smile.
"I know."
Claudia was a little resentful, but she knew that Su Bai was busy with important matters that were closely related to the safety of the territory, so she calmed down after grumbling for a few minutes.
She closed her eyes and calmly enjoyed Su Bai's massage.
Until a certain moment.
Snap!
Claudia slapped away Su Bai's clutches with a hint of annoyance in her eyes and glared at him.
"Get to the point, I have work to do."
"It's about controlling pollution."
Su Bai showed no embarrassment at being interrupted in his lewd behavior. He smiled and changed the subject.
“I knew you were going to bring this up. These governance plans were submitted by Luo Wei. Take a look and see which one you want to adopt.”
Claudia unsurprisingly pulled out a document from the pile of files on the table.
"There's already a plan?"
Su Bai took a look.
The document mentions three different solutions to deal with magical energy contamination, each with different methods and costs.
The first option is a classic example of harming others without benefiting oneself.
It also has the lowest cost.
This involves directly discharging the pollutants generated by the magic energy manufacturing industry into the ocean.
The required cost is almost negligible, but in the long run, the impact on the surrounding sea area will be extremely serious. After all, Duolong Island is an island, and marine resources are a very important source of income.
Doing so would be tantamount to cutting off one's own escape route.
There's already a dead sea in the east.
Does he intend to create another sea of pollution in the north?
Although this plan is most beneficial to current development, it also poses the greatest potential risks for the future. Su Bai gave it up after just one glance.
The second solution is to bury it.
The pollution generated by the Magic Energy Industry mainly comes from the waste crystal residue after extraction.
This means that these solid pollutants can be concentrated and buried in a certain area.
This can significantly alleviate pollution levels in other areas.
This solution is also very low in cost.
But the same applies.
This is only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
The magical pollution elements accumulating in the soil are increasing and spreading, eventually forming a dead zone like the East, unsuitable for living beings.
The potential danger is enormous.
Su Bai looked directly at the last possible solution:
Build a pollution treatment plant.
This is the most effective method.
It's also the most expensive.
The construction cost of a pollution treatment plant can be thousands of gold coins. Daily maintenance and regular replacement of purification equipment can add up to several hundred gold coins per month.
Moreover, this investment does not generate any value.
It can only be used for environmental purification.
Of course, in the long run, environmental purification has many benefits.
However, the territory is currently in a development phase.
There is a huge funding gap.
Investing such a large sum of money in building a facility that offers no short-term return is clearly not a worthwhile investment.
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