Before the original base station was built, sending and receiving messages was impossible. Now that the base station has been built, she tried sending messages and received replies.
First, let's look at the Empire's reply. It's Barbara's reply from the Empire. She and the Princess are now on the same side, and with the child in her belly, the Emperor is paying close attention to her. Although this matter is still kept secret for the time being, she estimates that outsiders will find out in less than two months. Taking advantage of her pregnancy, she believes that the Emperor will not doubt her words.
She extracted a lot of useful information, compiled it, and sent it over.
Now, Barbara has to send an email to her younger brother before sending a message to Qin Yiyi, since their addresses are very close. In order to cover up the messages she sends to Qin Yiyi, she drags her younger brother into it as a shield.
After reading one email, she immediately read the one from Lilith. Her food with special properties had played a significant role this winter, and Lilith wanted to strengthen their cooperative relationship.
Qin Yiyi couldn't help but think that if, after the spring, the territory produced specialty foods that could be stored for a long time and transported to other cities, bearing the territory's logo, wouldn't that be advertising for the territory?
All four major cities want to cooperate deeply with her, so this product can first be exported to the four major cities. These people are not short of money and have high status. Once this market is secured, it will be much easier to negotiate cooperation in other cities.
She then opened the encrypted message that Barbara had sent, and her hand paused.
When she returned, she threw out a spatial teleportation device filled with supplies. After returning, she arranged for people to go to the vicinity of Flame City, but they couldn't find any trace of her parents, brothers, or sisters. Only the remaining members of the Night Qin Legion were found.
After leaving a batch of supplies for these people, she asked them to return before the depths of winter. A few days ago, after the information was relayed, she asked Barbara to help inquire. Unexpectedly, Barbara and the princess received news from the Flame Prince that there was no trace of Earl Night Qin in Flame City.
Where did they go...?
Qin Yiyi looked at the map. She had suspected something back in the Burial Grounds, but the Burial Grounds were quite far from Flame City...
She was thinking when there was a knock on the door.
I turned off the electronic screen, put on my coat, and went outside.
"My lord, it's already deep winter!"
Deep winter, which is what the radio said before, this winter is expected to reach minus 65 degrees Celsius.
The outdoor temperature reached -65 degrees Celsius today, and it just started snowing heavily. My working hours will be halved again.
When it's -30 degrees Celsius outside, it's around -10 degrees Celsius inside the territory. Outdoor work hours have been reduced to only half a day. Now the outdoor temperature is -65 degrees Celsius, and the thermometer inside the territory shows it has dropped below -20 degrees Celsius. It seems that the morning and evening markets will have to be closed, and the daily work hours will need to be adjusted.
Originally it was 8 hours, then 4 hours, and now it's estimated that it can only be reduced to 2 hours of outdoor work, while indoor work can still be done for 4 hours.
She originally intended to keep the temperature in the territory below -20 degrees Celsius and indoors below -10 degrees Celsius. Now it seems that the temperature in the territory can only be kept below -25 degrees Celsius. As for the indoor temperature, she needs to strengthen it.
Some orcs' genes cannot withstand this temperature, otherwise some would soon freeze to death due to the cold weather.
Strengthening indoor temperature and controlling the temperature inside the territory has become the most important task for the territory. Even with the addition of cold-weather clothing and thermal underwear, the sub-zero temperatures of minus twenty degrees Celsius still make people hesitant to walk around outside.
Not to mention that the areas not covered by the heat crystals were below minus sixty degrees Celsius, while outside the territory, fierce winds and blizzards were raging, causing the territory's protective shield to begin to tremble.
The current area is divided as follows: outside the territory is a blizzard and extremely low temperatures, while inside the territory, due to the protective shield, it is not affected by the blizzard, but the temperature is below -60 degrees Celsius. One-third of the activity area inside the territory has been placed with heat crystals. Due to the cold air, the heat crystals need to be used twice as much to control the temperature. To conserve heat crystals, after the lowest temperature arrives, the area inside the territory will shrink to one-fifth of the area where heat crystals are placed. The temperature in this part ranges from -15 degrees Celsius to -25 degrees Celsius, which is still manageable.
Inside, the temperature was raised to below minus ten degrees Celsius for those paying the fees, while the temperature for people in the underground city was almost 0 degrees Celsius, and in some places the indoor temperature was even around ten degrees Celsius.
With the arrival of deep winter, the temperature difference between rooms has already become apparent. Qin Yiyi looked at the display on the electronic screen and knew that the first wave of the wealth gap would soon be evident after spring arrived.
Even now, half-elves with savings and skills live better than ordinary people. Slaves who arrive early, settle in early, have experience, are assigned tasks well, and enjoy so many benefits also live better than ordinary temporary residents.
The widening gap between the rich and the poor creates social classes. People are not inherently divided into different classes, but the amount of money one has determines whether or not they are classified into different classes.
This has always been the case.
Now that it's already the third month and deep winter has arrived, some people with savings have already voluntarily quit their jobs. They work 2-4 hours a day and earn half of what they usually earn. Although there is a winter allowance which brings their wages to about two-thirds of what they normally earn, it's just too cold outside. If they get sick, the money they earn won't even be enough to cover their medical expenses.
They can't afford to gamble with their health, or they simply can't afford to gamble right now.
However, the departure of these people means the arrival of a new group of people. There is no shortage of people in these positions. To be precise, there are still many people who cannot afford to eat. If they can't even afford to eat, why care about health? Health issues may arise later, but not being able to afford to eat is something that has already happened. They can't just starve to death.
The vacancy was quickly filled, without affecting the progress of any aspect of the Lord's territory in the slightest.
Qin Yiyi stood on the rooftop, holding binoculars and looking out the gate. People were still walking forward amidst the snow-covered landscape.
The little fox, holding the registration form, said softly, "My lord, these people outside can only pay a month's worth of poll tax at most. Should we still let them in?"
Qin Yiyi raised an eyebrow: "I think they are very cold-resistant to be able to brave the blizzard in temperatures below minus sixty degrees!"
The little fox nodded: "It's all because of the environment. Year after year, we've managed to survive even though we're not used to the cold." After all, winter takes up half the year, and if you want to live but have no money, you can only rely on your body to tough it out.
“The lowest temperature in the areas covered by heat crystals in my territory is only minus twenty-something degrees Celsius. Since they are so cold-resistant, they can make up for the lack of jobs. It doesn’t matter if they can’t afford the head tax. Let them in. Based on an eight-hour workday, they should be able to raise the fees quickly.”
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