Chapter 223 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
There were not enough sofas in the living room, so everyone sat on their own chairs, filling the living room.
Lu Xuan brought a lot of fruits and snacks to treat them. Knowing that they were interested in his experiences when he went out, he told them in detail about the situations in several gathering places he had visited.
After talking for about half an hour, he said, "These are the larger gathering places for disaster victims. I actually passed by quite a few smaller gathering places along the way. There may be more survivors in areas I haven't visited."
Lu Xuan looked at the young and middle-aged villagers who were still listening to the story with great interest. "If you're interested in doing business, you can visit these small gathering places."
Xiong Mao said carelessly, "It's not easy for the disaster victims in small places to survive until now. They can't give us anything good to earn money, right?"
Chen Rong's eyes rolled, and he came up with an idea, "Lu Xuan has never been to those small places. We can go there and build greenhouses for them."
Although the cost of greenhouse materials is high, the yield of mutant crops is high, so profits are still considerable.
Lu Xuan shook his head. "The capital is already preparing to gradually recover the disconnected cities. Building greenhouses so that the disaster victims can harvest large amounts of food is a way to win over the hearts and minds of the people. The capital can't leave all of this to us."
He could do it because the greenhouse was originally provided by him, and the materials he had at his disposal gave him enough confidence.
The villagers of Yunlu Village are different.
Lu Xuan said: "If there are no unexpected problems in the future, I will directly deal with the capital for the big greenhouse transaction, and then the court will step in to build greenhouses for each surviving town."
Li Tie was a little skeptical. "It's impossible for them to visit every place in Beijing in such a short time, right? If they don't go to support them, will the victims go hungry?"
"So now's the time for you to engage in business. Trade nutrients, salt, and other essential supplies for them to survive. You can also provide some seeds."
It just means that large-scale greenhouses will not be built, but it does not mean that the victims will not be allowed to farm.
When the weather is hot, even if there is no greenhouse, using cheap and good dry ice to control the temperature of the ground can also achieve a cooling effect.
Even if production still decreases, having half of it left will be enough for the victims to not have to worry about starving to death for a long time.
If the capital has not sent support when the extremely cold season becomes even more severe, the capital will have no objection when the time comes to build a few acres of greenhouses for the victims.
"As for what else you can trade besides essential items like nutrients, salt, and sugar, you can consider it on your own."
Chen Rong rubbed his hands and chuckled twice: "Speaking of this, we have been thinking about it a lot recently."
Zhang Chengming nodded in agreement. "What we worried about most when dealing with the disaster last year is certainly what other disaster victims are worried about. All we have to do is help them solve these problems."
Wu Yang continued, "The hottest season is coming soon. We can sell bio-suits to the wealthy disaster victims, ice packs to the less well-off, and even ice we stockpiled for the coldest months. If there's no water nearby, we can even sell them water directly."
The victims cannot easily move too far away from their homes, and underground cracks will hinder their progress.
But they are different. They can draw a lot of water from the big lake for winter fishing and then transport it to various gathering places.
Nutrients, salt and sugar need to be purchased from Lu Xuan, and the cost will not be low, but the lake water is inexhaustible for them, and no cost is required, which can be said to be a profit without any investment.
In addition, they have stockpiled a lot of supplies that they cannot finish eating at home, and they can also take the opportunity to sell a batch.
only……
Li Tie was a little worried. "Big gathering places might still have some rules and won't easily be invaded by businessmen, but small places have a hard time and it might be very dangerous."
Didn’t so many people from the Huo family’s military camp encounter many robbers on the way here?
Not all disaster victims are like them and the people in the Jiangnan gathering place who have no shortage of food. Once people are really starving to death, they will do anything.
Lu Xuan did not deny this, "Risks and opportunities are equal."
It is impossible to just think about making money without being willing to take any risks.
There are alloy crossbows and energy guns, and □□ hypnotic bullets can also perform range attacks, which can basically minimize the risk.
But considering that weapons cannot be used or are inconvenient to use for some reason, we need to change our thinking.
As the saying goes, a blacksmith must be strong himself.
Lu Xuan took out a bag of crystal cores, explained their uses to the people present, and let them try one.
"If your ability level can be raised a little bit, no conspiracy or scheme will be able to hurt you at all."
Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao and others felt the power of the first-level crystal core merging into their bodies, and then looked at the pile of colorful sparkles poured on the coffee table with their eyes wide open.
“What a good thing!”
With a treasure like this, why would you be afraid of encountering danger when going out? Just deal with it!
Chen Rong couldn't wait to ask, "How do I exchange these crystal cores? Is it expensive?"
Lu Xuan said: "Level 1 crystal core is 20 kilograms of mutant food, Level 2 crystal core is 100 kilograms, Level 3 crystal core is 500 kilograms."
The price of the first-level crystal core in the anchor mall is 1,000 points, the second-level is 5,000, and the third-level is 30,000.
The current inventory of crystal cores is relatively small, and it is not easy to replenish them at any time in the future. Lu Xuan’s asking price is not low.
Li Tuo subconsciously said, "It's quite cheap."
As soon as he finished speaking, he received several speechless looks from the people around him.
"It's quite cheap?" Li Tuo said subconsciously, but received several speechless looks in return.
"How cheap is that!"
Xiong Mao rolled his eyes. "Didn't you hear Lu Xuan say in his introduction that low-level crystal cores are mainly used to replenish consumption?"
If they are stuck at the peak of level 2 and only need a level 3 crystal core to level up, then spending 500 kilograms of mutant food to become a level 3 mutant is indeed very cheap.
But the problem is that when the beast attack ended they had just reached level two.
How long did it take them to go from level one to level two?
Several months.
According to the characteristics of the supernatural powers that Lu Xuan told them at the beginning, it would only take longer to go from level two to level three.
Even with the help of crystal cores, at best it will take a month.
Based on the intensity of the beast attack and the total amount of energy from the first-level crystal core they just felt, they might need to use about ten crystal cores a day.
In other words, it is two hundred kilograms of food.
Six thousand kilograms are needed in a month.
Not every family here receives 6,000 kilograms of grain every time the harvest comes.
In the past, they thought that there was more than enough food to eat and they could save it to buy a house.
Once an extra crystal core is added to their daily expenses... it's over. They will go from being well-off to being destitute in an instant, or even get back into debt.
After being reminded by several quick-witted people, Li Tuo's expression changed.
"Hiss! Now that you mention it, this thing is really expensive!"
The others nodded sympathetically.
Isn’t it expensive?
The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but feel jealous.
[If you think it’s too expensive, give it to us! I don’t think it’s too expensive! ]
[That's right! I'm so excited to have a treasure that can upgrade my level. Why spend money? I can just take out a loan!]
The Star Alliance's pursuit of becoming stronger is much stronger than that of the ancients. In their view, the most important thing is to do everything possible to improve their strength.
Now that you have the ability, are you still worried that you won’t be able to earn back the money you spent on buying superpowers?
Besides, low-level crystal cores are already cheap. These ancient people think they are expensive because they have never seen the price of high-level crystal cores.
Lu Xuan deeply agreed with this.
Although he has not yet gotten the price of crystal cores of level four or above, he has roughly guessed the specific price by sounding out the audience.
Level 4 has 100,000 points, level 5 has 1 million points, level 6 has 10 million points, level 7 has 100 million points, and level 8 has 1 billion points.
If Lu Xuan wants to upgrade, he needs an eighth-level crystal core. And to replenish the consumption on a daily basis, at least a fifth-level crystal core is needed to be effective. The others are just enough to fill the gaps.
Compared to him, who might need to spend millions or even tens of millions of points to replenish his superpowers, other people only need to spend 10,000 or 20,000 points at a time, which is really a bargain.
When estimating this expense, Lu Xuan missed the life in the end times for the first time.
At least at that time, the crystal cores obtained were free as long as one was strong enough.
Although Zhang Chengming and others thought it was too expensive, they could understand the price.
How can something that makes people stronger be cheap?
Besides, isn’t it a good opportunity to go out and do business?
The materials earned from business can be used to offset the expenditure of crystal cores, which can avoid using materials needed to buy a house at home.
Originally, not everyone who came to the Lu family today had made up their minds to go out and do business.
Most young people are willing to go out and explore the world, but middle-aged people prefer stability, believing that they no longer have to worry about food and clothing, and that the supplies they have are enough for them to live a rich life for the rest of their lives without doing anything unnecessary.
The appearance of the crystal core made them change their minds.
If others are making progress but you are standing still, isn’t that a step backward?
Especially if you are the only one in the family who has awakened superpowers, while the younger ones have not. If you do not set a good example for the younger ones, your children will not be able to hold their heads up in the village in the future.
Isn’t it just business? As long as there are enough materials, even the dumbest person can do it!
But when it came time to decide on the number of people, the village chief actually limited the number of people.
Li Tiehu said sullenly, "If everyone were to leave, who would guard the village?"
Do we have to keep the city shield open? No matter how many public resources there are, they can't be wasted like this.
Seeing that everyone's enthusiasm for business was ignited by the crystal core, Li Tie waved his hand and said, "Draw lots. Divide into two groups. When one group leaves, the other group will continue to stay in the village to hunt and protect the surrounding area. We can wait for the first group to come back and then switch."
Li Tie also limited the time he could go out each time.
"You must be back in seven to eight days at the latest!"
This way, you can go out twice within a month without any approval, and you will have more opportunities to earn supplies.
How many gathering places they can visit in these seven or eight days depends entirely on their own abilities.
The draw results came out soon.
Among the first group of people, Lu Xuan was familiar with Zhang Chengming, Xiong Mao, Wu Yang, and Lei Yan.
Chen Rong, the Li brothers, Liu Chun, Wei Dayong, Ye Lin and others were assigned to the second batch.
There were a total of fifty people participating in the lottery, with twenty-five people in each group.
In order to take care of each other, those who go out must form a team of at least two people, and the extra person must be added to one of the groups. Each group must have at least one person with special abilities.
Lu Xuan had bought a lot of aircraft before in order to get achievements, and later he would buy one or two more when there were big discounts.
I have accumulated more than 20 machines so far, and I can rent 12 of them to business people.
As for the destination, when Lu Xuan went out this time, he had marked the coordinates of all the large and small gathering places he passed by, exported the data, and let others choose for themselves.
If you don’t want to choose from the ready-made coordinates, you can also choose a direction at random and go to any gathering place you come across.
In order to avoid influencing each other, the gathering places chosen must be as separate as possible. Two more teams can go to large gathering places, and one group of people is enough to go to small gathering places.
Only after determining the specific gathering place to go to can you decide what other goods to prepare in addition to the necessary supplies for survival based on the surrounding environment.
In addition to the things they usually use in the system mall, Lu Xuan also took out a batch of convenient foods such as instant noodles and compressed biscuits in quantities that were almost unlimited.
Everyone looked surprised.
Zhang Chengming asked, "Is this something you just got from the immortal? Is it food? Is it delicious?"
Lu Xuan did not give a direct answer, but directly gave each of them a bag of compressed biscuits.
Everyone opened the package and tasted it. They found that although it tasted a bit dry, it was very delicious, a bit like pastry, and had a rich flavor.
“Mine has onion flavor.”
“Mine has a strong milky flavor.”
"Mine tastes like red dates."
"Haha, mine is good, it tastes like meat."
The compressed biscuits in the anchor mall have a wide variety of flavors, with dozens of varieties, and they are more filling.
A pack of palm-sized compressed biscuits, even for a mutant with a large appetite, would feel slightly full after eating a pack and then drinking a cup of tea.
Moreover, the nutritional value of these compressed biscuits is also very high, and in all aspects they are not much worse than nutritional supplements.
There are more flavors than nutritional supplements!
Everyone who has eaten it praises the compressed biscuits.
But the most amazing thing is of course instant noodles.
Lu Xuan took out a few pots and cooked several different flavors of instant noodles for them on the spot.
When the overbearing smell of hot and sour, pickled cabbage, seafood, and tomato beef brisket filled the living room, the villagers were shocked.
Once you actually taste it, you'll be amazed.
"Oh my god, this noodles tastes delicious!"
“The taste is also very special, different from any noodles I’ve eaten before.”
"What a nice smell! This pickled cabbage is really strong!"
"The key is convenience. You don't have to prepare the food in advance. You just put two or three packets of seasoning in and cook for a while. It's so easy when you're out and about."
Several large pots of instant noodles were eaten up by dozens of young men in a blink of an eye. The speed was so fast that the audience in the live broadcast room could not even take a few bites.
[Are you a starving ghost who is reincarnated? Why are you eating so fast?! ]
[Luckily, the Lu family also had instant noodles for dinner last night, so I was able to satisfy my craving.]
[Don't worry, the villagers will definitely eat there frequently these days. Let the host take us there for a free meal!]
[…Then it would be better to let the anchor eat a few more meals.]
Li Tie burped, wiped his mouth and said, "This instant noodles tastes good, let's stock up first!"
When the others heard this, they quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes! I want some too. Selling by the box? Then I'll start with ten boxes, no, twenty boxes!"
"My family wants thirty boxes! All with different flavors!"
"My family wants fifty boxes! More seafood and tomato beef brisket flavors, anything else is fine."
Let’s put aside whether to sell them or not for now. They must stock up on enough delicious noodles for their own family first.
After buying the portion for my own consumption, I bought some extra and also bought some compressed biscuits.
Li Tie said, "Alright, we've discussed almost everything that needed to be discussed. Let's all go back and prepare."
Someone asked: "When exactly do we leave?"
A person who was just one step away from reaching level two said, "I want to wait until I reach level two before setting off. I'll feel more confident."
Other psychics who were in similar situations also nodded.
Zhang Chengming said, "We haven't seen an aircraft before, so we need to familiarize ourselves with it a little, right?"
Li Tie thought for a moment and said, "The crops in the fields will be harvested in a few days. Harvesting this batch of crops will be just the right time to take some with us and sell to the disaster victims. We'll set sail on the first day of the hottest season, which is seven days from now."
"The victims of the settlements Lu Xuan hasn't been to might not believe you when you say the disaster will last for many years. Going there after the hottest season starts will save us the trouble of explaining."
If they cannot reach level two within seven days after having the crystal core, it is their own fault.
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In the next few days, every household was busy preparing for departure.
Learning to fly aircraft, working hard to absorb crystal core energy, practicing shooting, settling the family... In short, there are a lot of things to do.
In addition to occasionally telling others about the precautions and skills for dealing with disaster victims, Lu Xuan first ripened the fruit trees whose harvest was delayed. He sold half of the fruits to businessmen at a "wholesale price" and kept the rest for himself to sell next time.
After that, most of the time was spent on promoting the mutation and optimization of the newly acquired fruits and bamboo.
On the third day after Lu Xuan returned home, Huo Tiankuo called and asked him to take care of the situation in camps one and two, and then he set off for the northwest with the Beijing City Guards.
Two days later.
Harvest in the village greenhouse.
At present, the grain output in the village has basically been fixed. Lu Xuan received 100,000 kilograms, and each household in the village received 4,000 to 7,000 kilograms.
Lu Xuan did not recycle the grain this time, and the villagers did not stockpile it for buying houses. Instead, they gave the bulk of it to people who went into business.
Including the lotus roots that were harvested almost at the same time, Lu Xuan also traded a batch to them, and kept the rest to sell next time he went out.
Two days later, most of the first-level psychics who were trying to level up successfully broke through.
The villagers gathered at the entrance of the village, and the relatives of each family repeatedly reminded their sons/husbands who were going out to do business of various things they wanted to pay attention to.
Su Ying reminded the excited Xiong Mao: "Don't always act violently and cause trouble when you go out. Try to earn more supplies. We have two psychics in our family, and they need a lot of crystal cores."
Xiong Mao patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry! I will definitely earn enough supplies for you to buy crystal cores. If I find anything rare and good, I will bring it back to you."
Xiong Dabao next to him: "..." Am I redundant again?
Next door is better than far away.
Ye Ping and Lu Qing each emphasized to their men that safety comes first.
Ye Ping said, "Earning supplies is important, but it's nothing compared to your life. Don't take it lightly just because you have superpowers and weapons, you're infallible."
Lu Qing said, "There are only two of you. Many ants can kill an elephant. If hundreds or even thousands of disaster victims attack you, run away if necessary. If all else fails, call Xuan and ask him to rescue you."
Zhang Chengming and Lei Yan nodded in agreement, indicating that they understood what was going on.
Lu Xuan actually gave Lei Yan a single protective shield for self-defense, but Lu Qing was worried and insisted on giving him all kinds of instructions, so he would not deliberately pour cold water on him.
Li Yue was not worried that Wu Yang would act impulsively, but they had only been married for two months and were still in their honeymoon period. They were suddenly going to separate, and both sides were a little reluctant.
The two looked at each other in silence, their eyes so sticky that they were almost tearing.
After a while, Wu Yang helped Li Yue to tuck the hair by her ears and whispered, "You should go back to your parents' home before we come back."
He and his father were among the first group of people to go out. Once they left, Li Yue was the only one left at home.
Although the village is safe, he is still a little worried.
Li Yue hummed, took his hand and shook it vigorously, "I'll wait for you to come back."
Wu Yang looked at her with restraint and said, "Okay."
The group dawdled for nearly a quarter of an hour before separating at Li Tie's urging. They watched with reluctance and worry as the young men boarded the aircraft and disappeared from their sight.
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