Chapter 174 The Heartless Forum Administrator
"This means that from now on, large-scale planting of green algae can be carried out in every district of the planet."
But this is just my guess, and it will take time to verify it.
"And this verification will be severely hampered when the long, cold weather arrives, unless a temperature-controlled greenhouse can be built to allow the experiment to continue uninterrupted," Zuo Shan said frankly.
"A temperature-controlled greenhouse—I can help you figure that out, but we can only try a small-scale planting experiment first, and this experiment must be kept secret," the old housekeeper said.
"Didn't those scientists at the Agricultural Research Institute make such an attempt?" Zuo Shan asked somewhat guiltily. If they had made such an attempt, they should have verified the results long ago.
"The agricultural research institute's soil is maintained at a high cost. They bought radioactive contamination removal agents from high-level pharmacists and clean it regularly. The soil is always kept at a low level of radiation, or even zero pollution and no radiation," the old steward said.
"So, they had no chance to verify this conjecture at all," Zuo Shan said.
“That’s right.” The old steward was heartbroken. Because they had such high requirements for the cleanliness of the soil, they missed the opportunity to verify this method of soil improvement, causing many scavengers on Green Algae Star to go hungry year after year.
In fact, Zuo Shan wasn't sure herself before she made this conjecture, but some of the soil in her planting box had already had its radiation level reduced by Wanwan. If she didn't find a reasonable explanation, Wanwan's incredible ability would be exposed.
She chose to tell the old housekeeper her conjecture for two reasons: first, to conceal Wanwan's abilities, and second, to get him to help find land, or even build a temperature-controlled greenhouse.
Most importantly, the old housekeeper and Madam Gu are reliable people, and they are quite old, so they have little desire for power and money.
If it were a greedy, avaricious person, they might even kill her for this speculation, wanting to keep this potentially disruptive idea for themselves.
Although Zuo Shan also wanted to make money, she wanted to verify this conjecture as soon as possible. Once the conjecture was confirmed to be true, it could be promoted first in District 48 and then gradually expanded to the entire planet.
The old housekeeper rushed back, while Zuo Shan calmly cooked, fed the child, and then logged into the Ninth Forum again.
While she was eating, a very real problem suddenly came to her mind.
If she manages to grow mutated wild vegetables in greenhouses after the extreme cold weather arrives, she will definitely post information about selling them on the Ninth Forum, and the price will certainly be outrageously high.
So here's the problem: people outside District 40 definitely can't afford such expensive vegetables, so her main customers must be wealthy people within District 40.
Farmers on Earth once relied on a vast and efficient logistics network to transport their fresh vegetables to all parts of the country and even the world.
But this is a wasteland, with no highways, no high-speed rail, and aircraft are a luxury only a few can afford. How will she transport her vegetables?
The last time she logged into the Ninth Forum, she only noticed the task postings for acquiring or selling supplies, but didn't pay attention to the specific details that followed.
After logging in again, she posted a question in the Q&A section: "After a member posts information about selling goods, how can the goods be delivered to the buyer quickly and safely?"
As soon as the post was published, enthusiastic members immediately responded.
"You're obviously a newbie, right? Wait, no, no, you're already at level E. You should know this kind of basic knowledge."
Oh, I see. You must have secretly logged in using your family member's account while they were taking their afternoon nap, right?
Since it wasn't easy for you to log in, I'll kindly answer your question for free.
Actually, this question is very simple. Our great forum master, Red Fox, formed a Hurricane Delivery Team of fifty speed-type ability users when the forum was first established, one for each district.
Furthermore, a medium-sized high-speed aircraft is stationed every ten zones, and it only takes six hours for them to travel between the ten zones.
If the buyer and seller are within ten districts apart, the speed-enhancing ability users of the Hurricane Delivery Team will go to the buyer's location to pick up the goods as soon as possible.
Then the items are transported to the seller's district by a high-speed flying vehicle, and then the speed-type ability users in the seller's district deliver the items to the seller as quickly as possible.
Goods can be delivered in as little as one to two hours, and at the latest it will not take more than three days.
"How about that? Stunned, aren't you? Isn't our Lord Red Fox a god-like being?"
The post was signed at the end by: Bai Xiaosheng of the Ninth Forum.
Left fan: This is outrageous! It's like a bolt from the blue!
Isn't the Hurricane Delivery Team, which this forum moderator organized, just a superpowered version of a courier company?
And then there's this "Ninth Forum Know-It-All," this guy is just a chatterbox who's bored out of his mind.
Fortunately, the existence of such talkative people allows newcomers to quickly grasp common knowledge.
Zuo Shan then asked another question: "Thank you for your kind advice, brother. I have another question I would like to ask you: Could you tell me how much the shipping fee is for deliveries in our forum?"
Soon, the guy replied: "Brother, you're a newbie, so you have a three-month newbie discount period. During this period, all items you buy or sell will have free shipping."
After the initial trial period, shipping fees will be charged at 30% of the transaction amount.
Left Fan: Holy crap! This forum administrator is really something else!
They buy goods at 70% of the market price, allowing free buying and selling, but directly deduct 30% of the transportation costs. This means that no matter what you choose, they will take 30%! How is this any different from robbery?
Where is justice? Where is the law?
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