Chapter 17, I want an explanation
About a hundred kilometers north of Feidongshe, you have almost reached the area of the high wall ruins.
It was a core city before the disaster era, but now it has become a ruin. Waste energy storms, mutant monsters, green-skinned orcs... both the environment and the creatures living in it pose a huge threat to humans.
However, the vast ruins of the city also conceal the wealth of the pre-war era.
Junk Town is right next to the ruins of the high wall.
Initially, scavengers established this gathering point as a supply point and trading place when exploring and excavating the high wall ruins.
Later, this place continued to develop and eventually formed a town of considerable size.
There is no central government or ruler in Garbage Town. Instead, merchants called "agents" control the situation, forming a social structure of agents-caravans-adventurers and mercenaries-scavengers. Armed adventurers conquer and guard resource points, scavengers enter to dig for resources, caravans purchase and sell resources, and agents sit behind the scenes to control everything and dominate the business.
The garbage picked up by scavengers will be processed into various raw materials, mainly metals, which is also the main output of Garbage Town.
Another major output is energy.
Here we have to mention the 'waste energy storm', the most terrible disaster on the wrathful star.
The so-called waste energy storm is a huge trauma left over from the war. The strong winds sweeping across the sky will stir up high-density waste energy - the residual energy left after the psychic energy burst. This energy cannot be used under normal conditions, but instead causes fatal damage to the human body, machinery, and electronic equipment.
Humans cannot survive in this environment. Even the mutated monsters created by waste energy dare not move around in the core of the storm when it is at its most violent.
The High Wall Ruins is one of the areas where waste energy storms are most frequent and severe.
But after the storm, there are always some legacies left behind. The violent waste energy combined with some minerals occasionally produces something called "hot ash stone". This thing is not the same as a high-density energy crystal block, but it can continue to generate high temperatures after being ignited.
Then it can be used to generate electricity.
Raw materials and hot limestone are the two main outputs of Garbage Town.
Gu Hang still remembered that the ore produced by Feidong Society was basically sold to Garbage Town. They wanted to sell it to Fuxing City, which was closer, but Fuxing City did not want the raw ore. The nearest place with the ability to process raw materials was only Garbage Town. The price offered was low, which was one of the important reasons why Feidong Society could not have enough food in the past.
Let’s not talk about the past anymore. What Gu Hang cares about is that Feidong Society is connected to Laji Town.
Gu Hang made up his mind and asked Patel to contact Garbage Town.
If his direct territory is to continue to develop, it must have sufficient raw materials and energy support.
As for the items for trading, he had already thought about it.
food.
Garbage Town doesn't produce food, they usually import it from Renaissance City.
What Gu Hang wants to build is for Feidong Society to produce alloy plastic steel, and possibly other industrial products in the future, and transport them to Fuxing City for sale; purchase food from Fuxing City and sell it to Garbage Town; purchase raw materials from Garbage Town and expand production.
Very good cycle!
The one hundred tons of food he asked for from Fuxing City this time will be of use.
In addition to supporting the Governor's territory, he planned to sell the rest to Garbage Town.
This batch of supplies will arrive in eight days, and Gu Hang is waiting patiently.
During these eight days, two pieces of news came, one good and one bad.
The good news is that the value of the monthly fixed gift income is rising rapidly as Feidong Society starts large-scale production of alloy plastic steel.
[Current Gift Points: 1]
【Monthly fixed income: 12】
[Governor's Camp: 8/Terra Month]
[Waste Cave Club: 4/Terra Moon]
Doubled!
The population of both territories has not increased much. The main change during this period is the increase in the productivity of alloy plastic steel. The increase of Feidong Society from 1 to 4 should be a reflection of productivity.
The improvement of the Governor's Camp should also be a reflection of the improvement in productivity. The difference is that Feidong Society relies on two installed smelting furnaces, while the Governor's Camp relies on two black box manufacturing machines. Although the output of alloy plastic steel is not as good as Feidong Society, the quality is much higher, and two smelting furnaces have been produced.
In short, expanding production is definitely a good thing. Not to mention the things produced, the increase in the monthly fixed income within the system is equally valuable.
Gu Hang hopes to increase his monthly fixed income as much as possible before the gift points are distributed this month.
We can find ways to increase the population, open up trade routes, expand production... In the past few days, in addition to inspecting the training of the soldiers, he has been thinking about these plans.
However, on the seventh day, he received bad news:
…
"The goods were robbed?"
Gu Hang had a gloomy face and questioned the man in front of him.
The man cried out in pain: "Yes, we set out from Fuxing City with thirty carts of supplies. When we were almost there, we planned to take a break before continuing. We were sitting on the ground singing, and hundreds of looters jumped out and robbed us!"
Why don’t you have some hotpot?
Gu Hang sneered and said, "There's not a single piece of merchandise left, and not a single casualty. Are the looters in the wasteland so merciful now?"
"It's not like there were no casualties! Governor, look at my nose! The butt of a rifle hit me and even the bridge of my nose was broken!"
The man was still talking, and as he saw the governor's face getting worse, his voice became smaller and smaller. He began to feel a sense of majestic oppression filling his heart, as if a mountain was about to hit him.
He spoke again with difficulty: "We surrendered. The robbers didn't seem to be simple bandits or wasteland looters. I knew two of them. They seemed to be mercenaries lurking outside the city of Renaissance. We were also scared at first, but after we surrendered, they didn't kill any of us. They just took the ox cart away."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "I suspect that someone saw the supplies we were transporting when we set out. Those mercenaries, blinded by greed, didn't dare to take action near Fuxing City, so they followed us all the way..."
Gu Hang interrupted him: "You said you were robbed fifteen kilometers away from my camp?"
"yes."
"You were outnumbered and didn't have enough guns, so you surrendered after they surrounded you. Then the looters didn't kill you, but just took away the goods?"
"yes."
"Okay." Gu Hang was too lazy to say anything more to this person.
He left the wooden house that temporarily housed the transport team members who had fled in a panic, called Yan Fangxu over, and asked him to take the twenty or so Marines in the camp and the Feidong Company that had completed training to go out and investigate the situation at the scene and try their best to track down the looters.
He returned to the house and asked his follower Zhang Chao to connect him to the Fuxing City Council Chairman Hodgson.
"My goods were robbed, and I want you to give me an explanation."
(End of this chapter)
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