Wasteland Development Diary.

Chapter 406: The God of Land Joins the Group

Chen Ruixiang's understanding of the simulated heart of the electromechanical city is limited to the technical level.

The old engineer couldn’t describe the other chain reactions.

Zhou Yi called 703 to ask.

The robot dog said: "Chairman, we are still observing this matter. We are not sure whether the impact it will bring is beneficial or harmful."

"The material cost of a D-1-level [Modified Floating Heart] is no less than 6 light species, plus the cost of technology and the relatively expensive labor costs. All these factors add up to a lot more."

"In the final pricing, large cities have strong economies and special subsidies, so the price can reach 12 light types per coin. Small cities are not so lucky. Without sufficient subsidies, the lowest price is 15 light types per coin."

Zhou Yi was puzzled: "Why do they cost so much more? I remember our cost was less than 1 light seed."

"Chairman, the reason is plankton."

"The cost of collecting plankton is very high, and they all use plankton nets and plankton boxes used in traditional laboratories. The electromechanical city has greatly reduced the cost of this tool through centralized production, but a heart requires 20 billion plankton, which also requires a lot of repetitive labor, and after collection, it needs to be stored in special boxes."

703 said: "But we rely on the caves in Yalong Bay for collection. A large number of plankton will naturally move here. The collection process is simple and the cost is low. This technology is not available outside."

Zhou Yi suddenly realized.

In terms of special-shaped labor force, mechanical and electrical cities are indeed blank.

This is also one of the advantages of Wasteland Corporation.

"They are more expensive than ours. Will the residents of the electromechanical city buy them?"

Zhou Yi asked: "Now that the first generation of floating hearts has been widely deployed, there shouldn't be any problem of difficulty in purchasing them."

He has read the latest financial report.

The sales of the first generation of [Sihepai] Hearts have covered more than 1 cities. Even if the heart inventory in a certain city is insufficient, it can be quickly transferred from other cities. From the customer's order to the receipt of the goods, it will not take more than three days.

"What you said is also a point we are focusing on."

The robot dog squatted on the ground, its electronic eyes glowing slightly: "Different cities have different legal decisions."

"Small and medium-sized cities are still purchasing our first-generation heart in large quantities. This is because the products we create are cheaper, the technology is more mature, and they can reduce unnecessary urban public expenditures."

"But some large cities, as well as some medium-sized cities with strong economies, use both types of heart."

"Mirror City is the only city that uses our own heart and prohibits residents from using our heart to work. The reason is to ensure the safety of the city."

Big cities are not short of money, so it is normal for them to pursue independent research and development.

Zhou Yi asked: "What's the situation with the Holy Mountain?"

"Holy Mountain is a bit special. It only uses our Four-in-One Heart."

703 said: "We have confirmed this repeatedly. The Holy Mountain is the world's medical center. The legal principles there determine that the stability of medical care and medical research must be maintained."

"Our heart has been tested and is considered stable and usable. It has been installed in large quantities by hospitals and doctors there. The modified heart independently developed by the Mechanical and Electrical City has fewer clinical trials. In addition, it is a new thing, so it is inevitable that there will be problems of one kind or another. This was also the case when our heart was first launched."

“So the Holy Mountain only uses the hearts we produce.”

Zhou Yi had a strange look on his face.

Unexpectedly, one day the company would surpass Mechanical and Electrical City in technology, forcing Shengshan to vote with its feet.

The robot dog continued to introduce: "Chairman, judging from the results, the legal theory is indeed better than the general agreement in the past. Although its specific parameters will not be announced to the public, the logic is to safeguard the interests of the vast majority of residents and promote the existing development of the city to feed back the dividends to every resident."

"After these months of large-scale reforms, the Legal Front has seen a small influx of residents and has cleared all external debts of the two small electromechanical cities."

"In the field of production, the Legal Front also harvested the first batch of agricultural crops after the reform. Vegetable oils and fats processed from rapeseed, soybeans and peanuts entered the market in large quantities, making the market oil price more stable."

"For crop rotation, they also grow other types of crops, such as sugar beets and sugar cane, as well as cabbage, corn and other crops."

Zhou Yi raised his own question: "It is easy to understand the planting of crops that produce sugar and oil, but why does the Legal Front plant other non-economic crops? Their agricultural costs are so high."

“To compete for market share and expand influence.”

703 said: "In the past, they basically gave up the flesh and blood life group and only revolved around mechanical and electrical life."

"Now the Legal Front is clearly entering various livelihood fields, even if the profits are meager. Their main purpose is to increase the quantity of various commodities. A week ago, they passed the [Talent Introduction Act] to officially recruit and attract talents from other ethnic groups, including but not limited to ordinary humans, enhancers, light nano species... and even mutants."

"As long as these talents meet the introduction standards and have capabilities that the city lacks in certain areas, such as agricultural development, agricultural product processing, weapons use and maintenance technology, combat capabilities and experience, taxation and auditing experience, etc."

Zhou Yixin said that they were really quick.

This has already started the process of snatching talent everywhere.

"With sufficient agricultural products, we can support a large number of flesh and blood lives to live in the mechanical and electrical city for a long time."

703 said: "The [Talent Introduction Act] clearly sets out the standards. Each mechanical and electrical city is allowed to have 15% of foreign ethnic immigrants, giving them the same formal status as residents and enjoying all the legitimate rights of residents."

Zhou Yi touched his chin when he heard this.

The two most lacking things in the wasteland era are land and people.

Land is non-renewable, but people are an extremely important renewable resource.

In the past, there was no shortage of people in electromechanical cities, because their manufacturing, processing, scientific research, mineral development, and bulk trade were all completed by electromechanical life and machines.

Now that the law has come into effect and many cities have transformed, they have begun to open up to bringing in external talent.

As long as the welfare of residents can be guaranteed, the mechanical and electrical city will be no less attractive than heaven due to its convenience, standardization, efficiency and wide variety of goods.

Various thoughts flashed through Zhou Yi's mind, and he looked at the robot dog again: "In terms of military, has the Legal Front made any moves?"

“No military actions have been carried out abroad.”

703 replied: "However, each mechatronic city has formed a professional army. The army also conducts regular drills and actual combat confrontations, and military equipment and facilities are also continuously increasing. With the high-level machine stack extension service as the core, the number of reinforced ships and drones produced is still increasing, and their patrol range is also becoming larger and larger."

"There is also news that the Mechanical City has already activated new weapons and is currently testing them."

"Because of the replacement of new energy sources, some of them have adopted modified hearts, but the vast majority still use our first-generation hearts, and the purchase volume has increased significantly."

"Just looking at the transaction volume, Mechanical and Electrical City has become our largest customer. So far, they have purchased more than 41 floating hearts, bringing our company a profit share of nearly one million light seeds. This income is currently with Red Falcon, but it is still checking the accounts, so it has not yet officially reported to you." The robot dog paused.

"In addition, the Legal Front has already started diplomatic negotiations to take back the Mechanical and Electrical City that was seized by force."

"So far, they have redeemed two small cities. But for those sea lords who are unwilling to give up their cities, they are still trying to get them back through various resource transactions."

Zhou Yi was alert.

This is more like buying more time for the development of electromechanical, urban agriculture and military industry.

Perhaps once preparations are complete, a new round of military offensive will begin.

……

Just as Zhou Yi was paying close attention to the developments on the legal front, an old friend arrived late.

“It’s late this year.”

The person who came was a black clay figure without facial features or arms, with the lower half of his body shrouded in mist.

The God of Land came to the Emerald City again.

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "It's good that you're resurrected. I was surprised when I heard Ye Shen mention that you were killed. I didn't expect that the conflicts between conceptual lives would be so sharp."

“Conceptual life is also life, and life is born in contradictions and conflicts.”

The Earth God Mumu said: "According to the agreement, I will carry out the burial."

"it is good."

Zhou Yi immediately went to the suspended area with it, and also called Wu Yi to go along.

"In just one year, they actually built a suspended floor of this size...it's almost surrounding the Sand Harbor area."

After observing the scene, the God of Land exclaimed: "In the past fifty years, the scale of land expansion here is the largest."

Zhou Yi was also quite proud of this.

The suspended floor is no longer what it used to be.

After the Wuhu viaduct connected a series of suspended floors, Wu Yi proposed to expand the scale and surround the entire Shagang area with suspended floors.

This has two benefits.

First, it can maximize the use of the continental shelf of Shagang, and the suspended layer created by the continental shelf is the most stable. The further outward expansion, the higher the difficulty, so it is better to use all the surrounding areas.

Secondly, the viaduct can be used to construct a ring road around the island, completely connecting this layer and using it as outer ring agricultural land.

The God of Land was also pleased to hear the voice: "Great, that's great."

“You are steadily breaking new ground.”

“The growth of the land makes people happy!”

Skeleton Wuyi put his hands on his hips and said, "This is just the beginning."

"The chairman has told me that we need to intensify our efforts. We are currently building the first ring road of the Shagang Ring Road, and there will be a second and third ring road in the future."

"In addition, I am no longer the only one building this project. I am working with the factory and the workers."

The God of Land was puzzled: "How can this be done with a factory?"

Zhou Yi raised his hand and said, "Go and take a look and you will know."

The group then came to a large factory outside Yalong Bay.

It was bustling inside.

The workers include ordinary new humans and skeletons.

They fill square molds with semi-solidified mud and sand mixture, and after natural drying and ventilation, they demold the molds and then send them into the high-temperature kiln on the other side for firing.

Zhou Yi introduced to the God of Land: "Because it is too hard for Wu Yi to handle these things alone, I discussed with him and asked the manufacturing department to do this."

"We borrowed the model of firing bricks and cooling coal, mixed seabed silt and clay into molds and made special mud tablets."

“Using the old human buildings in the Dead Sea as support piles, Wu Yilai built the basic framework and covered it with light film, and then our workers completed the installation of the remaining mud slabs and filled it with soil.”

"This can greatly reduce Wuyi's workload, allowing it to focus on the two processes of main body and lamination, and direct the workers to participate in the entire project."

"After the factory and workers joined, the efficiency of building the suspended layer was ten times higher than before, so we were able to build a suspended loop around the entire Sand Harbor. This brought us an additional 7 acres of land, which is equivalent to the area of a city."

Zhou Yi raised his hand and pointed to the ring of artificial land: "The first ring road will be used entirely as agricultural land."

"Assuming that each mu of land produces 250 kilograms of grain per year, and that each person needs 200 kilograms of grain per year, these 75000 mu of land will produce 18750 tons of grain, enough to feed 93750 people. This is still the most conservative estimate. If your fiefdom can expand them and increase grain production by 2 times, then it can feed 18 people."

The God of Land was stunned for a moment.

“…You cherish the land.”

Zhou Yi said, "Of course. You can see that we are really managing and expanding the land well, so I sincerely hope that you, God of Land, can stay here with us permanently."

"It's not just your ability to seal the land that is needed. You are an expert in land. We are expanding the land area, but how can we keep the land active and how can we ensure that it is not eroded by the Dead Sea? I still need your advice and professional guidance."

"..."

“I sincerely invite you to become our company’s land consultant and help us further expand and consolidate the overhanging layer, which will mean a lot to both of us.”

The God of Land was silent for a long time.

"...I don't take part in battles or irrelevant matters, I only take care of the land."

"Of course, the God of Land's specialty is land."

Zhou Yi was in a good mood: "Then welcome to join us. Let us work together to turn over the land covered by the Dead Sea and let more land see the light of day again!"

(End of this chapter)