Aurora sent the waitress out, saying that she wanted to wash up, and when the waiter went out, she said to her husband, "These floating islands have considerable autonomy, and as long as Jacques pays a tax every year, the rest of the affairs can be decided by themselves." ”

"Including defense, the forces that can threaten Jagenke can't buy floating islands, I know that. What do you mean by this......"

"As we said yesterday, this Governor of Duck may well have taken a fancy to your pen, my dear. He must have used money to buy off the relationship, and then borrowed you, a popular writer, to promote his floating island. ”

Sinclair sighed: "I can't write against my will, but now that you are under the fence, you are pregnant with our baby, not to mention that people have taken a fancy to my pen, even if they have taken a fancy to me, I have to wait." ”

Aurora chuckled, "Then I'll be sad—don't be poor, hurry up." ”

The two dressed up and went out and met Dark.

"Hello guys, you two, are you sleeping well?

The couple hurriedly saluted, apologized, and then expressed satisfaction with the meticulous service.

Duck listened to the nagging of the two with a smile and said, "As the governor, I only need to think about how to make money and pay taxes. All other matters are left to the Speaker, Mr. Canedy. So I have a lot of free time. It's been less than three months since I bought the floating island, and Mr. Sinclair was the first cultural celebrity to come to our island, so I had to check it out. ”

Sinclair hurriedly said, "You have won the prize." I didn't have much talent, but I was so indignant that I wrote some untimely articles, and I was lucky enough to cheat some false names, and I almost hurt myself, and I even hurt my wife—thanks to your help!"

Duck waved his hand: "Don't be so modest, I've read your books, your character, I can trust it! If there were more people like you, Jacque's problems would all be solved! Today we won't mention those unhappy things, how about I go around the island with the two of you?"

"That's great! Where are we going?"

"The two of you haven't eaten yet, it's almost lunchtime, and we're going to visit the vegetable production base and eat there. ”

The husband and wife nodded busily, their hearts full of surprise.

As a maritime city in the far north, Jagenque is more than five times more expensive than meat and fish. That's still the price of pickled and dried vegetables, and fresh vegetables are to be weighed on the scales – patting the soil is not allowed yet.

There are alchemists and magicians in the private residences of first-class dignitaries and nobles, and if the temperature control is playful, they can take out a few small rooms, cover them with soil, and plant some vegetables and fruits to satisfy their appetites occasionally; the second-class ones go to the mainland by airship to make tooth sacrifices; and the second-class ones can only wait for the "wholesale goods" brought by the vegetable dealers from the mainland. As for the common people, work hard and strive to have a mouthful of dried vegetables to eat every month.

Most of the guys who can afford floating islands are nouveau riche who are not bad for money, but what about a "production base" is an exaggeration, right?

With a belly full of question marks, the couple followed Darkk to a four-wheeled magic car.

The magic car sped along the hardened ice, and the wheels held on to the ice without slipping.

After a while, the car stopped, and the three got out of the car. Sinclair and Aurora exclaimed, "Oh my God!"

In front of the two of them were countless half-domed rectangular buildings, which emitted a silvery white light in the dazzling sunlight of the near noon.

"The silver palace...... No, there won't be so many identical palaces, it should be said, silver barracks?"

Duck smiled: "Vegetable greenhouse, please." ”

The three of them walked into the greenhouse, and the silver color instantly turned green.

The eyes are full of dazzling colors of life. Every leaf shines brightly, and every branch is full and powerful.

Sinclair felt his heart stop beating: "I...... Can I look around?"

Duck was very generous: "Please." ”

Sinclair paced slowly down the aisle, the metal supports on both sides were covered with growing vegetables, and he seemed to see shelves full of gold.

Duck said: "These are to be sold to Jagenke, and now, some merchants on the mainland have heard the news and are also coming to buy them - the vegetables from the island are sold on the land, you say it's funny." ”

"It's not funny, it's not funny at all!" Aurora excited, "Oh my God, this green fruit is a tomato, it's an unripe tomato! This season, even on land! How do you do it? If it can ripen, it's a lot of money!"

"Yes!" Sinclair slammed his fist into his palm excitedly, "and if you come here two or three times, you can buy another floating island...... If it's not enough, come two or three times, four or five times, seven or eight times! And then build a greenhouse like this, and then the people of the whole Beihai will be able to eat cheap vegetables...... Uh, cheap? This ......."

Duck laughed: "You're right! Then all kinds of vegetable greenhouses sprung up, all kinds of vegetables and fruits were sold for sardine prices, and then I had nothing to earn - I couldn't pay the wages of the workers, I couldn't repay the investors, and finally I withdrew from the North Sea in disgrace amid the scolding of the big conglomerates and the people!"

Sinclair was speechless for a moment.

yes, who doesn't want to get rich? These privately owned technologies are supposed to be for private profit in the first place, aren't they?

As if to relieve her husband, Aurora on the side discovered a new continent again: "Look, Sinclair, the brackets of these greenhouses are all exactly the same hollow steel pipes! And the thin moon Mo covered by the greenhouse, what is it? It's so tough, you can't even pull it!"

Duck said, "These white thin moons are not frozen slimes. ”

"Tundra Slime?"

"It's the body of the frozen slime, I added some active substances to it, then flattened it, and then added a curing agent, and they became the roof and walls of the shed that can not only transmit light, but also keep warm and cold, and resist wind and snow. As for the hollow steel pipe, it's a little more complicated, we'll talk about this later, let's eat first. ”

But Sinclair, an idiot who lacks political sensitivity, asks a sensitive question with gusto: "If so many thin and long steel pipes have been produced, it would be easy to make firecrackers, right? ”

Aurora was anxious: "Sinclair!"

Darker was calm: "That's true." With the level of the alchemists under me and the manufacturing and processing technology, not to mention ordinary firecrackers, it is not impossible to use magic firecrackers. But what's the good of that? Is it because I'm too little trouble, or is Jacques too little trouble?"

"You are so merciful. ”

"I'd love to attribute it to my personal character," Duck laughs, "but alas, it's not, or rather, to a large extent, it's not." ”

The couple curiously waited for what was to come.

"As the saying goes, the butt decides the head, and the nouveau riche can also be regarded as the future big factory owner, who always thinks about only one thing, profit. If he chooses to give up a part of his profits, it must be in order to gain more profits, or, to prevent losing more profits. There is not much room for personal emotion in this regard, after all, there are so many people waiting to eat. ”

The couple nodded silently.

"This is where the chaos in Jagenke comes from. The big consortium chose Alfran as an agent, and Alfran understood it and acted resolutely. The cooperation between the two sides is pleasant, but it is a pity for the common people of Jagenke. ”