Chapter 508 - 256 CLEO_3
What does 10 kilograms of food represent? Take the Sawmill farm as an example, a piece of farmland growing the most cost-effective pumpkins can produce an average of 10 kilograms of pumpkins per day. Two plots of land would yield 20 kilograms of pumpkins daily, which is enough for ten people to eat for one day.
However, eating only pumpkins definitely won’t suffice, if planting rice and wheat which are next in terms of cost-effectiveness, the average daily yield would be 6 kilograms of rice or flour. Anything lower would be various vegetables. It is said that the cost-effectiveness of potatoes and sweet potatoes is not inferior to rice and wheat, but the related seeds have not been obtained yet, so the specifics are unclear.
The good news is, the research institute has unlocked the fourth technology, increasing the yield of farmland by 5%. The discussion on whether to upgrade to the fourth technology or to continue advancing up the technology tree is currently heated.
The researched results can be relocated, but the research institute cannot. Under the command system of the Sawmill, Stone possesses the ultimate speaking authority, and naturally the research results belong to him alone. He can join any base and share the research results with that base. The research institute is a regular building which cannot be moved; abandoning a base means abandoning the research institute.
Rather than discussing the research direction, it would be more accurate to say they are discussing whether to give up the Sawmill and merge into the Doomsday Base in the future. The Doomsday Base has an inherent disadvantage—they operate on individual ownership. After the merger of the two bases, recruiting new members would be a very cautious endeavor, because no one can dismiss a player operating under individual ownership.
There’s always a way around problems. If we can’t dismiss you, we can kill you. However, this could lead to the likelihood of internal splinter groups forming, and for the sake of survival, people can only stick together for warmth. Collective ownership is where the majority can dismiss the minority, while individual ownership could evolve into the majority killing the minority.
"Hey, discuss it with Stone," Lin Wu reminded Maya immediately after looking at the airdrop construction diagram information.
Maya didn’t understand, "Stone will definitely agree."