Chapter 137 - 135: Discuss
Zhang Qi and Qian Xi returned only after the spring had begun, and logistics had already made several deliveries. They lived at Xinghai Base and negotiated with the bases in several coastal cities nearby. Those bases relied on the sea for their livelihood, with little arable land and shortages of food but no lack of money and Crystal Cores.
Isn’t this a case of mutual compensation? The main focus of Zhang Qi and Qian Xi’s trip was to discuss cooperative agreements and they took the opportunity to open their stores. With this, logistics could follow closely and deliver goods to this side as the route was established.
The three bases paid a deposit and a portion of the payments, amounting to three million. The two of them returned with this sum. Subsequent actions required staff to interface, logistics to transport goods, and so on, creating many job positions, reviving quite a few things, and ensuring the coastal bases had food, so they no longer needed to kowtow to the rich district.
More than a dozen Base Commanders from nearby bases joined forces, mutually transporting their own base’s materials and excess resources for exchange, deepening cooperation between cities, and gradually freeing themselves from being controlled by others. They firmly held onto the law enforcement power and acted according to the law.
The rich district indeed found itself in a bit of a pickle but dared not make too much of a fuss since they still held a position in their respective bases.
The three farms were due to start spring plowing, and No.9 Farm, being large, was initially planned to open just two hundred acres. Still, with an overwhelming number of orders, that wasn’t enough to meet the demand, necessitating the opening of a few more acres.
Some lands in Farms No.7 and No.8 were yet to be cleared, and they planned to finish it all at once, fully utilizing the land.
No.9 Farm was divided into sections, and Li Pan bought large machinery, going straight to mechanized farming and opening a thousand acres in one go, mainly planting essential crops like grains and vegetables.
For instance, corn, rice, wheat, beans like soybeans and red beans—these could be intercropped. There were also tubers like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins that could be eaten as staples.
These thousand acres were entirely dedicated to grains and vegetables, and an additional three hundred acres would later be set aside solely for a few types of popular fruit trees.