Chapter 894

Pedro lives in Yawa. According to the translation of Esperanto and combined with the local language system, this title represents "a not-so-big water puddle".

It refers to the Yawa Lake in the city.

Before human civilization challenged nature, whether it was humans or other animals, they would live around water sources.

Water source is the source of life, which can provide people with the water they need for daily survival. Perhaps humans have lived here for a long, long time.

Because of this lake, irrigation will become very convenient, so there are many farmlands around Yawa Lake, and they will divert lake water to irrigate the farmlands.

Fortunately, the entire Xiang Yalan region is not short of water, so the lake surface has never dropped.

About 300,000 people live in Yawa, which is considered a not-small city in Xiang Yalan. The surrounding farmlands need people to take care of, many people to take care of.

Of course, Pedro is not one of them. Pedro is a high school teacher and is a very respected person in the local area.

Xiang Yalan only has two universities, and both universities are built in the Republic of Jiede.

One is "Jiede National University", which is said to be jointly funded by Jiede's big families, just to cultivate talents for themselves and for the country.

Jiede National University can be said to be the highest hall that all students in Xiang Yalan yearn for. Going to school here doesn't cost money. Instead, there will be a subsidy of about seven to eight federal Sol per month.

There are too many poor people in Xiang Yalan. They know very well that even if someone can go to university and has this ability, it is difficult for them to pay the tuition fees for university.

So Jiede National University simply recruits students from all over Xiang Yalan and exempts tuition fees.

All university graduates need to work for Jiede's enterprises or government for five years, which is a kind of alternative way to pay tuition fees.

After five years, they can gain freedom, or continue to sign contracts with enterprises or the government and continue to work.

So people who can be admitted to Jiede National University will be regarded as completing class leap.

However, wanting to join them is very difficult. The university entrance examination is very difficult. They are different from those universities in the Federation.

Universities in the Federation mainly use written examinations and interview scores to judge whether a student is qualified for admission, and interview scores are obviously more important.

But here, they test "hard power".

As long as they can complete the questions they set, they can enter Jiede National University.

There is also a university that is a non-public university, "Jiede Emerald School". The professors and lecturers hired here are basically famous teachers from all over the world.

In the eyes of Xiang Yalan people, this school is an aristocratic school, because people who can go to school here have to bear high tuition fees, and also need a little background relationship.

Just having money is not enough.

Students who graduate from the school will also become senior executives of enterprises and high-ranking officials of the government, which is a class that the ordinary class can never reach.

There is not much discussion about Emerald University, but there is more discussion about Jiede National University.

Pedro also often uses Jiede National University's things to encourage students in the class.

"As long as you can complete high school studies with an A grade, I will help you apply for admission to Jiede National University!"

Actually, no recommendation is needed to enter the national university. The application Pedro mentioned here is to apply for travel expenses for poor students.

After applying, he will take students who meet the standards to the capital of Jiede and let these students participate in the entrance examination.

If someone passes, he will get an incentive bonus, encouraging him to continue to work hard to provide talents for Jiede.

If no one passes, it doesn't matter. He will take these students back to Lapa together.

The fastest way from Lapa to the capital of Jiede is by boat. Two days is enough, and it doesn't cost much money.

"... Record these knowledge points and remember them firmly."

"This is your last year. Whether you can change your destiny depends on this last year."

"Last year, four students from our school entered the national university. After they graduate from the national university, their lives will become completely different from yours."

"Many people regard going to school as an opportunity to change their life destiny. Although I don't approve of this concept, it is indeed true!"

"So whether it is to live up to the life you have worked hard for more than ten years, or for your future, I hope you work hard."

He raised his wrist and glanced, "Okay, let's finish class."

There is only one high school in the whole Yawa City, and the source of students is seriously insufficient.

For poor places, even if some families know that going to school is an opportunity to change their destiny, it is very difficult for them to take out the expenses for students to go to school.

And a person who is out of production to study will increase the burden on the family. Many Lapa people will give up after completing the primary school stage of education, or even fail to complete primary school, or simply don't go to school.

Seven or eight years old, ten or so years old, although they can't do any heavy physical labor, there are always things suitable for them to do.

Those who can come to high school and finish high school are basically middle class, or those whose family financial situation is still good.

Walking out of the classroom, after walking a few steps, Pedro frowned and looked at the dusty road in the distance.

In the past two days, many vehicles have been appearing, causing the dirt roads on the outskirts of the city to constantly raise dust.

The office can't even open the windows. A layer of dust can fall in an afternoon.

Because there are not many students in the school, the office also looks very empty. There are twenty-something teachers in the school, all concentrated in a large office.

Pedro returned to his seat and sat down. He couldn't help complaining, "The dust outside is flying again. What happened in the past few days?"

A teacher sitting next to him continued his words, "Someone is collecting grain."

"Collecting grain?", Pedro glanced at the calendar on the table, a bit trance, "It's October?"

"But even if it's collecting grain, there haven't been so many cars coming over before!"

Before, grain was transported by horse-drawn carriages after harvest. It was rare for such trucks to appear. After all, trucks need gasoline.

And horse-drawn carriages, only need a handful of wild grass on the side of the road.

And the male teacher who talked to him smiled and continued to talk about some things he had inquired about. There are always such people who are full of curiosity about everything, have the desire to explore, and have the ability to act, and then they will spread the news they explored to others to satisfy their simple pursuit of happiness.

"I heard they are foreigners. They gave a price of twenty-eight federal Sol to acquire grain. I heard that many production areas are harvesting."

There was some discussion in the room. They used Para. Currently, the price of a pound of wheat on the market is one Para, and a pound of wheat flour needs about one point three dollars.

Converted, the price given by these foreigners is much higher than the consumption in the country.

Calculated in Para, maybe a pound of wheat can be sold for one point one to one point two dollars, which is already a lot.

Lapa's ruling group, including their President Diego, are what kind of people they are very clear about, which makes Pedro a little worried, "I hope they won't sell too much grain, otherwise what will we eat?"

The teacher who specifically inquired about the news laughed and said, "No, I heard that only a part is sold. There is news from the Presidential Palace that they plan to continue building roads this year."

"I heard that foreigners have started to invest in Zhuolan, and they have brought more income and tax revenue, but they also require building a more perfect highway system."

"The Alliance has done a good thing this time. Many people are still worried that opening the market will be impacted. Now it seems quite good."

Others also agreed with this view one after another. If there are more investors, people will become wealthy, and living conditions will improve.

They yearn for life in the Republic of Jiede. It is said that the life of Jiede people is not much different from life in the Federation.

If it weren't for many reasons they couldn't leave here, they would also consider leaving Lapa and going to Jiede.

However, Pedro vaguely felt that this was actually not a good thing.

But he didn't know what was not good, and why he had such thoughts, so he could only give up.

He chatted with others about some changes since the market opened.

For example, the price of some daily necessities imported from the Federation has decreased, the items are rich, and foreigners can be seen.

As one of the few high-level intellectuals in the city, he always feels that the current development trend will not be a good result in the end.

But he didn't know what it would be, and why he had such thoughts, so he could only give up.

A few days later, he heard from his colleagues that the price offered by the federal people was higher, and it had reached a price of nearly thirty federal Sol per ton to acquire wheat, and more people were selling it.

"The Federation itself is also a major grain-producing area. Is their grain not enough to eat?"

Without his own class time, Pedro sat in the office chatting with his colleagues, smoking the cigarettes they rolled themselves, swallowing clouds and spitting fog.

His colleague had an expression of "I know everything", "Now the war on the Tanfei continent has broken out more fiercely. It is said that Ande has also fully participated in the war, and many countries have begun to passively or actively join the war."

"The Slades launched an 'Autumn Harvest Plan', and both sides suffered heavy losses. Many grains were burned in the farmland."

First, the Slades burned the farmlands of the Dantras on a large scale. The Dantras certainly wouldn't sit idly by. They also had spies in Slade, and through ways such as launching high-explosive artillery shells, and secretly setting fires, they also caused the grain output, which was not much, to plummet.

"Now they rely more on importing grain from the Federation, so I think they might be doing it for money?"

"They can give a price of thirty dollars per ton, plus freight, which means they can sell at least thirty-five dollars per ton or more!"

"These federal people really know how to do business. If I had a shipping company, I would also transport grain to the South Continent."

Pedro's attention was different from his colleagues. His attention was on the issue of whether the country's grain was enough to eat.

In fact, Lapa's grain has always been very tense, and it can only be said to be barely enough to eat.

The climate here is too good, and there are a large number of primitive jungles and edible animals, fruits, and fruits.

So even if some people are not full, as long as they are willing to work, they can buy cheap food from the hunters.

Like a food they call "wheat tree" locally, the trunk contains a lot of starch. Through crushing, pulping, and precipitation, relatively clean edible starch can be precipitated.

These starches are boiled with water and can be gathered into balls, one by one.

Add a little seasoning, can't say it's delicious, at least you can not starve to death.

Compared with one dollar per pound of wheat, this kind of wheat tree powder only needs fifteen cents per pound.

This doesn't count those various wild fruits, various fruits, and wild prey in the wild that are available almost all year round.

His colleague didn't feel there was any problem, "They give so much money, we can go to other countries to buy it."

"And the new season's wheat will come down in the middle of next year. I believe that even if our president... right, he won't leave no grain at all."

Pedro still felt uneasy, but could only believe what his colleague said.

October soon reached the end of the month. The grain production areas were basically harvested, and those dusty big trucks had disappeared, leaving only bare farmlands.

During this period of time, one thing actually happened, that is, the price of wheat crops on the market also increased a lot.

The price of a pound of wheat has to be sold for about one point twenty dollars, and the price of wheat flour has directly risen to about one point fifty-five dollars per pound.

Don't look at the increase of only 20%, but some people have started to be unable to afford it.

The price of wheat tree powder has also increased by a few cents, and there is also some increase.

As a high-level intellectual, Pedro's income is okay. He and his family usually eat bread or wheat kernels. The price increase has a relatively large impact on his family.

Now he and the main labor force in the family are eating steamed wheat kernels, occasionally eating a little bread or something.

Like women and children, basically they are eating wheat tree powder.

At first, the children were very happy, feeling that wheat tree powder was not very hard to eat, but after eating for a few days, they didn't want to eat it anymore.

But if they don't eat, there is no way.

Pedro, as the direct victim of the wheat price increase, had more worries in his heart.

He was really afraid, afraid that President Diego would be jealous of such a high price and sell all the wheat, leaving none.

Facts proved that his worry was right. Diego sat on the sofa panting. Obesity made his breathing painful and tired, but at this time his panting was not because of discomfort, but because of excitement.

"Mr. Diego, we are willing to continue to acquire wheat at a price of thirty-five dollars per ton."

Roger has recently begun to adapt to equal dialogue with a country's president. For him, this is a very novel experience.

At first he was a little nervous, but as he contacted more, he has begun to become calm and composed.

They have already acquired a lot of grain. In fact, it is not just Lapa's grain that is being acquired on a large scale. The grain of the eleven countries is being acquired at a high price!

Like Lapa, it is actually quite good. There is a small country with a population of only 4 million next to it. They sold more!

Diego's chest rose and fell violently. His eyes fell on Roger's face. Roger still avoided his goal, smiling and bowing his head slightly to show his respect for him.

"Wheat... has already sold a lot. Our original plan was only to sell 15%, but now it has sold more than 20%, and it can't be sold anymore."

He didn't say it firmly at all. It was precisely this lack of firmness that allowed Roger to feel that he was not unwilling to sell, but more greedy!

Now the price has risen by nearly 50%, and they don't have to bear the freight themselves. This price, let alone Diego, anyone might be unable to bear it!

Diego showed some embarrassed expressions on his face, "If we sell grain inventory again, my people may have nothing to eat."

Roger chuckled twice, "Your Excellency the President, with money, are you afraid of having nothing to eat?"

"Actually, I will say a word that I shouldn't have said. If it weren't for the surge in orders from Slade, our own grain would be enough to cope."

"Now we are acquiring grain from all over the world. As long as the demand for orders is met, we will stop."

"Maybe it's a week later, maybe it's the day after tomorrow, maybe it's tomorrow, maybe it's... today."

"This is the highest price for wheat in a hundred years, there will be no higher time than this!"

"If you miss this time, I'm afraid there won't be a next time."

Actually, Roger didn't need to say it himself. He also understood some of these things. He looked at the people around him, "We need to discuss it."

Roger and the people from the Chamber of Commerce stood up, "As you wish, Your Excellency the President."

They soon left the room, and the people who could decide things in the four big families were all in this room.

"What do you think?"

A local person who looked about fifty years old said softly, "Not enough money, add more."

"They can give thirty-five, they can give thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, or even forty!"

"We still have about 1.5 million tons of grain, sell another 500,000 tons to them, but the price must be high!"

"Less 500,000 tons of grain, it's nothing more than them eating a few less meals of wheat products every month, but for us, it's indeed nearly double the profit!"

"It's worth me selling 1 million tons of grain in the past!"

When he said these words, his eyes were slightly red!

500,000 tons, forty dollars, this is 20 million!

They sold according to the specifications in the past, and it took seven or eight years to get so much money!

Everyone divides it, it's all millions, which made Diego unable to control his emotions.

"Will anyone make trouble because they can't afford to eat?"

Another person snorted coldly, "Who dares to make trouble?"

"We are not without leaving a part of the grain, and the people also have their own farmlands and stored grain. They may be hungrier than in the past, but they will definitely not have too big a problem."

"Furthermore, the army and guns in our hands are not for fun."

Soon they unified their opinions. Just like what Roger said, the opportunity with such an outrageous price is absolutely once in a hundred years, or even once in a thousand years!