Chapter 531: Going Round and Round

The premium green-light corn from Red Eleven is as famous as the premium green-light rice from Bai Qi's base; Xia Qing had heard it introduced on the broadcasts. It's just that corn's texture isn't as good as rice, so it isn't sought after.

But! From the knowledge hard drive Yang Jin had sent over, Xia Qing learned that Red Eleven's Y-3 green-light corn is an evolved variety. The kernels contain large amounts of lutein, and research has confirmed this lutein is greatly beneficial for protecting the eyes.

Xia Qing really needs this kind of corn, because she wants to become a top-tier visual-evolution sniper. Eating Y-3 corn will raise the chances of her wish becoming reality. Tan Junjie really knows how to pick varieties. He must have paid a steep price to trade for these seeds.

After properly storing the green-light corn, Xia Qing opened the bag of yellow-light wheat seeds Tan Junjie had sent over.

That's right, these seeds are the same as the yellow-light wheat seeds her idol had traded her. In other words, Tan Junjie rode a helicopter, flew across a thousand miles of evolved forest, traded at Red Eleven base for the yellow-light wheat M-14 cultivated in Hui Three's Number Seven Territory, then flew another thousand miles to Number Three Territory, just a few miles from Number Seven Territory, to trade with her for high-grade evolved python meat.

Xia Qing smiled as she put away the wheat seeds. She knew Tan Junjie's intention in trading for yellow-light wheat. Because the wheat seedlings in her territory had suffered heavy losses in the blight-snow, and wheat is a staple food crop, he chose to trade for wheat.

Xia Qing put the green-light garlic Tan Junjie had brought over into the vegetable storage room beneath the rack building. Adding these to what she grew herself and what she traded with Xin Yu, Xia Qing now has 71 heads of green-light garlic. The garlic harvested from planting these next spring will be enough for her to eat.

Xia Qing hummed a little tune as she returned to the surface. She asked Beard Feng and learned that Number Forty-Nine Mountain was holding speed-evolver training that afternoon, so she signed up. After eating lunch, she ran over to Number Forty-Nine Mountain to take part in the training as a sniper.

In the inspection-team dormitory in the eastern part of the territory, bright-eyed Tan Qi hummed a nursery rhyme, running around and around her father who was building her a wooden bed.

The morning lords' alliance meeting concluded successfully the next day, and in the afternoon the lords' channel began the "trading."

Kuang Qingwei started calling out, "Is everyone here? I've got something to discuss with you all."

"Speak." The first one online was Tang Huai, recovering from injuries in Number Twelve Territory.

Kuang Qingwei said cheerfully, "Brother Huai, your voice sounds much better."

"Still not there, need to rest it." Tang Huai replied weakly, "What is it exactly?"

"I want to get a batch of high-grade filter cartridges. Asking if anyone else wants some." Kuang Qingwei explained seriously. "Everyone knows the benefits to the body of drinking water filtered through high-grade cartridges, so I won't say more. Anyone want some? My batch is cheaper than the Safe Zone public price, 495 points per cartridge."

Tang Huai snorted, "Only five points cheaper, and you have the nerve to say so? What, you got rich recently?"

Kuang Qingwei explained, "It's not that I got rich. It's that my wife has been feeling unwell these past few days, took medicine but it didn't help, so I want to get a filter cartridge. If anyone else needs one, I'll get it for them too."

Zhao's Mother came online to back him up, "Is it because Zhu Li went to Number Fifty Mountain for work a while back and overdid it?"

"I can't figure it out either." Kuang Qingwei sighed, "After working ourselves to the bone for so many days, the points we earned are all going to be sunk back in."

Shi's Mother came online to comfort him, "Let it be sunk. Points can be earned again, but if your health breaks down it's trouble. High-grade filter cartridges are too expensive. We can barely afford to eat now, so we won't pile on."

After Zhao's Mother and Qi Fu also stated they wouldn't get involved, Xia Qing came online too, "Sister-in-law is still young, drinking premium water for a while will definitely help her recover. My points are tight lately, so I won't join in this time."

"No worries, no worries." Kuang Qingwei's tone carried a hint of flattery, "Once I buy it and filter out premium water, I'll send a few bottles over to the lady. If anyone else wants to drink some, you can trade with me too. We're all acquaintances here. Anyone who wants to drink can trade with me, 10 points a liter, limited quantity. If anyone wants to trade, you can sign up now."

Tang Huai in Number Twelve Territory yawned and snorted coldly, "It's just that you think the filter cartridge is too expensive and want someone to share part of the cost, yet you put it so nicely."

Tang Heng, sitting beside the fire, smiled, "High-grade purification filter cartridges really are too expensive for ordinary people."

Tang Zhengpo also spoke up, "Kuang Qingwei isn't just a careful, qualified merchant, he's also a good husband."

Hearing their father drag the topic onto this subject, Tang Huai and Tang Heng immediately shrank their necks and behaved.

In the lords' channel, Kuang Qingwei was still pushing hard, but no one spoke up.

Playing along, the big shot of Number Seven Territory, Zhang San, came online, "How much can the Safe Zone high-grade filter cartridge reduce blight elements by?"

Kuang Qingwei quickly replied, "Reduce by 8‰. Our river's usual blight element content is between 14-17‰. With a high-grade filter cartridge, it can be brought down close to green-light drinking water quality."

Zhang San was very precise, "Close to, but it's still not green-light drinking water."

A blight element content of 5‰ is the dividing line between safe food and optional food. So even if it's close to 5‰, it still doesn't qualify as green-light drinking water.

Kuang Qingwei explained patiently, "Third Brother, you know the trade better than me. Removing blight elements is extremely complex technology. The lower the blight element content in water or air, the harder it is to remove. To reach green-light quality, you'd need filtration plus distillation, and that equipment is even more expensive."

Zhang San yawned, "If you need green-light drinking water, you can trade with me. My filter cartridge can filter out 10‰ of the blight elements in our river, and each cartridge can filter 60 liters of water."

Wrong! The other lords in the lords' alliance heard Zhang San's words and silently corrected him at the same time: not 60 liters, it should be 50 liters.

"Third Brother, you're amazing!" Zhao Ze immediately came online, expressing his admiration for Zhang San, beating even fan Xia Qing by a step.

Kuang Qingwei continued the act, "Third Brother, may I trade for your filter cartridge?"

"Sure, 700 points." After quoting the price, Zhang San added, "Only green-light food accepted."

"That price isn't cheap." Tang Heng in Number Twelve Territory said quietly, "I reckon Kuang Qingwei won't trade. Buying the Safe Zone kind suits him better."

"He'll trade with green-light mung beans." Tang Zhengpo made his judgment, "Because every territory has green-light mung beans, so the price of mung beans will drop again next year."

"Third Brother, may I trade one filter cartridge with you using green-light mung beans?" Sure enough, Tang Zhengpo guessed right. Kuang Qingwei proposed the trade.

"Sure." Zhang San agreed.

Tang Zhengpo took the opportunity to educate his two sons, "Kuang Qingwei treats his wife very well."

Tang Huai……

Tang Heng……