Chapter 325: What a Satisfying Battle

Chapter 325: Chapter 325: What a Satisfying Battle

Qi Fu asked, "Old Kuang, are you getting boron fertilizer because we’ll be able to buy Yellow Light Rapeseed Seeds?"

The well-informed Kuang Qingwei replied, "That’s right. I’ve received reliable information that at this year’s autumn agricultural trade fair, the Territory Management Department will be selling Yellow Light Rapeseed Seeds. Each territory can exchange for or purchase half a jin at a discounted price."

Hearing Kuang Qingwei say this, the others also followed suit and ordered boron fertilizer. The price was 30 points per jin.

Luckily, not much of this fertilizer was needed, or else they would have had to reconsider whether to plant rapeseed at all.

Rapeseed didn’t just need supplemental boron fertilizer; it also required other base fertilizers. Now, the Lords, who were already short on fertilizer, were in an even tighter spot.

Assistant Liu from No. 9 Territory seized the opportunity to come online. "The corn stalks you Lords have harvested and the weeds from your fields are all excellent materials for making fermented organic fertilizer. Corn stalks are very tough; without a high-efficiency compost starter, they are difficult to fully decompose. Has everyone run out of their compost starter?"

Xiaqing, who was washing dishes, laughed. "Leader, your big sis here is pretty smart, huh? We’re never buying compost starter from No. 9 Territory again."

Kuang Qingwei replied politely, "Assistant Liu, could the price of the compost starter be lowered a bit? There’s someone in the Safe Zone selling it now. Although it’s not high-efficiency and the fermentation time is longer, it only costs 10 points per jin and can ferment two cubic meters of fertilizer when mixed with water. That’s ten times cheaper than yours."

Now that there was a compost starter ten times cheaper, who wouldn’t be tempted?

Xiaqing dried her hands and went up to the roof of the frame-house to guard the corn with Sick Wolf, waiting for Little Liu’s reply.

Assistant Liu’s tone remained professional and friendly. "Mr. Kuang, our high-efficiency compost starter is protected by an exclusive patent. It has a high count of active bacteria, a short fermentation time, and also has certain sterilizing and deodorizing effects."

Hearing that Assistant Liu was unwilling to lower the price, Kuang Qingwei said no more.

Shi Zhong asked, "Old Kuang, how well does that compost starter you mentioned work?"

Kuang Qingwei replied, "The Alliance of Teams uses that kind of starter to ferment their animal manure. They’ve even started selling the fertilizer now."

Assistant Liu asked, "Is the fertilizer from the Alliance of Teams thoroughly fermented and decomposed? Are all the weed seeds, pathogens, and insect eggs in the manure killed?"

With Assistant Liu’s question, everyone started to feel uncertain again.

An unfamiliar voice sounded in the Lord channel. "Assistant Liu, this is Xie Yu from the Alliance of Teams. The manure fertilizer we sell has passed professional testing by an authoritative department. All its indicators meet the new standards for fertilizer use post-Natural Disaster, and the kill rate for weed seeds, pathogens, and insect eggs in the compost material has reached 95%. May I ask what kill rate the fertilizer fermented with your territory’s compost starter can achieve?"

Little Liu had publicly questioned the quality of the Alliance of Teams’ manure fertilizer. Since Xie Yu, a council member of the Alliance, happened to hear it, he naturally had to provide an explanation.

Assistant Liu replied, "Ours is 90%, which is not as high as your Alliance’s kill rate. However, the plant stems and leaves the Lords use for compost are all grown in greenhouses. The content of the three harmful substances you listed, Mr. Xie, is over 80% lower than in raw materials collected from the Evolution Forest. Therefore, a 90% kill rate is sufficient."

After clarifying that the Alliance of Teams’ fertilizer was not a problem, Xie Yu didn’t make things difficult for a mere assistant and replied politely, "To achieve a 90% kill rate with the compost starter alone, the quality of your territory’s starter is indeed higher than what we use. We combine our starter with other sterilization procedures to reach 95%."

Just as Xie Yu finished speaking, Xu Pin from the Second Territory also came online. "Hello everyone, I am Xu Pin of the Alliance of Teams. Just as Mr. Xie stated, the quality of our Alliance’s fermented and decomposed animal manure is very high. If anyone needs it, you can place an order with the patrol convoys. It’s three points for two jin, and we’ll cover the delivery fee."

The Lords were stunned.

’What was going on? Xu Pin, the vice-captain of Hui San Base’s top-ranked Su Feng Team, and Xie Yu and Luo Pei, the two vice-captains of the second-ranked Green Dragon Team—why had they all converged on these territories?’

Assistant Liu’s tone remained professional. "Dear Lords, I have reported the situation regarding the appearance of a quality competing compost starter in the Safe Zone to our Lord. We will be making an adjustment to the price of our high-efficiency compost starter and will inform everyone as soon as we have a decision."

Zhang San spoke up languidly, "A compost starter that can only kill ninety percent of the three types of harmful substances has no real technical skill behind it. Anyone could whip that up."

This was a direct refutation of Li Si’s "exclusive patent," and everyone erupted.

Xiaqing patted Sheep Leader’s head repeatedly. "Leader, did you hear that? That’s the maverick Zhang San! My idol!"

Sheep Leader narrowed its eyes and kicked her away. Fortunately, it was aware they were on a roof and didn’t use much force.

"Brother San, can we partner with you to produce compost starter?"

The question came almost simultaneously from Xin Yu, Luo Pei, and Xu Pin, who all wanted to partner with Zhang San on behalf of No. 8 Territory, No. 1 Territory, and the Alliance of Teams, respectively.

If the promotion of the territory policies went smoothly, agriculture-related industries would surely develop rapidly. No one with vision and ability would let this business opportunity slip by.

Interestingly, Luo Pei had proposed a partnership with "No. 1 Territory," while Xu Pin had chosen the "Alliance of Teams."

Before Zhang San could speak, Assistant Liu came online. "Our Lord has already approved it. The price for each bag of compost starter from No. 9 Territory will be lowered to 30 points. If you need any, you can order it directly."

The compost starter sold by No. 9 Territory came in four-jin bags, which meant the price per jin had dropped from the original 50 points to 7.5 points.

This massive price drop made the Lords who had previously bought the compost starter from No. 9 Territory at a high price feel a sharp sting of regret.

This price drop also showed that No. 9 Territory—or rather, the Fiery Fire Team behind it—would not give up on the compost starter business.

With the Fiery Fire Team, the top-ranked team in Hui Yi Base One, having shown its hand, people like Xu Pin of the Su Feng Team and Luo Pei and Xie Yu of the Green Dragon Team had to reconsider. But Xin Yu didn’t hesitate at all.

After Assistant Liu finished speaking, she sent another invitation to cooperate. "Brother San, can we partner?"

"You can," Zhang San replied languidly. "Using my technology, you can increase the kill rate for the three types of harmful substances in fertilizer from the Evolution Forest to over 96%."

’Woah! This quality is even better than Li Si’s high-efficiency starter! Wouldn’t that make it a Special Level compost starter? When it comes to being a maverick, you’ve got to hand it to Brother San, Lord No. 7!’

Xu Pin immediately asked, "Brother San, can the Alliance of Teams cooperate with you?"

Xin Yu immediately followed up, "Brother San, are you free now? I’ll come to your territory to discuss the details of our cooperation."

Li Si came online, his voice ice-cold. "Since when did you become interested in compost starter research, Brother San?"

"Just now," Zhang San replied languidly to Li Si, then answered Xin Yu, "Come on over. Bring a pot of Green Light edible roses."

Xin Yu replied, "Okay."

Everyone was dumbfounded... ’Roses? Green Light ones? And they’re edible? The things from No. 8 Territory just get more and more exotic.’

Based on Xin Yu’s attitude alone, the Lords would be able to use a super-effective compost starter from No. 8 Territory by next spring at the latest—one with a 96% kill rate for weed seeds, insect eggs, and pathogens.

Xiaqing flicked a pebble to scare off two crows that had landed on the roof and were trying to peck at the protective cover, sighing with admiration, "Brother San is such a good person. And Xin Yu is so decisive. What a satisfying battle to watch."

In the Second Territory, Xu Pin, who had been directly ignored by Zhang San, had a face as black as the bottom of a wok.

In No. 1 Territory, Xie Yu scratched his curly hair. "Brother Luo, Xin Yu came to the Hui San Base territories... she didn’t come here just for Zhang San, did she?"