Entrepreneurship in a different world

From the mouth of this young man, Ah He, Wen Rong really had a preliminary understanding of the world and place he was in.

'Ghost Cave' is located in one of the ten most remote and impoverished areas in the entire world. As Ah He said, this is the only town within a radius of tens of miles that has been officially named. Villages are no more than a dozen or 50 people who gather together and move around. They are not officially recognized, and they often disappear so suddenly.

It can be regarded as a barren land where not a single blade of grass grows.

Why is there almost no grass growing? Because of the soil quality.A long time ago, this area was filled with a large amount of hazardous waste, which was toxic and polluted the soil in the entire area.In the past, the soil quality of this place was not very good, but at least some things could grow at that time. After the soil quality was polluted by toxic substances, almost nothing could grow.

The situation is more serious than the saline-alkali land and desertified land. For a long time, only one kind of plant can survive in this polluted soil, that is 'Iron thorn grass', which is the kind of dead grass that Ahe and his family used as bedding and fuel. .

The land cannot even grow other types of grass, and naturally there is no way to attract insects, birds and animals that feed on grass to survive here. The people in the 'Ghost Cave' can't even hunt some birds and beasts and dig some insects for food. The only thing they can survive is 'work'.

Most of the people in the entire 'ghost cave' work under the nearby manor owners, and their work includes planting, harvesting, picking, grazing and other primary processing.

"Wait!" Wen Rong temporarily interrupted Ah He when he heard what he said, "Didn't it mean that the soil here is poisonous and nothing can grow?"

"It's poisonous. But for those big manor owners, there is nothing that money can't solve. They buy a lot of unpolluted soil from other places to use on their own farms and pastures, and they can grow plants and food. .”

This is one way to solve the problem.It seems that no matter which world or era, money is very important.

"Except for the earthy manor that has been transformed, the surroundings of the 'ghost cave' are basically wasteland. No one wants to buy the land here, and no one wants to improve the living environment of us. Obviously, the flat wasteland around our town is also There are many, but there are no manor owners who come to build manors near us, and many people have to travel long distances to work elsewhere."

Two words came to Wen Rong's mind at this moment.He asked a question cautiously, "Are you, are you slaves?"

"The law does not allow such people to exist." Ah He explained earnestly, "We are all free citizens and migrant workers here, and of course there are some descendants of criminals whose status is lower than ours, and they are quietly called slaves outside. .They are basically the children who were exiled here or born of prisoners.”

The law does not allow but privately known as 'labour slaves', do the laws they say apply to them?Wen Rong couldn't help feeling suspicious.

"Why not live in a better place?"

Ah He seemed to have heard some fantasy, "Change place? Where to go? We can't even enter Nixia City without money. Even if we have some money to enter the city, if we can't get a pass, we won't be banned." It is allowed to leave the 'Nishia City' and its attached land, and go to other cities and regions."

Wen Rong gasped incessantly.Is it so strict?If he wanted to leave, it would not be so easy as he thought.

"A large amount of money is required to apply for a pass. It is not the marrow coins, nickel coins and copper coins we usually use, but points. I heard from Aunt Xia Lan that at least ten points are needed to leave 'Nishia City' pass, take the 'pass' to other cities to enter the other party's regional jurisdiction, and charge different entry fees according to local financial requirements. I can't make so much money in my life with ten points .”

Immediately afterwards, at Wen Rong's request, Ah He gave him a popular science on the common currency and advanced currency exchange rates here.

Pitt coins, copper coins, and nickel coins are the currencies used in the most remote small places. Ten pith coins are exchanged for one copper coin, and ten copper coins are exchanged for one nickel coin.In small cities on the seventh and eighth tiers, such as 'Nishia City', there will be currency exchange standards in units of points. Ten nickels can be exchanged for one point; One point can be exchanged for one Sola, and one hundred Sola can be exchanged for one Kabi.

Not to mention one Kabi, one Sola, in the eyes of children in small places like Ahe, a single point is a huge amount of "property" that is unimaginable.