Chapter 609 Journey to the East (2)
It was just dawn, and on the withered grass, the white frost in the morning could not resist the sunlight, turning into a layer of crystal clear dewdrops.
After brushing teeth and washing their faces, Winna, Durham and Cliff used their mobile phones to scan three electric cars and bought buns and yogurt for breakfast.
The three of them rode electric bikes to the suburbs.
The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast. The wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep.
There are not many cattle and sheep eating in the withered plants, and the grassland is very empty, leaving only rows of large farms, proving that humans still occupy this place.
In fact, it is less than 21 kilometers away from the Altai Nature Reserve.
Due to the restoration of the natural environment in recent years, although the north wind is cold, there is no rain in the Gobi Desert.
However, it is not recommended to enter at will in the protected areas near the wild. After all, the number of wild wolves has been on the rise in recent years.
Without professional protection, it is too dangerous to encounter wolves in the wild.
Huh! Durham stopped the electric car and found a stone bench near a bus stop on the side of the road. The three of them sat down to have breakfast.
Looking at the sparse traffic on the road not far away, the cloudless blue sky.
While eating buns, Duke sighed: "It's hard to imagine that in such a small city, there are highways, 4G networks, and complete infrastructure."
After taking a sip of yogurt, Cliff joked: "The gap is too big. It seems that we live in two worlds. The more we understand everything in the East, the less I can understand the current situation in the West."
Dulun complained: "Indeed, when I was in Rome, I always thought that the tap water in the city could be directly drunk. I only realized that the tap water had to boil."
"I heard that the tap water pipes in some areas of North America are still using lead pipes from decades ago. The problem of direct drinking water in Xizhou is indeed very serious. No wonder many people will lose their hair in the Mediterranean." Wenna spread her hands and said helplessly.
Looking at the rising sun and the photographer Cliff, he picked up the camera and took some photos.
"I understand." Durham said dejectedly: "How could capitalists update underground water pipes for money? These infrastructures should not be handed over to private companies, but unfortunately we have no chance to change."
"Durun, can the travel notes you mentioned be published?" Wen Na suddenly asked with some concern.
Durham was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "Oh! Let's give it a try!"
In fact, they have no idea. After all, there are quite a few Westerners who have visited China in the past few decades, but very few books have been introduced to the East.
On the contrary, those malicious lies are filled with the entire mainstream Western society.
None of the three people studying journalism majors are fools. Such blatant fraud and splashing dirty water would not be able to achieve this level without the management of the Western upper class and large capital.
It is precisely because of understanding that they feel tricky and very powerless.
This young and energetic young man, Durum and others were unwilling to see their hometown continue to sink, but many things can be changed without being full of enthusiasm.
Especially in a society that has long been corrupt, if there is no determination to break the old world, the fate of these young people will either follow the trend and follow the crowd; or be a patchworker; or be strangled from the flesh by the corrupt forces.
At this time, Durham didn't understand. He had not yet realized his innocence and overestimated the lower limits of those corrupt forces.
If he could survive after he was bleeding from his head, he might give up his fantasy, take up his real weapon, and destroy that decadent world.
Without destroying this old world, it is really unlikely that the Western Union wants to be promoted to interstellar civilization.
After breakfast, the three of them drove an electric car to the agricultural factory area of Xinmucheng.
It looks ordinary, but there are 560,000 acres of indoor farmland. Although it is almost nine o'clock, the wholesale market of vegetables and fruits here is still very lively.
When you enter the wholesale market, although the flow of people is very large, the order seems to be orderly.
Vegetable dealers, supermarkets, shops, restaurants and factories in six or seven nearby towns all come here to purchase. You can even see many Russians with awkward accents bargaining here.
People in the wholesale market did not make any fuss about Durham and others. After all, there are many foreigners living here in Xinmucheng.
Common vegetables are available here, as well as anti-season and anti-regional fruits, such as bananas, pineapples, and dragon fruits in the south. They are also grown here, and the planting area is very large.
As indoor agriculture that can simulate natural light, humidity and temperature, it is natural to play the advantages of counter-region in the early stage.
"Aren't dragon fruit tropical fruit?" Wenna was surprised to look at the boxes of fresh dragon fruits.
They came to the convenience store in the wholesale market and bought a few bottles of water. Durham asked the clerk in a stiff Chinese: "Hello, there are also dragon fruits here?"
The clerk nodded and explained with a smile: "Yes, dragon fruit is grown from the agricultural factories here."
"That's very expensive, right?" Durham continued.
The clerk shook his head: "I don't know, there seems to be a subsidy. Anyway, the wholesale price I know is about 1.4 yuan per kilogram."
Hearing this price, Durham and the other two looked at each other.
Although Durham was Roman, not Winna and Cliff, who were Danes and Cliff, who were Finnish.
Vegetables and fruits in the Mediterranean are cheaper, but vegetables and fruits in Denmark and Finland are not cheap, especially under the influence of economic crisis.
If it is autumn and winter, the prices of vegetables and fruits will generally rise.
Even if the Huayuan is now appreciating, the 1.4 Huayuan per kilogram of dragon fruit is a period of late autumn, which is simply no longer cheap.
According to Durham, the per capita annual income of Xinmucheng is about 78,000 yuan (equivalent to various benefits), and the purchasing power of ordinary residents who do not have a mortgage or car loan burden is also quite amazing.
Of course, this kind of cheapness depends on the currency value and logistics cost.
It would be profitable to transport vegetables and fruits from Xinmaicheng to Lucia; if transported to other parts of the country, it would be a loss.
Because there are now a large number of glass greenhouses, agricultural factories, and agricultural buildings in the north, and basically every area has its own vegetable and fruit production base.
For example, the vegetables and fruits in Xinmucheng are only in the northern part of the Alxa League and the northern part of the desert. Lucia's Central Siberia has a competitive advantage. When going to other regions, the logistics cost is enough to offset the cost advantage.
In recent years, domestic meat consumption has basically reached saturation, and vegetables and fruits have also begun to experience market saturation.
Currently, the per capita consumption rankings of local meat and vegetables and fruits are third in the world and first in the world respectively.
Durham saw that such agricultural factories could actually produce tropical fruits, which really subverted his perception.
Moreover, it was sold to ordinary residents at a low price, and he was envious.
After he bought a few red-hearted dragon fruits and a bunch of bananas in a convenience store, Wen Na couldn't wait to peel off the banana peel, and after taking a bite, she showed a hint of surprise.
"This is an ancient variety that was only grown last year," the clerk explained.
In fact, it is Big Mac Banana, a fish that escaped the net from the banana plague back then. The Academy of Agricultural Sciences found these fruitless ancient varieties on several small islands in Malaysia.
Chapter completed!