Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 51: Distribution of Benefits (Updated for "If the Hurricane Derails")
"Don't stop, keep adding water!"

Seeing the soldiers who were watering the plants stunned by the miraculous sight, Mayor Qian couldn't help but remind them.

As water was injected again, fruits began to grow on the apple trees.

At first it was only the size of a thumb with green skin, then it grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally the not-so-tall fruit tree was full of bright red, attractive Fuji apples!
“Pick those apples quickly and keep watering.”

Mayor Zhou instructed that he needed to know how many kilograms of fruit could be produced after three growth cycles.

The soldiers standing around heard the command and immediately stepped forward to pick the apples from the entire tree and continue watering.

This went on three times, and in the end, no matter how much water the soldiers added, the apple tree no longer bore fruit.

"It seems that this is all the fruit."

Mayor Zhou looked at the apples piled up like a small mountain and ordered the soldiers nearby to bring a scale to weigh them. In the end, the weight of all the apples was a little over 150 kilograms.

“The apples here are about 150 kilograms, and the price is calculated based on one fruit tree exchanging for 500 kilograms of grain.

That is one pound of apples in exchange for more than three pounds of grain. What do you think of this deal?"

Mayor Qian looked at everyone and asked.

After the exchange rate was determined, the crowd below could no longer keep quiet and began to whisper to each other.

Mayor Qian did not stop him when he saw this. Instead, he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and waited slowly.

After a cup of tea, the conference room returned to peace.

“I think this is a good deal, and everyone knows the value of fresh fruit.

Given the current situation in the shelter, it would be difficult to exchange three kilograms of food for one kilogram of fresh apples, even if we used ten kilograms of food for one kilogram, right?"

"Besides, there are still varieties of fruit trees to choose from, and the yield of apples is not very high among fruits."

Mayor Zhou was the first to speak out. In the end times, for ordinary people, being able to eat enough is the most important thing. If you ask ordinary residents in the shelter to exchange three kilograms of food for one kilogram of apples, they will definitely not be willing to do so.

But for the people at the scene, having enough to eat is not what they need to consider at all; eating well is what they care about most.

"On behalf of the Superpower Association, I agree to this deal."

A tall and thin man in his thirties expressed his approval.

“The Workers’ Association agrees.”

Another dark-skinned man in his forties followed suit.

With the agreement of these two parties, the remaining forces also expressed their agreement.

Seeing that all parties agreed, Chief Wang, Mayor Qian, and Mayor Zhou looked at each other secretly and nodded slightly.

"Since everyone agrees to this deal, let's move on to the next thing. As for the allocation of these fruit trees, we will discuss it later."

"Pull out the apple tree and plant the seeds of the everlasting tree."

What Mayor Qian was most concerned about was whether the Everlasting Tree was as magical as Tang Anguo described, so he couldn't wait to order the soldiers beside him to plant the seeds of the Everlasting Tree.

After receiving the order, the soldiers on the side were still very careful when pulling out the apple tree even though they knew that the tree no longer had the magical effect it had just now.

But despite the gentle action, some of the apple tree's roots were still broken.

This made the soldiers who were pulling out the trees frown, fearing that they would be punished.

As the apple tree was uprooted, Mayor Qian buried the seeds of the Evergreen Tree in the soil and took the kettle to water it himself.

Like the apple tree, the evergreen tree also grows rapidly when it has sufficient water.

A few minutes later, a strange tree more than two meters tall, with a trunk as straight as a pine tree, brown-red in color, branches like willow branches, and leaves like bamboo leaves appeared in front of everyone.

"Is this the oil from the Everbright Tree?" Mayor Qian picked up a short-bladed military knife and wiped off a portion of the yellow liquid on the surface of the tree trunk, then held it in front of his eyes to observe it carefully.

Then he put it close to his nose and sniffed it. "It smells like pine."

"Old Wang, can I borrow a light?"

Mayor Qian doesn't smoke, so he naturally doesn't carry a lighter with him, but Chief Wang does smoke.

"promise."

Taking the kerosene lighter handed over by Chief Wang, Mayor Qian rolled the flint and brought the flame close to the dagger.

With a "hiss" sound, a yellow flame more than ten centimeters high instantly rose from the place on the dagger that was stained with tree oil!

Mayor Qian did not let go of the dagger until the flame on it disappeared after several tens of seconds, then he put it back on the table.

“I think everyone has seen the burning effect of the tree oil just now, right?
Although it is not as fierce as gasoline, it is almost as fierce as solid alcohol. "

"As long as the Evergreen tree survives, this kind of tree oil can be produced continuously, and as the tree grows, the oil produced will increase accordingly."

Although he only experimented with the burning effect of the tree oil, Mayor Qian was already very satisfied with the Everlasting Tree.

"Do you think the Everbright Tree can be the key to our resistance to extreme cold?"

Mayor Qian changed the subject and asked.

"If Wanling City can give us a large number of Everbright Trees, I believe the shelter should be able to effectively resist the upcoming extreme cold weather. I just don't know how many trees that City Lord Li can give us, and whether the trees he gives us are also species that can grow quickly and produce oil like this one?"

The tall and thin man representing the Superpower Association asked several key questions in a row.

"City Lord Li is willing to give out a thousand seedlings of the Everbright Tree, but he needs to exchange them for a certain number of residents."

Mayor Qian replied calmly.

"A thousand seedlings?"

"Isn't it the same number of finished products as before?"

The tall and thin man continued to ask.

"Yes, they are seedlings. City Lord Li said frankly that he does not have enough source energy to grow these trees, but he gave another solution."

"As long as there are awakened people or source warriors who infuse these seedlings with source energy for three hours every day, these seedlings can grow into big trees like the ones just now within a month."

Mayor Qian told Li Mu about his compromise.

"Oh! He can actually accelerate growth by infusing source energy. The methods of this City Lord Li are truly extraordinary!"

The tall and thin man was stunned when he heard this, and then sighed with admiration.

"After we transport the seedlings of the Everbright Tree back to the shelter, I'm afraid we'll need Chairman Zhang's help in injecting source energy into them."

Mayor Qian looked at the tall and thin man in front of him and couldn't help but smile and said, although the Superpower Association does not have many awakened people, the number of source warriors is more than the army.

As the president of the Superpower Association, Mayor Qian will definitely ask the tall and thin man for help in ripening the Everlasting Tree.

"Mayor Qian, you are too polite. This matter is of course not a problem."

The tall and thin man, Chairman Zhang, readily agreed.

"The key point now is, how many talents should we give to Wanling City?
After handing them a portion of the population, can we obtain more Everbright Trees or other resources from Wanling City? "

Mayor Qian glanced at everyone and his expression became increasingly serious.

I have been trying hard to type, but I am still a few minutes late. I am sorry, Brother Hurricane, the update is late.

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(End of this chapter)