The anomaly in outer space on Monday had sent countless fragments of spacecraft falling into Deep Blue Star's atmosphere.
Many of the smaller fragments had burned to ash from atmospheric friction. The larger structural components, however, had survived and floated on the sea under their own buoyancy.
As a result, fishing boats could often haul back entire sections of spacecraft, with much of the supplies inside still intact.
When Luwan learned of this, he began strictly regulating trade in the wreckage. Private sales were no longer permitted; instead, the Governor's Mansion would purchase everything.
The clever old man had already seen in this a chance for their civilization to break through its limits!
Every single thing aboard those spacecraft was far beyond their current steam-powered civilization.
At the very least, studying this wreckage would allow these natives to advance their civilization into the electrical age without any trouble.
What Luwan had not expected, however, was that once the law was enacted, no more spacecraft wreckage arrived at the port!
The fishermen all swore that they could not find any wreckage.
Luwan sent his subordinates to investigate in secret, but the investigators also reported that they had found nothing wrong.
The Governor was not naive enough to believe them.
Feeling that he had no one under him he could rely on, he could only investigate secretly himself.
He discovered that all the wreckage had been bought by a merchant named Sampo!
Whatever price the Governor's Mansion offered, Sampo would double it outright!
Naturally, the salvagers were unwilling to sell to the Governor's Mansion at a lower price. They all sold to Sampo in secret outside the port.
Sampo had a large ship, which he now used exclusively to collect this wreckage.
Since entering into a partnership with Chu Mu, the trader