Sang Luoluo nodded. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's set off immediately."
On the way, Qi Feng continued to talk about the upcoming work arrangements.
"Recent natural disasters have caused a sharp drop in the base's population. The base plans to hold a lively New Year's celebration after winter sets in, a tradition of Base No. 32 held every twenty years. The base encourages unmarried men and women to freely choose their partners, and will provide basic living expenses for newborns from birth to age 16. Currently, the base has ample food, and with the future development of agriculture, the population will only increase; population growth is essential."
"Furthermore, although the base's salt reserves can last for a few more years, Base Chief Chang suggested that we try to get another batch of salt from Base 01. The situation wasn't good last time, so we need to plan carefully this time."
"Next year, we will continue to expand the planting area. The research institute has found that the soil's radiation level decreases after being irrigated with mineral water produced by the Farm App. As the amount of irrigation increases, the radiation level becomes smaller and smaller, tending to stabilize, making it suitable for expanding the planting area. This year, we also discovered several new edible mutant varieties, and next year we will expand the planting of these new varieties to ensure the food supply for the residents of the base."
Sang Luoluo listened and nodded. Now the base is gradually getting back on track and everything is developing in a positive direction.
Qi Feng continued, "Someone discovered an artificial lake in the wild with very high radiation levels. Someone suggested adding mineral water from a farm; long-term addition would change the lake's radiation level, causing the mutated fish in the lake to gradually produce more low-radiation roe. Over time, the base could then obtain mutated fish from it for food. It's still in the planning stage; the higher-ups haven't approved it yet."
Sang Luoluo thought the suggestion was good, "The lake? How far is it from the base?"
Qi Feng said, "It's not particularly far; the aircraft can get there in about half an hour."
Sang Luoluo thought for a moment, "Actually, this suggestion is quite good, but the lake is so big, and the amount of farm mineral water needed is also very large. It seems that it will take a long time to see results. I agree. If the base directly builds an artificial lake and regularly adds farm mineral water to raise fish, would the effect be better?"
Qi Feng said, "I will submit your opinion. Regarding the artificial lake you mentioned, an artificial lake has already been dug in the planting area of the base. It is filled with farm mineral water regularly. The first batch of fish is being raised and it's not harvest time yet. The fish fry were gutted from live fish purchased through the Farm App. Some adult fish have also been released."
Sang Luoluo nodded. In any case, the amount of mineral water supplied by the Farm App would increase in the future, so raising fish in wild lakes was feasible.
Qi Feng talked about some other things, Sang Luoluo looked them over and, finding nothing seriously wrong, started looking at the Farm App forum backend.
I noticed that many messages haven't been processed.
Among them was the base commander of Base 01.
Looking to buy bottled water.
Sang Luoluo suddenly remembered what Qi Feng had just said: that Base Chief Chang had suggested going to Base 01 to get salt again.
An idea immediately came to mind.
Chapter 337 New Cooperation The panel now shows a new amount of salt remaining...
The aircraft quickly arrived at the cave.
Sang Jia had received Qi Feng's notification in advance and was already prepared.
The mutated pumpkins in the cave have all been harvested, including the vines; they all need to be taken back.
Sang Luoluo was used to doing missions here. After handing over the tasks to Sang Jia, she waved her hand and pulled all the packed supplies in the cave into her spatial dimension.
Sang Jia breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
"I've finally finished the work here." He had been busy here for many days, all for this moment. Only when these supplies arrived at the base safely could he truly feel at ease.
Sang Luoluo left him a can of food. "We still need to go to other places to collect supplies, we have to go."
Sang Jia saw them out. "It's going to get colder soon. The base has been busy stockpiling supplies lately. Auntie, you must be working so hard."
Sang Luoluo smiled and said, "It's not like you're working for free; you get paid. Be careful on your way back."
Sang Jia understood that there had been two previous attacks on other bases, but they had detected and dealt with them in advance.
There's no need to worry about Sang Luoluo's safety. Her aunt can handle anything on her own; they're the ones who will face more trouble if something unexpected happens.
After leaving, Sang Luoluo went directly to several other nearby strongholds to continue collecting supplies.
After going around in circles, we didn't get back to the base until late at night.
After settling the supplies, Sang Luoluo went home to rest. She took out a few agricultural robots with minor problems that she had cleared out of her space yesterday and asked Qi Feng to take them to the room for maintenance and to replace some of the robots' spare parts.
Without Sang Luoluo saying anything more, Qi Feng busied himself with the repairs. He was used to doing these repairs when he was in the Guard, so it was easy for him to fix them now, it just took a little time.
Sang Luoluo then went to inspect the space. The robots inside were operating in an orderly manner, and the robots that had been repaired yesterday had their parameters reset and were back in operation.
Sang Luoluo walked to the control panel and saw some private messages. The items on the panel were being purchased little by little.
I remembered the private message I saw from Base 04 before.
Sang Luoluo had an idea in mind and opened the chat window directly.
There were already many messages inside, and Sang Luoluo read them carefully.
The Base 04 really wants to cooperate with the Farm Owner. He asked if they could trade the farm's mineral water and some of its vegetables. He said the price was negotiable and he could offer a price higher than the displayed price, just wanting a chance to trade.
Sang Luoluo remembered that the farm upgrade had increased her autonomy in planning, and there were still new features that hadn't been added to the panel.
Sang Luoluo closed the chat window and explored the new features of the panel, setting up new functions for it.
Previously, the space panel could only transfer resources out of the space to earn Crystal Core from the other party. Now, she has added a function to the panel that allows trading between the two parties.
She can use the panel to exchange for external resources, not just Crystal Core.
Now that the panel has this new function, she can exchange resources with various bases and then sell the exchanged resources on the panel. Buyers only need to pay with Crystal Core in the Farm App to purchase resources from various bases in the Farm App.
The most important resource for Base 04 is salt, and it's also the most scarce resource for other bases. If they could trade through the Farm App, then the problem for Base No. 32 would be solved.
So, Sang Luoluo quickly returned to her private chat with the Base 04.
Farm Owner: [Hello, Base 04, I'm the Farm Owner. We can discuss exchanging resources.]
Sang Luoluo waited patiently for a while.
A reply came quickly from the other side.
Base 04: [Dear Farm Owner, we would like to purchase a large quantity of mineral water, as well as various ingredients produced on your farm. Crystal Core are no problem.]
Farm Owner: [I'd like to trade your base for salt. 10L of mineral water for 2 jin of salt. What do you think? Other resources in the Farm App can also be traded according to their corresponding Crystal Core prices.]
Two pounds of salt? That's outrageously expensive, but the Base 04 manager didn't want to anger the Farm Owner.
I could only soften my tone as much as possible. "[ Farm Owner, this price is a bit too high; our farm can't afford it.]"
Farm Owner: [If you don't want to, that's fine. Only I have this mineral water. As for its benefits, you've probably heard about them. If you still don't want to, I'll go ask other farms.]
Seeing the Farm Owner's resolute attitude, the Base 04 manager finally couldn't sit still any longer.
Base 04: [I agree. Farm Owner, it's not that I don't want to cooperate, it's just that our base is at sea, and the volume of our exchange is huge; transporting the salt out is a problem.]
Farm Owner: [It's very simple, just like shopping at the farm. When the whirlpool appears, simply place the prepared salt nearby.]
The Base 04 was astonished. "You can do that?"
Who exactly is this Farm Owner? How does he possess such extraordinary abilities?
Base 04: [Okay, when can we trade?]
Farm Owner: [Anytime is fine.]
Sang Luoluo compiled a list from the existing inventory, including some high-yield vegetables and fruits, as well as mushrooms, eggs, fish, and finally a huge amount of mineral water. She made a surplus list and sent it separately to the Base 04 leader.
Farm Owner: [This is the farm's current inventory. You can add the quantity you want to buy. The specific prices are already listed, and transactions can be completed at any time.]
The Base 04 looked at the link that had been sent. The ingredients inside were all what he needed. Of course, the most important thing was mineral water. They needed so much of it that they couldn't ask for more.
However, their base has limited salt production.
Fortunately, we had some inventory.
He selected mostly bottled water, plus some vegetables and fruits, and clicked to buy.
He needs to top up his salt supply first.
With no other option, the Base 04 had to rush to the warehouse and refill the entire warehouse with salt.
Immediately, his account balance gained an extra special allowance, which he used to purchase the ingredients and water from the link.
He also prepared a water pool and clicked to buy bottled water, vegetables, fruits... until he spent all his credit limit.