Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 356 - 144: Yu Erlan’s Gift, A New Assignment! (Part 3)
"According to the data, the tributaries of the Lin River and White Water River have extremely abundant aquatic resources, specifically expressed as..."
"Therefore, the first key point in constructing Dapo Satellite City is the exploration of the resources of the White Water River... fishing to cultivate water, and water to promote production, forming a virtuous cycle of ’water management → fishing → income generation → water management again’..."
Instead of thinking about how to block the water or dredge the river, they are researching how to make money from fishing?
Ding Yishan couldn’t help but laugh, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth; young people indeed, their ideas have a unique boldness.
Since Stone Province does not produce crops, all food resources are heavily dependent on external imports.
Therefore, large settlements are few, mostly medium and small-sized settlements reliant on the Super Shelter City.
Whether it’s the rushing main vein of the Lin River or the tributary of the White Water River beside Dapo Town, the fish and shrimp in the water have never been overfished.
Why?
There are two extremely realistic reasons.
Firstly, the danger underwater far exceeds that on land.
The mutant creatures lurking at the river bottom are several times more ferocious than their land counterparts. The eerie nature of the Water Series infection source makes it hard to guard against. Even the Blood Dragon Corps’ elite are unwilling to easily venture around the Lin River.
What’s more troublesome is that the Water Series infection sources have a very extensive range of activity. A water area just cleared today might have new ones coming in with the flow tomorrow.
Unless all settlements and shelter cities upstream and downstream of the Lin River unite to clear daily, but is that possible?
So, no one is willing to touch this water mess, not even the Extraordinaries would go near.
Because once you take over, it means facing new risks every day, one day of neglect, and you’d be held responsible.
Secondly, the profit margin is too low.
No matter what they do, people on the wasteland have to calculate a survival account.
For Happiness City, rather than spending manpower and resources to fish by the water, it’s better to focus on expanding factories, mining minerals, trading industrial products with other shelter cities and settlements, and the raw materials exchanged this way for Nutrient Paste are more stable.
For medium and small-sized settlements, the core purpose of fishing is to fill their stomachs, but what Stone Province lacks the least is underground resources.
Iron ore, coal mines, rare earths, special minerals... although the Extraordinary Curse has deprived plants of their traits, these traits haven’t disappeared into thin air, but have been integrated into other substances in the land.
You can easily exchange some random excavation for enough food, so why risk life going to the water for a living?
Therefore, there are indeed fishermen on the wasteland, but they are extremely rare around Stone Province and Happiness City.
So much so that until today, unless specifically mentioned, no one would even think of this.
With this in mind, Ding Yishan opened two more test papers from the Third-stage Inspectors and carefully read through them.
Sure enough, although both mentioned water management, they didn’t mention any ideas related to fishing, let alone the notion of "making money" from the water to support water management.
Who’s right and who’s wrong?
Ding Yishan gathered the three papers and put them away, tapping his fingertips on the table for a moment, having already made up his mind.
By this time, it was already past seven-thirty, and there were still eight Inspectors in the venue who hadn’t submitted their papers.
He instructed Harlem to continue supervising, and taking the opportunity of going to the restroom, called over Jiang Chuan.
"Chuan, you go to the Blood Dragon Corps and ask Commander Tan about Dapo Town’s real-time situation today. He is in charge of that area, have him send over all the information he can gather, the more detailed the better."
"Okay, I’ll get right on it." Jiang Chuan responded, about to leave.
"Wait." Ding Yishan stopped him and said seriously, "For tomorrow’s test, follow Cheng Ye."
"Hmm? I’m going out tomorrow?" Jiang Chuan was a bit surprised.
"Yes." Ding Yishan nodded, "This kid’s ideas are not ordinary; he actually wants to target the fish production of the White Water River. You’re the best with water, so keep an eye on him for me; don’t let him capsize in the gutter."
Jiang Chuan patted his chest in assurance, "Don’t worry, I’ve dared to soak in the Lin River all day, not to mention the White Water River?"
But as he said this, he suddenly remembered something, "But according to the original plan, wasn’t it for all the Inspectors to set off together tomorrow to survey the terrain differences at various sites?"
"Plans have changed. We didn’t see the expected clustering at the selection points... hmm, those fools clustering to grab popular spots, they should indeed all take a look at reality outside by bus, letting the others spread out to investigate will be more efficient."
Mentioning "fools," Ding Yishan’s tone added a few layers of gravity, "One day of surveying tomorrow, and after tomorrow, we consolidate, and the day after we have to start the parceling work. The situation might be better than we thought, but it could also be more complicated, so let’s adapt as we go."
Jiang Chuan nodded in agreement, he naturally understood the meaning of "good and bad" in Ding Yishan’s words.
The good is that the upper levels, who knows what thunderous means they used, actually cleared the large-scale infection source threats overnight surrounding the area.
This has virtually lifted eighty percent of the pressure off the checkpoint, significantly reducing the biggest obstacle to Satellite City construction.
The bad is the quality of the newly arrived refugees, in the past two days the staff responsible for resettling came back like eggplant hit by frost, grumbling about "a bunch of demanding folks" and "troublemakers that are hard to please."
After all, those who previously came to Happiness City were volunteers attracted by welfare benefits, with enough obedience.
But this time the refugees were mostly influenced by the Wanderers, with beliefs that were not firm to begin with. When spurred by a few rumors, chaos could easily occur.
"I understand." Jiang Chuan turned to leave, but was called back by Ding Yishan again.
"Tell Commander Tan to focus on the types of fish production in the White Water River and recent records of underwater mutant activities." Ding Yishan added, "The supercomputer might not necessarily give this proposal a high score, but I have a bit of faith in that fishing plan. However, if the danger index is too high and it turns into a suicide mission, then forget it."
