BXBX NOVEL Chapter 89 - The Market
The expansion plan was already drawn, the commanders chosen and the soldiers prepared. The Divisions are currently preparing their supplies. It will at least be a two-month campaign, there is also a possibility that they will be held up in different doomsday pillar bases. If it will come to that, it will be a few months before they will be able to return to Bali Island. Some of these men will have to leave their family and friends for a while. There are many things to prepare.
After the mutated animal battle, the base was filled with the mutated animal carcasses, the workers were busy collecting all the meat. Without proper treatment, all this meat would turn spoiled. Working in temperatures no less than 40 degrees, first skinning, draining the blood, taking out the bones and then rinsing the meat. It is crucial to keep the meat inside the airtight packages, hence the steel cans. This method could preserve the meat for up to three years.
It was a bountiful harvest. The rats\' meats were turned into dried meat jerky and the others were put into cans..
Dried rat meat jerky: 2.000.000 portions
Cats canned meat: 1.000.000 portions
Lizards canned meats: 400.000 portions
Birds canned meats: 700.000 portions
Bear canned meats: 20.000 portions
These increased the base\'s food supplies for another 2 months. For the next few weeks, the chefs were forced to create creative food menu choices; rat jerky hotdog, cat meat fried rice, bird soup, and such. Unfortunately, the rats and cats were considered low level mutated meats, it would only give small effects in the long run and only to low stage mortal realm humans. The bird and lizard meat could slowly turn humans stronger into the medium stage, but it would need the second stage mutated beast meat like the bear meat to improve into the high stage mortal realm. To reach the peak stage, it would need a medium to high second stage beast meat.
Alex discussed with Devita and her team about distributing these meats. From today on, the citizens will be served mutated meat instead of the normal canned foods. This way, hopefully after a month or two, most citizens would turn into medium stage Mortal Realm humans. The lizard and bird meat will be given to the army. As for the bear meat, it would be prioritized for the elite soldiers and the leaders.
The last few days, 800 plus tailors were given the task to create armored clothing out of three snakes\' skin. They were also given a thousand lizard skin portions to create lighter armored ones. The results were 600 pieces of snake armor and 2000 pieces of lizard armor. These armors\' strength test was amazing, it was thinner and lighter than the bulletproof vests and it could cover a larger body area. The bearskin was unfortunately not as useful as the lizards, it could turn into a nice coat or blanket though.
The higher the army rank, the better the privileges. The special forces were given the snake armor each. There weren\'t enough lizard armors for the whole elite unit, therefore it was awarded only to the soldiers with achievements. Each battalion was given 50 lizards armors to be given away by the battalion commander.
There were currently around 150.000 citizens within and around the Starbase. That\'s 300.000 portions of food to be distributed every day. Alex took the authority for the distribution. He needed everyone to take a role and they will be provided with food and shelter. In return, all items found will be given to the base. Alex wished in the future each citizen can find their own fortune by hunting and trade their findings to the free market, every citizen can buy and sell like the world it used to be. But that will only be possible after the surroundings were more secure or all of these people could be more independent. At the moment these people are still dependable to Alex, especially the old, the weak and the little children. Alex thought about all the things the pillars could do in his previous life... maybe by then, the free market would be more feasible.
The distribution system Alex decided on was what he knew best, the corporate system. Just like corporate salary, the one with the higher ranks will receive better treatment and rewards. This would create motivation for all people. The ones with achievements will get rewards, the ones making mistakes got punishment. As for the rewards, the easiest would be the vouchers that were given every day. Each voucher can be eligible for one food serving or can be traded for something else. These vouchers could turn into the new Starbase currency.
The citizen ranks were divided into:
Probation citizen: One voucher per day
Regular citizen: Two vouchers per day
Supervisor worker: Three vouchers per day
Managers: Four vouchers per day
Army trainee: Two vouchers per day
Army regular: Three vouchers per day
Elite soldiers: Four vouchers per day
Special soldiers: Five vouchers per day
Commanders: Six vouchers per day
Once a week, every citizen will be given an extra two vouchers and some people with achievements mentioned by the managers will get extra vouchers.
The vouchers can be given to someone else and also can be used to trade in the markets. These trade markets will be provided and controlled by the supply divisions to control the supply-demand and the prices. Alex gave all these tasks to Devita\'s team, from providing the items and the distribution. Luckily before the doomsday, Devita managed her family\'s business who owned a dozen shops all around Indonesia. It\'s much different this time, but she was an experienced trader.
The market was opened in the middle of the base, several shops were currently managed by the supply team. They were trading special items like alcohol, cigarettes, bathing products, and many others. The shops didn\'t sell any spirit stone but were willing to buy spirit stones for some vouchers. Alex planned to collect as many spirit stones as possible. The last battle gave him another 2.700 spirit stones, now in total Alex held around. 5.000 white spirit stones and 5 yellow ones. These spirit stone were shared with the special soldiers. Alex made sure all of them have enough to reach peak stage mortal realm before leaving.
The five divisions were given two months worth of food, one thousand spare edge weapons, ammunition, tents, medical supplies, and other essential items. Within a day or two, all preparations were completed. Before leaving for his long campaign, Alex decided to spend some time with his family first, also hoping he will have the time to explore Tiffany\'s ability.