494 The Everchanging Sixth Stree (2/2)

”And their opinion is?”

”They want to trade for credit with us at a ratio of 1:2.” Chu Nan chuckled.

”Reject them. Make him speak with the factories in the Sixth Street,” Jiang Chen scoffed and said out of annoyance.

Only Sixth Street factories needed crystals now. Although in principle the bank would provide channels for the factories to purchase crystals with credit, the Sixth Street official promoted purchasing crystals from private owners. And the fact was credit could purchase more crystals at the same price.

”They won't accept the exchange ratio of 1:6. Their ambassador should be raging at the council and Zhao Chenwu. Do you need to see them?”

”No. Our people will conduct a military exercise in the no man zone between Wanghai and Su City, the ”Fireball-1” will be part of the exercise. Give them a ticket to the VIP seats,” Jiang Chen said.

Chu Nan smiled and replied courteously.

”I understand.”

After they watch the lavish fireworks, anyone who was still discontent would reevaluate their abilities.

The street was filled with the delicious smell of food. The entire food street was full of different selections. Even though it was just food being sold, this place was the place that made the most money in the Inner Circle other than the casino. Other than typical restaurants, Jiang Chen saw a noodle shop operated by robots and a BBQ shop operated by outsiders. With the steady increase of NAC's food supply, the selection of food at the Sixth Street had much more varieties.

It was a scene that never could be seen a year ago.

Soilless farming of pre-war crops, cloning technology to grow non-mutated livestock, even the wealthy could only eat the original luxury goods a few times a year back then. Today, even the ordinary citizens of the Sixth Street, as long as they worked hard, could come into the Inner Circle for a lavish experience.

At the end of the street was a colorful street.

But from the arousing signs and intimate colors, it didn't look like a place of decency.

In the Sixth Street, brothels and casinos could operate legally. Even a council member in the Sixth Street, under the direction of Jiang Chen, ran the largest ”entertainment complex” in the Inner Circle. Since most of the survivors that lived here were all once violent bandits that lived on the edge, to these people, only exciting things could give them the feeling of being alive.

Of course, forced sex trade was strictly prohibited. The Sixth Street didn't prohibit slave trades, but any slave can enter into the jurisdiction of the Sixth Street, the slave trade was not taxed nor protected by the soldiers.

In the other hand, anyone who stepped into the Sixth Street by default was considered free. Their personal freedom was protected under the constitution.

”Do you want to go take a look inside? I will keep this a secret.” Chu Nan jokingly smiled and looked at Jiang Chen.

”I will pass.” Jiang Chen looked away at the girl who was winking at him.

He couldn't even feed the girls back at home, and he didn't have too much interest in these ordinary girls.

When the group passed by the red light district, they ended the day's travel plan ahead of schedule. Jiang Chen planned to head to the council building and audit the council work for this quarter, and announce the recruitment and military plan for the next quarter.

In the end, Jiang Chen met with eight local merchants he invited to discuss partnership opportunities.

After taking a turn, the roadblock on the main street drew Jiang Chen's attention. A few construction vehicles passed through the smooth concrete road and used drillers to leave equally spaced holes in the road. The construction workers in the back surrounded the holes to insert black cylindrical poles.

”What is that?” Jiang Chen looked at the blocked road.

”They are paving maglev track, a Hang merchant invested in the project. In exchange, we provided them with two years of exclusive sales rights to maglev vehicles as well as four years of tax-free sales.” Chu Nan explained, ”Once the maglev track is complete, maglev cars could pass through.”

The maglev track buried under the road had low resistance against explosions, so most of the tracks were demagnetized during the war. Now that the Sixth Street returned to stability with the economy skyrocketing and average personal income steadily rising, the cunning merchants obviously began searching for opportunities.

[Maglev vehicles?]

[Finally, a feeling of the future.]

With the construction vehicles moving forward, a genuine smile emerged on Jiang Chen's face.

The seed of civilization has been planted.

He was delighted to see that it has sprouted.