Ark: I adopted Seria at the beginning

Kasheena did the math in her mind. The British pound seemed to have enough purchasing power, but it was second only to the rural areas.

Most currency in rural Victoria is shillings and pence.

When converted, it is equal to more than 20 Longmen coins.

In the lower town and where the lower town blends with the upper town, two pounds can indeed cover three meals a day, but it is second only to three meals a day.

There won't be anything left after eating.

But it’s not enough in the uptown area. It costs several pounds to take a taxi in the university town, let alone eat.

Even Yelena, who is diligent and frugal in school, does not only have this amount of expenses in a day.

Some things just can't be saved.

Moreover, as more and more people move to cities, there are fewer and fewer jobs available.

Conflict will break out sooner or later, but I don’t know whether it will break out first in the upper city or the lower city.

If there is no guidance, there is a high probability that the lower area will erupt first.

But for now, Victoria's top brass are smart enough to provide the lower city with plenty of cheap food.

That is, potatoes. Potatoes are the only food crop that will not die if you eat them for a lifetime.

As long as people have the ability to digest potatoes, there will be nothing wrong with eating this single crop for a lifetime. It is full of vitamins, starches and proteins.

Simply the perfect food crop.

This makes Scorpion unable to start.

Because the yield of the potato varieties he cultivated is not much different from that of the potato varieties cultivated in Victoria, he cannot open up the sinking market and cannot use food to control the country.

Huang Cheng was rejected for the first time in the food war, so he could only spend money to communicate with the royal family.

It took a huge price to have the opportunity to open the door to this country.

But all the money that should be earned has been earned, and now some Victorian nobles have begun to regret that they introduced the Scorpio Group into their country.

However, the current situation is still in the hands of those in power and has not yet been out of control.

But really?

The wind of history tells us that when one variable appears, another variable will follow.

There is only one variety of potatoes grown in Victoria.

Because there was only one high-yielding potato variety, this potato variety took root throughout Victoria.

There was even only one potato variety in the entire vast empire.

The high yield of potatoes injected its own strength into this powerful empire, but the history of the previous world tells the people of this world.

Everything has a price.

.......

"Sir, would you like a newspaper? Only one shilling!"

The little girl with pink hair stood on the dirty cement floor, carrying a basket of thick newspapers on her back.

Her voice is soft and waxy, and her hair is a beautiful and cute pink.

Her name is Susie Griet.

At this time, she was selling newspapers in Xiacheng District.

But this is destined to be a fruitless job. It is very difficult for the people in Xiacheng District to even live. Who cares about national events and the news in newspapers?

It’s not for nothing that he can only earn two pounds a day. The boss deliberately put this pink kitten in the lower area to sell newspapers because he didn’t want to pay more.

The newspapers in Xiacheng District can’t be sold anyway, but it’s impossible not to sell them.

Because the policy stipulates that through the sale of newspapers, the country people who come to the new city can have a sense of belonging to the city.

Therefore, newspaper owners can only make choices.

Of course, if you are willing to pay a little money or something else, it is not impossible to sell newspapers in the upper city.

But this involves selling your body and money.

Susie, who is currently only 13 years old, doesn't know why the newspaper boss always stares at her with a strange look, which is very disgusting.

Even though the kind-hearted kitten doesn't want to speculate on others with malice, the look in his eyes is very uncomfortable...

Because she had no money to pay the transfer fees, and Susie was still young and didn't know about the evil in that area, so she could only sell newspapers in the downtown area.

He also protected her in disguise.

The pink kitten was sweating profusely after just standing in the sun for more than ten minutes, so she had to hide in the shade and rest for a while before she could continue to sell on the street.

Susie, who was hiding in the shade, looked at the people coming and going in the restaurant opposite, and her stomach growled unsatisfactorily.

"I'm sorry Mr. Tummy, I still have to eat black bread to make you happy today..."

Little Susie sat on the steps, put the newspaper in her arms, and took out a piece of bread that had been broken several times from her pocket.

The bread has a scorpion pattern printed on it, which is free bread from the Scorpio Group's public welfare project.

Anyone from Xiacheng District can go there and get one.

It can only be collected once every three days.

“When can I have my own little shop?”

The biggest dream of this 13-year-old girl is to have a shop of her own and survive here well.

Susie also wants to try to learn her mother's craft, but she is still too young.

She can't go to formal places either. Legally, people have to reach adulthood before they can own their own business assets and get serious jobs that require ID cards.

Little Susie is only 13 years old now. It is impossible for her to work part-time in a regular place to support her family.

I could only work as a newsboy in a shady newspaper company through an intermediary.

Don't know if this is lucky or unfortunate.

The law clearly protects children, but in a sense it also deprives some desperate children of legitimate protection from social forces.

This is a very wonderful thing.

But in a sense, it does curb a large group of black-hearted factories that exploit minors without any bottom line.

It can only be said that the vast majority of people are protected, but there is always a small group of people who are not protected due to various reasons.

The closure of black-hearted factories has allowed many children to return to the arms of their parents, but it has also increased the burden on families.

As a result, they have to look for jobs outside again, even if some labor jobs have been opened at the national level, so that some children can perform some simple tasks in a more formal and protected manner.

But the number is limited, and more people can only wander the streets aimlessly, join gangs or directly break the law.

Or like little Susie, she entered a darker place and was squeezed and oppressed.

What exactly is the error?

Huang Cheng doesn't know or no one knows. The country is also aware of this but they really don't have the ability to deal with these things.

In other words, no country in the world can handle this contradiction. Perhaps a world with high moral standards can indeed solve this problem perfectly...

The aristocrats of Victoria had some conscience at least. At least they were willing to help some poor people for the sake of face, even if these poor people were caused by their endless exploitation.

If it were the nobles of Ursus, they wouldn't be worthy of the title of nobles if they didn't squeeze out the last bit of your marrow.

It only took 5 minutes to finish the bread on hand. The pink kitten took a sip of water and then started selling newspapers again.

Susie glanced at the drink vending machine next to her and swallowed a mouthful of tasteless saliva eagerly.

Then he carried the heavy newspaper frame on his back, and his petite body was once again exposed to the strong sunlight.