"What? Coke is cheaper than water? How is that possible?"

Miranda looked in disbelief.

"I remember that although the products here are not rich, there is still a river passing through it. Daily water is enough to irrigate the fields. It basically costs nothing. How can it be more expensive than Coke?"

"That was many years ago."

The old man shook his head, took another sip of Coke, and said, "Originally, the water here is indeed rich, but a few years ago, the Lighthouse Kingdom built a dam upstream, blocking the river. If you want to use water, you need to pay the original ten The water bill is twice as high, and the supply is limited. However, when the cola company wants water, it is lower than the market price, so that cola is much cheaper than water. Everyone can only drink cola, but they can't drink water, let alone water. Now farming, Basically it's all about harvesting rainwater."

After the old man finished speaking, he shook his head.

"What about groundwater? I remember that the groundwater here is very rich, and almost every house has a well."

Miranda asked.

"The groundwater has been drained a long time ago." The old man shook his head and said, "Everyone now grows avocados, which are very water-intensive. After a few years of planting, the water becomes less and less, the land is dry, and there is no well. water."

The old man shook his head and said.

"But, since it costs so much water, why do you want to grow avocados? Isn't it good to grow corn?"

Miranda was puzzled. She clearly remembered that this is the hometown of corn, famous for corn, peppers, tomatoes, vegetables, etc. Why did she suddenly change to corn collectively?

"Aren't those **** politicians and United Fruits at City Hall? Avocados are in high demand in the lighthouse country, and they encourage us to plant them. If anyone dares to disobey the order, they will sprinkle defoliant on someone's field. Once it is sprinkled, It couldn't be restored for decades, the whole land was abandoned, and even the groundwater was polluted, and it was impossible to drink at all.

The old man sighed.

"damn it."

Miranda clenched her fists in both hands.

"Is there any way to help them?"

Miranda asked Zhang Tuohai, but there was no reply.

Miranda looked back and found that Zhang Tuohai was looking at the big screen at the airport.

At this time, the news of the lighthouse country is playing on the big screen, and the news broadcasts that the chief commander of the lighthouse country is visiting Latin America and making a state visit to Latin America.

Zhang Tuohai's eyes lit up with excitement, because he found out that the leader of the lighthouse country turned out to be Zhiye.

"So you are here!"

Zhang Tuohai showed a smile at the corner of his mouth. What he was most worried about was that he couldn't find Zhi Ye, so he wouldn't be able to use his strength.

However, now that I know where Zhi Ye is, it will be different. Zhi Ye's position is exposed, which is equivalent to brightening the blood bar, and Zhang Tuohai will have a chance to kill.

At least there is a direction to work hard.

"Zhang Tuohai, Zhang Tuohai." Miranda shook Zhang Tuohai's shoulder lightly.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Zhang Tuohai turned his head and asked.

"Can you help them?" Miranda's eyes were full of hope.

Along the way, Zhang Tuohai gave her too many surprises, and made her think of Zhang Tuohai as an omnipotent existence, so that when she encountered a problem, she would think about asking Zhang Tuohai if there was a solution.

"Water source, avocado, dam, cola..." Zhang Tuohai pondered while holding his chin.

"I have some ideas, but we still need to see how to do it in detail. Let's go to your uncle's farm first."

Zhang Tuohai said.

"Well, okay." Miranda nodded. She also knew that such a big thing would definitely not be solved in a day or two. If it was so easy to solve, they wouldn't need to come forward.

The two stopped a car and drove towards Uncle Miranda's farm.

There are farms on both sides of the road. Originally, corn and various vegetables were grown in the fields. The fields were colorful and very beautiful.

But now, the farmland is full of low avocado trees, which are gray and can't see the head, which makes people feel depressed.

Miranda's mood also dropped.

In about twenty minutes, the two came to Uncle Miranda's farm, which, like other farms, was also full of low avocado trees.

"uncle."

Miranda walked towards a two-story wooden house in the middle of the farm.

Before they got to the hut, the two saw several large pickup trucks parked in front of the hut, and there were bursts of quarrels in the house.

"Go over and take a look."

Zhang Tuohai touched the pistol on his waist, and followed Miranda into the wooden house.

In the wooden house, there were five or six young men in leather coats, surrounded by a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was wearing a plaid shirt, jeans, a straw hat, a double-barreled shotgun in his hand, and a pair of old men. Cowboy dress.

"Get out of my farm, old Tom won't give in to you."

The middle-aged man said coldly.

"Oh, old Tom, I advise you to pay 1,000 dollars per acre of avocados, which is a very fair price. You make so much money selling avocados, so it's not too much for us to charge a little dividend?"

The leading young man said with a sneer.

"Hmph, how much does an acre of avocado sell for? How much does it cost to buy water for irrigation? Don't you need money to buy fertilizer? How much can I make a year? You ask for $1,000 per acre, why don't we send the farm to you? to you?"

Old Tom said angrily.

"Give it to us? We don't want to be stupid farmers. Let me tell you, we have to settle for the 1,000 knives. At this time tomorrow, prepare the money for me, otherwise, just wait to be sprayed with defoliant."

A few young people didn't bother, they turned around and left.

Went straight out the door, returned to the pickup truck, and sped away.

"Uncle Tom..."

Miranda stood beside him~www.mtlnovel.com~ not knowing what to say.

"It's Miranda, sit down."

When Old Tom saw Miranda coming, he sighed, hung the double-barreled shotgun on the wall, turned around and went to the refrigerator to take out two bottles of Coke and put them on the table.

"I'm sorry, there is nothing else at home, only this thing."

Old Tom said with a sigh.

"Uncle, who are they?"

Miranda asked curiously.

"They are members of the Viper Gang, and they came here to pay for protection, these blood-sucking moths."

Old Tom said and slammed his fist on the table.

"But, if they really sprinkle defoliant, won't the whole farm be ruined? Or, talk to them about giving less?"

Miranda said hesitantly.

"Even if we deal with them, there will be another family." Old Tom shook his head. The whole year's harvest has been lost. This year is the worst. The weather is dry today, and there is a shortage of water. I still need to buy water from the water supplier at a high price. The income has been reduced a lot. They have increased the protection fee. It's driving us to death."