After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 1046

Iron Valley

At this time in Iron Valley, the day passed by as usual. A lot of things changed since the ruling party was replaced. For one, the housing situation had been gradually improved, and so did the state of the food industry.

More farms had been created, and the crops available had been diversified. Slowly, more and more plants and products had been grown and harvested, adding to the variety of homegrown foods—a lot of which the locals hadn’t seen.

Further, the industries related to the mines were expanded, and more jobs were created in turn.

The productivity also skyrocketed. If the goblins hadn’t said that the mine was still large, they’d worry about exhausting it after a couple of years.

The increased productivity, of course, meant much larger income for the territory. Althea had made it a point to use most of the profit of that satellite back to the satellite. More and more (and better) houses had been created, with more amenities added in.

A few Alterrans had also relocated there for a chance of a good life. Alterra was great, but for people with high ambitions, it was too saturated unless you had something really special to offer.

One of these people was Tofu, a kitchen hand back in Terra. He was no great cook compared to the others, but he had the business mind and the ambition that pushed him to make the decision.

When he found out a new Caravan was heading to Iron Mountains, he dragged his wife (who couldn’t cook but was so good with money that she could be an accountant) to go with him. Together, they started a business in this brand new territory.

He also knew from Hugo that they had built farms here as well. Although much of the sauces had to be bought at higher cost from the Gaea Grocery branch there, the purchasing power of aborigines was also higher.

He could definitely charge a lot more for less delicious food (at least compared to what Alterrans were used to)!

He knew he had to carve a name for himself early before other people did the same. Among those people, there would be those who knew how to cook better or had family recipes. In terms of taste, he might not be able to match anymore.

However, by the time they arrived, he believed he’d have enough capital to start a new venture—whatever that would be!

Most awesomely, because he was the first one to start an Alterran business here, he was also given a lot of preferential treatment!

For example, he was given a very low downpayment—and he was allowed to use a shop house along the main avenue!

5% downpayment! The balance had payment terms with 15 years to pay! There was no greater deal than this!

He looked at his shop that had just opened, heart filled with excitement. People curiously looked inside after an aggressive marketing campaign on the streets, and more and more people started entering and settling on the table.

He giggled to himself before heading to the kitchen, cooking the first orders the restaurant would ever have.

And so, that was the birth of ’MediocreFoodsYouLove’ by Tofu, and he would indeed make a lot of money.

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The pretty short-haired Silvia, at this time, was doing her daily rounds around the territory. Walking beside her and matching her pace was the head guard, Rowan.

They claimed it was completely professional and they really did do their jobs religiously. However, anyone with eyes could see that this was a half-date.