Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Eighth Investigation
Lu Yiming asked: "Do you have any relevant world maps here?"
"Of course there are. These maps are still maps drawn by planes, so they are guaranteed to be accurate... By the way, you must have invented the planes, right?"
"Uh... are you referring to an air vehicle?"
"Yes, yes, sure enough, chatting with an insightful civilization is smooth! It's quite difficult to manufacture an airplane..."
The Boriers were flirting with a glimpse of their industrial capabilities, while handing over a scroll.
"Hey, the cost of flying planes is too high and it is impossible to fly at all. And after the disaster, we can no longer manufacture them. Can your civilization still produce planes?" Lu Yiming compliments the other party and looked at the world map for a long time.
"Ah, it's also a very difficult thing for us to do in the production team of the plane."
These islands are distributed in a circular shape. The farthest island is only 0.9 square kilometers away from 600 kilometers, which is simply a lonely one.
The largest island is naturally the one under their feet. It has a total of 6,423 square kilometers, accounting for more than half of the total land area. It seems that the map drawn by the Boril League after careful measurements.
Lu Yiming had a good memory. He quickly compared this map with the Yunhai investigation report for a while, and there was almost no difference.
The map was correct, and he handed it back.
"Dear guests, I think you will definitely go to the trading square to see it. There are many civilizations there and our office."
While talking, a truck drove over.
The Boriers made a gesture, signaling them to get in the car and head to the shelter center.
"Then I'll ask you to lead the way." Lu Yiming was also a skilled and bold, and agreed readily.
The car drove everyone to the big square 5 kilometers away.
This man from Borier seemed to be very satisfied with his car and kept introducing its functions and principles.
It seemed as if a technological civilization had come, making him even more excited...
This is a high-tech product, and ordinary civilization cannot produce it at all!
And those ancient civilizations could not understand the superb aspects of automotive technology, nor could they understand the difficulties of industrial development. Only scientific and technological civilizations can understand each other.
Most of the roads here are gravel roads, but the central trading square is paved with cement pavement, which looks relatively flat.
"...Every country that joins the Boril Alliance will set up an embassy here, which is also a trading place for each other. This big square is where everyone trades. If you are interested, you can go there and have a walk. Of course, we will charge a certain transaction tax for each transaction."
"If you want to buy an island, go to the house there to negotiate, and have a dedicated person to pick you up... It is very expensive to buy an island. If you are really poor here, you can also cooperate with other civilizations to buy an island together." The Bolier said, owing his body.
This Borial civilization should be a part of the Western cultural circle, so that the diplomat's behavior, habits, movements and expressions are all in line with Western culture.
Their thinking should also be in the West, and their expressions are a little exaggerated.
To put it bluntly, the thinking of Westerners is Darwinian society, and whoever has a big fist is awesome.
Although Lu Yiming and others had only one destroyer on the surface, they were considered part of the scientific and technological civilization. These diplomats were quite enthusiastic when they saw that Lu Yiming and others were treated politely.
From the outside, the technological strength of the Bolier people is almost the same as in the 1960s and 1970s. They have invented cars, aircraft, and ships. However, the research on electronic products is still in its initial stages. Of course, this planet has the field of silence, and radio communication is almost useless, and only wired telephones can be used.
As for whether there are nuclear bombs, people are not clear yet. The total population is still unknown. The other party’s residential areas and administrative areas are not open.
After coming to this square, people saw a wide range of strange people, all wearing strange costumes.
It should be someone from other civilization circles.
These people just looked at Lu Yiming and others slightly, but did not take the initiative to talk to each other.
Obviously, in the short term, I was a little surprised at first because I came to this world with too many civilizations, but later I didn’t feel much.
Lu Yiming tried to ask: "Dear Mr. Kang En, what goods are you receiving here? What price does it cost to buy the most remote island?"
"If I were to trade with other civilizations here, what would they accept? What procedures would they need?"
The middle-aged man with a special helmet said: "The first common goods are food. But if you want to buy islands, food is far from enough. After all, we... have passed the stage of lack of food."
After all, the Borial civilization is also a technological civilization, and self-sufficiency is not a problem at all.
“You can sell food to other civilizations if they need it.”
"If you can make grain into high alcohol, the price we give is higher than that of grain. Many of our cars here use alcohol as fuel."
"The second cargo is various minerals and various metals. You have developed a certain level of technology here. I might as well say it clearly that the metal minerals on this planet are very rare. There are almost no ore that can be mined in the major islands found at present."
"There are minerals at the bottom of the sea, but the mining cost is huge. Our scientific and technological strength cannot mine minerals at a depth of 600 meters."
The diplomat Kang En, stretched out a finger: "So metal is quite valuable... If you can sell ten thousand tons of metal, you can choose any island of 5 square kilometers."
10,000 tons!
Lu Yiming was shocked. It happened to be the weight of the destroyer.
These Boriers don't want that destroyer...
Of course, the entire Yunhai resource reserve is not much 10,000 tons of metal, and it can still be provided.
Lu Yiming did not speak directly, but just shook his head slightly. The price was still a little too high.
He did not believe that those ancient civilizations could afford to pay 10,000 tons of metal to buy islands. With such a high price, even if Yunhai is rich and powerful, can other ancient civilizations afford it?
For example, the Great Jin Empire could not afford so much metal. It is still a question whether there are 5,000 tons of armor, knives, farm tools, iron pots, etc. on the entire Qianlong Island.
So, he couldn't agree to the price easily.
"If you can't afford this price, you can also use cosmic wonders... We offer a high price to buy cosmic wonders." The Bolier saw his expression and seemed to guess something and smiled, "Just like the helmet on my head, with a certain translation ability, it is a special universe, bringing the precious scientific and technological heritage of Xia Civilization."
"The value of a helmet can be exchanged for an island of 10 square kilometers!"
A strange thing should refer to supernatural objects.
This helmet that can translate is considered a top strategic material. I don’t know if it’s a boast or real thing…
"What he said is most likely true." An emotional observer made a gesture.
Lu Yiming nodded slightly, "Oh, I can understand that Xia Wenming's legacy is indeed precious. It's just a pity that we don't have such good luck and pick up Xia Wenming's legacy."
Those ancient civilizations should have sold some of their own background to get a chance to survive...
If you think about it carefully, it is still quite cost-effective.
After all, fighting and robbing will kill people. When superpowers are weakened, no civilization is willing to fight to the death with a seemingly powerful technological civilization.
So it is worth it to sell some supernatural items to get a chance to survive.
Of course, the Yunhai is rich and powerful, and there is no need to sell these strategic resources.
"What about the technological products? How much is the price?" Lu Yiming asked.
"This... depends on what kind of technological products you can provide." The Bolier said: "For example, the car under my feet, five hundred cars, can be exchanged to a relatively remote island."
"It's too expensive, it's too expensive! This one doesn't work, it's too expensive." Lu Yiming said. Five hundred cars are much higher in terms of value than ten thousand tons of steel.
"Because most cars consume oil," the diplomat said with a smile. "There is almost no oil on this planet, or it is buried deep under the sea. Without enough oil, what's the use of cars? Of course, if you can provide a car with soda, 100 is enough."
Lu Yiming took a deep breath, which sounded reasonable. In fact, on the Yunhai, the gasoline-burning cars were almost eliminated, and electric cars were commonly used.
He said silently: "I'm sorry, we don't have this kind of car."
The Bolier said proudly: "It's okay, we can already produce this kind of car. We buy grain, which is mostly used to make industrial raw materials such as methanol and ethanol. If you can make these raw materials there, our purchase price is higher than that of grain."
Finally, he whispered: "The last point is that population can be sold. We also purchase population, and... we offer high prices, which are higher than other civilizations. A thousand people can get a 5 square kilometers of island, which is equivalent to 10 tons of metal per person!"
Chapter completed!