After Grizzly Xiong finished speaking, several people were a little confused, including Ning Zhe.

Although he is the leader of three gangs, the Three Hundred Gangs are completely dependent on himself to support themselves. The Gun Gang has its own rules of survival, and the Bear Gang is business as usual, so he really doesn't know much about the relationship between bandits and chaebols.

Extremely clear.

Lin Bao thought for a while and asked Grizzly in confusion: "I remember you said before that the reason why the Xiahou family likes the Yongwu Bandit Gang is because the Yongwu Bandit Gang has formed a certain scale and gained their attention.

, that’s why they provide you with the equipment, can’t you continue to ask them for it?”

"The equipment used by the Yongwu Bandit Gang was indeed brought by the chaebols, but their purpose in investing in the bandit gang was to make money, not charity!" Ning Zhe had already figured out the reason: "The banditry in Lingnan area is serious, mainly due to

Supported by the other three major chaebols besides the Lu family, everyone knows their purpose of causing chaos here. The first is to plunder resources, and the second is to plunge the Lu family's border into chaos, thus weakening the Lu family.

stability.

The Xiahou family supports the gangsters, not to mention the purpose of suppressing the Lu family, but also to compete for resources with the other two chaebols. They are not philanthropists, profit is the purpose, so their starting point is to make profits, and looking at the Lingnan region,

There is another very interesting phenomenon, which is the homogeneity in the size of gangs.

We simply divide gangs into three sizes: large, medium and small. By comparing them, we can find that no matter which class they are in, all gangs have similar power. There is no super gang in the entire Lingnan because this will break up the Lingnan region.

Once the bandits are out of control, it will cause harm to the three chaebols who are grabbing profits here.

The relationship between the three major chaebols and the Lingnan gangs seems to be far away, but in fact they are very close. They are like a group of capitalists, and the bandits are oppressed laborers. The chaebols will provide weapons and materials to the gangs to make them stronger.

However, while these bandits were complacent, they discovered that it was not only themselves who had become stronger, but all the bandits.

In this case, once the evil of the bandits is aroused, everyone will be in danger and fight with each other. Competition will cause consumption. In order to obtain more weapons, the bandits must satisfy the requirements of the chaebol and provide them with

Transport more supplies in exchange for needed weapons and resources.

In this situation, it seems that the chaebol is supporting the major gangs behind the scenes, but in fact, the major gangs are trapped in the survival game formulated by the chaebol. If they don't want to fall behind or be annexed, they can only expand their power infinitely.

Working like diligent old scalpers, under their mutual consumption, the chaebol can get the maximum benefit at a small cost.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Xiahou family to pour all their resources into a certain gang, because it is contrary to their interests. On the contrary, they are more willing to support the emergence of many new gangs. The more fierce the competition in Lingnan, the happier they will be.

The earliest equipment that the Yong Wu gang received for free was the chaebol’s investment. When the gangs use these weapons to plunder resources and exchange for more equipment, that’s when the chaebol will be rewarded.”

"Yes, what the commander said hit the nail on the head!" Grizzly Bear slapped his thigh: "I have always thought so, and I can probably understand what's going on here, but it's just not as clear as what the commander said!"

Zhang Fang picked up the teacup and asked, "Do you have fixed standards for exchanging materials with the chaebols?"

"Yes!" Grizzly Bear nodded: "We can exchange various metals for weapons in the hands of the plutocrats. Ten tons of scrap metal can be exchanged for a rifle, plus 60 rounds of bullets. By this standard, one ton of scrap metal can be exchanged for weapons."

Copper can be exchanged for three rifles, one ton of scrap aluminum can be exchanged for one, one ton of scrap zinc can be exchanged, and there are other precious metals that can be exchanged for more things, such as rhodium, germanium, etc., just a few grams

Change to a rifle, but these things are hard to come by, and we generally still use some common metals in exchange for supplies.

As for equipment such as armored vehicles, you can only rely on luck, because those big guys have to be exchanged for real money, and the price of an armored vehicle is 25,000 kilograms of gold."

"How much supplies are needed to replace a gun?" Zhang Fang opened his eyes wide: "In conversion, this is..."

Qin Xiaoyu had already come to the conclusion: "On average, a rifle costs 20,000 yuan! An armored vehicle costs 10 million yuan!"

"Twenty thousand?!" When Ning Zhe heard this, his eyebrows twisted into a knot.

Although he is very rich now, he also came from a refugee background and knows very well what 20,000 yuan represents in a refugee area.

When he was in Pei's before, the factory's compensation standard for the death of migrant workers was only worth a few dozen yuan per life. Even in a relatively wealthy place like Pei's, a person who could own 20,000 yuan in assets in a market town was worth just a few dozen dollars.

You can count them with just a hand.

But in Lingnan, the chaebols sold guns to bandits, and one gun actually cost 20,000 yuan. This result was completely beyond his imagination.

Ning Zhe heard Lu Meng say that war involves manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

It seems that the saying that once the cannon is fired, there will be ten thousand taels of gold, is also applicable in Lingnan.

Seeing that Ning Zhe was silent, Zhang Fang asked the Grizzly Bear: "You just said that there are people who want to join the Bear Gang. How many are there?"

The grizzly bear responded: "About five hundred people."

Zhang Duo opened his eyes wide: "If you replace five hundred guns with all supplies, it will be five thousand tons of scrap metal!"

Grizzly nodded: "Yes, so the development of gangs is very slow, because our resources not only need to be used to exchange weapons, but also food."

"The bandits in Lingnan have no other channel to purchase weapons. They can only buy weapons from the chaebols who support them. This is a seller's market, and the pricing power is in the hands of the superiors." As Qin Xiaoyu spoke, he handed a piece of paper filled with formulas to Ning.

Zhe: "I just did some calculations. Based on the arms trade between chaebols, the average price of a rifle is about 5,000 yuan, but the cost of making it is about 3,000 yuan. Normally, the profit of a single order is 2,000 yuan."

"

Zhang Fang's eyes twitched: "They quadrupled the price of five thousand yuan and sold it to the gangs. The profit from one gun has already reached seventeen thousand?"

"That's not how the accounts are calculated." Ning Zhe shook his head: "The weapons given to the gangs by the chaebol are all eliminated, and the profits will be reduced even lower. Moreover, they are not middlemen, but the source of weapons manufacturing.

The resources that the chaebol exchanges here are the recycling prices of scrap metal. After rough processing, they can be sold at a higher price. In this era of scarce resources, there is no need to worry about selling.

If the chaebols digest these metals themselves, and only need to take a small part of the scrap iron and steel, send it to the factory to be made into weapons, and then use it to trade with bandits, the cost will be infinitely close to zero. And don’t forget,

In addition to money, the gangsters in Lingnan have grown stronger, which can also achieve political goals for other chaebols. This is truly killing two birds with one stone."

"Damn it! No wonder these chaebols come here to raise bandits. This job is really profitable!"

After hearing Ning Zhe's answer, everyone else was dumbfounded.

It’s not that I don’t know, it’s just that I was shocked.
Chapter completed!