Chapter 364 Cheapness is one of the advantages of our weapons
"...Corporate expedition team appears in the northern suburbs?"
Jushi Military Industrial Building, Chairman's Office.
Ibbers, who was sitting behind his desk, had surprise written all over his face after listening to his subordinates' report.
Unlike people like Malvern and Dulong, he certainly did not need to obtain information about the northern suburbs through the "Daily Survivor". As early as late yesterday, he had learned from the informants disguised as mercenaries and caravan guards.
, a group of caravans suspected to be from Ideal City appeared in the northern suburbs.
After a night of investigation, he was finally convinced that those people were professional soldiers of the company.
"...Why do people from the company appear here?" Ibers had a trace of fear in his eyes.
Unlike the nobles in the inner city, his attitude towards enterprises is more of a respectful distance.
Based on past experience, nothing good will come of rashly involving those behemoths.
Especially last year, there was a fight between the enterprise and the army in the northern suburbs. God knows why these people came...
Standing next to him, the old secretary seemed to be thinking about him and spoke slowly.
"Could it be related to last year's Pioneer?"
"I think so too."
Rubbing his eyebrows with his index finger, Ibers thought for a long time and suddenly spoke.
"Anyway, we have to find out what they are here for first."
the old secretary asked.
"Do I need to report this matter to the city lord?"
Ibbers said succinctly.
"Let's have a routine report."
Reporting or not, it actually makes no difference.
He has his own intelligence network, and of course the wise and majestic Lord of the City also has his own.
However, as the Lord's most loyal servant, he should report the news as soon as he learned it.
No matter whether the city lord knows it or not.
This is his duty...
…
As the news of the arrival of the corporate "visiting delegation" spread, the entire Qingquan City became lively.
In particular, the business owners, factory owners and nobles in the inner city of Boulder City all cast fiery and even jealous glances at the northern suburbs.
How can those damn country bumpkins gain the friendship of the company?
Of course, what they care more about than jealousy is the business opportunities contained in this news.
That was a visiting group from Ideal City!
Just one or two items brought here can be sold for unimaginably high prices.
The common people in Boulder City have no spending power, but the nobles in the inner city are all wealthy owners.
Their properties are spread throughout Boulder City, and they don't lack money at all, they just lack places to spend money.
Whether it is a bionic prosthesis that enhances the body's abilities or a serum that delays aging, it is enough to make the entire inner city go crazy...
Just when Qingquan City was bustling, Xizhou City, a hundred kilometers away, was no less busy.
But the difference is that the two sides are completely different and lively...
Next to the crudely built platform, boxes and bundles of materials were piled up into a hill.
Looking at the small mountain of supplies, both the foremen of the construction aid team and the survivors of Dawn City had expressions of surprise written all over their faces.
"170 tons of grain, 81 tons of potatoes, 1,000 pieces of cotton work clothes, 1,000 pairs of rubber-soled boots, 11 boxes of medical gauze and alcohol..."
Holding the cargo list handed over by the train conductor, Rudy silently read it with surprise written all over his face, unable to believe his eyes.
The supplies on the list are exactly what they need most.
Especially work clothes and waterproof shoes.
It had rained for several days in a row, and the northern construction site was low-lying and almost immersed in puddles.
There is no water pump, so in order to drain the water out, the workers can only carry iron buckets to the ground.
Ordinary straw sandals, wooden shoes and shoes made of bark are not waterproof at all. The number of waterproof shoes made of plastic is limited, and many people's feet are soaked.
There are also medical gauze and alcohol, which are even more necessary for construction sites where bumps often occur.
Without sterilized and bandaged medical supplies, even a small injury may become inflamed and suppurate, turning it into a serious problem.
Not to mention food, which is always valuable in the wasteland.
You can tolerate shortages of other things, but you can't work when you're hungry.
There are 30,000 people in Dawn City, and 251 tons of food, combined with the prey and fish caught by the residents of the refuge, is enough for two weeks of expenses!
After a while, he swallowed and said.
"...Is this a pre-war reserve?"
Before becoming the captain of the aid team, he was a captain of ten men under Vanus and followed the legion in the wars for several years. In my impression, such a rich reserve of supplies was available even in some wealthy survivor settlements.
Hard to see.
The new alliance may be able to obtain these supplies, but it will never be possible to collect them in such a short period of time.
Looking at Rudy with a blank look on his face, the train conductor said with a smile.
"What are you picking up? These things are all bought from Boulder City! By the way, tell the people in the warehouse for me that a batch of supplies will be delivered in three days, so they should expand the warehouse to avoid
It’s a hectic time.”
Rudy, who came back to his senses, immediately nodded and said seriously.
"I'll go tell them right now!"
As materials are put into storage.
News about this shipment also spread among the survivors.
lunch time.
Several foremen of the construction aid team squatted with the workers, eating from bowls and exchanging gossip they had heard from other people.
"...I heard about it! They are supplies imported from Boulder City!"
"Not just daily necessities, but also generators and power distribution devices...probably used to build the power grid!"
"Doesn't this cost a lot of chips?"
"That's for sure...it will cost hundreds of thousands at least."
"A hundred thousand? A few hundred thousand is more or less!"
When they heard that these supplies actually cost so much money, many people had expressions of emotion on their faces, so much so that they became distracted for a moment.
Especially those survivors who have lived in Qingquan City since childhood.
The refugees have no idea about the purchasing power of chips, but they know how many good things those chips can be exchanged for.
Not to mention hundreds of thousands of chips, three-digit chips are an astronomical sum for them, and five-digit chips are not wealth that ordinary people can have.
In their opinion, only the former mayor of Bate Street and Old Brown of Brown Farm can hold so many chips.
But those die-hard cocksuckers will not spend their chips on other people.
They can't wait to hold every chip firmly in their hands, not to mention spending it on others, and they are not even willing to spend more on themselves.
For them, the greatest ambition in this life is to save enough chips to move into the giant wall, squeeze their heads into the upper class there, and spend their later years in luxury and wealth.
If it's not a good idea, buying a few buildings on the edge of the outer city and using them as apartments is also a good option.
They were willing to take out their own chips and spend them generously on ordinary people like them. After thinking about it, the only one they could think of was the benevolent manager...
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On the other side, in the East District of Xizhou City, on an abandoned street.
A group of survivors were methodically moving their luggage out of the collapsed subway station and stacking it in an open space not far from the subway station.
In the open space a little further away, there are more than 30 container houses and dozens of barracks moved from underground tunnels.
The construction site the construction aid team is responsible for is not only Dawn City, but also Camp No. 101 in the East District of Xizhou City.
Since the Bone Chewing Tribe has perished and Xizhou City has returned to its former peace, the residents of Camp 101 will return to the surface and return the buffer zone at the entrance of the shelter to the "pioneers".
Chu Guang promised to help the residents of Camp 101 rebuild their homes.
Union workers arrived here a week ago.
A total of 200 people participated in the construction.
Among them, 20 are foremen from Dawn City, and 180 are survivors from Dawn City.
In addition, there are patrols from the 2nd Corps responsible for security around the camp.
After all, mutated hyenas, rats, cockroaches, flies as big as a basin, and blood-sucking bugs with needles longer than arms—those endless alien species will not follow the predators.
Especially after the beginning of summer, the number of alien species active in the ruins has more than doubled compared to two months ago.
Fortunately, there is a group of enthusiastic little players who turned them into ingredients, so that the alien species will not spread to an unbearable level...
Out of consideration for its own future, Camp 101, after referring to Chu Guang's suggestions, finally decided to set up the new camp at the former site of Xizhou University, not far from Refuge 101.
The terrain there is relatively flat.
Although the building was seriously damaged, this was an advantage, at least it wouldn't be too troublesome to demolish.
In the wasteland, demolishing a building is far more troublesome than building one.
Some houses clearly looked shaky, as if they would collapse with just a push, but in fact, they survived two 100-kilogram aerial bombs as if nothing happened.
Especially in "Wasteland OL", the blown-down buildings will not turn to gray and disappear like in other RTS games, but will most likely form a wall across the ground.
Large pieces of construction waste cannot be moved at all and must be broken into small pieces before they can be moved.
This is also the reason why Dawn City and Dawn City are both built in suburbs with low building density.
According to the planned drawings, the first phase of Camp No. 101 covers an area of 30 acres, centered on the former Xizhou University Library site and spreading to all directions.
After the completion of the third phase of the project, the entire camp will basically cover the core area of the former Xizhou University, covering an area of an astonishing 500 acres.
Although the mayor of the camp, Horn, said dumbfoundedly that they couldn't use that much area, Chu Guang still generously drew this pie.
Can't use it?
Of course he knew that this small village with only two to three hundred people could not use so much land.
But he and Horn considered different issues.
In Chu Guang's view, it is the future "national university" of the alliance, a holy place for academic exchanges and technological research.
Just 500 acres.
He is still too young!
However, you have to eat the food one bite at a time.
For now, the number of students Camp 101 can accommodate, between three and five hundred, is almost the limit.
The 30 acres planned for the first phase are completely sufficient, and two five-story teaching buildings will be enough.
After nearly a week of construction, this brand-new camp has begun to take shape.
Although there is no shadow of the teaching building yet, square barracks are already standing in the open space.
The space here is much wider than underground. They don't have to put all the houses next to each other. They can leave a large area at the door of each barracks as a private space.
The children were laughing, playing, chasing and running in the camp.
Work was in full swing on a construction site not far away, and a concrete building of unknown purpose was half-finished.
In order to prevent alien species from breaking into the camp, circles of barbed wire were pulled up around the camp wall and steel bars were driven into the soil.
Standing at the entrance of the brand new camp, Pai's eyes widened in surprise, and his open mouth seemed like he could stuff an egg into it.
Not even two weeks after she left home, everyone had already moved from the underground to the surface!
This is too fast!
"Pai?"
Looking at the little girl standing at the gate of the camp, Tris had a gentle smile on his face, "Are you back?"
Hearing the voice of "janitor", Pai immediately recovered from his surprise, a proud expression appeared on his face, and he puffed up his chest and said.
"Well! The mission was successfully completed!"
Although the expression on his face was full of pride, his big eyes couldn't help but look around curiously.
"By the way, is this our new home?"
Tris nodded and said with a smile.
"Well, originally we planned to take two months to move from underground to above ground, but the progress was smoother than expected. Thanks to those kind people, we only took one week to accomplish so much
thing."
Of course, so thanks to them for defeating those bloodthirsty marauders.
No one likes to live underground, suffering from dampness and darkness and unpalatable food.
For him, nothing makes him feel more happy than watching children running in the sun.
Speaking of which, Tris saw the thirty young people behind Pai and said with a smile.
"Are you students from the New Alliance?"
Xia Yan, who was walking in front of the team, nodded and spoke neatly.
"Yes, the manager asked us to report to the old teacher named Alvin. Can you tell us where he is?"
Although she said that, she didn't look like a student at all at this moment, she was completely dressed like a wasteland mercenary.
He wore a wear-resistant leather jacket over his shirt, with bulging magazines stuffed in his pockets, and an LD-47 assault rifle hung on his back.
Tris didn't care.
He often dealt with wastelanders, so he didn't feel any surprise, and he still had the gentle expression on his face.
"Aiwen is still organizing the information in the document library underground. It will probably take a few days to come up. He is Pai's teacher. I think Pai should be able to lead you to find him."
Pai nodded enthusiastically and turned back to give Xia Yan and Xiaoyu a trusting look.
"Well! Don't worry, leave it to me! I just want to go underground!"
She did not forget her agreement with Chu Guang and asked the manager of Vault 101 to discuss borrowing a VM.
Tris smiled and nodded.
"Then it's up to you."
"But before you go underground, you might as well pack the luggage you brought with you."
"We have prepared a dormitory for you, right next to the school in the camp... Please come with me."
…
It has been less than two weeks since the construction of Camp 101 started. Although it is already habitable, the conditions are still a bit crude.
But even so, local residents still prepared two-person barracks as dormitories for these students from the New Alliance.
The relationship between the two parties is in the honeymoon period. The new alliance has not been stingy in providing assistance to them, and they will naturally not be stingy in taking care of them within their capabilities.
While Boss Xia and his team were busy packing their luggage, Chu Guang, who was far away in Shuguang City, was not idle either.
The first is to add ammunition, weapons and accessories production lines.
Although this matter is mainly the responsibility of the staff of the industrial zone and officials of the Ministry of Industry, it always takes time to introduce the logistics personnel of the commando team to them and arrange the work.
After doing these things, Chu Guang took Yun Song to the shooting range and showed off the alliance's weapons.
Including LD series assault rifles, 20mm light rifles, 37mm heavy rifles, 60mm mortars, etc.
And an RPG rocket launcher that’s easy to carry and has a wide range of uses!
Especially the latter, although it is a bit difficult to face heavy vehicles, and there is no automatic tracking and laser guidance, so it can only be aimed visually, but at medium and short range, it is completely sufficient to deal with some light and medium armor and vehicles!
Replace it with a fragmentation-killing high-explosive grenade, which is perfect for dealing with unarmored light infantry!
After testing a few rounds, Yunsong happily purchased 120 launchers, as well as 500 rounds of armor-piercing rounds and 700 rounds of high-explosive grenades!
Although the penetration depth of chemical armor-piercing projectiles is much worse than that of plasma bombs and electromagnetic guns, they do not always encounter opponents worthy of using plasma armor-piercing projectiles.
And just like Chu Guang said, sufficient quantity is also an advantage.
With this batch of weapons, a company of light infantry under his command can instantly transform into an "anti-tank company"!
With the help of the exoskeleton, carrying a few more high-explosive grenades is no problem at all!
Of course, the biggest reason why Yun Song was so happy to place the order was that these weapons were priced in silver coins, and his logistics officer helped him negotiate a good price using the trade goods they brought.
Therefore, when he was shopping, he didn't feel any distress at all.
Looking at the launch tube with green smoke and the target that was blown to pieces in the distance, Yun Song said with an expression of joy on his face.
"Is it really okay to sell it to us for 100 silver coins? Is it too cheap?"
This was the first time Chu Guang saw someone who thought the things he sold were too cheap, and he couldn't help but smile.
"Cheapness is one of the advantages of our weapons."
Seeing that his friend in front of him finally realized the charm of goblin technology, Chu Guang was sincerely happy for him.
Finally, someone has digested the large inventory of weapons produced by the Northern Expedition.
But then again.
Wearing this kind of high-tech power armor, he carried an antique-level rocket launcher on his shoulders.
No matter how you look at it, this combination is full of weirdness.
Looking at the launch tube he carried on his shoulder, Chu Guang said with some regret.
"It's a pity that there is no uranium or plutonium...otherwise we can get some more powerful tactical nuclear bombs."
Powered armor with individual nuclear bomb launcher.
This is much more reasonable!
However, the man carrying the launch tube didn't think too much about it.
Rather than the issue of painting style, he is more concerned about whether it is usable or not.
Obviously, this weapon is quite to his liking.
"Haha, there's no need! Conventional weapons are powerful enough to deal with ordinary threats," Yun Song looked at Chu Guang and said with a smile, "Thanks, brother! I like your weapons very much!"
"You're welcome, our harvest is not small." Chu Guang said with a smile.
He purchased a full 100 sets of the "Miner" I-type exoskeleton with a metal hydrogen battery installed and a retail price of 4,000CR.
Not only that, there are also two hundred one-kilogram metal hydrogen batteries, which are very useful whether they are used to store energy or as explosives.
Chu Guang spent a total of less than 1 million silver coins to purchase these goods.
And based on the value of these goods, even if they are transferred to Boulder City, the value of these goods is far more than 1 million chips!
In addition to these "regular" equipment, there are also a lot of things that are not so easy to get.
For example, a bionic kidney produced by Ideal City.
If this thing were placed in Boulder City, one could be sold for 500,000 chips!
Chu Guang only used 270,000 silver coins to negotiate the transaction price with Hedin, and the shelter official purchased five of them directly.
Although he doesn't need it very much, it is still quite good to resell it as a trading item to merchants coming to the northern suburbs from Boulder City.
In addition to the goods from Ideal City, there are also the trophies captured by the soldiers along the way.
To be honest, Chu Guang didn't have high hopes for those trophies at the beginning.
After all, the situation in the eastern provinces is not much better than that in the valley provinces, so what good things can there be?
However, the reality was beyond his expectation... -
(I haven’t finished the second half...it’s short today, I’ll admit my mistake first T.T)