Chapter 1277 War preparations, the first shot is fired!
At the end of the wasteland, on June 2nd, calendar year 2, the wheels of history were turning, and they finally left a mark.
"Buy! Buy! Buy!"
"The current price is a preferential price. Set it first, otherwise the price will definitely increase when there are more people!"
"We can still make deliveries, so what's there to worry about? We might even be able to hitchhike home together."
"Clothes, we have to buy a lot of new clothes when we go back. Many of us are still wearing the same clothes we had when we traveled to the wasteland, and they are almost turning into rags!"
"You're right, buy more medicines, otherwise it will be too hard to fight off a cold every time."
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Facing all kinds of goods in Tianyuan Territory, prices are far lower than the market average.
The people from the Red Flower Gang, Black Shark Gang, Shenwei Territory, and Fire Phoenix Valley suddenly turned into locusts and almost went crazy buying them.
Although the price of millions of copper coins sounds staggering, once these copper coins are converted into the hard currency of the New World - gold, their actual value is completely within the acceptable range.
Taking 100,000 quilts as an example, the price required is only 800 kilograms of gold.
For the Honghua Gang who were lucky enough to discover a small gold mine, this expense was negligible and would hardly have any substantial impact on the operation of their territory.
Of course, purchasing these various finished products directly instead of producing them yourself will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the developing industrial chain in the territory.
These cheap foreign goods will quickly flood into the market and meet domestic demand at low prices, making it impossible for related industries in the territory to compete with them.
But having said that, with the capabilities of the Honghua Gang, how long will it take to produce 100,000 quilts?
Half a year?
One year?
Two years?
Under the current urgent need for food, these cotton and linen crops will never be grown on the only arable land in the territory.
The technology in the territory does not allow them to conduct research and development to develop alternative silk products.
And when they are able to produce, how long will it take?
Is it really necessary to rely on that mat woven from weeds to last for several springs, summers, autumns and winters?
People who have experienced the fluffy hotel beds have expressed their opinions that even if they are hungry for a few meals, they must get one, let alone if it does not cost much.
In addition, regardless of the factors of domestic demand in the territories, the four major territories must show some sincerity if they want to cooperate with Tianyuan.
At the very least, Tianyuan must make money before further cooperation can be carried out.
In the initial plan, the lords of the Honghua Gang had even prepared to donate a batch of resources in order to obtain a quota for cooperation with the Tianyuan Territory.
Now that there is no need to pay tribute, these resources were naturally purchased by Liu Zhi into various materials.
'One hundred thousand quilts, five hundred thousand towels, three hundred thousand sweatshirts and sweatpants, five hundred thousand short-sleeves, and fifty thousand bars of soap.'
‘Millions of doses of medical supplies, cold medicines, antibiotics, painkillers, disinfectants, surgical tools’
‘Three hundred second-generation ‘Little Thunder Eagle’ stone-taking electrical appliances used to supply energy’
'One hundred "short-distance convenient liaison devices" that can communicate at will within 300 kilometers.'
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The Honghua Gang purchases the most items related to people's livelihood, highlighting a wealthy man.
In comparison, the other three territories seem a bit embarrassed.
They don't have natural gold mines to mine like the Red Flower Gang. Their only reserves are obtained through difficult exchanges with other territories.
In addition, the size of the territory is much smaller than that of the Honghua Gang, so it is natural to be more cautious when purchasing.
However, the considerate Logistics Department seemed to understand their difficulties, and Minister Shen Ke came to the scene in person.
"Although gold is the hard currency of the wasteland, our Tianyuan has equally great demand for other resources."
"We are in urgent need of a large number of other types of resources, including but not limited to mineral resources, biological resources, local specialty resources, etc. I have arranged for staff to post the specific list in the town. You can check it out by yourself."
"In addition, it doesn't matter if there are no minerals. We also recycle props, cards, and rewards issued by various games."
"In the future, we will also recycle various raw materials, such as processed steel and iron materials, or use them as raw materials for chemical synthesis, etc."
There was no expected human trade, and the leaders of the four major territories immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
What they were most afraid of before coming was that the Tianyuan Territory asked for people and exchanged people for resources, etc.
But now that Shen Ke has not mentioned it, there is a high probability that Tianyuan Territory does not need too many people to settle in at all.
Thinking of this, the four of them started to worry about gains and losses, and began to think wildly.
What if Tian Yuan really proposed human trafficking?
The lords of the four major territories can refuse, but can they do it?
After confirming that the territory’s first foreign trade went extremely smoothly.
Sumo returned to his desk and began to look at the information on the four territories prepared for him by Dean Qiao with a focused expression.
Just at a glance, the first line of information above makes people a little nervous.
"Honghua Gang, leader Ji Wuming, yo, this guy's name is quite similar to the hero of the novel."
"This name has never appeared in the future ruins. It seems that he is another guy who was influenced by me."
The timelines between the real wasteland and the wasteland in the future ruins have been completely different.
Although in some grand stages, such as super territories such as the Northern Territory, Dragon Flag, and Golden Eagle, the changes in them are not obvious.
However, looking at these small and medium-sized territories, more and more buried talents are emerging one after another.
There is no need to trace the reason far back. Because of the war at the end of a year, the number of humans was nearly halved to less than one billion in half a year, and now this number is at least around 2 billion.
The gap between the two countries is close to one billion people, which is three times that of the lighthouse country. It is not surprising that this situation exists now.
"The Honghua Gang controls a radius of 130 kilometers, with a total of over 200,000 residents."
"The straight-line distance from Tianyuan is 2,900 kilometers, but if you take the waterway, it can be reduced to about 1,600 kilometers."
"There are three patrol protection teams in the territory, each with 500 people. Hey, this discipline has no life."
The lively barbecue party held by the group last night was filled with a lot of exaggerated bragging and gossip.
Sumo sifted through this information, excluding those that were too outrageous and exaggerated, and finally focused on the records about Ji Wuming.
Surprisingly, this record not only records in detail how Ji Wuming led people deep into the dwarf territory many times to plunder and plunder supplies, but also records that the dwarves fought back furiously after being robbed, but were killed by Ji Wuming.
Three battles leading a counterattack.
So awesome?
Sumo picked up the map next to him and began to carefully calculate the distance between the Red Flower Gang and the dwarf camp.
As expected, the distance between the two is indeed very close, only about 500 kilometers.
This also means that the description in the record is most likely not a lie, but what really happened.
Zero, which was floating in mid-air, was also retrieving this information. Based on the judgment logic of artificial intelligence, after conducting in-depth analysis and evaluation, it finally gave an evaluation with extremely high reference value.
"Master, this is a reference topographic map I drew based on all the information I have recently collected in the territory."
The voice of No. 0 reverberated in the air, and with a flash of light, the projection on the wall instantly changed, showing a more detailed and precise map.
This topographic map not only depicts in detail the changes in topography affected by the earthquake, but also accurately and repeatedly revised the subtle changes in every mountain range, valley, and plain.
What's even more rare is that it also clearly marks the main flow direction and branch flow direction of the Julongxian River, allowing people to make a clear judgment at a glance.
You can say that.
Even if this topographic map is not 100% accurate, it can still restore more than 80% of the topography of the New World.
Achieving such accuracy is inseparable from the busyness of the External Relations Department within half an hour after each earthquake.
It is precisely with the information collected from various major territories that Zero can draw such an accurate map.
"The distance between the territorial boundary of the Honghua Gang and the main stream of the Julong Xianjiang River is roughly 3 to 8 kilometers. The distance to the nearest tributary to the Xianjiang River is between 70 and 110 kilometers."
"In comparison, the dwarf territory we are going to is far away from the main stream of Xianjiang River. It is about 50-80 kilometers away from Xianjiang, and the nearest tributary is within 15-35 kilometers.
Looking for.”
These data may sound a bit convoluted, but they are very intuitive when displayed on the map.
Starting from the Tianyuan territory and going all the way north, after sailing for 1,600 kilometers, you can reach the Honghua Gang territory.
If we continue heading north without stopping, we will reach the vicinity of the dwarf territory about 450 kilometers away.
However, due to the division of terrain, the boundary of Honghua Gang is very close to the main trunk of Xianjiang River and can be reached on foot.
However, because the dwarf territory is too large, it is relatively far away from the main trunk, so you have to drive a vehicle to get close to the border.
To be honest, according to the current armed strength of Tianyuan Territory.
Even at this stage, the dwarves of all nations have already built defensive facilities at the borders of their territories, but it is not difficult to launch a sudden attack at night.
A few rounds of rockets will cover the ground and the dwarves will be knocked unconscious.
However, after that, it would be a bit of a fantasy to continue to invade the dwarf hinterland and plunder at least five gathering places and capture 10,000 dwarves.
Unless the front line of this expedition is stretched extremely long, a large number of land combat vehicles are transported first, and then the fleet is allowed to enter the narrower tributaries through the main trunk for support, otherwise it will be impossible to complete this challenging task.
But at that time, it was estimated that the three-month deadline stipulated in the challenge task had already passed.
Of course, the architecture of artificial intelligence determines that countless attempts can be made in simulations to find a way out of difficult situations.
Since No. 0 has given a complete topographic map, it means that there must be another option.
"Well, Master, if we can develop the Red Flower Gang into our expedition base, then ships can smoothly enter through the tributaries in their territory. In this way, we can bypass many obstacles and reach the heart of the dwarf territory.
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As he spoke, a red arrow lit up, signaling the ship to go straight through the Honghua Gang's territory.
This route only needs to go straight through the territory of the Red Flower Gang, and then turn northeast and drive about three hundred kilometers, and then it can go deep into the interior of the dwarf territory unimpeded.
Huh?
How could there be such a perfect tactical buffer zone?
A look of surprise appeared on Sumo's face, and he stretched out his hand to enlarge the map for observation.
Soldiers are deceitful.
Strategically, we must despise the enemy, and tactically, we must pay attention to the enemy.
Thinking from the perspective of the dwarf lord, after the earthquake, such a tributary appeared in the territory, and it was able to flow all the way from the uncontrolled enemy territory into the hinterland of his own territory.
Isn't this a serious problem?
If this kind of situation really happened in the Tianyuan territory, Sumo asked himself, even if he didn't eat or sleep, he would mobilize everyone to set up checkpoints on this tributary.
Otherwise, once the enemy advances straight in, it may bring unimaginable consequences.
"Interesting, really interesting."
"Tell the person who released this news last night. No, just call up the real-time video of last night and show it to me."
If Tianyuan Territory hadn't happened to want to take action against the dwarves, if it hadn't been for last night's barbecue to collect information.
Then they would not have noticed in advance that the tributaries in the territory of the Red Flower Gang could reach the hinterland of the dwarves.
At that time, it is very likely that the news will not be learned from there until the territory's cargo fleet arrives.
As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is true.
When this news comes back through one's own people, even if the Tianyuan Territory has no intention of counterattacking the dwarves before, it will probably be tempted to give it a try.
Soon, Zero projected the conversation in front of the barbecue stall on the wall.
Sumo looked it over several times and tentatively confirmed that the person who disclosed the information did not intentionally guide him, but actually revealed the information unintentionally.
"Could it be that my guess is that I am suffering from paranoia?"
Sumo pondered for a while, thinking secretly, and finally decided to plan everything according to the worst guess.
The reason why the dwarves of all nations can secure their position among the top ten alien races in the future ruins and has always been the most difficult opponent in the Tianyuan Territory, despite repeated defeats and defeats, is that they have not been destroyed.
It relies not only on the terrifying number of ethnic groups in the eyes of the outside world, sophisticated weapons, and a tenacious and unbeatable spirit.
According to Tianyuan's top-secret documents, the real reason should be that these guys imitate and learn from humans.
They will continue to learn from failures and plug the loopholes as quickly as possible.
It can be said that as long as these guys are not put to death once, the same method will be ineffective the next time.
If this is really the dwarf who is deliberately seducing the Red Flower Gang, he wants to wipe out these troublesome mosquitoes in one fell swoop.
Or it could be said that the dwarves colluded with the Honghua Gang's territory and wanted to do something big to the Tianyuan territory.
Then this set of plans can at least help Tianyuan avoid a tragic defeat.
And if his guess is wrong, that's okay. Anyway, the trip back and forth will only take less than a week.
There are still two months left before the challenge mission. If there is such a tributary, there is no time to complete the mission.
"Call Sudeben over for me and tell him that a big job is coming!"