Chapter 246: Caravan from afar
Chapter 246: Caravan from afar
Their opposite.
A huge convoy led by a huge eight-wheeled off-road vehicle, with no end in sight, was slowly slowing down and approaching them.
That SUV is really huge.
The wheels alone are almost as tall as a person.
One car almost filled both lanes of the highway.
The thick and angular body of the car has a strong sci-fi feel.
It was like a huge steel monster slowly approaching in the wind and snow.
Even more terrifying.
There is also a turret on its roof.
The dark muzzle is wide enough to fit two fists in at the same time.
It is really hard to imagine what kind of earth-shaking scene it will bring when it roars.
Liang Liyang felt fear in his heart when he saw this.
Subconsciously want to retreat.
But this time.
New instructions were refreshed on the screen in front of him.
He was asked to represent Jianghe City and negotiate with the convoy.
"why me?"
Liang Liyang felt like crying but had no tears.
But I didn't have the courage to refuse.
He had no choice but to walk to the front, and recited the lines according to the prompts given by the artificial intelligence with a blank face.
"This is the territory of Jianghe City."
"Please stop and register your origin first."
The words fell.
There was no response from the SUV on the opposite side.
Still leading the convoy, slowly approaching Liang Liyang.
Just when Liang Liyang suspected that the other party did not hear him, he began to secretly accumulate strength, planning to dodge before being hit.
The SUV came to a complete stop one meter away from him.
Subsequently.
A young man in his twenties, wearing a silver-gray suit, opened the car door and walked down the automatically popped-out ladder.
"Are you the boss here?"
The young man glanced around casually.
He paid no attention to the dozen or so drones that deployed their weapons in mid-air and pointed them at him.
He just fixed his eyes on Liang Liyang who came out.
"I'm not the leader."
"But you can represent Jianghe City."
Liang Liyang had completely calmed down by this time.
Just in the short dozen seconds when the young man got off the bus.
A complete negotiation team has been formed in the underground shelter.
Had a real-time connection with Liang Liyang.
The young man now seems to be talking to Liang Liyang alone, but in fact he is facing a large group of people.
“As long as I can represent it.”
The young man spoke politely, but always gave people a feeling of superiority.
"We are a caravan from Changming City."
"Hopefully we can make some deals with you."
Ten minutes later.
This huge convoy comes from Changming City.
It began to slowly drive into an empty square in the ruins of the city.
Set up camp on the spot.
In the center of the convoy, inside an off-road vehicle as spacious as a land battleship.
The young man who had just come forward to negotiate with Liang Liyang looked puzzled and sought answers from the real manager of the caravan.
"Manager You, I don't see anything special here."
"Why did you come here specially?"
"Do you really think this place is ordinary?"
You Zhixuan, who was sitting at the desk in the car, slowly raised his head and looked at the young man beside him named Gu Zeyu, who came from a powerful family in Changming City.
There was a hint of testing in his eyes.
"this?"
Gu Zeyu frowned and began to carefully sort out the details he saw after entering the city.
As a result, he actually discovered something unusual.
"The city here is completely destroyed."
“But it seems like there are a lot fewer ruins.”
"It looks like a lot of effort was put into cleaning it up."
"Why are they clearing the ruins? Are they planning to rebuild the city on the ground?"
“It’s hard to say what they think.”
"But I know."
“Their mechanization is on a very large scale.”
You Zhixuan nodded slightly, expressing his approval of Gu Zeyu's observation ability.
He opened a map that had just been drawn and marked with a lot of data.
Signaled Gu Zeyu to come over and check.
"The convoy's drone has just completed a preliminary scan of this area."
"In total, there were approximately 14 workers wearing exoskeletons, 7 spider-shaped robots, and more than 2 vehicles of various types."
"Keep cleaning up the trash on the surface of this city."
“And they operate with great efficiency.”
"There is a high probability that supercomputers and artificial intelligence are responsible for the planning behind the scenes."
Gu Zeyu listened to the supervisor's detailed explanation one by one.
His expression changed slightly.
Exoskeleton armor is not something that can be found everywhere.
Generally a city with a population of over one million.
The total number of exoskeleton armor equipped by the local security forces will not exceed three thousand sets.
Hundreds of thousands of sets of exoskeleton armor.
It is even enough to arm two regular armies.
And robots are even more exaggerated.
He had also seen spider-like robots working among the ruins on the road.
If ordinary people wear exoskeleton armor, they may not be able to fully exert its combat effectiveness.
Then robots don't have this problem.
As long as it can still move.
That means it must have combat power commensurate with its size.
In case of conflict.
Seventy thousand spider robots.
Even if they just rely on numbers, they can still keep this caravan here.
"This type of robot has never appeared on the market before."
“If the people here develop and manufacture it themselves.”
“That’s really incredible.”
After facing up to the strength of Jianghe City.
Gu Zeyu soon discovered the truly terrifying thing about Jianghe City.
It's not the astonishing amount of mechanized equipment on the surface.
Rather, it is the terrifying industrial strength that can produce them.
"Yes."
"The higher-ups are suspecting that Jianghe City might have a complete industrial production system."
“That’s why we came to take a look.”
You Zhixuan revealed the secret mission that only he knew before setting off.
"If there is one."
"Should we occupy this place——"
There was a hint of longing in Gu Zeyu's eyes as he listened.
Every young person has dreamed of killing everyone on the battlefield.
"What are you thinking about?"
"If they are advertising it to the public, it is true."
"The population here has reached tens of millions now. It's not that easy to conquer it."
You Zhixuan angrily poured a basin of cold water on him.
He instructed in a serious manner.
"We are here to make friends."
"If they are really capable, the higher-ups hope they can become our allies."
"Or at the very least, a close trading partner."
at the same time.
Farmhouse courtyard, control center on the underground floor.
Su Wu also received news that a foreign caravan was visiting.
And their stealthy scouting of the city.
It couldn't be hidden from Su Wu either.
Su Wu’s reconnaissance network spread throughout Jianghe City.
Captured clearly.
“This caravan.”
“The technology seems to be very advanced everywhere.”
Replayed it.
In the video recorded when the entire caravan entered the city, Su Wu vaguely felt the strong power behind the other party.
He hesitated for a moment.
He planned to talk to the other side in person.
But not before that.
A little preparation is needed.
A few days ago, due to time constraints, the heavy-duty main battle spider robot was temporarily put aside and not produced.
It's time to start producing a batch.
Only with the support of these heavy weapons.
Only then did Su Wu have the confidence to engage the other side.
And ensure that after the contact fails, the opponent can be eliminated at the lowest cost as soon as possible.
11 month 15 day.
The day after the caravan arrived.
In the reception hall of Jingyuan Shelter.
Through holographic projection, Su Wu met the leader of the caravan from Changming City, the capital of Changming Province.
"It's a pleasure to meet His Excellency Su Wu."
"I am You Zhixuan, the supervisor of the Changming Caravan."
Really meet Su Wu.
Whether it's You Zhixuan or Gu Zeyu, who was born into a privileged family and habitually looks down on everyone.
They all behaved quite modestly.
This is out of the most basic respect for the supreme ruler who rules over tens of millions of people.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that most of the shelters in the end times are shunning refugees.
But that's mainly because they can't afford it.
As long as there are a little more resources, no one would refuse to support a group of more people.
Because the basis of rights comes from a sufficient population.
"Changming City is about 800 kilometers away from here."
"How did you think of coming here?"
Compared to You Zhixuan and the others, they are more formal.
Su Wu seemed much more casual.
He directly asked about the issues that concerned him most.
"Your Jianghe City TV station has reached tens of millions of viewers."
"We have heard about it as far away as Changming City."
"Plus, we just happen to need a lot of electronic equipment."
“So I decided to come and take a look.”
You Zhixuan carefully chose his words.
"So that's it."
"So what do you plan to exchange?"
Su Wu did not comment on You Zhixuan's answer.
But as for the transaction itself, he is still quite interested.
"It depends on what you need."
"This is the list of goods we can provide, please take a look."
You Zhixuan passed the product catalog that he had prepared long ago to Su Wu via a tablet computer.
Su Wu opened it and looked.
I found that the two items at the top of the list were gold and silver.
Even in the brackets next to it, it is specifically noted that the exchange rate between gold and silver is 10:1.
It is consistent with the exchange rate that Su Wu made public.
Obviously, they had done some research on this beforehand.
Gold and silver below.
There are also various other precious metals and rare materials.
Pure water filters and services that provide purified water by the ton.
A series of military weapons and equipment including electromagnetic guns, drones, robot dogs, and exoskeleton armor.
Special medicines for treating various chronic diseases and special diseases, common antibiotics, high-quality compressed foods, etc.
These things also have prices marked in gold.
And the prices are not cheap.
“Very complete product catalogue.”
Su Wu appreciated it a little.
Except for precious metals which are similar to currency.
The other commodities are basically the supplies that a shelter is most likely to need.
Even if this caravan had arrived a little earlier.
Su Wu was also willing to pay a huge price to purchase a series of military equipment from them.
But a pity.
They were still too late.
Su Wu has now developed.
In addition to gold and silver.
For other goods, not only is there no demand, but on the contrary, if necessary, he can also provide the same goods for sale.
Scan through the sale listings.
The following is their purchase list.
Mobile phones, solid-state batteries, mid-to-high-end chips, electronic screens, etc.
Su Wu was not very interested in selling precision accessories such as chips.
The production requirements of those things are too high, and they can basically only be made by manufacturing centers. They also consume a lot of rare resources.
If it is sold directly, it is equivalent to pure hard labor.
However, selling finished mobile phones is something you can consider.
There should be quite a bit of profit in it.
After browsing the list, Su Wu made a rough decision in his mind.
He raised his head and looked at You Zhixuan.
“The phone can be sold.”
"But it can only be exchanged for gold, silver, and some special medicines."
"Would you like to consider something else?"
You Zhixuan listened to Su Wu's words.
His expression suddenly became a little disappointed.
This is quite different from his previous expectations.
Su Wu does not sell anything other than mobile phones.
Of all the things for sale.
Su Wu also only selected three.
Among them, gold and silver are not easy to sell in the end times.
But it is still a base currency and base material that can act as an equivalent.
Using them is like spending real money.
It cannot be said that there is no profit, but it is not that much either.
As for special medicines.
For some small shelters that are in urgent need, they may be sold at a sky-high price.
But for a super large force like Su Wu.
Its value is actually not much different from that of ordinary medicines.
There is no special room for negotiation.
Thus.
Obviously, the profit margin of this transaction cannot be very high.
I guess we can only rely on large-scale purchases to earn some hard-earned money.
"no need."
"That's all."
Su Wu waved his hand and took the initiative to end the meeting.
Only specific transaction matters remain.
There will be professional business elites under his command who will be responsible for discussing with You Zhixuan.
There is no need for Su Wu to show up in person.
Looking at the holographic projection that suddenly shut down.
You Zhixuan sighed helplessly.
He stood up and said to Gu Zeyu who was brought here specifically to broaden his horizons.
"Let's go too."
"Manager You, has this negotiation failed?"
"We brought so many things, but no one was interested in them."
There were no outsiders around.
Gu Zeyu, who had been acting as a spectator, couldn't help but raise the questions in his mind.
"Not really."
“I can only say that I didn’t get any advantage.”
You Zhixuan shook his head and saw that Gu Zeyu still looked a little confused.
He calmed down and explained further.
"The things we brought with us."
"In fact, it mainly relies on the other party's inability to manufacture by themselves to earn a share of the monopoly profit."
"For forces that are capable of producing it themselves, its true value is not that high."
“It’s obvious now.”
"Whether it's military weapons, medicine, water or food, the other side has no shortage of them."
"There's no need to spend a lot of money to trade with us."
"We can only honestly use our basic resources in exchange for their industrial products."
(End of this chapter)