Chapter 242 We provide two sets of win-win solutions, no matter which one you choose, you will earn blood

   "...unbelievable."

   "Is this the same place we were last time?"

   Following in the footsteps of the guard, from the moment he stepped into the south gate of the wetland park, the surprised expression never left Liszt's face.

   A straight concrete road was at their feet, extending from the south gate of the park to the fort in the forest.

   This road looks like it was built recently.

   But that's not surprising in itself.

   Just level the land a little and put a layer of cement on it, something that any survivor colony of any size can do if they want.

   However, for a survivor colony with a population of less than 100, this is a bit surprising.

   Liszt said suddenly.

   "When was the last time we were here?"

   The guard next to Liszt was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said.

   "...it's like October."

  Last year's winter came very early, and it kept cooling down after entering October. In November, the road from Boulder City to the northern suburbs was completely impossible.

  Thinking of this, Liszt fell into contemplation.

   These blue coats took less than three months to cut down more than one-third of the trees in the entire Linghu Wetland Park.

  What are they going to do?

   Just when Liszt was confused, the scene ahead suddenly became clear.

  I saw that at the end of this concrete road, there were rows of brick and wooden houses, and there were hundreds of them.

   And this is just the south gate.

   Looking to the east, two villages are located there. The situation in the north is even more spectacular. There is probably a market there. Rows of lively stalls are located there. The streets are bustling and crowded. There are more than one or two hundred people there.

   Where is this one hundred-person survivor settlement.

  At least five hundred... No, maybe there are thousands.

   The look of surprise on Liszt's face grew stronger.

   For a time, he even had doubts, had he really been to this place?

   Walking in the caravan, the guard with two rifles on his back whispered to the man with the shaved head beside him.

   "I remember when we were here last time, it seemed to be a bare wooden mound?"

   "It's only been one winter, how many houses have they built?"

   "When are there so many people here!"

   "And it's not just the house... They also renovated the concrete walls, and now there's probably a lot of people standing on that shooting platform."

  The original wall built with construction waste has been replaced by a solid concrete wall, and the flat wall has even been painted with a layer of white wall ash.

   In addition, those blue jackets also widened the original narrow gate.

  The narrow road that could only accommodate two ox carts in parallel has now become a four-lane road that can accommodate four carts in parallel.

  Wearing a uniform black coat, guards with rifles on their backs stood meticulously at the door on duty. In front of the door are residents with different clothes, some wearing fur clothes, some wearing blue coats, and some wearing more avant-garde clothes. They can't think of how to evaluate them except for being weird and beautiful.

   It seems that these shelter residents have adapted to life on the surface, and have taken in many wastelanders in their settlements.

  This place is probably not developed, at least they don't see street lights on the streets, but compared with those settlements where the lights are dark at night, they also have their own public lighting system - half rely on torches, half use coal lamps.

   No one had a dish on their face, and it was hard to imagine that they had just experienced a harsh winter. Adequate supplies of supplies make most people full of hope for their future lives, and everything here is so orderly.

  Liszt suddenly thought of the shanty town at the gate of the boulder city.

   is also a house built on the edge of the wall, but the two are quite different.

   "It's hard to imagine them doing this in just one winter."

   Adam's apple moved, Liszt continued in a surprised tone.

"Han Long, remember? The shelter we went to before. Because they ran out of supplies, they had to leave the shelter and build their homes on the surface. Although there were five or six hundred people, when we passed there every year, It seems to be the same."

   Following Liszt's side, the man whose right arm and right eye were replaced by mechanical prostheses carefully looked around and said in a blunt tone.

   "Of course I do, my lord. But I think it's a special skill to be able to stay the same in this world."

   He was Liszt's old partner, and he followed him to many places, and the survivors' settlements he saw couldn't be counted with both hands.

   However, there are only a handful of old customers who can do business with them all the time and see them every year.

  Many people may still be there when they go in autumn, and when they go back in spring, they will no longer know where they have gone.

   is like the old mayor of Bette Street.

  Before winter was over, he was kicked out of the warm house and rolled to the boulder city.

   This is more fortunate.

   The unlucky ones either got into the stomach of the mutants, or were thrown into the frying pan by the predators, and even worse, they were eaten raw by the aliens. This kind of thing happens every year, and it doesn’t even count as news.

   Being able to remain the same is indeed a remarkable skill in the wasteland.

   "That's true." Liszt smiled and said, "But as a partner, I still prefer to do business with ambitious people."

   If he doesn't become bigger and stronger, how can he make a fortune?

Liszt still remembers that the last time he did business with people here, the man used 20 kilograms of blue umbrella mushrooms and 12 deerskins to exchange a 10KW firewood generator, a set of KV- 1 The exoskeleton also has four bolt-action iron-barreled rifles and 120 rounds of ammunition.

   That was the last sale he made after the winter.

  Although the man's eloquence made him lose a lot of chips, the profit from that transaction was still a considerable amount.

Later, Liszt used the money he earned to buy twelve slaves from the merchants in Honghe Town who were stranded in Stone City. Before the road was blocked by the heavy snow, he sent them to a business partner in the south that he ran in partnership with. Cam Tree Plantation.

  Thinking of this, Liszt's heart couldn't help but heat up.

  This time he brought a lot of goodies.

   I don’t know how much this trip will make him earn!

The    caravan stopped at the south gate.

   Some players who handed in quests near the south gate quickly noticed them and cast curious glances here.

   "Who are those people?"

"Caravan?"

   "Damn, I know these people!"

   "Happy Da Puben, Boss Xia's store can finally be replenished!"

   While the players were looking at these people, the guards in the caravan were also watching these blue jackets nervously.

   "Grass... There are actually two Awakeneds here?"

"you sure?!"

   "You can't be wrong! My special ability is to sense the breath of the awakened... The breath of the strong must be wrong!"

   Han Long, who was next to Liszt, also frowned slightly.

   noticed the change in the expressions of his powerful subordinates, and Liszt glanced at him and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"The strength of these people is probably much stronger than you expected," Han Long said in a deep voice, "Those people wearing the uniforms of the Refuge... I saw at least four Awakeners inside, and at least fifteen people appeared. A sign of awakening. Their strength may not be as good as mine, but their overall combat effectiveness is stronger than ours."

  Liszt looked at Han Long unexpectedly, although it sounded outrageous, but he trusted the judgment of his subordinates.

   "We have to try to avoid conflict with them...for a while you watch our people closely and don't let them walk around."

  Han Long nodded.

"OK."

  Liszt asked Han Long to wait at the door with his subordinates, and he followed the guard wearing the exoskeleton into the door.

   It is impossible for any survivor settlement to allow a group of outsiders with guns to swagger into their homes.

   Even if they are familiar with each other.

   However, Liszt still has a certain confidence in his ability to see people, especially for clients who have worked with him once.

   He can tell at a glance who can only do one transaction and who can do it all the time. It is this vicious vision that has allowed him to survive until now.

   Liu Ding, who was leading the way, didn't have much communication with him along the way, and was like a tool man with few words.

   took this guest from Stone City to the reception room.

  According to the instructions of the manager, Liu Ding poured him a cup of tea and continued.

   "The manager is still on the way back. It is estimated that it will take half an hour to arrive. You may have to wait for a while."

  It was completely different from the impatient look when he came here last time, Liszt said politely with a kind smile on his face.

   "Don't worry, I have a lot of time. Since we didn't make an appointment in advance, I would take the liberty to interrupt and cause you trouble!"

   Remembering the manager's instructions, Liu Ding said politely.

   "Why is it troublesome, the manager specially explained to me that you are his guest, and I must treat you well."

   "If you need anything, please let me know, and I will help you to the extent possible."

  Liszt politely declined.

   "No, no, you are too polite!"

   The two were polite for a while.

  Liuding is not good at dealing with this kind of situation, and there is still something to do with the guards, so he didn't stay here too much. After instructing the waiter to greet the guest who came from afar, he turned around and left in a hurry.

  Time passed by minute by minute.

   Thirty minutes passed quickly.

   Just when Liszt took out his pocket watch for the sixth time to check the time, he finally heard footsteps coming from outside the door.

   The footsteps came very timely, not even a second worse.

   So much so that Liszt couldn't help but complain in his heart, that man really stepped on the spot!

   The door of the reception room opened.

   I saw a man wearing dark blue power armor striding in from the outside.

   Seeing Liszt sitting in the reception room, Chu Guang said to him friendly with a smile like a spring breeze on his face.

   "Long time no see! Mr. Liszt."

   "Yeah, I haven't seen you all winter, it's nice to see you again! I hope my rash visit didn't bother me."

  Liszt got up from the chair, his eyes were involuntarily attracted by the power armor on Chu Guang.

  Dark blue paint, streamlined shell, just looking at it gives people a strong sense of security.

   Liszt's eyes couldn't help but a touch of envy that he couldn't hide.

   Power Armor!

   And it's a pre-war style!

  This thing is a good thing, keeping the wearer safe even in the most extreme conditions.

He had been wanting to get a set before, but unfortunately, this thing, from the cold fusion battery for energy supply to the composite armor covering the whole body, is a masterpiece of pre-war technology, based on the backward industrial capabilities in the wasteland. Not available for production.

  Even in an ideal city, you can't buy this thing.

There is a small amount of power armor in the militia regiment of    Stone City, but those are strategic reserves, and even if they are broken, they cannot enter the market. Some larger mercenary groups or military contractors may have one or two sets, but they are basically used as treasures.

   Seeing the fleeting envy in Liszt's eyes, Chu Guang smiled in his heart, but there was no expression on his face.

   After being an NPC for so long, and with his experience in sales, he still has the ability to control his expressions.

   "Why bother? When I saw you here, I knew that the northern suburbs of Qingquan City were about to get lively."

   Hearing Chu Guang's joke, Liszt smiled and said.

"I'm not boasting, we are definitely the first group of caravans to set off in the entire Stone City! At least the first group to go north! When those colleagues were still planning where to make a fortune, we have already explored the road conditions. , packed the goods and hung them on the back of the two-headed cow."

  Chu Guang asked with interest.

   "Oh? What good things did you bring this time?"

   Just waiting for this sentence!

  Liszt was overjoyed, he quietly took out a tablet, and handed it to Chu Guang with both hands.

   "As before, here is the list of goods!"

   "We took the first five pages with us. Although we didn't take the marked ones on the road, as long as you are interested, we can find a way to help you get them!"

  Chu Guang took the tablet, swiped his index finger on the screen, and simply turned it over.

   Different from the list of goods that he saw last time, which was mainly for daily necessities, this time Liszt's caravan brought some weapons and KV-1 exoskeletons.

  To be honest, Chu Guang is not very interested in the weapons on the list, except for those exoskeletons and solid-state hydrogen batteries that can be used as exoskeletons and drones.

  Things like assault rifles, grenades, rocket launchers, etc., the new industrial zone has long been able to produce them independently.

   Besides, this guy is dishonest, and all he sells are cheap ones assembled from receivers and barrels eliminated by the Boulder City Armory.

   Now, even for newcomers, few people use the "original" wasteland specialties.

   Looking at Liszt with an eager face, Chu Guang moved slightly in his heart, and asked casually in a casual tone.

   "Why are there weapons on the list? Didn't you order anything else?"

   Liszt was stunned.

  Chu Guang's reaction was beyond his expectations.

   Originally in his expectation, these blue jackets should be very interested in his weapons.

  After all, the last time he came here, he used four cheap ones to exchange for 12 high-quality deerskins.

   However, the expression on Chu Guang's face, no matter how he interpreted it, was difficult to connect with the word "interested".

"We carry weapons, of course, because they are easy to sell. Now the situation in the river valley is turbulent, the tribes of the Bone-chewing tribe are looting everywhere, and the smell of gunpowder can be smelled everywhere, and there is nothing more sought-after than weapons. ?"

   Seeing that Chu Guang was still not interested, Liszt tried his best to sell.

"I sincerely recommend the Xiongfeng X-2 assault rifle on the list! This is the crystallization of the small arms technology of the Boulder City Armory! If it wasn't for the backlog of inventory that lasted all winter, even I could not have gotten this much. goods."

"Because you are my old customer, I can sell it to you at a discount! Only 300 chips are needed. With it, you will have the most powerful firepower in the entire northern suburbs! If you really don't know what to choose, Buy this for sure!"

   Hearing Liszt's remarks, Chu Guang almost didn't laugh out loud.

   If he hadn't seen the company's "Black Swan" G9 assault rifle, he would have almost believed this guy's nonsense.

   It is also the crystallization of technology.

   Isn't this thing copied according to the company's standard weapons?

  Although his LD series weapons are also borrowed from the AK gun family, they are borrowed from another world anyway, and it can be regarded as self-developed after rounding up.

"Your sense of business opportunities seems to be a little dull," Chu Guang smiled at Liszt, and said in a relaxed tone, "To be honest, if it was before winter, I might have gritted my teeth and bought two, but now We don't need it anymore."

   "I can't use it?! How can I not use it?"

  Liszt looked at Chu Guang with a surprised look on his face, and continued to speak quickly.

"Even if there are no people from the Bloody Hand Clan, the entire northern suburbs are definitely not safe! My friend, you may not know that a group of looters who call themselves Bone-biting are advancing towards the northern suburbs of Qingquan City, those people and the Bloody Hand Clan. But it's different, they not only inherited the equipment of the legion, but also have a large number of people, do you think they can drive them away with just a few iron-barreled rifles?"

   Seeing Liszt's eagerness to sell himself, Chu Guang couldn't help but feel a little funny.

   It seems that Boulder City knows nothing about what happened in the northern suburbs.

   Of course, it’s also possible that Liszt just doesn’t know.

   During this time, Xiaoqi has been monitoring the "Voice of the Rock City" radio station, searching for useful information from the host's nonsense about running the train.

   From the surface, it seems that they really do not know the news that the thousand-man team led by Black Snake has been defeated by themselves.

  Thinking of this, Chu Guang looked at Liszt and continued.

"Come with me."

   "After you've seen our stuff, you'll know why I'm not interested in the stuff on your list."

  …

   West gate of the outpost.

   With a skeptical mood, Liszt followed Chu Guangdi's footsteps and came here.

   summoned the guard on the side, Chu Guang took an LD-47 assault rifle from him and handed it to Liszt who was standing on the side.

   "LD-47, Scythe Assault Rifle, 7mm. We've used it against predators, against mutants, and against slime-covered eaters, creepers, and even tyrants."

   took the rifle that Chu Guang handed over, Liszt held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, then looked at Chu Guang with a look of surprise.

   "The gun you made yourself?"

  Chu Guang nodded.

"Yes."

  Liszt thought for a while and gave his evaluation.

   "The structure looks very simple, and there are few parts that can be seen. The **** is still made of wood."

  Chu Guang said indifferently.

   "Simple doesn't prevent it from being easy to use, do you want to try it?"

  Liszt looked at him and asked.

"is it okay?"

  Chu Guang didn't say much nonsense, he directly handed him a full magazine and made a gesture of invitation.

"Please."

  Liszt was not polite, he inserted the clip to open the safety, aimed at a target 100 meters away and pulled the trigger.

  The huge recoil was transmitted to his shoulders, shaking his body.

   However, this guy has been walking around the wasteland for so many years, and he still has some skills.

   Soon he got used to the recoil of this weapon, and then he shot a few more shots, accurately hitting the seven or eight rings in the center.

   "Good gun!"

   Liszt's eyes lit up, and then he swept the target again.

   It was not until the last bullet in the magazine was emptied that Liszt returned the rifle in his hand to Chu Guang without hesitation.

   "It's a good gun!"

   "The only downside is that it's a bit more difficult to control! But the firepower and power are really strong enough, and it should be very popular with those mercenaries."

   "But you shouldn't have many such weapons, right?"

not much?

  Chu Guang smiled.

"I don't know if it's a lot, but we still have a bunch of rifles like this in our warehouse. Not only that, we also designed special replaceable accessories for it. Replace the barrel and drum, and it's a light machine gun, Take the barrel off and it can be used as a submachine gun."

"Although this thing isn't very technical, it's absolutely reliable. We've tried burying it in the snow, throwing it in a mud puddle, soaking it in water, and taking it out can still fire normally without affecting it in the slightest. power."

   There are still a bunch of them in the warehouse? !

   Liszt swallowed and couldn't help saying.

   "Stocked warehouses? Have you been building guns all winter?"

  Chu Guang smiled lightly and said.

   "You haven't been here for so long, it's normal to be unfamiliar with the situation here."

   is more than unfamiliar.

  Liszt felt like he had come to the wrong place!

   Looking at Liszt who was so surprised that he was speechless, Chu Guang paused for a moment and continued talking in a chatty tone.

"The change in the northern suburbs is not just the small place under your feet. Five kilometers north of here is our new industrial area, where the industrial products produced are enough to supply the entire northern suburbs survivor settlement. This rifle, and the bullets that were just fired, were all produced there."

"In addition to the industrial area, we also have an agricultural area. A five-kilometer walk to the north from the industrial area is our granary in the northern suburbs! There are tens of thousands of acres of farmland under cultivation, and it will become the largest grain in the entire northern suburbs in the future. The production base can solve the problem of feeding at least 30,000 people."

   "Mr. Liszt, times have changed. Now is the 212th year of the Wasteland Era. We should learn to look forward, right?"

   Although these words are exaggerated, there is nothing wrong with them.

   After all, Chu Guang really planned this.

  In the future industrial zone, the industrial products produced will not only be supplied to the survivor settlements in the entire northern suburbs, but will also be sold to more distant places.

   So this is not a painting cake.

  Chu Guang is just expounding the blueprint for the future.

   Liszt swallowed, but for a long time he was unable to recover from what Chu Guang said.

industrial area?

  The northern suburbs?

   Relying on those country bumpkins who don't know a single big character?

  Liszt couldn't imagine what the conditions in the northern suburbs could satisfy the conditions for industrial development.

   Rely on those uneducated refugees with mixed qualities?

   Do they know what industry is?

  Do you know what standardization is?

   Or rely on those blue jackets who call for a long time after doing some work, shouting about returning to the 2-hour workday?

   But one thing Liszt admits is that the blue jacket here does look a bit special. Other than their blue coats, they didn't look anything like Vault Dwellers.

   Chu Guang expected the expression of suspicion on Liszt's face.

   After all, this kind of thing does sound a bit bizarre.

   Such a shrewd businessman cannot be persuaded just because of his own words.

   "There's still a little time before it's completely dark. If you're interested, I can show you."

   Hearing Chu Guang's invitation, Liszt was stunned.

   "This... wouldn't it be presumptuous?"

   "How come?" Chu Guang smiled lightly, "It's not something shameful."

   Seeing what Chu Guang said, Liszt immediately said without any hesitation.

   "Please show me a tour!"

   If it is said that before coming here, Liszt just wanted to make a fortune from the war by relying on the turbulent situation in the river valley province, and by reselling the backlog of cheap arms in the inventory, he made a fortune from the landowners in the northern suburbs.

  So now, he doesn't care about that petty profit.

  A young and potential force is rising from this wild soil! And its leaders are not only bold and capable, but also full of ambition.

  Lister smelled a huge business opportunity!

   Intuition tells him that if he can seize this opportunity, no matter whether the guy in front of him succeeds or not, he will be able to earn a fortune that he had never imagined before!

   This is far from the comparison of twelve deerskins and a bag of mushrooms!

  …

   did not live up to his expectations, Chu Guang soon took him to an industrial area five kilometers away.

  Although night has fallen, the lights are still bright here, and the production work is still going on.

   Got out of the car at the entrance of the industrial area, Liszt was quickly stunned by the situation here.

   Everything here is far more shocking than what he saw in Linghu Wetland Park!

  Tall chimneys were drilled out from the roof of the factory building, and the smoke was constantly being exhaled. The goods and raw materials produced piled up into hills in the warehouse.

   Every now and then someone pushes a cart, sending goods from one workshop to another, or from one factory to another.

   Especially after visiting the production workshop of the LD-47 receiver and bullets, Liszt's face was full of shock.

   The stamping equipment attached to the conveyor belt is like a printer, printing those parts one by one.

  Although similar equipment is not uncommon in the factory of Boulder City, it is unimaginable that they developed these in only one winter.

   Do these industrial equipment and production methods fall from the sky? !

  Liszt suddenly thought of the Pioneer, which had passed by in the northern suburbs of Qingquan City.

   There is only one explanation.

   They have corporate sponsorship!

   "...This used to be the **** hand clan's lair, but then we got rid of the nasty guys and sent them where they were supposed to go."

   "Then, we remodeled the entire factory, smelted the scavenged garbage into steel, aluminum, or other alloys, and used them to make weapons, production machinery, and anything that could help us rebuild our homes."

   "Although the facilities here are not as good as Boulder City, we also have things that Boulder City does not have. Such as convenient transportation, such as cheap labor and raw material costs."

"It's going to be booming soon, and it won't lose to any survivor colony in Riverdale, including Boulder! Trust me, it's the best time to get in, for old friends' sake I just told you. Investing in us at this time is definitely a sure-fire deal.”

   "If you miss it, you may have to wait for years."

   Looking at the confident expression, although he intuitively told Liszt that this guy was probably fooling himself, he still spoke out of the way.

  “How do I invest?”

  I finally waited for this sentence!

   A happy smile appeared on Chu Guang's face.

   "It's simple, we offer two win-win solutions."

   "Whether you choose to contribute money or effort, or both, I can assure you that this will definitely be a **** business!"

   (end of this chapter)