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 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 is at their feet, extending from the south gate of the park to the fortress in the forest.

   This road looks like it was built recently.

   But that's nothing surprising in itself.

  Just leveling the land a little bit and putting a layer of cement on it. Any survivor settlement of a small size can do this kind of thing, as long as they want to.

   However, for a survivor colony with a population of less than a hundred, this is really surprising.

   Liszt said suddenly.

   "When was the last time we were here?"

   The guard next to Liszt froze for a moment, hesitated for a moment and said.

   “…seems to be October.”

  Last winter came very early, and the temperature has been dropping since October. In November, the road from Boulder City to the northern suburbs was completely impassable.

  Thinking of this, Liszt fell into deep thought.

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

  What the **** are they going to do?

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

   At the end of this cement road, there are rows of brick and wood houses, and there are more than a hundred 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, where rows of lively stalls are located, and the streets are bustling with people. There are more than one or two hundred people there alone.

  Where is this survivor settlement with a scale of 100 people?

   At least five hundred… no, maybe a thousand already.

  The astonishment on Liszt's face grew stronger.

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

  Walking in the caravan, guards with two rifles on their backs, whispered to a man with a shaved head beside him.

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

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

   "Since when are there so many people here!"

   "And it's not just the house... They also renovated the concrete walls, and now the shooting platform may be able to stand a lot of people."

  The walls that were originally piled up with construction waste have been replaced by solid concrete walls, and a layer of white wall ash was even painted on the flat walls.

   In addition, those blue coats 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 vehicles in parallel.

  Wearing a uniform style of black coat, guards with rifles stand meticulously at the door on duty. Residents with different clothes shuttled in front of the door, some were wearing fur clothes, some were wearing blue coats, and some were wearing more avant-garde clothes. They couldn't think of what to say except that they were strangely beautiful.

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

   It’s probably not developed here, at least they don’t see street lights on the street, but compared with those settlements that are always dark at night, they have their own public lighting system—half relying on torches, half using coal lamps.

   None of them had disheveled faces. It was hard to imagine that they had just experienced a harsh winter. Sufficient material supply makes most people full of hope for the future life, and everything here is so well organized.

  Liszt suddenly thought of the shed area at the gate of Jushi City.

  It is also a house built on the edge of the fence, but there are completely different differences between the two.

   “It’s hard to imagine they did it in just one winter.”

  Adam's apple moved, and 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 homes on the surface. Although there were five or six hundred people, when we passed by there every year Seems like they're all the same."

  Following next to Liszt, the man whose right arm and eye were replaced by mechanical prostheses took a closer look at his surroundings and said in a blunt tone.

   "Of course I remember, my lord. But I think that being able to remain unchanged in this world is also a special skill."

  He is considered Liszt's old partner, and he has traveled to many places with him, and the survivors' settlements he has seen cannot be counted with two hands.

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

  Many people may still be there when they go in autumn, but when they go again in spring, they don’t know where they went.

   Like the old mayor of Beit Street.

   Before the winter was over, he was kicked out of his warm home and rolled to Boulder City in despair.

   This is considered lucky.

   The unlucky ones either got into the stomachs of mutants, or were thrown into the frying pan by looters, or even worse, were eaten raw by alien species. Such things happen every year, and it’s not even news.

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

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

  If he doesn’t become bigger and stronger, how can he get rich?

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

   That was the last transaction he made after winter.

  Although the man's glib tongue made him lose a lot of bargaining chips, the profit from that transaction was still quite a considerable figure.

Later, with the money he earned, Liszt bought twelve slaves from the merchants in Honghe Town who were stranded in Jushicheng. Camus Tree Plantation.

  Thinking of this, Liszt couldn't help feeling hot in his heart.

  He brought a lot of good things this time.

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

  The caravan stops at the south gate.

   Some players who handed in the task near the south gate quickly noticed them, and cast curious eyes here.

   "Who are those people?"

"Caravan?"

   "Damn, I know these people!"

   "Congratulations to Puben, Boss Xia's store is finally able to restock!"

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

   "Grass...there are actually two awakened people here?"

"you sure?!"

   "It can't be wrong! My special function is to perceive the breath of the awakened one...the breath of the strong man must not be wrong!"

  Han Long, who was following Liszt, also frowned slightly.

   Noticing the change in the face of his capable men, 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 shelter uniforms... I saw at least four awakened people inside, and at least fifteen people appeared to be awakened A sign. 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, he believed in the judgment of his subordinates.

   "We have to try our best to avoid conflicts with them... in a moment, you should watch our people closely and don't let them wander around."

  Han Long nodded.

"OK."

   Liszt asked Han Long to wait at the door with his men, while 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 walk into their own home.

   Even if they are familiar with each other again.

  However, Liszt still has a certain degree of confidence in his eyesight, especially for clients who have worked with him once.

  He can tell at a glance who can only do business once and who can always do business. It is also this vicious vision that allows him to survive until now.

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

   Arrived at the reception room with the guest from Boulder City.

  Following the order of the manager, Liu Ding poured him a cup of tea and continued.

   "The manager is still on his way back, and it will take half an hour to arrive. I may have to trouble you to wait a while."

  Completely different from the impatient look when he came here last time, Liszt said politely with a pleasant smile on his face.

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

   Keeping in mind the manager's instructions, Liu Ding said politely.

   "Why is it troublesome, the manager specifically explained to me that you are his distinguished guest, and asked me to treat you well."

   "If you need anything, please feel free to tell me, and I will help you solve it within the scope of conditions."

   Liszt declined politely.

   "No, no, no, you are too polite!"

   The two were courteous for a while.

  Liu Ding is not good at dealing with such occasions, and there are guards to deal with, so he didn't stay here any longer, and after ordering the waiter to greet the guest who came from afar, he turned and left in a hurry.

   Time passed by one minute and one second.

   Thirty minutes passed quickly.

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

  The sound of footsteps came very timely, even within a second.

   So much so that Liszt couldn't help complaining in his heart, that man really clicked on it!

  The door of the reception room opens.

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

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

   "Long time no see! Mr. Liszt."

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

   Liszt, who got up from the chair, was 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 showing a hint of envy that couldn't be concealed.

   Power Armor!

   And it's still a pre-war style!

   This thing is a good thing, even in the most extreme conditions, it can ensure the safety of the wearer.

He had been wanting to get one before, but it was a pity that this thing, from the cold fusion battery for power supply to the composite material armor covering the whole body, was a master of pre-war technology. Not ready for production.

  Even in Ideal City, you can’t buy this thing.

  In the militia group of Boulder City, there are a small amount of power armor, 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.

  Being an NPC for so long, plus his experience in sales during his lifetime, he still has the ability to control his expressions.

   "Why bother? Seeing you appear here, I knew that the northern suburbs of Qingquan City would soon become lively."

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

"I'm not boasting, we are definitely the first batch of caravans to set off in the entire Boulder City! At least the ones going north are definitely the first batch! When those colleagues are still planning where to make a fortune, we have already found out the road conditions , packed the goods and hung them on the backs of the two-headed ox."

  Chu Guang asked with interest.

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

   Just waiting for this sentence!

  Liszt was overjoyed, and calmly took out a tablet computer, 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 back, 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 commodity list he had seen last time, this time Lister’s caravan brought weapons and KV-1 exoskeletons.

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

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

  Besides, this guy is dishonest. All he sells to him are cheap ones assembled from receivers and barrels eliminated by the Boulder City military factory.

  Now even if they are newcomers, few people use the "authentic" wasteland specialties.

  Looking at the eager Liszt, Chu Guang's heart moved slightly, and he asked casually in a casual tone.

   "Why are there weapons on the list? Don't you have anything else?"

   Liszt froze for a moment.

  Chu Guang's reaction was beyond his expectation.

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

  After all, the last time he came here, he exchanged four cheap ones for a full 12 high-quality buckskins.

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

"We carry weapons, of course, because they are easy to sell. The situation in the River Valley Province is in turmoil, and the members of the Bonechewer tribe are looting everywhere. You can smell gunpowder everywhere you go. What else is more sought-after than weapons? ?"

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

"I sincerely recommend you the Xiongfeng X-2 assault rifle on the list! This is the crystallization of small arms technology in the Boulder City Military Factory! If it wasn't for the backlog of inventory that has been accumulated throughout the winter, even I would not be able to get so many goods."

"For the sake of you being my old customer, I can sell it to you at a discount! One only costs 300 chips. With it, you will have the most powerful firepower in the entire northern suburbs! If you really don't know what to choose, Definitely buy this!"

  Hearing what Liszt said, Chu Guang almost couldn'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 stuff copied from the company’s standard weapons?

  Although his LD series weapons are also borrowed from the AK gun family, they borrowed from another world anyway, and they can barely be considered independent research and development after rounding.

"Your sense of business opportunities seems a little slow," Chu Guang looked at Liszt and smiled, and said in a relaxed tone, "To be honest, if it was before winter, I might bite the bullet and buy two, but now We don't have any use for this thing anymore."

   "Can't use it?! How can it not be used?"

   Liszt looked at Chu Guang in surprise, and continued speaking 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 predators who call themselves bone chewers are advancing towards the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. Those people and the Bloody Hand clan Not the same, they not only inherited the equipment of the legion, but also have a large number of people, do you think you can drive them away with just a few iron-pipe rifles?"

   Seeing Liszt eagerly selling to him, Chu Guang couldn't help feeling a little funny.

   It seems that Boulder City has no idea what is going on in the northern suburbs.

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

   During this period of time, Xiao Qi has been monitoring the "Voice of Boulder City" radio station, searching for useful information from the host's nonsense about running trains.

  According to various indications, 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."

   "Once you've seen our stuff, you'll see why I'm not interested in what's on your list."

  …

   The west gate of the outpost.

  With half-belief and skepticism, Liszt came here following Chu Guang's footsteps.

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

   "LD-47, Sickle Assault Rifle, 7mm caliber. We've used it against marauders, mutants, slime-infested nibblers, crawlers, and even tyrants."

   Taking the rifle from Chu Guang, Liszt held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, then looked at Chu Guang in surprise.

   "The guns you made yourself?"

   Chu Guang nodded.

"Yes."

   Liszt thought for a while and gave an evaluation.

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

  Chu Guang said indifferently.

   "Simplicity does not prevent it from being easy to use, do you want to try it?"

   Liszt looked at him and asked.

"May I?"

  Chu Guang didn't talk nonsense, and handed him a full magazine, and made a gesture of please.

"please."

   Liszt was also polite, inserted the magazine and opened the safety, aimed at a target a hundred meters away and pulled the trigger.

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

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

   Soon he got used to the recoil of this weapon, and then fired a few more shots, hitting the seventh and eighth rings in the center accurately.

   "Good gun!"

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

   It was not until the last bullet in the clip was emptied that Liszt returned the rifle in his hand to Chu Guang.

   "It's a good gun!"

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

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

not much?

  Chu Guang smiled.

"I don't know if it's too much, 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, it is a light machine gun, Take the barrel off and it can be used as a submachine gun."

"Although this thing is not a high-tech thing, it is absolutely reliable. We have tried burying it in the snow, throwing it into a mud pit, soaking it in water, and taking it out can still be launched normally without affecting it at all. power."

  There are still a bunch in the warehouse? !

   Liszt swallowed, and couldn't help but say.

   "Stacking warehouses? Have you been making guns all winter?"

  Chu Guang said with a faint smile.

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

   More than unfamiliar.

   Liszt simply felt that he came to the wrong place!

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

"The changes in the northern suburbs are not limited to the small area under your feet. Five kilometers to the north from here is our new industrial zone, where the industrial products produced are enough to supply the consumption of the entire survivor settlement in the northern suburbs. Your hands The rifle I loaded, and the cartridges I just fired, were made there."

"In addition to the industrial area, we also have an agricultural area. Going five kilometers north from the industrial area is our granary in the northern suburbs! There are tens of thousands of acres of farmland under reclamation, which 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, the times have changed, it is now 212 years of the wasteland era, we should learn to look forward, shouldn't we?"

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

   After all, Chu Guang really planned that.

  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 picture.

  Chu Guang is just explaining the blueprint for the future.

   Liszt swallowed, and couldn't recover from what Chu Guang said for a long time.

industrial area?

  Northern suburb?

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

  Liszt really can't imagine, given the situation in the northern suburbs, which point can meet 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 yell for a long time after doing some work, clamoring to restore the 2-hour working system?

   But one thing Liszt admits, the blue coat here does look a little special. Apart from the blue coats they were wearing, they didn't look anything like a refuge resident should.

   Chu Guang had expected the suspicious expression on Liszt's face.

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

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

   "There is still a little time before the sky is completely dark. If you are interested, I can take you to watch it."

  Hearing Chu Guang's invitation, Liszt was stunned.

   "Won't this... be presumptuous?"

   "How could it be?" Chu Guang smiled lightly, "It's not something shameful."

   Seeing Chu Guang say that, Liszt said immediately without any hesitation.

   "Be sure to show me around!"

   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 cheap arms accumulated in the inventory, he could make a fortune from these local rich men in the northern suburbs.

  So now, he no longer looks down on that little profit.

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

   Liszt smelled a huge business opportunity!

  Intuition told him that if he could seize this opportunity, no matter whether the guy in front of him succeeded or failed, he would be able to earn a fortune that was once unimaginable!

   This is far from being comparable to twelve deerskins and a bag of mushrooms!

  …

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

  Although night has fallen, the place is still brightly lit and the production work is still going on.

   After getting off the car at the gate of the industrial zone, Liszt was quickly stunned by the situation here.

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

  Tall chimneys drilled from the roof of the factory building, and the thick smoke kept coming in and out. The produced goods and raw materials piled up into hills in the warehouse.

   From time to time, someone pushes a trolley, sending goods from one workshop to another, or from one factory to another.

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

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

  Although similar equipment is not uncommon in the factory in Boulder City, it is hard to imagine that they developed it in only one winter.

   These industrial equipment and production methods, did they fall from the sky? !

  Liszt suddenly thought of the Pioneer that passed by the northern suburb of Qingquan City.

   There is only one interpretation.

   They got corporate sponsorship!

  “…This was originally the lair of the Bloody Hand clan, but then we got rid of those nasty guys and sent them to where they should go.”

   "Then, we remodeled the entire factory building, smelting the **** picked up into steel, aluminum or other alloys, and using them to make weapons, production machinery, and anything that can help us rebuild our homes."

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

"This place will prosper soon, and it will definitely not lose to any survivor settlement in River Valley Province, including Boulder City! Believe me, now is the best time to enter, for the sake of old friends I just told you. Investing in us at this time is definitely a profitable business."

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

  Looking at that confident expression, although his intuition told Liszt that this guy was probably fooling himself, he still opened his mouth by mistake.

   "How should I invest?"

   Finally waited for this sentence!

  Chu Guang had a happy smile on his face.

   "It's very simple, we provide two sets of win-win solutions."

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

  (end of this chapter)