Chapter 242 We offer two win-win solutions. No matter which one you choose, you will make a lot of money.

  Chapter 242 We offer two win-win solutions. You will make a lot of money no matter which one you choose.

  ”…Unbelievable.”

  ”Is this the same place we came to last time?”

  Following the footsteps of the guard, from the moment he stepped into the south gate of the wetland park, the expression of surprise never left Lister’s face.

  A straight cement road was under their feet, extending from the south gate of the park to the fortress in the forest.

  The road looked like it had been built recently.

  But there was nothing surprising about this in itself.

  It was just a little leveling of the land and a layer of cement on it. Any survivor settlement of a certain size could do this if they wanted to.

  However, for a survivor settlement with a population of less than 100, this was really surprising.

  Lister suddenly spoke.

  ”What month was we here last time?”

  The guard next to Lister was slightly stunned, and said after a moment of hesitation.

  ”…It seems to be October.”

  Last year’s winter came very early, and the temperature has been dropping since October. By November, the road from Boulder City to the northern suburbs was completely unreachable.

  Thinking of this, Lister 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 exactly are they going to do? Just

  when Lister was confused, the scene in front of him suddenly became clear.

  At the end of this cement road, there are rows of brick and wood houses. A rough count shows that there are more than a hundred houses.

  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, with rows of lively stalls located there. The streets are bustling and crowded, and there are more than one or two hundred people there alone.

  This is not a survivor settlement of a hundred people.

  At least five hundred… No, there may be thousands of people.

  The surprise on Lister’s face became more and more intense.

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

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

  ”I remember when we came here last time, it seemed like it was just a bare pile of wood?”

  ”It’s only been a winter, how many houses

  have they built?” “When did so many people come here!”

  ”And it’s not just the houses… they’ve also renovated the concrete walls, and now that shooting platform can probably hold a lot of people.”

  The walls that were originally built with construction waste have been replaced by solid concrete walls, and the flat walls are even painted with a layer of white wall plaster.

  In addition, the blue coats have widened the original narrow gate.

  The narrow road that could only accommodate two ox carts passing side by side has now become a four-lane road that can accommodate four cars passing side by side.

  Guards wearing uniform black coats and carrying rifles stand meticulously at the door on duty. Residents in different clothes shuttled in front of the door, some wearing fur clothes, some wearing blue coats, and some wearing more avant-garde clothes. They couldn’t think of how to comment on them except that they looked weird.

  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 didn’t see street lights on the street, but compared with those settlements that were dark at night, they had their own public lighting system – half relying on torches and half using coal lamps.

  No one had a pale face, it was hard to imagine that they had just experienced a harsh winter. The sufficient supply of materials made most people full of hope for the future life, everything here was so well organized.

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

  The houses were also built on the edge of the wall, but the two were completely different.

  ”It’s hard to imagine that they did all this in just one winter.”

  His Adam’s apple moved, and Liszt continued in a surprised tone.

  ”Han Long, do you remember? The shelter we went to before. Because they ran out of supplies, they had to leave the shelter and build a home on the surface. Although there were five or six hundred people, it seemed to be the same every year when we passed by there.”

  The man who followed Liszt, whose right arm and right eye were replaced by mechanical prostheses, carefully observed the surroundings and said in a stiff tone.

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

  He is considered to be Lister’s old partner. He has traveled to many places with him, and he can’t count the survivor settlements he has seen with two 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 you go there in the fall, but when you go there again in the spring, you don’t know where they have gone.

  For example, the old mayor of Beth Street.

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

  This is considered relatively lucky.

  The less fortunate ones either end up in the stomachs of mutants, or are thrown into oil pans by predators, or even worse, are eaten alive by alien species. Such things happen every year and are not even news.

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

  ”That’s true.” Lister smiled and said, “But as a partner, I really prefer to do business with ambitious people.”

  How can he make a fortune if he doesn’t grow bigger and stronger?

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

  That was the last deal he made after winter.

  Although the man’s eloquence made him earn less chips, the profit of that deal was still a considerable figure.

  Later, Lister used the money he earned to buy twelve slaves from the Red River Town merchants stranded in Boulder City, and sent them to the Kamm tree plantation he and a business partner operated in the south before the heavy snow blocked the road.

  Thinking of this, Lister’s heart couldn’t help but get hot.

  This time he brought a lot of good things.

  I wonder how much he can earn on this trip!

  The caravan stopped at the south gate.

  Some players who were handing in tasks near the south gate soon noticed them and cast curious glances over here.

  ”Who are those people?”

  ”Caravan?”

  ”Damn, I recognize these people!”

  ”Great news, Boss Xia’s store can finally be restocked!”

  Just as the players were looking at these people, the guards in the caravan were also nervously observing these blue jackets.

  ”Fuck… There are actually two awakened people in here?”

  ”Are you sure?!”

  ”No mistake! My special ability is to sense the aura of awakened people… The aura of the strong must be right!”

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

  Noticing the change in the expression of his capable subordinate, Lister glanced at him and asked.

  ”What’s wrong?”

  ”I’m afraid these people are much stronger than you expected,” Han Long said in a deep voice, “Those people wearing shelter uniforms… I saw at least four awakeners inside, and at least fifteen people showed signs of awakening. Their strength may not be as good as mine, but their overall combat effectiveness is stronger than ours.”

  Lister looked at Han Long unexpectedly. Although this sounded a bit outrageous, he believed in the judgment of his subordinates.

  ”We have to try to avoid conflicts with them… You should keep a close eye on our people and don’t let them walk around.”

  Han Long nodded.

  ”Okay.”

  Lister asked Han Long to wait at the door with his men, and he followed the guard wearing an exoskeleton into the door.

  No survivor settlement would allow a group of outsiders with guns to swagger into their homes.

  Even if they are familiar with each other.

  However, Lister is still confident in his ability to judge people, especially customers who have cooperated once.

  He can tell at a glance which people can only do business once and which people can do business 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. He was taciturn like a tool.

  He brought the guest from Boulder 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 his way back. It will take half an hour to arrive. You may have to wait for a while.”

  In stark contrast to 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. It’s because we didn’t make an appointment in advance. I’m sorry to bother you!”

  Remembering the instructions of the manager, Liu Ding said politely.

  ”How can it be troublesome? The manager specifically told me that you are his guest and asked me to treat you well.”

  ”If you need anything, please tell me. I will help you solve it within the scope of conditions.”

  Liszt politely declined.

  ”No, no, you are too polite!”

  The two of them were polite for a while.

  Liu Ding was not good at dealing with such occasions, and he had to deal with the guards, so he did not stay here for long. After telling the waiter to greet the guest who came from afar, he turned around and left in a hurry.

  Time passed by minute by minute.

  Soon it was thirty minutes.

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

  The footsteps came very timely, even to the point of being accurate to a second. So much

  so that Liszt could not help but complain in his heart that the man really arrived on time!

  The door of the reception room opened.

  A man in dark blue power armor strode in from outside. Seeing

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

  ”Long time no see! Mr. Liszt.”

  ”Yes, I haven’t seen you for a whole winter. I’m glad to see you again! I hope my presumptuous visit didn’t disturb you.”

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

  The dark blue paint and streamlined shell give people a strong sense of security just by looking at them.

  Lister couldn’t help but show a hint of envy.

  Power armor!

  And it’s a pre-war style!

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

  He had always wanted 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 culmination of pre-war technology. The backward industrial capacity in the wasteland does not have the conditions for production.

  Even in the ideal city, it can’t buy this thing.

  The militia in Boulder City does have a small amount of power armor, but those are strategic reserves. Even if they are broken, they can’t flow into 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 Lister’s eyes, Chu Guang smiled in his heart, but there was no expression on his face.

  After being an NPC for so long, plus the experience of sales in his previous life, he still has the ability to control his expression.

  ”Why would I bother you? When I saw you here, I knew that the northern suburbs of Qingquan City would soon be bustling.”

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

  ”I’m not bragging, we are definitely the first group of caravans to set out from the entire Giant Stone City! At least we are definitely the first group to go north! When those colleagues were still planning where to make a fortune, we had already explored the road conditions and packed the goods and hung them on the backs of two-headed bulls.”

  Chu Guang asked with interest.

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

  I was waiting for this sentence!

  Liszt was delighted, and calmly took out a tablet from the computer and handed it to Chu Guang with both hands.

  ”Same as before, here is the list of goods!”

  ”The first five pages are what we brought. Although we didn’t take the marked ones on the back, as long as you are interested, we can find a way to get them for you!”

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

  Unlike the last list of goods that he saw, which was mainly daily necessities, this time Lister’s caravan brought weapons and KV-1 exoskeletons.

  To be honest, apart from the exoskeletons and solid hydrogen batteries that can be used as power sources for exoskeletons and drones, Chu Guang was not very interested in the weapons on the list.

  Things like assault rifles, grenades, and rocket launchers have long been independently produced in the new industrial zone.

  Besides, this guy was dishonest and sold him cheap goods assembled from receivers and barrels that were discarded by the Boulder City Military Factory.

  Even for newcomers, few people use the “original” wasteland specialties now.

  Looking at Lister with an eager face, Chu Guang’s heart moved slightly, and he asked casually in a nonchalant tone.

  ”Why are there only weapons on the list? Don’t you have anything else?”

  Lister was stunned.

  Chu Guang’s reaction was beyond his expectations.

  Originally, he expected that these blue coats should be very interested in his weapons.

  After all, the last time he came here, he exchanged four cheap rifles for 12 high-quality deerskins.

  However, no matter how Chu Guang interpreted the expression on his face, it was difficult to associate it with the word “interest”.

  ”We carry weapons because they are easy to sell. The situation in the River Valley Province is turbulent now. The people of the Bone Chewing Tribe are looting everywhere. You can smell the smell of gunpowder wherever you go. Is there anything more popular than weapons?”

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

  ”I sincerely recommend you the Xiongfeng X-2 assault rifle on the list! This is the crystallization of the light weapons technology of the Boulder City Military Factory! If it weren’t for the backlog of inventory for a whole winter, even I wouldn’t be able to get so many.”

  ”Since you are my old customer, I can sell it to you at a discount! Only 300 chips per piece. 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 one!”

  Chu Guang almost laughed out loud when he heard Lister’s words.

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

  It’s the crystallization of technology.

  Isn’t this thing just copied from the company’s standard weapons?

  Although his LD series of weapons are also borrowed from the AK gun family, at least they are borrowed from another world, and rounding it off can barely be considered independent research and development.

  ”Your sense of business opportunities seems to be a little dull,” Chu Guang smiled at Lister 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 can’t use this thing anymore.”

  ”Can’t use it?! How can we not use it?”

  Lister looked at Chu Guang in surprise and continued to speak quickly.

  ”Even without the Blood 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 Chewing are advancing towards the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. Those people are different from the Blood Hand Clan. Not only have they inherited the equipment of the Legion, but they are also numerous and powerful. Do you think you can drive them away with just a few iron barrel rifles?”

  Looking at Lister’s eagerness to sell to him, 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 is also possible that only Lister doesn’t know.

  During this period, Xiao Qi has been monitoring the “Boulder City Voice” radio station, searching for useful information from the host’s nonsense.

  All signs show that they really don’t seem to know that the thousand-man team led by Black Snake has been defeated by themselves.

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

  ”Come with me.”

  ”After you have seen our things, you will know why I am not interested in the things on your list.”

  …

  At the west gate of the outpost.

  With a skeptical mood, Lister followed Chu Guang’s footsteps and came here.

  Calling the guards nearby, Chu Guang took an LD-47 assault rifle from him and handed it to Lister who was standing nearby.

  ”LD-47, sickle assault rifle, 7mm caliber. We use this thing to deal with predators, mutants, and those gnawers, crawlers and even tyrants covered with slime mold.”

  Lister took the rifle handed over by Chu Guang, held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, then looked at Chu Guang with surprise.

  ”Is it the gun you made yourself?”

  Chu Guang nodded.

  ”Yes.”

  Lister thought for a while and gave an evaluation.

  ”The structure looks simple, and there are few parts to see. The buttstock 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?”

  Lister looked at him and asked.

  ”Can I?”

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

  ”Please.”

  Lister was not polite, inserted the magazine, turned on the safety, aimed at the target a hundred meters away and pulled the trigger.

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

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

  Soon he adapted to the recoil of this weapon, and then fired a few more shots, accurately hitting the center seven or eight rings.

  ”Good gun!”

  Lister’s eyes lit up, and then he fired another round at the target.

  Only after the last bullet in the magazine was emptied did Lister return the rifle in his hand to Chu Guang with reluctance.

  ”It’s a good gun!”

  ”The only drawback is that it’s a bit difficult to control! But the firepower and power are really strong, and it should be very popular with those mercenaries.”

  ”But you don’t have many weapons like this, right?”

  Not many?

  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’ve also designed special interchangeable accessories for it. With the barrel and drum magazine replaced, it becomes a light machine gun, and with the barrel removed, it can be used as a submachine gun.”

  ”Although this thing isn’t something with high tech content, it’s absolutely reliable. We’ve tried burying it in the snow, throwing it into a mud pit, and soaking it in water, and it can still be fired when we take it out, without affecting its power at all.”

  There’s still a bunch of them in the warehouse? !

  Lister swallowed and couldn’t help but ask.

  ”The warehouse is full? Have you been making guns all winter?”

  Chu Guang said with a faint smile.

  ”You haven’t been here for a long time. It’s normal to feel unfamiliar with the situation here.”

  More than unfamiliar.

  Lister felt that he had come to the wrong place!

  Looking at Lister who was so surprised that he couldn’t speak, Chu Guang paused for a moment and continued in a chatty tone.

  ”The changes in the northern suburbs are not just the small area under your feet. Five kilometers north of here is our new industrial zone. The industrial products produced there are enough to supply the consumption of the entire northern suburbs survivor settlement. The rifle in your hand and the bullet you just fired were all produced there.”

  ”In addition to the industrial zone, we also have an agricultural zone. Five kilometers north of the industrial zone is our granary in the northern suburbs! There are tens of thousands of acres of farmland being reclaimed there. In the future, it will become the largest grain production base in the entire northern suburbs, solving the food problem of at least 30,000 people.”

  ”Mr. Lister, the times have changed. It is now 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 did plan so.

  In the future, the industrial zone will produce industrial products that will not only supply the entire northern suburbs survivor settlement, but will also be sold to more distant places.

  So this is not a pie in the sky.

  Chu Guang is just expounding on the blueprint for the future.

  Liszt swallowed his saliva, and for a long time he was unable to recover from Chu Guang’s words.

  Industrial zone?

  Northern suburbs?

  Relying on those illiterate country bumpkins?

  Liszt really couldn’t imagine, given the situation in the northern suburbs, which aspect could meet the conditions for developing industry.

  Relying on those uneducated refugees with varying qualities?

  Do they know what industry is? Do they

  know what standardization is?

  Or relying on those blue jackets who complain for a long time after doing a little work and clamor for the restoration of a two-hour work system?

  However, Liszt admitted that the blue jackets here did look a little special. Apart from wearing a blue jacket, they didn’t look like the residents of the shelter at all.

  Chu Guang had expected Liszt to have a suspicious expression on his face.

  After all, this kind of thing does sound a little incredible.

  Such a shrewd businessman would not be convinced by his few words.

  ”It’s still a little time before it gets dark. If you are interested, I can take you to see it.”

  Hearing Chu Guang’s invitation, Liszt was stunned.

  ”Isn’t this… presumptuous?”

  ”How could it be?” Chu Guang smiled faintly, “It’s not something shameful.”

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

  ”Please take me on a tour!”

  If before coming here, Liszt just wanted to make a fortune from the turbulent situation in the Valley Province, and make a fortune from the local rich people in the northern suburbs by reselling the cheap arms accumulated in the inventory.

  Now, he no longer cares about the little profit.

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

  Liszt smelled a huge business opportunity!

  Intuition told him that if he could seize this opportunity, regardless of whether the guy in front of him succeeded or not, he could make a fortune that he had never imagined!

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

  …

  Not disappointing his expectations, Chu Guang quickly took him to the industrial zone five kilometers away.

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

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

  Everything here is much more shocking than what he saw at Linghu Wetland Park!

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

  From time to time, someone pushed a cart to send goods from one workshop to another, or from one factory to another.

  Especially after visiting the production workshop of LD-47 receivers and bullets, Lister’s face was full of shock.

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

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

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

  Lister suddenly thought of the Pioneer that passed by the northern suburbs of Qingquan City before.

  There is only one explanation.

  They got sponsorship from companies!

  ”… This used to be the lair of the Blood Hand Clan, but later we got rid of those annoying guys and sent them to where they should go.”

  ”Then, we transformed the entire factory, smelted the garbage picked up by scavengers into steel, aluminum or other alloys, and used them to make weapons, produce machinery, and anything that can help us rebuild our homes.”

  ”Although the supporting facilities here are not as good as those in Boulder City, we also have things that Boulder City doesn’t have. For example, 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 the Valley Province, including Boulder City! Believe me, now is the best window for entry. I’m telling you this for the sake of our old friend. Investing in us at this time is definitely a sure win.”

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

  Looking at that confident expression, although his intuition told Lister that this guy was probably fooling him, he still spoke up.

  ”How should I invest?”

  Finally waited for this sentence!

  Chu Guang showed a happy smile on his face.

  ”It’s very simple. We offer two win-win solutions.”

  ”Whether you choose to contribute money or labor, or both, I can guarantee you that this will definitely be a profitable business!”

  (End of this chapter)