Chapter 242

"... unbelievable."

"Is this the same place as we came last time?"

Following the guard's footsteps, from the moment he stepped into the South Gate of the Wetland Park, his surprised expression never left Liszt's face.

A straight concrete road was under their feet, extending from the South Gate of the park to the fortress in the forest.

The road looks as if it had been built recently.

But it's not surprising in itself.

Just flatten the land a little and paste a layer of cement on it. Any survivor settlement with a little scale can do this as long as they want.

However, this is somewhat surprising for a survivor settlement with a population of less than 100.

Liszt said suddenly.

"When was the last time we came?"

The guard next to Liszt was slightly stunned, hesitated for a moment and said.

"... it seems to be October."

Last year's winter came very early. It has been cooling since October. In November, the road from boulder to the northern suburbs is completely impossible.

Liszt was lost in thought.

In less than three months, these blue coats cut down more than one third of the trees in the whole Linghu Wetland Park.

What the hell are they going to do?

Just when Liszt was confused, the scene ahead suddenly opened up.

At the end of this cement road, there are rows of brick and wood houses, and there are more than 100 in a rough number.

And this is just the south gate.

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

This is where hundreds of survivors live.

At least 500... No, maybe there are thousands of people.

Liszt's face grew more and more surprised.

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

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

"I remember the last time we came here, it seemed like a bare wooden pier?"

"It's only been a winter. How many houses have they built?"

"When are there so many people here!"

"And it's not just the house... They renovated the concrete wall. Now I'm afraid many people can stand on the shooting platform."

The wall originally stacked with construction waste has been replaced by a solid concrete wall, and the flat wall has even been painted with a layer of white wall ash.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, the blue coats widened the narrow gate.

Originally, the narrow road that can only accommodate two cattle carts passing through in parallel has now become a four lane road that can accommodate four cars in parallel.

Wearing a uniform black coat and carrying a rifle, the guard stood on duty at the door. In front of the door, there are residents with different clothes. Some are wearing fur clothes, some are wearing blue coats, and others are more avant-garde. They can't think of how to evaluate them except for the strange and beautiful ones.

It seems that the residents of these shelters have adapted to the life on the surface, and have taken in many waste visitors in their settlements.

It's probably not developed here. At least they don't see street lights in the streets, but compared with those settlements where the lights go dark at night, they have their own public lighting system - half relying on torches and half using coal lamps.

No one has dishes on their faces. It's hard to imagine that they have just experienced a harsh winter. The abundant material supply makes the vast majority of people full of hope for their future life. Everything here is so orderly.

Liszt suddenly thought of the shed area at the gate of boulder.

It is also a house built on the edge of the wall, but there are very different between the two.

"It's hard to imagine that they did this in just one winter."

The Adam's Apple moved, Liszt continued in surprise.

"Pang Long, do you remember the shelter we visited before? Because they ran out of materials, they had to leave the shelter and build homes on the surface. Although there are five or six hundred people, it seems that it is the same when we pass there every year."

The man who followed Liszt, whose right arm and right eye were replaced by mechanical prosthesis, looked around carefully and said in a stiff tone.

"Of course, sir. But I think it's also a special skill to remain unchanged in this world."

He was Liszt's old partner. He followed him to many places. He could not count the survivors' settlements with both hands.

However, there are only a few 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. When they go again in spring, they don't know where they have gone.

Like the old mayor of Bette street.

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

That's lucky.

Unfortunately, it either went into the stomach of mutants, or was thrown into the oil pot by predators, and even worse, it was eaten raw by heterogeneous species. Such things happen every year, not even news.

Being able to remain unchanged is indeed a great skill on the waste soil.

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

How can he get rich if he doesn't become bigger and stronger?

Liszt still remembers that the last time he did business with people here, the man used 20kg blue umbrella mushrooms and 12 deer skins to exchange a 10kW firewood generator, a set of KV-1 exoskeleton, four bolt operated iron pipe rifles and 120 bullets from him.

That was the last deal he made after winter.

Although the man's eloquence saved him a lot of chips, the profit from the deal was still a considerable figure.

Later, with the money he earned, Liszt bought twelve slaves from the businessmen of Honghe town stranded in Boulder City. Before the road was closed by the heavy snow, Liszt sent them to the Kam tree planting garden he operated in partnership with a business partner in the south.

At the thought of this, Liszt's heart couldn't help getting hot.

He brought a lot of good things this time.

I don't know how much he can earn this trip!

The caravan stopped at the south gate.

Some players who handed in tasks near the South Gate soon noticed them and cast curious eyes here.

"Who are those people?"

"Caravan?"

"Shit, I know these people!"

"Xi Da Pu Ben, boss Xia's shop can finally replenish!"

Just as the players looked at these people, the guards in the caravan were also watching these blue coats nervously.

"Grass... There are two awakeners in this?"

"Are you sure?"

"No mistake! My special function is to sense the breath of the awakened... The breath of the strong can't be wrong!"

Pang Long, who followed Liszt, also frowned slightly.

Noticing the change in the face of his capable men, Liszt looked at him and asked.

"What's the matter?"

"I'm afraid the strength of these people is much stronger than you expected," Pang Long said softly. "Those who wear shelter uniforms... I saw at least four awakened people inside, and at least 15 people showed signs of awakening. Their strength may not be as good as me, but their overall combat effectiveness is better than us."

Liszt looked at Pang Long unexpectedly. Although it sounded a little outrageous, he believed his subordinates' judgment.

"We have to try to avoid conflict with them... Keep an eye on our people later and don't let them walk around."

Pang Long nodded.

"OK."

Liszt asked Panglong to wait at the door with his men, while he followed the guard wearing exoskeleton into the door.

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

Even if they are familiar with each other again.

However, Liszt still has a certain confidence in his eyesight, especially for customers who have cooperated once.

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

Liu Ding, who led the way in front, didn't have much communication with him all the way. He was like a tool man in silence.

He arrived at the reception room with the guest from boulder.

Liu Ding poured him a cup of tea according to the order of the manager, and then said.

"The manager is still on his way back. It is estimated that it will take half an hour to arrive. I may have to trouble you to wait a minute."

Unlike 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. We didn't make an appointment in advance. I'm afraid to disturb you and cause you trouble!"

Bearing in mind the instructions of the manager, Liu Ding said politely.

"How could it be troublesome? The manager specially explained to me that you are his distinguished guest and asked me to treat you well."

"If you need anything, please don't hesitate to tell me, and I will help you to solve it as far as conditions permit."

Liszt politely declined.

"No, no, you're too polite!"

They were polite for a while.

Liu Ding was not good at dealing with such occasions. In addition, there were things to be handled by the guard, so he didn't stay here much. After telling the waiter to greet the guest from a long distance, he turned and left in a hurry.

Time passed minute by minute.

Thirty minutes passed quickly.

When Liszt took out his pocket watch for the sixth time to look at the time, he finally heard footsteps outside the door.

The footsteps came in time, even for a second.

So Lester didn't hold back in his heart make complaints about it, that man really stepped on it.

The door of the reception room is open.

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

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

"Long time no see, Mr. Liszt."

"Yes, I haven't seen you all winter. Nice to see you again! I hope my bold visit won't be disturbed."

Lister, who got up from his chair, couldn't help but be attracted by Chu Guang's power armor.

Dark blue coating and streamlined shell give people a strong sense of security just looking at it.

Liszt's eyes could not help but float a touch of hidden envy.

Power armor!

And it's still a pre war style!

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

He had always wanted to get one before, but unfortunately, this thing, from energy supplied cold fusion batteries to composite armor covering the whole body, is a master of pre war technology. With the backward industrial capacity on the waste soil, it simply does not have the conditions for production.

Even the ideal city can't buy it.

The militia in Boulder City has a small amount of power armor, but those are strategic reserves. Even if they are broken, they cannot flow into the market. Some larger mercenaries or military contractors may have one or two sets, but they are basically used as treasures.

After 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, coupled with his previous experience in sales, he still has this ability of expression control.

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

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

"I don't boast. We are definitely the first caravans to set out in the whole Boulder City! At least we are the first to go north! When those colleagues are still planning where to make a fortune, we have found out the road conditions and packed the goods and hung them on the back of two headed cattle."

Chu Guang asked with interest.

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

Just wait for that!

Liszt took out a tablet computer and handed it to Chu Guang.

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

"We took the first five pages, and those marked at the back. Although we didn't take them on the road, as long as you are interested, we can find a way to get them for you!"

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

Unlike the list of daily necessities he saw last time, Liszt's caravan brought weapons and KV-1 exoskeletons.

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

The new industrial zone has long been able to produce things like assault rifles, grenades and rocket propelled grenades independently.

Moreover, this guy is dishonest. He is sold to him as cheap goods assembled with gearbox and gun barrel eliminated by Jushi military factory.

Now, even for newcomers, few people use the "original" waste local specialty.

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

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

Liszt was stunned.

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 traded four cheap goods for a full 12 high-quality deer skins.

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

"We carry weapons, of course, because they are easy to sell. Now the situation in the valley provinces is turbulent, and the members of the bone chewing tribe loot everywhere. You can smell gunpowder everywhere. Is there anything more popular 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 light weapons technology of Jushi military factory! If I hadn't overstocked the inventory all winter, even I couldn't get so many goods."

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

Hearing Liszt's words, Chu Guang almost didn't laugh.

If he hadn't seen the enterprise's "black swan" G9 assault rifle, he would have believed this guy's nonsense.

It's also the crystallization of technology.

Isn't this thing copied according to the standard weapons of the enterprise?

Although his LD series weapons are also drawn from the AK gun family, at least they are drawn from another world, which can be considered as independent research and development by rounding.

"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 bite my teeth and buy two, but now we can't use this thing."

"Can't use it?! why can't you use it?"

Liszt looked at Chu Guang in surprise and continued quickly.

"Even without the blood hand clan, the whole northern suburb is definitely not safe! My friend, you may not know that a group of predators who claim to chew bones are marching towards the northern suburb of Qingquan city. Those people are different from the blood hand clan. They not only inherit the army's equipment, but also have a large number of people. Do you think they can drive them away with only a few iron pipe rifles?"

Seeing Liszt eager to sell himself, Chu Guang couldn't help feeling a little funny.

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

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

During this time, Xiao Qi has been listening to the voice of boulder radio station and searching for useful information from the host's nonsense about running the train.

On the surface of all kinds of signs, it seems that they really don't know the news that the thousand player team led by the 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 things, you'll know why I'm not interested in the things on your list."

……

The west gate of the outpost.

With a skeptical mood, Liszt followed Chu Guangdi's footsteps to come here.

Call the guard next to him. Chuguang takes an ld-47 assault rifle from him and hands it to Liszt standing aside.

"Ld-47, sickle assault rifle, 7mm caliber. We used this thing against marauders, mutants, and even predators, climbers and even tyrants covered with slime molds."

After receiving the rifle from Chu Guang, Liszt took 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 moment and gave his evaluation.

"The structure looks very simple, and there are few parts to see. The butt of the gun is actually made of wood."

Chu Guang said carelessly.

"Simplicity doesn't prevent it from being easy to use. Do you want to try it?"

Liszt looked at him and asked.

"Is that ok?"

Chu Guang didn't talk much nonsense. He handed him a stuffed magazine and made a gesture of invitation.

"Please."

Liszt was not polite either. He inserted the clip, opened the safety, aimed at the target 100 meters away and pulled the trigger.

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

However, this guy has been wandering around on the waste land for so many years, and he still has some skills.

Soon he adapted to the recoil of the weapon, and then banged several shots, hitting the seven or eight rings in the center accurately.

"Good gun!"

Liszt's eyes lit up and then swept a shuttle at the target.

Until he emptied the last bullet in the magazine, Liszt returned the rifle to Chu Guang.

"It's a good gun!"

"The only drawback is that it's a little difficult to control! But the firepower and power are really strong enough. They should be liked by those mercenaries."

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

Not much?

Chu Guang smiled.

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

"Although this thing is not a highly technical thing, it is absolutely reliable. We have tried to bury it in the snow, throw it into a mud pit, soak it in water, and take it out. It can still be launched normally without affecting its power."

There's a pile in the warehouse?!

Liszt swallowed his saliva and couldn't help saying.

"Full of warehouses? Have you been building guns all winter?"

Chu Guang smiled faintly and said.

"You haven't been here for too long. It's normal to feel strange about the situation here."

It's more than a stranger.

Liszt felt like he was in the wrong place!

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

"The change in the northern suburbs is not just a small area under your feet. Walking five kilometers north from here, it is our new industrial zone. The industrial products produced there are enough to supply the consumption of the whole Northern Suburban survivor settlement. The rifle in your hand and the bullet just fired are produced from there."

"In addition to the industrial area, we also have an agricultural area. A further five kilometers north from the industrial area is our granary in the northern suburbs! There are tens of thousands of mu of farmland under cultivation. In the future, it will become the largest grain production base in the northern suburbs and solve the problem of feeding at least 30000 people."

"Mr. Liszt, the times have changed. It's 212 years of the wasteland era. We should learn to look forward, shouldn't we?"

Although this remark is exaggerated, there is nothing wrong with it.

After all, Chu Guang did intend to do so.

In the future, the industrial products produced in the industrial zone will not only supply the survivors' settlements in the whole northern suburbs, but also be sold to more distant places.

So it's not a picture cake.

Chu Guang is just explaining the blueprint for the future.

Liszt swallowed his saliva and couldn't recover from Chu Guang's words for a long time.

industrial area?

Northern suburbs?

Rely on those Hicks who don't know one in big words?

Liszt really can't imagine what can meet the conditions for the development of industry in the northern suburbs.

Rely on those uneducated refugees with mixed qualities?

Do they know what industry is?

Do you know what standardization is?

Or do you rely on those blue coats that yell for a long time to resume the two-hour work?

But one thing Liszt admits is that the blue coat here does look special. Apart from wearing a blue coat, they didn't look like shelter residents at all.

For Liszt, the expression of doubt on his face was completely expected by Chu Guang.

After all, this kind of thing does sound strange.

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

"It's still a little time before it's completely dark. If you're interested, I can take you to see it."

Hearing Chu Guang's invitation, Liszt was stunned.

"Isn't it... Presumptuous?"

"How could it?" Chu Guang smiled faintly. "It's not something shameful."

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

"Please be sure to show me around!"

Before coming here, Liszt just wanted to make a war fortune by relying on the turbulent situation in the river valley provinces, and make a fortune from these local rich men in the northern suburbs by reselling the backlog of cheap arms in the inventory.

So now, he doesn't like that petty profit.

A young and potential force is rising from this wild soil! Its leaders are not only full of courage, outstanding ability, 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 was successful or not, he could make an unimaginable wealth!

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

……

Living up to his expectations, Chu Guang soon took him to an industrial zone five kilometers away.

Although night has fallen, but here is still a brightly lit, production work is still in progress.

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

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

Tall chimneys bore out from the roof of the plant, and thick smoke was huff and puff. The goods and raw materials produced were piled into hills in the warehouse.

From time to time, people push carts to send goods from one workshop to another, or from one factory to another.

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

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

Although similar equipment is not rare in Jushi's factories, it is inconceivable that they developed these in only one winter.

Are these industrial equipment and production methods falling from the sky?!

Liszt suddenly thought of the pioneer passing by from the northern suburb of Qingquan city.

There is only one explanation.

They are sponsored by the enterprise!

"... this used to be the lair of the bloody hand clan, but then we got rid of those annoying guys and sent them where they should go."

"Then, we transformed the whole plant, smelted the garbage from waste collection into steel, aluminum or other alloys, and used 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 Stonehenge, we also have things that Stonehenge does not have, such as convenient transportation, such as cheap labor and raw material costs."

"It will soon prosper here, and it will never lose to any survivor settlement in the valley province, including Boulder City! Believe me, now is the best admission window. For the sake of old friends, I told you. Investing in us at this time is definitely a win-win business."

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

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

"How should I invest?"

Finally wait until this sentence!

Chu Guang's face showed a happy smile.

"Very simple, we provide two win-win solutions."

"Whether you choose to pay or contribute, or both, I can assure you that this will be a bloody business!"

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(I shouldn't have set up a flag... It's 2K short of a day, and it's cracked.)