National Juggernaut

Chapter 739 Starting Point
".Is this the new batch of goods list? Let me see. Tsk, there are not enough good goods here. Doesn't your caravan have better goods?"

"There is no way. During the war, the transportation cost was already high, and the speculation of various materials was even more outrageous. If we are a small business, even if it is difficult to buy goods and sell them easily, we will not be able to reach the border."

Zheng Li shook his head, knowing that this was the reality at the moment, so he could only sigh and eat this batch of supplies that was at least doubled.

In the past, I didn’t feel it as a transporter, and I expected the higher the price difference brought about by long-distance logistics, the better, but now I am a “landlord” and changed my position, and I was frightened by the terrible high prices in the border areas.

"Zheng Li, think of a better place. At least we made a big purchase when the Twin Cities were still there. Otherwise, even the screws would have to rely on logistics, and the cost would have increased by at least ten times."

The comfort of his companions did help, but the increasingly injured Xiao Jinku made Zheng Li feel a little anxious.

Plans are always faster than changes. The amount of materials needed to build a home in a remote area has far exceeded Zheng Li's original plan.

Fortunately, the Twin Cities came once. Under the kind advice of the veteran, Zheng Li spent almost all of his working capital to buy all kinds of supplies that might be needed, especially the commonly used species that are unlikely to be bought in remote areas.

For example, the long-distance transportation of live cattle and sheep bought before is not only risky, but also requires additional transportation costs. The price is at least a hundred times that of the place of origin in Dacheng. hard to find.

After all, the same transportation space is handed over to military supplies, stable income and capital preservation, and there is no need to worry about additional expenses caused by the accidental death of live animals. The battle group that runs the transportation naturally knows how to choose.

In the border areas far away from big cities, the biggest headache is not soaring prices, but that even if you have money, the types of goods you can choose are quite limited. After all, everyone knows that selling a certain kind of goods is particularly profitable, and the demand is huge. Items will become the mainstream of transportation.

Count on the market's self-adjusting function?Going back and forth for three months and starting half a year ago, it may be that the last time the best-selling products are in short supply, the next time they will be rotten.

The self-regulation of long-distance goods is often a delayed market disaster. It is better to let them sell what they want.

After checking the cargo list of the caravan in front of him again, Zheng Li could only sigh and gave up his plan to buy some supplies again.

It was the businessman who hesitated and did not leave.

".Anything else?"

"Your Excellency, do you sell your cattle and sheep? We can pay ten times the market price in the city."

Tsk, it turned out to be his own goods. Zheng Li was amazed at first, then shook his head with a smile.

"Not for sale, at least not this year. They are just bought from the Twin Cities. They may be sold outside in two years."

"Oh well."

The opposite party just said "oh", agreed, and didn't get entangled.

This is actually not the first time. After all, a goat over two meters high and a calf over six meters high will increase people's appetite no matter how you look at it.

The special features of the Monsoon Land have been slightly developed. The beasts and trees here are generally huge, but there is no spiritual response. At first, everyone thought that the species here were special, but now it seems that the rules of the world itself It has the characteristics of "physical strengthening" and "physical embodiment".

The influence of psionic creatures like humans is not obvious, but ordinary creatures like cattle and sheep start to eat local grass and water, and after entering the local food chain, they quickly show signs of gigantism.

This is undoubtedly a good thing. While it means that the Monsoon Land has its first specialty product, it also means that the upcoming food crisis will be greatly alleviated.

Food crisis?Well, it has happened, and it will be for quite some time.

There is no other reason. The dragon horse cavalry is very useful on the battlefield, but after the war, they are all big eaters.

Even if the first batch of "soldiers" have been "retired", food and supplies are still needed to maintain the permanent garrison. Even the minimum garrison is in units of tens of thousands.

Resource consumption is actually quite normal. Who can live without food? The problem is that it was a wasteland before, and there was no food itself. Even if the local giant beasts can provide enough meat, it is still too unstable to rely solely on hunting. Establishing pastures and farms It is necessary to make food self-sufficient.

But now, before a new batch of grain is self-sufficiently put into production, all the grain must be imported. Even though the grain transport team has never stopped, the big city has tried hard to suppress the premium of this war material-level military grain, but it still makes the Peace Corps very difficult. bleeding.

After all, no matter what you say, you can't let others work in vain without making money.

However, due to the unexpected harvest of "hugeness" and the ultra-savage development of local animal husbandry, the originally expected three-year formation has been optimistically revised to half a year.

If you're lucky, when the caravan in front of you walks back to the city, you might even be able to bring a big fat sheep with you.

At this time, Zheng Li would like to thank the Twin Cities again. Looking back now, it was a huge harvest for that big purchase that cost him everything.

"Have the first batch of permanent barracks been built?"

"Yes, the soldiers have already settled in, but it will take some time for supporting bunkers, defensive towers and the like."

The tower cranes in the distance are slow and precise, much more reliable than any monster tower cranes. This kind of man-made spiritual weapon/electrical engineering equipment was originally impossible to buy in remote areas, and it was only thanks to the Twin Cities that they succeeded.

Not to mention, the more he looked at the camp that was slowly taking shape in front of him, as well as all kinds of expensive but used engineering equipment, Zheng Li felt that the Twin Cities were too promising as a "big business car".

"Uh. Aren't they running business all the time? Do you think you've made money? They've made at least three times as much profit as you. What you get is a [-]% premium to the market price, right? What they get is a discount from the market price. Forty percent of the cost price."

Now, Zheng Li was even more moved.

In the past, I privately felt that the strategic weapon of the "mobile city" of the Twin Cities was a bit weak, but now it seems that it is simply a cornucopia of daily wealth. With resources and money, are you worried that it will not be able to develop?All problems can be solved by spending money on strategic force.

"Heh, actually, we can have some soup too."

Looking at the pasture not far away, Zheng Li also burst into laughter.

The pastures I got will be able to earn a stable income in less than two years, and when the time comes to sell them next door, my reputation will also rise.

Smiling and laughing, Zheng Li also woke up, everything was fine in the dream, but it was a little far away and couldn't be touched now.

Now, the most important thing at the moment is to inspect the barracks that have just been completed, and check the few regiments that have just been reorganized.

(End of this chapter)