Chapter 1361: Cooperation Reached, Restless Local Forces!

The transaction went much smoother than expected.

If the materials proposed by the Doomsday Madman were other types, such as daily necessities, technical information, some things to improve the living standards of the residents of the gathering place, or even help to accelerate the development of the territory, the two parties would have to haggle over the price.

After all, for Tiantie Island and other islands of the Mining Island Alliance at this stage, these things cannot solve the problems they are about to face.

In the wasteland of crisis and turmoil, as long as the natural disasters do not end and the alien races do not disappear, there will never be peace.

At present, the Mining Island Alliance has not been besieged and harassed by other gathering places, because they have not solved the biggest food problem at present, and have not built weapons and ships enough to equip an entire team.

But everyone knows that when the autumn harvest is over and the forces of all parties have recovered, the Mining Island Alliance will face huge challenges.

At that time, without sufficient weapons and defense facilities, they may find it difficult to resist the siege of external forces.

It is in this context that the arms deal proposed by the Doomsday Madman undoubtedly hits the vital point accurately!

But to be honest, there is really no need to negotiate for this thing.

In the peaceful era when wars occasionally occur, the arms business is undoubtedly a seller's market.

Even if the doomsday madman offers a sky-high price, they can only accept it with a pinch of their nose.

As for whether the other party is lying, Sun Guangmin never doubted it from beginning to end.

First, before coming, he deliberately rushed to the dock to see the other party's iron boat up close.

That more than ten-meter-long ship is indeed a world apart from the wooden boats of the survivors now.

Even if there are no weapons on it and it relies purely on ramming, it can force its way out of the encirclement of wooden boats.

Second, the demands put forward by the other party also further confirmed their strength. They urgently need a large amount of processed ore, and are even willing to take over the ore output of the entire Tiantie Island.

Such a demand cannot be digested in the short term for large gathering places.

So, what do they do with so many raw materials that cannot be eaten or drunk?

The answer is actually obvious.

The gathering place of the other party must have made good industrial development, and may have mastered advanced smelting and production technology, which can transform these ores into various practical tools and machinery.

And the production of weapons, for them, may be just the simplest link in many industrial activities.

The third and most important point.

The two parties trade, one hand pays the money, the other hand delivers the goods.

Under such conditions, if there is no courage to reach a cooperation, the Iron Island will be given away that day.

"There are still 170 tons of inventory in the warehouse, iron ore and copper ore account for up to 70%, and there are still a lot of aluminum, manganese, tungsten ore..." Sun Guangmin ordered the restaurant to serve another table of dishes, and the group chatted while eating: "If you have other needs, such as gold and silver, I can also get a batch, but the price may be much more expensive than ordinary ore."

The general ore is now pitifully low because of the scarcity of demand.

But the gold and silver mines, which are also in short supply, are still expensive because the survivors inherently believe that they are precious metals.

Of course, this expensiveness is only relatively expensive.

In the eyes of Mala Tiechui, the value is basically the same as the copper mine in Tianyuan Territory.

It can be said to be free!

"We want all kinds of ores that you can collect. Don't worry, in addition to arms, we can also provide some other materials that you urgently need, such as..."

A sly flash of cunning flashed in Mala Tiechui's eyes. He put down his chopsticks and took out a long-prepared list from the backpack behind him, "For example, these are all the materials we can provide now."

Sun Guangmin took the list with doubts. Although he was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw the lines of text on it.

The first thing to bear the brunt was medicine!

The list listed various kinds of medicines, from common cold medicines, anti-inflammatory drugs to scarce antibiotics, hemostatics, and even some special medicines for some epidemics that have recently ravaged the wasteland.

In today's world, these medicines are simply life-saving treasures. Sun Guangmin couldn't help but set off a storm in his heart. Under special circumstances, even a piece of special medicine worth a hundred gold will be snatched up.

Once you can trade these things from the other party, even if you don't use them, reselling them will be a terrifying income!

Then, his eyes fell on the medical equipment column below the medicines.

The list lists various medical equipment from simple bandages and disinfectants to complex surgical instruments, electrocardiographs, etc.

For a moment, Sun Guangmin felt suffocated and even thought he was dazzled.

What the hell?

If ordinary medical equipment is still within his understanding, then the large medical equipment that can only be seen in various modern hospitals is a bit beyond the current level of human development.

For their small gathering place of more than 100,000 people, a few medical equipment may not be of much use, and even if they want to use them, they may not find anyone to operate them.

But for those super territories with millions or tens of millions of people, the value of this thing is self-evident, and any one of them can cause a scramble.

"You... this is..." Sun Guangmin paused and swallowed hard.

Based on his knowledge and understanding, the two supplies on the list were indeed a bit excessive, the kind of things he had never even dreamed of.

But when he raised his head, he met the slightly encouraging eyes of Spicy Iron Hammer.

Well, the other party obviously knew that he would react this way.

Sun Guangmin had no choice but to lower his head and continue reading. After skipping medical-related supplies, the second major category was various agricultural seeds, which lasted several pages. It not only covered seeds of various food crops and cash crops, but also There were even some strange wasteland plant seeds that he had never heard of.

"Can land flowers continuously improve the land fertility in the region?"

Seeing the description of one of the seeds, Sun Guangmin couldn't help but feel ecstatic. If the properties of this seed were not fake, then even on the island they would have land fertility that was no less than that of the land, and could grow food and crops on a large scale. vegetable.

This is of extremely important significance to the long-term development of the Mineral Island Alliance. It means that in the future, food cannot be traded from the outside world, and a certain degree of internal self-sufficiency can be maintained.

"It's amazing...how could so many things come from such a small and unknown territory?"

"No...this doesn't look like the work of a small territory at all. Could it be that they are the spokesperson of some large territory?"

"It's possible, very possible..."

For a moment, Sun Guangmin thought a lot, but his eyes stayed on the final column of finished equipment.

For many gathering places, this part of the food is more like a piece of pie that can be seen but not eaten.

For example, although this high-efficiency stone converter can provide a certain amount of energy every day, Tiantie Island does not have many electrical devices at all, and there is no way to build coverage facilities.

There is also a large water purifier, which can be used, but clean water is not a current necessity. We will have to wait until the gathering place becomes rich before there is a need to improve life.

In addition, there are many production tools on the list.

This part attracted Sun Guangmin's attention, but unfortunately the development of industrial machine tools was not among them.

"This is just part of it. When our cooperation becomes stable, we will provide more of what you want."

Spicy Iron Hammer smiled and said: "Including anything, we can even help you build an entire factory."

"Then I'll be relieved." Sun Guangmin expressed his understanding and did not ask any more questions.

It is unrealistic to expect that they can get everything they want in one transaction.

But having said that, it is indeed sincere that the other party is willing to give out so many trading items for the first time.

On the spot, the two parties concluded a simple cooperation agreement.

As a buyer, "Mengyue Territory" needs to take the initiative to come to Tiankuang Island within a month with sufficient supplies for transactions, of which the quantity of weapons and ammunition must not be less than 70%, and it must also provide some after-sales services. As a proactive party, Tiantiedao is willing to reduce the original price by another 10% to share the freight transportation costs.

As a seller, Tiantie Island needs to prepare the determined quantity of goods in advance and cannot cut corners. Each finished product must be smelted and purified in strict accordance with the buyer's standards. Considering the increase in labor costs, the buyer Mengyue Territory We are also willing to increase the original price by 10% as an incentive.

After reaching an agreement, Sun Guangmin remained calm, but others were a little too happy to find out what was going on.

Especially Hu Shulin, when he thought that his guards would soon be equipped with standard weapons and no longer be in the embarrassment before, he felt as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood, and he drank a pot of tea in one go.

"For these distinguished guests, it's already getting late. Why don't you rest at our Tiantie Island for one night before leaving tomorrow, and let me do my best to serve as a landlord!"

"Okay, then we'll just stay here for one night and leave tomorrow."

Spicy Iron Hammer and Doomsday Madman looked at each other, and they actually had this intention.

Compared to the survivors of Mengyue Territory.

After all, the Mine Island Alliance still has continuous communication with the outside world, and you should be able to get a lot of information here.

And today's Southern Fire Territory doesn't look as mineral-poor as rumored.

If we can open up the trade routes here, we won't have to rely on supplies from the Northland for a long time.

After all, traveling to the north is nearly two months slower than the south. For the early stage, this is extremely valuable development time!

That afternoon and evening, Tiantie Island was almost measured by two people with their feet.

Sun Guangmin did not restrict their contact with ordinary residents. It seems that he is very confident in his reputation.

This is also true. Sun Guangmin's reputation in the Mine Island Alliance is indeed good.

Apart from "Encobat", Jinyan Island's righteous and good brother, he is the most principled and disciplined.

Of course, there are nearly 300 rules, large and small, in the entire Tiantie Island.

"Most of these rules restrict those with power, how strange it is!" The apocalyptic madman specially asked for a complete copy of Tiantie's new rules, and couldn't help but sigh after reading them.

He wouldn't be surprised if this new rule appeared in the wasteland for a year.

At that time, human beings still retained the hope of returning home, and the moral concepts and ideological education of the civilized era still remained in their hearts. The nostalgia for the past life and the longing for the future enabled many people to maintain a certain degree of order and order in the early stages of the disaster. ethical bottom line.

However, this is not the case in the current wasteland. In the past two years, the survivors have been completely released.

In this barren land, more and more people are liberated from their nature. They begin to abandon the constraints of the past and become reckless.

In this disordered world, the dark side of human nature is infinitely magnified, and bad behaviors such as greed, selfishness, and violence are common.

Because of this, managers like Sun Guangmin who can still stick to their original intentions are particularly rare and precious. He not only has to face external survival pressure, but also has to deal with internal human challenges.

In such an environment, it undoubtedly takes great courage and perseverance to keep a clear mind, stick to the moral bottom line, and commit to the long-term and stable development of the gathering place.

"Of course, this is also the main reason why we are willing to follow Lord Sun!"

Hu Shulin nodded confidently.

In fact, he didn't say another sentence. Only limited power can be called real power.

After all, if power is not restrained, it will be rampant and will easily destroy their fragile gathering place.

By then, the carrier is gone, and he still has power.

However, there are also people who hold completely opposite opinions, believing that rights should not restrict oneself, but should be based on the premise of restraining ordinary survivors.

Shuima Island, adjacent to Tiantie Island, is one of them.

Night fell.

Lu Guangyin brought several confidants and came to Shuima Island at night. After paying a lot of materials as the price of introduction, he finally got the qualification to meet.

The lord of Shuima Island was named Wu Jiahao, often called Brother Hao.

Because he was a native of Hong Kong and was loyal, he attracted many brothers in the early days of the wasteland.

Later, he was lucky, and more and more people followed him along the way, so he simply formed a gang.

However, those who were willing to follow this brother Hao were not good people. They were either thugs with lives on their hands or people who did not intend to live an honest life.

A group of people traveled north and south, burning, killing and looting countless times, until they came to the territory of the mining island and stopped.

"Brother Hao, the person is here. He said he knows where the people who took the iron boat this afternoon came from."

"Let him in."

Wu Jiahao is about thirty years old, with a ruddy face, thick eyebrows slightly raised upwards rebelliously, and a pair of narrow and fierce eyes like a wild wolf under long and slightly curled eyelashes.

In addition, he is not small, just over 1.8 meters tall, and the muscular blocks under the black jacket are even more threatening.

Most people feel breathless when they are stared at by him, let alone looking at each other.

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