Chapter 1482 Small Business

The failed exploration ended here, and Lu Ping'an received a lot of complaints. He was playing a bit too big, and the feedback from the front line was a bit too much.

In his impression, it was just a walk around, but in fact the collapse of a space channel and the death of an overlord-level creature were events that were enough to affect the entire battle.

"Our spies complained that the front line has become a lot more tense, especially in spy investigations."

"Uh, is there a problem on the front line?"

"No, it's just that it's a lot of trouble to send back the intelligence. The craftsmanship of those fishmen is very rough. Our lurkers are relatively safe, but there are indeed many of them, and it's very annoying to check."

Lu Ping'an didn't pay too much attention to some minor things.

He was just reading the latest battle report. As a member of the military committee (a false title of advisor), he could see various non-sensitive internal references and military intelligence, including many specific details of the front and logistics.

In his eyes, nothing actually happened. After all, the war was still in a stage of mutual testing.

If there is any obvious change, it is that local food prices and daily necessities prices have plummeted, causing him to lose a lot.

This is not because he hoarded goods for fun, but because the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce already deals in a large amount of daily necessities and food, and a sudden drop in prices will naturally lead to a large loss.

"It seems that the caravan's route needs to be adjusted."

Lu Ping'an thought for a moment and realized what the plummet was about.

More powerful factions and big bosses have ended up, especially Dongguo, which has produced a large number of light industrial products for dumping, and food has become even easier. Dongguo experts have come up with fertilizers that are more suitable for the local area, and they have come up with preferred seeds. A large area was planted, and with the help of gardeners, the first batch of products was shipped.

Those scattered merchants, farmers and even the companies affiliated to Lin Nu Church could not outplay Dongguo Official and its subordinate state-owned enterprises, and they were directly wiped out.

There has been some panic and uneasiness in the market. They can't understand what the Dongguo people are doing. Don't we usually raise prices together to make money? The market in this world is almost unlimited. Even if you eat a little more, you won't take away all the blame from others. If you lower the price like this, won't you make less money?

Lu Pingan, who had seen the internal reference, knew that this was not about money at all.

This is not because the Eastern Kingdom officials want to control the market. In fact, it is just the opposite. During the war, they hope that important people's livelihood and food can be held in relatively safe channels.

"This is probably a lesson learned from past experience."

Lu Ping'an asked about it and found out that Dongguo had suffered a lot in this regard.

In other different worlds, the East Kingdom and the worlds of righteous gods, evil gods, and other countries' forces are developing. In many places, this kind of private business is taken care of by local forces and the True God Church. The officialdom of the East Kingdom is more focused on resources, military, etc. In terms of hard goods.

But reality has proven that this is not realistic at all. On the one hand, there are too many messy things happening. Food is sold at gold prices on a daily basis. What’s more terrible is that their abilities are not trustworthy. They will fall off the chain at critical moments. Frontline If you fight well, a realistic joke like running out of food and logistics would be too hellish.

Therefore, the Dongguo official already has a systematic intervention system. Once it is decided to intervene on a large scale in a certain world, the food channels must be controlled first.

What really drives up local grain prices is the large amount of "fertilizers" and "high-quality seeds." Although the categories are single, the ex-factory cost price is probably less than one-tenth of the previous price. In the end, the sales price was only halved, which is considered an official market adjustment. Time for a kind act.

"It seems that we need to make some adjustments. Low-end, finished grains will basically be given up and replaced with non-necessities that are a little further up the industrial chain, such as processed, cooked food, beverages and other non-necessities."

If Lu Ping An doesn't intend to have a conflict with Dongguo for this benefit, he will definitely not be able to. Since you are willing to go through a thankless effort to guarantee the bottom line, Lu Ping An naturally chooses to let go.

The price reduction of food and daily necessities will definitely significantly reduce the cost of survival and living, and will also bring about another wave of population growth.

The overall goal is to strengthen the world's resistance, and Lu Ping An is naturally willing to support it.

"Low-end arms have increased by almost 40%. Is this the result of official price reduction?"

Lu Ping'an felt more and more subtle. He took a look and found that commonly used low-end weapons including "enchanted throwing gun", "pressure gun" and "underwater medical kit" had increased even more. This 40% was still the result of averaging. The price of the best pressure gun has more than doubled, and the price is still unavailable.

"Can't just find a craftsman and make hundreds of them in a day?"

The pressure gun has a very simple structure. It is a special "water gun" that only uses pressure to eject harpoons and throw spears.

It is worthless on land, but for new recruits in the water, a firearm that can shoot "ammunition" stably can at least ensure that they are not really battlefield bystanders.

The intervention of Dongguo also brought a large number of new soldiers who were still adapting to water warfare. The production of this cheap and effective weapon was too low just relying on Dongguo. If it were sent from the earth, the freight would be much more expensive than the cost of production. When it started Purchasing from the market naturally raises prices.

"But the price has risen too much. It seems like someone is taking advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune."

Lu Ping'an sighed. It wasn't because he didn't earn the money. In fact, he had a special status. He could see all kinds of front-line and even sensitive information. Advisors from the Dongguo official often came to ask questions. He was involved in many of the other party's plans. For those who are deeply informed, it is too easy to make money through intelligence.

"It's so short-sighted."

No matter what, Dongguo is the biggest "financial sponsor" of Mercury 42. It is a foolish thing to become a "profiteer" and "unstable element" in their eyes for this little benefit.

Lu Pingan shook his head. Even as the world's largest arms dealer, he did not intend to intervene in the surge in low-end products this time. He estimated that he was being watched and any action would cause resentment.

". Notice, put more low-end goods to suppress prices. Forget it, I will talk to Dongguo officials directly and sign a long-term military purchase order."

This kind of low-end goods does not have much profit margin and technical barriers. After two months, when Dongguo officials have mastered the technology and set up the production line, they can make these things at the floor price.

The order was signed smoothly. Even if Lu Pingan's face was not used, the first batch of Dongguo officials' advance troops were indeed in short supply of low-level weapons and equipment. Lu Pingan sold a lot of parts and auxiliary equipment to them. Although the weapons were given at cost price, he still made a lot of money.

The Dongguo government was also happy to see "surrenders" like Lu Ping'an, and the price they offered was quite sincere.

Lu Ping'an was also surprised by their determination. Food, daily necessities, military supplies, their actions may not be big or obvious, but they are fundamentally changing the whole world.

As the earliest surrenderer and trusted partner (official news evaluation), Lu Ping'an also received a large number of unique orders.