Chapter 149: Small Actions
Hanjiangkou, the southernmost seaport of Icefield City, is only a few hundred nautical miles away from Helen Town.
A fleet of entirely refurbished hulks, large and small, of everything. There are wooden sailboats, cargo ships, everything.
A businessman named Cordina was sitting on the bow, looking into the distance with a condensed expression.
Cordina is a member of the Nightingale Corps, and has always regarded himself as a businessman to the outside world.
He came this time not simply to do business, but also to exchange benefits with the people of Icefield City.
To put it bluntly, they are here to pull supplies.
They deliberately made a detour from the open sea and came to Hanjiangkou.
And the dilapidated Hanjiang Port, which is full of moss, can see serious rust and a large number of barnacles attached to the pier. The harbor looks dilapidated, and the slaves in the port are working listlessly. They don’t seem so active. alive. Because going out, apart from severe cold, there are mutant beasts that are many times more powerful than other places.
The mutant beasts in the ice field are very powerful, they are very terrifying. If there is danger at any time in the wilderness, there is no life on the ice field.
So they can only hide here. Or, there are almost no scavengers on the ice sheet. First, they really can’t find anything, and second, even if there are, they won’t be taken away.
So they pretty much stop there.
Icefield is actually more than just Icefield City. There are more than a dozen large and small city ruins here, but the largest is Icefield City in the northern port. Icefield City is completely dependent on marine resources. incredible. The way they survive is to use these materials to survive.
The minerals on the ice sheet are rich, but there is almost no time for thawing, and it is basically accompanied by cold all year round, so there are too few things to eat. Especially fresh vegetables or grains. Those are very precious things.
The price of food here is equivalent to that of diamonds in the real world.
Precious makes people feel abnormal.
When the supplies arrived at the port, several men in thick leather coats immediately greeted them warmly and said: "Our Patriarch is very happy to receive your letter. He is very happy to cooperate with you. And the City Master of Icefield City is also willing to cooperate with you." You trade and agree to sell you any weapons."
Cordina embraced each other enthusiastically, and he also seemed very enthusiastic: "Very happy my friend, this is a letter from our leader. He hopes you can give this letter to your leader. He said that as long as you don't treat us If there is a threat, we will never come to the ice sheet to pose any threat to you. He only hopes to get the big ship and engine technology from you. If you can satisfy these, we are willing to trade crude oil with you. With the big ship, we can make larger deals with you."
"Yes, this is very good for both of us. As long as your supplies are in place, if there is no problem, please come with us!"
The man excitedly pulled Cordina up and jumped up. He pointed to several ships in the distance and said: "Those, we have no use for them, they have been repaired, and they are guaranteed to work. As for the engine you mentioned, we have For the two technologies, you can send some finished products to you in the early stage, and you can slowly copy them according to the drawings in the later stage. As for fuel, we have as much as you want, and there is absolutely no limit! No matter what the city owner thinks, we are friends forever. "
Cordina excitedly shook the man's hand and said: "The Eastern Wilderness and the Hanjiang family are definitely forever friends. To show our friendship, we also specially sent our special products, pickles and our brewed barley wine! This thing It can be stored for a long time, and you taste it! It is very drinkable!"
"Really? Great!"
As the people from Cordina brought the gifts, the man opened the wine jar, and he smelled it, the smile on his face never going down.
He took out some pickles again, took a sip and drank a big gulp of wine. The man excitedly pointed to the wine jar and pickles and said, "It's great! It's great! These things are more precious than anything we have. Thank you so much, my friends!"
Cordina received the highest standard of hospitality here, and not long after he disembarked, he met the lord of Icefield City, Andre.
Andre is a middle-aged man, he is similar to other nobles, he is dressed in fur and looks very burly. After he came, Cordina immediately ordered his people to cook and ask Andre to grow their food in the eastern wilderness.
To be honest, the food in the Eastern Wilderness entered the ice sheet for the first time in nearly a hundred years. When Andre took a big mouthful of the stew, he was stunned.
"It's so delicious? Isn't your eastern wilderness a wilderness? How can there be such delicious food?"
"Hehe, the eastern wilderness is not desolate at all, but is thriving. Our leader led us to improve the living environment there. The leader kept saying that he hoped to improve relations and communicate with people in other places through trade routes. Whether you have it or not. So the materials we brought this time are specifically aimed at your difficulties, such as pickled vegetables, wine, and food. We brought them all in exchange for things we don’t have. For example, iron ore. "
Andre looked at Cordina suspiciously and said, "You want iron ore? Are you sure you want to use those stones and ship to exchange with us?"
"I'm sure, not only ore, there are many complementary products in the future. We are also willing to purchase the finished steel products produced by you. I heard that the steel products in Icefield City are the best. In addition, we are also very interested in your various offshore technologies and on-road The technology is very interesting."
"Hehe, we don't care about this, we can give it to you. However, last time I saw you guys using a kind of coin to exchange supplies with each other, what's going on?" Andre looked at Cordina suspiciously , he seems to be very interested in tokens as well.
Cordina smiled, and he took out one and handed it to Andre and said, "This is what you're talking about?"
Looking at the small points coin in his hand, Andre nodded, and he asked back: "What is this thing for?"
"It's our internal exchange system. With it, we can buy any item. We don't need what we need. We only need this to sell things in the Eastern Wilderness. With point coins, we can directly buy what we want most. And despite its small size and unremarkable appearance, this one is 100 milliliters of unpolluted water."
"My boy, this method is really useful. If I use this point currency, can I also buy your supplies? Don't you have to follow what you like?"
"This..." Cordina hesitated suddenly, and Andre was a little puzzled by his hesitation.
He frowned slightly and asked, "Is there any restriction?"
"That's it. If you want to buy it freely, you must recognize the point currency, and the point currency must also be able to buy things from you. After all, it is mutual. Of course, if you want, we can Discuss, and slowly carry out the trade settlement of points coins, so that we can buy and sell with points coins. It is relatively easy to use, and I personally suggest that you start with a certain area, we are friends, I I don’t want to harm you. If you open it directly, I’m afraid it will directly hurt your interests. It’s a very good way to open a trading port here, where everyone trades through point coins.”
Cordina's proposal made Andre see the sincerity of the Doomsday Brotherhood, and also made Gayev of the Hanjiang family feel Cordina's help to him.
Gayev smiled and nodded, he was very satisfied with Cordina's answer.
And Andre was also very satisfied.
"Well... that's true. As far as Icefield City is concerned, the interior is very unstable now. Everyone is doing their own thing, and the tribes don't listen to coordination at all. Gayev can be regarded as a relatively obedient tribe. If this is the case, we will start in Hanjiang We are willing to accept points currency transactions here. I also formally promise you that the coastal part under the command of Icefield City will become a blood alliance with you!"
"Thank you very much! This is exactly the intention of our leader, he just wants us to become a blood alliance! If you can agree, we will immediately join hands to create a sea trade route!"
"Okay! I welcome you very much!"
After Cordina shook hands with Andre, he handed it to Andre with Hu Guo's personal letter.
After opening the letter and reading it, Andre smiled coldly, and said calmly: "It's not difficult, and you are just sending charcoal in the snow. Our current material transactions are still relatively small, but Chief Yuguo not only invited me to spend some time Going to be a guest, and you are going to send a lot of point coins to directly buy our ships? You really helped us! Please go back and tell him that I agreed to the fifteen boats, and I am willing to send you another ten A small gunboat, this thing can’t go out to the far sea, it can only be used in rivers and near seas. Since there is no threat to us, please wait a few days, and I will personally escort these boats to meet with Chief Yuguo!”
"To be honest, I really can't wait to see him!"
"Okay, then I'll make a note of it. Don't worry, Lord City Master, we will definitely invite you to our Hongling New City in the warmest way in the Eastern Wilderness!"
"Okay! Then I look forward to it!"
Cordina perfectly completed the task assigned to him by Yu Guo. He successfully contacted the city lord forces along the coast of Icefield City. Although they are not the largest in number, they control the largest amount of supplies and the most comprehensive weapons. .
In particular, they can smelt steel by themselves, which is an important and urgent matter for Guo.
Yu Guo was short of supplies, but they were able to provide them. If the West Wilderness was taken in the future, the supplies would basically be stable. No big deal!