Chapter 92 New Plan
When I saw Ashford, this guy was directing the staff to move the special weapon launching device. "Ashford."
"Ziri? Why did you come here? Isn't it the busiest time now?"
"I'm very busy! But this matter is more important, so I still ran here."
"What's going on?"
"I'd like to borrow some cannonballs."
"Borrowing cannonballs? Are you kidding? We bought some of our cannonballs from you. What should I use if you want to borrow cannonballs?"
I said seriously: "I'm not joking with you, it's true. There have been too many battles during this period, and the shells can't keep up with the consumption."
Ashford was no fool, he understood immediately upon hearing it. "Are you going to rob the forest in East Timor?"
"What's the matter?"
Ashford said: "Don't ask what's wrong first, just tell me if it is."
"Yes. There is no reason to put such a big cake there and watch it fall into the mouths of Japanese people, right?"
"If you know so well that there's cake there, why do you go?"
"What are you talking about? Are you trying to grab it just because it's a cake? If there's a large desert there, I wouldn't want it as a gift!"
"Don't you understand this?" Ashford gave me a list. "This is a purchase order sent by the American Dolphin Association. There are several items produced by your guild. Since they are not familiar with you, they asked me to purchase them on your behalf."
I looked at the list. The first part was all ordinary things, but on the next page, there were projectile shrapnel shells and large-caliber city-breaking cannons in the list. After reading this, I'll be damned if I don't understand what the Americans are trying to do. Obviously, the Americans are also eyeing the fragrant trees in East Timor. Armored wood is a better shipbuilding material than steel. Our guild still attaches great importance to Mexican steel. Americans can only produce ordinary steel, so of course they attach more importance to this thing.
“How big is this American guild?”
Ashford didn't answer my question at all. "It's not this guild's problem at all. I have four purchase orders here if you want to see them."
I nodded. "I understand. The guilds in the United States are basically eyeing this place."
"So I don't even think about it at all." Ashford spread his hands to express his helplessness. Obviously he originally planned to get East Timor. But after seeing the actual situation, I decided not to take action. If individual guilds are eyeing this place, we can still compete based on our strength, but if there are too many people eyeing this place, it won't be worth it. This place itself is a land of right and wrong. In addition, the situation is so complicated. The price of the final product is still unstable. The actual profit in the end may not be as much as the investment. Moreover, it has to offend the guilds of many countries. After weighing the pros and cons, it is better not to 'meddle'. Hands are the best.
"In this case, there is no need to borrow cannonballs."
As soon as I finished speaking, Ashford said: "Then I won't send it away. There are a lot of things going on in the city, so go back by yourself!"
"Don't run in a hurry!" I quickly pulled Ashford back after he had already taken two steps. "Can you sell me the technology for that large weapon like a radar antenna?"
"No." Ashford answered very simply.
I nodded: "I knew you were stingy." I opened the space door and put it aside. The super protective shield from the Indonesians last time was still inside. When Ashford saw that thing, his eyes immediately lit up. There was a green light. I felt relieved when I saw this greedy green light. What I feared most was that he wouldn't be tempted. "See?"
Ashford nodded quickly.
"Want it?"
Ashford nodded again.
"You also know that this thing is hard to come by. It is impossible for me to..."
Originally, I planned to seduce Ashford, but I didn't expect that he couldn't stand it before I even finished a sentence. "I'll trade the radiation cannon with you."
hey-hey! It turns out that thing is called a radiation cannon, no wonder it can't be seen or heard when it fires. It turns out that it emits radiation, but I don’t know what kind of radiation it uses. Magic light cannon and sonic cannon are both radiation weapons, but their power is much different, so the type of radiation is the key to the radiation cannon.
Now that Ashford has agreed, I don’t have to waste my breath anymore. You can tell him directly about the situation of this thing. "There is no problem in changing, but the time has to be pushed back a little."
"Why?" Ashford became anxious upon hearing this. "Are you asking me to add something more? Although I initially disagreed with selling you the radiation cannon technology, you don't have to be so cruel, right?"
"Don't be impatient! Can you wait until I finish speaking?"
"you say."
"Do you know where this thing comes from?"
"You don't know, do you?" Ashford immediately became energetic.
"Do you think my intelligence is just for show? Let me tell you! Although this thing was captured during the Indonesian counterattack, and the 'operators' are all Indonesian players. But it is not made by Indonesia."
"Nonsense, I also know that it was not man-made in Indonesia. The question is where it came from."
"Want to know?"
"kindness."
I summoned luck and plague. "Help take that thing out."
The two dragons worked together to easily get the thing out and put it on the ground. I pulled Ashford and climbed to the base of the thing. Then I found a handle on the base and said to Ashford: "There is an identical one on the opposite side. You are responsible for the one over there. If I tell you to pull it, you can pull it."
"OK."
After Ashford passed by, I summoned Xiaochun and Ling. The handles of this thing actually have four, so that they can be pulled at the same time.
All four of us grasped the handle. Then I yelled, "Pull."
Everyone tried their best at the same time, and then heard a sound of deflation. Lucky moved quickly and hugged the water well column on the top, suddenly lifted it up and put it upside down on the ground. This thing was filled with green liquid. Although Lucky moved quickly, it still spilled. Some come out.
Ashford ducked in panic. I comforted him and said, "Don't worry, this is liquid crystal."
After hearing this, Ashford looked at the parts of his body that stuck to the ground and fell to the ground, and sure enough, all the parts turned into solid crystal. This 'liquid' crystal can only exist in that crystal jar. When I pulled it out just now, the automatic sealing mechanism was a little slow, so all the spilled out became solid crystal.
I squatted down and turned eternity into a slender pointer, pointing at the center of the base and removing the crystal column, leaving a hole in the ground. There are a lot of complex equipment and circuits in there. I pointed to a place with the pointer and said to Ashford: "Pay attention here."
The thing I'm pointing to is nothing special in itself. It was just a support frame, but there seemed to be a lot of things carved on it.
"Russian?"
"You finally saw it."
Although the system has a translation function. But that's just where the text should be translated. The text on the steel frame was engraved by the player who built it as a mark. The system will not translate this type of text. It's like if someone writes with a weapon on the ground, the system will retain the word as a trace and will not translate it.
Ashford saw the Russian I was referring to and of course he understood the place where this thing was produced. Those words were obviously used by the installer to number the parts during manufacture. If the other party is not Russian, it is impossible to mark it in Russian. I don’t think there is such a cunning person in the game who deliberately uses Russian to distract our attention, right?
Ashford's eyes widened when he saw the words. He stuck his head into the hole and looked at it for a long time before standing up. "The structure of this thing is very complex. Indonesians are definitely not at this level. If it were Russian technology, it would be understandable."
"Although this thing belongs to the Russians, I also know that the Indonesians actually don't know who created this thing."
"How could they get this thing if they don't know who made it?" Ashford was very surprised by my words.
"It's very simple. Because there are middlemen for this thing, and this is an assembled product."
"ah?"
I pulled Ashford and jumped off the platform, followed by Ling and Xiaochun. The plague came over and flipped the base upside down to the ground. The base underneath this thing is held in place with screws. Requires tools to open. I summoned Chili, and her telekinesis was a universal tool. A dozen screws as thick as a finger rotated simultaneously and came out of the turnbuckle. As soon as the screws came out, the cover immediately fell off, and now everything inside was 'exposed'.
"Pay attention to this thing." I pointed to a small part.
Ashford thought for a long time before he suddenly realized. "Ah! This is the Indian magic crystal supercharger." This thing is actually made by many countries, but the structures are different. At least this structure can only be made by Indians.
"So I said this is an assembled product. Indonesia and Russia have no contact at all. So the Russians will never sell things to Indonesians. But India happens to have close relations with both Russia and Indonesia, and it happens that this thing has India on it. The human device is there, so my idea is that after the Russian equipment was obtained by the Indians, they got some core parts from the normal sequence prescribed by the Russians. The peripheral equipment directly used their own things."
"What do you mean by that...?" Ashford looked at me and waited for my answer.
"I just want you to know this thing isn't unique."
"so what?"
"So I said that exchange is possible, but the time has to be postponed. There is only one of this thing, and we can't divide it. And it is definitely not a simple matter to study this thing. Whether the results can be produced is still unknown. But since this thing has been manufactured So why do we have to do our own research?"
"Are you going to Russia to steal a copy?"
I shook my head. "Why go to Russia? Since India can assemble it, they must know how this thing works. What they can't imitate are probably the core components, but just because they can't imitate it doesn't mean we can't imitate it either!"
"Technically speaking, there should be nothing that our two guilds can't imitate when we unite."
"That means you also think we can imitate this thing?" I asked Ashford excitedly.
Ashford nodded: "It's basically feasible."
"So I hope you will give me the technology of this radiation weapon first. When I get back the information on the shield, I will make a copy to you. What do you think of this proposal?"
"I don't think it's very good!" Ashford said: "The bank needs mortgage and interest to borrow money! Even if we have a good relationship and don't need to settle the mortgage with you, you can't afford the interest, right?"
"Interest is indeed an unavoidable issue, so as interest I have decided to compensate you another 00,000 crystal coins. What do you think of this?"
"I don't want money, just give me another boat."
"No..." I originally wanted to agree. But when the words reached my lips, I swallowed them back. "What kind of ship do you want?" Ashford is not a fool. The cost of an ordinary warship is less than 00,000 crystal coins. Having been doing business with us for such a long time, he must know this. Therefore, it is impossible for him to ask for less. Then the only reason is that he is not talking about ordinary battleships. Fortunately I didn't shout.
Ashford smiled and said: "I don't ask too much. Help me build a battleship like your Storm. You don't need to install the weapon system, just reserve the pipeline for me. How about it?"
"Wait a moment." I quickly turned around and summoned the calculator and pressed it. I wish I had known to bring the rose. She can calculate accounts faster than a computer. After a long time, I turned back again, with a flattering smile on my face. "Well...! Can the armor be made a little thinner?"
"How thin do you think is appropriate?" Ashford looked at me and asked.
"What do you think of four hundred and fifty millimeters?"
"Your ship's armor is more than 800 millimeters thick. If you give me half the thickness, you still want it to be thinner?"
"The problem is that the Storm is a Biling-class super battleship. It has a displacement of 237,000 tons and uses more than 00,000 crystal coins in steel! Are you too arrogant? Besides, more than 800 millimeters are bullets How can the 'medicine' warehouse be so thick elsewhere?"
"Then I don't care. Anyway, I want the original grade. Everything in the entire ship must be exactly the same as your Storm."
"Is it true that we can no longer negotiate?" I asked through gritted teeth. "I think we should discuss it further, right?"
"That's my condition anyway. You don't need to be forced to do business. You just don't do it if you don't do the accounting."
This Ashford actually bit him to death without counter-offering. "Okay. How about we establish a system agreement?" Since I'm being ruthless, I won't be polite.
Ashford immediately called the system agreement system, and then said: "Our Iron Crusaders are conditional on transferring the design data of the radiation cannon to the Frost Rose Alliance. The Frost Rose Alliance must complete a ship and its operation within one month. A warship of the same tonnage and same structure as the Storm belonging to the guild will be handed over to the guild. The warship does not need to be installed with a command system and weapon system, and a copy must be handed over to the guild when the Frost Rose Alliance obtains defensive shield technology. If any If one party breaches the contract, the breaching party must pay 50 million crystal coins as compensation to the other party. The agreement is completed."
I immediately received a confirmation message from the system. "Do you accept the agreement?"
"Confirm acceptance."
"The agreement is completed. Both parties must implement it in accordance with the agreement. If one party breaches the contract, please report it in time to the other party, and the system will ensure the implementation of the agreement."
After the agreement was finalized, Ashford said: "Tomorrow I will send someone to send the information to Essinger. Your production over there should also be faster."
"Don't worry, we'll get there soon."
Ashford suddenly realized something was wrong. "what do you mean?"
"I don't mean anything, but you know, the Storm is a battleship, and it is normal if it sinks."
"You don't, right? You have nothing to lose by building a ship, so are you planning to sink the Tempest just to deny us a ship? Isn't this too much of a gain?"
"The Storm is indeed easy to sink, but it won't necessarily sink somewhere, for example, in the port of Essinger. And in order to commemorate the Storm, we rebuilt a 100-ton speedboat and named it the Storm . Then we salvaged the sunken ships in Essinger Port. I remember that there were still a few Japanese submarines that were not fished out last time. As a result, when we were salvaging, we accidentally fished out a battleship called the Storm that sank in the past. Come up. For this antique we decided to restore it and rename it Storm 2."
These things I said are very easy to achieve. If you want to sink the battleship, just open the water valve at the bottom. New ships are also very fast to build, and a 100-ton boat couldn't be easier to build. As for salvage, that's easier. Anyway, the ship is in the port, just install two floating buckets and get up. After that just close the bottom valve. Then drain the water and that's it. The most I can do is clean it again and dry the damp things inside. It's all little things. But if we do this, the content of the agreement has actually changed. Customize the battleship according to the style of the Storm. It turns out that the Earthstorm sank and the New Storm only weighed 100 tons, so the custom-made ship only needs 100 tons. Not to mention that kind of boat costs 00,000 crystal coins. Mando is not worth it.
"Hey, Ziri, you can't do this, can you?"
"Why can't I?"
"Okay, okay, let me kill you." Ashford helplessly called out the contract system. "I want to terminate the agreement we just made."
"The contract system is happy to serve you. Do you want to cancel contract No. 00897739?"
"Yes."
The contract system immediately started asking me again: "Do you agree to terminate the contract?"
I looked at Ashford and said, "I disagree."
The contract was immediately transferred back. "Hello player Ashford, Party B of the agreement does not agree to terminate the contract. If you insist on terminating the contract, it will be treated as a breach of contract according to regulations. You need to pay the agreed compensation of 50 million crystal coins. Do you want to terminate the contract?"
Ashford quickly pulled me: "Ziri! I was joking with you just now, please don't cheat me! I know my bid was too high, let's discuss it again?"
"Discuss? Why didn't you discuss it with me just now?"
"It's my fault, why don't I apologize?"
After all, the Iron Crusaders are our long-term partners, and I don't want to fall out with them. It’s just that the price this time is too dark. Partners are partners. After all, the Iron Cross is a foreign guild. When the interests are unified, they are partners. When the interests are different, it is another matter. At present, we still have the majority of opportunities for cooperation. So it's better not to fall out first. "Okay, okay, can you tell me how to decide on the new agreement?"
"You help us build a warship with a displacement of more than 100,000 tons as interest, and ignore the rest."
"kindness?"
"What? Are you not satisfied?" Ashford is afraid of me now. If he is not careful, he will lose 50 million crystal coins. "Well, how about we pay you 00,000 crystal coins and you help us build a battleship with the same tonnage as your current Storm?"
"You posted 3 million."
"3000000."
"3.5 million."
"Okay. We'll give you 3.5 million crystal coins."
"That's pretty much it."
Ashford has done a terrible job for me this time. He probably won't dare to extort money from me next time. I have always been the only one who exploited others, but no one took advantage of me!
After completing the new peace contract, we did not apply for a system agreement. This agreement system was designed by Long Yuan. I know all the loopholes in it, and it’s too easy to cheat. In fact, Ashford himself did not explain the agreement clearly if he wanted to hurry up today. The protocol system is intelligent. As long as you describe the protocol content clearly, there will be no loopholes. The only flaw in this protocol system is that when the content of the agreement is too short and general, the system will directly interpret the agreement literally, and as a result, loopholes will appear. As long as you make the agreement longer, the system can automatically fix the loopholes based on the context.
After leaving the city of Ashford, I returned to Essinger. The forest in East Timor was like Ashford said, and it had no meaning at all. The input would exceed the output. I won’t do it if it’s obvious that I’ll lose money! The more pressing issue now is my upgrade issue. Only after completing this problem can we go to India to get the protective shield technology back. In fact, I rather want to complete the task of rescuing the black unicorn. It's a pity that the mission requirements give me a headache. I won't go to this level until it reaches level 800.
The last time I took on a level 600 mission, I encountered him while walking around the city. According to the settings, everyone's level level tasks are randomly generated. As long as you reach the required level, even if you avoid it deliberately, the mission will still be delivered to you. Of course, instead of avoiding it, I want to find the mission quickly.
First, they talked about the situation discussed by Ashford and I. Everyone agreed not to interfere with the East Timor issue. It's a quagmire of war. If you fall into it, you'll be doomed. Since there is no need to worry about East Timor's affairs, then all we need to be busy with is the construction of the newly occupied cities, and I don't have to worry about this.
I asked King Chuang to send several submarines and a dozen fast detection boats to East Timor to check the situation. Although we will not participate, we must know the situation and collect intelligence. After explaining the problem in East Timor, I issued new orders to the two affiliated guilds composed of professional soldiers, the Fangs and the Eyes of Hell. This mission is to infiltrate, collect intelligence and steal confidential documents. I believe this is good training for those soldiers. The quality of the NPCs in "Zero" is no worse than that of the real army. If you can move under their noses, you can walk freely on the real battlefield.
These soldiers were gathered in Essinger, and then everyone was collectively teleported to Surprise City in Indonesia. An order was issued to them through a special channel only for them soldiers: "This time your mission is to enter India to search for all information about large-scale battlefield defense shields. In order to ensure your combat effectiveness there, I have decided to equip you with 150 Taiwan golem. Most of the golems in the guild are here. You should make good use of it. Don't make any noise after passing there. The main task is to collect intelligence. I will also go there in a few days. I will come back then. Get started and get the information. Do you understand?"
"clear."
"Very good. Now go to the dock and prepare to set off." I selected 10 large submarines from the fleet stationed here and let them all board the boat. In order to ensure communication, I also asked them to bring dozens of crystal communications for forwarding. Shoot the machine so that you won't lose contact with the guild when you get there.
Although not all the people went there this time, the 10 submarines were still a bit crowded, but this can be considered one of the training contents! Patience is also necessary for a soldier. For safety reasons, I deployed 6 more pilot ships to escort them. The lead ship is equipped with an ultra-long-range vision system. Once an enemy is discovered, it can notify the submarine to dive. The lead ship itself is very fast, and no one can catch up with them.
Watching the special formation leave the port, as the mirage system was activated, the entire fleet completely disappeared on the sea. The Pioneer is on its way, and it’s time for me to do my own thing. As soon as I turned around, I saw a member rolling and crawling towards me. "Will...President!"
"What's going on?"
The member panted and said: "Ai... Essinger..."
"What's wrong with Essinger?"