CIATB Chapter 1482 Small Business
Chapter 1482 Small Business
Chapter 1482 Small Business
The failed exploration ended here, and Lu Ping'an received a lot of complaints. He played a little too big, and there was too much feedback from the front line.
In his impression, he just went for a stroll, but in fact, the collapse of a space channel and the death of a hegemonic creature were events that were enough to affect the entire battle situation.
"Our spies complained that the front line has become much more tense, especially the investigation of spies has become much more severe."
".Uh, is there a problem on the front line?"
"No, it's just that it's a lot more troublesome to send back the intelligence. The craftsmanship of those fishmen is very crude. Our lurkers are relatively safe, but they do have a lot of people, so it's very troublesome to investigate."
It was just a small matter, so Lu Ping'an didn't take it too seriously.
He was just reading the latest war reports. As a member of the Military Committee (a nominal title of advisor), he could see various non-sensitive internal references and military intelligence, including many specific contents of the battle lines and logistics.
In his eyes, nothing had actually happened. After all, the war was still in a stage of mutual testing.
If there was any obvious change, it was that the local food and daily necessities prices saw a sharp drop, causing him to lose a lot of money.
This was not because he failed to stockpile goods at a high price, but because the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce already dealt in a large amount of daily necessities and food, and the sudden drop in prices would naturally lead to huge losses.
"It seems that we need to adjust the route of the caravan."
After Lu Ping'an thought about it for a while, he knew what was going on with this sharp drop.
More powerful people and bigwigs came out, especially the East Country, which took out a large number of light industrial products for dumping. Food became even simpler. The East Country experts took out fertilizers that were more suitable for the local area and took out the best seeds for large-scale planting. With the help of gardeners, the first batch of products was shipped.
Those scattered merchants, farmers and even the subsidiaries of the Linnv Church were no match for the Dongguo government and its subordinate state-owned enterprises, and were directly destroyed in one wave.
The market has already shown some panic and anxiety. They cannot understand what the Dongguo people are doing. Don’t they usually raise prices together to make money? The market in this world is almost infinite. Even if you eat a little more, you won’t take away all the pots of other people. If you lower the price like this, won’t you also make less money?
But Lu Ping'an, who had read the internal reference, knew that this was not about money at all.
This is not to say that the East Country officials want to manipulate the market or something. In fact, it is quite the opposite. In times of war, they hope that important people's livelihood and food will be controlled through relatively safe channels.
"This is probably a lesson learned from past experience."
After Lu Ping'an asked around, he realized that Dongguo had suffered a great loss in this regard.
In other alien worlds, during the development of the world between the East Country and the righteous gods, evil gods, and foreign forces, this kind of folk business in many places is managed by local forces and the righteous god church, and the East Country officials are more inclined to hard goods such as resources and military.
But the reality proves that this is totally unrealistic. On the one hand, there are too many messy things happening, and it is common for grain to be sold at the price of gold. What is even more terrible is that their abilities are not trustworthy, and they fail at critical moments. The front line is fighting well, but the reality of being cut off from food and logistics is too much of a hellish joke.
Therefore, the Eastern Country's government already has a systematic intervention system. Once it is determined that it wants to intervene in a certain world on a large scale, it will first control the food channels.
What really brought down local grain prices were the large amounts of "fertilizers" and "high-quality seeds". Although the categories were single, the ex-factory cost price was probably less than one-tenth of the previous price. In the end, the sales price was only halved, which was considered a friendly move by the authorities to give the market time to adjust.
".It seems that some adjustments need to be made. Low-end, finished food products should be basically abandoned and replaced with non-essential products that are a little upstream of the industrial chain, such as processed food, cooked food, beverages, etc."
Lu Ping'an has no intention of creating a conflict with Dongguo for this little benefit, and he certainly can't do it. Since you are willing to take the thankless task of guaranteeing 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 bring about another wave of population growth.
On the whole, it is to strengthen the resistance of this world, so Lu Ping'an is naturally willing to support it.
"The price of low-end arms has increased by nearly 40%. Is this the result of official price suppression?"
Lu Ping'an felt the situation was becoming increasingly tense. He took a look and found that the prices of commonly used low-end weapons including "Enchanted Javelins", "Pressure Guns" and "Underwater Medical Kits" had increased even more dramatically. The 40% was just the average result. The best-selling pressure gun had more than doubled in price and there was still no demand.
"Can't any craftsman make hundreds of these in a day?"
The pressure gun has a very simple structure. It is a special "water gun" that uses pressure to launch harpoons and spears.
It is worthless on land, but for new recruits going into the water, a firearm that can steadily fire "ammunition" can at least ensure that they are not really just spectators on the battlefield.
The intervention of the East Country also brought in a large number of new recruits who were still adapting to naval warfare. The production of this cheap and effective weapon was too low if it relied solely on the East Country. If it was sent from Earth, the freight would be much more expensive than the cost. When it began to purchase from the market, it naturally raised prices.
".But this is an outrageous increase. It seems that someone is taking advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune."
Lu Ping'an sighed, not because he didn't make the money. In fact, his identity was special and he could see all kinds of first-hand and even sensitive intelligence. Official consultants from the East Country often came to ask questions. He was deeply aware of many of the other party's plans, so it was too easy for him to make money by taking advantage of the intelligence gap.
“That’s so short-sighted.”
No matter what, Dongguo is the biggest "financial sponsor" of Mercury 42. It is a stupid thing to become a "profiteer" and "unstable element" in their eyes for this little bit of profit.
Lu Ping'an shook his head. Even though he was the world's largest arms dealer, he had no intention of intervening in the surge in the prices of low-end products. He estimated that he was being watched and any slight action would cause resentment.
".Notice, put more low-end goods in the market to keep prices down. Forget it, I'll talk directly to the East Country officials and sign a long-term military purchase order."
This kind of low-end product doesn't have much profit margin and technical barriers. In two months, when the Dongguo officials have mastered the technology and set up the production line, they will be able to sell these things at rock-bottom prices.
The order was signed smoothly. Even without Lu Ping'an's face, the first batch of official advance troops from the East Country were indeed in short supply of low-level weapons and equipment. Lu Ping'an sold a lot of spare parts and auxiliary equipment to them. Although the weapons were sold at cost price, he still made a lot of money.
The Dongguo authorities were also happy to see a "surrenderer" 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 one of the earliest defenders and trusted partners (official news evaluation), Lu Ping'an also received a large number of unique orders.
(End of this chapter)