Rise of the Wasteland Chapter 1723: Helpless to deflate
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After a period of rapid development, the expansion of Aurora Legion in North America has entered a bottleneck or even reversed. The Boise incident perfectly demonstrated the influence of the Legion in North America, but it also directly exposed the problem, triggering a strong rebound from the top level of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Going back to the hotel where I stayed, my peer Xiao Yi reported the current situation to Zhou Qingfeng, "Our trade volume with North America last month exceeded one trillion Aurora coins.
Among these, 80% of the open ‘free trade’ with the Steel Brotherhood and 20% of the secret transactions with Enclave. "
Zhou Qingfeng has been engaged in foreign trade since its establishment Aurora Legion. He towed hundreds of 10,000-ton cargo ships from North America before the nuclear bomb washes the ground. These ships have been rusted in the port for two years, and now they can be repaired and used again.
"Because of the large volume of freight, our freight ships are currently too busy. Several port repair yards have expressed the lack of skilled workers, and the maritime department has just set up, and there have been many accidents in the busy." .
The huge amount of cargo transactions requires a huge amount of logistics system to support it. Obviously the legion is currently stumbling when building this system. The main reason is the lack of capable technical and management personnel, and talents in this area are everywhere.
"The goods we purchase from North America are also arriving in Hong Kong, and these things need to wait for you to go back to transit, otherwise the ship can only float on the sea." Xiao Yi also sighed when talking about this topic.
Oil tankers with more than 100,000 tons, ore carriers, and bulk carriers have arrived in Mexico. These giant ships are filled with goods such as oil, ore, and wood. The quantity is extremely huge.
Because Zhou Qingfeng is essentially trading with North America in "Barter Trade", and North America can't find other buyers at present, the prices of various raw materials he got are very cheap. For example, if a barrel of oil is transported to the real world and converted to less than ten dollars, this is still the price of freight.
Zhou Qingfeng has agreed with the real-world Zhonghua, and all goods will be sold at a 50% markup. He can make a profit just by changing hands, the key is that he does not pay taxes. Because this is a bargain.
But these goods must be transferred by Zhou Qingfeng in person, so dozens of freighters are currently parked in ports along the coast of Mexico, and they are empty.
Compared to the raw materials purchased, the goods sold by the legion are also calculated in millions of tons. When it comes to selling things, Xiao Yi has a relaxed tone and a smile, "We sold 1 billion shirts alone. This number of orders has driven real-world coastal companies directly crazy."
In the industrial history of the world ’s major powers, the easiest thing to do is the textile industry. It was really not a joke that the British guys were engaged in ‘sheep-eating people’, and the first to develop on the southeastern coast of the rabbits were large and small garment factories.
You can easily complete orders calculated in ‘100 million’, and only ‘World Factory’ can handle them. Sufficient supply allows Zhou Qingfeng to open up a variety of textiles for foreign sales. Mexico alone has 20-30 million consumer markets that need to wear clothes and hats.
In addition, the Zhou Qingfeng's tentacles are not only extended to North America, South America, Africa, and even Europe, but also supplied by him alone. This monogamous business gives buyers no choice but to buy from Aurora Legion.
"At present, we have achieved zero inventory, and all the goods you have transshipped have been sold. From the feedback of the current various markets, we can next increase the sales volume to the level of 10 million tons.
From scratch, we achieved this result within a month, and the performance of our various departments is already excellent. I think the transportation volume will inevitably reach 100 million tons in half a year, but unfortunately we don't have so many ships to transport the goods, not even the crew. "
Zhou Qingfeng sitting on the sofa was indifferent to the news of the good news. Xiao Yi leaned on him and asked, "What are you thinking? Sullen." After finishing this month's economic summary report,
"Brotherhood." Zhou Qingfeng is a careless look in front of Rachel, but he still has to think about how to deal with the current situation when he is alone.
Speaking of the Brotherhood, Xiao Yi turned to another report in his hand and whispered: "After all, the Brotherhood of Iron and Steel is a sovereign entity, and it is more of a condition of our initial conditions. They are stronger than the Air Force alone. More.
Some things ca n’t be too demanding, let ’s go back to Mexico and develop slowly. After ten or twenty years, America will naturally be your world. "
One month after the implementation of ‘Free Trade’, Aurora Legion commodities have gained huge profits by dumping. But there are also unhappy things. For example, Aurora Bank is going to issue hundreds of millions of Auroracoin loans to increase the output of agricultural products and ores in North America. but…….
This huge piece of fat was spotted by a bunch of officials from the Brotherhood of Steel. They said that to implement financial control, loans must be managed by the Brotherhood ’s financial institutions, and in plain words, they want to intervene as intermediaries to make the difference.
Only this matter makes Zhou Qingfeng very uncomfortable. ‘Aurora Loan’ is an important tool he used to engage in peaceful evolution. It did n’t take a few days to disturb the opponent. His opponent had a good reason, which made him have no place to fire.
Mastering the economy means mastering the lifeblood of your opponent.
In contrast, the president of the Freemasonry wants to eliminate the influence of Aurora Legion among North American workers, which is a trivial matter. As for disarming workers, banning guns, and implementing policies such as news control, it has nothing to do with Zhou Qingfeng.
And for these troubles, Zhou Qingfeng has no choice. From the perspective of the Brotherhood of Iron and Steel, restricting the wanton expansion of foreign capital is a matter of course, he can only admit it. But he was unwilling to return to Mexico.
In the midst of contemplation, Marcus, who is in charge of safety, knocked on the door and reported: "Sir, Wen Tianyu was released. He came to ask you to see."
"Let him come in." Zhou Qingfeng said.
Wen Tianyu walking into the living room of the Zhou Qingfeng suite is very embarrassed. Although he is well-dressed, his expression is unnatural. He was out of luck this time. After being a hero for a long time, he was captured by Freemasonry, and he was imprisoned for impunity.
"I'm sorry, Commander of the Legion. I messed up things." Wen Tianyu bowed his head and was very upset. If this time it was not for Zhou Qingfeng to come forward to rescue him, it was really possible for Freemasonry to kill him and shoot him.
For this confession, Zhou Qingfeng just waved his hand and smiled, "You saved a city, became a big hero, and improved the image of the legion, what's wrong? Sooner or later, Freemason will gather power We have no way. "
Listening to my boss's words, Wen Tianyu smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he felt much better. At least the prison in these few days had not been squatted. He immediately stated that he was in good physical condition.
Zhou Qingfeng ‘umh’, pacing back and forth. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly said, "Go and investigate the strength of Freemasonry, especially the navy. I want to know what the status of Freemasonry's large warships, such as the aircraft carrier fleet, and where to dock? "
Ah ..., investigating military power, with a focus on the Navy?
Wen Tianyu is somewhat inexplicable. The Legion is not enough to fight the Brotherhood of Steel in force, but some preliminary investigation is also necessary. Although this task was not happy enough, he still stood up to salute and expressed his determination to complete it.