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Chapter 349 The undercurrent of the giant stone city

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Good morning, dear audience, I am your dear House!Before the news is inserted, please allow me to pay my highest respect to our great city lord!

Qingquan City is still calm today. Out of fear of us, the primitive people who put the python on their faces began to flee eastward!What a pity. If they come to us, I would like to interview these stupid guys...going south?What do you think!

It is not only the plunderers who are terrifying our majestic military power, but also our neighbors to the north.Those guys who were busy in the waves recently had their noses and swollen faces with the minions in the north, and are now hiding in the sewer and licking their wounds.

What a group of talented people, tsk.But recently, their heads finally got to know each other and sent their city lord, the city lord of Dawn City, to our city hall to negotiate with us.

It seems that they finally realized that in the wasteland, relying on the strong is the way to survive!

On the bar of an unknown tavern, there was an old radio, and an exciting sound was clamoring on the gray speaker.

"The Voice of the Rock" is always the favorite program of the Rock City people. After all, there are only a few signals that can be heard on the wasteland.

The channel plays pre-war classical music 24 hours a day, occasionally interspersing one or two news about Mr. House or getting rich, which not only meets the citizens' needs for fun, but also provides imaginative materials for those who love to daydream.

However

Not everyone was satisfied with the sharp duckling voice.

Especially for people who have a bad life.

Can't this annoying guy close his beak?

After taking a sip of beer that was lighter than water, the man in a brown leather jacket muttered in a muffled voice, and the corners of his unshaven mouth were touched by anger.

His name is Sberg.

In the Rock City, this is a trivial name.

And Mr. Sberg's work, just as his name is, is just an ordinary canner.

As for why this spot sits here and drinks...

Of course, it's because he's about to lose his job.

In Jushi City, canned food is not a best-selling product. It is not something that high-ranking officials and nobles cannot afford it, and ordinary residents cannot afford it.

Only some large caravans and mercenary groups will purchase canned food to improve food and boost the morale of the team.

For those mercenaries who fight alone, they are more willing to take on some daily work that is close, and they will be done with dry food after going out for two or three days.

Although they have good consumption power, they are more willing to spend money on wine and women.

Because the profit margin is not high and the volume cannot be increased, a number of food processing giants, including Weijia Trading Bank, look down on this industry at all.

There are only two small factories in the entire Giant Rock City that produce canned food, and the varieties they have launched are just two types: double-headed beef and hyena meat.

However……

Recently, instant noodles and ham sausages suddenly appeared on the shelves of the Stone City store.

As the name suggests, the former is a kind of noodles. It is fried and sold in a paper cup. It can be eaten by tearing open the lid and soaked in boiling water for five minutes, or it can be eaten without boiling water.

The latter didn’t know what kind of meat it was, and it tasted like starch. However, perhaps because of the addition of a lot of salt, it was surprisingly quite delicious?

Anyway, Spellger had never seen such a strange food before, and it was definitely made by their neighbor next door.

Since instant noodles and ham sausages entered the Stone City, their canned food has completely stopped selling.

When their boss finally realized the seriousness of the problem, the cannery was on the verge of closing.

The boss gave all the workers a leave and asked them to go home and wait for notification.

Speller knew very well that although it was a holiday in name, it was actually no different from dismissal.

It's only a matter of time before the canning factory closes. While the equipment can still be sold for some money, the fat guy will definitely sell it without hesitation.

There are only two options left before Sberg.

Either go to be a mercenary or a caravan guard or go to the northern suburbs to try your luck.

Recently, the threat from the north has just been lifted, and the trade route to the northern part of the valley province has been restored. Major caravans and mercenary groups are recruiting people without any experience. As long as you can carry a gun, you can join.

As for the northern suburbs, the demand for work there seems to have been strong, but I heard that what I am giving is not bargaining chips but their own silver coins?

But no matter which option it is, Sberger has difficulty making up his mind.

After all, no matter how poor he is, he has a house in the Stone City that can shelter from wind and rain.

However, once you leave the huge wall, you will enter the barbaric world where people cannibalize.

He had heard from the radio that there were no law-abiding people outside the giant wall. Those uncivilized barbarians would capture civilized people and throw them into the oil pan.

When he thought of this, he was so scared that he couldn't sleep all night.

This is so scary!

……

It is not just a small character like Sperger who is worried about the future of Rock.

Since hearing that Jushi City Hall will sign a "Friendly Cooperation Agreement" with the new alliance, Weijia has suffered from insomnia all night.

He didn't care about the rifle or can on the shelves of the Stone City store, but the existence of Didiwei Nutrition Paste has seriously threatened the business of Weijia Trading.

That low price has even broken his cost line.

It is no exaggeration to say that he directly closed the factory, imported nutrition paste from the northern suburbs and then sold it to the south, and earned more than he produced now!

This is simply exaggerating!

Did those country bumpkins open factories for charity?

Those guys in the city hall are simply a bunch of pigs!No... I would like to say they are pigs and praise them!

In the grand room.

Weijia, who was sitting at the long table, couldn't help but curse.

This is the reception room of Weijia Business Company, and the owners of major business companies are sitting here at this moment.

Although everyone is a status quo, there is no need to consider the image here.

Because everyone was very upset about the results presented by the city hall.

The funniest thing is... these pigs were so embarrassed to show off with the so-called friendly agreement, and they thought they had done something amazing.The man in a turtleneck shirt had obvious anger on his face.

His name is Jonah, and he runs the largest cotton spinning mill in Jushi City. The cotton cloth, cotton coats and shirts he produces not only occupy more than 60% of Jushi City's market share, but also sells to Jinchuan and Luoxia provinces.

Since the beginning of the year, the group of rural gay men in the northern suburbs have also started to produce cotton and clothing.

At first he didn't take it seriously, after all, one or two small workshops were not worth his concern.

However, it didn't take long before he realized how outrageous he was wrong.

In just half a year, the clothing produced by the New Alliance first occupied the bar in the Rock City, and then conquered the mercenaries who were willing to spend money through the bar, and then captured the entire outer city.

They produce both strong and durable gun bags, bulletproof vests and backpacks, as well as less durable jackets or clothes.

There are also those stockings that can be worn as pants... He remembers that it seems to be called black stockings?

Of course, it may not be black, but also white and other colors, even transparent.

Not even limited to socks.

How did these unfair guys figure out these unfair things?

Jonah was very annoyed.

What annoyed him was that although reason told him that the thing was the culprit that made his wallet shrink, he just couldn't control his eyes and hands.

Another boss who runs the wine business said in anger.

And that nuclear Coke... Since that thing appeared, our winery orders have plummeted by 10%!It's so crazy!What's the best thing about sugar water!

As several big shots spoke one after another, the conversation box at the conference table was completely opened.

Everyone complained indignation.

Their trade plunder of us has lasted for a full six months, but the guys in the city hall have done nothing!

I really can't figure out why we have cannons, planes, powered armor, and thousands of mercenaries and tens of thousands of reserves. Why do we talk to them?

Even if we don’t have to dispatch a militia regiment and just throw some chips out, we can easily crush the group of grasshoppers!

Looking at the boiling sounds at the conference table, Weijia's face was expressionless.

Originally, he organized this meeting today to call everyone to discuss countermeasures, but unexpectedly it turned into a complaint meeting.

Everyone is venting their resentment for the past six months, but no one can come up with specific countermeasures.

But he did not stop everyone.

Sometimes emotions are also a weapon.

After a moment of emotion brewing, Weijia supported her hands on the table and slowly stood up from the chair.

He looked around and said.

I have never understood how they have made the cost so low.

Hearing this sentence, everyone sitting at the conference table became quiet.

After a pause, Weijia continued.

Especially when I asked someone to inquire, the new alliance requires workers to work at most 12 hours a day, and the minimum hourly wage per hour is 1 silver coin.If you work for 12 hours, you have to pay at least 12 silver coins a day, which requires 6 chips to be converted into!That's almost three times the salary we pay workers!

There is a problem with this statement. It is impossible for ordinary people to exchange silver coins for bargaining chips at will, but they can only exchange chips for silver coins.

A factory owner had a little dissatisfaction.

This statement seems to be very stingy.

To be honest, I have already filled those people's stomachs. Not only have I not handcuffed them, I even paid them wages.

Isn't this kind enough?

If it weren't for the fact that the electricity and maintenance fees were not cheap, he would have replaced the workers on the assembly line with those bionic people who were both capable of doing and working!

Another factory owner nodded.

I have also heard that there is a saying in them, it seems to be called forced foreign exchange settlement?The profit from exports settles the local currency, that is, those silver coins.Only when you need to use it can you exchange it for foreign currency at the bank.

This is too crap!?

No wonder... A friend who went there to run a factory complained to me before, saying that it was so scammed to run a factory there and I couldn’t make much money at all, so I told me not to come.

Everyone was talking.

However, at this moment, Weijia interrupted them.

...That's right, but the money is always true, right?

Everyone calmed down.

He continued looking at the silent people.

If those silver coins were really waste paper, I believe that no matter how much they gave them, the workers would not be willing to ask for them, and the factories would definitely run away.

Hearing this sentence, the factory owners sitting around were silent and looked at Weijia a little confused, not knowing why he was talking to the new alliance.

At this time, shouldn’t everyone scold the cunning blue goblades together?

Saying so much nonsense proves that they have not exploited workers, and that silver coins are not waste paper. Does that mean that our business capabilities are not good?

Who do you look down on me?

Seeing that the time was almost done, Weijia continued.

Later I found out what the problem lies.

According to my salesperson's research, if you run a factory in a new alliance, your salary expenses can be tax-deducted.I have made a calculation specifically. As long as the work efficiency is guaranteed within the unit time, although the salary cost will increase, the actual expenditure will be lower.

This is equivalent to subsidizing part of the fiscal revenue obtained from the factory to workers in the form of tax refunds.

As ordinary people's consumption capacity increases, the new alliance light industry is like a sponge that absorbs water.

The factories run by those blue jackets are even more outrageous, and they seem to be using a completely different system.

Because of the language barrier and the differences in cultural customs, he still hasn't understood it.

But this is not the point.

The real point is that these people are playing with the silly!

After pausing for a moment, Weijia's face had an angry expression, gradually increasing the volume of her speech.

Not only that, they also played tricks on the exchange rate, forcibly setting the exchange rate of silver coins and chips at 2:1.This is not a competition at all. The consumer goods we produce cannot enter their market!

As you can see, our factories cannot compete with them, not because we are not hardworking enough, nor because our production methods are behind, but on the contrary, we are too honest and our opponents are too cunning!

They used evil means to rob the chips from our hands, watch our factories go bankrupt, and then sprinkle a lot of chips to plunder the wealth we have accumulated in two centuries!

From the beginning, we did not stand on the fair arena, but fell into their trap!

After hearing these words, many people showed a sudden enlightenment on their faces, as if they were waking up from a dream.

In fact, they can't blame them for not expecting it. The key is that they have never encountered such a thing before.

Ideal City?

The things there are indeed good enough, but there are too few that can flow to the southern part of the valley province. One or two rare objects do not pose any threat at all, and the other party doesn't look down on what they are in their hands.

Before the new alliance emerged, they were the only ones in industrialization in the southern part of the valley province. As for the survivor settlements such as Bate Street and Brown Farm, they could not even have an opponent in front of them. At most, they could be considered a leek seedling.

As for the farmers in the south, they were just the targets of their factories.

However, now, a catfish was quietly smuggled into the clear water pond.

They vaguely felt something was wrong, and the warm pool suddenly became a little cold, and they felt that there was strength on their bodies and couldn't be used.

A factory that saw no advantages, relying on second-hand equipment and the workers who were eliminated by them, produced a lot of cheap and easy-to-use substitutes, and snatched away the market that originally belonged to them from them.

It was not until they heard Wei Jia's words that they suddenly realized.

Good guy!

The other party has been using these clever tricks to get their wool for half a year!

Now the city hall is smart enough to sign a friendly cooperation agreement, saying that it is necessary to expand the scale of trade and strengthen civil exchanges. They are about to sell them, but they have not yet come back to their senses.

Of course, that was before, and now they have realized the problem.

How can I bear this?!

Everyone at the conference table could no longer sit still.

Jonah, who had been silent since the beginning, stood up and punched the table angrily.

We must explain this to Duro!

Either reduce taxes in industrial areas or tax the goods of the new alliance!

Not just taxation!And the exchange rate!

Weijia continued while the iron was hot.

In addition to taxes and exchange rates, we also need to expand the list of bans, stating that they can buy what they can and cannot buy what they can!How to buy something you can buy!

If our town hall is not protecting our interests, then what else can we want it?

We should unite!Put pressure on those guys with trash in their heads!If our director does not respond to our request

He dragged his tone and looked around at the allies present, continuing in a sonorous voice.

We will give our employees a holiday!

As the words fell, they were loud and loud.

The voice that supported him was like a surging tide.

support!

Strong support!

I'm the one!

Looking at the indignant people, Weijia had a confident smile on her face.

He didn't believe it.

This contract signing will not ruin it!

……

Qingquan City, the edge of the North Fourth Ring Road.

In the ruins in the urban area, a group of people were slowly advancing along the cracked concrete pavement.

The soldiers wearing exoskeletons scattered around, carefully guarding the shadows around them.

It is already summer, and the lush vegetation and the accumulated water in the ruins make the situation in the urban area extremely complicated.

The seasonal change system of "Wasteland OL" is also as real as ever, but this seems to be a basic fuck for all 3A masterpieces.

I always have an ominous premonition... I looked around and held a rifle.

Lao Bai, who was walking aside, teased him.

Why are you a perception system?

Fang Chang rolled his eyes.

What does this have to do with the perception system? Do you think it is reasonable for such an important task to not happen?

It makes sense for you to say this. Lao Bai nodded thoughtfully, but by the way, Ye Shi was not here, and it always felt like something was missing.

It's not just Ye Shi who is not here.

The strong wind and quitting smoking were not there, and it felt like there was a lot of fun in an instant.

Thinking of this, a strange expression couldn't help but rise on Lao Bai's face.

If this wasn't a game, those three guys might never be back...

At this moment, the voice of his teammates came from the communication channel. The reconnaissance team he sent to the front to explore the way.

…500 meters ahead, an unknown armed man was found, with about twenty people. The weapons were light weapons such as automatic rifles, and a heavy machine gun was found.

At this moment, Lao Bai's steps suddenly paused, and his eyes gradually became sharp.

Notice the change in the expression on the old white face, Fang Chang casts his inquiring eyes.

Is there any situation?

Holding his right fist and making a gesture, Lao Bai loaded the rifle in his hand cleanly.

Come to live.