Chapter 698 The starting point
"Is this the list of the new batch of goods? Let me take a look. Tsk, there is a little bit of good stuff here. Don't your caravan have any better goods?"
"There is no way. During the war, transportation costs were already high, and the speculation on various supplies was even more outrageous. As a small business, even if it is difficult to purchase goods to sell, we would not be able to reach the border."
Zheng Li shook his head, knowing that this was the fact at the moment, so he could only sigh and eat this batch of at least doubled supplies.
As a transporter, I didn't feel it before, and I expected that the higher the price difference brought by long-distance logistics, the better. But now that I have become a "landlord", I have changed my position, and I am frightened by the horribly high prices in border areas.
"Zheng Li, think on the bright side. At least we made a huge purchase that cost us all when we were still in the Twin Cities. Otherwise, even the screws would have to rely on logistics, and the cost would be at least ten times higher."
The comfort from his companions did have an effect, but the increasingly injured Xiao Jinku made Zheng Li very anxious.
Plans always change faster than plans, and the amount of materials needed to build a home in a remote area has far exceeded Zheng Li's original plan.
Fortunately, he had been to the Twin Cities once and with the kind advice of an experienced person, Zheng Li spent almost all of his working capital to purchase various supplies that might be useful, especially common types that were unlikely to be available in remote areas.
For example, the breeding cattle, breeding sheep, and long-distance transportation of live animals purchased before are not only risky, but also require additional transportation costs. The price is at least a hundred times that of the place of origin in Dacheng, and the cost is almost zero. The premium is all logistics fees, and it is difficult to transport them.
Buy it.
After all, the same transportation space is given to military supplies, with stable income and capital preservation, and there is no need to worry about additional expenses caused by the accidental death of live animals. The war group running the transportation naturally knows what to choose.
In border areas far away from big cities, the biggest headache is not soaring prices, but that even if you have money, the types of goods you can choose are quite limited. After all, everyone knows that selling certain goods is particularly profitable, and there is a huge demand for them.
Goods will become the mainstream of transportation.
Are you counting on the automatic adjustment function of the market? If you go back and forth for three months and start soon after half a year, it may be that the best-selling and in-demand products last time will be bad the next time.
The self-regulation of long-distance cargo is often a delayed market disaster. It is better to let them sell whatever is convenient.
After checking the cargo list of the caravan in front of him again, Zheng Li could only sigh and gave up his plan to buy some supplies again.
The businessman, on the other hand, hesitated and did not leave.
"Anything else?"
"Sir, do you want to sell your cattle and sheep? We can sell them ten times the market price in the city."
Tsk, Zheng Li was surprised at first that he was interested in his own goods, and then shook his head with a smile.
"We won't sell them, at least not this year. We just bought them from the Twin Cities. They may be sold outside in two years."
"Oh well."
The person on the other side just said "Oh" and agreed without any further entanglement.
This is actually not the first time. After all, goats over two meters tall and calves over six meters tall make people appetite.
The special features of the Monsoon Land have been slightly developed. The beasts and trees here are generally huge, but have no psychic reactions. At first, everyone thought it was because the species here were special, but now it seems that it is the rules of the world itself.
It has the characteristics of "physical strengthening" and "physical embodiment".
The influence of psychic creatures such as humans is not obvious, but ordinary creatures such as cattle and sheep began to eat local forage and water, and after entering the local food chain, signs of giantness quickly appeared.
This is undoubtedly a good thing. While it means that the Monsoon Land has its first specialty product, it also means that the upcoming food crisis will be greatly alleviated.
Food crisis? Well, it has already happened, and it will last for a long time.
There is no other reason. Dragon horse cavalry are very useful on the battlefield, but after the war, they all become big eaters.
Even if the first batch of "soldiers" have been "retired", food and supplies are still needed to maintain the permanent force. Even the minimum garrison is in units of tens of thousands.
Resource consumption is actually normal. Who can not eat? The problem is that this place was a wasteland before and it did not produce food. Even if the local giant beasts can provide enough meat, it is still too unstable to rely solely on hunting to establish pastures and farms.
It is necessary to become self-sufficient in food.
But now, before a new batch of food self-sufficiency areas are put into production, all food must rely on imports. Even if the food transport team never stops, the big city side is working hard to suppress the premium of war material-level military food, but it still makes the Peace Corps very frustrated.
Bleeding.
After all, no matter what you say, you can't let others work in vain without making money.
However, due to the unexpected gains of "giant growth" and the extremely brutal development of local animal husbandry, the originally expected three years to take shape has been optimistically revised to half a year.
If you're lucky, when the caravan in front of you is walking back to the city, you might be able to bring a big fat sheep with you.
At this time, Zheng Li had to thank the Twin Cities again. Looking back now, looking back on that big purchase that cost him a fortune, it was a huge gain.
"Have the first batch of permanent military barracks been built?"
"Yes, the soldiers have already settled in, but the supporting bunkers, defense towers, etc. will still take some time."
The tower crane in the distance is slow and precise, much more reliable than the giant tower crane. This kind of man-made spiritual weapon/electrical engineering equipment was originally impossible to buy in remote areas, so it was only thanks to the Twin Cities that we successfully obtained it.
Not to mention, the more he looked at the camp that was slowly taking shape in front of him and the various expensive but used engineering equipment, Zheng Li felt that the Twin Cities had too much future as a "business car".
"Uh, haven't they been running a business? Do you think you've made a profit? The profit they make is at least three times what you make. What you get is a 20% premium to the market price, and what they get is a discount to the market price.
40% of the cost price.”
Now, Zheng Li became even more excited.
In the past, I privately thought that the strategic weapons of the "Mobile City" in the Twin Cities were a bit crude. But now it seems that they are simply a cornucopia of money. If you have resources and money, are you worried that you will not be able to develop? You can solve the problem by throwing money at strategic-level force.
All questions.
"Oh, actually, we can also have some soup."
Looking at the pasture not far away, Zheng Li also burst into laughter.
The livestock seeds you have obtained will be able to make stable profits in less than two years. By then, the people next door will be selling them, and your reputation will also rise.
Smiling, Zheng Li also woke up. Everything was fine in his dream, but it was a little far away and he couldn't touch it now.
Chapter completed!