(The 10th/8th National Congress is over... May our motherland become more prosperous and stronger; may the anti-corruption and integrity be truly implemented; may the people and officials be no longer enemies.)

Even Zhao Yi himself couldn't explain clearly, what time was he coming to Quintex planet?

As a place where ag64 intersects interests with the outside world, or should be said to be a place where pirate groups intersect, Kuntaisha does play an irreplaceable role in other immigrant planets.

The population of the garrison area has increased dramatically, requiring a large number of food and living equipment. These things can certainly be purchased from immigrant planets through formal channels. However, doing so undoubtedly increases the risk of AG64 being exposed in the civilized world. After all, in official media reports, AG64 is still synonymous with desolation and silence. The rapid development of the Neominsk cannot replace the entire planet. If the "torch" mining company is missing, the "tower" mining company is missing... Zhao Yi believes that those greedy federal officials will flock to each other again, swallowing up everything they have to the point of not even leaving any residue.

The purchase of various essential materials from Quntaisha has reached a very large number. Since this planet has not been included in the federal or general joint official control, there will naturally be no specific account books that record the amount of Zhao Yi's previous purchases. But judging from the total transaction numbers in secret, it is enough to make any formal enterprise on the immigrant planet go crazy.

More and more pirates like to sell stolen goods in Kuntaisha. The "Fatty Trading Company" under Liu Feng's name is faster than any trading organization in Kuntaisha. Just need to unload the robbed materials in Universe Port to count them and immediately hand you a box of neatly coded banknotes.

For such transactions, pirates never charge reserve magnetic cards or anything like that. They know very well that they will never enter the door of any federal or pan-union bank before they decide to wash their hands. Instead of carrying a few uncashable magnetic cards, it is more realistic to actually count the number of banknotes.

Cotton fabrics, food, oil, machinery and equipment... "Fatty Trading Company" never picks and treats all customers equally. Even if there are minor damage caused during the robbery, such as the container being penetrated by a large-diameter laser, which makes certain goods penetrated. Or if the food is about to exceed the effective time limit, the Trading Company never lowers the price and still acquires all the goods at the agreed price.

They are all materials needed by ag64. Are industrial civilians far less picky about clothing and food requirements than citizens. As long as they are hygienic and healthy, it is enough.

The last factor in setting up a business in Quntaisha is of course the price - the materials sold by pirates are often very cheap. In order to rush to get rid of the goods, they often sell at a price of 50% lower than the normal market price, or even more. To give the simplest example: a ton of purified colloidal original blocks can be sold at least 5,000 federal standard currency on the immigration planet. However, in Quntaisha, it only costs four hundred or even three hundred. This milky white "Ebola" plant secretion can be legitimately owned by you.

By occupying the planet Quintex, you can harvest up to two or three million people, and a piece of land with little mining value.

By giving up, you can get a stable and cheap supply channel and supply from the entire Pirate Group in disguise.

......

Unlike the last time I sat in the VIP seat of the "Silvester" auction house, slave trader Sanbe was not accompanied by the private room, and the private room was very spacious. Zhao Yi and Zhang Xiaoxian had enough space.

The reason why I came to this kind of place again is that I had no place to spend a lot of money, but that I had to buy back the urgently needed materials from the underground auction house.

ag64 lacks ore. However, Zhao Yi cannot buy it in large quantities through formal channels. That will attract too much attention. Even if you trade in the name of the Pyramid Industrial Alliance, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no leakage.

"Gentlemen, ladies, the next auction item is a blue natural diamond just unearthed from the Norwood mine. It weighs fourteen carats. The starting price is ten thousand federal standard currency, or equivalent to the Imperial Dollar."

The electronic auction list shows that the sequence of this blue crystal is No. 4. In other words, it is the fourth auction item in the entire venue.

According to convention, the top-ranked auction items are often not valuable. At best, they are just gimmicks before the highlight, used to arouse the interest and overall atmosphere of buyers on the venue.

In human history, diamonds were once the most expensive natural crystals. With the full development of the universe and the advent of the era of great immigration, more and more diamonds flooded the market. The number of them increased dramatically, resulting in price plummeting. Although this hard crystal is still the favorite of women and jewelry manufacturers, its value is only slightly higher than gold.

Although it has not yet been determined whether this blue crystal needs something, Zhao Yi still decided to raise the license plate in his hand. For him, ten thousand federal standard currency is really nothing. In order not to attract the attention of others, the purchase of luxury goods such as diamonds can indeed cover up their identity.

A rich man is far easier to fade out of sight than an ambitious warlord.

Zhao Yi felt a little confused - from any perspective, for this finger-sized diamond, the starting price of 10,000 yuan is too low. You should know that on the Immigration Planet, blue diamonds of the same size can be sold at least six times the number.

Of course, here is referring to unsorted rough stones.

Sure enough, just as he was about to take action, he heard the auctioneer continue to say in a magnetic voice: "However, according to the auctioneer's entrustment, this blue diamond is a bundled product. Any customer who wants to buy this product must pay 100,000 Star General Currency at the same time and buy 200,000 tons of ore."

As soon as these words were spoken, a smile of sarcasm and contempt appeared on the faces of all the people present.

The so-called bundled auction is a disguised sales method. The owners often throw out some items that are of concern to the public as the focus, and at the same time add a batch of mass goods as the bundled ones, forcibly requiring the buyer to purchase the two together.

It's like if you take a pet cat, but the cat seller takes out a series of related products such as cat food, cat nests, lice removal agents, etc., and asks you to package and buy them all. If you refuse, then you don't want to take the cute cat away.

Based on the market price on the administrative planet, it is indeed very cheap to purchase 200,000 tons of ore by 100,000 yuan. However, Kuntaisha is a pirate trading planet, and there is no market for ore here. Not to mention 100,000 yuan. Even if it is 50,000 yuan, 40,000 yuan, or even lower, it is probably difficult for anyone to be interested in it.

No wonder the owner thought of a method of bundling auction. He probably was eager to cash out, so he had to use this helpless method.

Moreover, a mere 14-carat natural diamond, no one will pay much attention to this kind of thing except for some women who have a crazy collection of jewelry.

"Does anyone want the federal standard currency of 10,000? Ten thousand, just ten thousand-"

The auctioneer shouted at the top of his lungs, but the people in the venue did not move at all. It was not until after shouting twice that Zhao Yi, who was sitting in the corner, lazily raised the sign in his hand.

The items he needed had been received, but he was not in a hurry to leave. On the one hand, he was to hide his eyes and hear. On the other hand, he was curious and wanted to see if there were anything he was interested in among the auction items later.

Three hundred boxes of five-year wine.

Two hundred vehicle-mounted depleted uranium cannons.

Twenty ships of groceries. These include salt, cotton, wool textiles, etc.

Everything is the goods plundered by pirates from the interstellar route. Although it must be given a certain proportion of remuneration to the auction house, at least it is much better than the things that are rotten in their own hands.

Soon, a girl in exposed clothes, holding a sweet smile, held a tray and delivered the photographed blue crystal straight to Zhao Yi. After paying enough payment for the goods, he also turned to focus on the piece of crystal he had just bought.

This is a slightly oval crystal. Its size is only the size of a fingernail. Under the illumination of the blazing lamp, a soft blue faintly reveals the surface of the pure crystal.

Holding the crystal in your hand, slowly releasing a conscious energy to wrap it. Soon, the thinking that penetrates it has been strengthened several times in an instant. The energy induced from the crystal block is completely integrated with the external consciousness.

Close your eyes, Zhao Yi completely let go of all his thinking, allowing this external energy to pull it, slowly extending the tentacles of consciousness towards the farther margin.

This feeling is very wonderful. It is like you suddenly have vision that is far beyond ordinary people. Not only can you see objects a hundred meters away, but you can also stretch the limit of vision longer and farther under the guidance of some mysterious substance...

That's right! It's it. The blue crystal that has augmentation effect on consciousness energy, the treasure that the mind controller dreams of.

Zhao Yi took off the pendant on his chest and slowly approached the crystals in his hand. However, the fusion between the crystals did not appear. Even if they were completely closed, they were still the two pieces, and there was no sign of wanting to combine.

how so?

Zhao Yi, who was quite surprised, brought the crystal stone to his eyes and was surprised to find that its edges were extremely irregular, and some places could even see jagged divergence cracks. However, no matter which angle the interface was, it could not match the pendant.

Suddenly, a thought that was so bold that even he himself felt terrible suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Are they just two* crystals?"

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi felt his whole body tremble.

If your assumption is true, it means... this blue crystal with strong spiritual amplification ability is not unique. Since the second part appears, there may be a third part and a fourth part...

If this is true, Zhang Xiaoxian, Feng Tantan, Liu Feng, Di Funi... What a powerful force it would be to get everyone to equip this kind of thing!

"Where is the owner who commissioned the auction of crystal stones? Can you meet him?"

After repeated requests from Zhao Yi and the temptation of claiming that he wanted to buy more ores, the original owner of the blue crystal finally showed up.

This is a short and strong middle-aged man. His messy and slit hair was covered with a thick layer of dust. His thick chin and nose were also clearly visible. His ragged and dirty spacesuits were produced at least ten years ago. Especially the pair of boots on his feet, which had been seriously deformed and covered with various inexplicable dirt, also emitted a disgusting stench.

"My name is Naiden. Tell me! How much ore do you want to buy?"

The other party's voice was a little hoarse. It sounded, and it seemed very tired.

“How much ore do you have for sale?”

Zhao Yi did not deliberately distract the topic. If it were just a few hundred thousand tons, he would not take it seriously at all. You should know that the total amount of ore consumed by the colonial base every month was at least more than one million tons.

What surprised everyone was that this normal problem caused Naidon to sneer.

"No matter how much ore you want, I can supply it. The question is, do you have that much money?"

Zhao Yi frowned slightly, and then quickly exchanged eyes with Zhang Xiaoxian next to him.

"I have 20 million tons of spot stock now. How about it, do you want it?"

Naidon glanced at him contemptuously.

“What price?”

"I am a fair businessman. Every ton of zero point federal standard currency is much cheaper than all traders on the executive planet."

Perhaps because he felt that after meeting a big customer, Naidon's tone became a little humble.

He was right. Ores worth 5 yuan per ton are indeed very cheap. You should know that the price of ores purchased by the federal government from civilians is only about one yuan per meal. Of course, this also requires deducting the equivalent consumption of food purchased by civilians. If you trade in a formal business opened by the government, the price will have to double.

However, Zhao Yi doesn't think so.

There will never be a free lunch in this world. There must be reasons why cheap things are cheap.

"Is your ore package delivery?"

After thinking for a while, he explained the key to the problem. Sure enough, there was a bit of unnaturalness on Naidon's face.

"Stop kidding. Such cheap things have to be delivered to your door... The loss of energy and spacecraft alone is more than this price."

“I can double your price. The condition is – delivery must be.”

Zhao Yi smiled and looked at the other person, picked up his hands and leaned back on the chair.

Contacting the previous transaction at the auction, he had already found Naiden's trump card.

Obviously, this guy has a mining area with a large output. Moreover, he also has a large amount of excavated ore spot in his hand. The problem is that he does not have the ability to transport the products he has mined out of this terrible place in the margins. Let alone send them to the immigration planet and sell them at market prices.

Unlike other commodities, ore transportation requires a huge amount of space. With weight and other factors, the cargo ships transporting ore are very slow and are not a match for pirates.

The marginal area is a paradise for pirates. For those who do not work, basic resources such as ores are useless at all. Naturally, there is no need to buy them. Therefore, the problem before Naeden is very serious - the ore dug cannot be sold or shipped out. Although the quantity is very large, it is always a pile of waste that cannot be eaten or used...

Sure enough, as soon as he said that, Nedon's face, full of wrinkles and dirt, suddenly became very ugly. He rubbed his hands slowly and hesitated: "If you think the price is too high, I can lower it a little more. As for delivery... I'm going to tell you, I really don't have this ability."

In the end, Naidon's tone had completely become a plea.

Seeing this, Zhao Yi nodded gently and took out the piece of Lan Jing he had just bought from his pocket: "I'm very curious, where did you get this thing?"

“It was dug out from the mine.”

Naidon obviously didn't want to offend the customer in front of him, and replied readily: "It is a companion of ore. I have some in my hands. If you like it, you can get it for free."

......

Half an hour later, Naiden, Zhao Yi and others had already entered the cabin of the "Tonghuā Shunii".

According to him, the Norwood Mine is actually a small planet deep in the edge. The mineral resources are extremely abundant. As the owner, Naidon owns the mining area for a full two hundred years.

"Not bragging, my ore has excellent texture. The refinement rate is even 100%. If there are enough transportation tools... I can definitely become a super rich man."

Faced with such swearings, Zhao Yi only smiled.

The transformation and construction of colonial bases and the development of Qianxing all require a large amount of ore. If things are really as Naeden said, then the benefits brought by this business will definitely be much greater than investment.

Of course, everything must be seen as real. Moreover, he also wanted to see what the mine that could produce mysterious blue crystals would look like.

......

The huge circular jet port released powerful energy that could burn everything. Driven by them, the huge hull slowly rose from the ground to the sky. Soon, it disappeared into the vast black universe.

No one noticed that just under the wing deck on the left side of the battleship, a small tracker was quietly releasing radio waves that were indistinguishable to the naked eye. They quickly passed along a fixed orbit, and under the guidance of the receiver, they entered a spacecraft docked in the universe domain west of the planet Quintex. The changes became images and appeared in the center of the holographic screen.

This is a narrow and long C-class flagship "Wolf of the Wind". The logo smeared on both sides of the bow of the ship is still the eye-catching and cute "Snow Castle" pattern.

"Very good! Finally caught this cunning fish. Calculate their navigation tracks immediately. I will have a result now. Quick! He/Mom will give me a quick move—"

Wang Er, with a fleshy face, sat in the command seat, chewing the roasted pig just delivered by the chef, while urging his subordinates to follow the order. (To be continued! ~!
Chapter completed!