Lu Chengming did not agree to the alliance with Qilazhu people, but only expressed his willingness to make a cooperative attempt.

Trade is the first step.

Through detailed communication with Wen Dongdong, I learned that they have several scarce resources, including salt.

Salt was an extremely important material in ancient times, and it was the same in the end times.

Although some salt is stored in the bunker, once the population increases, it will be consumed sooner or later.

Modern humans are used to eating salt and have become dependent.

Under current conditions, it is almost impossible to collect and extract salt by yourself.

There is a shortage of manpower and traffic cut off... neither sea salt lake salt nor mineral salt can be achieved.

However, the Qilazeng people control the salt mines and can use locust transport teams to transport the salt thousands of miles away.

The big locust is the most powerful means of transportation in the world today, unparalleled.

Relying on its transportation advantages, Qilazeng people can also provide many foods that are not locally available, such as fish, shrimp, crabs, shells and other aquatic products.

I remember that Su Yurong seemed to like eating fish and shrimp meat, and that foodie Tang Wan'er would definitely like it too...

For some reason, Lu Chengming first thought of them.

As for the way of trade, it is not exchange, but direct purchase.

Qila Cyclone people like gold, and currency is gold coins with rough workmanship.

They do not have coin minting techniques, they just process small pieces of gold into circles in a manual way, and then engrave symbolic texts.

Just so happens that Lu Chengming has some gold.

When I was bored, I moved from the underground vault of the LCBC Bank head office as if I was exercising.

I didn't know if I could use it at the beginning, but I was prepared for any trouble anyway...

The two parties finalized the details of the transaction, reached an oral agreement, and the cooperation officially began.

Wen Dongdong also wanted to kill a few slaves to sacrifice to show his sincerity, but was stopped by Lu Chengming.

As for Lei Xiong, let’s not care about it for the time being.

Because the Qila Cyborg army arrived one after another, they camped and formed a strong line of defense between the 012 bunker and the 010 bunker.

...

Lu Chengming returned to the 012 bunker, called Su Yurong and Tang Wan'er, and came to the vault on the 6th floor underground.

They were shocked when they saw the room full of gold and piled up like mountains of gold.

After a long time, Tang Wan'er sighed: "I'm crazy and insatiable..."

"Please, don't use idioms, I feel a little headache..." Lu Chengming rubbed his head.

Su Yujun stretched out her hand and used a lot of force to grab a gold bar. She couldn't help frowning, "Why are you so heavy? They just grab and play with me in the movie..."

"Movies are all lie... The gold bars you get are more than 20 kilograms, and the gold bricks below are more than 200 kilograms..." Lu Chengming smiled slightly and pointed to the depths of the room. "There are some small gold bars of two or three kilograms in the cabinet inside, and commemorative gold coins. We trade with the insect man, and those are enough."

"I understand." Su Yurong nodded, "Anyway, we can't move, so you asked us to come down just to show off your wealth."

"I didn't expect you two... I'll move the gold, you two help me get other things." Lu Chengming said, and opened the next room again, "I remember that there are a lot of clothes and miscellaneous items in this room to see if there is anything needed. You two choose first, and then take it to everyone."

"Why didn't you say that if you have clothes? The bunker work clothes are so ugly!" Su Yujun immediately went in to check, "I'm almost depressed when wearing the same clothes every day."

"I just remembered the vault when I recalled it..." Lu Chengming scratched his head, "There are dozens of storage rooms on this floor, and I haven't been in many rooms for decades, so it's good to remember them..."

"I finally have new clothes to wear..." Su Yujun smiled slightly, opened a large carton, and took out the clothes inside one by one.

Among them are cheongsams, maids, sailors, nurses, professional clothes, and various uniforms...

There are also black silk, white silk, net stockings...

Su Yurong turned her face and changed.

Tang Wan'er had raised her hand to cover her eyes.

"Ah...this box seems to be used by COSPLAY..." Lu Chengming licked his lips, "I, I collected it casually... I didn't look carefully..."

"Will I believe it?" Su Yu's suede face Ruobings frigidly stared at Lu Chengming coldly, "You really have bad intentions and have been prepared long ago..."

"Don't slander me, I'm not that kind of person! I, I'll move gold first!" Lu Chengming wiped his face and turned around and crawled into the vault.

Tang Wan'er looked sad and asked in a low voice: "Sister Su, is this his hint? What should I do?"

"What else can I do?" Su Yurong sighed, "I can't escape his clutches anyway..."

...

Lu Chengming continued his next plan.

Establish a second ground stronghold for trade and diplomacy.

He had already figured out the location, which was a lake island 5 kilometers south of the bunker 012.

That area was originally a royal garden in ancient times.

There are not many buildings left in the garden now, but the stone tower on the island in the lake still stands up, and can be used as a ground residence after a little renovation.

Moreover, the stone bridge connecting the two sides is intact and can be passed through.

Giant insects cannot wade in water. If you guard the stone bridge, you can resist all foreign enemies.

Once the Huzhong Island stronghold is established, it can form a triangular layout with the 012 bunker and Great Wall Farm and take care of each other.

The biggest problem Lu Chengming here is that he lacks manpower.

After thinking about it, he decided to buy a batch of insect slaves from Wen Dongdong.

This is also the first transaction between the two parties and it went very smoothly.

Although Qila Cyclone people are barbaric and backward, they are very honest in trading.

Pay money with one hand and deliver goods with the other hand, and never cheat.

A 50-gram gold coin can buy 10 slaves.

Lu Chengming first bought 50 slaves to do miscellaneous work and guard the island in the lake.

The ancestors of these slaves were captured by the Qila people and were slaves for generations.

They received training since childhood and were extremely obedient, only know how to obey orders and have no sense of resistance.

Compared to being enslaved by the people he pulled, the slaves only felt that they had received incredible preferential treatment from Lu Chengming, with a huge sense of happiness and extremely hard work.

The renovation project of Huzhong Island is going on very fast and people will be able to live in two days.

Wooden fences were also set up on the stone bridge and deworming plants were placed, which were enough to resist ordinary giant insects.

Only the power supply problem remains.

Lu Chengming installed a solar charging panel on the stone tower and sighed, "Yeah, I finally became a slave owner..."

"No, brother, I think you are like a conscientious capitalist." Xu Zihao shook his head, "These slaves are much happier than the 996 community animals in the past. Look how happy they smile..."

Lu Chengming was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but recall the life in a civilized society.

On the bus and on the railway, those stiff and tired faces...

It seems that they can only smile when they are watching the sand sculpture video...

But the smile flies in an instant...
Chapter completed!