"The East Coast of the North American continent has developed a loose separatist force, mainly concentrated in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info The warship of the Beluga Expedition dropped anchor off the coast of Los Angeles and sent small boats to send our men to the North American continent. ”

"After landing on the North American continent, our men set up outposts on the West Coast while sending soldiers to explore in the direction of Los Angeles. In the suburbs of Los Angeles, we encountered a xenomorph species that resembled a mutant lizard. They move in groups and are very aggressive, but luckily our people spotted them first. After solving them, our people managed to reach the city of Los Angeles. ”

"The whole of Los Angeles is in ruins, similar to Wanghai City, but with a much smaller population. According to locals, there are large and small survivor settlements scattered throughout the West Coast, among which the National Guard, the militia group 'One Minute', the cannibal tribe 'Blood', and the mutant tribe 'Destruction' are the main ones. ”

"Animal husbandry is very well developed, and our people found a large two-headed herd on the edge of the California desert. Their two-headed cows are larger than us because they eat a fern that lowers the radiation level, and these two-headed cows do not have much radiation and the meat is relatively tasty. The survivors mainly use subcrystals and xenoskins as currency for trade, but there is also an interesting thing......"

As he spoke, Chu Nan took out something from his pocket and gently threw it on the table.

“…… We found this locally, brought back by a Beluga Whale Expedition warship returning home. ”

"It's ...... Bottle caps?" Looking at the bottle caps that were spinning on the table, Jiang Chen was stunned.

"To be precise, it is a limited edition bottled Coke cap issued by The Coca-Cola Company after 2168. The Coca-Cola Company's nickel-plated security logo is added to it, and each bottle of Coke has a specific number that is stored in a database at the Coke plant in California. Speaking of this, Chu Nan grinned, "At present, this cola factory is now controlled by the California National Guard as their money printing machine. ”

"Use bottle caps as currency?" Jiang Chen asked with a strange expression.

"Yes, it's a very difficult thing to fake, and every bottle cap that leaves the factory is automatically entered into a database, and the currency is said to be used throughout the West Coast and even in some inland states. However, this kind of bottle cap seems to be very inflated, it is said that a slightly better rifle needs 10,000 bottle caps, an adult two-headed cow is worth 100,000 yuan, and a National Guard standard power armor needs to wait for the bottle cap is an astronomical amount, it is said to be 10 million? I'm not sure about it. ”

"Where did they get so much nickel?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.

Although nickel is not a rare earth, it is more scarce than rare earths in the wasteland, not to mention North America, which is already poor in nickel. There is no other reason, because the demand is so great that nothing from power armor to tanks is missing. The amount of waste recovered is simply not enough, that is, the NAC backed by the world can avoid the problem of nickel shortage.

In order to smuggle a little nickel from the NAC, the Northern Territory can be said to have racked their brains, but the survivors on the west coast of North America actually used nickel to cast bottle caps?

"They certainly don't have that much nickel. Chu Nan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, "So when our people asked the California National Guard for trade, the first thing they asked was: 'Do you have nickel?'" ”

Hearing this, Jiang Chen already understood. For the survivors of the West Coast of North America, nickel is the equivalent of gold. But what kind of currency should this be? nickel standard, or "anti-counterfeiting" standard?

In addition, from what Chu Nan said, Jiang Chen also heard some other information. For example, since the survivors used all the nickel to "mint", presumably their industrial level should not be much higher, at most the same as the Sixth Block four years ago, from rifles to power armor are all handcrafted.

Chu Nan looked at Jiang Chen, he had already roughly guessed what his boss was thinking, so he asked tentatively, "What are your plans?"

What worries him most now is that his boss suddenly pats his head and decides to send thousands of soldiers to land in California and liberate the United States. It's not a question of whether you can do it or not, and he believes that with the strength of the NAC, at least the West Coast will not be a problem at all.

However, there is no point in doing so.

Now the NAC's strength range is from Wanghai City to Wushi City, there are too many places to expand to the south, and the few survivors in Fuzhou are so rich that there is no benefit to colonizing the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

But this is what he thinks about too much, how could Jiang Chen not understand this truth.

"The outpost on the west coast will remain at the size of fifty people for the time being, and it is easy to arouse the vigilance of local forces. ”

"Don't be idle, let the people stationed there be idle, let them investigate what specialties are worth getting back on the west coast of North America, and see what the local survivor forces lack besides metal resources. Three days, I need you to put all the information into a table and show it to me, can you do that?"

Chu Nan smiled confidently, "No problem, maybe it won't take three days at all." ”

"By the way, there's one more thing, you can help me refer to it. ”

The marshal said. Chu Nan said respectfully.

"I'm planning to form a navy, what do you think?" Although it was said to be a discussion, there was no discussion in Jiang Chen's tone. The formation of the NAC's navy, he has been working on this plan for a long time.

It was not necessary before, but with the expansion of the NAC, its own market is no longer enough to feed the thriving light and heavy industries, and trade routes are established on this basis, and the sea plays an increasingly large part of the interests of the whole NAC.

However, the sea power is in the hands of the Moby Dick Observatory.

There is a good saying, on the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore?

In the past, the Moby Dick Expedition was hired to escort the Nac because it didn't have the energy to expand into the ocean, and it was also worried that these guys with ships and guns would do pirate business. As for the sonar that drives away small marine xenos, Camp 27 has actually developed samples some time ago, but it has never had the opportunity to use it.

After hearing Jiang Chen's words, Chu Nan's pupils suddenly flashed with joy.

"Marshal wise!"

"I didn't let you slap my ass, I asked for your opinion. Jiang Chen scolded with a smile.

"The NAC should have had its own navy a long time ago! Chu Nan laughed and slapped his thigh, paused for a moment after laughing enough, looked at Jiang Chen and said seriously, "I think the same as you, the sea power of the NAC must be maintained by the NAC itself." The only trouble now is what the people at the Moby Dick Observatory will think of it. ”

Hearing Chu Nan's words, Jiang Chen frowned slightly.

The opinion of the Moby Dick Observatory is indeed a problem, and now that the entire Pan-Asian sea is almost monopolized by them, any fleet that wants to trade in the open sea must sign a protection agreement with them, and life is not unpleasant.

If the NAC begins to develop the Navy, it will undoubtedly be tantamount to moving their cake.

Unless, find a suitable entry point......

After pondering and meditating, Jiang Chen's gaze unconsciously fell on the map of the Pan-Asian region on the wall of his office. As his gaze wandered to the offshore waters of Wanghai City, a brilliant idea suddenly came to his mind.

A suitable reason, or excuse.

Even if the Moby Dick Expedition complains, there is no excuse to say. (To be continued.) )