Chapter 529: Information
Of course, Du Le didn't know that buying military equipment in Andromeda was not a deal that could be completed with money, and it was also for peace reasons, so like the earth, the circulation of military equipment was not easy. Just as buying guns and ammunition on Earth requires a special license, buying a battleship on Andromeda also requires a special license - a Star Battleship Purchase License.
You must know that in the vast universe, although the planets are basically in a state of stable navigation according to their respective orbits, they are not at peace in secret. In addition to natural disasters such as cosmic turbulence and meteorites, there are also "man-made" disasters such as interstellar pirates robbing cargo ships or passenger ships.
However, for the sake of the safety of space navigation, the government's energy cannot guarantee the safety of a long voyage, and some merchants engaged in the arms trade naturally need to find ways to arm themselves. In the same way, the government of any planet naturally hopes that the safety of the people of its own planet can be guaranteed. Therefore, restrictions on armament were relaxed.
But with a relaxation comes a hidden crisis.
Some companies that produce or act as agents of military equipment have even sold weapons and equipment to lawbreakers.
After perceiving the existence of this type of crisis, in order to ensure that the military equipment companies on their planet do not have the possibility of selling warships and other equipment to pirates or lawbreakers, the government of each planet has relevant strict laws and regulations, as well as document descriptions, etc., to strictly restrict the buying and selling of such goods.
One of them is that the planetary government gives legitimate traders. Issuing a license for the purchase of warships, allowing interstellar traders, to arm themselves.
This license, as the name suggests, is an arms purchase qualification issued by the government of the planet Andromeda, and is bound by relevant legal provisions. Unless the purchaser can provide the corresponding arms purchase license, no merchant is allowed to sell weapons and equipment privately, and violators will be severely punished.
Du Le is not a citizen of Andromeda, so naturally he knows nothing about it. However, because it was not possible to take out the license to purchase the battleship for a while, the battleship that I liked was not allowed to be purchased. There must be some unwillingness.
"I don't want to take out the license for the battleship. Is it okay to buy a battleship privately? Du Le didn't want to give up because of this, and after hesitating for a while, he finally asked tentatively.
The saleswoman also seemed to be helpless. After all, business is all about it. Can be done. Who doesn't want to do it, but this law is here, who has the ability to shake half a point?
Thereupon. The saleswoman still sighed and rejected Du Le: "I'm sorry, without a battleship license, our battleship can't leave the factory." Moreover, a battleship license is equal to a pass, without a battleship license, even if we really sell you a battleship, your battleship will still not be able to leave Andromeda because it does not have a pass. β
When Du Le heard this, he suddenly froze, because he seemed to hear a little loophole. So, Du Le tried again and asked, "You can just sell me the battleship, and as for how the battleship will produce Andromeda, that's my business, in this case, do you think it's okay?" β
When the saleswoman heard this, she was not moved by Du Le at all, but quickly waved her hand and shook her head, and said: "It's still not, once you are investigated, our company will bear joint and several liability, absolutely not." β
Du Le saw that the other party was resolute and did not have the slightest loophole to exploit, and he was inevitably a little disappointed at the moment. I had no choice but to continue listlessly flipping through the catalog of Yuxiang Company to see what was suitable.
Unintentionally planted willows and willows. Suddenly, Du Le inadvertently saw a series of products, his eyes lit up, and he asked with a little surprise: "Your company also produces military mechas?" β
The saleswoman nodded and explained: "Yuxiang Company used to be the mecha supplier of the Andromeda Garrison, and in terms of military mechas, it produced two classic mechas: Garrison A and Garrison B. β
On the catalog, Du Le focused on the two mecha pointed out by the saleswoman.
Garrison Type A and Garrison Type B, both of which are defensive mechs. Their protective armor is made of special alloy materials, which can effectively withstand the blows of laser cannons many times, and its easy operation makes it have a wide range of applications. Of course, these two mechs are not omnipotent, and their disadvantage is that they are less flexible and have certain obstacles to operate.
However, these two mechs can also be paired with weapons to complement each other's functions in operation, such as a powerful laser cannon and a sharp laser sword.
After reading these specific performance data and function introductions, frankly speaking, Du Le is indeed a little excited about these two mechas. Just because of the advantages of the easy operation of these two mechas, Du Le was very fascinated. Because Du Le had already thought that this feature could help him save time training the operator, it would be very beneficial for Du Le to break through the time constraints caused by the imminent arrival of aliens.
As if he could see his thoughts from Du Le's expression, the saleswoman was really an excellent employee, and immediately seized the opportunity to continue: "You don't need to buy a license to buy a mecha. β
When Du Le heard this, he knew that his mind had been seen through. In order not to lose money in the transaction, Du Le tried his best to pretend that he was not very interested, and asked with an understated look: "Oh, how much is it?" β
"For the Garrison Type A, it will cost 500,000 credits for one unit, while for the Garrison Type B, it will be cheaper, for 400,000 credits for one. Of course, a large amount is preferred! The saleswoman said expectantly.
Du Le silently calculated in his heart, and now he still has about millions of credits useless. But if he places an order now, with the amount of money he has, he won't be able to buy more than one mecha. It seems that if he wants to buy a large number of them, he still needs to deal with a batch of energy stones in exchange for more credits before he can have sufficient funds to complete the transaction.
"Well, I got it. Thank you, thank you, have the opportunity to cooperate again. After Du Le had a plan, he was not in a hurry to buy a mecha at this time.
After leaving Yuxiang Company, Du Le did not continue to stay in the virtual mall. Instead, they immediately left the virtual network. Then, Du Le began to gather information.
For Du Le, the most regrettable thing is that since Lin Yi and his wife left Dongfeng City, he no longer has anyone to trust. The importance of energy stones in Andromeda, Du Le is naturally very clear, and because of this, no one can trust him to trade, and the large amount of energy stones held by Du Le is wealth to him. But it is also a source of danger.
In Andromeda. Du Le had also gone through a few thrills, and he no longer wanted to put himself in danger easily. Therefore, Du Le will definitely not trade energy stones with Zhang San and Li Si rashly.
Therefore. Du Lecai needs to gather information first. Especially the latest news from the major cities of Andromeda. Only by analyzing the recent trends of this planet can we find safer ways and ways to achieve our own trading goals.
Otherwise. If someone like Du Le has no background in Andromeda and wants to legally trade a large number of energy stones, the danger is indeed too great.
Therefore, Du Le's mind is gradually changing, even if he is unscrupulous, he wants to get what he wants and bring it back to Earth. Doole has a portable space, a teleporter. As long as he can get close to a space battleship, he can easily put a battleship into space.
Now, Du Le just needed a chance, a chance to be able to safely approach any small warship. As for large and medium-sized space battleships, Du Le will not consider them for the time being, because their volume is obviously too large, and the carry-on space is not enough to accommodate them.
However, for the next three consecutive days, Du Le did not get any valuable information from the Internet, so that Du Le couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart.
Looking closely at the news on the Internet, it is not a certain star who is going to hold a concert, or a policy update of the planetary government, interesting anecdotes about the city, and some people in a certain place have committed crimes, etc., which have nothing to do with what Du Le needs to get.
Therefore, although Du Le wanted to get useful inside information, because there were no channels, he fell into a dilemma for a while.
Du Le is really helpless, it's rare that he really wants him to rob a military base? It's okay to think about it, but if you really do it, Du Leke won't dare, and he's not tired of finding himself unhappy.
Because this is Andromeda, not the earth, it is estimated that if Du Le releases the spy machine, I am afraid that it will be scanned in advance before he gets close to the military base. And Du Le's protective suit has become even more useless here, I believe that only one laser cannon is needed to blast Du Le into scum.
In order to concentrate on finding out the information that was useful to him, Du Le sacrificed a lot, but he confined himself to his home, boiled instant noodles for three days, and ate until his mouth was calloused.
But the problem was still motionless, and he had not yet found a way out, and Du Le was bored, so he thought of putting the problem aside for the time being, and going to the town to wander around, wash his brain, inquire about the news around him, and change his taste by the way, and comfort himself. After all, there are some news that may not be available on the Internet, so it is better to untie the shackles and try it outside.
So, after Du Le washed up, he changed into a Fairy Star's daily ordinary men's clothes, and went out.
When he went out, Du Le also took a special look at the neighbor's house. Since the last time something so embarrassing happened, Du Le has never opened the bedroom curtains. This outing, however, evoked Du Le's memory again.
At this time, the door of the neighbor's house was closed, and Du Le could not see what was there. However, he also has no intention of having a deep friendship with the other party. After all, the neighbor seemed a bit domineering, and for the sake of his own safety, he asked Du Le to leave home and live in the house, which really disgusted Du Le.
Instead of taking a transport, Tule walked on the road for about ten minutes before he reached the only commercial street in the town.
Although it is a poor area in this natural area, it has a lot of business in mind. On both sides of the commercial street, there are seven or eight department stores or grocery stores, and most of the operators are locals. In addition, there are a number of eateries lining the streets.
The operators of the street shops are not young, most of them are middle-aged and elderly, and there are not many young people. On the street, back and forth, mainly some local residents. The streets are not bustling, but there is no shortage of popularity, and there are still some hovercars passing by from time to time, and sometimes the owners choose to stop and rest temporarily.
Local restaurants are mainly engaged in the business of these passers-by.
It didn't take long for Tule to find a clean noodle shop. Just walk into the store. He chose a noodle restaurant, similar to the traditional noodle restaurant of the Chinese country on Earth, which not only sells some noodles, but also some snacks. For example, snacks like xiao long bao.
There wasn't much space in the noodle shop, and Du Le glanced at it, and there were a total of six tables for guests to eat. There are six chairs around each table.
The overall decoration is simple and organized.
The owners of the noodle shop are two elderly couples. Du Le judged that they were about fifty years old. But. Du Le didn't care much, he entered the noodle restaurant mainly to change the taste.
To inquire about the news, you still have to go to the only tavern in the town. There will be a bunch of idlers there. While drinking. On the one hand, it is a matter of national affairs. Family trivialities are all about talking.
The time when Du Le enters the noodle restaurant is not meal time.
At this time, it was about two o'clock in the afternoon. In the noodle shop. There were no other guests.
When DΓΌle came in, he found an empty table and sat down.
The shopkeeper took the initiative to greet Du Le and asked him what he wanted to eat. He entertained Du Le as a passerby.
Du Le casually glanced at the menu on the wall and ordered a bowl of his signature fresh meat and vegetable noodles. It's not expensive, it's only fifteen credits.
When the shopkeeper heard Du Le finish ordering, he smiled slightly and shouted inside.
The proprietress answered inside, and in a special machine, she entered a few commands, the machine vibrated slightly, and in less than three minutes, a bowl of steaming noodles took shape.
The shopkeeper brought the noodles, and Du Le was a little curious when he saw this.
However, Du Le was only curious about how the machine worked, and he did not think about bringing these civilian devices back to Earth. Andromeda, as a developed fourth-level civilization planet, has a high degree of electronic automation, and there are automatic noodle machines, which is nothing unusual.
Faced with the fragrant noodles, Du Le's index finger moved, and he was ready to start enjoying the noodles.
At this time, two more people came in at the door of the noodle restaurant.
Where Du Le was sitting, facing the door, he looked up, his eyes were a little surprised, he recognized the person.
There were two women who entered the door, and Du Le didn't know what their names were, but he remembered that one of them was the woman who came to the door a few days ago and wanted Du Le to move.
Another woman, although she was wearing a hat and sunglasses, Du Le noticed that she had blue hair and a slender figure, which should be a big beauty. Du Le guessed that this one might be the blue-haired beauty opposite his bedroom who looked at him.
Thinking of this, Du Le couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, lowered his head, and didn't want to face them.
The two women entered the door and didn't care about Du Le. They sat at the table next to Dule.
"Sister Shakira, I've long wanted to eat a bowl of noodles from a small noodle restaurant."
As soon as Nina and Shakira sat down, Nina said crisply. Listening to her voice, she was in a good mood.
Shakira smiled slightly and responded, "Okay, today you are in charge, you can eat whatever you want." β
As a star, Sakira has been restricting her diet to avoid nutritional imbalances.
"Okay, shopkeeper, I want a bowl of spicy noodles, a basket of vegetarian buns, well, and a bowl of nourishing clear soup...... Nina said happily.
Nina is happy that there really aren't many people in this town who know her. Nina felt a rare sense of freedom and ease.
Shakira saw Nina's happiness in her eyes. She smiled slightly, and just wanted to tell Nina not to be greedy, but her eyes inadvertently saw Du Le sitting next to her, and she was slightly stunned.
Sakira's expression, Nina didn't notice, ordered a few snacks, she was still curious about the other food in the noodle restaurant, it seemed that she had never entered the noodle restaurant.
Doupe noticed that Sakira was looking at her, but was concentrating on eating the noodles in front of him.
At this time, any act of taking the initiative to say hello will only put yourself on the verge of embarrassment, and it will not benefit Du Le at all. Therefore, Du Le also planned to pretend that he didn't see them, everyone was a stranger, and it should be better.
Shakira didn't want to tell Nina that the lewd neighbor she hated was sitting next to them. She knew that telling Nina would only ruin Nina's hard-earned lightheartedness.
You must know that this is a good mood that Nina has not been easy to have, and Shakira accompanies her out shopping, so she naturally doesn't want her to go back with a bad mood.
In fact, Nina didn't see Du Le's naked for a long time that day, so she was not impressed by Du Le's appearance.
In addition, Du Le consciously did not want to attract attention, so he ate noodles in a low-key manner. Nina wouldn't pay attention to a man eating noodles, and it wasn't surprising that she didn't recognize Du Le.
Shakira saw that Nina didn't recognize Dule and didn't want to warn her.
"Do you have to go to the Sref Saudi Naval Port tomorrow to give a condolence performance?" Nina asked.
Shakira put Du Le aside in her heart and replied to Nina, "This is not only an invitation from the Andromeda Ministry of Defense, but also an invitation from the Dongfeng City government, so it's best to go." Besides, the Sref Saud Legion will set off in three days and go to the Andromeda affiliated resource star to be stationed. For this condolence performance, you only need to sing a song. β
"I don't like to be at events like this." Nina said.
"I know you are a peace-loving man who does not like war. However, this is good for you, and when a soldier takes off his uniform, he is actually just an ordinary person. Shakira admonished.
Shakira and Nina didn't speak loudly, but Dule, who was sitting at the next table, heard some useful information for him.
The Sref Saud Military Port is a medium-sized spaceport about 100 kilometers away from Dongfeng City. Du Le has read relevant information on the Internet, and knows that there are Andromeda warships moored everywhere in the military port.
Du Le also once fought the idea of the Andromeda military, but he always gave up because the military did not allow unknown people to approach.
If there is a military and civilian performance to be held at the Sriff Saudi Military Port, Du Le wonders if he has a way to blend in. (To be continued......)