Chapter 285: Eavesdropping
The experience of this night chaling people can be described as magical. The city, the lights, the food, the wine, the women dressed up in a particularly gorgeous way...... All these intoxicated them, and all made them feel that they had come to heaven and were not on earth.
At eight o'clock, the drums of the city's homecoming sounded, the crowd dispersed, and Chaling and his party did not walk to the location of the supermarket close to the city square. It wasn't until the street lights went out that the people of Chaling were reluctant to follow Mingxi back to the courtyard prepared for them.
Back in the dim courtyard, Qi Zhu, who had a great time, pulled Mingjun into the darkness and was rejected by Mingjun. The men who were holding back their stomachs were hot and pounced. Until noon on the second day, Mingyu saw Qi Zhu in this courtyard, and she could barely get up.
The news that Qi Zhu wanted to exchange street lights reached Lin Ji's office the next morning. Lin Ji found someone from the power company to discuss the feasibility.
Chaolin's current power generation is mainly hydroelectric power, supplemented by thermal power generation, with a power generation of about 10,000 kilowatts. An electric power company was established for general management. We have gained a lot of experience in power generation and transmission.
This exchange of electric lights was the first time that power generation went out of Chaolin City, and several people from the power generation company studied for a long time and told Lin Ji a plan: "If they only need one street lamp, we can give them a 400-watt one and use small hydropower to power this street lamp." We just converted a small kilowatt hydro. If they have a suitable place over there, maybe only ten people can go out and install these in a few days, and in terms of materials, maybe just a few square meters of cement and a little wire...... In exchange prices, we recommend ...... Fifty young men! ”
The power company was newly built, and even the manager of the company, Su Bei, was just a technician who followed Lin Rui to install the palace circuit. The courage of the technician is insufficient. Moreover, the power company is now completely dependent on the appropriation of the Government Council, and has never made a profit at all. In this exchange, they felt that they could finally make a profit, so they boldly quoted a sky-high price, and deliberately converted it into a young man who could pay for the poor Ling.
When Su Bei said that he was fifty years old, his voice was shaking.
While speaking, they also put the manuscript paper written by the materials they listed in front of Lin Ji.
Lin Ji looked at the manuscript paper with dissatisfaction and asked, "Do you think the equipment I made is less expensive than fifty axes?" ”
Naturally, the axe is no longer worth much money in Huaxia. However, on the side of Chaling, it can only be exchanged for a young man. Su Bei's offer is equivalent to fifty axes.
Lin Ji picked up the pen and crossed out a street lamp and changed it to two. Su Bei nodded hurriedly, feeling that this modification made sense. As long as one more light is added, it can still be driven by a set of power generation equipment, but it can be driven by 100 people in Chaling.
He was about to sing the praises of Lin Ji's wisdom and martial arts, but Lin Ji did not stop in his hand, but added a zero to the 50 in front of Qingzhuang, and wrote the word multiplication 2 on the back. Then I kept writing behind other materials, 10 green and strong cement, 1 green and 5 meters of wire, and 5 young and strong workers...... Generator 1000 young strong!
Su Bei's jaw almost dropped. That's an exaggeration, isn't it?
Lin Ji pushed the paper back and said, "You can find Mingyu yourself and discuss the specific operation." With this batch of expenses, you will add some manpower yourself, and then transform dozens of sets of equipment, and take turns to install some in the killer whale Maozhou grassland and other places. You can discuss this with Arc and write me a plan. ”
Su Bei suddenly understood. If this set of things is only sold to 50 young people in Chaling, it is better to install it directly in places such as killer whales that have no electricity. As the first place outside of Chaolin to be electrified, fifty people are indeed too few.
Moreover, there is no way to manufacture equipment such as generators, street lights, and wires, which are scarce resources and must be paid.
But he still couldn't help muttering in his heart, how could the people of Chaling accept such a high price? Fortunately, he heard another name in Lin Ji's words, and after coming out of Lin Ji's office, he hurried to find Mingxi.
He is only responsible for technical support, and the exchange is better left to these big people. If the deal could be done, he felt that it would be enough for him to get half of the cut.
An hour later, Mingyu also appeared in Lin Ji's office, holding a copied exchange list in his hand.
"Difficult?" Lin Ji asked.
"Yes." Mingyu is very honest.
As long as Qi Zhu is not stupid, he will not exchange more than 2,000 people for two lamps. In other words, even if there were no lamps, more than 2,000 people would have raised torches, or through these 2,000 people to get enough grease from the outdoors, the effect of burning would certainly not be worse than these two lamps.
- Even if Qi Zhu was stupid and agreed to this request, it would be impossible for her to convince the other people in Chaling after she went back. If you have more than 2,000 people in your hands, what can't you do?
Mingjun felt that he couldn't achieve this business, so he came to Lin Ji.
Lin Ji didn't seem surprised at all, and said, "The Yellow Tiger has already entered the city. Now Qian Mian is decorating the place where they meet. After they met, we confirmed the identity of this yellow tiger and decided whether to exchange this thing with them. If this yellow tiger is the purple pupil, then at this price, they will trade. If not, then we won't change it. Send this set to the killer whale first. ”
Mingyu heard this and quickly understood. This is not a transaction. This is blackmail.
Although Huaxia does not want to fight, it seems that the current situation shows that Chaling does not want to go to war with Huaxia either. Moreover, the analysis shows that if Chaling wants to cross the mountains and forests to the west and attack China, it will not be a threat on a small scale, but it is somewhat unrealistic to attack China on a large scale. Because the people of Chaling should not have so much logistics. Unless they are also playing a war of relocation with no return like the people of the Ten Directions.
In this case, they are unwilling to disclose the arrest of their leader, so they naturally have to seize the opportunity to blackmail them. Otherwise, the price of this set of equipment should not be so high.
Although these lamps may not be able to be produced, Mingyu knows that Lin Ji has actually made thousands of sets in one go. The four main streets of Chaolin City were unilaterally pressed, and less than 400 sets were used. It shouldn't be a problem to take one or two sets out and exchange them. According to Mingxi's understanding of forest traces, forest traces will not take out all the same things every time, but use the principle of one-third. That is, take a third of each item at most at a time, and take the remaining third a second time to ensure that these things are not consumed at once. Based on this calculation, Mingyu felt that if this kind of lamp could be exchanged for two hundred people, maybe Lin Ji would be willing to change it.
After the factory in Chaolin City was electrified, many factories used some machine tools and other equipment in the small town, and began to try to manufacture some soil machine tools, which was very helpful for the transformation of the generator, thinking that the generator could make a breakthrough in one or two decades, so it was estimated that a 1,000-watt generator would be exchanged for 200 people, and Mingyu estimated that Lin Ji could also accept it.
Now that Lin Ji has quoted such a high price, it is naturally blackmail.
Mingjun wanted to understand this, and he also thought about convincing Qi Zhu and Huan Ye in this way. As for how to confirm Huang Hu's identity, he didn't care at all. All he had to do was wait for the notice. He believed that Lin Ji had his own means to determine this.
Mingjun thought for a while and said another concern of his own: "It's just that two thousand people is not a decimal, they may not be able to take out so many people for a while." ”
Such people are generally not selected from their own tribes. Chaling may usually capture people from other tribes from the surrounding area to fill the number. This may take some time.
Lin Ji waved his hand and said, "You can talk about this by yourself then." ”
If the banking industry had developed at this time, it would have been possible for the bank to give a loan to the Chaling people and then repay it in installments. Here you can make a lot of money with a lot of interest. Unfortunately, at this time, Chaolin's bank only issued coins, and various businesses had not yet been carried out. The main reason is that there are too few talents in hand, and banks can only maintain their current situation.
Thinking of the role of the banking industry in promoting the economy, Lin Ji wrote a memo in his notebook, preparing to select a group of people to get the banking industry up.
Mingyu saw that Lin Ji was in thought, retreated silently, said hello to the secretary outside and went downstairs.
The staircase of the royal palace is extremely wide. The footsteps of the people walking inside are hurried and brisk. In any case, it is quite orderly.
Looking down from the window on the side of the staircase, in the inner courtyard of the palace, two children from Lin Ji were playing with the little white elephant. Lin Ping'an rudely pulled the ears of the little white elephant, and the little white elephant lying on the ground could only twist his head towards the child as much as possible to reduce the pain. Lin Meng was breaking his brother's hand to make him let go.
Around them, several waiters and Xiaobai couples were watching. The waiter was a little helpless, and Xiao Hei still shouted, as if he wanted to teach Lin Ping'an how to exert his strength.
Ming Jun looked at it twice before walking outside the palace, as if he wanted to write it down. He is now considered a marginal figure in the kingdom, and the people of the deer do not recognize him, and the others despise him for betraying his original tribe, so he rarely comes to the palace.
He didn't expect that he would receive a poor man, so he returned to the sight of Lin Ji.
When he was still sighing, Qian Mian came over quickly and stopped him: "Discuss the process of receiving the people of Chaling, and see how to complete the king's plan." ”
Mingjun knew that this was the right matter, so he nodded with emotion and said, "You say." ”
A little later, Ming swam into the courtyard where the people of Chaling lived. Qi Zhu hadn't gotten up yet, so he arranged good wine and good food to entertain the other Chaling people first.
When Qi Zhu woke up at noon, Mingyu asked someone to fetch water to wash the filth on her body, and said to her: "We have a place in Chaolin City, that is, our king will also go to sit, not only the food is exquisite, but also a variety of dress-up services, and you can also see some treasures of the kingdom of God, why don't we go there to eat in a while?" ”
Qi Zhu thought of what he saw and heard yesterday, and his interest was greatly increased, and he immediately wanted to beckon someone to go out. Mingjun hurriedly stopped her and said, "That place is no bigger than the street, the place is relatively small, and at most you can only let people with two hands pass." You can find a few people and come with me. The others stayed in the yard, and we naturally had hospitality. ”
This statement made the people of Chaling quite dissatisfied, and some people were wary. Mingyu explained and assured that the number of Chaling people was put to more than 20 people, and he successfully brought Qi Zhu out. As for the other Chaling people who stayed in the courtyard, in addition to good wine and meat, there were also singing and dancing performances sent by the people from the Propaganda Department, so they naturally did not feel bored.
When everyone arrived at the courtyard of No. 1 West Street, more than 20 people suddenly looked like wild boars in the vegetable garden, and soon made a good yard look like the scene after the war.
Everyone stayed here for two or three hours, and Qi Zhu was also cleaned up by the skillful waiter here according to the aesthetics of the people in Chaolin City, and everyone found that this woman who originally looked terrifying was actually quite good-looking except for her eyes turned out and a little scary. And the fact that her eyes are turned out makes her even more unique.
Qi Zhu obviously found out about this, and didn't want to leave after staying in the small courtyard.
Mingyun said to her, "It's almost time to clean this place again." Let's go to the next place, and that place is even better. ”
Qi Zhu was really interested, and went out with the people of Chaling, and then entered a military camp. Many officers and men in the barracks were training in formations and were fully armed. When the people saw it, they immediately became vigilant and wanted to flee. Because they thought they were going to arrest them.
Mingyu pointed to a room on the side of the playground and said, "Huang Hu is over there." ”
This time, no one ran away. Huan Ye pressed the handle of the short knife in his hand, looked at Ming Yu and the other Chinese people in surprise, and found that Ming Yu was still within his attack range, and he had no intention of running, and the officers and soldiers training in the distance did not look at them more, so he asked with peace of mind: "Didn't you say that it would take a few days for us to see him?" ”
Mingyu led the way in front and said, "Our king is afraid that you won't be able to wait, so I used a fast horse to get him over." ”
Qi Zhu glanced at Ming Yu deeply, but closed his mouth tightly and followed Ming Yu to the front.
The place where Mingyu was held was a cement brick house with iron doors and windows. The bright pool inside is still chained. The people of Chaling could only meet him standing outside the window.
Mingjun glanced into the room, but didn't see anything special. The yellow tiger inside is not a purple-eyed person. But when he saw the detainees around him quietly gesticulating to him, Mingyu took the Huaxia people back a few steps according to the agreement with Qian Mian, and said, "You talk, but when the next bell rings, you will leave." And do not try to save him. ”
The bell had just struck, and the next time it rang, it was half an hour later.
They were arranged to meet in the barracks in order to dispel their extravagant hopes of saving people. Otherwise, there would be no need for such an arrangement.
After saying this, Mingyu led the people to retreat farther. It was determined that the people of Chaling were given a distance to be able to speak with peace of mind.
More than 20 people from Chaling took turns to look at the window. From time to time, he also put his hand in and hugged the people inside. Some people also took the opportunity to pull the iron window, but they were stopped by Mingyu and others.
After meeting the people inside, Qi Zhu and Huanye finally lay down at the window and whispered, and the other Chaling people scattered a little, and they were on guard. Mingjun simply retreated a little to make them feel more at ease.
In fact, before it was dark, Mingyu could hear what they were saying clearly from an electronic device.
"Brother...... Woo...... Is the house empty? This is Qi Zhu's voice.
"I'm the only one in there." This is the man in the house.
"The people outside also walked away. There was no one in the back and on the roof either. "It's all night.
"They are cunning, we were all ready, and if we rob you, we will go west. Where sour and cheap people wait. But not only did they take our long weapons, but they scattered us so that only a few of us could come to see you. ”
"Don't move, they ...... It was so powerful that we escaped, but none of us could escape...... It's all my fault, I shouldn't be curious about coming here to see it. ”
"I know, you're helpless, it's the Guardians who are disobedient. They have been disobedient since the death of our Father. ”
"Or it's good that I stay here for a few years. I learned a lot here. It's hard to work every day, but you don't go hungry. They only let us dig the stones, but Ah Yan and the others have already mixed in with the team to pick up the stones. They tell me whatever they see, so I basically know now that their sharp weapons are burned out of stones. ”