"Lao Qiu, I haven't seen you for a long time, what are you gaining today?" A sturdy middle-aged man saw Qiu Rui walk in and came over to greet him with a big grin. The team members with Jury found two tables to sit down, and Jury greeted the visitor with a smile.

The two opened their arms to show a warm hug, and Qiu Rui smiled: "Lao Zhang, why did you come to this area." The person who came was Qiu Rui's close comrade-in-arms Zhang Qiang in the army.

Zhang Qiang led Qiu Rui to the counter, asked for a glass of beer and said: "No way, there are too many development groups now, and all regions have thought about combs, and after several times, what can I find, that is, the closest to the undeveloped area here, I plan to go deeper to try my luck." ”

Jury smiled: "I've been here for two weeks, and there are a lot of pioneer groups nearby, unless I leave the town and continue to go deeper, I don't have much chance." ”

Zhang Qiang's heart moved when he heard this, and he also knew in his heart that the farther he went, the greater the harvest, but the greater the relative danger, and only a large number of people could ensure sufficient safety. Thinking of this, Zhang Qiang came to Qiu Rui's side and said with a smile on his face: "I said Brother Rui, let's discuss something." ”

Qiu Rui drank beer and refused without raising his eyelids: "Don't talk about it, it's not good for you to call me Brother Rui every time." ”

Zhang Qiang's face turned red and said: "I said Lao Qiu, you don't have to be so fond of exposing shortcomings, this time is definitely a win-win situation." ”

Qiu Rui said: "It's a serious matter for you to return the two rifles and 1,000 rounds of ammunition you borrowed from me last time, it's been half a year." ”

Zhang Qiang scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "This, it must be returned." But this time, I want the two of us to join forces and explore a little deeper, okay? ”

Hearing Zhang Qiang's words, before Qiu Rui could answer, the tavern owner who had been listening for a long time came over and answered: "The two of you are going to explore inland, shall I discuss it with you?" ”

Both of them were attracted by the boss, and the tavern owner smiled: "I paid you to update your equipment, and the good things you found are as good as me." ”

"Impossible." "Don't think about it." Zhang Qiang and Qiu Rui said in unison, and then the two looked at each other and laughed.

The businessmen on the Savage Continent are generally employees of the China Foundation, and those who have not joined the China Foundation are also family members of employees. Now Fang Xiaoyu regards the Wild Continent as a private territory, and the supervision here is very strict, with the supervision of the Chinese Consortium, the reputation of the merchants is very guaranteed.

Most of the tavern owners at these supply points are idle merchants such as employees' families, and they also double as acquisition merchants as well as opening taverns, and these people do whatever they want to make money, and all merchants are very supportive of the most lucrative expedition to the interior, and only by going deep into the inland areas that no one has yet entered can they get more benefits.

Jury, who had been drinking, drank all the beer, and then she put the empty cup on the table and said: "One price, you give us enough weapons and ammunition, supplies and tents, at least twenty pack horses, provide an up-to-date map, we will give you two percent, and ......" Jury shook the empty wine glass and said: "Another glass, count it in your account." ”

Zhang Qiang, who was on the side, said with a smile: "Yes, it's at this price." ”

The tavern owner's face turned green when he heard this: "You are too ruthless, it costs a lot of money to ask for so many supplies, and your gain may not be much, so you only give me 20%, the probability of losing money is too great." ”

Jury smiled and said, "So how much do you want?" ”

The tavern owner held out three fingers and said, "At least thirty percent." ”

"Deal." Jury smiled and raised the empty glass again: "But the next glass of wine still has to be credited to your account." ”

Each supply point had a notary office of the Chinese Foundation, and Qiu Rui, Zhang Qiang, and the tavern owner signed an expedition agreement at the notary office, which was very common among the pioneer groups.

After replenishing enough supplies and pulling twenty pack horses, Qiu Rui and Zhang Qiang walked farther with more than sixty team members.

Night had fallen, a bonfire was set up in the makeshift camp, and the members of the pioneer group boiled boiling water, cut the salted meat into slices, and slowly boiled it. By the flickering light of the fire, Jory was taking a closer look at the map, which was the latest version of the map provided by the tavernkeeper.

As the pioneer group competed to open up new areas, the region of the wild continent changed every day, so the latest version of the map became what the pioneer group wanted the most, and those merchants had many ways to get it, so they could naturally get the latest version, and the reason why Qiu Rui allowed the tavern owner to take a stake was largely for this map.

"How's it going? We're a long way from Town Thirteen. Zhang Qiang smiled and leaned over.

Qiu Rui nodded and said, "There are no more supply points going forward, our supplies are enough for half a year, and we can go a little further." ”

Zhang Qiang pointed to the map and said: "Now that the coastal areas of the entire Wild Continent have been developed, and there are fewer and fewer undeveloped inland areas, there are not many opportunities to make a lot of money, so we have to speed up the progress." ”

Indeed, with the increase in investment by the Chinese consortium in the development of the Wild Continent, all the places near the coast of the Wild Continent were developed a few years ago, dozens of cities were built on the coast, and a railway line around the mainland was also being built.

With the increase of pioneer groups, the speed of inland development is also getting faster and faster, many pioneer groups have made a fortune because of the discovery of minerals, or land suitable for cultivation and grazing, but many more pioneer groups have only a small harvest, barely maintaining the daily life of the team members, Qiu Rui and Zhang Qiang's team is like this.

Qiu Rui sighed and said: "Bad luck, we are also the first to form a pioneer group, but now we are still empty-handed, and the harvested things are not enough to exchange for supplies, look at the big bull, I found a big gold mine more than half a year ago, and now he has money left." ”

Zhang Qiang was also amazed: "I can't imagine that such a stupid person as Da Niu has such good luck." Now the company attaches great importance to various minerals, especially precious metal minerals such as gold and silver. Da Niu opened a gold mine this time, even if he wanted to let the company account for seventy percent of the shares, it would be enough for him to become a tycoon. ”

Thinking of their bad luck, they were also quite speechless. The weather in September has gradually cooled, and the joint pioneer group continues to walk deeper into the mainland with pack horses.

It was already close to the center of the continent, which had never been reached by humans, and the dense trees and artemisia grass that was more than one person tall made it extremely difficult for the team to walk. In order to move on, many team members had to take turns waving machetes in front of them to open the way, and from time to time they cut off the staggered branches of the trees and trample the artemisia grass flat.