Sim felt like a genius.

With just some data on paper, he was able to figure out where his neighbor was going next.

After discovering the situation, he immediately arranged for his salesmen to go to a nearby mine to buy stocks of war materials such as copper ore and sulfur.

At present, 200 tons of copper have been stored in the warehouse of the horseshoe trading house, and according to his calculations, the full-power ammunition produced by the new alliance will need about 16~17 tons of copper.

To fight a local battle, one or two million rounds of ammunition must be available, and to defeat the entire Xizhou City, it will take 10 million or 20 million rounds of ammunition to say the least.

After all, predators are not fools either.

These people have learned to dig trenches and squat bunkers under the tutelage of those legion instructors, and Red River Town has been fighting with the Snake Clan for several months, and has already learned how difficult those people are.

As the horseshoe firm has raised the inventory reserve line, increased the purchase of copper ore and other materials, and reduced the shipment, the price of copper ore in Honghe Town has risen by two percent, and the price of sulfur has risen by more than three percent.

And that's just the beginning.

He is still in the stage of sweeping, and when he finishes sweeping, the warehouse is full of copper ore, and when the time comes, he will pinch the source of shipments, and take advantage of the time difference in the mine to increase production, and there is no problem in doubling the price of copper in a short period of time.

Of course.

He couldn't do this business alone.

The trading houses did not have the right to issue tickets, but were issued by the mine owners, who were merely traders caught between the slave owners and the merchants.

If you want to speculate on the price of copper mines, you must at least win over one or two influential miners to cooperate with you.

But it was easy for Sim.

He has always had a good relationship with the nearby mine owners, and this is not the first time they have worked together.

……

The council chamber of the Horseshoe Comptoir.

After listening to Sim's proposal, the man in the rich costume frowned slightly hesitantly.

“…… That sounds like a good idea, but not quite right? ”

The man's name was Demps, and he had a lot of say in the local area of Red River and even in the mining association, and it was his 500 vicious thugs and a mountain of garbage that made money every day that vouched for it.

He admits that the pie that Sim and himself drew is indeed very tempting, even if it does not have to be doubled or tripled, but only increased by two or three percent, it is enough for him to make crazy money.

However, he still had some concerns in his heart.

The Chew Bone Tribe is the common enemy of all survivors.

If the new alliance were to crusade against the Bone Chewing Tribe, it would be a good thing for Red River, both strategically and commercially.

Xizhou City was beaten down by the New Alliance, and the left half of the Snake Clan's ass was sitting on the guns of those blue coats, and the pressure on Red River Town's side would be much less.

Although Sim's picture of the pie was tempting, Demps instinctively felt that it was a bit unkind to backstab his "allies" at this time.

But......

Sim doesn't think so.

"My dear friend, you must not think that this is a betrayal, the price increase is a market behavior, according to their method of buying copper will rise sooner or later, if you don't raise the price, will you expand production? We're just giving them a kick on the gas. ”

Temples: "So they have to thank you?" ”

Sim smiled and said, "Of course. ”

Demps always felt that he was saying a fallacy, but he couldn't think of a reason to refute it.

"How do you need me to cooperate with you?"

"It's very simple, when necessary, you cooperate with us to issue a production reduction announcement, whether it is a mining disaster or a failure of mining equipment, in short, reduce the issuance of tickets for the next quarter, but how to produce or how to produce."

Unconsciously grasping the armrest of the chair, Demps said nervously.

"What if no one buys it after it is produced?"

They issue tickets to avoid this problem.

There are too many uncertainties in spot trading, and when there were no tickets before, everyone dug up a bunch of garbage indiscriminately, and as a result, no one bought it at all, and the days were hungry and full.

It wasn't until the merchants of Red River invented the tickets and stuffed the red and blue tickets into the pockets of the passing merchants that they slowly lived a good life.

It is precisely for this reason that these slave owners are more sensitive to the mode of ticket trading than the major trading houses that really make a lot of money from tickets.

Knowing what the guy in front of him was worried about, Sim gave him a confident smile.

"Don't be nervous, my friend, imagine that if the new alliance goes to war with the Chewy Bone Tribe tomorrow, do you have to worry that no one will buy the copper you produce? Once the war machines are in motion, there's no reason to stop, we just want them to be bought at a 'more reasonable' price. ”

"You don't need to take any risks, and you can take the bulk of the profits, don't worry about the problem of not selling, we are willing to serve you!"

Hearing the last sentence, Demps finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression relaxed.

Picking up the pipe on the table, he got up from his chair.

"Then do as you say."

He didn't want to think about things that were too difficult, and he couldn't figure it out anyway.

The reason why these trading houses exist in Red River is because these guys with bad ideas can help them sell their worthless garbage at a better price.

His bionic organs, his android companions, even the equipment of his thugs, the mining equipment of his slaves, and the bloody mercenaries who fought on the front lines...... It's all bought with money.

As for what money is?

His understanding was that the red and blue tickets, the Legion's Dinar and the Cr of the Enterprise counted, although his intuition told him that it was just a façade, and it was too difficult to really figure it out.

Demps knew he didn't have that brain, so he had better let those who understood worry about it.

He just needs to know that he can earn more.

Looking at Demps, who nodded in agreement, Sim stood up with joy and stretched out his right hand.

"Happy working together!"

"Happy working together!"

Sent away the mine boss.

Back in the office, Sim finally didn't hold back and laughed insolently.

"Hahaha!"

Every time he dealt with those mine bosses, it was the happiest time of his life.

Although they only gave them a mouthful of soup to drink, every time they said to them, "You can take the big head", they nodded with a look of conviction.

"Copper mines, sulfur...... It's a pity that they can produce steel and aluminum themselves. ”

Stemming from his laughter, Sim walked over to the wall and stared at the map for a moment, then continued thoughtfully.

"But it's a surprise...... I had expected them to expand westward. ”

To the south of the new alliance is Boulder City, and to the east is nearly a hundred kilometers of wasteland, and it is the kind that has no water source.

Compared with going north, the benefits of going west will be significantly greater.

After all, Qingquan City is located in the middle of the southern plain belt of the river valley province, and there are lakes and rivers to the west, and it is dominated by plains and forests, with only a few hills.

And if you go north, it is equivalent to plunging headlong into the mountains.

Why bother?

What treasures could not be made there.

At this moment, Sim's thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door of the office.

"Please come in."

The door opened.

His subordinate, Enjet, walked in from the outside with a list in his hand.

"Boss, today's inventory data is out, and our copper reserves have grown to 500 tons!"

"Good!"

With a big smile on his face, Sim was one step closer to his 1,000-ton plan.

"That's right, boss...... We're heading to the caravan in Dawn, and we've heard a rumor there, and I think you might be more concerned."

Sim: "What rumors?" ”

Enjet hesitated for a moment and whispered.

“…… They heard from the people in the tavern that a million-ton copper mine had been discovered in the mountains north of Yuanxi Town. ”

Sim was stunned for a moment, then scolded with a smile.

"!"

These cunning blue gophers are quite smart.

It only went up 20%, and I realized that someone was following them to sweep the goods.

But this means of counterattacking is really pediatric.

Is it possible that the new coalition has actually discovered a million-tonne copper deposit?

Of course!

But this is too unlikely, and the timing is too coincidental!

If you don't find it sooner or later, you just found it when the price of copper is rising?

And it's still a million tons, so it has to be a big vein.

What about liars!

If such a large copper deposit is discovered, with their demand for copper, they will definitely build the road as soon as possible, and then ...... at the outpost

Wait a minute.

Road?!

Sim's face changed slightly, and he returned to the map, staring at the railway line on the map.

According to information gathered by the caravans under his firm, the New Alliance has been laying a railroad to the north, which has now been laid from the industrial area of Dawning City to the edge of the Elm District.

He had never been able to figure out why the new alliance was going north thanklessly.

And now, he vaguely guessed their intentions.

If that rumor is true......

"Are the rumors reliable? Any other clues? ”

Looking at the boss with an ugly face, Enjet hurriedly shook his head.

"No more!"

With his arms folded in front of his chest and his back to his hands, Sim was staring at the map, biting his thumb and his mind racing.

After a while, he calmed down.

What if a copper mine is discovered?

Mining always takes time.

Looking back at his men, Sim immediately ordered.

"Let's keep an eye out for news on this, I need to know more information!"

Enjet nodded hurriedly.

"Yes!"

……

"Have you heard? Copper mines have been discovered in the town of Yuanxi! ”

"Really?"

"I don't know! I also heard from the drunkards in the Highway Town Hotel! Listening to those people, those blue coats have the first geographic information data of the era in their hands, and they have already discovered the copper mine in Yuanxi Town, but they have not been quiet, and they have not been able to hide it recently! ”

"I think there's some truth to that...... Why else did they pave the railroad all the way north? Is there anything there that needs to be transported? ”

"Speaking of which, have any of you been to Far Creek?"

"What are you going to do in that place, there is not even a post station, and the further north of Yuanxi Town is Chew Bone, and the soldiers stationed there are all soldiers of the New Alliance, wandering around there, careful of being caught by spies who are regarded as marauders, and then I will have to explain for a long time."

Dawning City.

The entrance to the trading post.

A few traders waiting for the delivery of the goods lined up and bragged there.

They were all traders from Red River, but they did different things.

While they were talking, an "electric mule" drove into the trading post.

Seeing the drum-shaped equipment unloaded by the stevedores from the carriage, many people who knew the goods showed surprised expressions in their eyes.

"Multi-cylinder hydraulic miners?"

"I've seen this thing, imported from Boulder City, and I heard that second-hand equipment costs 20,000 chips."

“…… It seems to be true. ”

Next to the truck with the badge of the horseshoe comptoir, the face of the caravan leader was slightly solemn.

That evening, he reported the news to the man in charge of the firm.

In fact, he didn't need to report it at all.

Within a few days, the news of the discovery of a huge copper mine in Yuanxi Town spread to Honghe Town along the trade route.

As one of the main buyers of copper ore in Red River, the discovery of copper by the New Alliance was a bolt from the blue for the big miners who were exporting copper ore for bullets, shells and other industrial goods.

When the wave broke out in Qingquan City, the new alliance increased the purchase of copper ore, and they made a lot of money from copper ore trading, and some powerful mine owners took the opportunity to increase production.

If the price of copper ore fluctuates significantly in the future, it may even go all the way down......

Regardless of whether production is cut in the next quarter, the top priority for those miners now is to take advantage of the "inflated" copper price to get rid of their inventories as much as possible.

Yes.

It seems that the new alliance is going to war, but this has not yet been fought after all.

War was expected, as was the discovery of copper mines.

These are all clues that they have analyzed based on limited intelligence, and they are not official documents written in black and white.

The increase in the purchase of copper ore can be interpreted as an increase in the arms stockpile, and of course it can also be interpreted as an increase in power equipment, sulfur nitrate. The use of acid is not only to make shells, but also to many industries such as pickling steelmaking.

There are pros and cons to any logic.

But there is one thing that is likely to happen.

If the new coalition does discover copper......

If we can't do a good job, we have to put it off.

There is not only one trading house in Red River Town, nor is there only one mine.

When the same price rose before, many people tacitly followed the horseshoe firm to sweep the goods, and now they have tacitly lowered the reserve line of the copper mine and threw the copper in their hands off the market.

When shipments grow significantly faster than demand, it's clear what will happen next.

Sim quickly vomited blood and found that he had not had time to backstab his neighbor before he had been stabbed in the back by his own man.

These dogs sold things in an orderly manner, and the price of 20% that he had finally pushed up was knocked down again.

The warehouses of the horseshoe comptoir are now stacked with copper.

Just because of the copper mine that I don't know if there is, the mine owners and business house owners in the entire Red River Town have become fools.

Yes.

It's just stupid.

At least in Sim's eyes, these people are a little smarter than donkeys, and there will be no more.

"Can't you just wait, these stupid things!"

"What if they have copper mines? I'll assume they do! Will tomorrow the ingots grow out of the ground on their own? ”

The office was filled with angry rants.

Enjet, who was standing on the side, held his breath and didn't dare to take a breath.

Finally enough to vent, Sim looked at him and said word by word.

"How much budget do we have!"

Njet replied quickly.

"Without affecting other businesses...... We can still buy about 700 tons," Enjet looked at the boss cautiously, "Actually, we could only buy more than 400 tons, but recently the price of copper has fallen a little, and we can buy more......"

700 tons!

Compared to the nearly 10,000 tons of reserves released by these stupid forks, it is a drop in the bucket!

Sim, who was so angry that he almost vomited blood, took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

In addition to these procurement budgets, he no longer has enough tickets to buy more copper from the mine owners.

Borrow someone else's ticket to buy?

That's not enough to borrow!

Moreover, even if he could borrow it, he would not be able to rely on his own trading house to eat all the goods that overflowed from the inventory of other trading houses and mines.

Once he did that, he would end up going from being a leek cutter to a leek being cut.

Who is most worried about falling copper prices?

It must be someone who bought it with N times leverage.

Once other comptoirs find out that they have a warehouse of copper ore with a lot of debt, they will definitely laugh crazy and then decisively sell more copper ore to him.

In fact, where can you use N times, as long as 80% of the copper in the market is in his hands, no matter whether he adds 80% leverage or 800% leverage, he is determined to take over the man.

"These damn blue gophers!"

Sim held back for a long time, and didn't think of how to scold those people in the northern suburbs, and finally squeezed this sentence out of his teeth.

To this day, he still firmly believes that the new alliance will definitely send troops against the Chewy Bone Tribe.

But what's the use of just believing in him?

Can the market be influenced by a person's perception?

"Old, boss," Enjet said cautiously, "shall we still buy it?" ”

"Buy Nima!"

Sim couldn't help but curse.

Looking at his helpless subordinates, he took a deep breath and controlled his emotions.

"The inventory reserve line remains unchanged......"

Enjet hesitated, "Those copper ...... in the warehouse"

Sim said through gritted teeth.

"Keep it!"

He is the one who makes a lot of money.

Those stupid donkeys who have not achieved enough and have more than enough to lose can sell if they want, even if the copper ore falls to the same price as the iron ore, he will not sell.

Sooner or later, this battle will be fought!

Sooner or later, I will be able to grow back!

……

"Don't you want to get rich with your brother?"

"Don't blame my brother for not helping you, buy it quickly, if you don't buy it, you won't be able to buy it!"

Looking at the report sent from the military base in Honghe Town, Chu Guang couldn't help laughing.

The news was that he was right, but he didn't expect it to work so well.

Copper ore prices fell by 37%!

The supply has been quadrupled by a factor of two!

And this was on the basis of two weeks ago, and the effect of the smoke grenade far exceeded Chu Guang's initial expectations.

His original intention was to hope that the price would "return to rationality", but when the mine owners and the bosses of the trading houses heard that the new alliance had discovered copper mines, they lowered the copper ore reserve line of their warehouses one by one, and not only the horseshoe trading houses that followed him to sweep the copper mines ate a stomachful of goods, but the caravans formed by the new alliance were also filled with cheap copper ore.

Since copper ore is mostly in the form of sulphides, the price of sulphur has also been affected.

Considering that their big customers may not buy these two things from them in the future, it is the safest choice to reduce the inventory while they can sell at a good price.

But once the sell-off begins, it's likely that sentiment rather than logic will dominate the market.

In the future, not only the major trading houses are selling, but the caravans that come to Honghe Town have also chosen to wait to see if they can buy cheaper.

And large copper consumers such as the New Alliance have naturally become the biggest winners.

In fact, of course, taking down the town of Red River is also an option, and it won't be difficult.

A little more insidious, Chu Guang directly sent a mission, asking the players who supported Honghe Town on the front line to turn their guns and attack the surrounding NPCs, directly tearing a gap in the defense line, putting the marauders of the Snake Clan inside, and then sending troops to clean up the mess by himself.

The strength of one regiment is sufficient.

The only risk is that the Ya clan gets the news from the snake clan and takes the opportunity to go south to fight the autumn wind, and by the way, surround Wei to save Zhao.

After all, it's not a turn-based game, and when you do it yourself, the probability of someone standing still is very small.

But herein lies the problem.

Since it is not a turn-based game, the war still has to be based on the object of the war, and the means and reasons must be calculated.

There are two types of reasons: internal and external.

Internally, the emancipation of slaves is enough, and the inhabitants of the New Alliance support him from the heart, and the players are only a matter of expansions.

Use the planned vest to send a "declaration of war notice", even the explanation can be saved, and the best place for players to use is here, if you can explain it, use the plot to justify it, and if you can't explain it, use the setting to explain.

Lordanlun's filial son can cut his father with a sword, my manager is in a bad mood today, what's wrong with blackening and stabbing a teammate? And I didn't sign a covenant, which is very reasonable!

But externally, this reason is difficult to say.

From Boulder City to Junk City, to other survivor settlements in the distant past, while all were against the marauders, none of them were anti-slavery, only some recognized legitimacy, some allowed trade but not allowed executions.

Many of the slaves in the mines of Red River were themselves marauders who had been captured by other survivors.

It is better to use the reason of emancipating the slaves to announce them, it is better not to find this excuse at all, and start fighting without saying a word, and the fight will have already been done when others are confused, and the impact of expansion will be a little smaller.

Using abolition as a pretext for war, the "Diplomatic Punishment debuff" is higher than that of the Bone Chewing Tribe.

Whether it is Vault 117 or Vault 401, there is only one reason for their ultimate failure, that is, they did not consider the actual situation of the wasteland, or they took into account but could not let go of the reserve of civilized people.

What they think is good, maybe others don't.

They can see what will happen ten years from now, but the people they manage may just want to live in the moment.

Just like Boss Xia always liked to fish and be lazy before, although Chu Guang teased her a lot, he never really threw her out.

He wasn't born to be a manager, he had lived at the bottom, and he understood how she felt in that position.

Not everything is right or wrong.

On the contrary, Xiaoyu's well-behaved and sensible appearance sometimes blames him for distress.

Looking at the optimistic manager with his face written on his face, the old Charlie's expression was still a little worried.

The fall in the price of raw materials is certainly something to be happy about.

But if they fall too fast, they will still hurt themselves in the end.

"I have to remind you that the fall in copper and sulphur prices is due to the release of inventories, not to the increase in capacity. If those miners cut production as a result, the price of copper could be higher in a few months than before. ”

"You're right, so we ultimately have to deal with the supply of raw materials on our own."

Chu Guang put down the report in his hand and looked at Old Charlie, who was standing across the desk.

"According to the data fed back from the logistics department, we have 700 tons of copper in reserve, and there are about 1,200 tons on the way, which is enough for us to consume in the next three months!"

At the current production efficiency of the industrial zone, 16.7 tonnes of copper are needed to produce 1 million rounds of ammunition.

Just to make bullets, these 1,200 tons of copper can make more than 71 million rounds.

It is impossible to use so many bullets to fight Xizhou City, not even half of it.

Initially, he only planned to prepare 5 million rounds of ammunition, after which he could produce while fighting.

It is expected that by the end of the war, the total consumption of ammunition will not exceed 10 million rounds.

“…… You really don't have any back for yourself. ”

Looking at the surprised old man on his face, Chu Guang smiled faintly, got up and walked to the wall, looked at the markers inserted on the map and said softly.

"I will liberate Xizhou from the hands of the Chewing Bone Tribe within a month."

"Our mining team will take the equipment and set off with the shells that we send to the front line."

"After that, it doesn't matter if our neighbors' copper and sulfur are expensive or cheap, it doesn't matter to us."

"Anyway, we won't buy it from them in the future."