"The transaction with a total price of 390,000 yuan is 15,000 discounts?"

Glancing at the tablet handed over by Nona, Meng Lei didn't look at the content of each item carefully, and paused for a moment on the final total discount.

But this is not too tight, and his face suddenly became a little ugly.

For the list of 400,000 yuan, the preferential amount finally given by the Silcheng Shipyard was only 15,000, which was equivalent to the installation fee of a machine gun for free.

However, in terms of the overall price of the Falcon-class exploration boat, it is not a dime cheap.

To be honest, this made Meng Lei a little unhappy.

Nona also seemed a little embarrassed, smiled apologetically, and said softly:

"I'm really sorry, Captain Meng, don't look at the discount, but this is indeed the maximum amount that our shipyard can give!"

After a pause, seeing that Meng Lei still looked stiff, Nona added:

"Captain Meng, you also know that our Sil City Shipyard belongs to the internal organization of the Alliance, and all the charging standards are set by the Alliance.

Unless the mayor speaks, even our top leaders don't have the power to change much.

Such a mode of operation is destined to have limited preferential capabilities, and cannot be compared with those private arms dealers, please forgive us......"

Nona's expression was sincere and her attitude was sincere.

It can be seen that she has also tried her best in this matter.

And Meng Lei also muttered to himself after listening to Nona's explanation, feeling that this explanation was not unreasonable.

In the final analysis, the Silcheng Shipyard is still a subordinate agency of the Union government, and it can be regarded as a state-owned enterprise in a sense, and naturally in many ways, it cannot be as flexible as a private enterprise.

The point is that Meng Lei currently has no connections in this area.

If he asked Roger for this matter, he would definitely be able to help, but he didn't want to trouble the other party because of this trivial matter.

Moreover, the more secret their relationship is, the better, which is a disguised protection for both parties.

Therefore, after thinking for a moment, Meng Lei finally nodded and said in a deep voice:

"In that case, let's do it first!"

Hearing this, Nona immediately collected her emotions, her eyes lit up, but she tried her best to remain quiet on the surface:

"Captain Meng, what about you...... Agreed? ”

Meng Lei shrugged his shoulders, with a touch of helplessness on his face, and said in a half-joking tone:

"What if you don't agree? You can't bring me more discounts, I can't take it from your factory, right? ”

Nona covered her mouth and chuckled, her blonde hair hanging down in front of her eyes, looking very beautiful.

"Then I'll go and draw up the contract, you wait a moment."

Meng Lei nodded, waved his hand, and said:

"Well, go ahead."

Nona held the tablet in her hand, bowed slightly, opened the door and walked quickly out of the VIP room.

After she left, Meng Lei silently calculated in his heart.

After excluding the 15,000 discount given by the shipyard, after the discount, the total consumption this time is also as high as more than 280,000, nearly 290,000!

His current personal account balance still has about 120,000 in it.

Not counting other change, he also had to ask Chen Yu to take out 170,000 marks from the fleet funds to pay for this expense.

As soon as he thought of this, Meng Lei felt a pain in his liver.

No matter how hard he works and how much money he makes, he still doesn't spend it!

Fortunately, when he left the Molten Outpost, he also salvaged valuable food supplies in the lower areas where chaos broke out.

These include dehydrated vegetables, as well as a variety of canned fish and seaweed products.

All these things are added up, and they are worth more than 100,000 marks, which can barely make up for the loss of fleet funds.

It is equivalent to saying that almost all of the expenses caused by the purchase and upgrading of submarines this time came from the 150,000 rewards given by the alliance.

In other words, it is equivalent to the Sea Locust going to sea without earning a penny of cash, but prostituting four upgraded F-class exploration craft and painted skin worm eggs worth more than two million yuan in vain.

Thinking about it like this, Meng Lei's mood suddenly improved a lot.

But through this incident, Meng Lei invisibly felt more urgent to build his own base and set up his own shipyard.

Instead of sending money to the pockets of the Union, it is cheaper to build your own ships.

It's a big deal to buy raw materials from a few other private mining companies, and anyway, the currency system on the alien planet is universal, and there is not even an exchange ratio between the seas.

And if you can control the mining rights of a vein, then a series of systems such as mining and shipbuilding are self-sufficient, and you can save more money!

Only at this point can the Chongming fleet be able to barely gain a foothold.

But that's all for later.

But if all goes well, it may not take long for it to happen!

While thinking, Meng Lei sent a text message to Chen Yu, asking him to transfer 170,000 marks to his account and prepare to settle the bill later.

Soon, Chen Yu didn't ask much at all, and turned around 200,000 marks cleanly.

A little more than Meng Lei asked for.

At the same time, on the transfer message, Chen Yu also added a sentence.

"As the commander-in-chief, you can't keep your pocket as clean as your face, and you don't have to worry about your family if you have a lot of money for emergencies."

Looking at the words full of concern on the cold screen, Meng Lei couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart.

He was about to reply to Chen Yu when the door of the VIP room opened again.

Nona walked in with a tablet and a stack of paper contracts on her face.

"Captain Meng, the contract has been drawn up, please take a look."

As she spoke, Nona presented the contract to Meng Lei with both hands, bowing slightly, respectful and elegant.

Meng Lei nodded, took the contract and read it carefully.

Nona put her hands on her lower abdomen and took a standard ceremonial stance, adding:

"In order to express our sincerity and look forward to further cooperation between you and our Sil City Shipyard, our leaders specially explained that we can do a free maintenance for your Typhon boat!

Also, I will give you five more uranium fuel rods as a gift and thank you for your continued support! ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei still maintained the posture of flipping through the pages, nodded slightly, and said:

"Thank you very much!"

A free maintenance, plus five uranium fuel rods, although the value is not high, only a few thousand marks, but it makes Meng Lei feel a trace of sincerity.

And for such a generous and practical behavior, he naturally did not refuse, and immediately laughed at it.

And, after Nona said this, he suddenly had a delusion.

It's like being in a car 4S shop in Bluestar, and after buying a car, you will send a fuel card for maintenance, and there is an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

"After reading the contract, there's no problem, so be it."

After a while, Meng Lei put down the contract in his hand and gave an affirmative answer.

The next transaction went relatively smoothly.

But when Meng Lei was about to pay the fee, and after Nona verified her identity information, Nona covered her small mouth in surprise, and her bright blue eyes stared at the tablet in her hand, full of disbelief.

"Oh God, your prestige has reached the level of respect?! I remember the last time, didn't your reputation stop at being friendly?

How long has it been and how exactly did you do it?! ”

Watching Meng Lei's reputation soaring like a rocket, Nona was stunned and felt an unprecedented shock.

Here, there are all kinds of bounty hunters, and she has seen a lot of them over the years.

Among them, there are some ruthless characters in this channel, and they are also legendary figures who have appeared in various weekly magazines, and they are very well-known.

However, at least in terms of the Alliance's prestige level increase, she had never met anyone, and she had never heard of anyone jumping faster than Meng Lei.

In Nona's opinion, in the past few days since Meng Lei disappeared, even if he has been constantly brushing bounty tasks, it is difficult to brush his reputation to the level of respect!

It's almost impossible!

But the other party really did it, which is simply incredible!

Meng Lei didn't say much about Nona's doubts, but just showed a mysterious smile and said softly:

"Hey, it's a secret, Miss Nona, it's better not to be easy to find out......"

Hearing this, Nona reacted and hurriedly apologized:

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm abrupt, please forgive me, Captain Meng."

Meng Lei waved his hand disappreciatively, and immediately transferred the corresponding expenses to the corporate account of the Xi'er City Shipyard.

After the seventy-five discount, the total is more than 288,000.

In order to show her sincerity, Nona took the initiative to erase the fraction, spending a total of 288,000 yuan.

"Okay, Miss Nona, happy cooperation!"

The payment password was entered, and 280,000 marks were received instantly.

Meng Lei smiled and stretched out his right hand to Nona, showing an elegant gentlemanly demeanor.

Nona was also smiling, her bright eyes flashed and she gently shook Meng Lei, and said softly:

"Happy cooperation, Captain Meng, we will arrange for staff to come to your door as soon as possible to upgrade your submarine.

It's the same as last time, and it's about three days. ”

After a pause, Nona seemed to feel that this time guarantee was a little unsafe, and then added:

"However, this time, due to the installation of an additional machine gun battery, it may take longer, but it will never exceed four days!"

Meng Lei nodded, and wanted to leave.

He suddenly remembered something again, and admonished:

"By the way, there are still some goods to be transferred on that Typhon boat, and when I am ready, you can arrange for the staff to come over, don't worry."

Dozens of boxes of eggs are still in the Sea Locust's warehouse, and each of these tubes is worth thousands!

Although with the professionalism of the staff of the Union shipyard, they should not do such a thing of chicken and dog theft, coveting the customer's private cargo.

But people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and it is not clear to look back at the province.

In addition, the existence of these eggs cannot be known to too many people.

Even though Roger said he would keep the matter down, it was limited to the Union government.

Now that the Painted Skin incident at the Molten Rock Outpost has caused widespread panic among the common people, once someone finds that new type of insect eggs appear in large numbers in Meng Lei's cabin, it will be a big trouble.

When the time comes, even Roger may not be able to do anything, and the impact will be too great.

"Okay Captain Meng!"

Hearing Meng Lei's entrustment, Nona immediately said that she would arrange staff to come to the door in strict accordance with Meng Lei's requirements.

Meng Lei nodded with satisfaction, didn't stay in the shipyard for the moment, said hello to Nona, and turned to leave.

After solving the problem of the ship, Meng Lei's confidence in the upcoming voyage was greatly increased.

Five F-class exploration boats, each equipped with four shipboard weapons, with matching torpedo launchers, as well as railgun mounts.

With the use of electromagnetic coils, both long-range strike capabilities and melee protection have been strongly guaranteed.

It is no exaggeration to say that with the cooperation of these five submarines, even the deep-sea cave full of monster lairs at the beginning has the ability to try to break through!

No matter how dense the monsters in the terrifying sea area of the hydrothermal wasteland are, it is impossible to surpass the original monster nest cave.

This time, the voyage is likely to be stable!

However, Meng Lei did not take this lightly.

In addition to the fierce firepower configuration, the type of ammunition and lethality are also the criteria for measuring whether a submarine has the ability to sail far.

Ordinary electromagnetic cannon ammunition and repeating machine gun ammunition can only cause effective damage to ordinary sea monsters such as creepers and growing dragons.

For example, the Swift Menglong in the mature stage, and the Moluoke in the growth stage, as well as all kinds of sea monsters with different abilities, ordinary ammunition and small-caliber shipboard weapons, the lethality that can be caused is extremely limited.

At this time, different types of ammunition are needed to increase the corresponding lethality.

Taking the electromagnetic turret as an example, there are many types of ammunition for the electromagnetic turret alone.

There are ordinary bullets, explosive bullets, armor-piercing bullets, depleted bullets, and so on......

Each type of ammunition will have a different effect after hitting the target, and different types of sea monsters must be used to achieve maximum lethality.

This knowledge was learned by Meng Lei from the book, and when he chatted with Simon.

However, the engineering compartment of an ordinary submarine has a limited variety of ammunition that can be produced.

Including the player's initial wasteland, the number of basic blueprints in the weapon workshop is also similar to the blueprints that come with ordinary submarines.

Many types of munitions, such as railgun shells with high-explosive warheads and depleted electromagnetic munitions, still need to be purchased from munitions stores in the city.

These high-powered munitions, which have great destructive power and some kind of hidden radiation damage, are high-risk consumables in the Alliance, and are prohibited from being manufactured in batches by private individuals, and there is no corresponding production blueprint outflow.

Within a certain range, strict controls have been implemented.

However, this kind of item blueprint, which is not a top technology, can still be found on the black market, and it is not difficult to obtain.

But at least for now, if Meng Lei wants to stock up on a batch of such ammunition, he still has to start from the war supplies store in the city.

While thinking, Meng Lei walked in the direction of Pier 59.

When they returned to the Sea Locust, Huo Ye and Xu Hui had also finished their breakfast, and were reading books and newspapers on the ship, killing their boring time while enriching themselves.

And after seeing Huo Ye, Meng Lei suddenly remembered the promise he made to Huo Ye last night.

He hurriedly took out a hand-held tablet tucked under his armpit and sent a text message to Zhu Li, the magazine editor of the Sil Weekly, asking about the progress of the missing person notice.

Perhaps she was busy, and Julie didn't reply in time.

Meng Lei first informed Huo Ye and them, and transferred the boxes containing insect eggs stored on the Sea Locust to the Guixu and Shenlong first.

At the same time, he also notified Chen Yu and Wang Qi and asked them to prepare to receive them.

At this time, Lin, who had been living in the crew room, suddenly walked out.

During this time, due to the events at the Lava Outpost, Lynn was always in a low mood and rarely appeared on the ship.

And Meng Lei was busy dealing with various things, and for a while, she was almost forgotten.

And today's Lin seems to be in a much better state, and the corners of her mouth that are curved downward every day faintly outline a trace of upward arc.

However, her eyes were still full of confusion and loss, and she seemed to be a little confused about the future.

"Ship...... Captain ......"

When Meng Lei instructed everyone to transfer dangerous goods, the beautiful girl who was still wearing the wrinkled clerk's uniform cautiously came to Meng Lei and called out in a low voice.

Meng Lei was slightly stunned, then showed a gentle smile and asked:

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong? ”

Lynn's expression was a little timid, helpless with a hint of entanglement.

Bei Yan bit her red lip lightly, and the girl stood in place helplessly and hesitated for a long time, and finally said:

"Captain, thank you for saving me from the Molten Rock Outpost, all this time, I haven't been able to thank you in person, I'm sorry, I've not been in a good mood lately, and I'm a little rude."

Hearing this, Meng Lei waved his hand disappreciatively and said with a smile:

"It's just a gesture, don't be so polite, besides, without your help, it would be difficult for us to get out, everyone just helps each other, they are all friends."

The girl didn't react much, her head hung down, and she couldn't tell what mood she was in at the moment.

After a while, she raised her head, but she didn't dare to look directly at Meng Lei, and said softly:

"Then thank you very much, you took me in for so long, now that you have reached a safe place, I won't bother too much, thank you for taking care of me these days, goodbye captain......"

With that, the girl immediately took a small step, turned around and was about to run out of the cabin.

This inexplicable move made Meng Lei confused for a while.

He never thought that this girl would actually come to say goodbye to him.

"Eh, don't worry, don't run yet!"

The next moment, Meng Lei came back to his senses, hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and asked suspiciously:

"What are you doing here, and where are you going?"

The girl shook her head, hung her head and whispered, "I don't know...... Let's go to the city and find a place to live first......"

Lynn is a native of the Molten Rock Outpost, her parents died unexpectedly, and she has no relatives at all.

Meng Lei knows this.

After leaving the Sea Locust, she had no relatives in the city of Sir, and in Meng Lei's opinion, it would obviously not be so easy for her to make a living here.

Meng Lei had considered it before, and when the fleet landed, he would discuss it with her, and simply stay on the ship as a ship doctor.

Although her medical skills may not be as good as Gina's, this girl still has a certain level of ordinary trauma treatment.

At that moment, Meng Lei asked with a smile:

"You don't know your life well in Sil City, how can it be so easy for a girl to find a job and a place to live, or stay and be a ship doctor for me."

After a pause, Meng Lei added:

"It just so happens that we have another long trip ahead, and we are very short of manpower, if you want, how about joining us and setting sail with us?"

Hearing this, this time it was the girl's turn to be stunned.

She looked up at Meng Lei blankly, her eyes were slightly red, and she didn't seem to believe that Meng Lei would actually ask her to stay.

"Really...... Are you sure? Can I stay on board? ”

There was a hint of joy in the crisp voice, and the girl's big watery eyes looked at Meng Lei, but her hands were constantly entangled, looking extremely nervous.

"Absolutely!"

Meng Lei tried his best to smile gently, and said softly:

"In addition, I will pay you the corresponding remuneration every month at the market price of the talent market in Sil City, and in the future, you can follow us, and don't look for another way!"

Meng Lei's starting point was to provide a job for the girl and give her part of the remuneration in the form of recruitment.

At least I can save some savings in my hand, so that I won't encounter any accidents in the future and end up on the streets.

This is necessary for a girl.

Who knows, as soon as the words fell, Lin waved her hand again and again, and said with some excitement and nervousness:

"No, no, no, captain, I don't want money, I'm very happy if you can take me in, you don't have to pay me anymore, I have money!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei waved his hand disapprovingly, didn't pay attention to it at all, and said with a smile:

"How much money can you have as a girl, if you want, just do as I say."

At this time, Xu Hui happened to pass by, heard the conversation between the two, and quipped:

"Commander, you are better to others than to us! We have followed your old employees all the way, and we have not been paid salaries until now, when will we be treated better! ”

Meng Lei scolded with a smile:

"Do your job, I can't stop your mouth with a few stitches in my stomach, and your salary will go back to Captain Chen to receive it, don't say that I favor one over the other!"

As the words fell, Xu Hui walked past Meng Lei with a wicked smile carrying a storage box full of test tubes.

Looking at his movements, the injury does seem to have improved a lot, and there is almost nothing unusual.

And after he interrupted like this, Lin originally wanted to say something, but suddenly her pretty face turned red and she held back the words in her stomach.

Meng Lei didn't notice this detail, turned his head, and laughed softly:

"Alright, go back quickly, pack up your things, you stay with Dr. Gina for the next few days, the Sea Locust needs to be taken to the shipyard for upgrading, and the crew room will not be used for the time being."

The girl nodded lightly and said with a light smile:

"Okay, I know, Captain, thank you!"

After that, the girl bowed deeply to Meng Lei and said solemnly:

"May the goddess of luck always be around, bless you from the erosion of the abyss, and always be in good health!"

After saying this, the girl walked away quickly with her head down.

Meng Lei was left alone, looking confused in place.

"God? Lady Luck? The Tia also believe in the western gods of the Blue Star? Why doesn't anyone worship Sanqing? ”

Silently spitting out, Meng Lei shrugged helplessly, turned around and continued to direct the transfer of supplies.

It didn't take long for dozens of boxes of paintskin parasite eggs to be transferred to other initial reclamation boats.

Meng Lei informed Nona that he could arrange for the staff to come through the tablet in his hand, and immediately started upgrading the submarine.

At the same time, Zhu Li, the editor of Sil Weekly, also replied to Meng Lei's text message.

The result was unfortunate that a week had passed, and the headquarters of the Sil City Magazine had not received any reports from other shipping routes, and the target's whereabouts were still unknown.

In this regard, although Meng Lei has long been psychologically prepared, he still can't help but feel sorry.

He tried to communicate with Julie to see if he could continue to hang up the missing person notice, so that this information would always be followed.

Zhu Li said that she needed to report to the leaders of the magazine before she could give a specific answer.

In addition, Zhu Li also mentioned that there were other things that needed to be interviewed with Meng Lei, and asked if she could make an appointment to meet.

Meng Lei thought about it for a while, and finally set the time for the evening, which Zhu Li gladly accepted.

And just as he had just finished communicating with Julie, another unfamiliar message was suddenly sent.

Meng Lei opened it and saw that it was actually the fat boss Lanni who had just separated yesterday.

The other party also asked to have a private chat with Meng Lei, saying that the arms company behind him was very interested in Meng Lei and hoped to reach a good cooperative relationship in the future.

Meng Lei hesitated for a while, and he hadn't figured out when the appointment with Lenny would be.

At this time, Roger's message also came.

Meng Lei nodded his head for a while, and his expression immediately became serious.

"Captain Meng, do you have time at night?"