Chapter 37 Industrial Zone
"This is my munitions factory. There are hundreds of meters of laborers working for me in it, delivering those metal gadgets to the hands of the good guys and the bad guys. We won't go in. The temperature inside is simply not good. People are waiting."
I always feel like this is a bit contradictory...
Zhao Chenwu pointed to the fiery military factory that seemed to be working, and proudly explained to Jiang Chen that it was not much different from those developers in the world.
"There is also this one, but the products here are all expensive things, such as .50 caliber fixed sentry guns, and the things equipped on the inner wall are basically from my factory."
When he walked to a factory whose appearance was obviously much smaller than the building just now, Zhao Chenwu pointed with his finger between the cigarettes and continued.
There will be no shortage of cigarettes in the apocalypse. Alcohol cannot be produced on a large scale because of food shortages, so cigarettes have become the thing for most people to relieve their mental stress. The smell of burning tobacco here has a strong spicy taste, and not everyone is used to smoking. Radiation has brought uncontrollable mutations to life on the entire planet, but not all mutations are malignant. Just like this special tobacco, it can adapt to the soil quality of wasteland like those mutant plants that can be seen everywhere. It can be planted in a large area without high-end cultivation technology, which is why cigarettes are not expensive in the last days. Many survivors will plant a few plants in front of their homes, which can be used for both medicinal and cigarette smoking.
Jiang Chen naturally couldn't stand the spicy taste, Zhao Chenwu laughed when he saw this, saying that he could use it or not, but he could just throw it away if he was not used to it. In fact, this is all relative. When he took over the Zhonghua handed over by Jiang Chen, Zhao Chenwu also felt that the taste was too bland and unsatisfactory.
"Oh? I'm also very interested in this kind of automated weapon. I don't know how many Boss Zhao is inconvenient to sell me?" Jiang Chen watched an employee in white overalls use a tablet to debug the half-human-high machine. Controlling the 360-degree rotating muzzle to aim at the target in the isolation room, pouring out ferocious firepower.
"Hahaha, of course there is no problem. However, the production of this thing is really low. Recently, the sixth block is updating the equipment at the northern checkpoint. The order has been placed in two months. I have to trouble Boss Jiang and wait."
"It doesn't matter." Jiang Chen smiled indifferently.
The two walked side by side in this high-tech factory. The female secretary named Su Lei followed behind them, carrying Zhao Chenwu's briefcase. On the way, people saluted the three of them one after another, and it felt like a leader entering the factory for inspection.
To be honest, after walking around the factory, Jiang Chen was more and more shocked. Including the frisbee-sized maglev drone, and the half-assembled 2-meter-high power armor...
Although as Zhao Chenwu said, the output of these things is very low, because facilities such as military factories are definitely the objects of wartime care, and it may not be difficult to scavenge from the wasteland to a civilian-level assembly line. But it's a joke to find a complete military production line.
Including the power armor that is being built, most of the equipment is hand-built. Jiang Chen watched a worker holding a hammer-like thing, beating and forming the armor plate under high temperature bit by bit. Some workers carefully assembled tiny electronic components into the armor... Maybe Before the war, these processes were completed by high-precision automatic production lines, but in the end of the world, many things have to be DIYed by hand.
Of course, the lack of manufacturing process is for complex equipment.
The bullet pipeline or something is still a good solution.
But even so, there is no doubt about the firepower that the survivors can have. No matter how hard a zombie's head is, it is nothing but a headshot bullet. Even though the blade of the Deathclaw can rip through the outer shell of the power armor, it still has tanks as its mortal enemy.
So the question is, even with such powerful equipment, can human beings be unable to conquer those bloodthirsty aliens and zombies?
Thinking of this, Jiang Chen couldn't help being a little silent. He was curious about what kind of existence existed in the city center.
"Some of these equipment will go into my personal armament, and some will be sold to the army in the sixth block or other interested buyers. However, power armor is generally not allowed to be sold, and there are some heavy vehicles such as spider tanks. Weapons are also banned from sale. Unless it is the military purchase proposal voted by the sixth block council, my factory will start production of these difficult things." Zhao Chenwu did not notice Jiang Chen's contemplation, but took care of himself. As he said that, his words meant that Jiang Chen was being vaccinated. If Jiang Chen wanted to buy a power armor, he would not be able to do it.
"Oh? So Boss Zhao is considered an arms dealer?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile, putting his doubts behind him.
"Forget it, I also have a pharmaceutical factory, and I also run some real estate businesses in the inner circle. If Mr. Jiang Chen is interested in buying a house in the inner circle, you may come to me, haha." Zhao Chenwu took a breath, very With a bold smile, he took a ring-shaped armguard from the table and threw it into Jiang Chen's hand.
"Boss Jiang is out all year round, so this nitrogen armor should be a gift from me."
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey." Jiang Chen didn't refuse. After taking it, he smiled and put it on his hand, then looked at Zhao Chenwu inquiringly.
What is this thing for?
Zhao Chenwu beckoned to the soldier who was testing the equipment, the man immediately saluted, and then ran to the center of the isolation room. I saw the soldier unfold the nitrogen armor on his hand, and the high-density gas ripples spread out from the ring in the center of the arm guard in a bowl shape like a viscous stream of water.
At this moment, a heavy machine gun appeared in front of the soldier, and the black muzzle shot out flames.
Because of the sound insulation effect, Jiang Chen couldn't hear the sound in the isolation room, but he was surprised to find that all the bullets were bounced around after touching the nitrogen barrier. The soldier standing behind the shield remained in a half-squatting posture, not even bearing the impact of the bullet.
good guy! Just a shield?
"Through the vortex effect of inert atoms, nitrogen gas forms a high-pressure circulation under the traction of the central field... Haha, in short, the theoretical things are left to those experts to deal with headaches, I only see the effect. Is Boss Jiang satisfied with this thing? ?" Zhao Chenwu waved his hand, signaling the end of the test, and then the machine gun descended.
"Satisfied, very satisfied. I don't know if there are any restrictions on the use of this thing." Jiang Chen put it away after playing with it for a while.
"There is not much restriction, but the energy consumption is a little high, and the overheating problem of the central scroll device has not been solved yet. 1 point of sub-crystal is probably enough to start this thing for 1 minute, and it will overheat after 10 seconds of continuous use. After a period of time, I'm afraid that the sub-crystal consumed is more expensive than the cost of making it. And... it has little effect on optical weapons and particle weapons, of course, the effect on kinetic energy weapons is still good." Zhao Chenwu said with a sigh of smoke. .
"I didn't expect Boss Zhao's military factory to have the ability to develop weapons." Jiang Chen said with a sigh.
"Haha, that's natural, but this thing doesn't sell very well. Not many people can afford this thing. But my scientists are studying the application of this thing to power armor to see if the partial armor can make It's useful... let's not talk about it, just leave this annoying stuff to the experts, haha, again, I just look at the effect."
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After leaving the factory, Zhao Chenwu took Jiang Chen to the pharmaceutical factory for a circle. However, the area of the pharmaceutical factory is small, so there is not much to visit. It is said that the genetic medicine produced here occupies 30% of the market share of the sixth block, and some other medicines are also very popular in the wasteland. Such as epinephrine and the like, hematopoietic needles and the like.
After visiting all this, the two came to the gate of the slum together again.
It was still the talent market administrator named Wang Yi. After seeing Zhao Chenwu, this fat man who thanked him ran out like a fly, and then gave an exaggerated bow and salute. This flattering look is indeed a bit funny, but it is unexpectedly not annoying. It seems that this fat man is not an ordinary person. In the last days, he can live so nourishing by flattery, and ordinary people can't do it.
Zhao Chenwu didn't talk too much nonsense with this little person, just glanced at Su Lei, the female secretary behind him, and then continued to brag with Jiang Chen. Su Lei took out a piece of paper from her briefcase and handed it to Wang Yi very skillfully. After Wang Yi accepted the document, he immediately nodded and said that it must be done. He quickly ran back to the office, and quickly took out a stack of documents.
"Choose whatever you want, these are all unemployed surplus laborers, don't worry about moving the laborers of other factories and causing trouble," Zhao Chenwu waved, and Su Lei stepped forward and handed the stack of documents to Jiang Chen's hands. These 30 people, Jiang Chen, have reached an agreement with Zhao Chenwu, and they will be transferred to Jiang Chen at the price of 20 sub-crystals per person. The settlement has already been done when the goods are delivered just now.
Among them, 1 sub-crystal is the official price for selling criminals, and the other 19 sub-crystals are the cost of installing the latest insurance system at Jiang Chen's request. Among them, Zhao Chenwu didn't earn a penny from Jiang Chen, and sold him purely as a favor at cost. After all, compared with the benefits brought by trade agreements, this petty altruism is really a bit disdainful.
The latest insurance system is much safer than electronic collars, and is achieved by implanting microchips in the back of the slave's cervical spine through nanoscale surgery. Once someone is betrayed, Jiang Chen can directly activate the self-destruct program in the microchip, and the traitor's head will fly a few meters away like a football... Although it is cruel, Jiang Chen does not intend to take his own Safe to have compassion on people other than those who matter.
At the same time, this chip also has functions such as neural current polygraph detection, map positioning, optic nerve access, and blocking nerve signals. It can be said that slaves have no privacy and no ability to betray. This is many times higher than that of the electronic collar, and of course, the price is N times higher.
However, Jiang Chen is a very open-minded person. As long as these people are not crooked, he doesn't mind letting them live a much more comfortable life than here.
"Haha, whoever you like directly tell me that they will be 'expelled' because of terminal illness." Zhao Chenwu just opened his mouth and decided the fate of this vote.
I have to say, rights are a good thing.
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Jiang Chen quickly flipped through a pile of resume-like things. This kind of resume is not like a bunch of bullshit in the past, but a very intuitive record of how valuable a person is. How to say it, after passing the special assessment procedure, the artificial intelligence review procedure will judge from an objective point of view, and then give an intuitive overview of abilities. For example, if you have computer knowledge, then it can give you five grades to how far you can apply computer knowledge.
Like construction majors, mechanical majors, etc., in the sixth block with excess labor, if it is not for the outstanding ability assessment level, it is really impossible to find any jobs. Let's just say that the munitions field that Zhao Chenwu didn't want to go into, the guy who fiddled with the bullets on the assembly line was a mechanic expert. Of course...he was able to work there not because he majored in mechanics, but because he was physically fit.
But for Jiang Chen, these talents are precious, because he really needs manpower.
Talents in various high-tech majors account for one-third, and applied technical talents in construction, mechanical repair, and chemistry account for two-thirds. Priority is given to those with special abilities, such as Jiang Chen who knows how to cook.
Then, good physical fitness is a priority. After all, rebuilding a villa requires work.
Then there is the family priority. With a strong sense of belonging to a family, Jiang Chen doesn't have to worry too much about their loyalty. In addition, it also saves you from worrying about the physical problems of these people.
Jiang Chen handed the selected resumes to Su Lei, and the capable female secretary quickly took the 30 resumes to the gate of the slum.
It could be seen that Zhao Chenwu had already greeted the administrator of the slum, and after a while those people were called up and taken to the isolation room. It is called quarantine. In fact, the diagnosis report has been written long ago. All 30 people were labeled with the X1 flu epidemic, and then they were taken to the prison room to be implanted with slave chips.
(human rights? Just a joke, there are still people who talk about (human) rights in the last days?
From the moment they received the base's nutritional supplements, their freedom was no longer theirs.
Jiang Chen was not in a hurry to meet these people, but returned to the inner circle with Zhao Chenwu. By the way, Zhao Chenwu helped Jiang Chen to register his gene ID in the whitelist of the inner circle. After that, Jiang Chen did not need to pay the city gate tax of 1 sub-crystal when he entered and exited the inner circle. Although the city gate tax is not much, it is also a gesture of goodwill.
Those who were bought by Jiang Chen were "put" together with the materials, and pressed by Zhao Chenwu's personal armed forces into the sewer entrance, went to the agreed delivery point, and only waited for Jiang Chen to return to pick up the goods.
No matter what kind of fears the terrified survivors endured, Jiang Chen was at Zhao Chenwu's invitation to have dinner with him. At the dining table, the boss of the sixth block frequently toasted him, which made Jiang Chen feel a little emotional. Sure enough, the power of money is so powerful no matter what era it is.
Next, you only need to think about how to develop strength and try to keep the cake in your hand.
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- (asking for a ticket 0.0)