wasteland ranch

Chapter 45 Two Transactions
"Come back? When did you come back?"

Lin Guiyao asked Lao Huang to take the children to build a corral to house the truffle pigs, and then turned to look at Lin Hai.

No one was missing, and the various tools scattered on the ground and the large bundle of ropes proved the success of their trip.

"Just now, I heard that the village chief is still in the forest, so I didn't notify you."

Lin Hai poured water from a well and burped a lot.

"The well water in the village is still delicious. The water outside is sour and smelly. I've had enough of it!"

Water is a very heavy thing, but they have to take it with them. If it weren't for Lin Hai's familiarity with the water replenishment points along the way, they would not have dared to set off at all.

But that water is definitely not as good as the well water produced by the system, and it is more or less polluted, so they drink water in small sips along the way, and now they want to feel refreshed when they go home.

"Hi~ Village Chief, we basically got back everything you asked for, even some things that weren't on the list."

Lin Guiyao nodded. He had just seen Lao Huang walking away with a big hacksaw and some incomprehensible things.

"But... hey, why don't I go to your room and talk about it."

Looking at Lin Hai's expression, he seemed a little embarrassed. Although he was puzzled, he still agreed.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Hai couldn't wait to untie his clothes, took out a handful of gold coins and handed them to Lin Guiyao. Lin Guiyao counted and there were 49 gold coins left.

"Those pine cones are so valuable? So many tools can be exchanged for only one gold coin?" Lin Guiyao wondered.

Although he knew that food was often more valuable than tools, and the characteristics of wild sword pine pine nuts were also good, but Lin Guiyao didn't think that just a little pine cone could be exchanged for so many things.

"This is what I'm going to tell you next. Don't blame me for making my own decisions after the village chief has heard it."

"Tell me what's going on first."

"Uh, actually," Lin Hai twitched a bit, then rubbed his palms together to get excited.

"When we went out this time, we didn't stay for long at all. Instead, we met two groups of people, and I made a deal with them respectively."

Lin Guiyao asked suspiciously, "What kind of deal? Since you can show this expression, it shouldn't be easy, right?"

"Hehehe, of course, if this transaction is successful, then maybe we don't have to go out and trade with others in the future, and our safety will be greatly guaranteed!"

"what?"

Lin Hai's words made Lin Guiyao a little uneasy. Contact with the outside world has always been a serious concern for him.

They lack weapons and young and strong manpower, if they bring too expensive things when trading, they will be easily targeted by others.

Ordinary refugees might be able to scare them away with guns, but what if they are coveted by those well-equipped and large forces?

Just rely on those two broken rifles?Do not make jokes……

Coupled with the lack of transportation, if they want to trade with other forces, they can't transport much by walking alone, which is also a waste of time.

"Tell me quickly, what are these two deals you made?"

Seeing that Lin Guiyao was in such a hurry, Lin Hai naturally didn't dare to continue to show off, but smiled very... proudly and told the whole story.

After they arrived at the town with great difficulty, the pine cones on their bodies had been consumed as accompanying food, and the rest could not be exchanged for much if they were used for trading.

So, Lin Hai asked Chen Elong to try his luck at the street stall, and at the same time he walked around quietly to see if there was a chance to use the G coins on hand safely.

When they returned to the stall, they found that Chen Elong and the others were gone!
Lin Hai was so frightened that he hurriedly inquired, only then did he know that it was the owner of this small town—City Master Wang who took them away.

However, the city lord did not have any ill intentions, but fell in love with the pine nuts sold by Chen Erlong. After some flattery and testing by Lin Hai, he soon understood the city lord's intention.

Since the metropolis is in urgent need of a small batch of things that can extract oil for some reason, and the price is very high, in order to please the largest city, the city lord will make a good fortune by the way, so naturally he will not let this bite Jiansong pine nuts that can produce oil.

So Lin Hai made a deal with the city lord on the spot. Their village can sell them a batch of pine nuts, and they only need some cheap daily necessities and tools, but the city lord must send someone to pick them up.

And because Lin Guiyao's village happened to be sandwiched between the town and the metropolis, Lin Hai also suggested that they could set up a supply point outside the village in order to communicate with each other and facilitate the transportation work in the town.

The city lord readily agreed to this point.

"Supply point? Are you not afraid that they will covet our water source?"

Lin Guiyao has no objection to Lin Hai's private decision to sell the pine nuts to City Lord Wang instead of transporting them to the metropolis for greater benefit. Doing so will only please both sides, and their strength is not at all negotiating conditions with others qualifications.

To choose one of the two, it is naturally better to trade with the less powerful City Lord Wang. They only need to pay a little profit in exchange for the favor of the City Lord Wang and a relatively safe transaction.

Regarding Lin Guiyao's question, Lin Hai confidently gave a second explanation.

His second deal was with a team of mercenaries.

Mercenaries, as the name suggests, are people who fight for money, whoever has money is the boss, and whoever has money they will work for.

Although some low-quality refugees often call themselves mercenaries, no matter in terms of armament or killing skills, those professional mercenaries are better.

The reason why Lin Hai dared to use G coins to hire mercenaries was that those large or well-known mercenary gangs tended to pay more attention to their own reputation,

As long as the employer has not defaulted on their wages, they will generally not engage in the behavior of devouring the master. After all, if others find out, who would dare to hire them.

Lin Hai's luck was better, he happened to invite a relatively famous mercenary group in the wasteland:

Ranger Mercenary Group!

"If this ranger is really as famous as you say, why can you hire them with a gold coin?"

Lin Guiyao stroked the G coin in his hand, and the voice of Chen Elong and the villagers laughing outside could be faintly heard.

"Hehe, that's just a deposit, but I have to say that I, Fat Dahai, was really lucky this time. Their rangers did not know what kind of strange employer they picked up, causing trouble everywhere, and ended up being surrounded by hundreds of people in the camp. inside.

And those rangers are also ruthless enough, just relying on fifteen people to break out with their employer, but their manpower has also been lost by more than half, and the first thing they do when they break out is to let the second-hand employer settle immediately salary.

That bastard was also stupid, he paid the bill on the spot, and guess what?

After the team leader received the money, he immediately took out his pistol and shot him fifteen times!

Fifteen shots!Tsk tsk, it didn't explode his head until the last shot, which is really comforting to hear. "

"And then? You haven't said why they agreed to you." Lin Guiyao asked enthusiastically.

(End of this chapter)