In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

Li Ming's ocean-going fishing vessels seemed unaffected by the massive tsunami, continuing to enter and exit the harbor daily, loading and unloading the caught seafood.

These ships carrying hundreds and thousands of tons of seafood directly aroused the jealousy of other factions. People have a flaw: they can't stand others living better than themselves.

Now, the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce can bring back large quantities of seafood every day, while their ships have all been lost. Even if some survived, they are basically just a few small ones, and the quantity is too small.

Therefore, they are extremely envious of Li Ming's fishing vessels. The other factions also considered how to acquire fishing vessels themselves, and there were only a few ways.

The first way is to find a way to salvage the sunken ships and then repair them. The second way is to ask the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce for help in salvaging, but of course, salvage fees must be paid.

The third way is to purchase some small fishing boats from the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce.

Note that it is buying, not robbing.

These factions had considered using force to rob Li Ming's fishing vessels and freighters, but when they saw the vigilant state of Li Ming's army and the appearance of Li Ming's frigates in the coastal areas, they dismissed the idea.

Who told Li Ming to be so militarily powerful?

His military strength, especially the army, is almost the same scale as the Tianhui Empire's army before the disaster, although not as large as it was then.

However, in some coastal cities, these factions secretly analyzed and studied the strength and combat effectiveness of Li Ming's army. After analysis, the results made them very desperate.

That is, Li Ming's troops are stronger than the armies of all their factions combined.

Of course, this army refers to a modern army, such as an army with uniform military uniforms, bulletproof vests, and weapons, while also ensuring normal army training and sufficient ammunition.

Considering all factors, they felt that they couldn't even beat Li Ming's light infantry division, let alone Li Ming's combined arms brigade.

Because the infantry regiments all have 75 infantry guns and various caliber mortars. In addition, Li Ming's infantry is also equipped with a considerable number of heavy machine guns and general-purpose machine guns.

The fact that he can produce artillery himself is enough to make all factions despair. Artillery is not something that ordinary factions can manufacture.

Therefore, Li Ming's strength is so powerful that all factions dare not cause trouble.

Since they can't fight, they can only choose negotiation and cooperation.

Moreover, combined with some of the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's measures, although the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce is powerful, it does not have the idea of becoming king and dominating. Otherwise, it would have directly taken care of all these factions and unified them.

In fact, it is not complicated for these factions to recognize Li Ming's ships, because Li Ming's ships will fly the flag of the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce when they move, to distinguish them from the flags of other factions.

Soon these factions came to the local Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce market office to inquire and understand the price of salvaging sunken ships.

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"Report, Chief, there are already 20 factions contacting us, and they all want to entrust us to help them salvage sunken ships!" Captain Wang Shuang reported to Li Ming.

Li Ming replied, "Tell them that we can help them salvage sunken ships, but we have to charge more!"

"Not to mention, the fuel required for our salvage ships to operate, the wear and tear of machinery and equipment, the repair and cleaning of the ships, and the labor costs are all money."

"The salvage fee is calculated on a daily basis, 20 tons of supplies or 150,000 points per salvage team per day. If you are willing, we will cooperate. If you are not willing, we will not force it!"

"Yes, Chief, I will reply to them immediately!"

Soon Li Ming's reply was sent back to this group of factions. When they heard the price of 20 tons of supplies a day, they all gasped.

To be honest, this price is really not cheap!

At this time, in the headquarters building of the Fuxing Society, the members of the Fuxing Society were all indignant.

"President, the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce is too much. Who can afford this salvage price? 20 tons of supplies a day, it's too expensive!" A director said angrily.

"Yes, President, isn't this price a rip-off?" Another cadre said.

For a time, the entire headquarters of the Fuxing Society was in chaos, because Li Ming's quotation was too high.

"Quiet, everyone, listen to me!" Chen Gongpeng patted the table and shouted.

Hearing their president speak, everyone knew enough to shut up.

"Cough cough!" Chen Gongpeng cleared his throat and said, "To be honest, I also feel that this price is quite expensive. 20 tons of supplies is a full 20,000 kilograms of supplies, enough for 30,000 people for a day."

"But I have to say that this price is really not expensive when it comes to salvaging sunken ships. Because the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's quotation is based on the salvage team calculating the price by the day."

"According to my understanding of the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce, a salvage team includes the staff and equipment that can salvage a sunken ship. Salvaging a sunken ship from the seabed is not as simple as we think."

"Before the disaster, this kind of sunken ship salvage work was charged on a daily basis, requiring a lot of fuel consumption, the wear and tear of various equipment, and the loss of personnel had to be included."

"In the current situation, do I need to emphasize the value of fuel? Haven't you seen that even the patrol fleets of the wealthy Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce use electric energy instead of internal combustion engine drive?"

"It is conceivable that even the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's fuel reserves are not as much as we think. They do not sell fuel to the outside world, so you can imagine the value of this thing."

"We feel that this price is expensive, and it is estimated that the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce does not want to spend a lot of fuel to salvage sunken ships. I feel that we might as well just spend money to buy their small fishing boats, which is more cost-effective."

"Go and contact the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce immediately to ask if their fishing boats are for sale, even the fishing boats that have been salvaged and repaired!"

Not only the Fuxing Society, but even the Yixin Society, a force that originally had naval vessels, fell silent after hearing the salvage quotation, because the price was really scary.

But after thinking about it, everyone felt that although the price was expensive, there was a reason for the expense. Fuel consumption alone is a very terrifying number.

Therefore, all the forces unanimously chose to directly purchase fishing boats, which is more appropriate.

After all, no one knows how many days it will take to salvage a sunken ship. If it takes ten and a half days to salvage a fishing boat, the salvage cost alone will be an astronomical figure.

And there are repair costs. With this effort, it is better to buy a new small fishing boat.

As the saying goes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Soon the other forces reacted and contacted Li Ming's office to buy small fishing boats.......

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