The two people walked along the long passage to the end and saw a large underground trading market. Not only was it bustling with people, but there were also consumption places such as hotels, bars, dance halls, and restaurants. In other words, customers were in the black market.
If you want to live there for a few years, there will be no problem. It is not much different from small and medium-sized cities in the interstellar world.
Wei Xiaoyao patted Li Yi on the shoulder, then pointed to a tavern and said: "I'll wait for you there. When you want to leave, just go to the tavern to find me."
Li Yi nodded, his eyes completely attracted by the bustling black market exchange.
In addition to the stalls in the square, there are also luxuriously decorated shops nearby. It seems that these have been doing business in the black market for a long time, just like the specialty stores in other interstellar cities.
A middle-aged man with a sallow complexion pestered Li Yi and wanted to be his broker.
The so-called broker means a middleman. Taking advantage of Li Yi's unfamiliarity with the black market, he can earn a little money and take Li Yi to where to buy things. It is estimated that he will also gain some benefits.
The scale of the black market was much larger than Li Yi imagined. Li Yi thought about it and said to the broker: "What is your name for this brother?"
The middle-aged man said: "How many years older is my little brother, so just call me Huang Sange. I am familiar with everything here. Not only can I save little brother's time, but I can also help you understand the power of it."
Li Yi smiled slightly, "What can be so powerful here?"
Brother Huang waved his hand and whispered: "The most important thing in black market trading is not to step on other people's ideas. For example, you have something worth ten thousand stars that you want to sell, and the big players in the market want to buy it, but don't want to.
If you are willing to pay too high a price, at most I will give you a 50% discount."
"I only give people 5,000 yuan worth of things. Naturally, the seller won't want to. When he leaves this shop to find someone else, someone will follow him secretly. This is called hitting on an idea. Others
When the merchant saw it, he saw that this was something that his peers in the market were optimistic about, and they wouldn't even pay 5,000 star dollars, but only 4,000."
"The sellers saw nothing, so they had to go back to the original merchants and sell the things at a very low price. In fact, these people set up traps inside and outside. If the little brother doesn't understand
The most powerful thing about it is that people are setting up traps at lower prices. If you buy it as soon as you see a bargain, you will naturally be resented or even retaliated by others."
Li Yi nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but how do you know that I'm not here to sell things, but to buy them?"
Brother Huang pointed at his small eyes and said: "In this industry, you have to have some discernment. Look, little brother, if I stand towards you, other colleagues will not come over. This is called
tacit agreement."
Li Yi couldn't help but clapped his hands. It's true that cats follow their own paths and mice follow their own paths. It seems that in the black market, it is really troublesome to leave a broker like Huang San. No matter how powerful Coke is, it still relies on the Star Network. The little guy here has a lot of tricks.
I don't understand.
"Let's do it." Li Yi thought for a while and said, "You take me to see the boat first. If it's like you said, having you here can help me save money and trouble, and I won't treat you badly."
"Okay! Please look at the boat this way."
Brother Huang, who had a big yellow face, led the way and led Li Yi out of the lively square and along a very wide passage. There were many people along the way, and it seemed that they were all going to the ship market.
The scale of this ship market is quite impressive, with more than 500 ships of various colors being sold here. This does not include shuttles. There is even a destroyer-class ship with a length of more than 200 meters, and a escort-class ship.
There are also many commercial ships of all kinds.
Broker Huang Sange found a circular magnetic levitation mobile vehicle. This thing looks like a circular alloy plate with a diameter of two meters and an armrest, but it is actually a very efficient mobile tool.
After all, the scale of this shipping market is really quite large. It would take a long time to see the whole market just by walking.
Huh~
Huang Sange took Li Yi and stood on the hoverboard and moved lightly. Huang Sange said: "I don't understand boats, but I understand people. Brother, tell me which one you like. The price is all on the boat."
It's written on the body, and we clearly mark the price."
There are two main series of ships, combat series and commercial civilian series. Li Yineng naturally likes battleships, but as Coke expected, the price of battleships is indeed very expensive. A small frigate with a length of no more than 40 meters is still unknown.
The boat in hand was also priced at 7 million star yuan, which made Li Yi shake his head frequently.
This is the cheapest battleship in the entire market. Other than that, everything related to battleships costs more than 10 million stars.
"Master, we don't have much money. It's better to choose a cheaper industrial ship like I said. It can carry a lot of cargo and can also carry passengers with a little modification. It is more practical." Coke secretly advised Li Yidao.
After sighing, Li Yi said to Brother Huang: "Forget it, let's go see the industrial ship. It should be cheaper and the length should not exceed twenty meters."
Xiaoyao is a medium-to-large frigate, with a length of more than 80 meters, of which the length of the cargo bay is 23 meters, which can just fit a small cargo ship of no more than 20 meters.
Industrial ships were designed from the beginning to transport goods over short distances. They only have a small, low-speed engine and no thick armor.
Battleships, on the other hand, are designed to sail across star domains and survive on the battlefield. There is a fundamental difference in performance between the two.
If Li Yi buys a frigate, he can drive it back to Earth by himself. An industrial ship is not suitable for expeditions and can only be installed in the belly of the Xiaoyao. Therefore, the length must not exceed the limit of the Xiaoyao's cargo warehouse. All these must be taken into account.
The twenty-meter length is also the smallest among industrial ships. There are not many choices. There are only four ships to consider. After listening to Coke's opinion, Li Yi selected a tuna-type industrial ship with good quality.
This kind of industrial ship has a very wide hull and can carry more cargo. As for the cockpit and jump engine, it can only be described as small and pitiful.
"Master, it's only 650,000 star dollars. We've made a lot of money! If the same second-hand ship was on the Starlink network, it would cost up to 1.5 million. This is a great place, it's more than half the price! Moreover, this
The boat is 80% new!" Coke said excitedly.
Li Yi nodded. Although it was not his favorite battleship, it was his first ship after all. With it, at least he could come and go freely within the Bristol Star Territory.
As Coke said, the 80% new Tuna-class industrial ship cannot be bought at this price on the Star Network.
"Choose a name, Master." Cola smiled.
Li Yi thought for a while, "The shuttle is called Discovery, and this industrial ship is called Ladybug. Look at its flat belly, which looks more like a ladybug."
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The procurement work is going on intensely and busily. So far, the largest purchase is the HH7 field medical platform. The price of this medical platform is as high as 2.2 million stars. It can provide complex field medical services to seven soldiers at the same time.
Medical services.
Since it is a battle, there will be casualties. In fact, many soldiers did not die on the spot, but died of medical delays. After all, the main battlefield was in the Americas, but the main large hospitals were located in Eurasia, half a planet away.
With this field medical platform, we can provide soldiers with all-round medical services at any time. It is equipped on a large transport aircraft. Wherever the large troops go, the medical platform will follow.
The price is also half cheaper than on the Starlink network. The merchant also gave away a batch of surgical supplies and high-grade drugs, which made Coke very happy. Even Li Yi began to like black market transactions. After all, the money saved
But it's real money.
In addition to industrial ships, medical equipment, and dark creature detectors must also be purchased. Dark creatures have cold-blooded characteristics and often hide underground, making it difficult for ordinary scanning systems to detect them.
As for weapons, there is not a particular shortage on the planet. Coca-Cola Metal has already started production, and it is necessary to transport some metal catalysts back.
The day spent money like water passed quickly. Huang Sange had been accompanying Li Yi conscientiously, loading all the things he bought and getting them ready. Li Yi then took Huang San to find Wei Xiaoyao, busy
It's been a whole day and I haven't even eaten a meal.
When he passed by the huge square again, he saw that a temporary platform had been set up on the square. A fat black man with thick chest hair was shouting loudly on the stage. It seemed that there was an auction. Li Yi glanced at it casually.
"Little brother, I'll give you a piece of advice. It's best not to touch the things in this house." Huang Sange said in a low voice.
Li Yi didn't think much about it. He and Huang San went to the tavern and found Wei Xiaoyao. The three of them ordered a table of delicious food and feasted on it. By the way, they gave him the reward that was due to Huang San. Huang San took the money. Naturally,
He thanked me repeatedly and his face was filled with joy.
The table was right next to the window, and I could just see the auction. Unlike auctions on earth, the black market auction was very rough. A big fat man like a black iron tower was shouting on the stage, and the people below followed him, making it very lively.
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At first, they auctioned off a few girls who had been stolen from nowhere. They were weak, weeping, and were bought by some vulgar guys who had been running the black market all year round.
A drooling guy tore open the girl's coat in front of everyone, stretched out a big calloused hand and kneaded it, which made Li Yi and Wei Xiaoyao frown a little.
After the girls were auctioned, the big black man had someone bring him an alloy whip, whipped it on the stage and said, "This is a good thing! A weapon from ancient times! I'll give it to you today."
Open your eyes!"
After that, the man swung his whip horizontally and showed the handle of the whip in front of everyone. There was an obvious mark on the handle, which seemed to be a white crane?
Snap!
Suddenly, Wei Xiaoyao, who had always been drunk and hazy, crushed the wine glass in his hand, and a cold light burst out from his eyes, as if he was about to rush forward.
It took a lot of effort for Wei Xiaoyao to regain his composure, but he stopped drinking and stared straight at the alloy whip in the hands of the big black man on the stage.
Turning his head, Wei Xiaoyao said to Li Yi: "How much money do you have left? I want to borrow it." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)