How Am I Still Alive?

Anxious, he is anxious, the city is anxious.

When the negotiation was completed, Lu Pingan was a little confused. The war has not started yet, how come it has reached the final stage at the beginning?

You must have directly stepped on many laws and plans. Do you know how you play Changping Prefecture like this?

But soon, Lu Pingan knew why.

"Iron ore has increased by 300%, what the hell is this."

Australia's fall has brought a chain reaction and is just the beginning.

Australia, whose local industry is almost finished, has the world's top-grade mineral resources. In fact, it has long been a resource library for some countries, and their fall itself will naturally cause the collapse of the entire international market for raw materials.

It is not as simple as their mineral production cannot be produced, but the insecurity of the entire ocean has caused the global shipping, which is not strong, to collapse directly.

Once there is a shortage of certain strategic materials, the price increase is never based on demand, but on psychological expectations.

When all countries and major forces begin to prepare for war, international strategic materials will surge, especially everyone knows that military unions will cause demand for steel materials. Even without the intervention of those international speculators, the actions of various countries in competing for strategic resources will inevitably lead to a surge in raw materials.

"Doesn't the country care?"

"Yes, there are internal supply channels with parity, but it must be a quota system, and it is definitely not enough."

Limited strategic resources will definitely be used on the cutting edge, which is also the root cause of the East Country's forced elimination of backward production capacity. The overall planning department cannot watch the ore being wasted so directly.

". Do you want to make an entrance yourself?"

"There is no way. Some things cannot be counted on others."

Lu Ping'an understood instantly. Since the resources of the earth cannot be counted, then count on the foreign land.

Opening the foreign special zone, relying on multi-party relationships to attract more investment and attract outsiders, naturally can bring in foreign resources.

"Will the higher-ups have no objections?"

"Do you think we are the only ones who do this?

Okay, it's too realistic, leaving Lu Ping'an speechless.

But this also shows that Gu Cheng really regards Lu Ping'an as his own. This overly sensitive thing was said directly to Lu Ping'an.

In the war in the novel, the upper and lower levels are united, and all obey the dispatch and command. Even if they go all the way, they have no interests and plans of their own.

In the real war, each part has to consider itself. Gu Cheng is clearly going to surpass Chang Ping and become a provincial capital in the true sense.

If they really play with quotas, it will naturally be based on various administrative levels. Even if Chang Ping has no intention of blocking the resources of other cities, he will instinctively take more shares.

Some cities, including Gu Cheng, are basically Since there are channels to the outside, they have adopted various ways to make a living. And since it can be said semi-publicly, the higher-ups have tacitly approved it.

After all, some things are not convenient to talk about in too much detail. If the price of iron ore rises like this, other large commodities will definitely fluctuate in the future. Other things are easy to say, but once the price of food soars, it will be really terrifying.

Considering the population and cultivated land area of ​​the country, even if there are a large number of "professional gardeners" to guide farming, whether it can achieve complete self-sufficiency is still a question mark.

Once other countries are threatened, they will definitely give priority to their own materials and outputs. It is too unrealistic to expect imports.

In the cruel reality, when the homeland was threatened, Wan Jing's Nirvana plan also began to accelerate. Survive first , and then consider other things.

Especially when the resources of the East Country itself are obviously insufficient, it is impossible to stop other cities from looking for new resource points. On the contrary, they actually see this happening.

But casually introducing external forces will also cause endless troubles. Of course, the other party may not come.

As the officials said, many cities will probably "attract investment", and to stand out from them, they naturally need additional attractions.

After all, the core selling point of attracting investment in another world is not only high-quality water, electricity and gas infrastructure, but also slightly higher tax and policy support than other cities. Many areas have even used tax exemption for several years. This (money-losing) killer.

But if it develops and becomes an industry with scale benefits, the losses before will be A little tax is nothing.

The way the ancient city dealt with it was to use the "courtyard" as bait on the one hand and high-level combat power as a deterrent on the other hand. In a sense, this also represents the union of Lu Pingan and the ancient city. If he really met an inhuman, Lu could take this opportunity to use external forces to turn this city into his own "territory".

This is a trust and a reward. God knows how much Lu Pingan, the "new god", can gain from it.

Perhaps this is not clear. When the world of the Silent Mountains came to an end, many tribes and countries made the strong men in the tribe deified, making the tribes vassals of the gods. If the situation on the earth continues to deteriorate, this scene may be repeated on the earth.

". Don't think so far ahead."

Lu Pingan regretted returning to the ancient city. This burden was too heavy. But if he didn't come back, I'm afraid the ancient city would send someone to talk to him.

He has become the highest person in the city in fact, and the most trusted top combat force.

"Let's build the framework of the special zone first."

Lu Pingan did not hesitate, because he prayed for fairness and peace, and he really understood that the world is still dominated by the strong, and outsiders will not reason with you.

If you want your hometown and your own tribe to be safe, you must make it strong.

".Minerals are not difficult to solve. I seem to have some dry shares on the green planet that can only be divided into money. They should have a lot of freight minerals."

"By the way, there are foreign races. I seem to have the contact information of those interstellar mercenaries. Why not get some local industries?"

"Biotechnology is not difficult either."

Lu Pingan calculated for a while and determined that he seemed to be able to do a lot. Even if he could not do the Hongyuan of one tribe as in the Nirvana plan, it seemed that it was not difficult for one person to protect an ancient city.

Pull up the resource channels and pull up the resource supply of Mercury 42 and the local area.

The next moment, Lu Pingan sighed. He knew that some things might be more difficult.

In Lu Ping'an's eyes, many of the difficulties that cannot be overcome at present can actually be solved with just one god. If Guan Xinxian ascends to the godhood in his hometown, he can also be recognized by the ancient city and even the surrounding areas. It may be difficult before, but it should be gone now.

However, that means that in the next negotiation with the Saint of the Forest, he will be more dependent on others and more passive.

". I really hope that He is easier to deal with, at least not too harsh. Uh, it's unlikely, after all, she is Chris's "sister."

"That's too much, I'm actually very easy to talk to."

While Lu Ping'an was confused, a green-haired figure appeared behind Lu Ping'an.

Lu Ping'an turned around suddenly and saw a smiling girl. She looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, and her smile was very innocent.

She was sitting at a roadside noodle stall, happily drinking noodle soup.

"Hello, Lu Ping'an."

After putting down the bowl and greeting Lu Ping'an with a smile, she blinked her eyes and happily waved to Lu Ping'an's back. This time, it was for an old friend.

"Hey, sister, how are you?"

"Bicky!" But what responded to her was the sound of someone gritting his teeth.