Me, The Station Reporter

In the giant warehouse, Jiang Cheng sank into concentration, closed the host interface, and randomly clicked on the system mall.

Looking at the massive exchange items in the system mall, Jiang Cheng clicked on the category of resource mining vehicles.

As far as the eye can see, there are countless resource mining vehicles of various types, and their exchange prices also vary greatly.

For example, an interstellar mining spacecraft requires up to 100 billion points in exchange, which is a sky-high price.

Another example is a relatively low-level ore mining vehicle. The exchange points it requires are only 50 million points, a difference of 2,000 times.

Of course, their work efficiency is also a huge gap between heaven and earth.

The amount of ore that a planet-level mining equipment like an interstellar mining spacecraft can mine in a day is absolutely astronomical.

Of course, Jiang Cheng can't afford such mining equipment at this stage. He hasn't even gone out to Aquamarine yet, let alone the interstellar.

After choosing for a long time, Jiang Cheng finally chose two types of mining equipment, namely an ore mining truck and an oil drilling truck.

Although Elijah is rich in natural resources, Jiang Cheng only chose to exploit various non-ferrous metal ores and petroleum resources.

Jiangcheng has given up on all forest resources, fishery resources, natural gas resources, etc.

If forests are cut down and fishing is increased, these will cause great damage to the natural environment. Jiang Cheng does not want to kill the goose that lays the eggs.

Then, Jiang Cheng took the lead in checking the introduction of the ore mining truck.

[Lane Land Ore Mining Vehicle: An ore mining vehicle born in the Lane Galaxy. It is automatically controlled by artificial intelligence and can enter various land environments for ore mining operations. This mining vehicle has automatic refining, automatic decomposition, and automatic storage functions. Average daily mining The quantity is 20,000 tons, and its exchange price is 50 million exchange points. 】

"The average daily mining volume is 20,000 tons..." Jiang Cheng took a breath of air, feeling somewhat shocked.

Mining 20,000 tons a day, this mining volume is already very large.

You know, how many large mining plants can mine less than 20,000 tons a day.

Take iron ore, which is the most consumed in the world, as an example. Internationally, the price of a ton of iron ore is between RMB 70 and RMB 110.

The reason why there is such a big gap in the price of iron ore mainly depends on the quality of the ore, that is, the iron content.

The higher the iron content of iron ore, the higher its price will naturally be.

Taking an average value of 90 meters per ton, based on this calculation, the iron ore mined by a Lane land ore mining vehicle in one day can be sold for 1.8 million meters.

If copper ore is mined, the price will soar several times more.

"1.8 million yuan a day can be paid back in less than a month..." Jiang Cheng's eyes flashed and his face was filled with joy.

The mining cost of this kind of mining vehicle is extremely low, and it is definitely a good business that can make a profit without losing any money.

"Dear host, if you can obtain more resource mining rights, your exchange points will grow very quickly." The system's voice appeared, and it put forward its own suggestions.

"Of course I know what you're talking about. Do you think natural resource exploitation rights are so easy to get?" Jiang Cheng's face was full of contempt.

Natural resources are state-owned resources of each country. Only when people are crazy will they give you their own natural resources to exploit.

"Dear host, you seem to have forgotten that your mining cost is the lowest, and you can bring the highest benefit distribution to all countries."

"It's not urgent. Elijah's natural resource extraction and distribution is the example I have set. When countries weigh the pros and cons, they will naturally know who to cooperate with to extract the most profits." Jiang Cheng smiled lightly, and he was already aware of it. There is a general idea.

For example, if each country mines a ton of iron ore on its own, after deducting the mining costs, it can only earn 10 yuan per ton of iron ore.

However, if you leave it to Jiang Cheng to mine, he can give you another 20 yuan while ensuring his own profit, which is fully double the profit. A normal person knows how to choose.

What are natural resources used for?

In addition to forest environmental resources, other various ores, oil, etc., are not mined and sold for money!

Then, Jiang Cheng continued to look down, and on the system interface, an oil drilling truck appeared.

[Alfa oil drilling and mining vehicle: an oil mining vehicle born in the Alpha galaxy. It is automatically controlled by artificial intelligence and can drill and extract oil in a land environment. This oil driving vehicle has functions such as automatic drilling, automatic mining, and automatic refining. The average daily production The amount of crude oil is 30,000 barrels, and its exchange price is 60 million exchange points. 】

"30,000 barrels of crude oil, not bad, very strong..." Jiang Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

Crude oil is petroleum, it is just unrefined oil dug out from oil fields.

After the crude oil is dug out, it must be sent to a refinery for refining. Only then can refined oil products, including gasoline, diesel, kerosene, etc., be refined.

Since crude oil is a non-renewable strategic resource, its price is not as stable as iron ore and fluctuates violently.

In fact, the factors that affect oil prices are very complex, but they mainly consist of the following factors.

First, supply and demand and oil prices.

Almost all commodities in the world will be affected by supply and demand. If supply exceeds demand, the price will fall. If supply exceeds demand, the price will rise. The price of crude oil is also affected by supply and demand.

Ten years ago, the financial crisis broke out and oil prices plummeted. Why?

Because many people no longer have jobs and cannot afford oil, demand will decrease, so prices will plummet.

Second, crude oil prices are affected by crude oil exporting countries.

Today, the most important crude oil exporting countries have formed the Crude Oil Exporting Organization, which controls most of the world's exported crude oil.

In order to earn wealth from crude oil in the long term, the Crude Oil Export Organization controls the production and export volume of crude oil, thereby controlling the supply and demand of crude oil in the world, and further controlling the price of crude oil.

Countries such as Milian, Longguo, small island countries, Gaul, Eagle United and other countries will not exploit their own crude oil, but only purchase crude oil exported from other regions.

Crude oil is a non-renewable resource. Before the emergence of new energy sources that can replace crude oil, these major crude oil consuming countries will not exploit their own crude oil.

Third, crude oil is directly linked to the U.S. dollar and is affected by the U.S. dollar.

The United States is the world's largest consumer of crude oil, and as the world currency, the rice dollar is widely used around the world. When the rice dollar continues to depreciate against the exchange rates of various countries, oil prices will rise relatively speaking.

In addition to the above three points, wars, natural disasters, global economic environment, etc. will also affect the price of crude oil.

Therefore, the price of crude oil is extremely unstable. Its price has risen as high as 150 meters per barrel, and has plummeted to as low as more than ten meters per barrel.

"If I could control oil, would the United States dollar economy have to declare collapse?" Suddenly, such a thought appeared in Jiang Cheng's mind.

You must know that the reason why the United States of America is so powerful, in addition to military technology, is that the most important thing is that the rice dollar is linked to oil, thus creating a rice dollar economy.

If Jiang Cheng controls oil exports, then Midland United will become a piece of fish that can be slaughtered as much as he wants.

Of course, this idea can only be thought about for the time being. Jiang Cheng's current strength is not yet able to shake the rice economy...

If he does this, Midland will probably fight for his life, because once the rice dollar economy is lost, Midland will go downhill in an instant, which is equivalent to the direct collapse of the entire economic system.

"If we could control the export of various ores and oil, what a great undertaking it would be. The profits it could create would be absolutely astronomical, starting from trillions of meters.

"Jiang Cheng muttered to himself.

After a while, he shook his head, not thinking about it for the time being, and instead thinking about how many resource mining vehicles he should exchange for.

Taking into consideration the distribution of Elijah's ore resources and oil resources, Jiang Cheng feels that he needs to replace at least 20 Lane Land Ore Trucks and 10 Alpha Stone Vehicles.

20 Lane land ore mining vehicles can mine 400,000 tons of ore every day, which is 1.2 million tons of ore in a month and 140 million tons of ore in a year.

10 Alpha oil drilling and production vehicles can mine 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day, which is 9 million barrels of crude oil in a month and 108 million barrels of crude oil in a year.

Although these two figures seem huge, when compared with the global annual consumption, they are actually a bit insignificant.

Comparing global crude oil consumption, the global daily consumption of crude oil has reached 71 million barrels, and the annual production volume of 10 Alpha oil drilling and mining vehicles is only enough for global consumption for one and a half days.

It can be seen from here that although the mining quantity seems large, compared with the global consumption, it is simply dregs.

Thinking of this, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but laugh at himself. He is still far away from being called a resource tycoon!

"Dear host, do you need to exchange 20 Lane land ore mining vehicles and 10 Alpha oil drilling vehicles.

The system can detect Jiang Cheng's thoughts and ask directly.

"Exchange it, there are 30 vehicles in total, the total is 1.6 billion exchange points." Jiang Cheng spoke slowly.

Although I am a little heartbroken, when I think about the profits later, this exchange point is nothing, and I can earn it back soon.

"Dear host, you will consume 1.6 billion redemption points this time. Do you want to withdraw the redeemed mining vehicle immediately?"

"Bring forward all 30 mining vehicles." Jiang Cheng4.3 nodded and did not refuse.

He came to this huge warehouse to extract the resource mining vehicle.

Rumble!

Suddenly, each huge warehouse shook slightly, and the void inside the warehouse suddenly burst, and a very large aperture appeared.

Immediately afterwards, 30 resource mining vehicles drove out of the aperture and parked in the warehouse.

In the warehouse where Jiang Cheng is located, a Lane land ore mining truck occupies most of the space.

At first glance, this Lane land ore mining vehicle is very large, more than ten meters high, 8/9 meters wide, and about 30 meters long. Its head is a huge alloy drill bit.

It weighs at least dozens of tons and can crack mountains and crack the ground, which is very shocking.

"This guy must have at least a thousand tons..." Jiang Cheng looked shocked. He could clearly see that the Lane Land Ore Mining Truck did not have rubber wheels, but alloy tracks.

Under the more than 30-meter-long alloy crawler tracks, the cement floor was crushed, and the entire ground sank a lot. "It cannot bear such gravity at all.

A few minutes later, Jiang Cheng withdrew his shocked gaze. He called Lu You and asked Lu You to send someone to drive away these big guys, operate them, and immediately start extracting oil and various ores.

Lu You has more than two thousand clone soldiers at his disposal, which come in handy at this time. .