latent body

Chapter 95 Promotion to Military Rank
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, let's go straight to the topic.

"The client has already transferred the bounty to the account of the legion. Do you want cash, or a substitute within the legion?" Shao Hanguang asked seriously.

After all, cash has all kinds of inconveniences, especially heavy gold and silver coins.But because there is no strong executive government in this era, there is no way to talk about credibility, and it is impossible to issue paper money like the old days, and then produce electronic money with the same value.

The legion proxy point is actually a kind of electronic currency, which only circulates within the legion, and is equivalent to the base currency of the underground world.

"I'll use something instead!" Ling Zihan replied straightforwardly.In his view, this is a benefit in disguise.Regardless of mechanical parts, weapons and ammunition, food, and medicine, the price purchased inside the legion is cheaper than outside.

Shao Hanguang completed the replacement points on the Internet, then stood up, opened the drawer, and handed Ling Zihan a brand new certificate.

"When you came here last month, you were just a reserve soldier. I didn't expect you to be promoted to a sergeant major now."

"I must say to you: Congratulations!"

"I've played all kinds of people here, and none of them have been promoted in such a short period of time like Ni."

"At this rate, I think you are very likely to be promoted to major within this year."

Shao Hanguang's tone of voice was a bit weird, mixed with sarcasm and ridicule, helplessness and fear, and a hint of obvious compliment could be heard in the sigh.

Ridiculous ridicule is not difficult to understand.The army is a place where strength is emphasized, and the capable go up and the weak go down.With two missions, Ling Zihan was easily promoted to Sergeant Major. In Shao Hanguang's view, this kind of thing was simply opportunistic.

But even so, Shao Hanguang had nothing to say.Because Ling Zihan did not violate the rules, all his actions were within the scope of the legion regulations.

More importantly, not just anyone can take this opportunistic path.The premise is that you have to be rich and powerful, and have a financial backing behind you.

The reason why the legion restricts the completion of a single task to reach the highest rank of promotion is only a major, in order to fundamentally eliminate the negative impact of taking shortcuts on other people.If you want to get a higher military rank, you must do things honestly.

Shao Hanguang can despise Ling Zihan, but he must give enough respect and even fear to the powerful and mysterious support force behind Ling Zihan.

Ling Zihan took the certificate with both hands, and said with a smile, "Thank you!"

Shao Hanguang continued: "Your personal information has been entered into the Legion Network, and you can check the highest authority you currently have and various related benefits."

This is what Ling Zihan is most concerned about.

Added personal shopping unlocks, among which the most eye-catching weapons are heavy machine guns, [-]mm cannons, and heavy off-road vehicles.

These things are expensive.

A [-]mm heavy machine gun costs two hundred gold dollars, and a base ammunition costs fifteen gold dollars.

The price of the [-]mm machine gun is [-] gold dollars, and a base ammunition is [-] gold dollars.

Heavy-duty off-road vehicles are cheaper, fifty gold dollars each, and the backup energy system alone costs ten gold dollars.In addition, it costs five gold dollars per charge.

It is really affordable, but not affordable.

"It's too expensive." Ling Zihan frowned, suppressing the unhappiness in his heart, and said sullenly.

After staying at the reception for a long time, Shao Hanguang's personality has become a bit all-round.He smiled and explained: "You can't just look at the price. These things will definitely be worth the money after you buy them. The prices inside the Legion are at least 20.00% cheaper than outside, and there are various regulations and restrictions. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them." arrive."

Ling Zihan nodded slightly, this is indeed the truth.

He pointed to the heavy off-road vehicle on the screen: "I want a vehicle like this, can you give me some good advice?"

He is a layman when it comes to buying cars, but Ling Zihan believes that Shao Hanguang will not mislead him in this regard.

Sure enough, Shao Hanguang's expression suddenly became a little strange when he heard the words, he hesitated for a moment, and said seriously: "It's best for you to make up your own mind about this kind of thing."

Ling Zihan's face was full of sincerity: "I know you are a good person, I believe in you."

Shao Hanguang suddenly felt that this matter became a little tricky.It's not that he has some kind of bad feeling towards Ling Zihan, but he just wants to look at the issue from the perspective of the interests of the legion, and feels that this newly promoted sergeant major is too pitiful.

"If you want to leave the city and go far, I suggest you buy an extra battery pack. Because you can't find supplementary power anywhere in the wilderness. You have to ensure the battery life of the vehicle."

"If you go out to perform tasks in areas with complex and changeable terrain, I suggest you buy a fuel-powered model. The engine of that thing is powerful, powerful, simple and durable."

This is the result he gave after thinking for a long time.

Ling Zihan still smiled and said "Thank you!"

Shao Hanguang continued: "There are two more things. First, you can hire five followers now."

A gleam flashed in Ling Zihan's eyes.

Of course he knew that after becoming a legionnaire, he would have the right to hire followers.But before I was just a reserve soldier, even if I knew it, it was useless.

Now... different.

Shao Hanguang said earnestly: "Let me tell you briefly. The so-called retinue is just a rule of law stipulated on paper. You can hire anyone according to your actual needs, even hundreds of people... Hehehehe, what I mean As long as you have money, you can do anything."

"The sergeant major's list of followers must be uploaded to the army network as soon as they are hired. They can be members of the army or non-staff personnel."

"There is one thing you must pay attention to: after the list of subordinates is uploaded to the Legion Network, all their actions are related to you. In other words, whether they commit murder and arson, or help the old lady cross the road, or pick up a silver horn on the street and give it to the police This glorious act of kindness is directly related to you."

Ling Zihan understood this deeply: "You mean, I must accept punishment for their evil deeds?"

Shao Hanguang nodded his head as a matter of course: "If someone makes a pennant to express their gratitude for their kind deeds, your name must be indispensable."

"You still have to read the legion manual when you have time. There are detailed explanations for various situations."

Ling Zihan nodded thoughtfully, and asked, "What's the second thing?"

Shao Hanguang said: "According to the old military system, there was no class of sergeant major. At that time, it was called a warrant officer, which means a trainee second lieutenant. After the restructuring, the warrant officer was abolished, and he became the current sergeant major."

"Although the name has changed, the responsibilities have not changed. From sergeant major to above, the headquarters will issue various exclusive tasks, which cannot be refused and must be obeyed unconditionally."

Ling Zihan heard the word "exclusive mission" for the first time: "What does this mean?"

Shao Hanguang explained: "A legion is a militarized group, which means combat missions, the kind that will kill people."

"Of course, don't worry about it. Legion exclusive missions are very profitable, and you will get corresponding rewards if you pay. We will never treat our own people badly."

These words sounded encouraging.

But for some reason, Ling Zihan always felt worried and had a bad premonition.

……

Leaving the reception desk, Ling Zihan walked around outside the office, walked around to the commercial area on the square outside, and walked into the small tent shop with the "Headshot" signboard.

Li Zuqing's cheeks are rosy and round, and she looks very cute just by looking at her upper body.Her skin is very fair, with a wonderful curvature supported by fat like hot steamed buns just out of the cage, which is a real plus.

"Hehe, it's you, little brother! I haven't been here for a while, hehe, why do you want to buy something?" She rubbed her fat palms and walked in front of Ling Zihan with a loud laugh.The mechanical joints of her legs made a unique sound of metal collisions, and the wide soles of her feet, which were twice as large as ordinary people, were obviously mechanical composites. With the cooperation of her burly body and excessive weight, she looked like a towering building that gave people a strong sense of oppression. giant mountain.

"I want to buy some bombs for my son." Ling Zihan didn't hide his intention.

"What kind of caliber? How much do you want?" The fat female shopkeeper was also unambiguous, and she opened her mouth and went straight to the topic of business.

"[-] rounds of general-purpose bullets with a [-]mm caliber, [-] rounds of heavy machine gun ammunition with a [-]mm caliber. There are also [-] rounds of [-]mm shells for me."

Ling Zihan took out a large string of numbers in one breath, and the total amount of more than [-] rounds suddenly shocked Li Zuqing so much that she subconsciously opened her mouth and made an unbelievable sound.

"Damn, so much? Are you kidding me?"

Under normal circumstances, no one would buy so much ammo at once.In this kind of place, the so-called "big customers" are no more than a few hundred rounds at best.Occasionally there is a large demand, but it is only about one thousand, and it will not exceed one thousand and five at the top.

[-] rounds of ammunition, [-] rounds of shells... What does this handsome boy in front of him want to do?
Could it be that he intends to rob the Floating Cloud City Commercial Bank?

Ling Zihan saw through the doubts and worries in her heart, and smiled, his neat and white teeth made him look more friendly and honest.

"I didn't lie to you. I really want to buy a batch of ammunition. Cash transaction, if you want legion substitute points, it's okay, but I don't have too many substitute points."

The three words "substitution point" immediately dispelled Li Zuqing's suspicion of Ling Zihan.Anything can be counterfeited these days, especially currency, and some counterfeit alloys look more authentic than real gold dollars.

Substitution is different.This is the unique electronic currency within the legion. The encryption level of the system is very high. More importantly, the reputation of the legion is there. To some extent, it is even more popular than the gold and silver coins circulating in the market.

Li Zuqing, who was determined in her heart, looked Ling Zihan up and down, and asked happily: "I want so many goods...don't you ask the price before buying something?"

She is doing it for his own good.

This is also a small trick for doing business to deliberately win over the relationship with customers, so that the other party can feel the goodwill shown by them.

Ling Zihan smiled: "I know that your goods here are cheaper than other places. How about it, for the sake of calling you my sister, let me give you a real price."

Li Zuqing didn't answer, she walked slowly to the metal ammunition box next to her and sat down, her mind lost in rapid thinking.

This business is obviously very profitable!

The key lies in the control of profit scale.

People say that the reason why they come to their store to buy goods is because the price is cheap.So [-]% of the shipping price is impossible, otherwise, who would come to your store?Simply go outside to find suppliers from major groups, and there is also a free package delivery service.

A few minutes later, Li Zuqing gave a reasonable price in her opinion: "I can give you a [-]% discount."

Ling Zihan shook his head and objected without even thinking about it: "Too little, six or five is about the same."

"Six five? Hehe, it's so beautiful that your teeth hurt!" The chubby female shopkeeper sneered wildly, and pointed to the open tent curtain behind Ling Zihan: "The door is over there, turn around and go!"

This kind of threatening words has no effect on Ling Zihan: "If you lower it a bit, [-]% off is too high."

Li Zuqing is actually talking about it, and she often does things like testing the other party's psychological bottom line with harsh words, and she is used to it: "That's seven or eight, it can't be lower."

"One price, seventy-five." Ling Zihan seemed very straightforward, he felt that this should be the bottom line acceptable to the other party: "If you think it's okay, we will trade now."

"... Qiliu..." Li Zuqing felt that she could still struggle.In business, no one thinks there is too much money, a little bit is a little bit.

Ling Zihan blinked his innocent and cute eyes: "Is there any difference between five and six? The extra dot will disappear after rounding up."

He immediately added in a magnetic voice: "Sister, you are such a smart person, don't you not understand this truth?"

Li Zuqing felt a little at a loss.Obviously, the idea of ​​punching someone had already appeared in his heart, but he was watched by the pair of watery eyes on the opposite side. The violent factors gradually disappeared inexplicably, and only the idea of ​​obediently obeying the arrangement remained in his mind.

"...Okay...Qiwu..." She sighed.Although the profit is a little less, there is still money to be made.

After a pause, Li Zuqing said seriously: "I don't have so many in stock, you have to wait for a few days."

"How many days?" Ling Zihan was quite sensitive to time.

Li Zuqing thought for a while: "Two days, no more than three days at the latest. I left a call when you came last time, and I will call you when the goods arrive."

Ling Zihan nodded: "I'll give you a deposit of one thousand gold dollars first."

The chubby female shopkeeper looked indifferent: "Don't say it's a thousand, even a few hundred or a few tens are fine. You don't look like a liar."

These words were a bit weird, Ling Zihan couldn't help but secretly slandered: You must have taken a fancy to me, right?
Of course, such words cannot be said.

After the business was settled, Li Zuqing suddenly became interested in Ling Zihan's purchase: "Ask me a question! Why did you buy so much ammunition all at once?"

(End of this chapter)