Invincible urban management

Chapter 22. The Big Dump

Modern time and space, a wharf warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of the city

"...Boss Zhou, look, these are some of the imported timber from Mexico that we recently seized..."

Professor Yang Wenli was wearing a neat Septwolves suit, and with a fake customs certificate produced by a special department of national security, he calmly pretended to be a senior customs cadre, and looked at a middle-aged man with a reserved look. The fat man talked eloquently.

Senior Ma Tong was holding a folder and a briefcase, as if she was a secretary by the side.Wang Qiu, on the other hand, was wearing a city control uniform and followed behind with an electric shock baton in his hand.

The client who walked and talked with Professor Yang was named Zhou Mifan, the owner of a medium-sized timber company in this city.

In the industry, this person's background and reputation can only be said to be mediocre, but fortunately, he has been buying materials seized by the customs for a long time, and he can be regarded as an old relationship for more than ten years, so his safety is still guaranteed.

Generally speaking, people who do business with the public will not deliberately inquire too much about the inside story unless they have a stake in it - as the saying goes, the people do not fight with the officials!You, a businessman with no background, want to take advantage of those powerful officials in the government agency. Isn't this courting your own death?

Of course, even if the other party really went to the local customs leader to inquire, they would help to cover up - after some applications and reports, the immediate boss of Political Commissar Yang, the office director who couldn't even mention his name, had already used secret channels I have passed the air with the relevant parties.

In short, after the supply capacity of gold, silver and precious stones has been temporarily exhausted, the various high-quality logs that are abundant in Mexico in different time and space have become the best payment method for this cross-time and space trade.

"...Well, the Mexican drug cartel these days is really insane. They actually have the ability to smuggle arms and drugs into my country on a large scale across the Pacific Ocean. Specifically, it is among these Mexican hardwoods that a dozen Submachine guns and hundreds of kilos of cocaine!"

Professor Yang adjusted his presbyopic glasses on the bridge of his nose, and sighed seriously, his vivid expression could have won an Oscar, "...Fortunately, Skynet has been restored, and the drugs have been seized and destroyed by the police. , The ammunition has also been disposed of. As for the imported wood used to hide drugs, what should we do with it... Hehe, didn't we think of you right away?"

"... Tsk tsk! These seem to be high-end trees with a diameter of more than 120 centimeters and a tree age of more than 300 years!"

Looking at the piles of wood in the warehouse, which are at least the size of 10 containers, Boss Zhou's eyes lit up immediately, and he couldn't wait to run up to check, "... Alas, the drug dealers are just unprofessional, how can they deal with them? Red oak, white oak, and cedar are all mixed together? And even without fumigation and drying, they dare to pack freshly cut raw materials for export...

Uh, these seem to be... are they... Mexican rosewood and Mexican golden sandalwood? !Hiss~~~ It is actually a whole rosewood tree over 1000 years old!This is the first time I've seen it! "

Seeing the surprised look on Boss Zhou's face, Professor Yang and Comrade Wang Qiu immediately exchanged a wink that represented success.

On the other hand, senior sister Ma Tong tried her best to squeeze out a professional smile, and said sincerely, "...Mr. Zhou, you have been in cooperation with our customs for many years, so you got a batch of good things this time. , I thought of you first!

At present, in the market of our province, the price of this kind of white oak is about 3200 yuan per cubic meter, and the price of red oak is even higher. As for the precious wood such as rosewood and rosewood, it is even more valuable.However, since these Mexican hardwoods are raw materials that have not been fumigated, we are willing to sell them to you at 60% of the market price... Mr. Zhou, such a price is actually giving you a big bargain , so we don’t accept bargaining, and require payment in one hand and delivery in the other hand, and the payment for the goods will be deposited into the bank account on the spot.

"...This request is acceptable." Boss Zhou thought for a while, and felt that he would not be at a disadvantage, so he nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "...Is there any more wood of this kind? If all At this price, I would like to buy more.”

Ma Tong and Professor Yang immediately cast a questioning look at Wang Qiu, and then saw the latter nodded in affirmation.

"...no problem!" Ma Tong turned around and assured Boss Zhou with a smile on his chest, "...this is only a small part of the goods seized this time, and there are more goods in other warehouses Here, it will be delivered soon. I just don’t know if you can eat, Boss Zhou... Uh, this is my business card, next time you can contact me directly..."

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The first timber business across time and space was very successful.

About 500 cubic meters of various types of timber were all traded within one day, with a total income of about 350 million yuan.

Even better, unlike the limited amount of gold and silver input, the timber business can be done for a long time.

Although the amount of gold, silver and jewels of the Hongxiutizgan people is limited, the wood resources are almost endless in the land full of dense forests!In the past, when they reclaimed farmland, they would find a day with dry weather, set a big fire, and burn the forest completely, and then level the land among the embers of vegetation, plow and sow—for modern people Said that such an approach is really too wasteful.

Although the native Indians rely on manual operations, the efficiency of logging and transportation is not high.However, due to the 24 times difference in time velocity between the two sides of the wormhole, it is still enough for the logging team on the side of the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom to "quickly" hoard a sufficient amount of wood.

Moreover, the steel axes, saws and high-strength ropes imported in large quantities from modern China also greatly improved their logging progress.

According to Wen Desi's estimation, every 24 days—that is, every day in modern time and space—they can raise about 100 to 500 cubic meters of wood.The reason for such large fluctuations in the supply of lumber is mainly because the busy farming season takes a lot of labor, forcing them out of logging work.And in the tropical rainy season with continuous torrential rain, it is not suitable for this kind of field work.

In order to solve this problem of labor shortage, Wen Desi planned to use steel tools as bait to try to hire members of other tribes as part-time workers.

On the other hand, while the lumber business is good, the shiny gold and silver jewelry is even more alluring after all.

In order to raise the gold, silver and precious stones needed by the traversers, following the instant jump from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, the Hongxiutizgan people quickly transformed from an agricultural nation to a commercial nation—under the strong request of Wen Desi In addition to maintaining the minimum guard force and necessary lumberjacks, all young men and women were sent out in caravans to sell modern products to surrounding tribes in exchange for gold and silver.

In this regard, Chief Awaha said with some embarrassment that although it is the slack season, collecting firewood, burning fire and boiling salt is also a time-consuming and laborious work, and there is not much manpower to be spared—so Wang Qiusuo xing Just took the letter of introduction from the work unit, and directly bought a ton of iodized salt from the salt company in this city on credit, which almost filled the "palace" of the chief... As a result, all objections disappeared.

In this way, in the dry season of 1517, following the thousand crystal skulls that suddenly appeared in the Huexotzingo Kingdom two years ago, there was another frenzy of dumping goods for different time and space, and once again Starting from the settlement of the Hongxiutizgan people, it spread like a flood, and quickly swept across the entire Central American region, causing countless waves.

From the Chichimec tribe in the northern desert to the Mayan city-state in the hot and humid rainforest of the Yucatan Peninsula, the Native Americans in almost every place have discovered many novelties in the markets where they regularly exchanged items. of goods.

The various advantages of the first batch of plastic slippers for the Indians have already been described in the previous article, so I won’t say much here.There are also those brightly colored and printed cloths of various patterns produced in modern times, which are far more fine and compact than the fibers of agave and cotton used by Mexican Indians, and the fabrics are smoother and smoother.

Moreover, the dyeing of these cloths is very firm, even if soaked in mud, it will not fade, so it is deeply loved by women from all over the world.

As for porcelain and glass products, such as cups, rice bowls, plates and teapots, which are produced on assembly lines in modern factories, they are also very popular in the Central American market.In the eyes of the Indians, these beautiful utensils, which are bright or translucent, are more delicate and smooth than jade, and far better than the rough pottery and wooden utensils made by themselves by a hundred times.The only pity is that most of the decorations on these utensils are very strange, and there are many flowers, animals and artifacts that they don't know, instead of the gods they are familiar with.

On the other hand, plastics, which are theoretically more technical, are less popular than porcelain and glass.Although plastic containers are also bright in color, exquisite in workmanship, lighter and more resistant to beatings, they are not heat-resistant enough, and they cannot be cooked directly on the fire.In the eyes of pragmatic Indian housewives, these things are equivalent to more exquisite wooden utensils.

In view of the above market feedback, Wang Qiu and Ma Tong discussed it and immediately launched new products. They also bought a full container of iron pots, aluminum alloy rice bowls, plates and stainless steel lunch boxes from later generations... The market sales were really bad. Hot!

In addition, on the dinner plates of the Central American aborigines, fine salt and sugar as white and delicate as ice and snow appeared, a kind of condiment "mijing" that can make dishes more delicious, and a special kind of barbecue called "mijing". "cumin" spices, as well as various flavors of fruit sugar, nougat and rock sugar...Because it was difficult for humans in the savage age to taste sweet things, and the Indians did not know how to grow sugar cane and sugar (sucrose was originally produced in India), so the sales of these candies are not generally good. It is estimated that the proportion of tooth decay among local children will soon increase significantly.

In addition to fruit candies, Cai Rong, who likes sweets, originally planned to sell some chocolates, cakes and cookies.But the Americas are the homeland of cocoa beans and chocolate. Native Indians have long used cocoa beans mixed with honey and spices to produce natural handmade chocolates without preservatives, so modern chocolates are not attractive enough.As for cookies and cakes... The local climate is extremely hot and humid, and the desserts will become moldy after a short period of time. They cannot be transported long distances, and they can only be distributed to the children of the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom. Try it out...

Next, Wang Qiu and the others dumped a large amount of matches and a small amount of disposable lighters to Central America in this time and space—because there happened to be a match factory near Ma Tong’s home that was on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor business and a broken capital chain. , the boss was so worried that he was about to run away with the money.

So, relying on his three-inch tongue, Ma Tong cleared all the inventory of the factory at the cost price, and placed a big order for the match factory, and the matches he got were full. A full ten containers.However, for disposable lighters for the same purpose, there is no place where they can be purchased cheaply for the time being.

Since matches are a daily consumer product that every tribe needs anytime, anywhere, once they are launched, the market capacity will be astonishingly large - in this era of the earth, no matter how rough and bloody the primitive tribe is, They have already learned how to use fire.Even the Indians in the Stone Age still had to start fires for cooking, light torches for lighting, and use fires to drive away wild animals and so on.

During the sales of matches, the deplorable traffic conditions between various parts of Central America were fully displayed-because all the travelers want to make the market bigger, instead of just doing it with a few "rare treasures" It was a business, so these industrial products were not charged a very scary price.In the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom on the Pacific coast, as long as the aborigines take out a piece of gold the size of a fingernail, they can exchange for a thousand boxes of matches.And when these matches were wrapped in coarse cloth or palm leaves by the native traders of various ethnic groups, put them into rattan baskets, and let the hard-working porters carry them all the way, over mountains and ridges, across the jungle, and traffic them to the Atlantic coast 800 kilometers away. Afterwards, the Mayans living in the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula had to pay the merchants the same amount of gold in exchange for ten boxes of matches that were not affected.

In addition, rubber raincoats that can protect against rain, as well as lightweight and sturdy modern umbrellas, are also popular items.A small mirror that can clearly see every pore on the face has become the most wanted gift of Indian girls.Modern steel needles are also much stronger than fishbone ground bone needles, but to the distress of Indian girls, the cotton and hemp threads they handmade are often too thick to pass through the small holes of the steel needles.However, the traversers immediately and considerately introduced thread balls of various colors and large steel needles for sewing canvas, thus resolving this contradiction.

And the best-selling commodity that makes the indigenous people of Mexico ecstatic are naturally those sharp steel knives.

As I said before, the natives of Mexico are still in the Stone Age, and there are very few decent swords. Even the special machete "Marquawit" of the Aztec warriors is nothing more than a paddle inlaid with obsidian pieces. Just sticks.

Compared with this kind of wooden toys, modern stainless steel kitchen knives, watermelon knives and fruit knives are simply magical weapons!

The only regret is that in order to protect its regime from being overthrown by foreign enemies, the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom must first equip its own people with these steel knives.And even when the children of the Hongxiutizgan people started to nail geckos with fruit knives, according to the strong request of the chief of Awaha, these steel knives were only sold in limited quantities to a few friendly tribes... Finally, Leading to endless smuggling and black market transactions.

In fact, for this kind of underground smuggling, the traversers even had a happy attitude.Because as long as you have the historical knowledge of another world, you will understand that such a self-preserving and self-contained approach is of little use.A few stainless steel kitchen knives can't change the overall strength comparison, but they can be exchanged for attractive gold - and this means more and better knives, and even bombs and explosives.

Moreover, based on his own traditional concept, Chief Avaha regarded the surrounding tribes as potential enemies, but the traversers regarded them as potential allies in the future against Spanish invasion-even if they had to beware, they could not It's too obvious, let alone this time.

Indian tribes everywhere have largely welcomed the influx of these novelties.Only a few old people and priests with particularly stubborn thoughts occasionally persuade everyone not to use these "devil things".

However, these comments were quickly ignored.As the noble warriors of the tribal ruling class, they simply cannot tolerate neighbors and old enemies having better steel weapons, but they do not have them in their own hands-this means mortal danger.More other buyers are pretending not to hear.

But the problem is that the bandit gangs that have been roaming among various tribes and city-states for a long time have also begun to move to the Hongxiutizgan Kingdom, trying to rob caravans many times, and even directly attacking the villages of the Hongxiutizgan people. As a result, a series of small-scale battles broke out... However, these stragglers with stone and bone tools are not yet the opponents of the kingdom's regular army with steel weapons.

In addition, the extremely frequent transportation work during this period also fully tempered Wang Qiu's spatial abilities.

Now, if his spatial ability is fully activated, the limit of moving himself is about 10 meters, and the distance of moving objects has been increased to 20 meters, but he can only aim at a general direction, and the accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

In short, just selling wood and transporting groceries like this, more than half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

In the world where Senior Wen Desi lives, the wheel of history has reached 1518 and is moving forward toward 1519.

—The Spaniards are coming!