My Doomsday Train.

Chapter 46 "What is the price of a slave?"

Stay there overnight.

As daylight dawned, the Star Train roared across the wasteland, speeding towards the coordinates "239, 1923".

The original name of this wasteland before the apocalypse was "Tieling Wasteland", but perhaps because it was too difficult to pronounce, many people preferred to call it "Uninhabited Wasteland" after the apocalypse.

More than four hours later.

The speed of the Star Train gradually slowed down. At the beginning, there was no train to be seen. In the second half of the journey, a few trains could be seen here and there. Now, a train can be seen from time to time. The destination is only one step away.

finally--

When the train stopped, Chen Mang, who was sitting at the control console, looked at the crowd gathered in the wasteland not far away, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

The rally has arrived.

However, no one expected the rally to be so simple, without even a tent or anything. The train conductor and a group of thugs had to walk to the rally to trade. For safety reasons, all trains had to stop at a distance of one kilometer away from the rally.

This rally had no organizer and was completely spontaneously organized based on consensus. He also followed the local customs and stopped the train a kilometer away from the rally. He took Biaozi, Laozhu and three other thugs out of the carriage, while the remaining thugs stayed in the carriage to maintain order and guard against unexpected situations.

Standing on the wasteland, Chen Mang looked back at his train with the help of his cane. With this cane, he could completely control his train remotely.

He has done experiments and found that the control distance can be as far as one kilometer.

In case of any accident, as long as he thought about it, his Star Train could rush to him and take him away from this area.

He had never seen so many trains before. There were as many as forty or fifty trains parked here. He had no idea about the strength of his own trains before. Now, after seeing so many trains, he found that his Star train seemed to be pretty good?
At least twenty trains have not yet achieved full armor coverage.

Is this difficult?

As long as you have a hundred slaves, find a level 1 iron mine, and develop steadily for half a month, you can basically reach his level. Why do there seem to be so many trains that are even uglier than his?

His main trading targets today are two people.

One is a "bloodthirsty bull train."

The other person is "Electronic Music King Train".

Both of them had a lot of spider silk in their hands. He had already agreed with them to meet at the end of the rally. Now he was preparing to take Lao Zhu and a few others for a walk.

"Old pig."

Chen Mang narrowed his eyes slightly as he surveyed the noisy crowd not far away. "You used to be a deputy train conductor. How much do you know about rallies?"

"I don't understand at all."

Lao Zhu shook his head decisively. "To participate in the rally, you basically have to be a Level 2 train, unless you have other channels to obtain the rally coordinates. My previous trains have never participated in the rally, and I haven't even come to see it."

"Let's go."

Chen Mang didn't ask any more questions. He just walked in front with his cane and whispered, "Let's go and take a look."

Biaozi and the remaining three thugs followed behind him with cold expressions, holding Tamron assault rifles.

At a glance.

All train conductors have more or less some thugs following them, with as few as two or three and as many as a dozen. The main source of fighting on a train is not the thugs, but the train itself.

The main work content of the thugs is to explore ruins, search for supplies, patrol and guard, maintain order, carry out small-scale battles, and maintain the safety of the train conductor when the train conductor is traveling.

Sounds a lot more complicated than slavery.

Slaves only needed to be able to swing a pickaxe. Each train conductor maintained a certain distance from the others, avoiding excessive eye contact to avoid misunderstandings. Everyone walked into the gathering in unison, either strolling around or finding an empty seat, writing their tradeable items on a nearby wooden board.

There are only forty or fifty train conductors in total.

It's just a small gathering, and there aren't many options.

The movement route of the rally is very simple, only one line, from north to south.

Many train conductors sit on both sides of the line, waiting for other train conductors to come and trade.

Chen Mang, along with Lao Zhu and a few others, strode into the gathering. The first stall that caught their eyes had two sentences written on a wooden board next to it.
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"Looking for all vehicle parts blueprints of green grade and above. High prices accepted."

"Selling slaves."
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"What's the price of a slave?"

Chen Mang looked at the white-haired old man sitting behind the stall, squatted down and asked. This was the first time he saw such an old train conductor, who looked to be over seventy years old.

The old man who was dozing off looked Chen Mang up and down.

"500 units of iron ore for young and middle-aged people, and 300 units of iron ore for the elderly and disabled."

"The price of a woman varies, ranging from 300 units of iron ore to 1000 units of iron ore."

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Chen Mang narrowed his eyes and calculated. After the apocalypse, the monetary system also collapsed. At present, mainstream resources such as iron ore have become the new trading currency. Everyone needs iron ore, and there is not enough for everyone.

A normal young adult can mine about 10 units of ore every day, which means the payback period is about 50 days.

This is the case if mines can be found within these 50 days.

He felt that the price was a bit high.

The logic here is different from the logic before the end of the world. Businesses that can pay back within 50 days before the end of the world are basically subject to the criminal law, and those that are not subject to the criminal law are all the best businesses.

In the doomsday, there are simply too many uncertainties within 50 days. It is really irrational to pile so much iron ore here without increasing the strength of the train.

So he was quite curious, is there really anyone who would use iron ore to buy slaves?
"If you're interested, I can take you to my train to have a look. The quality is pretty good."

The white-haired old man's eyes rested on the Tamron assault rifles in the arms of Biaozi and others. He cleared his throat with a light cough and began to promote it with a serious expression.

"Brother Train must be quite powerful."

"If you buy in bulk, we can negotiate the price."

"Someone bought a lot of slaves from me last time. I guess they've already left the uninhabited wasteland and headed for areas with richer resources. With so many slaves on hand, if they find a well-located mine, they can make back their investment in just a few dozen days. After that, every day will be pure profit."

"That guy is a man of great ambition. He bought 100 slaves from me at once. They were all the best young men."

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Chen Mang said nothing, but took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and sighed lightly.

He was really curious about who would spend 5 units of iron ore to buy 100 slaves?
With so much iron ore, why not do something else? I could almost have a half-full level 2 train, right? Why buy so many slaves?

From a long-term perspective, it is a sure win.

If you encounter a level 2 iron ore, the payback period will be greatly shortened.

but.
In the doomsday, there are not so many long-term investments. No one knows what will happen tomorrow. The prerequisite for considering long-term investments is to stabilize short-term investments first. If this person is not stupid, then he really has the ability.

(End of this chapter)