As it turned out, Chen Yan's idea was very correct.
After traveling with Zhu Benren's caravan for almost a day, with Zhu Benren's enthusiastic and detailed introduction, Chen Yan and the other members of the small group had a generally comprehensive understanding of the situation in the area occupied by the Kahn Company.
In addition to the areas occupied by Kahn Company, Zhu Benren also did not hide any valuable goods that could be purchased in the survivor settlements in various areas of Shandong Province.
No matter what Zhu Benren's ideas were, with his dedicated answers, the cost for Chen Yan and the small group to obtain relevant information was greatly reduced.
According to Zhu Benren, the cargo his caravan carried this time was mainly the crab shells of iron-clad crabs.
The production areas are basically the survivor forces in the north and east of Shandong Province, close to the coastline.
Because unlike Qindao City in the south, the cities in the north and east of Shandong Province did not over-develop the coastal landscape before the catastrophe broke out.
The core areas of the cities are not located on the coast, so after the catastrophe, the most dangerous core ruins of several cities are a certain distance away from the coastal areas.
This led to many survivors simply gathering around the coast and setting up camps.
Although areas near the coastline are equally dangerous and one will always encounter various mutant creatures living in the sea water, it is a good thing for the survivors as long as there is no large gathering of mutant creatures.
After living for a long time and getting used to the characteristics and rhythm of marine mutant creatures, the survivors are often able to maintain their daily lives by hunting marine mutant creatures.
Not only can the mutated creatures be eaten, but the materials from many of them can also be sold to passing caravans in exchange for other daily supplies they need, even weapons.
In addition, living on the coast makes it relatively convenient to make salt. Apart from the greater risk and the risk of death, there are no other major problems.
The above factors combined make the survivors on the coast often richer and live better than the survivors inland.
The relatively abundant resources allow the survivor forces on the coast to support more awakened people. In terms of the number and quality of awakened people, they also have a clear advantage over the survivor forces inland.
Of course, these differences are limited to forces below the micro level.
At the level of small forces, natural resources can no longer play a decisive role.
What can truly influence the development of small and larger forces and changes in the situation is always the inheritance, reproduction and latest research results of pre-war technology.
Facts have proved that even if the world has become a devastated wasteland, science and technology are still the primary productive forces.
The ironclad crab shells purchased in large quantities by Zhu Benren's caravan are this kind of product.
As one of the most common mutant creatures in the northeastern coastal area of Shandong Province, the weight of an adult iron-clad crab can often grow to more than 700 kilograms.
Although hunting is quite difficult, only awakened people can try to attack the iron-clad crab by cooperating with each other, but as long as the hunt is successful, the harvest will be extremely rich.
A 700-kilogram iron-clad crab can often produce no less than 150 kilograms of crab meat.
These crab meats can be mixed with the mutated kelp and seaweed that naturally float onto the beach, as well as the edible mutated plants that can be found near the camp, to make a relatively delicious meat pie.
Apart from its average ability to fill the stomach, the taste and nutrition it can provide are far superior to the homemade wheat cakes at the Blackthorn Camp.
The crab shells after the crab meat has been removed can be sold directly to traveling merchants in exchange for various weapons and other supplies and utensils necessary for daily life.
The reason why merchants purchased these crab shells was because Kahn Company had an extremely strong demand for these crab shells and the purchase price they offered was quite attractive.
According to Zhu Benren's explanation, by grinding the iron-clad crab shell into powder and mixing it with certain additives, it can be used to make armor with protective capabilities even better than steel plates.
Compared with steel plates, this armor made of crab shells as the main material is not only much lighter and thinner, but also has quite surprising toughness and ductility.
Whether it is lightweight individual armor or heavy vehicle armor, the protective performance that can be achieved is qualified.
Although it is not as good as specially developed alloy armor, compared with the extremely expensive special alloys, the cost of crab shell armor is almost negligible for a large force like Kahn Company.
It can be used to mass-produce grassroots soldiers within armed companies, or it can be sold directly to free mercenaries in occupied areas after production.
The low cost gives crab shell armor an unparalleled cost-effectiveness advantage!
The crab shell armor is just one of the cheap weapons and protective gear specially developed by Kahn Company based on the characteristics of various mutant creatures.
In Zhu Benren's words, almost all the caravans stationed in the area occupied by Kahn Company are constantly traveling back and forth between Kahn Company and the various survivor strongholds within its sphere of influence in accordance with Kahn Company's needs, and continuously transporting the valuable outputs from each survivor stronghold to Kahn Company.
These outputs are cyclical and seasonal, and there are often different caravans wanting to do the same business. In the process of traveling for business, they often face all kinds of bizarre competition.
False business wars are illegal and deadly, while real business wars are legal but sick.
In order to ensure its own interests are not harmed, to prevent large caravans from monopolizing trade routes and secretly manipulating the prices of various materials, the Kahn Company has formulated very strict caravan management regulations.
Intimidated by the powerful armed forces of the Kahn Company, the caravans that make a living within its sphere of influence basically dare not openly violate the regulations.
Even when competing with each other, they only dare to do some small and shameful moves behind the scenes.
"Brother Chen, since you're also joining the caravan competition, as someone who's been through this, I have to give you a warning. Be extremely careful of any seemingly unfounded good intentions! The area occupied by the Kahn Company is no different from other small or medium-sized survivor strongholds. The situation inside is extremely complex. If you're not careful, you might fall into a trap set for you."
Zhu Benren opened his mouth and gave a warning.
It was already evening and it was almost dark.
However, the group did not plan to spend the night in the wilderness. Because Zhu Benren often took this road, he was very sure that there was a survivor stronghold not far ahead.
But compared to ordinary survivor bases, the situation in that base is a little special...
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