So Lu Yuan took the exchange list from the other party and glanced at it.
"One ton of timber requires ten kilograms of rice or one kilogram of meat. Well, that's certainly not cheap!"
The man's eyes widened as he pointed to the unit of measurement and exclaimed, "Please, this is tons! It's tons!"
"Of course I know this is a ton, but you don't need to process the timber, and it's all naturally grown. At most, you just cut it down and leave it there, yet you sell it for such a high price! Can't you make it cheaper?"
The foreign man's expression stiffened after hearing this. He was not used to business in China and had only heard of bargaining techniques.
Seeing that Lu Yuan was willing to offer a lower price, the other party hesitated for a moment and said, "How about... for every ton of timber you buy, I'll give you a hundred kilograms of timber as a bonus! What do you think?"
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment: "You only gave me a 10% discount now! I'm going to do big business, how can you even bring up a 10% discount? How about this: ten tons of timber, I'll give you seventy kilograms of rice or seven kilograms of meat! What do you think?"
"What? Ten tons for seventy pounds? You might as well just kill me, or my boss will kill me!"
"Oh? Who's your boss?"
The man regained his composure: "I can't tell you that! All I can say is that I'm currently employed by the US military, and I can't reveal what's going on inside to anyone!"
"Alright! Since you're unwilling to say, I won't force you. How much do you think is appropriate?"
The foreign man hesitated for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "Fine, I don't want to argue with you anymore. I'll tell you my lowest price: one ton of timber, eighty kilograms of rice, or meat of equivalent value. That's my limit!"
Seeing the expression on the man's face, Lu Yuan nodded slightly: "Alright, 20% off it is, but we need to deliver these things in batches!"
A bright smile appeared on the man's face: "Of course, no one is rich. Our soldiers are in dire need of meat right now. If you can get more meat, that would be even better!"
"I can't guarantee that! But when you get back, please pass on a message to your boss!"
"Um... okay! Tell me, I promise I'll bring it!"
"Hmm! Just say that we keep to ourselves and don't interfere with each other. You are outsiders. Although you are powerful, we have an old saying: 'Even a mighty dragon can't suppress a local snake.' No matter how strong you are, if you really provoke us, you'd better think twice! We, China, could defeat you before, and we can do it now!"
As he finished speaking, Lu Yuan surveyed everything like a steel giant, and the imposing aura emanating from him even made the foreigner somewhat intimidated.
"Did you all understand?"
"Understood! I promise I'll bring it!"
"Okay! I'll go back and grab something to eat. You should get back to your work!"
After saying that, Lu Yuan walked towards the camp on the dark ground.
Several children, each holding a bag of rice, gathered around, eager to pick out something new from inside.
But the man suddenly slammed the car door shut and shouted to the children behind him, "I have something to do today, you can do it another day!"
After saying that, he drove off without paying any attention to the children's cries.
...
Combined Island, within the territory of the Lighthouse Country.
The huge conference room was already solemn, with a blond man pacing back and forth at the head of the room.
Suddenly, an image appeared on the big screen.
The screen showed a sea area with several white objects slowly moving away from the center.
"Luther, has the glacier left our area?"
The man wearing headphones skillfully manipulated the computer, and immediately the movement trajectory of the white marker on the TV screen was marked.
"Sir, according to our computer simulations, this glacier is already far away from here!"
The blond man clapped his hands excitedly: "Yay! Great! It seems we can postpone our grain stockpiling plan!"
However, he was still a little uneasy, so he turned to the man next to the computer and asked, "Are you sure that the problem with the glacier is that it has left us and won't come back?"
"Yes, sir, I'm sure. This is the result of supercomputer analysis; there won't be any problems!"
"That's good! Notify all non-commissioned officers to go to the office for a meeting shortly!"
...
At this moment, Lu Yuan walked back and forth in the entire camp for a long time, followed by several children in their teens, each carrying a small basket filled with stones.
Then Lu Yuan squatted down to observe the ground.
Did you bring a shovel?
"No, I can go get it for you! I'm very fast!"
"Okay! Then go quickly!"
The boy nodded, put down the bamboo basket, and ran quickly toward the camp.
Not long after, the boy came running back, panting, with a shovel in his hand.
"Sure, here you go, this is your errand fee!" With that, Lu Yuan took out a bag of beef jerky from his pocket and handed it to the other person.
The other children's mouths watered at the sight, and they hoped that Lu Yuan would ask them to do something else next time.
Lu Yuan picked up a shovel and shoveled away the thick layer of volcanic ash on the ground, until he removed the top layer of soil and exposed the rocks underneath.
The children were puzzled to see Lu Yuan squatting there deep in thought for a long time, but none of them asked him anything.
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