Chapter 642
An airship was indeed great .
When they saw NAC's steel airship and the supply blimp sending ammunition six hundred kilometers away, all the merchants travelling at the Sixth Street acutely observed this point .
Due to the six hundred kilometers distance to transport from Hucheng to Wanghai, the raiders or mutants along the way would usually cause sizable damage to the merchant fleets . Based on the road condition of the wasteland, anything sold in Wanghai from Hucheng would cost at least double .
But with the existence of an airship, the situation would drastically be different .
Some merchants even considered ordering a few private airships from the Sixth Street military factory . While they didn't have the money for the steel version, the normal blimp version would be fine .
But the only obstacle was helium, because of the nuclear fusion power station, helium was abundant before the war . But today after the war, obtaining helium was as difficult as ascending into the air . Without helium and the hydrogen blimp being too dangerous; they had to put a hold on the idea for now .
In NAC, helium was a strategic resource .
Fortunately, UA in the modern world was dumping helium to the market .
As the strategic reverse for blimps, UA's helium strategic reserve built in 1925 consisted of 30% of the world's helium reserve . But followed by the blimp making an exit from military operations, the reserve cost a large maintenance bill per year . Therefore, the Congress made the decision to sell all the helium 15 years ago . And this decision made helium in the global market extremely cheap with price twenty times below its actual value .
And because of this, Jiang Chen could obtain large amounts of helium to aid the production in the apocalypse .
But if the production of commercial blimps was made available, the liquid helium he brought from the modern world would not be enough . There were approximately five hundred merchant fleets that conducted trade across long distances at the Sixth Street . If they were to maintain five hundred blimps, the helium consumed per day would be enough to build another airship .
Before the helium production could be resolved, Jiang Chen had no plan to make the helium reserve available .
After discussion with Chu Nan, NAC decided to establish two air transportation cargos between Wanghai and Hucheng with two new 300 tons large blimps . This route would be a supplement to the land trade route to provide transportation service for the larger companies .
The blimps would also provide direct transportation to the survivors traveling between the two locations with a cost
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Five days passed since Guru Tribe ceased to exist .
Empire and Federation maintained their stalemate across the river, Donggang Plantation insurgents desperately tried to hold their ground with the siege of Empire's army .
With NAC's arrival, the entire Hucheng turned into a mess .
Contrary to Empire's chaotic state, NAC controlled territory was pleasant . Golden River Farm resumed its production with the slaves of mutated humans turned into the owner of the land and began building houses in NAC's designated area .
Inside the farm, businessmen in suits could be occasionally seen accompanied by a few mercenaries . They were mostly investors of the Sixth Street and luckily purchased land from the bank . The moment they obtained their land permit, the merchants all hopped on to the newly opened airship route and headed to Hucheng six hundred kilometers away .
Brought along with them were concrete, steel, graphene pipelines, and other construction materials . The walls of Golden River Farm were reinforced and a small market sprouted from the ground . The seed of order was planted; it wouldn't take long before prosperity began to germinate .
While Golden River Farm was undergoing its rebuilding phase, Empire under tremendous stress finally sent an ambassador out to Jiang Chen, expressing their desire for freedom . However, Jiang Chen with an advantage would not agree .
"Get your Emperor to see me, perhaps I will let him keep his palace and let him continue to be the emperor of that arena . Or else, tell him to pray . " This was what Jiang Chen told the ambassador who was kneeling on the ground .
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