Qian Su felt a bit bewildered.

The outcome was completely different from what she had expected.

All her skills were in bargaining and the knowledge and experience she had accumulated in the weapons field. She originally thought that as the company gradually expanded its industries and based on her familiarity with people and active participation in various company events, she should have a chance to become a weapons consultant.

So she had been staying in Building No. 2 of Jade City after the spring, not in a hurry to go out and sell goods.

But no news came.

Qian Su was beginning to wonder if Zhou Yi, the Heavenly Person, had forgotten about her?

Or was it deliberate, did he enjoy keeping her in suspense like this?

The hobbies of Heavenly People are hard to say.

So Qian Su deliberately loafed around the neighborhood every day, so that the other party could see her. She opened the carriage of her partner's vehicle, pretending to check the cargo inside.

By the warm days of summer, Zhou Yi finally noticed her.

Qian Su had gone to great lengths to finally fix the high-speed cannon on the scrapped armored car.

Then he said, "You'll be the person in charge of the Express Center."

The reason was also strange.

The black-haired and black-eyed Heavenly Person said seriously, "You drive Mission everywhere to deliver goods, right? You must have accumulated a lot of experience in this area. What we're going to do now is exactly that."

"Currently, there are smooth shipping and rail transportation between the cities, but there's no point-to-point express across the Dead Sea for individual users. We need to speed up delivery times to individual users."

Qian Su murmured, "Doesn't the company consider the weapons business at all..."

"The express delivery here is more important."

Zhou Yi waved his hands, "Apart from some specific large cities, the orders in medium and small cities are more scattered, so Mechanical City prioritizes satisfying the large cities that have more concentrated and numerous orders. But with limited transportation units, back and forth, the whole process becomes very long."

"The company has already negotiated with Recursive City, and we'll be responsible for undertaking part of their small parcel delivery, covering the area around us within 600 kilometers, involving 9 major cities. Recursive City will make declarations to these cities, to inform them of our formal cooperation. The 'Wasteland Express' of our Express Center will replace Recursive City in delivering small parcels externally."

He added, "Our cooperation with Recursive City is under a revenue-sharing agreement. For every small parcel delivery order, the delivery fee is 50 Light Seeds, with a 28% split between the company and Recursive City, yielding a profit of 40 Light Seeds per order."

"30% of the express earnings will be at your Express Center's discretion, meaning you'll get to freely use 12 Light Seeds for each order, but you need to hire your own deliverymen and cover your own expenses."

"The orders Recursive City has given us this month total 37, which means you could earn 444 Light Seeds."

Zhou Yi looked straight at her, "Any problems?"

Qian Su initially had many questions.

But since it was so profitable, she felt there were no problems.

Then she drove to Zhanjiang Bay No. 1, where she saw her deliverymen subordinates.

Four impressively large Bone Fish.

They were surprisingly obedient, and through the training and feeding from fry to current size on the Breeding Platform, and also having been evaluated by Recursive City, they had been deemed as working individuals of the Guangna Species.

Agricultural consultant Zheng Tao introduced them to her one by one.

"This is 'Hercules,' the one with the strongest comprehensive ability and the best endurance."

"The biggest one is 'Hercules,' capable of swallowing and transporting the most goods in a single go."

"'Fast Feet' is the fastest, reaching speeds of 60 kilometers per hour, but can't maintain this for long periods."

"Then there's 'Big Mouth,' which has the widest jaw opening. Some items that are bulky and can't be taken apart can be given to it."

Zheng Tao explained, "These are the first batch of Bone Fish deliverymen, and they are very obedient. But you need to feed them plenty of Chicken Bones and shells to keep them motivated; they also get tired from all the running around."

Qian Su committed this to memory.

She tried touching these domesticated Bone Fish and found them to be very gentle; they just lazed on the platform deck, basking in the Sun.

"Uncle Zheng, how do I issue commands to them, so they recognize me?"

"That's easy."

Zheng Tao taught her with a smile, "You feed them. As long as you feed them and spend time with them, they will recognize you."

"It's actually more about a kind of group recognition. Bone Fish aren't very intelligent. They just know that if you're feeding them and not hurting them, showing them kindness, then you're trustworthy. Mainly, since their birth, they've seen humans feeding them, so they are quite close to humans."

Qian Su suddenly realized.

No wonder they were completely different from wild Bone Fish, without that wary wildness.

"There's also a technical secret here."

Zheng Tao picked up a bucket next to him and spoke in a low voice, "That's our special fish feed. It contains Chicken Bones, shells, Insect Armor Shells, and, most importantly, Wise Mushroom."

"The Insect Armor Shells were a method Sun Chonglai and I tried. Those broken shells can't be used to make Armor and shields, but the Bone Fish like them a lot. Hercules ate it, and afterwards, there was a clear improvement in bone strength. So although it is the youngest, it has the highest comprehensive ability among them."

"Wise Mushroom can reduce their wildness and impatience, help them better remember and grasp training content, and also get along with people more easily."

Qian Su began to gradually take over the work.

She first tied a locator to each of the four deliverymen and connected it with Mission, so that through her partner, she could always see their activity trajectory.

The destination of the first order was closest to Steel Refining City.

The list provided by Red Kestrel showed that Steel Refining City had ordered a batch of Light Imprints from Recursive City.

This batch of Light Imprints included "E-1 High Temperature," "E-1 Propulsion," and "E-1 Shock Absorption," a total of 52 pieces, split into two orders.

The orderers were the Steel Refining Lord and the local Craftsmen Guild.

The precision and stability of the Mechanical-Electrical Light Imprint are high, so many Human Cities manufacturing Light Imprint Devices still opt for the Mechanical-Electrical Light Imprint over the Craftsmen Light Seal.

The Mechanical-Electrical Light Imprint was sealed in iron sheet boxes, containing a series of processed copper wire light spines and block-shaped Solidified Light Walls, along with simple installation blueprints. As long as one followed the blueprints, heating the Light Wall for shaping and then fixing the Light Spine on top, the installation is fairly straightforward.

So craftsmen and magicians alike preferred this sort of high-quality merchandise.

Qian Su understood immediately upon seeing them that these three Light Imprints were meant for steel smelting. If one tried to save costs blindly in mining and smelting, it would not only cause heavy casualties among the workers, but also lead to inferior steel quality that couldn't fetch a good price in the market.

She arranged for the strong to make the delivery.

It took 11 hours and 27 minutes for the strong to return safely.

Recursive City notified the customers to wait at the port outside Steel Refining City in advance, warning them that any consequences of nobody being there to receive the goods would be borne by the customers themselves. Since neither the Steel Refining Lord nor the Craftsmen Guild were entities to be trifled with by the common folk, nobody dared to claim the goods unlawfully. Both customers also signed for their deliveries.

To further confirm the identities of the recipients, the only solution Qian Su could think of was to hire local help specifically for verification and signing.

The second target was Shell City.

The goods were successfully delivered there as well.

Next, were a few cities in the south and west.

Qian Su couldn't handle it all alone, so she asked Zheng Tao to bring Zheng San over.

Now that Uncle Zheng had fully recovered, he didn't really need a servant to attend to him at all times.

Zheng Tao was quite pleased, "For you to value him is his luck and fortune. Zheng San, you must diligently work under Miss Qian Su. Watch carefully, learn carefully, got it?"

"Got it, Master."

Zheng San said to Qian Su, "Miss, I'll do whatever you tell me to do."

"Don't call me Miss. Call me Director at work."

"Yes, Director."

Zheng San's efficiency and dedication in his work exceeded Qian Su's expectations.

He took care of the deliverymen, checked their physical conditions, could read, and understood orders and lists. He could even complete the daily paperwork records independently.

With Zheng San sharing the routine tasks, Qian Su mainly checked the radar tracking charts for the partners' missions, making sure the four deliverymen didn't encounter any difficulties on the road.

She quickly found Zhou Yi and applied for an office space for the express center next to the breeding platforms.

Jade City used their structures to set up a ring of enclosures here, with most of the rooms serving as warehouses containing goods shipped back from Recursive City and destined for various locations.

Two days later.

Qian Su hired another person to specifically manage the warehouse, as the goods from Recursive City were all too valuable to lose.

This person, named Ah Wei, was a worker on the dam whose Light Soot collection was always among the best, showing his efficiency at work and his strong motivation to earn money.

Initially, Ah Wei was reluctant, "Anyone can guard a warehouse. I get paid by the amount I do here, plus bonuses."

"Minimum monthly salary of 12,000, with additional monthly profit-sharing."

The other party immediately showed a smile, "Director, you really know how to read people! I'm indeed suited for guarding the warehouse!"

After the express center opened, just half a month had passed when Recursive City sent another 30 orders.

Excluding local Sand Port City, nearby Steel Refining City, and Shell City, other cities were all about 500 kilometers away, requiring a whole day for the deliverymen to make a round trip.

Bone Fish needed adequate rest in between jobs, or else they would become extremely tired and unsustainable.

Qian Su found herself in a predicament she'd never experienced before.

Too many orders.

She was making money faster than she could handle.

Under her constant urging, Zheng Tao's side sent two more Bone Fish deliverymen, just in time to fill the gap.

It was an exceptionally busy month.

The entire express center worked overtime to barely complete a total of 67 orders.

Zhou Yi also timely handed Qian Su a Guangna Box, which contained her share of 804 Light Seeds.

She earned more this month than in the past three years, which seemed to sweep away all her fatigue.

Zhou Yi found her again and brewed her a bowl of instant noodles.

"Recursive City is extremely satisfied with Wasteland Express and hopes to establish a fixed express route from 'Recursive City—Express Center—Coral Port'."

"There's a large quantity of small goods at Coral Port, with a great demand for delivery. Once Recursive City and Coral Port are linked by a fast-track through the Dead Sea, our Wasteland Express would virtually monopolize the small goods delivery service here."

Slowly eating the noodles, the other party said, "Sea God can take the deliverymen for a couple of runs first, to confirm the location and mark the routes... It's just that the volume of orders will be a bit overwhelming, and I can't provide exact numbers."

"Can the express center handle it?"

Qian Su sucked in a mouthful of noodles with vigor, "We can handle it!"

Only a fool would pass up the chance to make money!

Coral Port was a major trade hub in the south, a sizable Mechanical City. If they could take on its small goods delivery, the express center could directly hit the fast track and take off.

Qian Su was fired up now.

She turned around and invited Bone Man Jacob to join, tasking him with the training and cultivation of deliverymen, as well as keeping up with the Bone Fish's conditions to ensure their health.

Then, she poached a few company employees to work at the express center and streamlined the entire workflow.

Finally, Qian Su boarded the Sea God with the deliverymen and headed to Coral Port to handle the partnership there.

Just a while ago, she was living uneventful days.

But now, suddenly, things picked up speed.

Every businessperson knows that you sometimes only get one or two chances in life.

Qian Su had only one thought.

She was going to make enough money to retire during this rare opportunity!

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