Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 19 Creating Best-Selling Products
"The position of a Rogue Trader? How dare they!" Will said sternly.

"Tantos, what else do you know?"

Gao Yi was also very curious. It was impossible for them to know about Ludwig's death.

"You may not realize it just now after leaving the Warp, but you and your fleet are already five years past your estimated return time."

After hearing Tantos' answer, everyone knew what was going on.

Navigating the subspace is full of uncertainty, and the speed of time flow in the subspace is very different from that in the real world. Under normal circumstances, this situation will not happen if you are in a relatively safe channel, but once you encounter subspace turbulence, the time when you return to the material universe will be slightly disordered.

This is also why from time to time, warships that had been missing for hundreds of years and were thought to be destroyed or missing would return from the warp. For the warships in the warp, perhaps only a few years or even months had passed.

"Tantos, collect more intelligence for me, and I will give you the reward you deserve."

"I'm already doing it. I'm honored to serve you! I've already arranged accommodations for you in the King's Court. Please follow my attendants and rest first. I imagine your journey wasn't very pleasant!"

The news of the replacement and return of the Mungat family's traveling merchants spread quickly with Gao Yi's arrival.

Although the Monget Dynasty was not the most powerful dynasty in the expansion area, it was far from comparable to other small dynasties.

Gao Yi's appointment and arrival at his port of residence have an impact on almost everyone here.

The soldiers, wearing combat uniforms, immediately attracted the attention of those who were interested as they walked towards the King's Court.

Looking at the bustling landing port, Gao Yi also saw the presence of some alien races, which was almost impossible to see within the territory of the empire.

After a night's rest, Tantos also sent people to deliver various reports.

The situation in the capital world made Weil eager to return home, so he asked the waiter to wake Gao Yi up before Gao Yi woke up.

Gao Yi reluctantly moved the white arms and thighs that were resting on him, then put on his clothes and went to the reception room.

"My Lord, I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but I think we should return to the capital world as soon as possible."

"Did Tantos mention any intelligence?"

"Agathos has halted all external trade. These short-sighted individuals are severing the dynasty's lifeline. Fleets seeking to trade even saw the flames on the planet, but Agathos refused to allow any of their ships to dock."

"civil war?"

"Although I hate to say it, there may indeed be a civil war in Agathos."

"How long will it take to repair the Golden Horn?"

"This is the most serious problem I want to talk about. It is impossible for the priests and technicians on our warship to repair the entire warship, so we invited the priests in the port of call to conduct an assessment together. However, the result of the assessment is that it will take at least 4 months to repair the warship to the point where it can be safely sailed.

I've asked them if they could speed things up, but you know how pedantic those priests are. Normally, they insist on appeasing every machine spirit during repairs, but the appeasement ritual takes time, which is a major reason for the slow repair process."

Gao Yi was not very worried about the battleship problem. It was a problem that could be solved by spending money. However, the money was not the throne coins or other circulating currencies in the port of residence, but the psychic crystal in Gao Yi's pocket.

Gao Yi believed that with enough SCVs, he would be able to repair the battleships without the help of the Mechanicus, given their powerful performance.

After all, even if the subspace engine is damaged, the repair speed is extremely fast.

Gao Yi even thought that he could make money by relying on the repair ability of SCV. The knights of the Knight Family, the divine machinery of the Titan Legion, or the damaged power armor, terminators, and dreadnoughts of the Space Marines, not all chapters are rich. There are many chapters that are so poor that they can only piece together things or rely on robbing. It's reasonable for me to repair something for you and you to sell me some labor, right?

Of course, this all depends on being strong enough.

After checking the balance of his psychic crystals, Gao Yi directly warped into 100 SCVs, consuming 5000 psychic crystals.

"Have Pavian go to Damon to receive 100 SCVs. We'll repair the battleships ourselves!"

"I'll notify Pavian immediately."

"In addition to the problem of repairing the battleship, there is another very difficult problem." "Difficult?"

"Almost all of our trade goods were lost this time. Most of them were destroyed in the riots. The remaining small amount of goods were contaminated with the aura of the Warp and could not be traded at all. If they were sold secretly, they would easily be spotted by the Inquisition. This would not be worth the loss, so we could only throw all of these goods into the void.

The situation in the capital has also caused many people's trust in our dynasty to plummet.

Originally these problems were not a big deal, similar situations had happened before, but I contacted the Void Alliance that cooperated with Dynasty, but they politely rejected us!

Damn it, they actually dared to reject Dynasty’s request!

We… don’t have enough funds to recruit enough people right now! If a civil war really breaks out in the capital world, we won’t be enough. Hard laborers on the boats are fine, and there are plenty of people who want to join us just to make a living, but what we lack most are technicians and soldiers! And most importantly, astropaths!

After hearing what Weir said, Gao Yi knew that it seemed that many people still lacked the proper trust in him, a wandering merchant.

No...it should be said that some people have doubts about the legitimacy of his position as a traveling merchant. Some people may think that Gao Yi came to power after killing Ludwig.

Some even thought that the Mongols Dynasty would be destroyed in this civil strife?

Gao Yi thought of many difficulties, but the only difficulty he didn't expect was lack of money!
The currency of the Warhammer world is also based on credit. Almost every star zone has its own currency, and this individual currency is likely to lose any value if it is brought to other star zones.

It seems that we have entered the cosmic age, but the most effective way is still barter.

Minerals, weapons, technology, and population are the most valuable hard currencies.

Gao Yi was silent. How could he make money? Was he going to sell the artwork in his room? Or the fixed assets in his port of call? That would be too cheap, right?
If I tell others about it, won’t other wandering merchants laugh at me?

"Do we have other potential trading partners in our port of call?"

"Yes, almost all the famous forces have cooperated with the Dynasty. If we can provide the right goods, no one will refuse us. However, in the past, transactions always chose those fixed trading partners to maximize profits."

"What if we take out the CMC battle suit to trade?"

"Are you sure you want to sell this valuable equipment?"

"No, it's precious to others, but not to us..."

The CMC series combat suits can significantly improve the performance of ordinary combatants and are a force multiplier for any mortal.

Gao Yi believed that as long as he put this kind of thing on sale, there would be plenty of people who would want to buy it, and then use it themselves or crack the technology in it.

But he was not worried.

He already had his own plans in mind.

He planned to sell the combat uniforms, and he wanted to mark the price at a price that would be attractive to everyone.

Of course, the combat uniforms for sale are made of ordinary metal materials, and he plans to use more durable materials to produce the combat uniforms to arm his own soldiers.

The combat uniforms produced by the barracks will have their armor strength improved based on the materials invested.

This will also create a generation gap for the equipment sold, so that those who bought their equipment will not suppress them.

Even if others really crack the technology of combat uniforms and start trying to produce them, they will find that even if they produce at cost price, they will find that the production price is much higher than what Gao Yi sells, and this is still ignoring the yield rate.

If this is the case, what is the point of producing it yourself? You need to build a production line, train personnel, and have labor costs, time costs, and initial investment. It is better to buy directly from Gaoyi!

The barracks only needed to be filled with metal, and without any manipulation, they could steadily produce goods, with a 100% yield rate! This was something no one else could ever achieve.

Gao Yi intends to make the combat suit the flagship product of the Monget Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)