American Comic Dimensional Trading Device

So in April of that year, with Truman's approval, the Dutch people's urgent request, and the Javanese knowing nothing about the situation, Josie went to Amsterdam and was conferred a title by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, becoming the Governor of Sulawesi and a hereditary count of the Netherlands, thus gaining the authority to wield sole military and political power over Sulawesi.

After bestowing the title upon Josie, Queen Wilhelmina formally abdicated, passing the throne to her daughter, Queen Juliana.

That's good; the successor king has no right to strip away the hereditary title conferred by the former king.

Now Josie has no more worries.

So, just a few days after he bestowed the title, several newly launched Austrian frigates and the cruise ship Margot, now flying the Dutch flag, left the port and headed towards Asia. Well, the Prinz Eugen, as a warship with special significance, is a symbol of the Austrian Navy and would absolutely not be used for escort duties. This is not Josie's superstition, absolutely not.

Two chapters totaling 7,500 words, still failing to reach 10,000 words per day; I deserve to die a thousand deaths.

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Chapter 196 Buying a Robot

"Josie, the five million robots you requested are ready. To be honest, even if I wanted to collect that many robots at once, it would be a very difficult thing, so nearly three million of them are second-hand. However, it doesn't affect their use, so please don't mind." Lawrence said after trading five million NS robots to Josie in the video communication of the trading device.

He wasn't trying to fool Josie. Although in my robot world, almost all the robots in the world are produced by the American robot company controlled by Lawrence, preparing five million robots wouldn't be very difficult.

However, the production of robots takes time, as do the production of various raw materials and equipment; they cannot simply be produced out of thin air.

Josie only gave them a week, which is simply not enough time to produce new ones.

So even including warehouse inventory and new production, Lawrence only managed to gather two million new robots.

However, these two million are all the latest NS-5 series models that have resumed production.

Although the super AI Wiki almost triggered an AI crisis using the NS-5 robot, the main problem still lies with Wiki. Apart from the hardware upgrade, the NS-5 robot's basic functions are the same as the previous models, except for the control by the super AI Wiki, and it does not affect its use.

However, the remaining three million can only be supplemented by second-hand parts of older models.

These were all eliminated for various reasons and were originally intended to be discarded.

Why discard them instead of dismantling them? Just look at the car graveyards and airplane graveyards in the United States. On the one hand, dismantling is too costly, and on the other hand, if there is a special need, they can be reused after a little repair.

For example, in this situation where Josie urgently needs the goods.

"The 100,000 military robots you requested are also in there. They're in those red trucks. Once they've been DNA verified, they'll only obey your commands. Also, this data disk contains the operating programs for the military robots," Lawrence added quietly before Josie could answer.

Actually, he had already turned off the smart sensor devices in the room before talking to Josie. Moreover, the new artificial intelligence that the company has started using, although not as smart as Wikipedia, at least won't cause any more trouble, so there is no need to lower his voice.

Once bitten, twice shy; Lawrence is still a little traumatized, hence his current attitude.

After all, if he hadn't been lucky enough to be selected by the interdimensional trade beacon, he would probably be dead by now, just like his old friend Dr. Lanny.

“Of course I understand that. As long as it works, that’s fine. Besides the agreed-upon transaction fee, those extra blue containers contain vibranium. I think you, now that you’ve become a super soldier, will like that!” Josie wasn’t surprised by what Lawrence said. As a businessman, Josie naturally understood that industrial production wasn’t such a simple matter, even though the technology in Lawrence’s world was already very advanced, and human labor had been largely replaced by robots, with work efficiency reaching its peak.

However, considering all aspects such as raw material procurement, storage, and transportation, it is still not a simple matter.

This is why, even though he had already obtained the robot production technology from Lawrence, he didn't produce them himself but instead bought ready-made ones from Lawrence.

Because the first generation of robot production lines in Austria were still just blueprints.

Although Josie had already used the technical data obtained from Yuri to teach the Austrian scientists and engineers about fighter jets, the technical data he obtained from Lawrence was far more advanced than the previous data.

Even with the government's mobilization and the collective efforts of various scientists in Austria, it is simply impossible to fully grasp so much technical information in a short period of time.

Moreover, even if you want to follow the same model, you have to make sure that the basic industries keep up first.

Therefore, in this situation, if Josie wants enough robots, she can only purchase them from Lawrence.

The situation is also not good in Yuri's world. Although Yuri has restored a decent industrial system, there is still too little labor force. So, let alone helping Josie produce, he also wants to purchase some for himself.

However, Josie himself was unsure whether the first batch of five million would be enough, so he naturally couldn't sell it to Yuri or other dimensions.

For similar reasons, Josie had already anticipated that Lawrence might not be able to deliver all the goods.

To everyone's surprise, Lawrence actually managed to collect them all. Even though three million of them were older models, Josh didn't mind as long as they were usable.

As for the purpose of purchasing so many robots? Of course, it's for developing Java, which is about to be acquired.

He disliked the Javanese aborigines and planned to drive them to the surrounding lands. The Indians who were to be migrated there numbered only tens of thousands. What were they going to do with that?

Germans? They were used as military personnel, and their numbers were limited. It's impossible to have them undertake military tasks while also doing infrastructure work.

Austrians? Austria itself is currently facing a labor shortage.

Moreover, Josie did not intend to involve too many Austrians in Java, as this would raise concerns among neighboring countries such as Britain, the Netherlands, Australia, and the United States.

As for the number of Xia descendants living on this land, although there were quite a few, it was only about two million at this time, far less than the number in later generations. Compared with the total population of four or five million in Java and its vast land area, it was a drop in the ocean.

Since that's the case, then we'll have to use robots.

It obeys commands, is highly efficient, and is easy to hide.

As for the 100,000 military robots, it goes without saying. Although Germans were hired as mercenaries, and a large number of personnel from Austria and Blackwater International were specially placed in the command system for easy control, Josie still could not completely trust them.

Especially when it is necessary to do something special, it is not appropriate for human armies to step in.

As for me, there is no doubt that there are military robots in the robot world.

Why did the military take so long to appear when WikiLeaks started his uprising in the movie, and why did a policeman have to save the world? It's because the military robots in the army were also controlled by WikiLeaks, disarming the military.

So the military only made a brief appearance at the very end of the film.

"This is vibranium? Oh... this is such a beautiful metal!" Lawrence waved his hand, and a transparent container about the size of a bucket, filled with some blue substance, appeared in his hand. It was vibranium ore.

When the transaction was first completed, Lawrence only glanced at the transaction list on the system and did not notice that vibranium was in it. After all, Josie mainly used it to trade a large quantity of metal raw materials.

Although human spaceflight technology had made great progress in Lawrence's time—for example, there is a scene in the movie where a large screen on the street advertises the interstellar travel of the new space shuttle X-82—

However, after learning more about it, Josie discovered that the so-called interstellar travel only goes as far as Saturn, and it takes a very long time, basically more than a year for a round trip.

Undoubtedly, this speed is already very fast compared to the technological level of Josh's previous world, but for a true interstellar civilization, it is still in its infancy.

This has led to the fact that although Earth now has a certain ability to develop other planets in the solar system, the cost is still extremely high. Only the Moon is relatively close and the price is relatively low, but it is still more expensive than what is produced on Earth.

Therefore, for Lawrence, abundant and relatively inexpensive metal resources still held great value.

As for Josie, mineral resources are the least of his worries. Every year, through his trade with Daenerys and Yuri, apart from some local specialties, the most abundant items he acquires are various rare metal minerals, also known as rare earths, and they are all finished metal ingots that have undergone preliminary smelting.

After several years of development, Daenerys's territory in the Game of Thrones world has basically achieved early industrialization, and various minerals have naturally begun to be mined in large quantities.

Yuri's world is even more so; it's basically a primitive Earth.

These resources have saved Josie's companies, especially those in Austria, a significant amount of costs and earned them substantial foreign exchange—one of the reasons why Austria's economy is growing faster than that of the United States.

Otherwise, according to the normal laws of economic development, even if Austria, with its relatively scarce resources, had the technology, it wouldn't have been able to develop so quickly.

Now, these relatively inexpensive mineral resources are equally important to Lawrence.

For example, in this transaction, there were dozens of rare metal resources used as payment for the robots, so Lawrence would not have noticed the vibranium mixed in if Josie hadn't pointed it out.

With Josie's reminder, Lawrence only needed to think, and vibranium appeared in his hand.

"I'm never stingy with good business partners! Keep it up, Lawrence, produce as many robots as possible. How much you can earn from me before my own robot production line is fully operational is up and running!" Josie said with a smile, reminding Lawrence who was obsessed with vibranium.

This isn't because Josie is stupid and deliberately gave Lawrence money.

Rather, business is about give and take; one-sided dumping is not a good thing, and you should always give the other party something in return.

Moreover, for a considerable period of time to come, Lawrence World's formidable industrial production capacity is indeed what Josie needs.

"I understand. I will build more production lines as soon as possible to increase the output of robots!" Lawrence understood what Josie meant and immediately made a promise.

The massive amount of raw materials acquired in this transaction is enough to allow the company to take robot production to the next level.

"Boss, the plane is about to land!" Vito's voice came from outside the door at that moment.

That's right, Josie wasn't on the Margot cruise ship at that moment, but on a small plane flying from Australia to Atauro Island.

The Margot and its escort fleet were just a decoy; there were neither weapons nor soldiers on board.

The hired troops would then be transported in batches to Atauro Island, north of East Timor, next to Java, via aircraft mobilized by Continental Airlines—with fast and large jet airliners and transport planes available, who would be stupid enough to use ships to transport troops?

Of course, the reason why this can be done is mainly because Josh has a system warehouse, so he doesn't need to transport the various military supplies needed for the war through normal channels. As long as the people are sent there, he can go there and put the supplies out, and then arm them on the spot.

He still hasn't sold off all the massive amount of American equipment he acquired at the end of the war.

The population of Daenerys' world is so small that even with constant conquests, her army only numbers in the millions, which is far too small to handle so much equipment.

Furthermore, with the progress of industrialization, Daenerys also began to manufacture some weapons on her own. Although the industrial level was not up to standard and she could not produce the level of World War II weaponry, it was still relatively easy to produce the level of 19th century weaponry, which was more than enough to equip some second-line troops.

Therefore, Josie's biggest client in the arms industry has now become Chae Rim, whose army is constantly expanding in the world of God and Demon.

However, in Chae Rin's world, she can also produce equipment from World War I, so she only buys some equipment from Josie for her own troops. As for other newly recruited troops, they use old World War I equipment from this world.

Therefore, of the massive amount of American equipment that Josie had previously acquired, only one-third remains, enough for at least a million people, and there is a trend of unsold stock.

The number of German mercenaries recruited by Blackwater International for the Java War was only a few hundred thousand, which was still far from enough to use them all.

But it's okay, we can sell it to little Abidis when he grows up.

Orcs are brave and skilled in battle; one can fight three human soldiers at once.

Haha, let's bombard his mother with cannons.

Since the game can bring out the entire Iron Tribe.

So it wouldn't be unreasonable for Josie to help Abidis Jr. build the entire Iron Alliance, would it?

Wrath of the Lich King, huh? Then let's get the robots.

This is a good opportunity to see which disaster, the first or the second, is stronger.