Becoming an Emperor Starting from the World of The Wandering Earth

Chapter 71 Precision All-in-One Machine

Although exoskeletons have long been widespread, and even some large companies are using engineered exoskeletons.

The ability to use something doesn't necessarily mean it can be produced, especially a high-quality one like A1-1.

After several rounds of negotiations, Murphy agreed to supply Texas Heavy Industries with twenty A1-1 exoskeletons each month, and Texas Heavy Industries would deduct the payment in the form of heavy trucks, armored vehicle chassis and processing equipment at the agreed price.

This deal was a win-win situation for both parties.

With a little modification, those heavy trucks can be used as armed personnel carriers, and even old Johnson has started thinking about how to install weapon stations and reactive armor on them.

Howard also benefited, acquiring twenty A1-1s, which would elevate his combat capabilities to a new level.

In addition to Texas Heavy Industries, another well-known logistics company in Texas, Longhorn Transportation, also took the initiative to visit them.

Their condition was that they wanted to hire Murphy's armed men to provide full escort, and Murphy, of course, readily agreed to the free credits offered to him.

Murphy also investigated this longhorn cattle transport company.

The company owns hundreds of freight trucks and has been operating for decades, possessing the most comprehensive highway network and checkpoint information in the entire state of Texas.

If it weren't for Murphy's actions, which have caused such turmoil in Texas, with gangs causing trouble everywhere, the state would be in such a state now.

Their company's security department has reached its limit and will not seek cooperation at all.

The final terms were agreed to be settled per trip, with fares 30% lower than the market price, but Longhorn Cattle would have to access their road condition database.

The other party's boss was also straightforward and agreed without any hesitation.

And similar situations continue to occur.

Less than a week after the cooperation with the Longhorn cattle transportation company was finalized, three more logistics companies followed suit and approached them.

None of them are as large as Longhorn Cattle, but together they have more than two hundred trucks.

These business owners had simple demands: they were willing to follow Longhorn's terms, provide road condition data, and pay per trip, only asking that Murphy's armed escort cover all their transport routes.

Murphy neither agreed to everything nor refused everything.

Many food processing companies have also approached us.

After news of Lone Star Agriculture spread, several small and medium-sized enterprises in Austin that produce meat products and canned goods also sent people over to test the waters.

Their conditions were far worse than Lone Star's; they had no decent technology and no logistics channels to exchange.

All that can be offered are stockpiled canned goods and a few half-dead production lines.

Murphy had Skynet assess the situation and found that although two of the companies were small, they had several good food preservation formulas and a set of bottling equipment that they had acquired from an old European factory, and their condition was actually acceptable.

He immediately made the decision to exchange energy contracts for the formula and low-price acquisitions for the equipment.

As for those who really couldn't produce anything, Murphy didn't eliminate them completely.

They offered a standard energy supply contract at a price 20% lower than the market price, but slightly higher than before the price increase.

The machinery manufacturing industry is making the most noise.

After the Texas Heavy Industries deal was completed, several small factories around Houston that supplied heavy industries with parts also got interested.

These factories are not large in scale, but they are fully equipped, each with a few key pieces of equipment and a group of experienced technicians who have worked for two or three decades.

They used to rely on heavy industry orders for their livelihood; when heavy industry orders decreased, they went hungry.

Now that they heard that Murphy Energy could trade exoskeletons for things, the owners of several factories put together a list and sent it to Murphy's office.

Murphy welcomed all these visitors without exception.

Those willing to give credits can give credits; those without can provide various technologies or products.

If you really have nothing, that's okay, just offer up your shares.

During this period, Murphy's influence spread like the roots of a tree throughout central and southern Texas.

There were so many people coming in the morning that Oscar Taylor, the head of the administration and logistics department, was overwhelmed.

To this end, Murphy simply ordered Skynet to double the size of its administrative and logistics department, specifically to handle these collaborative matters.

Hannah was also extremely busy, handling contracts that piled up to a foot high every day.

But the smile on her face grew wider and wider.

Because the numbers on the company's books are rising at a visible rate.

Before, I worried about money; now, I worry about how to spend it.

During this time, UEG personnel would occasionally come for routine inspections. Seeing the bustling scene at Mo's Energy and the neat and tidy figures on the books, they would not bother to ask any more questions.

They operate legally, pay taxes on time, and even help the local government maintain order. What are you complaining about?

Besides, even if there were any problems, who has the mind to care about them in the current situation?

Forty miles south of Houston, in what was once a limestone mining area, is now the construction site of Moss Energy Plant No. 2.

The construction site was bustling with activity, with twice as many vehicles and employees as before.

Originally, Murphy used this mining area to fool Irving and his team, but the location of the mining area is indeed good.

The recent large-scale expansion has caused the company's number of employees to skyrocket, and the original old factory can no longer accommodate them, so Murphy set his sights on this place.

Although this place is a bit remote, it has the advantage of being hidden, and there is only one way out, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, there is a huge underground mine tunnel.

It is the perfect place to use it as a new base.

Right now, Murphy is inspecting the newly renovated underground factory.

There was a machine in front of him.

Or rather, it's a complete set of machines.

This is a silver-white box about forty meters long and seven meters high, with its surface covered with a dense array of interfaces and indicator lights.

More than a dozen robotic arms extend from both sides of the box, and each robotic arm is equipped with a processing head of a different shape at its end.

The front of the enclosure is a one-meter square transparent panel, through which you can see the complex internal transmission structure and the mechanical components that are performing self-tests.

The bottom of the machine is a single, thick base that is firmly attached to the ground.

Overall, it looks like a miniature automated factory.

After completely swallowing up the entire city of Houston and extending its reach into south-central Texas.

Murphy's faith points also surged.

With continuous online promotion and relief efforts, the daily net increase in faith points has now steadily reached 1,500 points and is moving towards 2,000 points.

Just a few days ago, he successfully surpassed 15 faith points.

After accumulating enough Faith Points, Murphy decisively redeemed the fully automated metal ultra-precision intelligent manufacturing all-in-one machine from the shop.

This is a really good thing.

One of the biggest bottlenecks in the factory used to be the precision of machining.

Although Murphy continuously scours the market for machine tools, most of them are civilian-grade or second-hand military-grade, with the highest processing precision only reaching the micron level.

This all-in-one machine can achieve sub-micron precision and is fully automated.