Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1728 Good news, another big project! (5000 words)
It's snowing heavily.

Trading market residential area management center.

The staff inside were busy until eight o'clock in the evening, but there were still people queuing outside.

There are so many survivors asking to turn on the heating, and the heating fee is very cheap nowadays.

It is even cheaper than rent, only a few points are needed every day.

Even if you stay for a month, you will only get a few points.

This is still affordable for most survivors.

Of course, some survivors felt that the temperature was not particularly cold, so they bought some charcoal at a lower price to keep warm.

There are quite a few pedestrians in the trading market commercial district.

The trading market only covers a few thousand acres in total, but is home to more than 200,000 survivors, so it can be said to be very crowded.

Especially in residential areas, it is more crowded.

Area A, Area B, and Area C are overcrowded.

The distances between buildings in Area C are very small, so it looks like there is a lot of people flowing around.

The workers installing the heating pipes are still working today.

We are now installing the pipeline in two shifts.

Installation is ongoing day and night.

Because their temperature may drop further later, the lower the temperature, the more difficult the subsequent installation work will be.

Although the temperature has reached minus seven or eight degrees Celsius now, it is not very difficult to install the pipeline.

If the temperature reaches minus thirty degrees Celsius or even higher, it becomes extremely difficult to go out to work.

residential area.

Area A.

Xie Dongming braved the snow and walked into the room.

The room was filled with heating and you felt warm as soon as you came in.

He turned and closed the door behind him to avoid wasting heating.

"Mr. Xie, how is business in the store?" When the wife saw her husband come back, she put down her needle and thread and walked over.

She was sewing clothes out of animal skins, they had a barbecue restaurant and used to go hunting a lot.

As business in the store improved, they rarely went out hunting animals themselves.

Instead, buy hunted animals from survivors, or from shop number three in the trade fair.

Over time, they accumulated a lot of animal furs, which they sewed into warm clothing.

Animal skins are very warm and can keep you warm in temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero.

After hearing his wife's question, Xie Dongming smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"The weather is cold, there are fewer people, and business is not as good as before."

The wife nodded and frowned:

"This is normal. The city is now under lockdown. I heard that the construction of the wall has also stopped. Many people are out of work and their consumption has been downgraded. It's normal for them to be reluctant to eat meat."

"It's just that if we can't sell the meat we stockpiled earlier, we'll suffer a big loss."

They stockpiled some meat before the blizzard arrived so that they could still sell it after the city was locked down.

To this end, they drew out 80% of the liquidity points and used them all to stockpile meat.

Considering their size, this is a big deal.

Xie Dongming took the hot tea from his wife, took a sip and said:

"Not necessarily. Maybe business will get better if we wait a little longer."

"What do you mean?" asked the wife.

Xie Dongming looked at Zhu Ziming who was standing opposite him. Zhu Ziming smiled and said,

"According to internal information, there will be more major construction projects in the future, and many more people will be recruited at that time."

Xie Dongming's wife asked doubtfully:

"But the construction of the buffer city has been stopped, and the walls have been built. What other big projects are there? It can't be in the trading market, right? There is no place to build in the trading market."

"Sister-in-law, it's not true."

Zhu Ziming explained:

"There are guards on duty on the buffer city walls now. Why? Why not just retreat to the trading market."

"That's to doubly protect the trading market!" said Xie Dongming's wife.

"Not only that."

Zhu Ziming continued:
"I observed the industrial zone of the trading market when I passed by. There is a factory there that produces a lot of greenhouse building materials. I'm afraid they will be used in the buffer city."

"Moreover, a Level 3 personnel I know told me that a recruitment notice for the construction of the greenhouse in Buffer City will be released in the next two days.

Think about it, the buffer city is so large, so there will definitely be a lot of greenhouses to build, and it will probably require a lot of manpower."

Xie Dongming was calm and composed, and threw a corn-silk cigarette to Zhu Ziming.

"The price of these corn silk cigarettes has increased again. Now a pack of cigarettes costs 5 points."

Zhu Ziming took it, lit it with a match and said with emotion:
"There's nothing we can do. The city is under lockdown, and prices may go up in the future!"

"By the way, who's watching over the store now?"

Xie Dongming pursed his lips and replied:

"Zihao and Wen Qian and the others, there are not many customers now, I asked everyone else to come back."

"Ah."

Zhu Ziming thought for a moment and said:
"Now that the No. 3 store is implementing food control, the price of meat has increased, and there are also purchase limits. I wonder if we have to increase prices in our store now, otherwise we will lose money."

Xie Dongming raised his head, took a deep breath and replied:

"Okay, then we'll increase the price by 10%. If the official store No. 3 raises its prices again, we'll follow suit. By the way, has the No. 2 tortilla store raised its prices? They..."

"No, it's still the same price."

Zhu Ziming concentrated and continued:
"Corn tortillas and multi-grain tortillas are part of the guaranteed supply of food. I don't think there will be any big fluctuations.

The barbecued meat we sell is actually a luxury product, so a price increase is normal.”

Nowadays, more than 99 percent of the survivors in the trading market eat corn tortillas or multi-grain cakes, as well as the recently introduced sweet potato cakes and potato cakes.

Corn tortillas are the same price as sweet potato tortillas and corn tortillas.

They are all 0 points each.

And, like the tortillas, they are all the same size and very substantial.

But the taste is slightly different.

As for multi-grain tortillas, they are mixed with more vegetables, cooking oil and salt, and taste better than corn tortillas.

These cake-like foods are easy to preserve, simple to make, and easy to fill the stomach.

The most important thing is that it can provide more energy and is very suitable as a staple food.

It is the cheapest food in the trade market and the most affordable food.

This kind of food is eaten by people from top to bottom.

It is the thing with the largest supply and sales volume in the trading market.

Sometimes, even Level 2 and 3 personnel can be seen eating this kind of thing.

But for them, it is just an emergency food substitute.

In the large camphor tree base and the grain production area in the north, the main crops grown are these three types:

Corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes.

Because these three types of crops have the highest yields and are relatively easy to maintain.

In the Big Camphor Tree Base and the Oil City, after the natural disaster, price protection measures were adopted to stabilize the points system.

The unified pricing is 0.25 points, and we must ensure that this price remains stable at all times.

Once food prices go up, it will cause great trouble.

The price of this most basic food has increased, which makes many survivors think that the price of tortillas will continue to rise in the future, in order to prevent the points in their hands from depreciating.

They will spend as many points as possible and exchange them for tortillas.

Anyway, corn tortillas are easy to preserve, and now that the weather is so cold, they can be preserved even longer.

In some ways, tortillas also serve as a store of value.

Once all the survivors use their points to redeem their tortillas, there will be a run on the bank.

The tortillas produced daily in store No. 2 are produced based on demand.

For example, if 5 tickets are sold today, then about 6 tickets will be produced tomorrow.

Once a bank run breaks out, official stores will not be able to exchange enough tortillas, which will lead to a crisis of trust, and the points accumulated by survivors in the trading market will not be able to be exchanged for food.

That's fatal.

There is a high possibility of causing riots, and riots that will be extremely difficult to suppress.

After all, we can’t even buy food, and this problem is extremely serious.

Therefore, the stable price of tortillas is the basic foundation for the stability of the trading market.

This is also the reason why the price of rice and flour in China was stable before the end of the world.
This is also the reason why these basic foods remain in a stable state no matter how the market economy changes.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation are the foundation of a country's stability before the end of the world.

In the end times, the basis of stability in the trading market is food and shelter.

In terms of housing, it is also very cheap.

In the worst housing area C, the top floor room only costs 0.01 points per day. Even if you stay there for 1 days, it only costs point.

Even the poorest person can afford to live in this house and have a place to stay as long as he is willing to take action and do something.

Moreover, water is very cheap now, and ten liters of water only costs 0.01 points.

As for food, for example, a tortilla is only worth 0.25 points.

A tortilla the size of a face, about the same size as xj baked naan, with solid ingredients.

If you don't need to do physical labor, just maintain a person's energy to live,
If we calculate based on the standard of not starving to death, one piece of bread can last for five days or even longer.

But if an adult man does hard labor, one tortilla can easily be finished as a meal.

People in the last days don’t have very good stomachs.

But they have one thing in common, which is that they can eat and they can also be hungry.

In the house, Xie Dongming, Zhu Ziming and others were chatting about the latest situation of the trading market and analyzing the policies that would be issued in the future by the Oil City.

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They do business in the trading bazaar, and it is important to be well-informed.

Since they were the first team to enter the trading market, the patrol team had a good relationship with them.

After all, they witnessed the development of the commercial district with their own eyes, and they were the first team to take the plunge and set up shops, so the patrol team took good care of them.

"Thank you, I think.
We still have to find a way to increase our contribution points. We actually have quite a lot of transaction points now, which is enough to support everyone in our team for a long time."

Zhu Ziming narrowed his eyes and continued:

"All we have now are trading points. To upgrade our level, we can only do some tasks at the moment."

"It's easy to get things done if you have someone in the court.

If one of our team members is a Level 3 personnel, our future life will be much easier. Although Captain Li Zhengping is still treating us well now, what if he is transferred away in the future?"

"In the long run, I think we still need to find a way to upgrade our level. Even if not everyone, but someone among us must be upgraded."

Xie Dongming crushed the cigarette butt and exhaled a puff of smoke.

He nodded and said:

“You’re right, I’ve thought about this before.

But now the city is closed, and outbound missions are suspended. Contribution points can only be obtained through engineering construction tasks. "

"You mean, how many people should be sent to take on engineering projects?"

"Yes, although the number of places is limited, we are level 4 personnel after all, so it should be easy to pick them up." Zhu Ziming nodded.

Xie Dongming drank a sip of tea, thought for a moment and said:
"Yes, the pipeline project is almost finished.
We may recruit people to guard the buffer city walls later, but that is more dangerous.
There is also a greenhouse under construction. If the greenhouse is built, there may be indoor farming in the future."

"Aren't there already several experimental greenhouses in Oil City? I don't think there will be enough farmers by then.
Wait a little longer, and join in when the farmers are announced later."

Zhu Ziming shook his head and said:
"Brother, I think the contribution points for farming will definitely not be high, and there will definitely be some training. In addition, greenhouse construction is actually very cold."

"The most important thing is the people you can reach.
If you want to do farming, you can only contact the experts in planting in Oil City. If you want to build greenhouses, you can only contact their engineers. "

“None of them are violent and powerful institutions.”

"I think we still have to go to the buffer city wall to guard it. The people who manage it are from the Civilian Armed Forces Division. Now some of the patrol team members are from the Civilian Armed Forces Division!"

"If you want to go, go here."

"And you can get more contribution points!"

Xie Dongming frowned and said:
"But guarding the wall is very dangerous. Given our current conditions, there is no need for us to take risks."

He hesitated. He had been in the trading market for a long time and hadn't been out for a long time.

Staying in such a safe place, he has become somewhat accustomed to his current comfortable life.

But he also knew that if he continued to live in comfort and did not plan for danger, he would definitely encounter problems one day.

After finishing speaking, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Okay, then I'll listen to you."

"Let who go?"

Zhu Ziming said casually:

"I'm the first one to take the lead. Anyway, I can't help much with the business in the store, and I don't really like doing business."

Xie Dongming looked at him blankly and made a decision.

"I'll let Zihao go with you."

"You're crazy, Old Xie! Zihao is our only son!"

When Xie Dongming's wife heard this, she couldn't bear it anymore and stood up and pulled Xie Dongming.

Zhu Ziming also advised:
"Brother, Zihao is still young, how about..."

Xie Dongming took out a cigarette and smoked it.

"Zihao is not young anymore, he is already 25 years old, he is still young!"

half an hour.

He continued earnestly:
"Besides, if you can go, why can't my son go? His life is even more precious. The lives of you old brothers are also lives! Don't try to persuade me, just let him go and give it a try!"

"what!!"

"Old Xie, if you let Zihao go, I will fight you."

Xie Dongming's wife pulled Xie Dongming's arm and cried:

"Zihao came to the end of the world just after he became an adult. He suffered so much with us.
In the past, our living conditions were poor,

Now that living conditions are better, you still let him guard the wall. It's so cold and dangerous to stand for so long. What are you thinking? "

"How can you send your own son to the front line?"

Xie Dongming shook his wife's hand away.

Pointing at her angrily:

"A loving mother often spoils her child. I have made up my mind!"

He waved his hand and said sternly, "If you keep talking nonsense, I will make you guard the wall too!"

"Huh?" Xie Dongming's wife was stunned.

"Ah?" Zhu Ziming was so confused that he couldn't be more confused.

What a frustrating circuit.

Brother Xie is really ruthless. He sent his wife and children to fight against the zombies.

I admire you!

Xie Dongming's wife stared blankly for a while, then gritted her teeth and stamped her feet and said:

"Go and go!"

"Go away! Go away for nothing! Although the previous illness has been cured, the root of the disease has been left behind, go away!

You can't even pass the physical examination, so you better stay here!" Xie Dongming said in a bad tone.

Xie Dongming actually felt that Zhu Ziming was right, and their team of explorers should have a good future.

You can’t just open a shop and do business in a trading market.

Someone has to move up step by step.

Since ancient times, power has been more important than money.

If my son can get promoted, he will definitely have a bright future.

Because they have a relatively solid points foundation, if the two work together, his son's path will be easier. This is his consideration.

Xie Dongming's wife was shocked by the firmness in his tone and did not dare to continue crying.

A man sat by the bed, covering his face and crying.

Crying and chirping.

Xie Dongming loves his wife.

Otherwise, he would not have taken out so much bacon and yams and risked his life to go to the market to exchange them for antibiotics, just to save his wife's life.

However, he expressed his love not through words, but through actions.

He could give his life for her, but he could never lose a verbal argument.

Oil City.

meeting room.

Night talk and discussion.

Lao Luo, Ju Tianrui, Li Zhengping, Zhong Chuchu, Lao Huang and others in the conference room are all here.

Xie Changshan dragged his tired body and came to the conference room with Liu Yu, Ding Wu, Fang Jingxin and others.

The people in their engineering department have been working non-stop for many days.

Since the establishment of the trading market, they have hardly had any rest.

Do one project after another.

Especially recently, the project schedule is tight, the requirements are high, there are many problems, and the project is large, which makes them exhausted.

"Minister, we are here." Xie Changshan appeared at the door of the conference room, his voice a little hoarse.

When Uncle San saw him, he stood up enthusiastically.

"Chief Engineer Jie, we've been waiting for you. When you weren't here, we discussed it a little bit.
I'd like to tell you about that big greenhouse project in detail!"

Another big project.
Ding Wu, Fang Jingxin and Liu Yu, who were standing behind Xie Changshan, all looked dejected.

I wailed in my heart: Didn’t they say there would be a fake one?

The buffer city wall has just been completed and the heating pipes haven’t been laid yet!
Why is there another big project?

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)