Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2002 Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkey (5400 words)
Oriental Paradise.

Miao Wei looked at the convoy that was coming in with a look of joy on his face.

The number of people at Oriental Paradise was increasing faster than he had imagined.

Perhaps these people had heard of Oriental Paradise before, but had never dared to approach it until someone they knew introduced it to them, and then they slowly began to try it out.

The longer time goes by, the more people will believe it.

These people actually traded the "scrap" they collected from outside for food, which gradually dispelled their concerns, and more and more people moved into Oriental Paradise.

Oriental Paradise is quite spacious. When Tiger and his gang controlled it, the population there once exceeded ten thousand.

Only a thousand people have entered so far; the entire Oriental Paradise is still quite empty.

Miao Wei looked at the convoy from the oil city as it entered, his eyes filled with anticipation. At this rate of development, the oil city would definitely send someone to take over, and at that time, his position would rise accordingly.
crunch~
The vehicle was parked in the central square of Oriental Paradise.

Miao Wei ran quickly in that direction.

Behind him were more than a dozen people, all of whom were leaders who had joined the Oriental Paradise team in recent days and were considered to be relatively strong.

Tread-

As soon as Yang Tianlong got out of the car, he saw Miao Wei and his group waiting by the car.

"Captain Yang, hello there!"

Yang Tianlong glanced at Miao Wei, then at the dozen or so people behind him, and said:
"Miao Wei, the development here is quite fast. It's only been half a month, and Oriental Paradise already has over a thousand people."

Miao Wei replied somewhat ingratiatingly:

"They all heard about our oil city's reputation and are eager to cooperate with us."

Miao Wei attributed all the credit for attracting so many survivors to the oil city through his art of conversation.

Furthermore, the use of the word "咱" (zán) clearly indicates that he considers himself part of the oil city.

But in a sense, he is indeed a part of the oil city. Although he has never been to the oil city, he already has the status of a level 5 personnel.

Yang Tianlong found this very pleasing, pointed to Li Qi who was getting out of the car not far away, and said to Miao Wei:

"For the matter of exchanging supplies, go to her; she's in charge of that."

"Okay, Captain Yang, may I briefly introduce a few people to you?" Miao Wei quickly said.

With over a thousand people at Oriental Paradise, and so many small teams, Miao Wei and his group are not the strongest.

However, Miao Wei and his team had the backing of the oil city, so the other smaller teams temporarily respected him.

After all, everyone else wanted to get on Miao Wei's good side, make deals with the oil city, and exchange them for grain.

Yang Tianlong looked at the people behind him. They were clearly malnourished survivors from the lower classes, each exuding a ruthless energy that had been forged through countless battles.

But this fierceness turns into docility like a lamb when faced with a truly professional team like theirs.

"Okay, let's get to know each other."

The voice just fell.

Behind Miao Wei was a burly man who stepped past Miao Wei and reached out to shake hands with Yang Tianlong.

"Captain Yang, hello, my name is Jin Sanlun, I used to be the captain of the security team."

His actions made Miao Wei slightly displeased, and he kept babbling on and on while holding Yang Tianlong's hand.

With so many people, if you alone have to say so much, what about the others?

Besides, Captain Yang doesn't have that much time to listen to you.

So he quickly stepped forward, patted Jin Sanlun's hand, and said with a smile:
"Captain Yang, let me introduce you to the other brothers."

Yang Tianlong took the opportunity to free his hand.

Miao Wei introduced them one by one:
"This is Su Kui. You should have met him before. He used to be involved in aquaculture."

"This is Ding Chuanze, whom I met last time. He used to be a soldier and later started his own business."

"This is Jiang Xiangyu. He joined yesterday. They came from Tangshan."

Everyone he introduced shook hands briefly with Yang Tianlong and exchanged a few words.

In just five minutes, Yang Tianlong was given a general introduction to these people.

Seeing that Yang Tianlong seemed a little impatient, Miao Wei quickly said:

"Captain Yang, you're busy, so we won't bother you any longer."

Yang Tianlong forced a smile and said:

"Okay, you guys go find Li Qi and handle the specifics with her."

After saying that, Yang Tianlong turned and left.

Not far away, Li Qi was chatting with several material inspection personnel sent from the oil city.

As Oriental Paradise has been collecting more and more supplies recently, the amount of food that needs to be exchanged has also increased. Relying solely on the previous method of having people come to collect and transport supplies to conduct on-site inspections is becoming increasingly time-consuming.

Therefore, the oil city sent several relatively reliable inspectors and auditors to assess the value of the materials.

The oil city has been developing for so long, and has recovered a lot of things from the survivors, and has long since formed a complete recycling pricing system.

The current cooperation model between Oriental Paradise and Oil City is as follows:
The people from Oriental Paradise contacted the Oil City Communications Department through Miao Wei's radio. The Oil City Communications Department was in communication with the Mission Hall, relaying the missions issued in the Mission Hall to the people from Oriental Paradise.

Then, the people from Oriental Paradise collected supplies and completed the corresponding tasks based on these lists.

The collected supplies were stockpiled in Oriental Paradise, where they were then priced and points were calculated by the inspectors and auditors sent over.

Once the scavenger transport convoy sent by the oil city arrives, the grain will be exchanged for the goods, and the goods that have passed the inspection will be loaded onto the trucks and transported back to the trading market.

After the transport personnel deliver these goods back to the trading market, the market's inspection and auditing personnel will conduct a second assessment.

The second evaluation process can effectively prevent auditors sent to Oriental Paradise from embezzling funds.

The evaluation system is very comprehensive. As long as the evaluation is conducted in accordance with the established evaluation criteria, the difference in scores will not be significant.

Li Qi is very efficient.

After briefly getting to know the people behind Miao Wei, he quickly spoke with Miao Wei privately:
"Miao Wei, given your current pace of development, we expect you to send someone over to assist with management next time. You must stabilize the situation before then."

In addition to the food and other goods exchanged, we've also brought you 5 tons of fuel, 100 ultraviolet lamps, five guns, and 1000 rounds of ammunition. You, Miao Wei, are responsible for using these guns.”

"The minister is very concerned about you and hopes you can continue to do a good job."

Upon hearing this, Miao Wei's face lit up with excitement:

"I will certainly not let Minister Li down!"

He originally had a lot of grievances he wanted to tell Li Qi, but after hearing about the support the oil city had given him this time, he suddenly felt that all those grievances didn't matter anymore.

Their team only had a few dozen people, but so many people have poured in during this period, making management extremely difficult.

After all, there was no subordinate relationship, and he didn't restrict those people. If he had restricted them, those people would definitely have refused to cooperate.

Those survivors came purely for food.

Some teams have more people and are stronger than Miao Wei's team. If it weren't for wanting to get food from Miao Wei, they might not even bother with him.

In addition, with more teams joining, there will naturally be some troublemakers.

The survivors who have made it this far all have some temper or real skills.

Living in the same place naturally leads to conflicts. In the past ten days or so, there have been three fights. Miao Wei tried to stop them, but he couldn't because his strength was limited.

But it’s different now!

Five guns, a thousand rounds of ammunition—that's the power of deterrence and the confidence we have!

It's been eight years since the apocalypse. There are definitely teams that still have guns, but teams that have bullets are extremely rare.

In fact, in Li Yu's mind, Oriental Paradise is currently positioned as a place that is even more open than the trading market.

The base is jointly built and managed by the official team of the Big Camphor Tree Base and the majority of survivors.

This place offers a much freer space than the trading market; you can kill and rob here, but if you get caught, you'll die.

Of course, if you manage to escape, that's impressive.

To allay any concerns, no weapons or similar items need to be handed over when entering or leaving Oriental Paradise.

This step is too complicated; the inspection alone requires a lot of personnel.

Then, a warehouse is needed to store these weapons.

The camphor tree did not want to spend too many troops in this place. If it were to adopt the trading market model, it would inevitably require a large investment of manpower and resources.

There are too many places where we need to invest manpower and resources at this stage. Instead of investing in Oriental Paradise, we should invest in the headquarters base, the northern border, the oil city, or even the northwest.

In short, Oriental Paradise wants to control this area at the lowest possible cost and gain the most benefits.

On the surface, they will try to restrain everyone's behavior, but as long as the people here don't go too far or affect the interests of the big camphor tree, they won't interfere too much.

The positioning of Oriental Paradise was discussed for several hours at a high-level meeting.

Li Qi participated in the meeting and naturally knew what the big camphor tree's attitude towards Oriental Paradise should be.

After speaking briefly with Miao Wei, Li Qi went to inspect the convoy.

As the captain of the second transportation brigade, she is always meticulous in her work, and most importantly, she always finds ways to improve the work at hand.

Back when she was stationed at the Wushi military base, she devised a way to create shower rooms, expand the library and recreation room, build greenhouses, and even set up a complete transportation team for water, fuel, and maintenance.

Do it, love it.

Li Qi walked up to a car, pointed at it, and said:
"Xiao Luo, where's the driver of this car? Didn't I tell you to pull over? How did he park like this?!"

Li Qi opened the car door and saw a handgun inside, her brows furrowing even more.

"A gun should never be out of reach of anyone. What did I say before? The driver is also a combatant. How can a gun be left in the vehicle? Where is he?" She spoke with increasing anger as she finished.

Xiao Luo quickly found the driver of a nearby car:

Where are the two people in this car?

The driver of the car next to him replied:

"He went to the toilet, he'll probably be back soon."

No sooner had he finished speaking than two people ran over from a short distance away.

The two ran wildly, drenched in sweat, and somewhat nervously reached Li Qi.

"team leader."

"team leader."

Looking at Li Qi's somber face, they felt extremely uneasy.

"Did you two used to follow Zhu Xiao?" Li Qi asked, looking at the two of them.

The two exchanged a glance, then lowered their heads, not daring to look up at Li Qi.

"Speak!" Li Qi's voice suddenly rose!
His eyebrows were sharp, and his eyes were wide open as if he wanted to devour someone.

Her voice was so loud that all the drivers and navigators in the surrounding seats turned to look at her.

"How many times have I told you!"

"The regulations for the safety management of transport fleets are clearly written! Parking is in accordance with the rules, but your vehicle is parked in the middle, obstructing the road, and there is no one in the vehicle."

In case something happens and the convoy needs to leave quickly, you're not in the car and obstructing other vehicles—everyone! Everyone is affected by you!

Can you guys please stop being so selfish?!

"Can't you consider the collective, consider everyone's perspective?"

"I've told you this repeatedly, but you still don't take it seriously! Do you only realize your mistake when disaster strikes?!"

One of them raised his head and said somewhat defiantly:

"Captain Li, we're already inside, why are you suddenly ordering the convoy to withdraw?"
"And Kane and I were only gone for less than three minutes. I was so desperate to pee that I drove here to leave for a bit."

Zhou Kaien, who was standing next to him, tried to stop him, but couldn't. "Hengyu, you should say less."

Liao Hengyu curled his lip and said:
“I didn’t say anything wrong. You’re getting so angry over such a small thing. Brother Zhu wouldn’t treat us like this, would he?”

Li Qi's chest heaved with anger, and her face flushed red.

I'm so angry!

Is this a trivial matter?
They're not in the oil city or the headquarters base right now, how can they not have any sense of precaution?

They parked haphazardly, obstructing other vehicles from entering or exiting, and then said they would just leave for a while.

He did not carry a gun with him.

These two issues are significant, but the bigger problem is that they reveal a lack of strong safety awareness in these two individuals.

It's been eight years since the apocalypse, how come Zhu Xiao's subordinates still lack a sense of crisis?

Besides, they now have to go to M City, a place teeming with zombies.

In the future, they will have to carry out many more transportation missions. Running a transportation business is not that simple. All sorts of complex situations can happen. If they are not careful and cautious at this time, it is no different from courting death!
So annoying!
Ah ah ah ah ah!

Idiot!
Idiot!
She really wanted to slap him.

However, she held back.

Take a deep breath.

He said to the little girl next to him:
"Please invite Captain Zhu over."

Seeing Li Qi's expression, Xiao Luo knew that someone was definitely going to be in trouble this time.

Li Qi, who was in charge, never tolerated any wrongdoing.

She will keep trying to find a solution until the problem is completely solved.

Soon, Zhu Xiaoxing ran over excitedly.

"Captain Li, Oriental Paradise is developing quite fast. Tsk, why do you look so pale?"

Zhu Xiao glanced at Liao Hengyu and Zhou Kaien, who were standing to the side with their heads down, and at the looks in the eyes of the men around them.

He sensed something was wrong.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

When Liao Hengyu saw Zhu Xiao coming, it was as if he had found a savior.

So he opened his mouth and said:
"Captain, Kane and I just needed to pee, so we went to the restroom. When we came back, Captain Li caught us and said we parked illegally. We thought we were just going to pee, and we were already at Oriental Paradise anyway."
But Captain Li insisted that we were disorganized and undisciplined.

Zhu Xiao's personality is similar to Xiao Hu's; both are the kind of people who are easygoing and carefree.

He's brave but not careful enough.

The kind with broad strokes.

After hearing Liao Hengyu's words, he frowned slightly. "Can't you park the car before going to the toilet? You've been holding it in for so long, can't you hold it in for a few more minutes?"

Seeing that Zhu Xiao seemed to want to downplay the matter, Li Qi walked up to Zhu Xiao and said seriously:
"Zhu Xiao, Captain Zhu."

"First, they violated transportation safety regulations by parking illegally and obstructing the convoy from leaving the road. If this happened on the road, and a zombie horde was encountered, all the vehicles behind would be trapped and killed!"

This is a major taboo when driving on the road!
Secondly, they always carry their guns with them. This has been mentioned many times before. They don't take their guns with them when they go to the toilet; they leave them in the car, and the car doors are never closed.

This is a lack of discipline.

Third, we encounter many unexpected situations when we are out in the transportation business. Their behavior reveals a slack mentality, and I am really worried that this mentality will ruin us!

May we all die without a burial place!

"I won't waste time talking. I've already spoken with Liao Hengyu, but after I spoke to him, he argued back. After you arrived, he started making excuses. I don't want to waste time waiting for him to correct himself."

Even if he corrects it, I still don't know what he's really thinking.

But based on his stubbornness just now, I judge that he is unlikely to change his ways.

So my idea is to remove both of them from the transport fleet!

As Zhu Xiao listened to what she said, her expression grew increasingly serious.

Their eyes were blazing with fury as they looked at Liao Hengyu and Zhou Kaien.

Although Zhu Xiao is rough around the edges, he's not stupid.

What Li Qi said was rational and correct.

Two years ago, he took his brothers to the North. The North was relaxed and less stressful, so everyone became much lazier.

The Northern Territory has the most lax military management among all the forces under the Great Camphor Tree.

The transport brigade is also the one facing the most threats among the forces of Dazhangshu.

A sudden change is bound to be difficult to adapt to.

However, Li Qi is right.

Seeing the change in Zhu Xiao's expression, Liao Hengyu thought to himself, "This is bad. Will the captain really listen to this woman and kick me out of the transportation brigade?"

"Brother Zhu... I won't do it again next time..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Xiao sighed and said:

"Sigh...you two really shouldn't have done that...after this mission is over, you should stay in the trading market and not follow the car."

Upon hearing this, Liao Hengyu was struck dumb, swayed for a moment, and then sat down heavily on the ground.

He didn't expect that simply urinating and not carrying a gun would get him kicked out of the transport team.

After thinking for a moment, Li Qi said:
"You guys shouldn't go to M City with the car, stay at Oriental Paradise."

"We'll take you back to the oil city when we get back."

For her, she had already offended these two to death. What if they harbored resentment and caused trouble on the way, ruining everything?
Why not just kick him out? Anyway, the team has a lot of players this time, so finding two substitutes will be easy.

"Huh? Let them leave now?" Zhu Xiao was clearly surprised as well.

But Li Qi insisted:

"Yes, right now."

Zhu Xiao took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "Okay."

He also used this opportunity to make an example of someone, letting others know that...

This isn't the North. It's very dangerous here, and if you disobey or don't follow safety regulations, even if you've been with me for many years, you'll still be punished.

Seeing Zhu Xiao nod, Li Qi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Her insistence stemmed from her fear that Zhu Xiao might become headstrong and confront her, causing unhappiness for both of them and disrupting team harmony.

But she didn't expect that Zhu Xiao would listen to all her ideas.

This Zhu Xiao is actually a pretty good person.

……

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)