Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2015: The Great Camphor Tree's Power, Three-Year Plan Underway

sunset.

at dusk.

The Oil City convoy arrived at Oriental Paradise.

Oriental Paradise is several hundred kilometers away from M City. The helicopter kept an eye on the area along the way to see if any Nirvana Beings were following behind.

However, after observing for a long time, no trace of the Nirvana being following them was found.

In recent days, Oriental Paradise has gained many more survivors, and its cooperation with Oil City is gradually getting on track.

Every two days, a team of scavengers from the oil city would come to transport food and bring back supplies and equipment collected by the survivors.

Rumbling--

The gates of Oriental Paradise have officially closed.

The sustainable version of the helicopter also landed on the central open space.

"Xiao Jun, talk to the survivors here and tell them not to go to M City or the vicinity of M City in the future. Briefly tell them about the situation there."

As soon as the judge got off the helicopter, he found Xiao Jun and talked to him about some things.

"In addition, after we return to Oil City, they will prepare banners and send a sustainable version helicopter over to spread the word, so that the survivors in M ​​City can find a way to leave M City."

Xiao Jun was in a bad mood on the way back because he failed to kill Hu Tian.

Upon hearing the judge's words, he nodded in reply:

"Okay, instructor, can I go to M City by helicopter?"

Upon hearing this, the judge knew that he had not given up.

Helplessly, he advised:
"You still have a combat battalion to manage, so you don't have much time. Don't worry, as long as the survivors are not allowed to enter M City, Hu Tian will not be able to expand the Nirvana Warriors' ranks."

"Moreover, you heard from those Nirvana cultivators who surrendered yesterday that Hu Tian is now being injected with a delaying agent every day. We don't even need to lift a finger; he'll be finished sooner or later."

Xiao Jun replied listlessly, "Okay."

After saying that, he went to find Miao Wei and the others stationed at Oriental Paradise and told them not to go near M City.

Oil City.

Zuo Ruxue and her group have returned from the Northwest and are resting here.

However, the rest period was short, only two days.

Two days later, they were to lead the transport convoy to the North.

This time, their mission to the North included transporting supplies such as oil.

More importantly, it's about getting people there!

We need to send 2000 people at all levels there, with the largest proportion being fourth-level members.

In addition, members from two other militia brigades also went there; both of these members were Level 3 members.

These personnel include technicians and experts from various fields.

All survivors who have just entered the city of the Great Camphor Tree will undergo a basic information registration.

Furthermore, in some fields, such as fitter and auto mechanic, they can take the exam at the administrative building of the trading market, and after passing the exam, they can receive a certificate issued by the Big Camphor Tree.

With this certificate, they can find relevant positions in the trading market.

These people were selected and then sent to various fields of workers and experts in the North.

After so many years of development, the oil city has now become fully developed.

There is an abundance of talent, the city is saturated, and there is a lot of competition within the city.

Following the third high-level meeting of the Great Camphor Tree faction, a policy was established to leverage the development of other bases through the oil city, thereby expanding the influence of the entire Great Camphor Tree faction.

The Northern Territory, in particular, has been repositioned and is being developed into a second trading market.

The northern region has been cultivating greenhouses for many years, and its grain production is supplied to the oil city year-round, so there is no shortage of grain there.

In addition, thanks to the industrial foundation built by Yuan Zhi in earlier years, although a lot of industrial equipment has been moved to the oil city, a considerable amount of industrial equipment has been retained here.

However, since it was previously positioned as a grain production base, these industries did not develop.

Shortage of people.

The northern border covers tens of thousands of acres, but has a population of only a few thousand.

The vast majority of them were combat personnel, and the remaining two thousand were also essentially combat personnel. They were previously members of the Northern Territory under Yuan Zhi's control, and later stayed in the Northern Territory for part-time farming and part-time combat.

When not farming, they were responsible for defending the outer walls of the northern city.

In short, the North needs people to develop and revitalize itself in all aspects.

Perfect, the oil city has plenty of people, though.

To date, hundreds of new survivors are joining the trading market every day.

Siphon effect.

As the influence of the oil city grows, so does its reach. The survivors it attracts are no longer limited to Henan Province.

Survivors even came from neighboring Hubei and Anhui provinces.

While Judge and Xiao Jun were out there in M ​​City battling wits with Hu Tian and his Nirvana cultivators, everything in Oil City continued as normal and remained unaffected.

Trading market.

Li Zhengping stretched out a big yawn and said to the squad leaders behind him:
"In accordance with the arrangements of the headquarters, our Oil City will select suitable sites around the Oil City to build plantations. We need to select personnel to participate in the construction. In addition, there are also registration activities in the North and Northwest.

The recruitment events in the square will be very crowded these days. Please work hard to maintain order during the day to prevent stampedes.

First squad leader Ding Ming immediately responded:
"Don't worry, Captain, we guarantee we'll complete the mission!"

Bai Xiaofeng also quickly expressed his opinion.

The two of them were specifically responsible for maintaining order during this recruitment event.

Their patrol team was quite busy in the trading market.

They are responsible for all conflicts and order issues within the trading market.

Moreover, they also had to maintain order within the buffer city.

The patrol team has been expanded and expanded again, and now Li Zhengping has 1200 patrol members under his command.

Li Zhengping then looked at Shen Yifan.

"Old Shen, we received a report in the buffer city that someone was playing loud music late at night in the residential buildings, disturbing everyone's sleep. Has that been resolved?"

Fifth squad leader Shen Yifan quickly replied:
"It's been resolved. There was a mentally unstable man who gambled away all his points in the arena and went insane. He's been expelled from the buffer city!"

"Ah."

Li Zhengping nodded and said:

"The trading market and buffer zone are getting more and more crowded. Everyone needs to stay alert. If you encounter any complaints or hear any alarms, go to the scene immediately to resolve the issues and don't delay."

"The security of the trading market depends entirely on us. If we don't actively solve these problems, the trading market will descend into chaos."

After explaining some recent matters to his squad leader, Li Zhengping rode his electric scooter away from the trading market.

To facilitate their response to calls, their patrol team's office was located in the trading market.

Building 208 on the third side street.

In addition to having a post at the trading market, the patrol team also has a branch post in the buffer city.

Although the patrol brigade is now subordinate to the security brigade, it is only a subordinate unit of the security department.

However, due to the large population in the trading market, the patrol teams there are extremely numerous.

One of the battalions in the operations department only had two hundred men.

However, the patrol team of the oil city trading market, which belonged to the security department, numbered as many as 1200 people.

It is more than 6 times the size of a combat battalion.

At the same time, Li Zhengping's status rose as the captain of the patrol team at the trading market.

Although he was only a battalion commander, he could command far more people than an ordinary battalion commander.

Although his rank wasn't high, he wielded considerable real power.

Li Zhengping rode his electric scooter swiftly, the neon lights on both sides of the street flashing like a carousel.

As I passed by the food street, I smelled a rich aroma of delicious food.

But he resisted; he had been drinking, smoking, and eating too much greasy food the past few days, which had upset his stomach. He went to the clinic, got some medicine, and Dr. Zhen Xing warned him that he couldn't eat greasy food anymore.

So he had no choice but to obediently return to the oil city and eat in the canteen. Although the food was bland, it was clean and nutritious.

We returned to the oil city.

He was on his way to the cafeteria when he suddenly saw Lao Luo, who was also riding a small electric scooter.

So he greeted them:

"Old Luo!"

Old Luo stopped. "What's up, Captain Li?"

Li Zhengping asked:
"When will the Second Transport Battalion be back? It's been almost a week since they left, hasn't it? A few days ago, the First Operations Battalion also went out with them. Did they manage to escape?"

Luo replied:
"We've escaped. We've arrived at Oriental Paradise today, and we should be able to return to Oil City before tomorrow evening."

"Oh, what are you going to do?" Li Zhengping asked Lao Luo curiously.

Luo smiled wryly and pointed to the satchel on his shoulder, which contained a pile of documents and materials.

"It's all about the plantation project outside the city. I've been swamped with work lately."

"These past few days, we've sent out several teams, along with a few experts, to select locations around the oil city for plantations. They've chosen three sites, so we brought together Bai Yu and Hu Zhen, who are in charge of planting, and Xie Changshan, who is in charge of construction, for a meeting."

"What's that in your hand?" Li Zhengping asked.

Luo replied, "It's the test reports from those few places."

"Ugh, this is so annoying. They even dragged me into a meeting. They said they needed to take into account all sorts of factors, like the impact of natural disasters and how to defend against zombies, and all that other nonsense."

As he spoke, he glanced at his watch and quickly said:

"I have to go to a meeting now, or I'll be late."

After saying that, he hurriedly rode away on his electric scooter.

Li Zhengping watched his departing figure, thinking to himself:

Recently, Lao Huang, Xie Changshan, Liu Jinglue, and Zhong Chuchu all seem to be extremely busy.

But this is normal.

After all, following the conclusion of the Third Big Camphor Tree High-Level Meeting, the nine core points of the meeting were gradually implemented.

No wonder these people are so busy.

However, he was alright; he was only responsible for maintaining order in the trading market and the buffer city, so he wasn't frequently approached.

Lost in thought, he continued riding his electric scooter to the second canteen in the oil city.

The second canteen was crowded with people.

They lined up, holding their trays to get their food.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Marcello, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

Marseille looks much older, with graying temples, and looks like she's in her sixties even though she's only in her early forties.

Moreover, he looked timid and he stood in line silently with his head down.

As Li Zhengping approached, Ma Sailong noticed someone getting close and glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. When he saw it was Li Zhengping, he was startled.

She quickly raised her head, forcing a fawning smile, her wrinkles crinkling together.

"Captain Li, you're here to get your food too."

Looking at the timid and hesitant Ma Sailong, Li Zhengping was taken aback.

He thought of the Marseille of the past, a man who was not like this back then.

Marseille was once in charge of oil well extraction in the oil city, where oil wells were of utmost importance at that time.

Therefore, Marseille holds a high position in the oil city and can even participate in high-level meetings.

But after that torrential rain, he disobeyed his third uncle's orders and failed to strictly follow them. As a result, he was dismissed and transferred from his position in charge of the most important oil well extraction work in the oil city to work in the power distribution room.

One wrong step can lead to eternal regret; from then on, Masailong was excluded from the core management circle of the oil city.

It can be said that Ma Sailong, like Zhong Chuchu and the others, was one of the earliest inhabitants of the oil city.

He is also one of the veteran figures in the oil city.

At that time, his status was even higher than Li Zhengping's.

After all, the trading market had only been established for a short time at that time, and the patrol team was not very useful. He had just been transferred from the headquarters base.

Time has passed, and seeing the once spirited Ma Sailong in this state, Li Zhengping felt a pang of sadness.

Thinking about these things, I sighed and couldn't help but ask about his recent situation:

"You seem to work in an electrical substation?"

Marseille quickly replied:

"Reporting to Captain Li, I work in the power distribution room."

Back then, Ma Sailong was a Level 3 staff member, just like Zhong Chuchu and the others, but now Zhong Chuchu and the others have been upgraded to Level 2 staff members.

However, Ma Sailong remained a level three staff member, but he lost all real power and was relegated to a marginal position, which was equivalent to letting him retire.

Marseille is content.

If it weren't for his early morning contributions to the oil city, he wouldn't even have been able to keep his level three position.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Ma Sailong, Ma Sailong looked at Li Zhengping, whose face was full of confusion and who seemed to want to say something but couldn't.

Li Zhengping sensed that he had something to say, so he asked:

"Is there something you want to tell me?"

Marseille smiled wryly:

"It's nothing major. It's just that one of my nephews joined the militia brigade, but he was implicated by me and kicked out of the militia brigade. Now he runs a small shop in the trading market."

But always

At this point, Marcelo hesitated for a moment, but still mustered her courage to say:

"But he always gets checked by the patrol team. He's a legitimate businessman, sigh."

Li Zhengping understood.

When Marcello Lippi fell from grace, it affected some of his relatives and friends.

This included his nephew. Some members of his patrol team probably disliked Ma Sailong and took revenge on his nephew.

This is wrong; it's using public office to settle personal scores.

Besides, the mistake that Marcello made back then is an old, forgotten story.

After pondering for a moment, Li Zhengping said:

"Don't worry, I will go to your nephew's shop tomorrow to investigate. If I confirm that there is nothing wrong with his business, I will definitely restrain his subordinates and give them a stern warning."

"Thank you!" Marcello said, his eyes reddening with emotion.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. When he was at the height of his fame, so many people fawned over him.

But after he lost power, he was hated by everyone, and no one was willing to help him.

He was quite moved that Li Zhengping was still giving him face.

Li Zhengping continued:
"Here's what we'll do. Tell me about the current situation of your relatives and friends. I'll investigate. As long as they're doing their jobs honestly, they definitely won't let anyone bully them. I'll discuss this with the minister."

At the last headquarters meeting, a key point was mentioned: internal anti-corruption efforts, and strict requirements for cadres at all levels to enforce the law.

One should not abuse one's power for personal gain, nor should one implicate a person's relatives and friends because of a person's past mistakes.

At the time, Ma Sailong was only reassigned or transferred; he wasn't even demoted.

On the contrary, his relatives and friends were targeted, which was indeed somewhat unfair to them.

But that's human nature; when someone steps on someone's foot, everyone wants to step on them in return.

This situation was probably something even Uncle San hadn't anticipated.

"Thank you, thank you. Thank you so much," Ma Sailong said excitedly, shaking Li Zhengping's hand.

Li Zhengping sighed slightly. "There are some mistakes that people can't make, and some mistakes they can make."

Making a mistake you can't afford to make can have lifelong consequences.

(End of this chapter)