Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2051 The Great Zombie Migration (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets)
August has passed in the blink of an eye, and September has arrived.

Camphor Tree Base.

Inner city villa district.

Li Yuan reported to Li Yu on the contents of the latest meeting.

Now that the overall situation in the camphor tree region is stabilizing, Li Yu no longer attends most meetings.

Everything was handed over to my second uncle and Li Hang to handle.

However, Li Yu was also able to learn about the content of the meeting afterward.

Furthermore, through Li Hang's supervisory department, they learned about abnormal situations such as embezzlement and corruption that occurred in various branch bases.

Although Li Yu did not directly participate in the management of affairs, he still had a very good understanding of the overall situation of the camphor tree forces.

Li Yuan, holding a notebook, reported to Li Yu:
"As of now, the total population of Dazhangshu is 75, an increase of 5 since the beginning of last month."

The main bases for new population growth are the Camphor Tree Base, the Northern Territory, and the Oil City.

The North, in particular, saw an increase of 6000 people in August, and the growth rate continues to accelerate.

In the oil city and the headquarters base of Dazhangshu, population growth has gradually slowed and stabilized, with daily increases remaining at approximately 700 people.

Li Yu toyed with the pen in his hand and asked:

"What about the northwest?"

Li Yuan replied:
"The population increased by 40 people last month."

"So little!" Li Yu raised an eyebrow, pondered for a moment, and muttered:

"But that's normal. After all, the Northwest has a small population, and the big boss has been there for many years."

He then asked, "Is there any follow-up to Ju Tianrui's discovery of survivors from Qinghai?"

Li Yuan thought for a moment and said:
"As I reported to you before, there are some forces in Qinghai, but those forces are all ruled by a force called the Aba Federation. That force only has a little over three thousand people and is very weak."

Ju Tianrui had contact with them; those people were very wary and always on guard against the Northwest Base.

When the bigwigs occupied the Northwest, they figured there wouldn't be much benefit in taking over that federation, and the terrain there was difficult to navigate, with poor transportation, making it unlikely they could develop. So they ignored them.

"What was the result of the contact?" Li Yu sat up and asked seriously.

Li Yuan took a sip of water and continued:

"We're still in contact; we're trying to arrange a meeting with the leader of that federation."

"Mm." Li Yu nodded and said:

"Continue to contact Ju Tianrui's faction and try to reach a cooperation agreement with them to facilitate the exchange of goods. As far as I know, that area is at a high altitude, sparsely populated, and has many wild animals and rare plants."
The traditional Chinese medicine hospital mentioned to me before that they couldn't find some herbs, so they could trade with that organization for them.

As he spoke, he realized that he hadn't left the headquarters base for an inspection tour in a long time.

Especially after Oriental Paradise was acquired, he never went there once.

And the Northwest Base—it's been under his control for months, yet he hasn't even been there.

Thinking of this, he touched his nose and said:

"I'll notify Lao Bi from the helicopter squadron later and ask him to arrange a few helicopters. I need to go out and inspect the various branch bases in a couple of days."

"Okay, big brother." Li Yuan quickly picked up a pen to take notes.

"Oh, right!" Li Yu added:

"Don't send out any notices. I hope they won't know about this inspection in advance."

"Yes." Li Yuan nodded.

"Go on," Li Yu said, taking an apple from the table and eating it as he listened.

But his mind was on other things:
He had always felt that there must be a powerful force in Tibet.

After all, the area is at a high altitude, has inconvenient transportation, and is sparsely populated, so the impact of zombies there should not be as great as in the east.

But even after eight years of the apocalypse, there's still not a single piece of news from Tibet.

Because of the high altitude of XZ, helicopters flying over the camphor tree are prone to problems.

Going there by land would be far, far away.

Unless the helicopter is modified again to adapt to the low temperature environment of the plateau.

Li Yu secretly made a mental note of this matter and planned to explain it to the Ministry of Science and Technology later.

He was multitasking, eating an apple while thinking about things, all the while listening intently to Li Yuan's report:
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The current construction status of the Great Camphor Tree faction is as follows:
The construction of the edge city of the Big Camphor Tree Headquarters Base is one-quarter complete, while the construction of the edge city of the Oil City is one-third complete.

The No. 1 and No. 2 plantations at the headquarters base of the Big Camphor Tree have been completed, and the No. 2 plantation will be sown within the next two days.

The progress in the oil city is about the same.

With these four plantations outside the city, plus the plantations in the northwest, it is estimated that in three months, the food produced by the plantations outside the city will be able to meet the needs of the rapidly growing population.

"Mm." Li Yu nodded.

Li Yuan continued her report:
"Construction in the Northwest: half of the greenhouses in the Northwest are now completed, and the other half are under construction. In addition, Ju Tianrui from the Northwest proposed at the meeting to increase the development of animal husbandry in the Northwest."

The Zhangye agricultural and pastoral base has abundant pasture, with snowmelt from the Qilian Mountains flowing down. There is still plenty of pasture there, making it very suitable for developing large-scale animal husbandry.

A decision on Ju Tianrui's proposal has not yet been made at the meeting; my second uncle and the others are still studying it.

As she said this, she looked up at Li Yu and asked:

"Big brother, what are your thoughts?"

In private, Li Yuan wasn't so formal and didn't address Li Yu as the city lord.

Li Yu ate the apple, leaving only the core, and casually tossed it into the trash can.

He rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.

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Animal husbandry.
Ju Tianrui's proposal was actually constructive.

Because, as of now, the livestock industry in the Dazhangshu area is still relatively small-scale. Meat prices are unusually high, and there's even a saying circulating within the Dazhangshu area:

The saying goes, "Ten pounds of cakes equal one pound of meat."

The camphor tree base is rich in resources, and also has thousands of pigs, cattle, sheep, and the like.

Although both the North and Oil City raise some pigs and cattle, the numbers are very small.

However, there are only a few hundred head of livestock; most of the meat comes from animals brought back by hunters and scavengers.

They mainly feed their pigs and cattle with grass cut from outside.

Before the apocalypse, things like corn leaves, corn stalks, and even sweet potato leaves could be used to feed pigs.

But in the apocalypse, sweet potato leaves were also sold as vegetables.

Their corn tortillas are made by grinding corn, along with the stalks, cobs, and leaves, into powder.

Corn leaves and corn stalks, when ground into flour, are both considered whole grains.

They even use corn silk to make tobacco.

They will make the most of all the food they grow.

Raising a pig is very expensive; according to pre-apocalyptic farming methods, a pig would consume at least 1000 kilograms of feed per year.

If you take 1000 kilograms, or 2000 jin (1,000 catties) of corn feed, it can feed at least five people.

People are already starving, yet they're raising pigs? That's too extravagant.

The reason why there are still thousands of animals at the camphor tree base is not just because they are for meat.

Part of the reason is to ensure biodiversity, simply to keep a pair of male and female to reproduce.

Li Yu squinted, lost in thought:
To develop animal husbandry on a large scale, one requirement is that there needs to be enough space.

Another issue is how to afford to feed these animals.

Looking back now, the North was not suitable, nor were the Camphor Tree Base and the Oil City; only the Northwest was the most suitable.

After all, the space there is large enough, with tens of thousands of acres of land and abundant pasture.

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If a zombie crawls in and bites these animals, then we're doomed.

Large-scale livestock farming is indeed safe if it all uses indoor farming, but indoor farming requires the use of feed.

Making this feed is too much trouble, and using feed made from grains would be too extravagant!

However, if you raise grass-eating animals like cattle and sheep, and there is plenty of pasture in the Northwest, then it would be very suitable.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yu said:
"Developing animal husbandry in the Northwest is indeed a good suggestion, but..."

"It must be safe enough, otherwise even a zombie climbing the wall could cause irreparable damage."

"Currently, the Northwest Agricultural and Livestock Base is only surrounded by a wall two or three meters high, which is far from enough. Ask Ju Tianrui to think of any other solutions besides building intelligent mobile switches and ultraviolet light arrays."

If it's about installing a smart mobile switch, he certainly knows that's possible.

But the Northwest Agricultural and Livestock Base has enclosed tens of thousands of acres of land.

It needs to be able to enclose tens of thousands of acres and be able to install mobile switchboards, requiring a wall height of at least eight meters.

What does this mean? It's like they're going to build an enlarged version of the buffer city!

The resources and manpower invested are too great.

Moreover, it's not worth it just for the sake of developing the aquaculture industry!

Now that Dazhangshu and the oil city are both undertaking large-scale infrastructure projects, they don't have enough resources to invest in this matter.

Li Yuan quickly wrote down Li Yu's words.

"Should we send this to my second uncle and the others as well?"

"Yes, I will." Li Yu nodded and said, "Continue your report."

Li Yuan continued:

"Next, let's talk about the situation in the North."

"The commercial district in the North is taking shape, attracting many survivors from other regions. Moreover, according to intelligence, some survivors from the Northeast mentioned a situation:"
Some Russians crossed the border from HSW into Northeast China. Although Russia has strict gun control, it doesn't generally prohibit firearms. So, those Russians swaggered around with their weapons, committing arson, murder, and looting.
However, according to survivors, the Russians apparently cannot produce bullets, so they estimate that bullets are extremely scarce and are therefore used for deterrence.

"And then there's Oriental Paradise."

"Wait!" Li Yu stood up abruptly, and before Li Yuan could finish explaining about Oriental Paradise, he asked:
"The Russians went to Northeast China?"

"Are there many people? What's going on?"

Li Yuan continued, "The survivors said they saw hundreds of people, but they only saw a portion of them, so they don't know exactly how many came from HSW."

Li Yu slammed his hand on the table and roared:

"Why the hell are we keeping this?"

"Send people to scout and find out their strength. If they're not very strong, just wipe them out!"

Li Yuan said awkwardly:
"My third uncle also expressed the same idea during the morning meeting."

"Oh." Li Yu sat down again.

"continue."

Li Yuan continued talking about the situation at Oriental Paradise.
"Over at Oriental Paradise."

After finishing talking about Oriental Paradise, she said seriously:

"A strange thing has happened recently."

According to reports from various bases, there's a trend among the zombies: they seem to be migrating eastward en masse.

"At the meeting, the Institute of Natural Disaster Research and the Institute of Zombie Research stated that the prolonged high temperatures and drought of the past four or five months may have led to a lack of water on land, causing the zombies to migrate en masse to the coast due to their instinct to love water."

(I suddenly had a realization around 2 AM last night, so I got up and started writing until now. Here it is at midnight. I'm going to eat something and go to sleep.)
(End of this chapter)