Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2169 Mountain Cave-Stored Wine

Xuancheng.

Xuanjiu Winery.

The group of scavengers, led by Sha Xin, had been here for three whole days.

In the end times, alcohol is a hard currency, especially some high-proof spirits.

It can be used for emergency sterilization, and it can also be drunk to help people temporarily forget their troubles.

However, alcohol is too expensive to produce in the apocalypse.

Before the apocalypse, most of the wine was wasted in natural disasters such as extreme heat and cold, or in floods.

The remaining items were also looted by the survivors over the years.

Therefore, most of the wines sold in the various base markets of Dazhangshu are made from grains such as sweet potatoes.

The wines from before the apocalypse were expensive, and had been aged for at least ten years.

Meanwhile, the group of Killing Heart discovered this market opportunity and spent a lot of time and energy searching for a winery before the apocalypse.

Occasionally, they could find some leftover wine in the distillery, even just two or three cases, which was equivalent to the points they had earned from searching for equipment and supplies.

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The distilleries they searched for were almost all empty.

Over the past decade, the survivors have dug up these distilleries countless times.

Xuanjiu Winery, Cellar No. 3.

The ancient armored figure, devoid of any will to live, said to the murderous intent:
"Brother, we've been searching this distillery for days, and all we've found are these three bottles of wine. Maybe we should just give up?"

The third brother, Cheng Yun, also advised:

"Second brother is right. Eldest brother, the broadcast has already announced that the zombies will land on land in half a month. We must return to Oil City before then."

Otherwise, if something unexpected happens on the way, we're doomed if we can't get back.

With his hands on the gun sling strap around his waist, he frowned and said:
"What's the rush? Didn't you understand the broadcast? We'll reach the Guangdong coast in half a month, but it'll take at least two or three months to get to the oil city. We've already come out and hired people, so we need to make sure we earn enough to cover the fuel and vehicle damage costs before we talk about anything else!"

They have five large trucks with a particularly strong loading capacity, capable of carrying 350 tons of supplies.

Even if you're just helping transport building materials, you can earn 100 points a day after deducting fuel costs.

However, they came from the oil city, plus the fuel they brought back.

Five large dump trucks, given the complex road conditions in this post-apocalyptic world, would consume nearly 20 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers. The round trip would be over 1,000 kilometers, requiring at least 800 liters of diesel fuel in total.

Currently, diesel in the oil city costs 2 points per liter, and they need 1600 points just for diesel consumption.

Ten workers were recruited. Each worker costs 5 points per day, so ten workers would cost 50 points.

If the joining period is half a month, then 750 points are required.

Even though they have a lot of points on their points cards, it would be a waste to make a wasted trip!
In addition, there are expenses for preparing for this trip, such as gun rentals and ammunition purchases.

It adds up to more than two thousand, nearly three thousand points.

This was a considerable expense for Sha Xin and his group of wealthy scavengers.

"Go and call Bai Xiaosheng and that Ling Bowen over!" Sha Xin said to Gu Jia with a gloomy expression.

Gu Jia nodded, turned around and walked out.

A few minutes later.

Gu Jia led Bai Xiaosheng and Ling Bowen in.

Gu Jia was also angry; he practically dragged the two of them in.

"Big brother, they're here."

Bai Xiaosheng felt a slight tremor in his heart as he looked at the gloomy-faced murderer.

She glared fiercely at Ling Bowen beside her, thinking to herself: You've really gotten me into trouble!

"Know-it-all" is his nickname; he mainly deals in information in the oil city.

He sells information to scavengers, who then use that information to find supplies.

After all, some survivors had just come in from outside; they knew about some supplies and materials, but not their value.

Or perhaps some residents know where to find valuable items, but they lack the ability to transport and move them, so they simply sell the information to the all-knowing scholar, who then resells it at a higher price to stronger scavenging teams.

They profit from the price difference.

This time, he learned from Ling Bowen that Xuanjiu had a cellar base that had not been dug up by the survivors. Since it was a cellar base of a winery, the wine must be measured in tons at least.

After learning how huge the profits were, he immediately contacted the scavenger team he knew well, including the group led by Sha Xin.

After Ling Bowen, Bai Xiaosheng, and Sha Xin communicated.

The following treaty was reached:
Bai Xiaosheng vouched for Ling Bowen, saying that after finding the wine cellar and selling the wine, he could get two percent of the points earned.

Ling Bowen led them to search for it. If they could find it, they could get three percent of the points.

Killing Heart, on the other hand, requires covering all the expenses of this trip, including wages for recruited porters, fuel consumption, food, water, rental fees for bullets and firearms, containers for wine, and transport equipment.

After finding the cellar wine, and deducting the expenses incurred this time, he can receive 95% of the remaining points.

It's like they provided manpower, effort, and points, with Bai Xiaosheng acting as guarantor and Ling Bowen providing information and guidance.

But now
Ling Bowen has brought them here for three days now. More than a dozen people have been searching day and night, even digging up the cellar, but they still haven't found the large amount of wine that Ling Bowen mentioned.

"Where's the wine?" Sha Xin's eyes sharpened as he stared directly at the two of them.

His hand on the gun belt at his waist put immense pressure on the two men.

They are now outside, not subject to the management and restrictions of the big camphor tree.

The scavengers form their own teams to work outside, and they bear all the risks and benefits themselves.

If an accident occurs outside, the big camphor tree won't have the energy to pursue the responsibility, because investigating evidence and so on is too troublesome.

There are so many scavenger teams that the big camphor tree simply can't manage them all.

Bai Xiaosheng had cooperated with Sha Xin many times, and he had been providing Sha Xin with information in the past. This time, he truly regretted it.

If he had known it would turn out this way, he wouldn't have thought of providing a guarantee and would never have run away from the oil city.

Bai Xiaosheng swallowed hard, tugged at Ling Bowen's sleeve, and said anxiously:

"Awen, hurry up and tell me! You're going to get me killed!"

Upon seeing the murderous gesture, Ling Bowen's forehead was instantly covered in sweat.

"Brother Sha, there really is alcohol here. We might need to look around some more."

"Search?" Sha Xin sneered. "We've been searching for three days and all we found were three bottles of wine. How much are three bottles of wine worth? It doesn't even cover one-twentieth of the cost of this trip."

As he spoke, Sha Xin approached Ling Bowen, narrowing his eyes as he said:

"We've looked closely just now, and this place has definitely been flooded, and it was flooded a long time ago. Are you lying?"

After saying that, he drew the gun from his waist.

After seeing him draw his gun, Ling Bowen suddenly sat down on the ground with a thud.

"I heard about it from a friend. He said there was some aged wine here, and he even gave me a bottle—the one I sold to you. But then I couldn't find him anymore."

After hearing this, Sha Xin's forehead throbbed; at that moment, he really wanted to kill this bastard.

Ling Bowen didn't say that before; he confidently claimed that he had personally seen a lot of wine hidden here.

But now.
Damn it, I should have sent someone over to check first; at least we wouldn't have wasted so much manpower and fuel.

This time, we've learned our lesson.

He pointed the gun at Ling Bowen and paused for a full half minute.

Half a minute later, he sighed and put the gun back on the sling.

He could kill those two, but there are still some risks involved.

After all, he had recruited ten porters this time, and these ten porters were also here. Once Bai Xiaosheng and Ling Bowen were killed, it was hard to guarantee that these porters would reveal the news after they went back.

Unless all ten workers are killed.

But if we kill all ten workers, their families in the oil city will surely cause trouble.

After all, the porters who went out with the scavenger team had all registered at the administrative hall.

They'll have to explain later why these ten workers died while their own people were unharmed.

The deaths of ten workers were enough to attract the attention of the oil city authorities, and once an investigation was launched, the matter would become troublesome.

Therefore, no matter how angry he was at this moment, he could not kill them.

Murderous intent led him to pick up the walkie-talkie and contact the brothers who were still searching throughout the distillery:

"Fourth and Fifth Brother, let those workers come back. We're not going to look anymore; we can't waste any more time."

"Okay, big brother."

"clear."

Bai Xiaosheng's eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward and said:

"Captain Killer, I'll give you a free tip. There's an open-pit mine in the Tongling area that has a type of ore that the government desperately needs. All you have to do is lead everyone to that mine. This trip will not only break even, but you can also make a fortune!"

"At least we can earn this much!"

He held up his finger, making a 3.

“3000?” Sha Xin glanced at him coldly.

Bai Xiaosheng nodded vigorously. Three thousand points was an astronomical figure in the eyes of ordinary residents.

Unexpectedly, Kill Heart coldly snorted, "Do you know how many points this trip cost me? 2800 points!"

"After half a month of back and forth, we only earned 200 points?"

Bai Xiaosheng said awkwardly in a low voice, "Why is the cost so high?"

He cursed under his breath, too lazy to calculate the costs in detail with Bai Xiaosheng.

"Fine, I'll let it go this time since the information you sold me before was generally accurate. But if you rip me off again at the mine, don't blame me for beating you up!"

Bai Xiaosheng quickly said, "No, don't worry. I sold this information to other scavengers, and they went there and brought back the ore."

"Hmm." Sha Xin didn't pursue the matter further.

He shouted to the people in the wine cellar:

"gone."

Ling Bowen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ling Bowen had no intention of killing him.

With its head down and tail between its legs, it followed them out of the wine cellar.

After leaving the wine cellar, several cars drove up in the distance.

Dust filled the air.

He turned his head to avoid the dust, but just then he saw a slogan lying on the ground in the cellar, the words on it already somewhat blurred.

But he could vaguely make out the two characters on it: "cave hidden".

He instantly recalled the words of the friend who gave him the wine.

His friend hadn't said it was stored in a cellar, but rather in a cave.

Cave aging involves storing food in earthenware jars inside caves, while the winery they are in now uses stainless steel containers.

The cave contains the high-end series.

They definitely weren't stored together.

Thinking of this, he excitedly shouted to Sha Xin and the others:
"I understand, I understand everything!"

The second brother, Gu Jia, glanced at him and cursed impatiently:
"What's wrong with you now? Big brother has already been kind enough by not killing you. Do you want to get beaten up?"

"No, no!" Ling Bowen quickly explained, "I remember now, it's not cellar storage but cave storage. The wine is stored in other places, and I know where to find it."

As he spoke, he suddenly ran towards the winery's publicity hall.

When Sha Xin heard him say that, his brows furrowed slightly.

Then he said to Gu Jia, "Have the fourth brother and the others wait here."

After saying that, he pulled Bai Xiaosheng along and chased after them.

When he arrived at the winery's publicity hall, Ling Bowen seemed to have lost his soul, rummaging through the garbage pile on the ground.

"What are you looking for?" Bai Xiaosheng asked, looking puzzled.

"Found it!" Ling Bowen excitedly picked up a sign from the ground and wiped the dirt and dust off its surface with his clothes.

The text and images on the sign are visible.

At the top it reads: Xuanjiu has an annual production of XX million tons, specially supplied with light aroma.
Below is a topographical map of Xuanjiu Winery, as well as pictures showing the scale and location of the cave-aged wine.

Ling Bowen pointed to the location of the cave-aged wine and excitedly shouted to the two men behind him, "Sha Xin!"
"It must be here. We're sure to find the stored wine here."

Sha Xin glanced at the location and opened the Xuancheng map he had found.

The location of the cave is indicated to be on Mount Jingting, northwest of Xuancheng.

It's about forty kilometers away from here.

Come here
He closed the map of Xuancheng, glanced at the two men, and said:
"Let's go."

"Where to?" Bai Xiaosheng asked.

But after asking the question, he wanted to slap himself. Did he even need to ask?

"I'm such an idiot," Bai Xiaosheng thought to himself.

really.

Ling Bowen and Sha Xin both looked at Bai Xiaosheng with a very peculiar gaze.

The three of them walked out of the publicity hall.

Sha Xin relayed what Ling Bowen had just said to Gu Jia's brothers.

Having learned from past mistakes, Gu Jia didn't quite trust Ling Bowen, but since he was already there, he didn't refuse to go to Jingting Mountain to search for him.

Soon, the fourth and fifth brothers returned, and together they drove to Jingting Mountain, forty kilometers away.

after an hour.

They arrived at Jingting Mountain.

Along the way, we encountered a landslide that blocked the road; look at these traces of mud.

These rocks must have fallen a long time ago.

Left with no other option, they had to stop the vehicle, unload the small excavator they had brought, and begin clearing the road.

After two hours of clearing, a road was finally created that could accommodate large trucks.

Continue driving up the mountain.

At a fork in the road, they drove on the left.

After driving for ten minutes, we came across an iron gate that had been in disrepair for many years.

The fourth brother, Nan Dou, only touched it lightly, and the rotten iron gate crashed to the ground with a loud bang.

Ling Bowen, inside the car, pointed to several large characters carved on the cement wall beside him and said to Sha Xin:
"It should be here, the Xuanjiu high-end cave aging base."

The thought of killing, which had initially left him disappointed, resurfaced.

"Then go have a look."

Five large trucks, carrying more than a dozen people and a mini excavator, continued driving up the mountain.

ten minutes later.

They arrived at a relatively flat platform.

Behind the platform, there are many cave dwellings similar to those in Northwest China.

One of the cave dwellings collapsed.

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The cave dwellings had their doors wide open, and the ground was covered with yellow stains.

A strong smell of alcohol filled the air.

Seeing that the cave dwelling door was open, Ling Bowen's heart sank instantly.

When searching for supplies, the worst thing is to encounter a door that is wide open, because it means that someone has definitely been inside.

The doors to the cave dwellings are actually quite well sealed, but they are all left open.

What the hell.
With trepidation in their hearts, Bai Xiaosheng and Ling Bowen jumped out of the car.

They nervously walked towards one of the cave dwellings.

He thought to himself: "Is the wine gone again? Please, please don't."

As soon as the two went inside, they passed through two more doors, both of which were open.

Immediately afterwards, the two saw that the pottery jar deep inside the cave had cracked.

The cave-aged wine inside spilled all over the floor.

My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, suddenly died.

No wonder the smell of alcohol was so strong outside.

These wines are all aged in earthenware jars in caves.

Earthenware pots are heat-resistant, able to withstand temperatures of several hundred degrees without cracking, but they are not heat-resistant at low temperatures.

With the sealed doors of the cave dwellings wide open, the natural insulation effect inside the cave is reduced.

During extreme cold weather, cold air blows in from outside.
At temperatures below -100 degrees Celsius, ceramic jars may crack due to the expansion of frozen internal moisture. In particular, ceramic materials become brittle at low temperatures, reducing their ability to withstand pressure.

Bai Xiaosheng swallowed his dry saliva and said:
"What a waste! Let's quickly look for any that haven't cracked yet."

(End of this chapter)