Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1519: Accumulate points to deal with natural disasters (4800 words)
Jilin City, Jiangxi Province.

On the S69 expressway, a huge convoy was speeding from south to north.

Most of the vehicles in the convoy are heavy trucks, and from the tires of the trucks it can be seen that they are fully loaded with supplies.

Next to the convoy, there were more than thirty motorcycles.

Ever since Master Yang was robbed by a group of people on his way to Oil City to transport grain, he has added a motorcycle escort team. The motorcycles are small and can move freely and easily on the road.

If there is a highway robbery ahead or behind, we can provide support in time.

In an explosion-proof vehicle, Xiao Hu was holding a corn silk cigarette produced by the big camphor tree base.

Open the car window and let the wind blow into the explosion-proof vehicle.

"What bad luck! Why is Zuo Ruxue also in the transport team? This woman is so nosy. We told the whole team to stop for 10 minutes at noon, but she insisted that it was not a suitable place to stop."

Wang Chunqi, who was driving the car, smiled awkwardly and agreed:
"Captain, you are right. I couldn't stand her when we were at the Wu City Transfer Station."

"Don't mention that time. It gives me a headache when I mention it." Xiao Hu rubbed his eyebrows.

"I don't know what happened to the butcher and Lao Guo. It would be great if they could go to the North. I haven't seen them for a long time."

As he spoke, Xiao Hu sighed.

At the last central meeting of the Dazhangshu base, he and Zuo Ruxue were assigned to the transportation team, which was specifically responsible for the transportation of materials between the three cities.

At present, the main task is to transport the food and some basic daily necessities produced by the Dazhangshu base to the Oil City, and on the return flight, to transport the oil extracted from the Oil City to the Dazhangshu base.

It is estimated that when the grain is produced in the north, we will have to drive from the north to load the grain and transport it to Oil City.

Anyway, his and Zuo Ruxue’s main task is to be responsible for the transportation between the three places.

"Captain, after we leave, who will take over our position at the Wu City military base?" Wang Chunqi asked.

Xiao Hu raised his head and thought for a moment, "I think it was Li Qi and Song Qi."

"Song Qi? I've never heard of this person before?" asked his subordinate Wang Chunqi.

Xiao Hu smiled and said, "He is the younger brother of our Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Song Min's younger brother."

"Oh, I understand."

They kept heading north. This road was a road they had driven on countless times. There were no obstacles, but the road surface was a bit uneven and they couldn't drive too fast.

Halfway back to Oil City, Lao Luo wanted to get off the bus.

"City Lord, I'm going to the Industrial Zone of the Trade Fair. A batch of chemical factory equipment moved from South Paradise is being debugged there. I'm going to keep an eye on it."

"Okay." Li Yu nodded.

Before leaving, Lao Luo did not forget to close the car door.

The supplies and equipment that Southern Paradise has stockpiled over the years include not only equipment from several pharmaceutical factories, but also several sets of equipment from coal factories, metallurgical factories, and chemical factories.

However, although South Park has these equipments, it simply does not have the ability to set them up and operate them.

Over the past few years, we have either been out of food or on the verge of running out of food, and the first thing we think about every day is how to get more food.

As for these other things, I have the will but not the ability.

There are many petrochemical products, including plastics, synthetic fibers, synthetic rubber, synthetic detergents, fertilizers, pesticides, soaps, etc.

They naturally know the benefits of being able to develop petrochemical products.

Apart from anything else, fertilizer alone can make the crops grow better.

But it's not that easy.

First, we need professional talents and skilled workers.
The second is raw materials. They are in short supply of oil and coal, which are needed for petrochemical raw materials.

We do know where to mine coal.

However, after the natural disaster, the coal mine collapsed, making it extremely difficult, time-consuming and labor-intensive to resume mining.

Moreover, transporting coal also requires trucks, and truck transportation brings us back to the same problem: lack of fuel.

After calculations, they found that the investment cycle for building a petrochemical plant was too long and it would not be able to solve their urgent needs.

With their strength, they can't do it.

However, with the support of the large camphor tree base, Oil City has the confidence to get it done.

They don't have to worry about food supply. At the same time, oil can be produced in the oil city, so there is no problem with raw materials.

As for coal, there is a Guxian Yangshan Coal Mine near the Oil City, about 100 kilometers away from the Oil City.

Moreover, it is an open-pit coal mine, so the mining cost is lower and the difficulty is relatively easier.

In the car.

Li Gang started the car again and drove towards the oil city.

Seeing that it was only him and Li Gang in the car, Li Yu asked:
"Gangzi, why did you ask about returning to the headquarters base just now?"

He thought there was something that was inconvenient to talk about just now, so he waited until Lao Luo left before starting to ask.

"Ahem, it's nothing."

Li Gang coughed awkwardly twice, "It's just that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and I thought we could get together then."

Li Yu was stunned when he heard this. He calculated the days and it seemed that the Mid-Autumn Festival would indeed be here in just over a week.

Over the years, the large camphor tree base has also been bustling during the Chinese New Year.

The candies that were given to the people below were gifts at the end of the year.

Li Gang now reminded Li Yu that it was Mid-Autumn Festival and he could prepare mooncakes for everyone.

Mooncakes have a relatively long shelf life and are high in sugar, so they should be very popular at a time like this.

"I'll go back in two days and see how things go with Uncle San. I'll talk to him then." Li Yu replied.

Northwest of Oil City,
South Lake Bay.

There were fallen fir trees all over the ground, and pieces of fir wood cut into three-meter long pieces were piled up on one side.

There was a half-full truck parked on the side of the road, and four or five empty trucks lined up for loading.

These trucks basically made three or four trips back and forth, and returned to the trading market when they were fully loaded with fir wood.

There are still seven or eight trucks on the road now, either on their way here or on their way back.

At the edge of the cedar forest, a man in a gray short-sleeved shirt was eating a corn cake that was distributed.

A corn tortilla the size of an adult's palm weighs about 125 grams.

Four corn tortillas weigh almost one pound.

The man calculated his harvest for the day. He could earn 0.5 points for one day of logging, which was enough to buy half a pound of food.

When he thought of today's gains, a smile appeared on his face.

He ate most of a palm-sized tortilla, and with the remaining half left, he was a little hesitant about whether to continue eating.

I picked up a 1L ordinary plastic bottle from the grass next to me. The blue packaging was gone, leaving only a blue bottle cap.

He took a few gulps from the water bottle.

I felt that my stomach, which was originally only three-quarters full, was now five-quarters full, and I put down the water bottle with satisfaction.

A voice came from the side.

"Old Xu, I feel like logging is easier than working on a construction site!"

Xu Qingwen turned his head and saw Sui Dahua, who was in the same room, talking to him with a smile.

Sui Dahua, like himself, has a family, including a father and a 13-year-old son.

He is survived by his wife and 11-year-old daughter.

He originally had a 2-year-old son, but life was too difficult in the apocalypse, and his 2-year-old son died in the first year of the apocalypse. If his son hadn't died, he would be almost years old now.

Coincidentally, the two of them entered the trading market before the thunderstorm disaster arrived.

And was assigned to a room.

In order to survive, they climbed up the wall together to block the zombies during the most dangerous moment of the thunderstorm.

After the market system was reformed, both of them became level 4 members. Before going up the wall, they agreed that if the other died, they would help take care of the other's family.

Unexpectedly, both of them survived.

Since then, the relationship between the two families has become particularly good.

Take care of each other and support each other.

This time Xu Qingwen wanted to come over from the construction site, and Sui Dahai was reluctant at first.

But now it feels like the right time.

It’s a lot easier, and there’s an extra tortilla.

Xu Qingwen smiled and nodded and asked, "How many points have you accumulated?"

Sui Dahua smiled bitterly and shook his head: "8, what about you? You should have more than me, right?"

"IM about the same."

Xu Qingwen touched the fir bark and looked at the azure sky.

With a look of longing and beauty for the future on his face, his face seemed to be glowing.

"I have accumulated 14 points. My wife can now work as a laborer on the construction site. It will be easier for both of us to earn points in the future."

He lowered his head and looked at Sui Dahua and said:
"Dahua, I have a suggestion for you. Earn as much points as you can now. Save them and don't spend them carelessly. Saving more points will make it easier to buy food at the trade market. Also, if there is another natural disaster in the future, we can survive with the points in our hands.

I never want to live a life of hunger during a thunderstorm again. You probably understand how I felt when my daughter told me she was very hungry. I felt so sad and guilty. "

As he spoke, his eyes sighed, revealing a hint of worry about the future.

When Sui Dahua heard that Xu Qingwen had 14 points, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.

They only earn 0.5 points a day whether they are on the construction site or out cutting wood.

To earn 14 points, he would need to work every day for nearly a month to accumulate enough points.

In addition, I have family to support, and I need to consume points to buy food.

Xu Qingwen probably earned these 14 points by scraping them away bit by bit.

Neither is easy.

I pulled out a weed, put it in my mouth and chewed it, tasting the slightly bitter taste of the weed.

He smiled bitterly, shook his head and said:

"My old man is in poor health. Last time I bought him two pills, it cost me 4 credits. Wow! It's so expensive! Luckily, I had some skills before. Today I went to the North District Talent Hall for recruitment. I wonder if I can apply for the carpenter job."

There was a young man next to me who was eating tortillas.

After hearing their conversation, he came over.

"Are you two old men in Versailles? Shit! You can even accumulate points!"

The two turned around and saw Ma Xiaotiao from the next dormitory.

Ma Xiaotiao is very young, only eighteen years old. Both his parents have passed away, and he has no elderly or young children to take care of. As long as one person is well fed, the whole family will not be hungry.

Ma Xiaotiao's father, Ma Dadan, 45 years old, died on the night when a thunderstorm hit the zombies.

Later, Ma Xiaotiao inherited Ma Dadan's benefits and became a level four employee.

Even though level 4 personnel only have one more level than level 5 personnel, it seems that they have no advantages other than not having to pay for accommodation.

But when it comes to practical use, there are many benefits.

Apart from other things, once there is a task assigned by the Oil City in the trading market, such as building walls, building buildings, and logging,
The first people to be recruited are level 4 personnel. Once the level 4 personnel are full, they will recruit from the level 5 survivors.

There are constant projects going on in the trading market now, and except for those level 4 personnel who are lying down, almost all of them have work on hand.

Having work to do means having points and food, and having points means not going hungry.

When Xu Qingwen saw Ma Xiaotiao jumping over like a monkey, a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Xiaotiao, how many points have you accumulated now?"

Ma Xiaotiao raised his eyebrows.
"About 0.5. How come you guys are so good at saving?"

0.5?
Less than 1 point!

Sui Dahua looked at Ma Xiaotiao with disappointment and couldn't help but complain.

"No, you worked with us, how come you only got 0.5 points? We have been working almost every day since the thunderstorm, and it has been almost two months. Where did you use more than points?"

Ma Xiaotiao scratched his head and said:
"I'm hungry. The two tortillas I was given are not enough to fill me up. When I get hungry, I go buy something to eat. There's a barbecue restaurant in the nearest commercial district. I haven't eaten meat in a long, long time, so I bought a few skewers of meat."

Xu Qingwen frowned when he heard what Ma Xiaotiao said.

Kebabs? Is that something they can afford now?
A skewer of kebab costs 0.3 points. How much meat is there in that skewer? Two skewers of kebab cost more points than they could earn from a day's hard work.

Instead of buying this kebab, it is more practical to buy a tortilla. Not only is the portion larger, it makes you feel fuller, and it only costs 0.25 points.

Really affordable and good.

Ma Dabing died between Xu Qingwen and another man. If you look into it, Ma Dabing blocked the zombie that was about to rush over, and he saved the person next to him.

Because of Ma Dadan's kindness, Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahua both took better care of Ma Xiaotiao.

Xu Qingwen patiently said to Ma Xiaotiao in a low voice:
"Xiaotiao, please listen patiently when I tell you something. This is for your own good."

"It's not easy for us to enter the trading market, and it's not easy to become a Level 4 personnel. But you have to know that Level 4 personnel do not have basic food supply. If a natural disaster or accident occurs and we don't go to work, there will be no food distributed to us."

"So, when you can accumulate points, you should start accumulating them. I want to eat kebabs, and I can afford them. They cost 0.3 points each, and I can buy dozens of them now, but I can't. If I buy kebabs, I will have to eat dirt in the future."

"You know the feeling of being hungry."

"Back when the thunderstorm happened, we were given two tortillas each, nothing else."

"If you do the math now, 0.5 points plus two tortillas is actually four tortillas, which is much better than it was back then."

Sui Dahua added: "Logging work gives us one more tortilla. We now have three tortillas a day."

"Correct."

Xu Qingwen nodded and continued to speak earnestly to Ma Xiaotiao:
"So, you have to learn how to save points no matter what. Saving points now is to cope with the uncertain future. We don't know what the future will be like, but at least you have to learn how to start saving points.

Otherwise, if a natural disaster breaks out and all work stops, what will you eat without your points? Will you starve? If the natural disaster lasts for a long time, how many days can you starve? Who will help you then?"

Faced with these questions, Ma Xiaotiao looked at Sui Dahua and Xu Qingwen.

Facing Ma Xiaotiao's eyes.

Sui Dahua's eyelids twitched and he cursed:
"Don't look at us two, your daddy protects you so damn well! So damn good!
If that time comes, don't expect us to help you. We both have families to support and are burdened with our own responsibilities. We can't even support our own families, let alone you.

Besides, you are already so old, you can only rely on yourself. "

Xu Qingwen nodded and said:

"Yes, that's true. If you really starve to death, there's nothing we can do."

"So, you have to save up points! Now that you don't have to support a family, you can actually save up quite a lot of points, eh."

Faced with the repeated persuasion of Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahai, Ma Xiaotiao gradually realized the problem.

He actually wanted to save points, but for a teenager who is still growing up, having some points on hand could be exchanged for food.

During the growth and development period, being extremely hungry in the middle of the night was the most uncomfortable thing.

Two tortillas a day were not enough for him.

Four is about right.
"Okay, I get it. I will start saving points in the future!" Ma Xiaotiao knew that the two of them were doing this for his own good, so he secretly made up his mind not to wander around the commercial district at night next time.

That Lao Chen’s marinade shop, Xie Dongming’s barbecue restaurant and so on.

He doesn't go anymore.

Hearing Ma Xiaotiao say this, Xu Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good, save up your points! Xiaotiao! Save as many as you can!"

"With points in hand, we will feel safe in the face of future upheavals and storms!"

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