Chapter 1590: Preparing to build a water plant!

Hong Gongcao drove the off-road vehicle in front,

A few hundred meters away from him, Jing Dagan and his team followed in a truck.

At the intersection of the road ahead, a towering watchtower stood.

Xia Liangfeng, a non-staff member on the watchtower, saw Hong Gongcao and the car behind him, and quickly picked up the walkie-talkie to report:

"Director Ju, they have arrived at the No. 3 watchtower, only 7 kilometers away from the trading market."

"Okay." Ju Tianrui's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

He was in a fork not far from here, and he was responsible for the entire mission this time.

The tracking team, the monitoring team, the emergency response team, and even the duty personnel of the watchtower outside the trading market were all under his command this time.

He learned about the situation of Hong Gongcao and his team through each group and gave action arrangements.

Ju Tianrui sat in the explosion-proof car and said to the combat personnel next to him:

"Contact Dai Jiusheng, and take them down immediately when they enter the trading market!"

"Oh, by the way, remind the guard captain Cao Le not to stop the truck. The corresponding inspections in the city are done normally, and the guard team should do a good job of security."

"Received." The combat personnel immediately contacted the relevant personnel.

The reason why they were not taken down immediately was that they were worried that Jing Dagan would find out the clues and inform the boss that although Jing Dagan had put the radio station in the woods next to the elementary school,

But.

According to the eavesdropping device, they learned that Jing Dagan and his men brought two pistols into the city.

The survivors who occasionally entered the trading market had firearms.

They had more than 30 people in their group, and it was not strange to have two pistols and more than ten bullets.

They were not taken down now because they would have no cold weapons or hot weapons after entering the trading market.

At that time, they would be fish on the chopping board and could only be slaughtered by Ju Tianrui and his men.

Cao Le, who was on duty at the gate, was looking outside.

He had already received news that a spy team would come today and asked him to cooperate with the work.

At this time, he received the latest news from Ju Tianrui and quickly cheered up.

He was the only one who knew about this matter in the gatekeeping team, and the other subordinates did not know about it.

On the other side.

Jing Dagan sat in the co-pilot seat nervously and passed by the watchtower.

As Hong Gongcao told him, although there were guards in the watchtower, they would not check their team, which was not strange.

If there were armored vehicles or modified war vehicles, it would definitely attract attention.

It was just a shabby truck, and it didn't even have a license plate. It was nothing in the survivor team.

After approaching the trading market, there were many more vehicles on the road.

From time to time, there were a few trucks loaded with building materials or wood merging from another road.

At this time, even without Hong Gongcao's guidance, Jing Dagan and his men knew how to go to the trading market. They just needed to follow these cars.

From time to time, some survivors appeared on both sides of the road. Some of these survivors drove cars, while most of them walked.

The things on their bodies were too heavy, and some even used the wheelbarrows from decades ago. This wheelbarrow was not made of wood, but tires removed from some scrapped vehicles.

Some pushed carts with various things on them.

Since the Golden Tiger Gang was blown up by the Oil City a few days ago, there have been no robbers within a five-kilometer radius around the trading market.

As a result, these survivors dared to take the main road.

There were still two kilometers away from the trading market. After turning a corner, the front was suddenly open.

In the center of a large plain stood a majestic high wall.

There was a long chimney in the high wall that was emitting white smoke.

On the black asphalt road, thousands of survivors walked to the east in unison.

Seeing such a prosperous scene, Jing Dagan was secretly surprised.

This was still outside the trading market, and it was so prosperous.

If it was inside the trading market, it would probably be even more lively.

As for Hong Gongcao, he was already drowned in the traffic at this moment, but they were not panicking.

Hong Gongcao had just told them the details that should be paid attention to.

The truck that Jing Dagan was in followed a transport truck and drove towards the gate of the trading market.

A group of survivors next to them looked at the truck that Jing Dagan was in. There were more than 30 people sitting in the truck bed, which was very crowded.

But there is a car!

No need to walk.

"Brother Meng, let's buy a car when the time comes, so we don't have to walk so hard." A young man among the survivors said to a man in front of him.

The man in front frowned and answered:

"Buy a car? How expensive is it to buy a whole car? There are so many scrapped vehicles out there. Can't we just find some parts to assemble a car? The car is easy, but the fuel is difficult! We can't afford the fuel!"

"But."

At this time, another man with a gentleman temperament and a pair of glasses with a hole in them questioned:

"But, no one in our team can assemble a car."

The leading man waved his hand and said nonchalantly:

"It's okay, I know someone who can repair cars. I'll give him a few points and he will help us assemble it."

"That's good." The gentleman nodded.

They don't have cars, so they can't go too far when searching for supplies. After all, they can't go very far on their own feet.

Once they have a car, they will be able to search for supplies further afield.

The past few years in the last days have taught them to plan carefully.

After coming to the trading market, they are accustomed to spending every point wisely.

However, there is some hope at least. After the thunderstorm and natural disaster, through three months of hard work, they got rid of the life-or-death line of hunger and saved some points in their hands.

Although they can't buy a car in the trading market now, they have points deposits and no pressure to survive. They also bought ultraviolet lamps, and the survival skills they have honed over the years are enough for them to survive outside.

However, accidents occasionally happen and several people die.

"Brother Meng, I'm a little thirsty. Can you give me a drink of water from your kettle?" the young man said to the man in front of him.

Hearing this, Brother Meng asked: "Where is your water bottle? Didn't I fill it up for you when we set off today?"

"Drink up. It's already October and the weather is still so hot. I..."

Brother Meng pulled off the kettle from his body and threw it to him.

It was two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.

The black asphalt road was burned by the sun and became soft and sticky to the shoes.

They can't stay in the same place for too long or the shoes and tar will stick together.

As Brother Meng walked, he looked at the heat waves in the air.

There was some worry in my heart.

It has been three months since the thunderstorm disaster passed.

Not a drop of rain fell.

For three months, the temperature has remained above 35 degrees, reaching a maximum of 45 degrees.

Although it is not as terrifying as the extreme heat disaster in previous years.

However, it seems that the weather is a bit abnormal and it has not rained for a long time.

Generally speaking, a month without rain in the south can be called a drought, two months without rain in the north is called a drought, and three months without rain in the northwest is considered normal.

This involves different places with different vegetation.

For example, in the south, three months without rain is considered a severe drought.

However, the previous thunderstorms that lasted for several months filled many depressions with water, so the drought was not that serious.

However, if the rain continues without rain, the drought problem will become more serious.

The end of the world is so difficult.

For ordinary survivors, the challenge is not only zombies, but also changing environmental disasters.

This damn weather, it either won't rain at all, or it will rain continuously for several months.

Or it may not rain for several months and it will be dry to death.

In such a harsh environment, water sources needed to grow crops can also become a problem.

Before the end of the world, rice was grown in the south. Late rice was usually sown in mid-to-late June and harvested in early to mid-October.

If it doesn't rain for three months now, if you plant rice outdoors in the south, the rice will die.

Unless it is close to reservoirs and rivers, water from reservoirs is used to irrigate rice.

However, zombies like water.

Open lakes, rivers, reservoirs and other places are often the places with the most zombies.

Due to various complex reasons, it is extremely difficult for survivors outside to realize their own cultivation.

Brother Meng sighed leisurely:

"I hope it rains, but I hope it doesn't rain. It's such a miserable day."

The gentle man said with relief:

"The trading market is preparing to build a water plant recently. If we really can't do it, we can rest in the trading market for a while. There will definitely be no shortage of water there."

"Oh? Really? Who did you listen to?" Brother Meng asked.

The gentle man thought for a while and said:

"Yesterday, didn't you know the boss of team 7890? What is his name, Brother Crow?"

"So it's him. Did he tell you?" Brother Meng asked.

"No, I heard what his men were talking about. It seems that water is being diverted from the Nanhuwan Reservoir in the southwest."

"Nanhu Bay, that place is quite big! It's only twenty or thirty kilometers away, right? It's a huge project to divert water from such a long distance."

"It's not that far. The straight-line distance from Nanhu Bay to the trading market is less than ten kilometers."

"Um."

Brother Meng nodded, suddenly his eyes lit up and he asked:

"Since they want to build a water plant in the trading market, they will definitely have to dig ditches to divert the water there. A ten-kilometer ditch will be a huge project, and they will definitely need to recruit workers by then!"

"We can participate then! This kind of mission officially issued by their Oil City is the most exciting. They all contribute points, and you can get a lot of points every day!"

"Yes! Brother Meng, that's what I want to tell you!" The gentle man nodded vigorously.

"Okay, after you enter the trading market, you immediately go to the mission hall and wait there. Once they release the mission, you sign up immediately!" Brother Meng explained.

"Okay!" The gentle man nodded vigorously.

He was thinking about how to persuade his boss to give up searching for supplies during the journey today and stay at the trading market to rest for a few days and wait for any news from the trading market.

Once the latest engineering task is released, if they are quick enough, they will make money if they grab it.

It's all about making money and buying and selling. It's not like when they go out to search for supplies and encounter unlucky situations. After careful calculation, they still lose money.

The fault lies in the food they consume.

As long as you participate in the tasks released by Oil City, you will get food for free, and points will also be distributed.

This is delicious.

The task hall of the trading market releases many tasks every day.

Some tasks are left there all year round and no one completes them. They are either too difficult or too far away, or they are information-based tasks that can only be completed by luck.

But some tasks, once released, will cause a rush of people.

Everyone wants to take the infrastructure task of the oil city.

This kind of task is the most popular.

When Hong Gongcao entered the trading market, he greeted Cao Le.

Cao Le ignored him.

He hated two people in the trading market the most, one was Zhang Rufeng from the Eighth Division of the Civil Armed Forces, and the other was Hong Gongcao.

Both of them have one thing in common, that is, they are extremely thick-skinned.

The first time he met Zhang Rufeng, this guy seemed to be very familiar with him, and he didn't like this kind of familiar guy.

The same is true for Hong Gongcao, the spy who turned against him. Obviously, he didn't know him very well, but he called himself Lao Cao twice when he went out, as if they had a good relationship.

Hong Gongcao didn't feel embarrassed when he saw that the captain of the gate, Cao Le, ignored him. He drove into the city wall and accepted routine inspections.

After he entered the city wall, he found that the guards today seemed to be twice as many as usual.

It was probably prepared to capture Jing Dakai and his men.

Thinking of this, Hong Gongcao said to himself: Don't blame me, I was also forced.

After entering the trading market, he was stopped by Dai Jiusheng and asked his men to drive his off-road vehicle away.

"Captain Dai, I should have nothing to do here, I don't want to leave."

"No, you watch here, one less person is your fault!"

"It's unfair, I did everything you told me to do!!"

"Don't talk!"

"Oh." Hong Gongcao squatted on the ground next to him with some grievance.

Jing Dakai and his men hadn't arrived yet, and he couldn't leave. He was too bored and had to pick up a branch on the ground and draw circles to pass the time.

Five minutes later.

Jing Dakai followed the transport truck in front to the gate of the trading market.

"Go this way! That's the exclusive passage for the transport convoy!" Cao Le saw Jing Dakai's truck and walked over to stop it.

Jing Dagan was a little nervous when he saw Cao Le coming over, but he was relieved after hearing what he said.

"Ah, sorry, this is my first time to the trading market, and I don't know the rules here." Jing Dagan said with a flattering smile.

"Well, line up here to go in." Cao Le pointed to the survivor lane.

"Oh, thank you!"

After Cao Le finished speaking, he left.

There were three cars in front of them, which were being inspected and entered one by one.

There are three ways to enter the trading market. At the entrance to the city gate, a rough check will be made to see if there are explosives in the vehicle.

The second way is to scan the person through the security inspection equipment. The security personnel will hold the equipment and scan along the surface of the person's body. Once there is a metal object, it will make a sound and vibrate.

This set of equipment was taken from the airport, which facilitates the inspection of survivors in the trading market.

In addition, their items also need to pass the security inspection equipment, and any problematic items must be handed in for deposit.

As for the third way, it is necessary to register information and report, including the deposit of items, which are all completed here.

The trading market is not short of electricity, which can fully support this set of equipment.

After roughly scanning their vehicles, the people on the trucks were called down to line up.

The gate guard asked Jing Dagan and others as usual:

"Are you carrying firearms, bombs and other hot weapons?"

"There are two pistols and 13 bullets."

"Take them out."

Jing Dagan quickly took them out. He followed Hong Gongcao's instructions and handed them over obediently.

If you don't call them out now, it will be troublesome if they are checked later.

The guard took the two pistols and handed them to another person.

"What is the team number?"

"Is this our first time here?"

"First time?"

"Yes."

"Well, when you register later and have your number plates, the guns and bullets will be affixed with your number plates. When you leave the trading market, the guns and bullets will be returned to you intact."

"Okay, thank you, thank you."

The guard was a little surprised to see Jing Dagan so cooperative.

Generally, survivors who come for the first time, especially those who bring guns, will be a little entangled and hesitant when they hand them in for the first time.

Unexpectedly, the man in front of him was so straightforward, without wasting his words.

"Well, drive the car forward, the people behind are also with you, right?" The guard pointed to the dozens of people behind and asked.

"Yes, together."

"Well, no problem, go in."

"Okay." Jing Da Gan breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off his face, and climbed into the car.

(Seeking monthly tickets)