Chapter 1658 40,000 workers, super infrastructure!

Two and a half hours later.

Sixteen helicopters arrived at the inner city of the North before dark.

In the inner city of the North.

The vehicles of the transport brigade were neatly arranged, full of grain grown in the North.

More than two hundred vehicles, loaded with thousands of tons of grain, all of which had to be transported to the Oil City.

The Oil City now pulled thousands of tons of grain from the headquarters base, and this trip pulled thousands of tons of grain from the North, and the estimated inventory could reach 10,000 tons.

This is the moment when the Oil City has the most grain reserves since it was captured.

In the past, when Xiao Jun and Ju Tianrui controlled the Oil City, in order to avoid restricting the Oil City, they only prepared hundreds of tons of grain.

But now that the Third Uncle is in charge of the Oil City and the trading market, plus the next ice disaster, I don’t know how long it will last.

So try to hoard some food in the Oil City.

Especially the number of survivors in the Oil City and the trading market has skyrocketed, it is not easy to feed these people.

The last thunderstorm + rainstorm disaster, many people starved to death in the trading market.

At that time, gold could not be exchanged for food.

In addition, the zombie tide was too fierce, so the Oil City had to issue a call for some survivors to go up the wall to block the zombies in exchange for food, which gave the survivors living at the bottom a chance to survive.

But at that time, the food in the Oil City was also extremely tight.

The trading market was very chaotic at that time, people died every day, and there were robberies every day.

Even though the patrol team was managed by Thunder, crimes still occurred frequently.

Fortunately, before it became completely chaotic, the thunderstorm disaster was finally over.

Currently.

Although the Oil City can also produce food, the area of ​​only more than 20 acres of the ancient tomb bunker cannot meet the current huge population base of the Oil City.

More than 100,000 people! And it is still increasing!

In the last thunderstorm disaster, they faced the survivors who were starving to death in the trading market. In order to ensure their own food, they could not give them help.

But now it is different.

The operation of the points system has brought convenience to the development of the trading market,

but the anchor of the points is food.

Many survivors in the trading market no longer hoard food, but hoard points, because they have the Oil City as a credit endorsement.

In addition, there has never been a phenomenon where points cannot be exchanged for food.

This gave the survivors confidence, and gradually got used to not hoarding food, but accumulating points.

This is actually an act of overdraft in advance.

Survivors originally got food for doing tasks, construction projects, etc., but now they don’t need to give food, but points.

They save points, essentially wanting to save food.

But because the Oil City and the trading market are stable, it is easy to buy food, so they are not in a hurry to use points to exchange for food.

The points they issued in the Oil City are almost 0 cost.

However.

Once the food cannot be supplied normally, there will be a run on the bank.

Even.

Once the trading market cannot give the survivors points to exchange for food, it will cause unprecedented riots.

Just like in the modern society before the end of the world, everyone has savings.

Suddenly one day, the price of buying food with money increased.

A bucket of instant noodles went from 3 yuan to 10 yuan.

People were afraid that the price would rise, so they would rush to buy and hoard.

If there was a problem with the supply under hoarding, it would lead to scramble.

Especially when there was no food supply, cash could not buy any food.

For people, what was the use of the saved money.

If the monetary system completely collapsed, everyone would feel cheated, which would lead to riots and conflicts.

It was crazy for people to be hungry.

Especially this kind of money that was saved with great effort, but could not be used to buy food, which was even more frustrating.

Therefore, food security is extremely important for the oil city.

At any time, for a country or a force, food is the basic plate.

If food security cannot be guaranteed, everything else is useless.

Because there was a problem with the food supply, the internal situation would collapse on its own without external attacks.

People are very realistic. If they can't stand the hunger, they will cause chaos and rebellion.

It has been like this since ancient times.

Buzz buzz buzz——

The helicopter landed on the helipad in the inner city of Beinei.

As the helicopter landed, the rotor slowly stopped.

The judge and others came out of the helicopter.

When they just got off the helicopter, Li Yu stood in front and led the applause.

Before they came back, the judge told Li Yu the results of the battle through the radio station.

Pa Pa Pa --

The applause continued until all the combatants in the helicopter got off and lined up neatly in front of Li Yu and others.

The judge walked in front of Li Yu with neat steps.

Salute.

"Report to the city lord, the mission is successfully completed!"

Li Yu coughed and saluted in a somewhat unaccustomed way.

"Okay."

I don't know what happened, but he suddenly said something.

"Brothers, you have worked hard!"

The judge has been in the army for many years, and he heard some familiar words, so he habitually answered:

"Serve the people."

With him taking the lead, the combatants behind him echoed the same sentence.

Li Yu was rarely stunned for a few seconds.

This, this, this.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with what he said.

Afterwards, Li Yu returned to the meeting room of the City Lord's Mansion with the judge and others.

Review the operation and explain the details of the task execution.

As for the hundreds of guns seized this time, Li Yu would have been very excited five years ago.

But for the current Da Zhangshu forces, these guns can only be said to be better than nothing.

Now the number of gun assembly personnel of Da Zhangshu forces has reached more than 6,000.

One shot per person.

Moreover, there are hundreds of thousands of various firearms in the firearms warehouse at the Da Zhangshu headquarters base.

If it weren't for the worry that the proliferation of guns would lead to chaotic management.

They can all shoot one person in three places, and even the survivors can shoot one gun each.

This is the foundation of Da Zhangshu's power. It has been accumulated by conquering so many places and cleaning up so many military bases.

The background of Da Zhangshu's power is not just as simple as hoarding guns.

There are also various other supplies.

Under the leadership of Li Yu, the big camphor tree forces are like squirrels, constantly hoarding food and nuts for the winter in their holes.

The hoarding plan started half a year before the apocalypse broke out, and continued until the sixth year of the apocalypse, never stopping.

At first, Li Yu used money to buy and hoard. Later, after the apocalypse broke out, he led his team to go crazy shopping in the county and city for 0 yuan.

After the hierarchical system was established later, we began to use the power of the vast number of collaborators to continue hoarding.

Now, it has spread across three places, using hundreds of thousands of people to search for all kinds of available materials.

At the Dazhangshu headquarters base, the warehouses in the inner city have long been full, and many new warehouses have been built.

But there is still no space in the back, so new warehouses can only be built in the four outer cities.

In the past, the entire building in the Third Outer City that housed the zombie generator was now used to store all kinds of sundries.

Many buildings were also built in the Fourth Outer City to store various supplies.

This is especially true for Oil City. A special area has been set up in the trading market as a transportation and storage area to store massive amounts of materials.

In the conference room.

Li Tie looked at everyone and said, "This is the rough combat details."

"Um."

Li Yu nodded and looked at Xiao Jun and Lao Xie.

"Lao Xie, you and Xiao Jun have completed the handover work recently. After the handover work is completed, you can return to the headquarters base to take over Xiao Jun's position."

"Yes, City Lord." Lao Xie stood up and replied.

"When the time comes, you can return together with the helicopter brigade." Li Yu added.

"clear."

"City Lord." Suddenly Zuo Ruxue's voice came from the lower right.

"Huh?" Li Yu looked at her doubtfully.

Zuo Ruxue said seriously: "The food in the north has been loaded onto the truck. We will go to the Oil City tomorrow."

"Okay, I understand." Li Yu nodded lightly.

Later, Li Yu urged Xie Weishan and Li Haoran to set up the boiler heating system as soon as possible.

After the meeting.

Li Yu left Xiao Jun and Li Haoran alone.

"The matter here in the North is over. I will return to Oil City tomorrow, and I will leave the North to you."

"The clouds are accumulating. According to the latest news from the Headquarters' Natural Disaster Research Institute, the probability of an ice disaster is predicted to reach 70%."

"So, your next task is to prepare for the cold as soon as possible. This is a tough battle that will last for a long time."

Xiao Jun nodded quickly and said: "Okay, I understand! City Lord, I will do my best to protect the northern border."

Li Yu pointed at Li Haoran and said to Xiao Jun:

"Li Haoran is still young, please take care of him more."

Xiao Jun shook his head and said: "He is already very mature. I'm afraid I have nothing to teach him."

"Anyway, if you have anything to discuss, we will leave the northern border to you." Li Yu waved his hand and said.

"I will definitely live up to your expectations!" Xiao Jun said seriously.

Li Haoran next to him looked at Li Yu firmly and said:

"City Lord, I will definitely learn more from Captain Xiao and guard the northern border."

"Yeah!" Li Yu looked at the two of them and nodded.

"I believe you, go down."

"Yes." The two left together.

Li Yu got up from the super luxurious chair in the conference room, walked to the edge of the window, and looked at Nuo Da's northern base.

His eyes were blurry and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The next day.

Li Yu left the northern border with Zuo Ruxue and others.

The difference is that Zuo Ruxue and the others drove on land, while Li Yu and the others drove a helicopter to the Oil City.

Three hours later.

Li Yu led four long-endurance helicopters to the Oil City.

Before landing, Li Yu saw that the eastern foundation of the buffer city wall had been completely constructed, and construction of above-ground buildings had now begun.

Laying the foundation takes the most time, but the above-ground part is faster.

But it can be clearly seen that there are obviously many more people involved in the construction of the buffer city wall than when he last came to Oil City.

After getting off the plane, he curiously asked his third uncle.

"Uncle Third, the construction of the buffer city is very fast. There must be a lot of people added. Will the manpower of the boiler heating system be affected?"

The third uncle smiled and shook his head:

"No, now the boiler construction side has recruited 6,000 people to build it very quickly. In addition, there are also people specially sent to search for relevant materials. The steel factory is also stepping up the production of steel pipes."

"In addition, an additional 10,000 construction workers were recruited for the construction of the buffer city wall, bringing a total of 20,000 people to the construction of the buffer city wall."

"Including the workers who are still under construction at the construction site in the trading bazaar, the total number of construction workers in Oil City and the trading bazaar now reaches 40,000!"

"Forty thousand people!?" Li Yu gasped.

This is just the construction personnel, there are also material search personnel and transportation personnel.

For such a large project, there is a huge demand for building materials.

Counting this way, the number of people working around the construction site is extremely large.

"Yes, so the consumption of points is very large now. Tens of thousands of points are issued every day. If all the points are converted into food, the daily consumption of food is tens of tons."

Li Yu clicked his tongue in surprise when he heard this.

"Food is productivity. No wonder the foundations for the eastern buffer city wall have been built just a few days after I left. If we continue at this rate, it is really possible to build the buffer city before the ice disaster."

The third uncle looked at the dark clouds in the sky and sighed:

"The Natural Disaster Research Institute has been unable to give a specific time. It can only depend on luck."

"Yeah." Li Yu looked at the thick cumulus clouds in the sky, feeling a little heavy in his heart.

"By the way, how many people are there in the trading market now, Uncle San?" Li Yu looked at Uncle San.

The third uncle thought for a while and replied: "The latest data is not available today. After the Wengcheng closed yesterday, the total number of people reached 158,000."

This number is more than Li Yu expected.

The third uncle continued:

"Maybe because of the accumulation of clouds, more and more survivors are coming to us."

"Is it possible that it's because of construction recruitment?" Li Yu asked.

The third uncle raised his head and glanced at Li Yu, "There is also this reason."

"By the way, there are thousands of tons of food stored in Oil City now, and thousands more tons will be transported from the north. It is estimated that the food stockpiled in Oil City will reach 10,000 tons in two days. I think that's about it."

Li Yu frowned and said:

"Not enough. The population at the headquarters base is small and the food consumed is relatively small. Moreover, both the northern border and the headquarters base can continue to produce food, even during natural disasters."

"But Oil City can't support so many people here with only 20 acres of land."

"I think we can collect 15,000 tons of food, which will ensure that the Oil City will not be short of food for at least 6 to 10 months."

The third uncle thought for a while and said:

"The headquarters base and the northern border currently produce 30,000 tons of grain per year. Now, transporting more than half of this year's grain output to the Oil City feels a bit much."

Li Yu looked at the trading market buffer city under construction in the distance.

"Not much. Now we have entered the fast lane of development. Our food reserves can support our construction. As long as we can build a buffer city and open up new planting land in the buffer city."

"By then, Oil City will have made up for the last shortcoming."

"Okay." The third uncle did not continue to persuade Li Yu.

Anyway, even if thousands of tons of food are stored in the headquarters base and the northern border, it will definitely last longer than the oil city.

Today, the population of the Da Zhangshu headquarters base plus the northern border is less than one-tenth of the population of the Oil City and Trading Market.

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