boyutpedia Chapter 246
Chapter 246
Nowadays, if a family can store 10 tons of water, they will be called "the one who has a mine at home"!
"No, we have a large family, and after much thought, we feel that 10 tons of water is not enough, so we want to stock up as soon as possible." Qi Mingyu explained, and then instructed: "Xiao Xiao, you should also stock up more for the family."
Xiao Xiao waved her hand: "Don't worry, I know this. When I heard that the water level of the Jiyun Mountain Reservoir had dropped significantly some time ago, I tried to stock up a little early. It will be enough for now."
In the last days, everyone is concerned about their own affairs.
He thought for a moment, lowered his voice, and moved closer to the two of them. "Part of the water I stockpiled was exchanged from the service hall using my credits, and the other large portion was exchanged with a water supplier in J City."
"Water supplier? Serious businessman?"
Qi Mingyu hit the key point with his first question.
Xiao Xiao sneered, "What do you think? It's all collusion between the top and the bottom. It's a combination of military and government now. To be honest, the army is guarding Jiyun Mountain. Mayor Lu can't do much about it. He's in charge of the food, drink, and survival of the entire city, so he turns a blind eye to some things. This water supplier I'm talking about is an open secret among the upper echelons of J City. They have a way to get clean water from Jiyun Mountain. As long as you pay enough supplies, they will exchange it for it."
There was another thing he didn't say, which was that Mayor Lu was not the only one who made the decisions in J City. Many things were discussed in meetings by senior officials before being issued as decrees.
However, when the survivors cannot even guarantee their most basic physiological needs of food and drink, how can those who sit at the conference table and decide the life and death of a city be content to just live on their salaries!
They must seek benefits for their own people!
During a natural disaster, you don’t need to ask for too much, just the free relief food, the high-priced air-conditioned clothes, the clean water from Jiyun Mountain... Just taking a little is much better than just getting a salary!
The Jiang Lin incident is one of the most typical examples.
And those wealthy people before the apocalypse, those whose families actually owned mines! How could they be willing to be treated the same as the survivors at the bottom? They would definitely use the supplies they had to negotiate with the government!
Sharing benefits!
But now the leadership team has not fallen, and the system is operating normally. It is definitely not possible to ask for benefits directly. At this time, middlemen such as the water supplier mentioned by Xiao Xiao will appear.
Zhou Shuwan figured out the key in just a moment.
In her previous life, she was a survivor living at the bottom of society, struggling to make ends meet every day, so naturally she didn't know these things.
Some of the supplies in her space are for exchange with rich people.
"How do I exchange this price?" Qi Mingyu asked.
Xiao Xiao said, "I exchanged it a month ago. The price was not cheap. I gave away almost everything I had saved over the years. How much water do you want to exchange it for, and what do you want to exchange it for? I'll go and ask for the price for you."
Qi Mingyu and Zhou Shuwan glanced at each other and said, "Then let's just go with 10 tons of water. We don't have much, but we do have some coal, iron ore, and medicine. Let's see what price they ask."
Xiao Xiao glanced at him with a look that said, "You're really rich!" and nodded, "Okay, I'll go ask."
On the way back, Zhou Shuwan asked Qi Mingyu what medicine he wanted to exchange.
Qi Mingyu said honestly, "You should have seen that I have a batch of painkillers. It took a lot of effort to get them. Water resources are precious now, and I guess coal and iron ore are not available, but painkillers are scarce no matter what, so they should be able to be exchanged."
It seems that he had thought about it a long time ago.
Zhou Shuwan then quietly asked, "When did you do this?"
Qi Mingyu smiled at her and said softly, "Flood season."
Zhou Shuwan thought of the pile of medical instruments, various painkillers, antibiotics, etc. in his space, and smiled: "We are both heroes and think alike."
Qi Mingyu went to hold her hand and said, "I was at home at the time. When I heard the noise from your side, I knew you were out stockpiling supplies."
Zhou Shuwan's eyes widened: "Are you monitoring my movements?"
Through the air-conditioned suit, Qi Mingyu could only squeeze her hand: "How can it be surveillance? My ears are most sensitive when it's late at night and everyone is asleep. It's just that I see you look like a pissed-off kitten every day, so I just can't help but not ask you."
Zhou Shuwan thought of all the precautions she had taken against him in the past and smiled softly.
However, she had other ideas about exchanging supplies: "Painkillers like morphine will become increasingly valuable in the future, so there's no need to rush to give them out. In fact, I have a fleet of large passenger buses in my space, and I can use a few of them to exchange with them."
Now everyone is trapped in the underground base, and even if there are tires made of special materials, there are not enough vehicles to use.
I don’t know what kind of effort the government went through to find the trucks that are now transporting water.
Qi Mingyu guessed it immediately and said, "Is it the buses at the Jiyunshan parking lot?"