A trade agreement was reached with Su Wu.
The Changming Caravan traded half a ton of gold, 10 tons of silver, and tens of thousands of boxes of special dedicated medicine.
In exchange for a total of 150,000 mobile phones and 20 cubic meters of solid-state batteries from Su Wu.
Just as You Zhixuan had anticipated.
The main components of this large transaction were gold and silver.
The special dedicated medicine was just a bonus, a welfare provided by Su Wu to alleviate the suffering of ordinary residents under his rule.
The tens of thousands of boxes of medicine, in total, were only valued at the equivalent of 20 cubic meters of solid-state batteries.
However, the solid-state batteries from Su Wu's side.
Had undergone a major upgrade and multiple optimizations.
In terms of performance, they had already caught up with the world's leading standards before the apocalypse.
Overall, it was still a profitable deal.
After completing the large transaction.
You Zhixuan did not lead the caravan away immediately.
He continued to rent temporary shops in Su Wu's several densely populated large shelters.
Attempting to trade with ordinary people in the shelters.
In any case.
The entire Jianghe City had a population of over ten million.
Even if they were poor.
Accumulating little by little, it was still a huge market.
Of course, even for retail sales to ordinary people.
The prices of the goods sold by the Changming Caravan were not high.
They were basically only one-third, or even one-tenth, of the selling prices in the large and small shelters they had passed along the way.
Generally, they reached the level of being high-quality and low-priced.
This was not them doing charity.
But if the prices were set any higher, they wouldn't be able to sell anything.
With Su Wu, this powerful force, backing them.
The ordinary people underneath did not lack basic survival supplies.
Most of those who intended to buy goods from the Changming Caravan.
Were mostly thinking of improving their lives and preparing for emergencies.
The acceptable premium was quite limited.
Jingyuan Shelter.
Underground first floor, residential area street.
"Our compressed food, 50 grams can meet the nutritional needs of an adult for a day."
"Shelf life exceeds 20 years."
"The price is very cheap."
"We accept Contribution Points for payment, 5 Contribution Points can buy a one-day supply of compressed food."
You Zhixuan stood with his hands behind his back in the rented first-floor hall.
Watching the sales staff accompanying the team promote the products to the local residents.
His eyes faintly filled with thought.
"I didn't expect such a large shelter."
"To not have a single private merchant."
"Judging by this, today probably all the locals will come here to take a look."
Gu Zeyi stood next to him, looking somewhat surprised by this lively scene.
Having passed through so many shelters along the way.
This was the first time he had seen more than fifty or sixty thousand people appearing at their stall on the same day.
"It just looks like there are a lot of people."
"The actual transaction rate is not high."
You Zhixuan's gaze fell on a department store across the street, which seemed to have little traffic.
That was the official store here.
Many of the supplies sold inside overlapped with theirs.
At most, the quality was a bit worse.
"However, don't think these people seem very poor."
"But they don't have to worry about food and drink."
"They basically all have their own jobs."
"In terms of survival pressure, it's actually less than most people in other places."
"To be able to use the resources of a remote small city to allow tens of millions of people to generally live well."
"That Director Su Wu, his management ability is very impressive."
The true state of a shelter can often be reflected through these grassroots transactions.
At least, based on the scene before him.
You Zhixuan could be sure that unless a huge disaster occurred in the future that could overturn the entire Jianghe City in a short period of time.
Otherwise, the rule here would be as stable as Mount Tai.
The question that their caravan had traveled thousands of miles to investigate, perhaps could already be answered.
"Speaking of work."
"I saw news on the internet that most of the locals have been hired to build a super-large shelter."
"In the future, the entire population of Jianghe City may be relocated there."
"It would be great if we could go and take a look."
Gu Zeyi was very curious about the legendary super-large shelter on the internet.
From the scattered construction photos that had been circulating, it could be seen.
The actual scale inside was indeed very large.
Once completed, it might really be comparable to the core area of their Changming City.
"There should be a chance in the future."
"It's unlikely now."
Such an epic large-scale project that mobilized millions of people, the various movements it brought.
Naturally, could not be hidden from You Zhixuan.
Even the same thing, You Zhixuan saw more information.
From Su Wu's strict protection of the super-large shelter under construction.
Probably the most important equipment and most of the strategic-level resources in the entire Jianghe City.
Had already been transferred there in advance.
The several large shelters with hundreds of thousands of people that they were currently in contact with.
Should actually only be temporary resettlement points.
"Let's observe for a few more days."
"When we've sold most of the goods, we'll go back."
While the caravan from Changming City was staying in Jianghe City.
Su Wu's own caravan had finally repaired the broken roads along the way.
And arrived bumpily at the official shelter of Tumen City, 85 kilometers away.
Successfully reaching the first transaction with it.
Tumen City, official shelter, Exit 3.
Reconstructed from a subway station, the actual location was already at the edge of the city.
A large number of men and women who had been unemployed for a long time in the shelter.
Carrying meager luggage, dragged their families out from underground.
Losing the protection of the underground buildings.
The flying snow and howling wind outside.
Made these people, who were somewhat unprepared, shiver with cold.
"Hurry up and get on the bus."
"It'll be warmer once you get on."
Several urging voices rang out in the crowd.
A team of soldiers wearing guard uniforms urged the crowd to board the buses parked not far away.
And their voices.
Made the faces of these ordinary people who were forced out, become even more bewildered and uneasy.
Wei Manman timidly followed beside her mother, trudging through the snow with each step sinking deep.
The wind and snow outside were heavy.
Making it difficult for her small body to walk.
But despite such hardship, she did not dare to slow down, showing anything that was different from others.
Just like that.
After spending a few minutes, she worked hard to walk a distance of dozens of meters.
Wei Manman entered a bus that looked like it was used for tourism before the apocalypse.
As soon as she entered the carriage.
The heating in the car began to gradually dissipate the cold on her body.
And slightly soothed Wei Manman's somewhat uneasy mood.
She and her mother found two empty seats and sat down.
Her mother was on the outside, and she was on the inside.
The semi-enclosed space made Wei Manman's courage slightly increase.
She carefully turned her gaze.
Looking outside through the huge and thick car window.
Outside was a hazy gray.
The rapidly falling snow made the line of sight only reach a dozen meters away at most.
Within this range.
She could only vaguely see a few ordinary people like Wei Manman and them, who were being driven out of the shelter.
Yes, driven out.
In Wei Manman's view.
Those of them who were unable to find work and could only receive the shelter's basic relief.
Should be regarded as useless burdens and thrown away.
The only difference from being directly abandoned.
Was that they were given a hope that was unknown whether it was true or false.
Dozens or hundreds of kilometers away.
There was another new shelter willing to accept them.
Harboring worries about the future.
The little girl stared out the window at the heavy snow.
And began to daydream.
She didn't know how long had passed.
The bus gradually filled up with people.
Then, it began to slowly start, little by little disappearing into the depths of the wind and snow away from the shelter.
At this time.
Wei Manman realized.
That the convoy she was in seemed to be very large.
Not only were there a large number of buses.
There were also many vehicles like the armored vehicles she had seen in videos.
Occasionally in the heavy wind and snow.
She could also see some robot figures, faintly appearing.
If it were normal times.
Wei Manman would be terrified when she saw the ferocious weapons mounted on those armored vehicles.
But now, as long as she thought that they were traveling with her.
Wei Manman felt a sense of inexplicable peace in her heart.
With their protection.
There shouldn't be any danger along the way, right.
The huge convoy led by the base vehicle.
Followed the route they had come from, and drove back towards Jianghe City.
Because the road had already been repaired once.
The speed of the entire convoy was not slow.
Basically maintaining a speed of 30 to 40 kilometers per hour.
If there were no accidents, they would be able to reach the urban area of Jianghe City in at most three hours.
But because the huge commotion caused by the convoy when it went to Tumen City had become widely known.
This return journey was destined to have twists and turns.
1 hour and 15 minutes after departure.
The convoy suddenly stopped without any warning.
Then, a series of violent noises and vibrations.
Spread from the front of the convoy all the way to the back.
Making the people sitting in the car feel like they were experiencing an earthquake of magnitude six or seven.
"Warning, unknown armed attack detected."
"Base vehicle deploying combat mode."
"Land combat cluster dispatched to counterattack."
"Combat Drone Swarm commencing takeoff."
A cold voice that seemed to have no emotion.
Rang out through the bus's broadcast.
Indirectly telling everyone in the car what was happening outside.
Wei Manman curled up in her seat.
Somewhat shivering.
But the warm atmosphere in the car, and the fact that she had not seen any other abnormalities.
Gradually smoothed out her unease.
To the point that later, she even developed a trace of courage.
And once again secretly looked out the window.
The outside of the window was covered in blizzard as always.
But occasionally.
She could also see one or two flashes of red light, and then there would be slight explosions and vibrations in the distance.
Like shells hitting the target from afar.
Wei Manman didn't know what that represented.
She could only silently pray.
Hoping that the convoy would be safe.
More than half an hour later.
All the noises subsided.
The bus began to move forward again as if nothing had happened.
Soon.
Wei Manman, who had been watching out the window, noticed several vehicles burning on the side of the road, with only their skeletons remaining.
The deep red flames and dark black smoke on the vehicles.
Were constantly torn into strange shapes in the wind and snow.
Like beacons from hell.
Wei Manman's heartbeat stopped for a moment at that instant.
Imprinting this scene deeply into her mind, never to be forgotten.
The rest of the journey.
No more accidents occurred.
When Wei Manman once again followed her mother and got off the bus.
They had already appeared in a shelter with bright lights and a temperature that was warmer than before.
They lined up to register.
And received a mobile phone and a pair of Bluetooth headphones.
Wei Manman followed the staff's instructions and registered her own account on the phone.
Then she put the headphones next to her ears.
Soon after.
A delicate and pleasant, lively voice of a little girl who seemed to be the same age as her.
Rang out in her ear.
"Your name is Wei Manman."
"You've practiced dancing for 10 years, huh?"
Farmhouse courtyard, underground first floor control center.
Su Wu received the news that the caravan returning from Tumen City had been attacked.
"Large amounts of explosives were buried on the road in advance."
"They have three tanks, seventeen or eighteen armored vehicles, and a large number of man-portable rockets and grenade launchers."
"That's a luxurious configuration."
Su Wu's eyes were sharp at this moment.
No longer a military novice, he.
Immediately locked onto the real culprit upon seeing this information.
The environment under the apocalypse.
Was both dangerous and chaotic, yet traceable.
Specifically to the section of road between Jianghe City and Tumen City.
If it was said that there were small groups of bandits wandering around, there was still a slight possibility.
But rising to the configuration of a regular army.
Even tanks appeared.
Then it was obviously not wild bandits.
Most likely from the other two large forces that were opposed to the official shelter of Tumen City.
"Using such powerful weapons."
"They should be trying to test the quality of the caravan."
"If it's easy to bully, they'll just eat it directly, if it's not easy to bully, they'll just mess with the official shelter of Tumen City."
"There's no such good thing."
In just a few breaths.
Su Wu had already outlined the psychological portrait of the mastermind.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a slight anger.
Such an unscrupulous style obviously didn't take Su Wu seriously.
Thinking that he couldn't control such a distant place.
"Since they want to fight so much."
"Then let them fight enough."
Having made a decision in his heart.
Su Wu's emotions gradually calmed down again.
He continued to read the report.
Thanks to the powerful detection equipment on the base vehicle.
The explosives that the robbers had placed on the road in advance did not cause any damage to the convoy.
Then the base vehicle, which had deployed combat mode.
Successfully annihilated all the enemies within 15 minutes.
Apart from one transport vehicle being unfortunately hit by stray bullets, there were basically no other losses.
Moreover, the reason why it took so long to end the battle.
Was mainly spent on searching and pursuing.
The actual time of engagement was less than a minute.
"This time it was good luck."
"Next time it won't necessarily be."
"If the bus had been hit by stray bullets, that would have been dozens of casualties."
"It seems that in the future, the caravan can no longer use fragile buses to carry people."
"It's best to replace them all with snow transport vehicles."
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