Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter

"You are really idle."

Wang Jianguo was also not sleeping at this time.

As a former steel plant director who manages a shelter of more than 2,000 people, there are countless things he needs to worry about every day.

After so many days, especially watching the supplies in the warehouse decrease little by little, he has already been a little exhausted. And he is online now, not for chatting.

"Who has fresh vegetables? Can you sell me some?"

"I want to use it to boost the morale of the shelter."

Not every shelter has the ability to grow vegetables on its own.

Not to mention the electricity needed to maintain plant growth lights in the underground world, it is a considerable burden for ordinary shelters.

Just the most basic planting space, not many shelters can take out.

For underground shelters where every inch of land is valuable, the same resources are not used to grow vegetables, but to cultivate more efficient food, such as voles, earthworms, mushrooms, etc.

Even more, there are quite a few shelters that can't even breed voles and earthworms.

They survived purely on the food and canned food they had stockpiled before the apocalypse, hoping that the surface environment would return to normal in the near future.

"Vegetables are not easy to get."

"I have a few kilograms of fresh cabbage here, do you want it, Old Wang? Just exchange it for a 50a battery."

A shelter director who was somewhat familiar with Wang Jianguo said to Wang Jianguo half-jokingly.

"Why don't you go and grab a 50a battery."

Wang Jianguo was so angry that he almost jumped. Even if fresh vegetables are rare in the current environment, it is impossible to sell them at such a high price.

A large-capacity battery is something that can save lives at critical moments. No matter how stupid a person is, he would not give it away just for a few bites of food.

"I also have some lettuce to sell."

"One kilogram of lettuce for ten kilograms of cement, or other things."

Su Wu, who was peeking at the screen, interrupted at the right time.

"Really?"

"Brother Su, how much do you have? When I built the shelter, I had a lot of cement left."

Su Wu's words made Wang Jianguo's eyes light up.

Anyone who can build a shelter must have some cement left.

Unlike the official need to open deep shelters, these ordinary shelters usually do not have the ability to continue large-scale construction in the end times.

Many people do not mind taking out some cement that they can't use too much for the time being in exchange for precious fresh vegetables.

"About 500 to 600 kilograms, and we can produce about 70 kilograms every day in the future."

Su Wu made a rough estimate and reported a number.

In his hydroponic farm, the lettuce with the shortest growth cycle has been mature for some time. Many lettuce leaves have grown quite large.

According to the method of picking only the outermost leaves and keeping the heart of the vegetable, about 70 kilograms of fresh vegetable leaves can be produced every day.

"So much."

"Then I'll exchange 100 kilograms first. By the way, do you still want steel?"

Five or six hundred kilograms of lettuce made Wang Jianguo very tempted. However, this is a luxury in the end times after all. It's okay to eat it occasionally, but it would be a waste of money to eat it as a meal.

After suppressing his impulse, Wang Jianguo rationally calculated his own cement inventory and cautiously gave a transaction amount.

"I will also buy steel, but the price is not that high. One kilogram of lettuce will be exchanged for ten kilograms of steel."

Compared to the large gap in cement, Su Wu's demand for steel is not so urgent.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the urban area of ​​Jianghe City has become a ruin after a storm.

When the city buildings were intact before, it was not easy to start with clear property rights. Now most buildings have collapsed into ruins, home appliances, air conditioner outdoor units, etc. are scattered all over the ground, and a large number of family cars have been crushed into discus. Many can be said to have become ownerless.

In this case, Su Wu only needs to return to his old job and act as a rag picker again, and he will not lack metal income for a long time in the future.

"Is that so? Then I'll exchange it with cement."

"I remember you have a self-driving truck. Please help deliver the things. The freight is negotiable."

There are no specially modified vehicles in Wang Jianguo's shelter. With the current high temperature of more than 70 degrees on the surface, it is very risky to send people out. Therefore, he would rather pay an extra freight than pick up the goods himself.

"Okay, the freight is calculated based on the price of 10 kilograms of lettuce."

Su Wu had no objection. Anyway, one party must be responsible for transportation. If he takes it over, he can make more money.

And when Su Wu and Wang Jianguo were negotiating.

The lettuce production revealed in their chat, the relatively low price, and the integrated service of paid delivery attracted the attention of many night owls.

The rich second-generation Zhuang Gongzi was the first to jump out.

"I also want 50 kilograms of lettuce, pay with cement."

"We can still cooperate for a long time in the future, buy a batch every half a month."

You only know how to cherish when you lose it. Mr. Zhuang's desire for fresh vegetables is no less than the delicacies from the mountains and the sea.

"I want 20 kilograms, can I pay with white wine?"

Another private shelter director who was not familiar with him chose to use white wine, which is almost one of the universal currencies, for exchange.

It’s not that his shelter doesn’t have cement, but there’s not much left, so he doesn’t want to trade it in case it might be needed in the future.

In the end times, many things seem insignificant, but when they are needed, if they are not available, it is likely to bring unacceptable huge losses.

Therefore, basically all private shelter owners who want to maintain their shelters for a long time must learn to be qualified hoarders.

“It’s all right. If you are interested, you can leave your address and transaction amount in a private chat.”

“I will start delivering goods after the city roads are completely cleaned up the day after tomorrow.”

Su Wu accepts everyone who comes. For him, selling vegetables is almost a zero-cost business. As long as it can be used to exchange for resources, no matter how much, it is profitable.

After just over half an hour.

Su Wu received inquiries and transaction applications from seven or eight shelters.

Not only did he clear out all the inventory of five or six hundred kilograms, but he also booked the production for the next week.

In the process of this transaction, through casual chatting, Su Wu gradually grasped the current situation of many private shelters.

For this world that has just entered the end of the world, we have a clearer overall understanding.

At present, the surface environment is indeed very bad, and the living conditions in the underground shelters are far less comfortable than before the end of the world. But when it comes to the pressure of survival, for most people, there is actually not much.

The rich materials and production technology inherited from the industrial age will ensure that almost everyone will not have a big food crisis in the next one to two years.

Maybe you can't eat enough, or you can't eat well. But in the most extreme case, even if you have a few bottles of vitamin tablets and a dozen bags of vacuum-packed rice, it is enough for a person to survive for a long time without lack of nutrition.

Of course, the absence of shortages in materials does not mean that there are no problems in distribution.

If a manager who controls most of the resources of the shelter is greedy and stingy enough, it is not impossible for people to starve to death in his shelter.