Chapter 515: A Dinner
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"To be honest, I'm a little confused. Where did Alfonso get so many survival supplies? These things are so rare that they are completely invisible on the market."
As a member of the rebels, Dania frowned at a bottle of medicine with a simple label in her hand, with a few lines of words written in English on it, "montmorillonite powder, cure diarrhea".
Due to the cold weather, the lack of clean drinking water and food, and the habit of drinking cold water in the West, all these factors add up to cause diarrhea. Diarrhea is a minor ailment, but if uncontrolled it can lead to severe dehydration and death.
In the wasteland, more people died from various minor diseases and disasters than even gunshots. People are often stumped by problems that are usually inconspicuous. Fungal skin disease, poisoning, inflammation, cold or diarrhea can kill a healthy person within a few days.
Next to Dania lay her nephew, an orphan left by her deceased brother. Two days ago, the child suddenly began to have severe diarrhea, his physical strength declined, and he lost the ability to take care of himself. Due to the lack of medicines, Dania felt that she was going to lose this relative.
But a bottle of humble medicine brought the child's diarrhea under control. After adding hot water and liquid food, his condition began to improve. All this is because the city of Merida entered the reign of Alfonso.
Governor Alfonso won the love of the whole city within a few days. Everyone's expectations are not too much, and they can be satisfied as long as their lives are better. After the sales truck became a hot topic in the city, the reopening of several pharmacies once again made the people in the city feel what is called modern civilization.
Although there are no particularly good medicines in the pharmacy, and there are no qualified doctors, there are only a few dispensers who give some simple medicines according to the symptoms described by the patients. Moreover, the price of the drug is extremely expensive, and it is by no means affordable by ordinary people.
A tube of erythromycin ointment cost five gold coins.
A bottle of lice powder costs twelve gold coins.
A shot of tetanus vaccine can't be bought without fifty gold coins.
These drugs that were extremely cheap in the past are now extremely expensive, but everyone still tries their best to buy them.
Dania put the 'montmorillonite powder' into a wooden box and locked it away. This thing costs ten gold coins, but it can save lives in critical times. In the room she was in, Uncle Ike was busy making dinner. "Today's dinner is very rich. It is 'Supreme' instant noodles boiled marinated whale meat."
The diet of foreigners has always been simple. Knowing how to cook potatoes is a master chef, and knowing how to use condiments is like a god. Therefore, a well-prepared instant noodle will win unanimous praise from everyone.
But now instant noodles boiled fatty whale meat is already a luxury delicacy that can no longer be extravagant. Seeing Uncle Ike's cheerful smile, Dania complained again, "No one ate this food in the past. It was an absolutely unhealthy food, but now it has become an unsurpassed meal."
Whale meat is cut into thin slices and cooked by blanching in boiling water for a while. Uncle Ike grabbed a big bowl of noodles and fatty meat, shook his head at Dania angrily, and said, "No one eats it at all? You know, there are not many people in this city who can eat this kind of food.
In order to get enough food reserves, I sold all the recent honey in the factory to the 'Aurora Legion'. You must know that after several months of continuous work, the Yucatan area, which is rich in honey, has no honey, and even the bees are dead. "
"Sold all of them to the 'Aurora Legion'?" Dania was inexplicably surprised, "Could it be that there is no stock left?"
"No more, empty it all." Uncle Ike blew on the noodles and stuffed a big mouthful into his mouth. The greasy meat brought great satisfaction to people who were hungry for a long time. After quickly eating a large bowl, he said happily, "Although the honey is gone, I can still do something else."
"But if you can't supply honey to North America, won't the headquarters reprimand you?" Dania asked.
"Do you think those executives at the headquarters are idiots? They have already heard about the situation in Merida. I guess Lula from the gendarmerie has already sent countless telegrams to reflect the situation here.
But so what? The reason why the headquarters sent us here is nothing more than to search for their own supplies, as long as we complete this task. For example, the "Aurora Legion" is short of coal, so we get them coal in exchange for medicine.
You have to know that there is also an extreme shortage of medicines in North America. Many people, like your nephew, are facing death threats because of some minor problems. The only one with a large stockpile of medicines now is the 'Aurora Legion'. They once ransacked the entire state of Florida before the nuclear bomb attack, and they basically didn't lack anything. "
Dania shook her head, "I always feel that this is not right. The 'Aurora Legion' undoubtedly obtained a lot of things from Florida, but it is too strange to say that their supplies are so rich that they can be sold at will."
"Then how do you explain that Governor Alfonso obtained a large amount of medicine from the 'Aurora Legion'?" Uncle Ike said this, his voice lowered, and he approached Dania and said: "I went to meet Governor Alfonso in person yesterday. More than 20 tons of honey in stock were exchanged for a total of 50,000 atropine injections.
Alfonso was very satisfied with this batch of sales, and specially gave me several boxes of instant noodles and 100 kilograms of pickled whale meat.
Atropine is a first-aid drug, and the pharmaceutical factory can only rely on the inventory before it recovers. Now it is a dream to rebuild a chemical and pharmaceutical factory to extract atropine from the almost extinct belladonna, so the atropine in stock is listed as a first-class material, and only the personnel inside the "Enclave" can use it.
Doctors in the city confirmed that the 50,000 atropines were genuine. When I reported to the headquarters that I had obtained 50,000 atropines, the bureaucrats actually offered to reward me. Because first aid medicine is extremely out of stock right now. "
Yeah? Sounds like a good deal. But Dania fell silent after hearing this. The production of honey has always been subject to various restrictions, and natural honey is an excellent nutrient. More than 20 tons of honey were worth a lot before the catastrophe, and now they are even more expensive than gold.
But the 'Aurora Legion' exchanged all the honey with 50,000 sticks of atropine, and the headquarters of the 'Enclave' expressed joy and encouragement. You must know that atropine tablets were extremely cheap before the catastrophe. A bottle of 100 tablets may cost about one dollar, which is still the retail price.
"Why do I always feel that we are not the ones who take advantage? Even if we get a lot of food as gifts." Dania has the care and intuition of a woman, "But there is no doubt that the 'Aurora Legion' is willing to It would be in our interest to sell a lot of things that we are desperately short of, and we should take advantage of that Alfonso."
"Danya, what do you want to do again?" Uncle Ike was very troubled by his companion, who always impulsively did some inexplicable things.
"We should have a good relationship with the 'Aurora Legion' and seek their support. It is best to get weapons and equipment, as well as various logistical supplies. We should rebuild our armed forces and resist the 'Enclave'." Dania Suddenly became ambitious, "We should have our own power and build our own country."
Uncle Ike was stunned for a moment, sighed and asked, "Dania, can you still not forget your brother's dream?"
Dania was like a cat stepping on its tail, and scolded sharply: "How could I forget? We were originally the California Liberty League, and my brother was the chairman of the union. We could have established a nation in California, but the 'Enclave' maliciously absorbed us.
Of the fifty states in the United States, only California and Texas have the best economies. The other states are rubbish. Even New York is nothing but a bunch of Jewish vampires. We should be independent as the California Republic and confederate with the Texas Republic, so as not to get involved with other states. Those are drags, meaningless drags. "
Seeing Dania's excited yelling, Uncle Ike, who was originally happy, could only let out a long sigh. The atmosphere of the perfect dinner suddenly disappeared. (To be continued.)
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