Chapter 1449 "That's Impossible, I Believe in Oil City!" (5000 Words)

The night wind blew in, causing the curtains behind to flutter.

Li Yu stood up and closed the window.

Sit down slowly.

"But."

Li Yu had some doubts, "But even if we use the points system through the mission hall and let many collaborators and non-staff help collect information, there is no way to guarantee the authenticity."

The third uncle smiled and shook his head when he heard this and said:

"This is quite simple. Just send someone to confirm it. It is not too cumbersome to set up an intelligence department. In fact, you can also make full use of the flow of people in the trading market to obtain information."

"The functional attributes of the intelligence department can actually be carried out by the patrol team. I think it is more appropriate to wait until the strength of the base further develops before setting up a systematic and complete intelligence department."

"Yeah." Li Yu understood what Third Uncle meant.

In fact, Uncle San is not saying not to set up an intelligence department, but not to spend too much manpower and material resources on this matter.

Penetration and understanding of surrounding forces can be achieved through other means.

"Third uncle, I plan to hold an inner city meeting after returning to the headquarters base this time."

"Not only the division of ranks at the military level, but also in terms of internal management, transportation, etc., I feel that it is too chaotic now. Many times the ranks are not clear enough, the division of responsibilities is not clear enough, and there is not even a supervisory department."

The third uncle looked at the silver curtains on the window, twisted his neck and made a clicking sound.

"You should talk to your second uncle about this matter. I don't know much about this aspect. Anyway, I just have one suggestion: Don't be eager for quick success. You won't become fat with just one bite."

System reform can easily lead to failure if the pace is too fast, so it must be done step by step.

"I understand. I'll talk to Huang Yuanxi, the administrative expert, in the evening." Li Yu nodded.

"Okay, let's go down and have something to eat. We are as good as steel. If we don't eat even one meal, we will feel hungry. Let's take a walk." The third uncle got up from the stool and walked towards the door.

The third uncle's saying made me laugh.

He stood up and said with a smile:

"Third Uncle, Gangzi and Tiezi's names don't come from this sentence, right?"

The third uncle paused slightly and replied awkwardly:

"of course not."

"Have you ever read a book called "How Steel Was Tempered"?"

"I've read it, so it comes from the title of the book?"

"So be it."

Li Yu glanced at his mouth and said, "It's really casual. My dad is the same, he chooses names very casually. Xiaohang, Xiaoyuan, I, the three of us together are astronauts."

"But why is my dad's third child a girl?"

The third uncle walked out of the door and said, "Homophony."

"oh."

Li Yu was finally convinced.

Their family members are very casual in choosing names from their elders.

Four brothers, great future.

When it comes to Li Yu's generation, they are astronauts, plus steel.

However, the names given by the second uncle are somewhat decent, Li Haoran and Li Haoxian.

Li Yu closed the door, took out the key and followed Uncle San downstairs.

"Are you going back tomorrow? Or do you want to stay here for another two days?" Third Uncle and Li Yu walked side by side and asked.

Li Yu nodded: "Go back. The inner city conference will definitely be held at the headquarters base. You can just participate online when the time comes."

"good."

As soon as the two of them went downstairs, they met Li Tie at the bottom of the stairs.

"Dad, brother." Li Tie shouted after seeing the two of them.

He took a few steps and approached Li Yu, "Brother, should we go back to the headquarters base tomorrow?"

Li Yu gave him a strange look, "Why do you say that? You two asked me this question."

Li Tie was a little surprised. Did his father ask this question just now?

Seeing that Li Tie didn't answer him, Li Yu didn't bother to delve into the reason and replied:

"Just follow the normal plan."

Li Tie coughed twice and said, "Brother, the main reason is that you locked yourself in the room as soon as you came back. I thought..."

"It's okay, let's go eat."

During the meal, the two of them chatted about how the transport fleet can solve the problem of being too long and unable to keep track of each other.

After all, Oil City will soon have to transport oil to the headquarters base again, and it will need to pass through that road.

In response to this problem, they discussed increasing the mobility of the fleet.

But the road is only so wide, and walking side by side can easily cause congestion.

In the end, we decided to move around with motorcycles.

Motorcycles are flexible and easy to turn around. Once there is an attack from the front or rear, they can be reached immediately.

30 motorcycles should be enough to take care of the entire fleet.

When the group of people were heading to the cafeteria, Jie Changshan was leading people to lay out wires in the corridor leading to the ancient cemetery fort in the trading market from Oil City. The corridor that was tens of meters long had to be powered on first, otherwise It’s also inconvenient to go back and forth with a flashlight all the time.

This ancient cemetery fort is quite large, with an area of ​​more than 20 acres. One side is used as indoor planting land, and the other half is used to place zombie generators.

There is also a very small area where some pottery coffins and other things excavated from this tomb are placed together.

Although it is of little use in the last days, it would be a pity to lose thousands of years of cultural relics.

"This area has been leveled. If it doesn't work, just pour cement to cover it." Jie Changshan said while standing in the ancient cemetery and looking at a depression in the ground.

"Okay, Vice President Xie."

A drop of water fell from the top of his head and landed on Li Xiangshan's forehead.

This drop of water was a bit cold, and he shuddered.

He reached out and touched his forehead, then looked up at the top of his head.

He frowned and whispered, "It seems that we have to do some waterproofing here."

If this ancient tomb bunker is not opened, it is very well sealed and no water vapor will come in, but after the tunnel was opened these days, water vapor from outside came in.

In addition, the temperature underground is more than ten degrees lower than that on the ground.

Water vapor naturally cools and forms water.

The utility room on the east side of the oil city.

Master Yang looked at the two bodies covered with cloth on the ground, his eyes full of pain.

"Alas"

This was the first time he led a team alone to carry out such a long-distance mission, and the first time caused such casualties.

It really made him uncomfortable. Based on this attack, he also thought about how to deal with it if a similar situation happened next time.

In other words, how to adjust the loopholes in the current convoy's security issues.

Northern Territory.

Xie Weishan sat on a raised wall opposite the City Lord's Mansion and enjoyed the evening breeze.

"Captain Xie, the greenhouse will probably be built in half a month."

"Well, why do you want to return to the headquarters base after the greenhouse is built?" Old Xie pressed his two strands of hair to prevent them from being blown by the wind.

Xie Weishan shook his head and said, "How is it possible? The greenhouse is built, but the underground tunnel has not been opened yet. Besides, without the transfer order from the headquarters, it always feels inappropriate to apply for it myself."

"What do you want to say?" Old Xie asked doubtfully.

"Hmm"

Xie Weishan hesitated for a few seconds and said:

"Aren't you worried about the northwest forces? If they really come to the northern border, we may not be able to resist them now."

Old Xie shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently:

"Come on, run if you can't. Didn't the minister tell us when he left? Don't confront them head-on. You have to hurry up the project of changing the underground tunnel. If you open it earlier, I will have a bottom line in my heart."

"But there are only so many people, and I have to send people to build greenhouses. Manpower is limited." Xie Weishan said helplessly.

"Anyway, your speed is not good. You have to focus on opening the tunnel first, and building greenhouses at the same time."

"Okay, I'll apply to the headquarters base." Xie Weishan said after thinking about it.

"Hmm"

The evening breeze blew away the heat of the day, giving people a comfortable and relaxed feeling.

In the northern border, since the minister and the city lord took people away, the defense here has weakened a lot.

Ultraviolet lights flickered in the distance. Now there was no need to worry about the power problem. The North had already built a zombie generator and captured a certain number of zombies for power generation.

No need to use diesel or coal power generation as before.

The inner city was just them, and it seemed a bit empty.

But the street lights in the North were all lit up, and it was brightly lit.

The electricity generated here could not be used up at all, and the batteries were full of electricity. It would be a waste if it was not used.

The next day.

Dongtai and others, who had been prepared for a long time, got on the helicopter with their luggage.

It had been too long since I returned to the headquarters base.

There were many people who applied to return to the headquarters base, and helicopters alone could not transport so many people.

So Zhou Tian and Huang Zheng and others simply brought more oil back to the base when they returned to the headquarters base.

In addition, Yang Zhongshi and others had already arrived, and after unloading the food on their trucks, they also had to fill up with oil.

After all, it was impossible for more than a hundred vehicles to only deliver food and supplies without taking anything back.

Yang Zhongshi and Zhou Tian and others will stay in the oil city for one more day, and then set off from the land to return to the headquarters base.

Ju Tianrui and Dongtai and others took a helicopter to follow Li Yu back to the headquarters base.

Song Qi, who had been walking all the way, had broadened his horizons in the past few days.

He had never left the vicinity of the big camphor tree base, and what he saw and heard this time made him feel very exciting.

Li Qi and Song Qi rotated the stationed personnel at the Wu City Military Base this time.

This time, when Li Yu returned to the headquarters base, he passed by the Wu City Military Base and sent them there to replace Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu and the team they led.

Zuo Ruxue and others had been in the military base for several months, and they were bored to death, and summed up their experiences and lessons.

When Song Qi and Li Qi set out from the base this time, they went to the library to borrow dozens of books, and used the computers issued by the base to download hundreds of movies and various games from the base data disk.

It was to cope with the boring days stationed at the Wu City Military Base.

As a transit station, for concealment, the gate must be closed at ordinary times.

Wait until the convoys transporting between Oil City and the Camphor Tree Base arrive, and then start again.

After all, there are not many people left here, so keep a low profile if possible.

When the future base becomes stronger, it can also rely on this military base to set up a new branch base.

Li Yu stood under the helicopter and waved to Uncle San and others.

Turned and entered the helicopter.

A few minutes later.

The helicopter took off and flew south.

Uncle San, who was on the ground in the inner city, watched the back of the helicopter disappear into the sky.

"Ju"

He habitually wanted to call Ju Tianrui, but as soon as he said a word, he realized that Ju Tianrui had already boarded the helicopter and was now returning to the headquarters base.

"Lao Luo."

"Come with me to the trading market later to see the effect of the points redemption system in the business district."

"Okay, Minister."

Ten minutes later, they left the oil city in an off-road pickup truck.

The business district is oriented east-west.

The east side is facing the main gate of the trading market.

In the easternmost building of the business district is a gas station officially operated by Oil City.

Survivors can buy various fuels here.

It has been more than five years since the apocalypse, and fuel has become increasingly scarce. It is a rare commodity in the apocalypse, and few people can afford it.

Crunch!

Lao Qin stepped on the brakes and parked the car at the easternmost corner of the commercial district.

The third uncle got out of the car, and Lao Luo and others quickly followed.

At this time, there were two cars parked in front of me, apparently to refuel.

But those two cars didn't even have doors and looked extremely shabby.

Survivors cannot drive inside the business district, but they can drive outside the business district.

This gas station is right at the edge, which makes it convenient for survivors to drive here to refuel.

Being on the side does not require entering the commercial area, so it does not violate the regulations.

"The minister is here, hello, minister!" Shen Xiaoxiao, who was holding a gas gun, shouted when he saw his third uncle.

Uncle Lan from the gas station also ran out.

"Hello, Minister!"

After Xie Dongming, who was standing next to the broken pickup truck, heard Shen Xiaoxiao's cry, he immediately turned around and saw the most powerful person in Oil City.

"Minister Li! You are here." Xie Dongming met his third uncle when he came to the trading market for the first time, so he recognized him.

Although I have seen him later, I have seen him from a distance among the crowd, and I have not had such close contact.

The third uncle smiled and waved towards Shen Xiaoxiao and others.

After taking a look at Xie Dongming who was refueling, he felt a little familiar.

"What do you use to refuel here?" Third Uncle asked.

Xie Dongming turned his head and glanced at Shen Xiaoxiao, and replied nervously:

"Earn points. With 5 points you can add 10 liters of gasoline."

The third uncle continued to ask: "Is it convenient to use? How does it feel?"

When Xie Dongming heard Third Uncle's question, he knew why Third Uncle was here.

The research visit is here!

"It's convenient, very convenient. We used to have to bargain with people to sell the smoked chicken and food, and we also had to wait for a long time before we could sell the items."

"Now we can go directly to the official redemption center and exchange them for points. We can use the points to buy whatever we want in the trading market. We no longer have to carry large and small bags of supplies to exchange with others like before. It's very convenient! And it’s safe!”

When he heard the word smoked chicken, the third uncle immediately remembered who he was.

The first team to come to the trading market to trade, this organization is called the Explorers.

The third uncle smiled and said:

"Aren't you worried that there will be something wrong with the points you exchanged?"

Xie Dongming shook his head and said:

"That's impossible. We believe that such a big force in Oil City cannot do such a thing. If such a thing is done, the credibility of the entire trading market will be lost."

"We all like this point redemption system. The points can be kept here. It's quite troublesome to carry the supplies back and forth every time you redeem them like before."

“And it’s very troublesome to carry it with you after you leave the trading market.”

He talked about a lot of benefits of the points redemption system, which made Uncle San very happy to stop.

It seems that Oil City still has credibility in the eyes of many survivors.

The reason why points, an invisible and intangible thing, can serve as a medium of exchange all rely on the trust and endorsement of Oil City.

"Then do you think there are any flaws in this points system?" Third Uncle asked.

"Forehead"

After thinking for a while, Xie Dongming said:

"Fortunately for us, we have great trust in Oil City, so we are not worried about points being deducted randomly."

"But some people I have contacted in the trading market are worried that more points will be maliciously deducted when redeeming points, and they are also afraid if they are not credited."

He didn't finish all the words, but the meaning was expressed.

Just as the gasoline was being filled, Uncle Lan ran into the operating terminal and printed out a note.

The time and date are written on it, as well as the points deducted this time and the number of remaining points.

"Ten points will be deducted for this refueling. After adding 20 liters of gasoline, you still have 345 points left. Please keep the receipt." Uncle Lan handed the receipt in his hand to Xie Dongming.

Xie Dongming looked at it and found that there was no problem and then said: "Thank you."

The third uncle looked at the note and asked, "With this note, I will give it to you on the spot. If there is any problem, can't you point it out on the spot?"

Xie Dongming coughed and said, "They don't believe it. They're afraid that you won't recognize the note when the time comes."

"But I rarely meet people like this."

"Um"

The third uncle nodded thoughtfully. The reason why he was worried was that he didn't have enough trust.

All they can do is manage and control the points backend, and absolutely no problems can arise.

This problem is like before the end of the world, if a person is struggling whether to deposit money in the bank, he is worried that if he deposits money in the bank, the bank will deduct his money and move it to other places for use.

This kind of thing actually happened before the end of the world, but it was only a few cases.

For example, in the trading market, if this happens once, it will cause a devastating blow to the reputation of the trading market.

What can be done is to have strict review and supervision, and not let the people who operate the points deduction tamper with it.

Uncle San remembered what Li Yu said to him yesterday, relying on the system to manage people and formulate a strict monitoring mechanism, which now seems to be necessary.

Afterwards, Uncle San chatted with Shen Xiaoxiao and several gas station staff for a while, and then entered the industry area of ​​the trading market to investigate the situation of other merchants.

(Seeking monthly tickets)