Rise of the Wasteland Chapter 444: Market
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As a black market businessman, Kolmar, who had suffered a lot of blood loss, once again drove his small steamer to Havana. He brought coal from Mexico and exchanged for various commodities at the Aurora Legion site.
Now the Django forces have been completely defeated, and the entire Caribbean region is already dominated by ‘Aurora Legion’. The steamer steamer made by Nassau's ship repair yard has become the main means of transportation on the sea, and all people in the Caribbean region must rely on it to survive.
In addition to ‘Aurora Legion’, ‘Enclave’ to the north is actually stronger and a place where you can do business. Kolmar used to go to the port controlled by Enclave, but as a result, it was surprisingly found that the powerful Enclave was far inferior to Aurora Legion in terms of trade. Regardless of the type or quantity of transactions, ‘Aurora Legion’ far surpasses any other surrounding organizations.
Kolmar shipped 300 tons of high-quality coal this time, which is a much-needed material for ‘Aurora Legion’. He hired a dozen dock workers to unload coal, and decided to see what new cargo was on the port market.
When he got to the port terminal, Kolmar found that he had only left for about a month, and the changes in Havana would soon be unrecognizable to him.
The ruins of the city ’s buildings have been cleaned up. Many simple houses have been built on the ruins of the original houses, and many refugees live in them. Although the living conditions are still bad, it is much stronger than the weather in the past during the Django period.
The people in the city are wearing all kinds of weird and worn clothes, which is a spectacle under the ‘Aurora Legion’ rule. However, Kolmar knows that the coldness of nuclear winter is not a joke. I do n’t know how many people envy people here for cheap thick clothes.
Crossing several streets, a large semi-open market is in sight. The market is bustling and crowded. The Kolmar in this place is the first to come back, looking very curious.
This market was officially established by the Legion, with dedicated personnel responsible for sales, and even armed personnel to maintain order. Kolmar's biggest transaction in the market is still a big bag of old clothes. The old clothes of 'Aurora Legion' are already special products. No one knows where they got them from, but these seem to be The humble goods have always been very popular.
On the sale of old clothes, one bag is about one ton. There is something in it that can only be a matter of luck. But now people are not qualified to pick and choose, basically what to wear?
Kolmar bought 30 large bags. Although these clothes are not profitable, they are still relatively easy to sell. In addition to old clothes, he also saw a lot of new goods on the market, "What is this?"
"Grass paper."
Can it also be called paper?
Kolmar is really the first time I saw such a poor paper. The paper is not thick or even a little translucent, but obviously the raw materials are not cleaned up during the paper making, and various plant fibers are left on the paper. This kind of paper made of straw and reed weeds is of poor quality, but it is now the only paper on the market that can be sold.
After the arrival of world's end, the industrial system completely collapsed. Zhou Qingfeng was worried about the paper problem. Even if you don't write on paper, you should wipe your **** with paper anyway. When he first arrived in New York, he hurriedly made money to prepare supplies, but the supplies were now used up after several months of consumption.
Now hundreds of thousands of people are gathering in Havana. One is the problem of eating, the other is the problem of pulling. The details of this kind of life are not handled well, and the entire Hawa is a huge pit.
Limited by the problems of technicians and raw materials, Lena Fox failed to restore Cuban paper mills. So Zhou Qingfeng must get paper from the real world, and he got the cheapest straw paper.
"This is a hell!" Kolmar felt a thin piece of straw paper, and felt very poor in quality. He murmured in a low voice: "I have never used this kind of paper in the past."
The paper sellers also hummed and said disdainfully: "What time is it now? It is good to have this kind of paper, and it can also be used for writing and going to the bathroom. One silver coin is tied."
"One silver coin in one bundle?" Kolmar scolded: Why don't you grab it? I worked hard to bring coal, but I couldn't change much of this broken paper.
If Kolmar is not bought, he can't stand it anymore. It is said that China's four major inventions have changed the world, and paper should be the most important one. Social life is now going backwards sharply. This paper looks rude but can be of great use. At least he can stop worrying about certain problems after going to the toilet every time.
"Give me a hundred bucks." Kolmar drew out ten gold coins.
The first thing that Lena Fox did after controlling Cuba was to find ways to re-mint coins. The emergence of three gold, silver, copper and metal currencies greatly met the needs of commercial flows.
However, the person who bought the paper only received one gold coin and said, "It can only be sold to you ten za."
"Why?" Kolmar is puzzled.
"Restrictions on purchases. This thing is only for merchants who come to trade, but you can only buy ten za each time you come."
Kolmar was so mad at hearing the word ‘restricted purchases’, and the tight goods could not be opened for supply, which was really helpless. But ten bars is ten bars, better than nothing. He continued to walk forward, and found a familiar product reappearing in front of him—watch.
world's end has been more than half a year, a large number of materials are damaged or unable to organize production, including many necessities of life, which brings great inconvenience to surviving human beings. In the past, the Kolmar used a mobile phone to watch the time. Now the mobile phone itself may still be used, but once you do n’t want to make a call, it is difficult to charge. He didn't know how many times he had a headache for not being able to time accurately.
Before world's end, ordinary people seldom wear watches. It is difficult to find such scarce goods even if they rummage through the city ruins. The Havana market sells mechanical watches, which are also very old, but still usable. The price is not cheap, ten gold coins for a watch.
Although expensive, Kolmar still sold for five. He believes that watches are still very popular. Because for some people in power, it is too important to grasp the precise time.
Old clothes, paper, watches, these things are not enough for Kolmar, a businessman who runs the sea. He also hopes to purchase more things, because now the whole world's end is full of scarce materials, so he is afraid of no supply. And then Kolmar really found a large amount of profitable goods, large barrels of kerosene.
"'Aurora Legion' is willing to sell kerosene openly?" Kolmar was surprised by this. He knows that ‘Aurora Legion’ will definitely produce fuel such as gasoline and diesel after he controls Havana, but these things are only afraid that the internal consumption of the legion cannot be satisfied, and it is difficult to sell to the outside world.
But kerosene is a subsidiary of oil refineries when processing crude oil, and its use is relatively simple, so it is not suitable for power fuel. ‘Enclave’ also has an oil refinery, but even this subsidiary oil refining product, they are not willing to sell to the outside world, but ‘Aurora Legion’ can be supplied externally.
"It seems that the strength of‘ Aurora Legion ’is developing rapidly!” Kolmar secretly sighed. Even if the price of a barrel of kerosene is extremely expensive, he has exhausted all the funds to purchase. This kerosene is shipped to Mexico, where the local warlords will definitely want it, and even ‘Enclave’ will be acquired in large quantities.
When Kolmar came out of the market, there was a long list of delivery staff behind him. Looking at the source of the goods he purchased, he was extremely comfortable. As long as social production continues this way, it is not difficult for human civilization to recover.
And when Kolmar looks at the chaotic and rudimentary market again, there is an inexplicable feeling in his heart, "The place that can provide a lot of goods and materials is always dynamic, and the vitality of 'Aurora Legion' will definitely radiate to the entire Caribbean. At that time, I am afraid that no one can stop their power expansion. "