Chapter 309 Chapter 311 Weapons at a Bargain Price
The overall atmosphere in the Xitang Safety Zone was much more tense than that in the Taijing Safety Zone. Most of the ordinary survivors were pale and thin, with sad faces. The most obvious thing was that the public canteen opened by the government, where meals were distributed based on work points, had much less rice and dishes than those in the Taijing Safety Zone.
Rong Xianxian learned from Yan Xiaoyuan that the mercenary convoy would probably rest here for about a week. It was not that Wen Qingming did not want to hurry on, but the mercenary team was running short of all kinds of supplies. There was a vast mountainous area between the Xitang safe zone and the next safe zone, with complex terrain and many dangers. They had to make preparations for supplies in advance to cope with the long journey ahead.
In her previous life, Rong Xianxian did not take this route. After she got separated from Wen Qingming and the others in Binyang, she never met them again. When she stopped in Taijing, she mixed into the official team passing by Taijing. That team did not go directly to the capital, but took a detour from the east, which would take about a month longer than going through Xitang.
That road only left Rong Xianxian with memories of her arduous journey. She didn't encounter any good things, nor did she find any opportunities. Instead, she was killed in the safe zone of Chongshui Town a few months later. It was enough for her to know who her enemy was. Since she had taken that road, it was a waste of time and there was no benefit. Of course, there was no need to relive the memories of her past life again.
The time node in this life is much earlier than that in the previous life, and after Xitang, the next safe zone is Wuling safe zone. Wang Qirui’s hometown is in Wuling.
Their original purpose in traveling together was to return to their hometowns to find their relatives. Regardless of whether Wang Qirui wanted to stay in his hometown or go to Beijing with Rong Xianxian, since everyone had supported each other all the way here, Rong Xianxian and the others would definitely accompany Wang Qirui to Wuling.
When arriving at a new safe zone, it is most important to first understand the actual situation of the place, the prices, and exchange the common currency in the safe zone.
The official food reserves in the Xitang Safety Zone are limited, and daily necessities are in short supply. The survivors are in dire straits. The authorities are unable to accept more civilians, especially as winter is approaching. Storing food is a top priority. In order to store food, even the army has started hunting mode.
In order to encourage the survivors to go out of the safe zone and feed themselves by collecting wild vegetables and fruits and hunting monsters, the authorities specially placed many guns and ammunition, military bayonets, spears and swords in the exchange. These weapons can be exchanged for food, monster corpses, edible wild animals and plants. There is even a special area to rent weapons to survivors in the safe zone.
Xitang Security Zone is a major energy province. There is a large iron mine not far from the security zone. Xitang officials have opened a special cold weapon manufacturing plant nearby, specializing in the production of cold weapons such as swords, spears, swords and halberds.
At that time, in order to establish this cold weapon manufacturing plant, the Xitang military spent a lot of effort and paid a considerable price. Of course, it was all worth it. This cold weapon manufacturing plant used modern high-tech steel smelting technology, with mature technology, advanced equipment and high production efficiency, which was far beyond the reach of small private workshops.
The Xitang authorities exchanged these cold weapons for a lot of supplies from the adjacent safe zone, and even attracted a number of civilian explorer caravans.
Rong Xianxian was shocked when she saw the dazzling array of cold weapons in the Xitang official exchange. She had never seen an exchange that displayed weapons like a weapons exhibition hall, and the prices of these cold weapons were very favorable. A bayonet commonly used in the army, with good quality and material, cost only ten kilograms of food, including edible meat, rice, wheat, flour, soybeans, and corn, with rice being the first choice.
The exchange rate between work points and grain is one to one, that is, one work point is equal to one kilogram of grain.
The same bayonet in other safe zones costs more than ten times as much as here. It turns out that no matter what it is, the price is the lowest at the place of origin.
Rong Xianxian took a fancy to a heavy sword. Perhaps because it required more materials, the price of this sword was thirty kilograms of grain. The weapons here were so cheap, almost a bargain. It was just right for her to buy more. After all, if she missed this opportunity, she would never have it again.
Having passed through countless safe zones, Rong Xianxian and his companions were very familiar with the rules regarding entry, accommodation, and transactions in the safe zones. They had hunted many monsters before entering the Xitang safe zone. Rong Xianxian also put some food in the trunk of the RV.
"Sister Rong, the exchange is done. Six monsters are worth a total of 3,300 work points. The price of each one is here." When Rong Xianxian was looking around, Cui Lie, Wang Lin, Xia Kai and others came over. Cui Lie handed over an exchange list and a stack of work point cards that were commonly used in the safe zone.
Cui Lie and his team brought in six monsters at once, which shocked the onlookers and the staff of the exchange. After all, even the largest civilian team in the safe zone could not bring out so many monsters for trading at once.
However, they soon had no time to watch Cui Lie and his team. There were as many as forty or fifty civilian groups that arrived with Wen Qingming and his team. Each team had gained something more or less. After Cui Lie and his team completed the exchange, those people also arrived one after another.
Of the six monsters, the largest one was hunted by Rong Xianxian, the other two more difficult ones were hunted by Cui Lie, and the remaining three were hunted by Xia Kai, Wang Qirui, Wang Lin, and Jiang Jie. The monster hunted by Rong Xianxian was large in size and high in value, and it was exchanged for more than a thousand work points. The others also received corresponding work points based on their respective gains.
Rong Xianxian held a thick stack of work point cards, looked at the weapons shining all over the ground, and started shopping without hesitation.
"Doctor Rong, the weapons I make with my eyes closed are many times better than these. Why did you buy this?" Ming Tianlei pulled Rong Xianxian aside and whispered.
"At such a cheap price, you can make a lot of money by reselling it. It's like picking it up for free. Why not buy it?" Rong Xianxian asked back with an innocent look.
"Can you fit so many of them into the box? Even if you can, you should at least pick them carefully. We have just arrived. What if you see some good stuff later?" Ming Tianlei said, pointing at the bundles of swords bought by Rong Xianxian.
Ming Tianlei has only been in Rong Xianxian's team for a short time and has not yet discovered the secret that Rong Xianxian has a storage space. Everyone discovered this kind of thing on their own and then kept it tacitly, so no one went out of their way to tell Ming Tianlei about it.
Rong Xianxian just smiled and said, "Brother Ming, don't worry, I know what's going on."
(End of this chapter)
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