Chapter 184 Arrival at Morning Light Base
Fu Hengyuan smiled and responded: "The team sent by Duan Ran will arrive in two or three hours. We can leave after the handover."
"Then I'll go back to the car and rest."
As soon as Mu Jiu finished speaking, Gu Yang had already wrapped himself up and came in to greet people, holding an oversized sun-proof umbrella.
Mu Jiu got in the car, packed up and fell asleep. She had her period these days and the weather was hot, so she felt stuffy and uncomfortable.
When I woke up, it was already dark outside and the armored vehicle was still parked there.
Mu Jiu frowned. Fu Hengyuan always kept his word. It had been six or seven hours since she fell asleep.
She turned her head and asked Gu Yang beside her, "Why haven't you left for so long? What happened?"
"It should be soon. The person sent by Commander Duan to hand over the supplies has only just arrived.
I don't know if there was some problem at the base or if there was an accident on the way, which is why we've been delayed until now.
Commander Fu is currently in the villa to understand the situation.
But the people in the villa were restless, some refused to leave on their own and insisted on following Commander Fu, fearing that the base would eat them."
Mu Jiu lowered her head and thought: Yes, if she were those people, she would also be willing to follow Fu Heng away.
Among the senior officials of the base, there are a few good people like Fu Hengyuan who are powerful, wealthy, and clear-headed.
If they go to the official base on their own, it is hard to say whether they will have a chance to survive.
There are many disputes where there are many people, not to mention those who have been physically injured...
But she couldn't control them, after all, charity came at a price.
One more person means one more mouth to feed, and they all need food and water to be fed. You can't save a group of people just by having a heart of mercy.
She has a lot of people under her, including more than 7,200 people who plant fruit trees on the mountains and more than 3,600 people in various regions who are responsible for transporting and selling vegetables and fruits.
There are over ten thousand people in total, each with their own duties, exchanging their labor for points, and there is no idle person.
"Since you're not in a hurry to leave, let's have dinner first. I'm hungry."
Seeing how busy the situation outside was, Mu Jiu thought that they probably had no time to eat, but she was hungry.
It was dark outside, so there was no need to worry too much. Gu Yang and Gu Nuan got off the armored vehicle carrying the pots, pans, and food ingredients.
I laid a floor mat on the ground near the car door, lit a charcoal fire in the small ceramic stove, and started cooking dinner.
The weather is hot, so their meals don't need to be too complicated.
When going out, Mu Jiu brought some Hong Kong-style roast meats made by Lou's mother, including roast goose, roast duck, sweet sausages and chicken legs.
Just steam it together with white rice, and then blanch a piece of Chinese cabbage and place it in a bowl, combining meat and vegetables.
The aroma of roast meat attracted the attention of many people around, but no one dared to get close.
Fu Hengyuan's men followed military orders, and the refugees had seen this sister beating people with her bare hands during the day.
The brain is all popping out. Who would dare to come up and cause trouble just for a bite of food?
Finally, around nine o'clock in the evening, the large force left the villa area, and the remaining supplies were left to the people sent by Duan Ran to transport back.
In the end, Fu Hengyuan did not keep the group of entangled refugees. He has always been surrounded by elites, and ordinary people would hinder his shooting speed.
He rescued these people from dire straits and distributed food and water to them free of charge, doing his best.
After traveling eastward for four or five hours, the convoy stopped again.
We were almost there, already at the border of the private base, and could see a large area of lights on the seashore from afar.
Their vehicle was stopped by a huge stone roadblock and dozens of strong men with guns in front.
There was a wooden sign on the side of the road with crooked words written on it: Each person entering the Chenguang Base must hand in 50 kilograms of food!
Mu Jiu looked at Fu Hengyuan. This condition was obviously set for foreign refugees. How would they treat people like Fu Hengyuan who came to seek business cooperation?
Zhao Yue got out of the car on behalf of his boss to negotiate with the group of people.
It has to be said that Deputy Captain Zhao has a very good psychological quality. Facing dozens of guns pointed at him, he was not afraid at all.
"We are from the official base. We came here with sincerity and want to discuss the fresh water business with the base commander of your Chenguang base."
After he finished speaking, he took off the package on his back, took out a cigarette from it, and then showed the remaining five cigarettes in the package to the person opposite him.
"It's just a small gift for meeting you. I'd like to trouble you big brothers to help introduce me to someone else!"
Zhao Yue moved very slowly, for fear that the people opposite him were holding guns and would be shot if he got a little nervous.
Even though he was wearing a bulletproof vest, he was protected by his boss Fu who was holding a sniper rifle in the dark behind him.
But you can't defend against the situation if the opponent shoots you in the face, which can be fatal. Bullets are ruthless.
He placed the bag of cigarettes on the ground nearby, then stepped back a considerable distance and waited for someone from the other side to come and pick it up.
Things like cigarettes and alcohol are almost considered hard currency in the apocalypse, especially in places like the Morning Light Base, where there is a superior material base, they are even more useful.
The leader of the opposite team winked at the younger brother and asked him to come over and take the bag that Zhao Yue had placed on the ground.
Sure enough, after checking the cigarettes in the bag, the people on the opposite side put away their guns.
But he did not let him go directly. The leader of the team said to Zhao Yue:
“We can discuss business, but the convoy cannot enter!
Those big things are like tanks. Who knows whether you are sincere in doing water business or coming here to launch a sneak attack and flatten our base!
Also, if you want to go in, you have to pass a few people and hand in a few portions of food before you can go in. This is the rule. The cigarettes just now are to be offered as tribute."
Fu Hengyuan turned around and said to Mu Jiu:
"Then let the convoy wait outside. I guess once everyone goes in, those people will start asking for a huge amount of money.
Anyway, these armored vehicles cannot be broken through from the outside, and the supplies are safer than people.
I took a few people and a small amount of dried fruits and vegetables in to negotiate terms in person with their base commander, and Zhao Yue stayed here to command the large force.
If you have any questions, just come in!"
Fu Hengyuan said the last sentence with a smile, just like the several times he was in danger before, as if it was a tacit understanding between him and Mu Jiu.
"I'll bring Gu Yang and Gu Nuan in with you. We are more adept at negotiating transactions related to agricultural products!" Mu Jiu stood up and said.
She didn't ask for death.
The main thing is that when the two sides were confronting each other just now, Mu Jiu had already used the space teleportation mirror to search the entire base not far away.
This base has far more supplies than I imagined!
This is a base with a population of 200,000. The warehouses here are full of food and other provisions that can feed everyone here for two years!
Not to mention the incomparable water resources here and the inexhaustible marine fishery. Hundreds of cruise ships and fishing boats of all sizes are parked in the dark port.
And the neatly arranged fresh water filtration system on one side of the base looks so spectacular!
(Pictures are for reference only)
It’s not that Mu Jiuchang is inferior to his opponent in terms of material strength. This Morning Light Base is far superior to the official base.
Perhaps because of its life relying on the sea, it has been able to grow to its current size in just over four years. The situation inside is more complicated than imagined.
The arsenal of this base is not simple. Not only is there a considerable number of firearms, but there are also many heavy weapons, such as artillery.
Mu Jiu felt that if the official base could recruit this private base and turn it into an official affiliated base, it would surely be a great help.
But this idea has little practical application.
After all, judging by the nature of those old men in the official high-ranking positions, any boss of a private base who is willing to condescend to them will be eaten to the bone.
Fu Hengyuan only thought about Mu Jiu for two seconds before agreeing.
With Mu Jiu around, he felt more confident in this matter. As for why, he couldn't explain it clearly, it was just a man's feeling.
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