Chapter 250: Exchange of Cattle and Sheep
"You've asked the right person this question. I do know, and it's not a secret. I can tell you clearly that it is used throughout the country!"
The exchange of coins for points was notified from above and was not a private decision made by their Pengcheng base.
Even if you go to other bases, points can still be used to buy things.
However, the purchasing power of each base is different.
It is possible that the same points can buy something here that cannot be bought in another base.
"Thank you, Professor Li. We will contact you after we inquire about the price of grain."
After seeing Professor Li out the door, Lu Yuan handed him a bag of cactus slices.
This bag is for Professor Li as seedlings, and his points will be confiscated.
After all, Professor Li also said that he would give them some better varieties of potatoes and sweet potatoes as seedlings for free.
Just consider it an exchange.
As soon as the two of them closed the door of the villa, they received another call from Professor Li.
"Xiao Lu, I forgot to tell you just now, don't buy water outside in the future. The water outside is expensive. I have a few wells on my farm. I'll have someone deliver some to you every day."
When Lu Yuan heard Professor Li say that he wanted to bring them some water, he directly refused.
"No need, Professor Li. We are using wastewater that others were planning to dump anyway. It won't cost us many credits. The farm uses a lot of water, so don't even think about using it here."
Professor Li replied as he walked away, "The farm uses a lot of water, but we don't need a few buckets of water. I'll have someone deliver it to you tonight. Even if you refuse, I'll still deliver it. It'll be about the same time as the water truck, and I'll deliver it before dawn."
After saying this, Professor Li hung up the phone.
"Professor Li said that it was about the same time as the water truck that brought water to us every day to water the cacti and potatoes."
Lu Yuan shrugged. Han Ying had stockpiled a lot of water, so they were not short of water, but they couldn't let others know that they were not short of water.
"Then bring out some more food."
Several senior executives at the base were very nice to them. Although it was because they had contributed to the base, they still had to appreciate it.
The two of them packed up and left the base to head towards the night market.
On the way, Han Ying asked Lu Yuan to take a detour to the place where the base faced the refugees that day.
The bodies were gone, but the entire road was dyed black and red with blood.
Even after being exposed to the sun for several days, the smell of blood did not dissipate.
The dry layer on the ground was covered with dried blood stains, which looked a bit creepy.
From now on, I guess not many people will dare to pass by here at night.
After all, this road has been watered with the blood of tens of thousands of people.
The two of them first went to trade with Scar Wei.
Then he went to the Brother and Sister Chamber of Commerce before returning to the base.
After returning, Lu Yuan called Professor Li.
Tell him that the other party can provide 5 tons of rice, 5 tons of wheat, 3 tons of dried sweet potatoes, 2 tons of dried potatoes, 3 tons of dried corn kernels, as well as 1 ton of soybeans and 1 ton of mung beans.
There are a total of 20 tons of these, all traded with points, and the asking price is 300,000 points.
In addition, they can also take out 10 tons of rice, 5 tons of dried sweet potatoes, and 5 tons of dry corn kernels in exchange for two adult cows and two adult sheep.
Moreover, cattle and sheep must be the kind that can reproduce, one male and one female.
After hearing what Lu Yuan reported, Professor Li did not agree immediately.
To be honest, the price is not expensive.
Although the price sold in the base mall is much lower than this price.
But on the black market outside, I heard that a pound of unhusked rice is sold for 13 points.
The base does have cattle and sheep, but because it is very difficult to raise cattle and sheep nowadays, every surviving one is very precious.
But with these 40 tons of food coming in, there should be no problem for the base to last until the farm harvests.
After Professor Li hung up the phone, he went to discuss with the two base commanders, and then he went to Han Ying and their villa.
"I know you're asking for help, but if the other party still has food, can you try to get some more? It's okay to ask for a higher price, or to exchange it for other things."
"Also, I just discussed this with the two base commanders. The base wants to exchange two horses for 20 tons of food."
Professor Li took out his cell phone and showed them the photos of the two horses.
"horse?"
The two of them didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain.
Han Ying didn't know much about horses, but Lu Yuan did, as he had been to the horse farm many times before.
Seeing the two horses in the photo, Lu Yuan frowned.
"Professor Li, there's something wrong with these two horses?"
Professor Li placed his phone on the table in front of him, patted Lu Yuan on the shoulder and said, "It seems I can't hide it from you. I didn't mean to hide it in the first place."
"These two horses are privately owned by the base commander. They are in very bad condition now. They have been kept at the base for some time."
"But I don't know if they are not used to the base or the high temperature. They are always so listless. Sometimes they can't even stand up."
"It's probably difficult to rely on them for reproduction, but it's still possible to kill them and eat their meat. It's just that the base commander himself can't bear to kill them, so it's best to exchange them for food."
The horse was raised by Kozin before the end of the world, and was in good condition at first, but began to fail after the extreme heat.
Logically speaking, horses can adapt to high temperatures better than cows, but the condition of these two horses is worse than that of cows.
If I keep it, it would be a waste of food, but if I don’t keep it, I can’t bear to kill it.
Just send it out in exchange for food, out of sight, out of mind.
These are Kozin's original words.
"Okay, we can go and ask, but there's no guarantee that the other party will agree."
Han Ying and Lu Yuan looked at each other before speaking.
"How about this, you guys take the cattle and sheep away tomorrow night, and put the food in the bag as soon as possible, so as to avoid any more trouble at night."
Everyone can feel at ease only when the food is stored in the base’s warehouse.
"Okay, then we'll go to the farm and catch them tomorrow night."
When the two saw Professor Li stand up, they also stood up.
"No need to send it. The water should be here soon. Hurry up and prepare containers to fill with water."
Professor Li looked at the time and said to the two of them.
Lu Yuan sent Professor Li out, and Han Ying went in to get the water containers, which were actually some buckets.
Not long after Professor Li left, the water truck arrived.
Recently, neither of them has gone to get free water. After all, the undistributed water from the water truck will be delivered to them.
So it doesn't matter whether they go or not.
There is still a lot of water left today, about 200 liters.
The water that Professor Li had someone send over also arrived, delivered on a three-wheeled electric vehicle with a cargo box.
There is a big bucket on it, which is a plastic water storage bucket of about 150 liters.
Han Ying gave each of the people driving the water truck and the tricycle a piece of cactus slice.
Although these two people were ordered to deliver water to them, this undoubtedly increased their workload, so they deserve some hard work pay.
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