The information was reported, and about two days later, Sun Hao finally replied.
"The situation over there is much better than we imagined. The situation in your camp is very rare in any other camp I have ever encountered. You have a lot of food."
Sun Hao's voice carried a hint of joy, clearly indicating that they had a strong interest in the grain sector.
Lu Yuan smiled slightly after hearing this.
"Yes, we have a relatively abundant food supply here, and we already have the ability to grow our own crops. By the way, I wanted to ask, I heard that you have an exchange system there. Is it possible to exchange food for various supplies?"
"That's right, you can exchange supplies, but only for large-scale transactions. We don't support small-scale transactions or personal transactions at the moment."
We only accept grain exceeding one ton, and we allocate it based on the distance of the journey. If your location is too far away, we may not be able to trade even one ton of grain.
We only actively trade grain quantities exceeding ten tons. However, the current distance between us and your nearest survivor base trading post is over two hundred kilometers. Given that distance, we cannot accept less than one ton of grain at the moment.
After hearing this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but show a helpless expression on his face.
One ton? Their current monthly grain production in the camp is only about ten tons.
Moreover, after it's all used up, there might only be one or two tons left.
Since their main food is mushrooms, the mushrooms that they can't finish are mostly processed into various kinds of snacks for storage.
However, if Lu Yuan wanted more than ten tons of grain, his farm might not be able to produce enough. At present, that much grain is really not enough.
"Ten tons! That's too much! Which camp could possibly hand over ten tons of grain at once?"
"Haha, of course, some survivor bases have more than a million people, and they are capable of trading more than ten tons of grain."
However, this is rare now. Our main trading methods here are through shipping and building fast channels!
However, building a fast track requires both sides to contribute half the funds, so I don't recommend this method. Transporting supplies by air might consume some fuel, which will be deducted from your side's budget!
Upon hearing what the other person said, Lu Yuan couldn't help but frown.
Almost all the conditions were against them, and headquarters seemed to be constantly weakening and suppressing the camps below.
Moreover, hardly anyone was willing to exchange their own food for supplies.
"Their demands are so demanding," Lu Yuan asked after a moment of contemplation.
"Then I'd like to ask, what is the exchange rate for grain at your camp? How much gasoline or other goods can one pound of grain be exchanged for?"
After hearing this, Sun Hao chuckled again.
"Ah, so this is what you're worried about. I can give you a list, and you can receive it over there in a bit!"
Lu Yuan nodded, and after chatting for a while, Sun Hao reconfirmed their distance and location before deciding to set off that evening.
Meanwhile, Lu Yuan received a list of supplies for exchange on his computer.
Upon seeing the list of supplies for exchange, Lu Yuan couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.
"Wow, no wonder it's a hundred tons! So their bulk exchange rates are really that high. Ten tons of grain can be exchanged for more than a hundred tons of gasoline!"
"My God, if we had a hundred tons of gasoline, it would be enough to refuel not only the big ships, but also to power the entire camp!"
However, Lu Yuan suddenly froze when he got to this point.
"Wait a minute, this is the apocalypse! A hundred tons of gasoline! Where did they get so much gasoline? Something doesn't seem right!"
Thinking of this, a look of surprise appeared in Lu Yuan's eyes, and he quickly called Zhou Tong over.
After hearing this, the other person quickly came over: "What's wrong, brother? What happened again?"
"This is the supplies exchange list that was just printed out. Take a look!"
Zhou Tong took the list and glanced at it, but did not find anything unusual.
However, I feel there are some differences in the exchange rate.
"Good heavens, the price of this food is definitely the highest among all the supplies. They've also introduced a new currency called 'Apocalypse World,' which is about the same price as before the apocalypse. One hundred Apocalypse World coins can be exchanged for ten kilograms of food!"
Lu Yuan shook his head slightly and pointed to the gasoline on the surface.
"That's not what I meant. Look at this exchange coin!"
Zhou Tong glanced at it but didn't find anything unusual. He looked at Lu Yuan with some surprise.
"Isn't this normal? Food is the most scarce resource right now, so exchanging it for more gasoline should be enough!"
"But don't forget, we're now way beyond the optimal distance from their camp, so the minimum exchange is ten tons. Ten tons of grain for one hundred tons of gasoline—where are they going to get that much gasoline?"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, Zhou Tong's face showed an even more puzzled expression.
"Hey, now that you mention it, it does seem true. Where did they get a hundred tons of gasoline? Did they find some natural oil field to exchange for it?"
"However, we know that there are very few natural oil fields. We've searched for oil-bearing areas all along the way, but there's nowhere that has them. We've seen the world's oil reserves. Do you think these people might be liars?"
After listening, Zhou Tong's eyes immediately showed a hint of doubt.
"Liars? You mean they're liars? But would they go to all this trouble just to scam us? That doesn't make sense. We didn't have a single grain of food back then!"
"I've been thinking about this too. If they weren't lying to us, why would they list so many things?"
Just then, a phone rang nearby.
Zhou Tong picked up the phone, answered it, said "uh-huh" a few times, and then hung up.
Lu Yuan turned his head and glanced at the other person.
"What's wrong? You look a bit off. Who called?"
"They just...they just said on the phone that they've discovered an oil field in the fortress ruins!"
When Lu Yuan and Zhou Tong finished speaking, a look of surprise appeared on their faces.
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