After thinking for a while, Lu Yuan finally nodded.
"Alright! I can help you, but you have to let me meet your cousin."
Chen Ke was very happy to hear this and quickly said that it was no problem.
"Then it's settled. I'll call my cousin right now and have him prepare the fuel and send it over!"
Lu Yuan looked at Chen Ke with some surprise and asked, "Wow, he can deliver it? Why don't you ask him to make you the food you want?"
"I'm not having him deliver it. The grain is currently under the control of the military, so the people escorting the grain have to go to the military base to get it. So I'm planning to have my cousin secretly deliver the oil as well!"
Lu Yuan suddenly realized: "Okay! Then I'll send a message to ask. But if there are too few people, then forget it. As long as there are more than ten people, then we'll go!"
Chen Ke quickly nodded and said, "No problem! Ten it is! I haven't sold my truck yet, so I can drive it there!"
"Don't rush, let me send the message first!"
So Lu Yuan took out his phone and started composing a message, but after writing, deleting, and rewriting several times, he finally sent it out.
Before long, Lu Yuan saw several people adding him as a friend.
Lu Yuan glanced at the names in the notes. They were all from the Pingfang District, and their ages were all between their twenties and thirties. In less than half an hour, he had gathered ten people.
But seeing that people were still adding more, Lu Yuan was somewhat taken aback. Were these people just looking for trouble? Did they not know the situation in the city?
Lu Yuan sighed and told everyone who was going to the city to gather at the rat trap factory.
Around 9 p.m., there were more than 20 people standing in the factory. Everyone looked pale and tired, as if they hadn't slept in a long time.
Lu Yuan thought to himself that it made sense. If you're not eating enough, how can you sleep? You'll be tossing and turning all day, and that's why you look so tired!
However, looking at the state of this group of people, Lu Yuan had some doubts about their fighting ability. He wondered if they might fall down before even fighting the robbers, or people might think they were trying to scam someone!
Seeing the group of people staring at him, Lu Yuan coughed softly and said, "Are you all doing this voluntarily? We won't force anyone this time. If you want to go, go. If you don't want to go, we definitely won't stop you. Going to the vegetable wholesale center in the city this time is quite dangerous. Have you all thought it through?"
The group exchanged glances and nodded silently.
"Don't worry, factory manager, we're all doing this voluntarily. We're starving, haven't had any vegetables in ages, and are sick of drinking porridge every day. It would be even better if we could get some salt!"
Chen Ke, standing to the side, quickly replied, "Yes, we can buy them. The vegetable market sells seasonings, so we can go and buy more."
Upon hearing this, everyone perked up. Since they couldn't buy vegetables, they had replaced almost everything they could at home. Some things they hadn't had time to replace couldn't be replaced because the meat they had previously purchased had already been sold out.
As for the seasonings at home, they were either spoiled or ruined by rats because they had been stored for too long, so there was basically nothing left to eat.
If a person does not eat salt for a long time, it will put a great burden on the body. The lack of salt in the blood will lead to a drop in blood pressure, and will also affect blood sugar and blood lipids. People will lose strength, and in severe cases, it may even endanger their lives.
After asking a few questions, Lu Yuan decided to bring everyone along. After all, more people means more strength, and if they didn't bring more people with them in their current state, they might suffer a great loss if a real fight broke out.
However, when Chen Ke showed Lu Yuan the cars, Lu Yuan kept shaking his head.
"Lu Yuan, is it my truck that's not good enough? This is a semi-trailer! It's big enough to carry a lot of stuff!"
"Chen Ke, stop joking, okay? This car is way too big! Are you planning to fill it up completely? Where are you going to get so much money? And such a big car is going to make a lot of noise. Even normal people would take a second look along the way, let alone robbers."
"Um...so do you have any good ideas? How about getting a new car?"
Lu Yuan nodded and said, "Yes! Let's change the car! This car is not suitable. We need a car that can fit more than twenty people and also carry cargo. Ideally, it should also have strong protective capabilities!"
Chen Ke stroked his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands, his face beaming with surprise, and said, "I remember now! My neighbor starved to death a while ago. He used to have an 8.5-meter truck with a roof, so it was absolutely safe. It could fit twenty people without any problem! It had metal side panels, so it was completely safe!"
"Let's go! Let's go take a look!"
So the two of them rushed to Chen Ke's house and found a dusty, covered truck not far from his house. The truck looked pretty new and probably hadn't been driven for more than a few years.
Chen Ke quickly jumped into the car to check its condition, then shouted to Lu Yuan with a beaming smile, "It's great! The car is in good condition, just the battery is a little low! But with some gas, it'll start and run for a bit!"
Lu Yuan circled the car twice, pondering how to modify it. After all, they were going to face a group of robbers, and they didn't know how many there were, but if they drove the car like this, it would definitely attract their attention.
So Lu Yuan quickly picked up his phone and dialed Chen Gang's number.
After the factory closed, Chen Gang did not leave. Instead, he waited to see if there was anything else he could do to help. He did not intend to ask for wages anymore, as it would be useless now. In addition, if he went home, he would consume the family's food supplies. Here, he could receive free food. In fact, the main reason was that if he wanted to go home, he would have to pass through Qingshui City, but Qingshui City was in complete chaos, and he had no way to get home by himself.
"Director Lu! What are your instructions?"
"Do you know how to weld? I'd like you to help me weld something!"
Chen Gang said with strong confidence, "Director Lu, welding things is no problem at all, it's all simple! As long as it's not too complicated, it'll be fine!"
"Okay! Come to Chen Ke's house! I'll be waiting for you here!"
Soon Chen Gang arrived on a bicycle. Seeing the two people looking at a car, he parked his bicycle right in front of them.
"Director Lu, are you planning to modify this car?"
Lu Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, can this car be modified?"
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