Chapter 226 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
In addition to the east side of the town where the disaster victims were evacuated, Zhang Chengming and Jin He also helped them to tie up ropes in several other areas to facilitate free movement.
Such a thoughtful gesture once again won the gratitude of the victims.
One disaster victim said with regret: "It's a pity that those people before couldn't wait for you."
Especially yesterday, he even died just half a day before Zhang Chengming and the others arrived. It can be said that he just missed the chance to survive.
Zhang Chengming wasn't a very eloquent person, and for a moment he didn't know how to comfort them. He just said dryly, "No matter what, you survived."
The victims sighed, "Yes, at least we survived. We are very lucky."
As for the other people who died, there were always deaths during famines.
Zhang Chengming touched his nose and said nothing.
After that, the transaction proceeded smoothly as expected.
The miraculous supplies that Zhang Chengming and Jin He brought out opened the eyes of the disaster victims. The survivors temporarily suppressed their previous suffering and grief over the loss of their loved ones, and scrambled to exchange for important supplies.
Especially in the past two months, they have been particularly thirsty for food and water, as well as the urgently needed anti-heat medicine to cope with the increasingly hot weather.
Hoverboards are also extremely popular.
Even if the disaster victims do not have enough supplies and are reluctant to buy one for each person, they will buy one for a group to avoid being trapped in a similar situation in the future.
The two stayed in the town for two days before leaving amid the victims' reluctance and repeated pleas to come back next time.
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Others also had different experiences in the disaster relief areas they went to.
Even if things go smoothly for someone like the Wu father and son, there are naturally those who encounter extremely vicious people or those who treat the young and strong people who come to them as fat sheep to be slaughtered.
Not every young and strong man was smart enough to avoid all dangers. Several groups were deceived by the elderly, weak, women and children who pretended to be pitiful, or were ambushed due to other reasons. Injuries were inevitable.
Fortunately, the preparations made before departure were sufficient, and no one actually went out and risked their life. Instead, after being cheated once, they became more vigilant and more cautious, and grew rapidly in a short period of time.
The disaster victims from different places had different reactions when they met the traveling merchants from Yunlu Village.
Some were ecstatic, kneeling down to thank God for giving them a ray of hope, so grateful that they wanted to work like slaves for the young and strong men;
Those whose loved ones died from heatstroke could not help but burst into tears after trading for medicines that could easily treat fever, ice patches and bio-suits to prevent heatstroke;
There were also people who had lost all their relatives and were left alone. They were filled with hatred but had no place to vent it, so they took their anger out on the people of Yunlu Village, resenting that they came too late and should not have come at all.
There are countless different kinds of living beings.
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Yunlu Village.
In the processing shed, a large group of helpers from the Huo family army camp were busy processing the seafood that Lu Xuan and others had just brought back.
Oysters are boiled into oyster sauce, and clams and kelp seaweed are dried.
The sun in the hottest season is scorching hot, and the efficiency of drying vegetables is surprisingly high, with at least two rounds of drying completed in a day.
While everyone was working, they also talked loudly about the experiences of the young and strong people who went out to do business.
In addition to Li Tuo, the relatives of the first group of young and strong men also spread their experiences abroad after communicating with them.
Not to mention those where everything went smoothly, those who encountered troubles caused a huge response.
"Did Xiong Mao and the others really encounter a village of cannibals? This is too scary." The timid aunt exclaimed in amazement and trembled in fear.
Miao Jinfeng's face was filled with disgust. "They can't even eat their own kind. They're not even human anymore."
Aunt Chen, who was holding her little granddaughter in her arms and playing with her, covered the little one's ears and said, "People are so hungry that they can't do anything. It's not surprising."
Granny Lin agreed. "During times of famine, selling children and eating one's own children is common. It's not surprising."
Once the famine is over, if these people survive, they can easily return to normal life as if nothing had happened.
But if a disaster strikes again in the future, humans will be much less threatening than wild beasts.
People who have experienced easy ways to get food have already gone astray and are likely to have evil thoughts again and take shortcuts that they shouldn't take.
Granny Lin said, "You can't have much contact with people like that. Stay as far away from them as possible."
Others nodded in agreement.
Others were thankful, "Luckily Xiong Mao and Uncle Ge have already dealt with the people."
Some people also think that killing everyone is a bit too cruel.
Cannibalism is cruel, but isn’t killing one’s own kind scary?
Su Ying sneered at the villager who said this, "Saving those evildoers alive will give them the opportunity to harm more people in the future? How can we kill our own kind when we are enforcing justice? That is called enforcing justice."
If those people's behavior wasn't so disgusting, she would have wanted Xiong Mao to retaliate directly.
But after thinking about it, I decided to give up.
Not to mention that Xiong Mao definitely wouldn't dare to do it, but if he really dared to do it, this man would be useless.
In addition to Xiong Mao and the other two, Lei Yan's team was regarded as gods, and some people wanted to give away young boys and girls, which was also quite talked about.
The villagers always felt that Lu Xuan’s strength and the large amount of supplies he brought out made them feel that he was no different from a god.
It turns out that if people who have acquired superpowers show their special abilities a little bit, even if these abilities are far from being comparable to Lu Xuan's, in the eyes of ordinary disaster victims, they are already "godlike" enough.
This feeling is really wonderful.
Some middle-aged and elderly people who have no intention of going out to do business but are lucky enough to have supernatural powers all have a moment of wanting to experience the feeling of being worshipped and revered like gods.
Of course, it was only a fleeting moment.
Rather than being in the spotlight for a while, they would rather stay in the village and live a comfortable life in peace and stability.
The second group of young and strong family members who hadn't left the house yet were a little worried when they heard this. They couldn't help but persuade their husbands/sons, "Why don't you just stay home? It's too dangerous out there, and we're not really short of supplies."
The person being advised was very firm. "It's not just a small group of people who are in danger. With the experience of the first group, I'll be more alert when I go out, and there will be no problem."
"My family has enough supplies, but if I don't earn more, how can I exchange them for crystal cores to improve my strength? Am I going to watch my peers in the village become more and more prosperous through business while I just eat and wait for death? That's unacceptable."
"Every time we encountered problems in the past, we always asked Lu Xuan to take the lead. This time, I have a rare opportunity to go out alone and broaden my horizons. I will not miss this opportunity."
Lu Xuan was not aware of what these people were talking about in private, and even if he knew, he would not care too much.
After several days of hard work, in addition to the mutated pineapple, two more fruits in the orchard were successfully mutated, namely the mutated passion fruit and the mutated mangosteen.
The passion fruit that Lu Xuan bought from the anchor mall is the golden passion fruit, with golden skin and pure sweet flesh. In addition to improving the taste, the genetic optimization mainly increased the yield and enlarged the volume.
The final mutated passion fruit is about the size of a honeydew melon, and the flesh inside weighs up to one kilogram. The already rich fragrance is even more intense. When you open one, the fragrance can spread throughout the living room and linger for a long time.
After the mutation, the mangosteen has become much larger. Although it is not as big as the passion fruit, it is as big as an apple, with thin skin and large flesh. The core in the middle has not expanded as much as the size, but has maintained its original size.
The satisfaction you feel when you take a big bite of the fruit is beyond words.
Lu Xuan sent about ten fruits to the people he was friendly with in the village for them to try. As for the rest, he kept most of them for the next transaction and put a small part in the grocery store for the villagers to exchange.
Everyone in the village knew that Lu Xuan had recently acquired several new kinds of fruits, and a large amount of those that had not mutated were produced every day, and everyone had already tasted them.
There are many people who like passion fruit and mangosteen. To be precise, except for durian, which many people cannot accept, there is no one who dislikes other fruits.
After learning that the grocery store had two new mutant fruits, the villagers and helpers put down their work and rushed to buy them.
In addition to being eaten dry, passion fruit is also very suitable for making juice. Therefore, from this day on, many families in the village have added the highly acclaimed honey passion fruit juice to their drinks, in addition to the most commonly drunk iced sour plum soup and iced mung bean soup.
After more than half a year of expansion, the number of beehives in the orchard has increased to hundreds. Not only has the Lu family achieved complete honey freedom, but the villagers are also willing to go to the grocery store to exchange some from time to time.
It is delicious when used to make honey water, juice or to make honey dishes.
Seven days later, those who had gone out returned one after another.
The village became lively again.
Everyone pulled Zhang Chengming, Wu Yang, Xiong Mao and others to ask about their gains and the details of their dealings with the victims.
The young and strong people who just came back also have a strong desire to express themselves, and they passionately share their wonderful journeys.
The different conditions of the victims, the grand occasion of trading supplies, the thieves with ulterior motives, and the astonishing amount of supplies they had in their hands when they left.
Although they cannot be compared with Lu Xuan, this time, except for a few unlucky victims who were too poor or did not believe that the two kinds of crops could be grown and were unwilling to trade, the supplies they received and the IOUs they wrote added up to enough to earn enough to buy at least a two-story small villa safe house.
The tangible harvest made those who were still worried and didn't want the boss to go out and take risks change their minds again.
While you are young, you should go out and explore more.
The people who came back talked to the villagers for most of the day with dry mouths before going back to rest.
The second group of young and strong people, who had been ready for a long time, set off early the next morning with full energy.
With the experience of Zhang Chengming and others, Li Jing, Chen Rong and others may become more spirited or learn to act as boldly as Xiong Mao, acting like "gods from heaven".
The situations we encountered were generally similar to those of the first group, but we also encountered quite a few unusual ones.
For example, Liu Chun, who went to a remote area in the southwest, arrived at a village mainly populated by women. These women not only raised and ate insects, but also had a good way to control them.
When the beasts attacked during the midnight, he relied on this set of insect control skills and the special terrain of the village to not only repel the beasts without any injuries, but also obtained a large amount of beast meat to make jerky.
Although food supplies are scarce, meat stocks are quite substantial. There is no need to go into debt to exchange for supplies; meat can easily pay for it.
Seeing that they had a lot of supplies, the female creditor took the initiative to express her desire to keep the man as her husband, and promised to let them choose no more than four concubines in the village.
The bold act frightened Liu Chun so much that he almost left the village overnight.
On the other hand, Gao Dalin, who was in the same group with him, was very pleased with the flattery of the women in the village.
They certainly cannot stay, but the main purpose of the village is actually to borrow seeds. They borrow seeds and pay a certain amount of materials themselves, so each party gets what they need without any delay.
If Liu Chun hadn't said that he would leave alone if he didn't leave now, Gao Dalin, who was reluctant to leave, would have almost wasted all the trading time in the village.
Other teams also encountered a group of mountain people who had lived in the mountains for several generations.
These people lived off the mountains, wore animal skins, and relied on animal blood to supplement salt, almost living like real savages.
Fortunately, communication is still possible, and we can get some precious old medicinal herbs that are only found in the deep mountains, which can be exchanged for a lot of things.
Others included those who dug holes, built tree houses, and lived in caves to resist various natural disasters. This really broadened the horizons of these young and strong people who had not seen much of the world.
At the same time, the young and middle-aged people have also made many new friends with similar personalities in different gathering places.
When communicating with my family, I sighed: "I never thought I could make friends with people from several states away. I never dared to think about it. Our village is really lucky to have a Lu Xuan."
A few days later, Lu Xuan suddenly received a communication from Li Jing.
Li Jing's face was a little unhappy: "We have come across a gathering place. I'm afraid the situation here is a bit troublesome."
He quickly recounted what they had discovered.
The gathering place they went to was a county town in the west. It was larger than Yangshan County and had a larger population, but it was occupied by a group of bandits who had wandered in from nowhere.
There were a large number of bandits, at least seven or eight hundred main members, and more than two thousand minions who were recruited one after another. These people exploited the county town, and except for cannibalism, they committed all kinds of evil, such as burning, killing, and looting, making the people in the city live in misery.
Li Jing recalled that they had been observing from the aircraft for less than half an hour when they discovered no less than ten cases of innocent victims being brutally beaten and three houses being burned down.
Li Tuo, who was standing behind him, was furious and yelled, "I think these people are just mentally ill! They're burning down houses on such a hot day, aren't they afraid of setting the whole county on fire?"
At the end, he couldn't help but push his brother aside and shouted to Lu Xuan on the other side of the screen: "Brother Lu, there's really no way the two of us can handle so many people. Come over and beat them with the vampire vines and kill these scum with lightning!"
The audience in the live broadcast room also felt disgusted with these bandits.
[As expected, the more natural and man-made disasters occur, the more scumbags emerge.]
[These bandits are far more outrageous than the aristocratic families in Jiangnan. Streamer, kill them!]
[I'll give them all kinds of superpowers one by one, and see how they can still bully others! ]
Lu Xuan was not instigated. He simply asked for the specific coordinates of Li Jing's gathering place, made some operations on the communicator, and then said to the two of them, "Don't worry about what's going on there. Let's continue the transaction somewhere else."
Li Tuo's eyes lit up as he asked, "Do you want to come over?"
Lu Xuan shook his head. "No, I sent the coordinates to General Huo. We are only trading with the various disaster-stricken areas to earn supplies and rescue the victims. It is not our responsibility to suppress the bandits. Let the court handle it."
While the first group of people were busy "fighting", Huo Tiankuo and the capital city guards had already successfully arrived in the northwest.
The situation there was much better than the capital had expected. The barbarians outside the Great Wall had also experienced the earthquake and many subsequent natural disasters. The losses in personnel and cattle and sheep were no less than those in the Central Plains. After the disaster, they had no spare energy to enter the Great Wall and cause trouble.
Although many people from the Huo family army in the northwest died, they were all strong soldiers. Relying on the food and grass sent from the capital before the disaster, as well as the meat obtained from the beast attacks later, many of them survived.
Once Huo Tiankuo arrived, the Northwest Army had a backbone and only needed a short rest before going into battle.
The western county town that Li Jing and Li Tuo encountered was not too far from the northwestern border, and it was just the right place for the Huo family army to make the first move to scare the monkeys.
This is indeed the case.
The next day after receiving the news, Huo Tiankuo counted his men and headed for the destination. Relying on the powerful Huo family army and the hot weapons he obtained from Lu Xuan, it only took him three days to wipe out all the bandits in the county.
Helping the officials sent from the capital to suppress the rebellion and do the aftermath work took another two days, and then they went to patrol the next town.
The person in charge was relatively honest, so he only expressed his attitude in Beijing and left some supplies. Similar to the previous county town where bandits/local tyrants were rampant, he directly suppressed them with force!
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The first month of the hottest season passed quickly as the young and strong men went out to do business, while the rest of the villagers went about farming, hunting and gathering as usual.
As a new batch of food and lotus roots matured, Lu Xuan, who had been idle at home for a month, packed up the large amount of supplies he had stockpiled and set off again.
This time, the secondary purpose is to continue selling supplies, and the primary purpose is to collect debts!
It’s time to replenish your shrunken points balance!
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