food crisis [end times]

Xiang Luo drank the last bit of Pu'er from the bottom of the cup.This rich merchant really has good tea.Although he doesn't know much about tea, his sense of taste can't fool anyone.

After getting up and leaving the restaurant, the waiter began to clean up behind him.After the dishes are packed, the people in the back kitchen will share the food. If they don't want to eat or can't eat, there are naturally other places to distribute.

These are extremely precious if you take them out casually.Not even money can buy it.It's quite luxurious to look at.If you can take a bite, how can anyone dislike it as someone else's leftovers.

Follow the stairs of this hotel to the third floor.

When you reach the third floor, you can feel that the atmosphere is different. The decoration is much more serious, and the people who greet you inside are dressed in formal clothes, more like ordinary secretaries before the end of the world.Welcoming the four into a larger office.

Only the Eight Immortals desk is placed on the front of this office, and there are small sofas and coffee tables on both sides.

And on the coffee table, there was a small fruit plate.

That's right, a fruit plate.

Although there are only strawberries and cherry tomatoes, not many in number, they are serious fruits.

Xiang Luo had discussed with Zhu Yan before, to buy more equipment to grow some cost-effective fruits, but he did not expect to meet him so soon.

Sitting down on the sofa, Zhang Fushang said with a smile: "Xiaobei has learned a lot in the village, and he almost knows what he wants to do when he comes back. As soon as he came back, he asked me for a greenhouse and equipment. Mainly grow vegetables, open supermarkets and sell wholesale, and then get involved in businesses such as raising ducks. Xiaobei will focus on playing with these fruits. The above said that if you want to grow, you will get the attention of the above. Many people have made reservations in advance. But The infection rate is higher than expected. The supply of the fruit produced here is in short supply, and there is not enough for my family to save. Last time I thought about sending it to your side, but in the end there were only a few taels left. It doesn’t look good when you take it away.”

Xiang Luo picked up a cherry tomato, the part where the cherry tomato was connected to the plant was still green, obviously it had just been picked.

Zhu Yan said: "Don't talk about it, we want to go together. We also want to buy a batch of equipment to grow strawberries. We haven't seen fruit in a year or two. If we have that condition, we must plant them. How many sets are we trying to grow at home? , has just germinated, whether it can grow or not is still a matter of debate.”

Zhang Fushang squinted his eyes and smiled: "Xiaobei's factory is about to reach its scale, and it would be nice to send you there regularly to eat something fresh. Don't you have to grow a lot of things over there?"

Xiang Luo said truthfully: "We want to grow vegetables and fruits not only for me to eat, but also for the whole village. Now we have bought more and more equipment. In fact, no matter how much we plant, what we want is only enough for ourselves to eat. And don't waste it. I never thought of making money on it."

After Xiang Luo finished speaking, he stuffed the holy maiden fruit he was twisting into Zhu Yan's mouth.

"..." Is it really good to do this in front of people?

Tasting the sweet and sour taste of the small persimmons in his mouth, Zhu Yan became more determined to plant them himself.

"That is to say, you don't have to worry that we will buy too much of this equipment and compete with you. We don't have that much ambition, let alone so much energy. We just want to achieve self-sufficiency on a small scale. You sell us Equipment, in fact, the biggest loss is the consumption of vegetables and fruits in our village." Zhu Yan looked at Zhang Yuebei and nodded slightly.

Zhang Fushang had the bottom line in his mind, but Zhang Yue shook his head: "I'm afraid in their eyes, you don't even let this opportunity to make money go. They may not really thank you, but they will blame you for making their money. "

Anyway, Zhang Yue didn't have a good impression of the people in the village, at least he didn't have a good impression of the older generation's bad mouth.

Zhu Yan said: "If I think I'm making money, I'll go buy things in the world. I've delivered all my things to them. Since I don't intend to make them any money, should I let them pick and choose?"

Zhang Yue likes to hear this.

Zhang Fushang said again: "So, what to do in the coming year has already been planned."

Xiang Luo Zhuyan looked at each other, and Xiang Luo said: "It's about the same, and we plan to go out for a while after the factory is built. During this period, I'm afraid that Uncle Zhang will still need to take care of the situation in the village."

Zhang Fushang was startled: "Go out?"

"Always go out and have a look."

The arrangement after going out needs to be laid long in advance.

Zhang Fushang narrowed his eyes slightly: "Are you not afraid that I will take advantage of the fire?"

Xiang Luo said calmly, "I'm not afraid."

Zhang Fushang raised his eyebrows.

Zhu Yan said: "Yu Gong, you don't need this. There is no conflict between our industries. Even if there is competition in the future, we are equivalent to sharing your risks. Without us, the future turmoil in this industry will only be caused by you alone Think of a way. The entire Zhang family has a big business, so there is no need to do so many things to consume your energy. Personally, if we really don’t know people clearly, it’s good to learn a lesson.”

"It's rare for you young people to think that suffering is a blessing." Zhang Fushang took a closer look at Zhu Yan, and the more he looked at him, the more he liked him.

Zhu Yan is good-looking, which in itself will make people have a natural liking.And his intelligence and composure are all the more popular for a talented person like Zhang Fushang.

Just thinking about Zhu Yan's background, Zhang Fushang also knows very well that Zhu Yan is not in the pool, at least not in his pool.If it was Xiang Luo, he would still want his daughter to marry him to bring their relationship closer.But Zhu Yan's background and his character are destined to be restless for quite some time in the future.Zhang Fushang didn't want to be overly involved, and he didn't want his daughter to get into such trouble.

"No one wants to suffer," Zhu Yan said. "It's just a small thing that can avoid bigger troubles. This is undoubtedly a way to stop losses in time. Are you right?"

Zhang Fushang narrowed his eyes slightly: "What do you mean by that... You still have a hole card that you haven't shown yet, which will make people who want to quit feel extremely regretful?"

Zhu Yan only said: "It depends on whether God will give me food or not."

These words are mysterious and mysterious.

Zhang Fushang only nodded and said helplessly: "If you still ask for no food like this, then people in this world will starve to death. Forget it, you young people always have your own ideas, and it's okay for you young men to rush around. Well, go and see the situation outside, and you will know what to do when you come back."

Zhang Yuebei couldn't help saying: "I want to go after everything I said."

Zhang Fushang immediately asked: "Where are you going? The little girl is not staying at home, but she wants to go outside. Who else is like you?"

Zhang Yuebei rolled his eyes, but he didn't bother to hate his own father.After all, her latest factory has just started, and it is not clear where it will go in the future.Even if you want to go out, you can't go away.

It's just that Xiang Luo and the two clearly have more and more important things on them, but they can still decide to go wherever they want so simply. Relatively speaking, Zhang Yuebei is far less free and easy.

If it was before the end of the world, she would have this family background, and she would have the conditions to go around.However, the malice of people's hearts in the last days is no longer comparable to that of the past.

Behind Zhang Yuebei is only his own family, but even if it is his father and elder brother, I am afraid that he does not have the courage to speak out and take a look.

Zhu Yan became serious: "It is precisely because we will leave for a period of time after the dust settles, the cooperation between us requires more precise plans and communication."

Zhang Fushang also turned serious. The secretary gave him tea and then left. The four of them stayed in the room and made a detailed plan for the following things.During the period, I also called Zhang Jinnan. After all, Zhang Jinnan has lived in the village for such a long time, and he can give quite useful ideas.

I went in the morning, and it was already noon after eating.We chatted until two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

When leaving, Zhang Fushang gave Zhu Yan a box.They didn't prepare gifts when they came to the door. In fact, it was a bit embarrassing to accept gifts.But this gift was only given to Zhu Yan alone, and both of them could think that there must be another deep meaning in it.

After returning to his car, Xiang Luo turned on the air conditioner to warm up the car.

Zhu Yan opened the box, and it turned out to be a box of quail eggs.

The small and exquisite eggs are not big, and there are about ten eggs in the palm-sized box.

Xiang Luo raised his eyebrows when he saw it: "Do they have quail?"

Xiang Luo thought a little too much, thinking that this is because businessman Zhang got this and wanted to negotiate more terms with them.Just wondering why it wasn't just said.

And whether these eggs are fertilized eggs?

But [-]% are not.

Zhu Yan's face had already sunk.

Xiang Luo is not stupid. Seeing Zhu Yan's expression, think again that this is specially for Zhu Yan.Soon Zhu Yan also thought of the key point.

"Blessings?"

Zhu Yan didn't speak, and Xiang Luo knew he had guessed right.

Therefore, it was only given to Zhu Yan when they left.

This is only related to Zhu Yan, not in their transaction.That's easy to understand.

Well one kills two birds with one stone.

It not only reminded the Zhu family of their current hole cards, but also showed that they chose to cooperate with Xiang Luo Zhuyan, which was tantamount to abandoning the strong cooperation of the Zhu family.

You know, although they can provide ducks, the quails offered by Zhujia are equally attractive.

Moreover, the threshold for raising quail is lower, the cost and revenue are greater, and it is easier to pay back.

This is the sincerity expressed by Zhang Fushang.

Zhu Yan was holding the box, and Xiang Luo picked up a quail egg and looked in the direction of the sun.

"If it's just quail, then there's nothing to be afraid of." Although Xiang Luo didn't have quail, he had many more valuable livestock than quail.

In this regard, Xiang Luo believes that apart from the official, there are not many people in the whole country who can do more than him.

But Zhu Yan said in a deep voice: "The Zhu family has this, which is different from what we have. Don't forget, the Zhu family has connections and a foundation. Some quail are enough to become their stepping stones to win them around. Now because of the benefits created by these , I'm afraid it has far surpassed the quail itself."

It's just that I don't know when the Zhu family got these quails. It's okay if they got them recently, but if they got them in the early days, the foundation laid by these quails is enough for them.

The so-called smell of wine is also afraid of deep alleys. No matter how many things you raise at home, no matter how high the value is, if it can't bring more and higher benefits, it will be useless from a business point of view.

Xiang Luo frowned and thought about it, and said: "In the final analysis, businessmen in this world only care about the word profit. I don't think they can build such an indestructible profit network with their character. They can't be leveraged, they can only Said that the benefits we gave were not enough.”

Zhu Yan didn't speak, and Xiang Luo continued: "Let's pay attention to it secretly before we leave. Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle. If they really have established a good network because of the quail, then we can no longer be stuck in a steady fight. Come back, It’s about making a big splash!”

The moment Zhu Yan saw the quail, Zhu Yan thought of a lot, but in the end he would be affected by his emotions, and extreme thinking was inevitable.While listening to Xiang Luo's analysis, he had already calmed down.

"Are you not afraid of trouble?" Zhu Yan's plan for Xiang Luo to sit down was always steady.Because he knows very well that Xiang Luo has never been a person who fantasizes about reaching the sky in one step.Compared with others, Xiang Luo is more accustomed to taking one step at a time.Only when you are sure that the next step is absolutely safe will you take a step.

In the eyes of some young and energetic people, such a person may feel that he is too calm and will not make a big deal, which is the so-called good-for-nothing.

It's just that Zhu Yan understands that it's easier for such talents not to make mistakes, and it's less likely for them to take risks that they can't afford.

Xiang Luo blinked, and said half-jokingly: "I'm not even afraid of you, what trouble is there."

If it wasn't in the car, Zhu Yan really wanted to give him a lift.

But what Xiang Luo said was fine.

If reality doesn't give you a chance to play it safe, then there's no point wasting time on it.

Xiang Luo pointed outside: "Drive your car."

As Xiang Luo drove, Zhu Yan thought about it for the whole journey.

When he got home, Xiang Luo called the official directly and made it clear that he wanted to buy a car with better performance, and the price was easy to negotiate.

At present, production has actually resumed. After all, as an industrial blood, it is inseparable.But gasoline remains a luxury.There are a lot of abandoned vehicles on the street, but there are only a few people who can actually drive and afford a car.

Therefore, the price of a car is not high now. The expensive thing is that not everyone can afford gasoline.

Of course, the price of a car that is convenient for traveling like a RV may be higher than before the end of the world.But Xiang Luo's family can afford it completely.

At present, a large amount of resources are concentrated in the hands of officials.Although it is also supporting businessmen to stimulate the economy, some things that are important resources are still limited by the official control.

The official side needs to apply, and it is not clear whether it will be approved, so let Zhu Yan wait for the notification first.

At the same time, seeing the sun shining brightly, Xiang Luo also began to find people in the village to prepare for the beginning of spring.If it is still early to build a house, but the firing of bricks can already start.

And there is more official coal this year.I no longer have to burn charcoal bitterly.

At present, there are really no poor conditions in the village, and naturally even fewer are willing to do coolies.If you want to hire people, you need more salary.

After thinking about it, Xiang Luo felt that it was not worth it. After all, this is not a day or two.The salary is too much, and the family can't afford it. There are too many places to spend money to build factories.But if there is less, no one will come.After all, they are not vampires, and they cannot do the business of extracting human labor at a low price.

After thinking about it, since there is no shortage of food in the village, and they are all their own people, they may be too embarrassed to say anything when they meet someone who steals, rapes and cheats.But there is a shortage of people from outside the village.Many people cannot even do the most basic food and clothing.I need to work hard on my side, but I don’t have enough food and clothing on the other side.

Xiang Luo contacted Luo Changsheng's family and asked him to pick 30 people from the village to help burn bricks.

Ever since Xiang Luo was bitten by a rat, they had dinner together once.After that, Luo Changsheng bought a satellite phone to ensure that the two parties can talk at any time.If you have any questions, you can communicate in advance in time.

Because of this, although Luo Changsheng complained that Xiang Luo didn't tell them clearly.But thinking about terrorists like Zhou Xingfeng, in fact, it is a kind of protection that they don't know.Luo apologized to Zhu Yan for this matter, and it passed.

In this world, as long as people can have a full mouthful of food, there is no shortage of honest and willing people, and the salary proposed by Xiang Luo can indeed improve the living conditions of employees by a big step.

How good is it?Fortunately, when Luo Changsheng proposed to publicize it, the people who heard it thought it was someone who met a liar and wanted to kidnap someone to a black coal mine.

However, the name Xiang Luo is quite famous in Luo Changsheng's village.In addition, Luo Changsheng is indeed one of the best-qualified people in the village now.So even if you have doubts in your heart, you still rush to sign up with the mood of giving it a try.Luo Changsheng also only chooses good-natured, honest, and strong people for Xiang Luo.

Xiang Luo took a look at the people to make sure that there was no problem. First, he recruited ten people to enter the brick kiln, cleaned up the inside and outside, and then hired a few experienced villagers with high salaries as "masters" to teach them first.

When they have fired bricks from two kilns and the quality is about the same, they will take over the remaining 20 people, arrange accommodation and food, and their wages will be directly pulled into their village every other month to give to their families.Of course, if you live alone, or if you have other needs, you can not receive it temporarily, and come to Xiang Luo to collect your salary after work is over.

As for the remuneration during work, that is, you can eat meat and eggs every day. After all, it is dry and heavy physical labor, and you will have no strength if you don’t eat meat.If it is too cold, there will be hot soup like ginger tea, and if it is too hot, there will be herbal tea to relieve the heat.

The daily salary is three catties of grain, and if the quality of the fired bricks passes the standard, each person will be rewarded with an additional two catties of grain.

Grain can be put aside, three catties of grain is not considered high.But meat and eggs can be eaten every day. For this alone, people are rushing to do it without salary.

When we first got it, no one wanted to leave.But there are still rumors among the employees, saying that this is just a show in the first few days, and it will definitely become a meal every two days in the future, and then it will get longer and longer.

But as time progressed, Xiang Luo did not lie.Although it is not possible to eat to the full, each person can eat two pieces of duck meat every day.

Then there are two days of vacation every month. When the people on vacation return to the village and bring the news back to the village, those who thought it was unreliable and did not sign up regretted it.

This kind of work can not only alleviate the dilemma of food shortage at home, but also can eat meat!

That's meat!

And after the bricks at the brick factory were burned for a month, Xiang Luo just paid for a month's worth of grain and sent it to Luo Changsheng's village.

On the way back, I noticed that the snow on both sides of the road had fallen a little, and water had also appeared on the side of the road.

The snow is starting to melt.