Starting from June 15th, Xu Donglu began to receive various express packages one after another. Sometimes there were hundreds of packages a day, and soon there was no place to go in the yard.
In order to sort out these packages, Xu Dong was so tired that he almost couldn't straighten his back.
On June 18, the purchased vacuum machine arrived. Not all merchants were able to provide vacuum packaging, so Xu Dong simply bought one.
Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing.
It wasn't until June 25 that Xu Dong sealed all the goods, moved them all to the warehouse, and placed them in categories.
The next day, Xu Dong returned to Luyang again, reunited with his family for three days, and then headed north for the fourth time.
Xu Dong planned to stay longer this time. The excuse was that the business volume in the capital had surged and the company needed his help in establishing a branch. This "business trip" would require at least a month or two.
Neither Yang Lina nor Xu's mother had any doubts, because during this period, Xu Dong took 180,000 yuan from his family only from business commissions.
With such a large commission, it is reasonable to travel frequently.
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On the last day of June, Xu Dong once again placed a large order with suppliers. This time the goods were mainly concentrated in the four categories of tobacco, wine, sugar and tea.
Xu Dong himself was also a smoker, but after ten years in his previous life, he had long since quit smoking.
However, the shelf life of cigarettes is not bad, and can last up to four to five years. They are in high demand as gifts and to build relationships, and they are also quite popular on the black market, so he directly placed an order for 50 boxes.
This alone cost more than 3 million yuan.
Next is wine. The shelf life of wine is longer, and many hard liquors have almost no shelf life.
The longer the time, the more fragrant the wine will be.
Xu Dong ordered a batch of all major domestic brands of strong liquor, including high-end and mid-range ones, including Maotai.
There were almost 3,500 boxes in total, and the total cost was more than 8 million yuan.
In addition, Xu Dong also ordered 100 boxes of various types of wine, all of which were suitable for long-term storage. He found big foreign brands and spent more than 100,000.
Next it was tea's turn. Xu Dong only drank green tea and was not very familiar with other teas.
After some communication and inquiry, he finally ordered only 1,000 kilograms of tea bricks, mainly Pu'er tea and ordinary tea bricks.
The shelf life of these tea bricks is generally more than ten years, they are easy to store, durable, and very cost-effective.
Finally, there’s the bulk of this purchase—sugar!
The more times of famine occur, the more people crave two things, one is fat and the other is sugar.
About 70% of the energy required by the human body is provided by sugar, which is also an important substance that forms tissues and protects liver function.
In the future, grain will be fully controlled by the state, and Xu Dong will not be able to mix it in. A small amount of trading will be fine, but if the scale is large, it will definitely be investigated, and the risk is too high.
As for fat, that is, meat and cooking oil, the shelf life is a flaw, and Xu Dong does not intend to participate in it.
Not only does sugar have a very long shelf life, but state control is not very strict, which gives Xu Dong room to get involved.
To a certain extent, sugar is comparable to grain, a hard currency that can be cashed at any time. It will always have a price but no market for a long time to come.
Therefore, Xu Dong planned to stockpile a batch of white sugar as ballast stone in the warehouse to cope with various crises that might erupt.
However, the amount purchased this time was too large. Xu Dong found more than a dozen suppliers to collect 600 tons, with a total value of approximately 4.8 million yuan.
After a week of this, all the tobacco, wine, tea and sugar ordered this time arrived, and the yard was once again filled to the brim. Xu Dong even had to rent a temporary warehouse.
This time it took him more than a month to put everything together.
At this point, the entire negative second floor space has been completely filled.
This situation made Xu Dong couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
As the saying goes: If you have food in your hands, don’t panic in your heart.
So far, Xu Dong has purchased some commodities that are more suitable for long-term storage. He has completed more than half of the hoarding task, and the next quantity will not be so much.
On August 8, Xu Dong purchased a batch of household appliances, including televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, soymilk machines, juicers, razors, kitchen and bathroom appliances, etc., buying more than a dozen of each.
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Xu Dong remembered that in his previous life, after the catastrophe, these household appliances were very difficult to buy and extremely expensive. It was better to stock up on them now to avoid trouble.
In addition, Xu Dong has accumulated hundreds of electronic products such as computers, mobile phones, game consoles, radios and tablets, even taking into account the share for his grandchildren.
In addition, he also purchased a household rice mill and flour mill, which are needed when processing rice and wheat.
Xu Dong even bought a set of equipment for making tofu, and the store came with a complete set of video teaching materials, claiming he could master it at a glance.
On August 10, two cars suddenly appeared in the courtyard. One was a 10-seater Mercedes-Benz luxury business car. After all, the family had a large population and only a 10-seater could fit in.
The other is a small van with a fresh-keeping and freezing function. It is mainly used for transporting goods and is more convenient for entry and exit.
Both vehicles are fuel vehicles and cost a total of 7.3 million yuan.
Why choose a fuel vehicle?
Firstly, because the technology of electric vehicles is not yet mature at this time, the batteries need to be replaced every few years, which is very inconvenient;
Secondly, in the future, fuel will be more abundant than electricity. For example, in Luyang in the previous life, in order to ensure food production, power cuts were imposed almost every day.
And don’t forget that when a large solar flare breaks out, it will cause a global blackout. At that time, fuel vehicles will be more reliable.
On August 12, Xu Dong locked the door of his courtyard house and prepared to drive to an orchard on the outskirts of Yanjing.
The purpose of his trip was not to buy fruit, but to purchase a batch of mature, high-purity honey.
This kind of honey has a high sugar content, and bacteria cannot survive in such a high-sugar environment.
Archaeologists once excavated 3,300-year-old honey in the Egyptian pyramids, which had not deteriorated at all.
After arriving at the destination, Xu Dong made a phone call and quickly found the orchard owner. The two parties had met online.
"Are you Mr. Xu Dongxu?" the orchard owner greeted.
"Yes, that's me." Xu Dong nodded, "Are you Boss Hu? Nice to meet you!"
Boss Hu didn't waste time, "Let's go, I'll take you to see the honey."
The two of them walked in circles to the central area of the orchard. There were seven or eight beehives placed nearby, and bees were coming in and out in small groups.
"Boss Hu, what kind of bees do you raise here?" Xu Dong asked curiously.
"Italian Bee."
"How is your honey-producing ability?"
"The ability to produce honey is pretty good, and the ability to produce royal jelly is also very strong. Do you want to get some too?" Boss Hu started to promote it at the right time.
Xu Dong shook his head: "No need for now, let's talk about it next time!"
He checked the information before coming here and found that the shelf life of royal jelly is very short and has no storage value.
"Oh, that's okay, then we'll start getting honey now!"
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At five o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Dong left with more than a dozen bottles of freshly baked honey. The honey was definitely real honey. He saw it squeezed out with his own eyes, but he didn't know if it was mature honey.
However, Boss Hu swore that his honey is of high quality and can definitely be stored for several years.