Chapter 1447 'That's impossible, I believe in Oil City!'
The night wind blew in, causing the curtains behind to flutter.
Li Yu stood up and closed the window.
Sit down slowly.
"But...."
Li Yu had some doubts, "But even if we use the points system through the mission hall and let many collaborators and non-staff help collect information, there is no way to guarantee the authenticity..."
The third uncle smiled and shook his head when he heard this and said:
"This is quite simple. Just send someone to confirm it. It is not too cumbersome to set up an intelligence department. In fact, you can also make full use of the flow of people in the trading market to obtain information."
"The functional attributes of the intelligence department can actually be carried out by the patrol team. I think it is more appropriate to wait until the strength of the base further develops before setting up a systematic and complete intelligence department."
"Yeah." Li Yu understood what Third Uncle meant.
Actually, Uncle San is not saying not to set up an intelligence department, but he is saying not to spend too much manpower and material resources on this matter.
Penetration and understanding of surrounding forces can be achieved through other means.
"Third Uncle, I plan to hold an inner city meeting after returning to the headquarters base this time."
"Not only the division of ranks at the military level, but also internal management, even transportation, etc., I feel that it is too chaotic now. Many times the ranks are not clear enough, the division of responsibilities is not clear enough, and even a supervisory department is not established."
The third uncle looked at the silver curtains on the window, twisted his neck and made a clicking sound.
"You should talk to your second uncle about this matter. I don't know much about this aspect either. Anyway, I just have one suggestion: Don't rush for quick success. You won't become fat with just one bite."
If the pace of reform of the system is too fast, it is easy to cause trouble, so it must be done step by step.
"I understand. I'll talk to that administrative management expert Huang Yuanxi tonight." Li Yu nodded and said.
"Okay, let's go down and have something to eat. We are as good as steel. If you don't eat even one meal, you will feel hungry. Let's take a walk." The third uncle got up from the stool and walked towards the door.
This saying of the third uncle made me laugh.
He stood up and said with a smile:
"Uncle Third, Gangzi and Tiezi's names don't come from this sentence, right?"
The third uncle paused slightly and replied awkwardly:
"of course not."
"Have you ever read a book called "How Steel Was Tempered"?"
"I've read it, so it comes from the title of the book?"
"That's right."
Li Yu glanced at his mouth and said, "It's really casual. My dad is the same, he chooses names very casually. Xiaohang, Xiaoyuan, me, the three of us together are astronauts."
"But why is my dad's third child a girl?"
The third uncle walked out of the door and said, "Homophony."
"oh."
Li Yu was finally convinced.
Their family members are very casual in choosing names from their elders.
Four brothers, great future.
When it comes to Li Yu's generation, they are astronauts, plus steel.
On the contrary, the names given by my second uncle are somewhat decent, Li Haoran and Li Haoxian.
Li Yu closed the door, took out the key and followed Uncle San downstairs.
"Do you want to go back tomorrow? Or should you stay here for two more days?" Third Uncle and Li Yu walked side by side and asked.
Li Yu nodded: "Go back. The inner city conference will definitely be held at the headquarters base. You can just participate online when the time comes."
"good."
As soon as the two of them went downstairs, they met Li Tie at the foot of the stairs.
"Dad, brother." Li Tie shouted after seeing the two of them.
He took a few steps and approached Li Yu, "Brother, should we go back to the headquarters base tomorrow?"
Li Yu gave him a strange look, "Why do you say that? You two asked me this question."
Li Tie was a little surprised. Did his father ask this question just now?
Seeing that Li Tie didn't answer him, Li Yu didn't bother to delve into the reason and replied:
"Just follow the normal plan."
Li Tie coughed twice and said, "Brother, the main reason is that you locked yourself in the room as soon as you came back. I thought..."
"It's okay, let's go eat."
During the meal, the two chatted about how the transport fleet could solve the problem of being too long and unable to keep track of each other.
After all, Oil City will soon have to transport oil to the headquarters base again, and they need to pass through that road.
In response to this problem, they discussed increasing the mobility of the fleet.
But the road is only so wide, and walking side by side can easily cause congestion.
In the end, the plan was to move around on motorcycles.
Motorcycles are flexible and can make U-turns easily. Once there is an attack from the front or rear, they can be reached immediately.
30 motorcycles should be enough to take care of the entire fleet.
.......
When the group of people were heading to the cafeteria, Jie Changshan was leading people to lay out wires in the corridor leading to the ancient cemetery fortress from the Oil City. The corridor that was tens of meters long had to be powered on first, otherwise
It’s also inconvenient to go back and forth with a flashlight all the time.
This ancient cemetery fort is quite large, with an area of more than 20 acres. One half is used as indoor planting land, and the other half is used to place zombie generators.
There is also a very small area where some pottery coffins and other things excavated from this tomb are placed together.
Although it is of little use in the last days, it would be a pity to lose thousands of years of cultural relics.
"This area has been leveled. If it doesn't work, just pour cement to cover it." Jie Changshan said while standing in the ancient cemetery and looking at a depression in the ground.
"Okay, Vice President Xie."
A drop of water fell from the top of his head and landed on the forehead of Jing Changshan.
The drop of water was a bit cold, and he shivered.
He reached out and touched his forehead, then raised his head and looked at the top of his head.
He frowned and whispered: "It seems that we need to do some waterproofing here."
If this ancient cemetery fort was not opened, it would be well sealed and no moisture would come in. However, after the tunnel was opened these days, moisture from the outside will come in.
In addition, the temperature under the ground is more than ten degrees lower than above the ground.
Water vapor cools naturally to form water.
.....
Utility room on the east side of Oil City.
Zhongshi Yang looked at the two corpses covered with cloth on the ground, his eyes full of pain.
"well...."
This is the first time he has led a team alone to carry out such a long-distance mission, and it has caused such casualties for the first time.
It really made him uncomfortable. Based on the attack this time, he thought about how to deal with it if a similar situation happened again next time.
In other words, how should the loopholes in the current fleet security issues be adjusted?
........
Northern Territory.
Xie Weishan was sitting on a raised wall opposite the city lord's palace, blowing the evening breeze.
"Captain Xie, the greenhouse will be all set up in about half a month."
"Well, why do you want to return to the headquarters base after the greenhouse is finished?" Lao Xie pressed the two strands of his hair to prevent them from being blown by the wind.
Xie Weishan shook his head and said: "How is it possible? The greenhouse has been built, but the underground tunnel has not yet been opened. Besides, without an order from the headquarters, it feels inappropriate to apply by myself."
"What do you want to say?" Lao Xie asked doubtfully.
"Um...."
Xie Weishan hesitated for a few seconds and then said:
"Aren't you worried about that northwest force? If they really come to the north, we may not be able to resist them now."
Lao Xie shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly:
"Come on, if it doesn't work, run away. Didn't the minister tell us when he left? Don't confront them head-on. You need to hurry up on the project of replacing and opening the underground corridor. You have opened it up early, and I have a good idea."
"But... there are only so many people, and I have to send people to build greenhouses. The manpower is limited." Xie Weishan said helplessly.
"Anyway, since you're not fast enough, you have to focus on opening up the corridor first and building a greenhouse at the same time."
"Okay, I'll apply with the headquarters base." Xie Weishan said after thinking for a while.
"Um...."
The gentle evening breeze blows away the heat of the day, giving people a comfortable and relaxing feeling.
On the northern border, since the minister and the city lord left with their people, the defensive force here has become much weaker.
Ultraviolet lights flash in the distance. There is no need to worry about power problems now. Zombie generators have been set up in the north and a certain number of zombies have been captured to generate electricity.
There is no need to use diesel or coal to generate electricity as before.
The inner city seemed a bit empty with just them.
But the street lights in the north are all lit up, and the lights are bright.
The electricity generated here cannot be used up at all, and the battery is fully charged, so it would be a waste not to use it.
.......
The next day.
Dongtai and others, who had been prepared long ago, boarded the helicopter with their luggage.
It's been too long, too long since I've been back to the headquarters base.
There are many people applying to return to the headquarters base, and helicopters alone cannot transport so many people.
So they asked Zhou Tian, Huang Zheng and others to simply bring more oil back to the base when they returned to the headquarters.
In addition to the fact that Zhongshi Yang and others had already arrived, after unloading the grain in their trucks, they also had to be filled with oil.
After all, it is impossible for more than a hundred vehicles to deliver only food and supplies and return without carrying anything.
Zhongshi Yang and Zhou Tian will stay in the oil city for one more day before setting off from the land and returning to the headquarters base.
Ju Tianrui, Dongtai and the others followed Li Yu back to the headquarters base in a helicopter.
Song Qi, who followed him out and walked all the way, has had an eye-opening experience these past few days.
He had never left the vicinity of the Da Zhangshu base, and what he saw and heard when he came out this time made him feel very excited.
Li Qi and Song Qi rotated the personnel stationed at the Wu City military base this time.
This time, when Li Yu returned to the headquarters base and passed by the Wu City Military Base, he happened to send them there to replace Zuo Ruxue, Xiao Hu and the team they led.
Zuo Ruxue and the others spent several months in the military base, bored to the point of explosion, and summed up their experiences and lessons.
When Song Qi and Li Qi set off from the base this time, they went to the library to borrow dozens of books. In addition, they used the computers provided to them by the base to download hundreds of movies and various games from the base data disk.
Just to cope with the boring days stationed at the Wu City military base.
As a transfer station, for the sake of concealment, the door must be closed at ordinary times.
Wait until the transportation convoys to and from Oil City or Da Zhangshu Base arrive and start again.
After all, there are not many people staying here, so if you can keep a low profile, keep a low profile.
When the base becomes stronger in the future, a new sub-base can also be established based on this military base.
Li Yu stood under the helicopter and waved to his third uncle and others.
Turned around and entered the helicopter.
A few minutes later.
The helicopter took off and headed south.
The third uncle on the ground in the inner city watched the back of the helicopter disappear into the sky.
"Residence..."
He habitually wanted to call Ju Tianrui, but as soon as he said a word, he realized that Ju Tianrui had already boarded the helicopter and was now returning to the headquarters base.
"Lao Luo."
"Come with me to the trading market later to see the effect of the points redemption system in the business district."
"Okay, Minister."
Ten minutes later, they left the oil city in an off-road pickup truck.
The business district is oriented east-west.
The east side is opposite the main gate of the trading market.
In the easternmost building of the business district is a gas station officially operated by Oil City.
Survivors can buy various fuels here.
It has been more than five years since the apocalypse, and fuel has become increasingly scarce. It is a rare commodity in the apocalypse, and few people can afford it.
Crunch!
Lao Qin stepped on the brakes and parked the car at the easternmost intersection of the business district.
The third uncle got out of the car, and Lao Luo and others quickly followed.
Just at this time, there were two cars parked in front of me, apparently to refuel.
However, those two cars didn't even have doors and looked extremely shabby.
Survivors cannot drive inside the business district, but they can drive outside the business district.
This gas station is right at the edge, which makes it convenient for survivors to drive here to refuel.
Being on the side does not require entering the commercial area, so it does not violate the regulations.
"The minister is here, hello, minister!" Shen Xiaoxiao, who was holding a gas gun, shouted loudly when he saw his third uncle.
Uncle Lan from the gas station also ran out.
"Hello, Minister!"
After Xie Dongming, who was standing next to the broken pickup truck, heard Shen Xiaoxiao's cry, he immediately turned around and saw the most powerful person in Oil City.
"Minister Li! You...you are here..." Xie Dongming met his third uncle when he came to the trading market for the first time, so he recognized him.
Although I have seen him later, I only saw him from a distance among the crowd, and I did not have such close contact with him.
The third uncle smiled and waved towards Shen Xiaoxiao and others.
After taking a look at Xie Dongming who was refueling, he felt a little familiar.
"What do you use to refuel here?" Third Uncle asked.
Xie Dongming turned his head and glanced at Shen Xiaoxiao, and replied nervously:
"Accumulate...points. With 5 points, you can add 10 liters of gasoline."
The third uncle continued to ask: "Is it convenient to use? How does it feel?"
When Xie Dongming heard Third Uncle's question, he knew why Third Uncle was here.
The research visit is coming!
"It's convenient, very convenient. In the past, when we wanted to sell the smoked chicken and food, we often had to bargain with people, and we also had to wait for a long time before we could sell the items."
"Now we can go directly to the official redemption center and exchange them for points. We can use the points to buy whatever we want in the trading market. We no longer have to carry large and small bags of materials to exchange with others like before. It is very convenient!
And it’s safe!”
When he heard the word smoked chicken, the third uncle immediately remembered who he was.
The first team to come to the trading market to trade, this organization is called the Explorers.
The third uncle laughed and said:
"Aren't you worried that there will be something wrong with the points you exchanged?"
Xie Dongming shook his head and said:
"That's impossible. We believe that such a big force in Oil City cannot do such a thing. If such a thing is done, the credibility of the entire trading market will be lost."
"We all like this point redemption system. The points can be kept here. It's quite troublesome to carry the supplies back and forth every time you redeem them like before."
"And it's very troublesome to carry it with you after leaving the trading market..."
.....
He talked about a lot of benefits of the points redemption system, which made the third uncle stop and feel quite happy.
It seems that Oil City still has credibility in the eyes of many survivors.
The reason why points, an invisible and intangible thing, can serve as a medium of exchange all rely on the trust and endorsement of Oil City.
"Then do you think there are any flaws in this points system?" Third Uncle asked.
"Forehead....."
After thinking for a while, Xie Dongming said:
"Fortunately for us, we have great trust in Oil City, so we are not worried about points being deducted randomly."
"But some people I have contacted in the trading market are worried that more points will be maliciously deducted when redeeming points. If they are not credited, they are also afraid..."
He didn't finish all the words, but his meaning was expressed.
Just as the gasoline was being filled, Uncle Lan ran into the operating terminal and printed out a note.
The time and date are written on it, as well as the points deducted this time and the number of remaining points.
"Ten points will be deducted for this refueling. After adding 20 liters of gasoline, you still have 345 points left. Please keep the receipt." Uncle Lan handed the receipt to Xie Dongming.
Xie Dongming looked at it and found that there was no problem and then said: "Thank you."
The third uncle looked at the note and asked: "With this note, I will give it to you on the spot. If there is any problem, can't you point it out on the spot?"
Xie Dongming coughed and said, "They don't believe it. They're afraid that you won't recognize the note when the time comes."
"But I rarely meet people like this."
"Um....."
The third uncle nodded thoughtfully. The reason why he was worried was that he didn't have enough trust.
All they can do is manage and control the points backend, and absolutely no problems can arise.
This problem is like before the end of the world, if a person is hesitant about whether to deposit his money in the bank, and is worried that if he deposits his money in the bank, the bank will deduct his money and move it to other places for use.
This kind of thing actually happened before the end of the world, but it was just a rare case.
For example, in a trading market, if this happens once, it will cause a devastating blow to the credibility of the trading market.
What can be done must be strictly reviewed and supervised, and those who operate the points deduction cannot be allowed to tamper with things.
The third uncle remembered what Li Yu said to him yesterday. It seemed necessary to rely on system administrators and establish a strict supervision mechanism.
Afterwards, Uncle San chatted with Shen Xiaoxiao and several gas station staff for a while, then entered the trading market industry area to investigate the situation of other merchants.