In the morning, Nieto got up. He made daily schedules like a clockwork clock. As a Mexican, he rarely had an aloof indifference. Others thought he was weird, but no one
Know what he has been through in the past.
Smuggling from Mexico to the United States, and then from the United States to Cuba. Nieto saw too many deaths on this road. The young man who trembled when he saw corpses and blood had just celebrated his twentieth birthday.
But I am no longer surprised by anything.
The servant arranged breakfast for Nieto and brought him the day's schedule. Semi-illiterate, he learned English and Spanish in a very short period of time. Now he is the Sheriff of the Havana Port of the "Aurora Legion", with five to six hundred men under his command.
He also served as a customs officer.
It’s just that no one is optimistic about this appointment. Everyone thinks that he is just an excessive figure. The reason why Nieto has the position is some kind of reward for him by the Legion Commander. There are some rumors that this Mexican has inadvertently helped
It was a big help to the Legion Commander. In fact, Nieto himself was not very confident about whether he could do a good job.
But what is very unexpected is that Nieto, who used to be just a farmer, does a very good job in this position. He always has a cold face and is very diligent and busy every day, and his subordinates naturally also
I kept busy. Many people said behind my back, "This Mexican is so gloomy and scary. He might have been a big drug lord in the past."
Drug lord? Poor Nieto, the only drug he had ever come into contact with in the past was marijuana, or he was forced to take it. After he was lucky enough to save his life on the battlefield, he hated any drug. Especially marijuana, it would arouse him
Incredibly painful memories.
As a peace officer, Nieto's job is to patrol and patrol again and again. He always goes from one patrol to the next, and then tirelessly checks all imported and exported materials, trying his best to do everything well.
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Businessmen who come to Havana are also very afraid of Nieto. This guy doesn't look like a Mexican at all. No bribe can tempt him. The only thing that can make him act is the order from his superiors. He once hung up businessmen who tried to bribe him.
After spending a whole day on the jib of a dock crane, no one looked down upon him anymore.
According to the itinerary memorandum, a new product will appear in the market at the dock today - matches. Nieto will go and take a look. Every time a new product is released from the factory in Havana, it will cause a market sensation, because these products are often urgently needed by society.
The rush of merchants to buy always causes chaos.
Matches are one of the urgent needs.
In the past, lighters were used to light fires, or a self-contained ignition device was provided on the stove. But now that the industrial system has collapsed, cheap and convenient lighters are almost extinct. Anyone who has a lightweight lighter can sell it for a good price.
Not having a fire is a troublesome thing. When lighters are scarce, ordinary people have to think of ways to light a fire. Some people once ran several kilometers in search of tinder just to light a fire. This kind of thing is no joke.
Since lighters are considered genuine industrial products and not low-value items, Zhou Qingfeng could not bring them from the real world. So he got an old match production line that no one wanted. This was also a complete set of discarded equipment from an old Northeast factory.
It's only 50,000 yuan, and it was purchased purely for scrap metal.
The machine processes wood into matchsticks, air-drying, dipping and other processes are all powered by electricity and completed automatically. All raw materials can be found in Cuba, and it only took a week to set up the factory. The only headache is that there are no qualified packaging boxes.
, Miss Fox had to hire workers to pack matches in crude and heavy wooden boxes.
The reappearance of matches has solved the big problem of igniting fire in the wasteland, and merchants are rushing to buy them like crazy. An old production line has an industrial output of almost 200,000 boxes every day.
Zhou Qingfeng originally thought that this output should be completely enough, and would even create a backlog of inventory. But he did not expect how much demand for matches the residents of the wasteland who could not light fires would have. The matches put on the market every day would be ready in less than half an hour.
Sold out.
Matches may look inconspicuous, but they have large sales and a wide market, with initial profits reaching an astonishing 500%. As soon as they appeared, they surpassed old clothes and became the new flagship product of the "Aurora Legion", which has been very well received by the Legion to purchase various products.
With the money spent on raw materials, Lina has already asked for at least ten more match production lines.
As for Nieto, he likes to go to the market every day and watch the merchants rush for a few boxes of matches. In fact, everyone in the "Aurora Legion" system likes to watch others rush to buy the products they produce.
That kind of honor and pride is extremely exciting.
"We will definitely be able to restore human civilization." Nieto had just gotten rid of illiteracy, but he deeply realized that the meaning of the word civilization is to live a better and better life. When he was patrolling the market, he also found another
A new product was launched quietly - soap.
The soap made from whale oil comes in square pieces. It also looks inconspicuous, but it can be regarded as a daily necessity and the sales situation is very good.
In the past, whale oil was mainly used in industry and lighting. However, the refinery of the 'Aurora Legion' can produce kerosene, so the role of whale oil in lighting is greatly reduced. Since whale oil has a fishy smell, this oil is not suitable for consumption.
, making soap is a good use.
However, whales are not available every day, so soap production is not high, and priority is often given to meeting the internal needs of the legions. Once soap is sold in the market, businessmen coming to Havana will also be in a state of competing for quotations. This has almost become a part of the Havana market.
It's normal, noisy every day.
After a morning tour, Nieto was very satisfied with the area under his jurisdiction. The strong sales situation always brought vitality and vitality, and he was full of confidence. And lunch at noon also gave Nieto another surprise, the greenhouse established by the Legion
Vegetables are now available.
It's so pitiful that after months of eating canned and dry bread, those who eat it really want to hang themselves. Since the corps uses a canteen to provide food to all members, basically there is no choice in what kind of food to eat. But Nieto remembers that the fishing boats at sea brought
When there is a large amount of krill, the whole canteen is always full, and many people line up to get a bite of shrimp.
As for vegetables now..., the production is not enough and can only be supplied to civil servants. After all, the health of the bureaucracy is related to whether the army can effectively rule the entire society. Today's supply is mung bean sprouts, which are simply boiled in water and then added with salt.
This super simple cooking method made Nieto shed tears after taking one bite. How much pain and hardship did he go through in order to eat this mediocre vegetable again? The only people who can still eat it now are definitely
The rulers of upper class society.
Nieto finished his lunch, and just when he was about to leave, two men in black uniforms found him and asked directly: "Are you Nieto?"
"Yes." Nieto stood up quickly, knowing who was in front of him.
"We are from the Legion Investigation Bureau, and we are recruiting a group of Mexicans to perform special tasks assigned by the Legion Commander. However, since you are already a mid-level civil servant of the Legion, we do not make mandatory requirements. We just want to ask if you are willing to accept it.
This dangerous mission?" the man in black said.
"I am absolutely loyal to the Legion Commander and am willing to complete any tasks assigned by him." Nieto agreed without hesitation. In the vibrant Legion, he also had the dream of making achievements in his heart.