In fact, in just three days, the goods that were supposed to be sold for a week were sold out. People in Merida couldn't even wait for the arrival of the sales truck. They tried their best to walk 30 kilometers to Progreso.
Purchase goods at the port.
More than 3,000 tons of fish and dried shrimp were sold immediately, followed by matches and soap, which sold about more than 100 tons. These two items are considered durable goods, and the market is saturated in a short period of time. As for other daily necessities
Not much was sold, because almost all the liquidity of the entire city of Merida went to Zhou Qingfeng. The residents' spending power was wiped out.
"We should spend the money right away, otherwise the money will have no meaning." When the accounts were taken at night, hundreds of thousands of gold coins piled up in front of Zhou Qingfeng. And according to his plan, he will use this money and
The remaining supplies will be purchased first and exchanged for oil.
There are three provinces in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, namely Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Yucatan is the poorest, and Campeche has a slightly better economic situation because of its offshore oil fields.
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But Zhou Qingfeng's current power is only in the city of Merida. If he wants to obtain supplies from other places, he must rely on other "Enclave" members in the city. But now there is such a person in the city who comes to him in a hurry.
"This is unfair and does not comply with the rules we originally agreed on. I need to re-distribute the goods." Lieutenant Colonel Harding was furious and strongly expressed his dissatisfaction in front of Zhou Qingfeng.
Zhou Qingfeng said with an innocent face: "Sir Harding, you decided to allocate the goods internally at the beginning. I have already agreed, so I can't interfere anymore."
"But those bastards actually banded together to exclude me. Now I have nothing but 10,000 bottles of whiskey." If someone is happy and some are worried, Lieutenant Colonel Harding is definitely the one who is happy first and then sad.
Because he looked down on the goods provided by the 'Aurora Legion', Lieutenant Colonel Harding, who was originally the most powerful, left early and lost his right to participate in the distribution of the goods. When he realized something was wrong, he tried to intervene again but was blocked by other 'Englishmen'
Ray's collective resistance to the bureaucracy.
Faced with huge benefits, no one is willing to share their share. Lieutenant Colonel Harding wants to get angry, but as a soldier, he has many soldiers under his command, and no one tells him what to do.
Do business.
But with Lula's strength greatly weakened, the city of Merida has become a place where many heroes have joined together, and no one who can stand up to distribute goods is easy to mess with. For example, Paramount, who is in charge of the city's production arrangements, stands behind him
Several senior officials from the Enclave headquarters.
At first, Lieutenant Colonel Harding only thought that he was unlucky, and at least he received 10,000 bottles of whiskey every month as compensation. But when all the tens of thousands of tons of supplies on the "Bird of Paradise" were divided up, when Zhou Qingfeng arranged for manpower to be sent to Meili
There was a sales frenzy in the city, and he finally realized that he had thought things too simply.
The global population in 2030 is approaching 10 billion. After many hardships after the catastrophe, there are still 2 to 3 billion people left. Among them, the most remaining ones are in underdeveloped areas. For example, Africa has almost no major events. What life was originally, what is going on now?
Life, anyway, many of their countries have always been in a state of anarchy.
Regardless of whether it is Mexico or North America, although the losses are huge, the remaining population of tens of millions is still a huge market, which can swallow up huge amounts of goods like a bottomless pit. What is lacking now is the supply of goods. If you control the supply of goods now, you can control power and development.
Opportunity. However, Lieutenant Colonel Harding easily blew this opportunity away.
"Your Majesty the Governor, I hope you can help me. This matter cannot be so unfair." Lieutenant Colonel Harding lost his arrogant attitude and even felt a sense of looking up to Zhou Qingfeng. After all, the strength he currently possesses is as strong as Zhou Qingfeng's.
The past is nothing like the past.
"Hahaha... Lieutenant Colonel Harding, you really posed a problem for me!" Zhou Qingfeng thought to himself: You are an idiot, but now you want me to come forward, and I am too lazy to stand up for you. He laughed
After a while, he said: "Actually, I don't think you need to rob those ordinary people's goods. The whiskey I provided you is already worth a lot of money."
Lieutenant Colonel Harding also complained in his mind. Ten thousand bottles of whiskey are indeed very valuable, but there is still a big gap compared with tens of thousands of tons of goods. But now he can only plead to please: "Your Excellency, Governor, I
I think you must be able to help me, right? If you have any more requirements, you can ask them."
When it comes to more requests, Zhou Qingfeng naturally has them. He was silent for a while and then said: "If you help me control the oil wells in Campeche Province, especially several offshore oil drilling platforms, I can sell alcoholic beverages in the future.
I leave it to you as the sole agent and the price remains unchanged.”
Offshore drilling platform? Liquor license? Lieutenant Colonel Harding was immediately interested. He asked eagerly: "How much can you give me in a month?"
"More than 50,000 bottles." Zhou Qingfeng reported a number, which is equivalent to half of his daily transportation volume.
Lieutenant Colonel Harding gritted his teeth and doubled his request, "I want one hundred thousand bottles."
"If you want 100,000 bottles, then I have a further request - to completely cut off the diesel supply to the Cancun fleet, and not let the Cancun patrol fleet go to sea to disrupt our business." Zhou Qingfeng said sternly.
"Deal." Lieutenant Colonel Harding doesn't care whether the Cancun fleet is having a good time or not. He has many ways to evade it. "The Governor is indeed very powerful, and the help you give is very important to me."
While laughing, Zhou Qingfeng accepted the hat given by the other party. He thought to himself: Lieutenant Colonel Harding didn't even know what he gave me, did he?
Compared with the large number of destroyed oil production facilities on land, offshore drilling platforms are basically well-preserved. Moreover, drilling platforms have a strong ability to work independently. After all, they are isolated at sea. If they don’t have some self-sustainability, don’t mess around.
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Zhou Qingfeng has taken a fancy to several offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, but he has been unable to start because he really doesn't have the ability. Those are the core areas controlled by the 'Enclave'. And if Harding can help solve this matter
, the crude oil supply of the Havana refinery can be increased at least ten times.
Oil is black gold, the blood of industry, and the foundation of modern civilization. Trucks in Merida can obtain diesel and gasoline relatively easily, but in Havana, all motor vehicles in the city were stopped in order to allow the "Bird of Paradise" to operate.
It can be seen from this that the 'Enclave' is still much stronger than the 'Aurora Legion'. Controlling several offshore drilling platforms is of great significance to Zhou Qingfeng!
In order to celebrate the new cooperation agreement reached between the two parties, Zhou Qingfeng took out cigarettes and wine to entertain Lieutenant Colonel Harding. When he finally sent the other party away, he also asked two policemen to take him back. While watching the Lieutenant Colonel Harding take the car
After leaving, he stood at the door of his Governor's Palace, smiling meaningfully.