The rumbling propellers stirred the air, and a light transport plane with obvious patches slowly descended from the sky. It only slid for more than a hundred meters on the rough and uneven ground before stopping.
Before the blades stopped, the door of the plane opened, and a few sturdy men wearing warm leather jackets and holding machine guns jumped out. The leading man spat on the ground, with a hahaha smile on his unshaven face.
After a few calls, "This old plane is pretty good."
After the light transport plane came to a stop, dozens of people immediately gathered on both sides of the rough runway, shouting, "What did you bring this time? Are there any medicines?" "We want some fresh vegetables and meat," women?
I have some pretty girls in their teens here, they are absolutely top quality.'
In the midst of the quarrel, the leading man pointed his gun into the air and cursed loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet."
Gunshots rang out, but the crowd was not afraid. However, an old man in his fifties came out, opened his arms and laughed: "Walker, couldn't you have come earlier, you little bastard? Do you know that we have been waiting for you?
Three days?”
"Old guy, just be satisfied. The cargo ship of the 'Aurora Legion' only comes once every half month, and each time it comes, it only carries more than 10,000 tons of goods, but there are at least two million people waiting to distribute the goods. You know
I don’t know that people are even willing to die to get the supply.”
The leader known as Walker complained several times, and then said: "If I hadn't been lucky enough to buy this transport plane, you would still have to suffer in the ice and snow."
The transport plane landed in Quebec City, Canada. As the country with the largest land per capita, people here have been dealing with cold and snow all year round. Compared with the large numbers of people in the tropics who froze to death, Canadians survived a lot.
It’s just that no matter how good your life skills in the cold zone are, they can’t withstand a few months of nuclear winter. When supplies gradually become scarce, Canadians have to go out to save themselves. Where can they go? The United States. But the United States is also in a mess!
The strong man named Walker went through many hardships and led the team to New York, and even met David Lawrence of the Brotherhood of Steel. However, Mr. Lawrence also expressed his inability to respond to the Canadians' request for help - maybe he could consider doing business, but
There is no need to talk about giving away materials for free.
In this way, Walker shouldered the important task of mobilizing supplies, but everyone was in short supply of things like food, medicine, tobacco, and alcohol. As for high-tech products, who the hell cares about these days? Fill your stomach and live.
That's the most important thing.
Canada's vegetable and meat production is insufficient, and it has always needed to be supplemented by imports. Although the country is rich in oil, the oil refining industry is far away from the production area. The most troublesome thing is that Canada's economic structure is single, and most of it is finance, transportation, mining, etc., losing foreign trade.
It's going to be over.
The more scarce materials are, the more they are hoarded, which leads to an even greater shortage, because no one wants to sell something that can save lives. After months of suffering, there is finally a super idiot who is willing to trade again - 'Aurora Legion'
Opened route from Havana to New York.
Many years later, some people still remember the madness caused by the arrival of the "Bird of Paradise" in Hong Kong.
One potato can be exchanged for the same weight of gold.
With just a pack of cigarettes, someone pushed his wife and daughter out.
There was even a riot in order to board the Bird of Paradise to Havana.
Walker used his identity as a Canadian to strengthen the alliance between the two parties and spent a lot of money to get the plane and a small amount of goods from David Lawrence. After he had the limited goods moved off the plane, he
He pulled the old man who came to greet him aside.
"I got in touch with people from the Aurora Corps. They want workers with professional skills, especially those who can work in refineries. They also need aviation ground staff, and they have a lot of passenger planes there. They also need women,
A lot of highly educated women.”
The old man who was pulled aside was the leader of the residents' self-government in Quebec City. He pondered for a while and then nodded, but then asked: "Are you sure the 'Aurora Legion' is a good place to go?"
"I don't know. I can't guarantee anything to you. Although I believe that life will improve in another six months, we may not be able to survive for another six months." Walker said very realistically. He stamped the hard ground under his feet.
"I heard the drought problem is getting worse."
"Yes, it didn't rain during the whole nuclear winter. Meteorologists said that nuclear winter destroyed the atmospheric circulation. Without the changes in the four seasons of the year, rainfall would not happen again." The old man sighed again, "I will organize it.
After a while, we should be able to gather thousands of people out. But how are we going to transport them?"
"As long as we agree to the conditions of the 'Aurora Legion', they will send a passenger plane to pick us up."
"What conditions? Isn't it enough that we give people to them?"
"They're going to tear down our refinery."
"Are those bastards going to tear down our refinery?"
"They definitely want more than just refineries."
"This is robbery!" The old man was stunned for a moment, but he had no choice but to say, "But we have no choice, right? As long as we can survive, we can only agree."
The cruel reality forces people to sell the materials in their hands at the lowest price, even if the transaction is extremely unequal. Zhou Qingfeng has always wanted to expand his oil refining capacity, but David Lawrence was not very happy with the cooperation in this regard, so he sent some people
, getting some equipment is like squeezing out toothpaste.
So Zhou Qingfeng simply ditched David Lawrence and talked directly with the Canadians. Because Canada has a pretty good oil refining industry, and there is an oil refinery in Quebec City.
Speaking of this, Zhou Qingfeng is actually quite depressed. Cuba is far away from the United States, where nuclear bombs are flying everywhere. But there is basically nothing in this poor place, and the manufacturing industry is quite backward. Finally, an oil refinery was bombed, and the production capacity has never been restored.
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But in the United States, industrial facilities are everywhere, and the technology is quite cutting-edge. Even in any larger city in Canada, the industrial production capacity is eight blocks behind Cuba. But now that the apocalypse is coming, it’s up to Zhou Qingfeng to pick up the rags and put them together.
Great opportunity for skilled workers.
No one could do anything about the "Aurora Legion"'s robbery, and they even wished that the transaction could be carried out quickly. After Walker completed the report, he returned to his home along the deserted street, and his wife and children at home gave him a warm welcome.
But after the welcome, the scene at home was a bit desolate. The wife said helplessly: "Originally there was a limited supply of corn and potatoes on the market, but now the corn has been eaten up and the potatoes have rotted in the ground."
"There is still half a can of maple syrup at home, which is our last reserve. I plan to keep it for the children."
"Walker, I really tried my best, but all the food I stored has been eaten up. There are rumors in the city that some people have starved to death. If you don't come back, I really don't know what I will do."
Looking at the emaciated faces of the family, Walker took out a few canned meats from his backpack with tears in his eyes, and then watched his children pounce on them like little wolves and eat them.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I've found a way out. We're leaving this hellish place right away. I know where I can live a stable life."
Walker, who was still hesitant at first, decided to make up his mind. He now felt that it didn't matter even if he gave the entire city to the 'Aurora Legion', as long as his family could be safe.