Chapter 4: The official start of stockpiling supplies
The thought of people robbing supplies in the apocalypse prompted Bai Tang to type two bold words in the first line: "Weapons."
What's that saying again: Times have changed.
Having weapons can ensure one's safety, at least in the early to mid-stages of the apocalypse.
Then the most important things are food and water. In the apocalypse, various natural disasters can prevent crops from being grown, and some natural disasters can lead to water shortages.
Of course, in addition to weapons, food, and water, we also need to stock up on supplies for clothing, housing, and transportation.
At this point, Gu Yanxu said, "We still need to stock up on some protective suits because acid rain will occur after the polar night."
After Bai Tang finished writing, she sent a copy of the document to Bai Jiyang and Gu Yanxu, one for each of them.
"We'll go and stockpile supplies according to our respective roles. Brother, I remember we have a large logistics transfer warehouse at home, right? We can temporarily store the supplies that the three of us have stockpiled there, and I'll go and collect them when they arrive in batches."
Bai Jiyang answered Bai Tang's question: "Yes, that warehouse is quite big. I hired someone to guard it before, and I was planning to use it. Now it will be very convenient for us to store supplies."
Bai Tang was in charge of stockpiling food. As a true foodie, it was the right thing to do to entrust this task to Bai Tang.
Bai Jiyang was in charge of the transportation and daily necessities sectors, since he knew some car manufacturers and department store owners.
Gu Yanxu was in charge of weapons; his family had certain channels in the underworld to obtain weapons.
We also plan to buy things like mobile prefabricated houses, rare metals, gold, and antiques together.
After the division of labor was completed.
Bai Jiyang took out his phone and called the car dealership owner, saying, "Hey, Mr. Zhang, I'd like to buy a few high-performance SUVs, RVs, and buses. Do you have any in stock?"
Mr. Zhang, the manager of the car dealership, said, "I only have a few cars here for now. I wonder how many Mr. Bai needs?"
Bai Jiyang thought for a moment and said, "We need 66 of each type. Our company is planning a team building trip. I don't know how long it will take for you to prepare them."
Mr. Zhang said, "Mr. Bai, this is a big order. I need to get the goods from headquarters. It will take about a week."
"Okay, I'll reserve it first. Also, I remember you offer discounts on cars here, and you even give away gasoline, right? I'll have my secretary transfer the deposit to you."
"Yes, yes, we'll definitely give Mr. Bai a discount; you're one of our biggest clients." Mr. Zhang chuckled and hung up the phone to arrange for the goods.
"Why do you say we need sixty-six vehicles each?" Bai Tang asked.
Bai Jiyang smiled smugly and said, "Sixty-six, sixty-six is a lucky number, sis. Isn't that a good omen? It's okay. I ordered sixty-six of each type of car. With such a big order, their boss will definitely deliver more cars. That way it will be more cost-effective. Wouldn't it be better to save a little money to buy food?"
"Indeed, but in addition to vehicles, we also need boats, because there will be torrential rains and floods in the early stages of the apocalypse. We need to stockpile some assault boats and rescue boats. If conditions permit, we can also prepare a few ships. We are not sure if there will be other disasters after the acid rain. What if there is a tsunami?"
After listening to Bai Tang's words, Bai Jiyang said with a serious expression, "Then I'll make some more arrangements. Should I buy a few helicopters? In case we can't stay on the ground, we can still fly in the sky."
"You're a good kid. You've learned to apply what you've learned to other situations. You've thought of things quite thoroughly. We'll stockpile it as you suggested," Bai Tang said with a look of satisfaction.
Gu Yanxu said, "I need to personally oversee the stockpiling of weapons and gasoline. You guys go and stockpile food and supplies first. See you tomorrow at noon."
"Okay, then be careful on the road."
After speaking, Gu Yanxu went out and drove to the Gu family's underground hideout to find someone to prepare to stockpile some weapons.
"Brother, let's go check out the wholesale market first," Bai Tang said, patting Bai Jiyang on the shoulder.
"Okay, sis, I'll go get the car."
Before long, they arrived at the city's largest wholesale market. After parking the car, Bai Jiyang followed Bai Tang into the wholesale market.
Bai Tang really wants to buy everything she sees.
They went to the seed shop first.
There weren't many people in the seed shop. When the owner saw the two young people come in, he didn't think they would be big customers, so he let them look around.
Bai Tang and the others checked it out themselves first, and found that the quality of the seeds here was quite good.
The shop owner saw that they had looked at quite a few things, so he came over and asked, "Are you two looking to buy some seeds? My shop has the most complete selection of seeds in the entire market."
Bai Tang slowly announced what she wanted.
"Tomato seeds, cucumber seeds, potato seeds, eggplant seeds, cabbage seeds, chili seeds, pumpkin seeds, coriander seeds, celery seeds, leek seeds... Forget it, how many kinds of seeds do you have in your shop? You need a thousand catties of each kind."
After Bai Tang finished speaking, the shopkeepers next to her were stunned.
"What? A thousand catties of each? You two aren't lying, are you? How could someone possibly buy so many seeds all at once?"
Bai Tang explained to the shop owner from the side, "Boss, don't you want to make any money? We'll definitely use what we buy. We're planning to open a farm at home, and we only came here to buy because you have a wide variety of products and the quality is good."
The boss still looked at Bai Tang and the others with disbelief.
At this point, Bai Jiyang said directly, "Boss, if you don't believe us, we can pay a deposit first, so you'll have some protection. Besides, you can't prepare all these things in a short time. We'll leave an address for you to deliver the goods there."
The boss deftly took out his phone and added Bai Tang's contact information.
The boss calculated again that all these seeds amounted to less than eight million.
Without saying a word, Bai Tang transferred half of the deposit to the boss.
The boss quickly collected the money, thinking to himself, "Anyway, it's a fool not to make money. Why do they need to buy so many seeds? Maybe it's just a rich girl and her son playing around with a farm. It has nothing to do with him. As long as he can make money, that's all that matters."
The two agreed with the boss that they would deliver the goods to the designated warehouse a week later.
After they inspect the goods, they will transfer the remaining money to the boss.
The boss happily saw the two big clients out.
After buying the seeds, Bai Tang suddenly felt that relying on the two of them to buy them was not a good idea; it was too little and she didn't feel secure.
Furthermore, the fact that her space can be expanded means that a lot of crops can be grown in it.
I've decided to have Bai Jiyang's secretaries check out where there are channels to source large quantities of goods tomorrow, and then I'll give them a raise.
However, she and her younger brother could stock up on it first, and she suddenly exclaimed, "We have so much money, we can't spend it all!"
"Sis, it's okay, if you don't spend it all, you can exchange it for gold later, you forgot?" Bai Jiyang winked at Bai Tang.
"Yes! We can exchange it then. Let's go, let's buy more."
Bai Tang pulled her younger brother toward a grain store.
With a wave of his hand, he bought 5,000 bags of crystal rice, 5,000 bags of Shanbei rice, 5,000 bags of refined rice, 5,000 bags of yellow millet, 5,000 bags of fragrant rice, 5,000 bags of Job's tears, 5,000 bags of sorghum rice, 5,000 bags of black rice, and 5,000 bags of brown rice.
5000 bags of high-gluten flour, 5000 bags of medium-gluten flour, and 5000 bags of low-gluten flour.
High-gluten flour has a good elasticity and is suitable for making bread, medium-gluten flour is suitable for making steamed buns and mantou, and low-gluten flour is suitable for making cakes.
We bought rice and flour so that they could steam rice if they wanted to eat rice, and steam buns if they wanted to eat steamed buns.