Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Li Yu had been contemplating a matter lately.

After the annual summary and new year planning a few days ago.

He had been thinking incessantly about the need for the base to develop, the search for supplies, all requiring manpower. This included all kinds of supplies: cement, diesel, equipment, etc...

But they were definitely short of hands, yet they couldn't just let some people join without understanding them.

Such a move would put a lot of pressure on their food supplies and management for Li Yu's team.

Now these people have come by, and gave Li Yu an idea in the spur of the moment.

Since they were not familiar with these people and did not want to feed them for free,

They could cooperate.

They could use these people to help them find supplies outside, locate some instruments and equipment, search for materials that the base could use.

They could even make use of them to help with the expansion of the base.

Then provide them with a small amount of food, and through such cooperation, they could get to know them better; if they had good character, no dark history, and some abilities, then they could consider whether to accept them.

These people in the outside world could also act as a spy for Li Yu's base, helping to expand their horizon.

After all, these people were always lurking around; either they all had to be killed,

Or just wait for them to scheme against the base every day.

Li Yu disliked the feeling of being watched all the time, it's not his cup of tea.

Better to channel things than to block them.

To alleviate the calamity through work.

Only a very small amount of food was needed to exchange for the workforce, why not?

With this in mind, Li Yu lifted his head and spoke to He Qiang below the wall:

"I am the person in charge of this base. My surname is Li.

You came from Jiefang City, you should know why Jiefang City collapsed.

Moreover, those like Old Lü who could join us have made contributions to our base; it would be unfair to them if I let you join directly.

Besides, we can't support so many people."

He Qiang, upon hearing the person on top of the wall speak, wasn't too surprised; after witnessing what happened in Jiefang City, many had understood.

Many were clear that more people is not always better, sometimes more means a burden.

So many mouths to feed, every single day.

He Qiang's heart sank in despair.

They're right, why should they help you?

This is the end of the world, why should they give you food?

What for?

Just when He Qiang was in complete despair.

He suddenly heard Li Yu saying: "However, I have some thoughts here.

Let's make a trade, or rather, a cooperation. We need to collect some items, and you can exchange these items for food.

How about it?"

He Qiang immediately asked, "What items do you need? And how will they be calculated?"

Li Yu replied, "We need many items, and I will give you a list later, which will indicate how much food you can exchange for them.

Moreover, you know the value of food; we will not exchange it indefinitely. Once the amount of food exchanged reaches a certain limit each week, we will stop.

Until we start again the next week.

So, first come, first served."

Hearing this, everyone beneath the wall became excited; although they wouldn't get food directly, at least there was a way to obtain it.

Now, in the houses outside, there are a lot of miscellaneous items, some submerged in water, but still, there's much that can be used.

But food—!

Food was the most important thing in their eyes, scoured over time and again.

So, He Qiang said, "Okay, we'll do as you say. We can help you gather items. When can you give us the list?"

Li Yu looked at Second Uncle, who made a gesture, and after pondering for a while, Li Yu said: "Like this, I'll give you a list now, come back for it in an hour."

He Qiang, delighted, said: "Good. Thank you, Director Li."

After getting off the wall, Second Uncle said to Li Yu: "Have you thought it through?"

Li Yu nodded and said, "I've made up my mind."

Then he took out the walkie-talkie and said, "Everyone, except those on the fence, come over for a meeting."

In the large conference room.

Li Yu first asked Li Yuan, "Report on our base's food supply again."

Li Yuan took out a notebook and said, "We currently have 80 tons of rice.

30 tons of flour.

26 tons of salt.

2 tons of cooking oil.

5 tons of corn.

5 tons of sweet potatoes.

Half a ton of potatoes.

..."

Li Yu did a rough calculation and figured that the current food supply was enough for everyone they currently had, even without any new food coming in.

It would be enough for them to eat for 6 years.

Moreover, the current 28 acres of land can also yield twenty tons of crops per year.

That would allow them to break even.

In the future, they planned to expand the base, which when the time came, would free up more land to grow food.

In other words, they now had sufficient food to support them in doing this.

Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "An Ya, in that case, you need to continuously find ways to increase our per-acre yield,

Moreover, now that the weather is gradually warming up, we need to prepare early for the planting of early-season rice.

In addition, some people came to our base from the outside today, we plan to cooperate with them, using food to barter with them."

Everyone was somewhat shocked upon hearing this, questioning why they would trade food with others.

Li Yu pressed his hand and said, "I understand the preciousness of food, so first we need to set a rule.

Firstly, the five-year food reserve must not be touched, our red line is 5 years. We must ensure that the warehouse always has enough to not worry about a food shortage for the next five years.

Secondly, we should aim to plant every year, with the new crops, aside from the portion we consume ourselves multiplied by 20 percent, the remaining part can be used for trading.

But now, due to our limited planting area, conditions, and the level of agriculture, we've only just reached balance, so we need to find a way to improve in this aspect."

Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.

Li Yu continued, "Now let's discuss what else we need for the construction of our base."

Li Yuan was the first to speak, "Meng Jie and I both think that we cannot do without optical surgical instruments, like endoscopes, laser therapy machines..."

Li Yu nodded and said, "I don't understand, but you can propose it, write it down."

Bai Jie also said, "I also need some PCR amplifiers..."

Li Yu nodded and said, "Alright, arrange it, write it down."

Second Uncle said, "Xiao Yu, didn't you mention making bullets before? We lack the talent in this area, as well as the equipment..."

"Alright, that counts too. Although it's tough, we can try to look around."

Third Uncle suddenly said, "Xiao Yu, I think intelligence is also extremely important. After all, now that we are all in the base, we don't know about the powers further away, we are unaware of the movements outside..."

Hearing this, Li Yu was shocked; this was indeed something he had not considered.

...

So everyone went back and forth, discussing.

In the end, several long sheets of paper were listed.

Finally, Li Yu printed it out.

Dozens of copies were printed.

It read:

1 ton of cement = 0.1 kg of rice

1 ton of steel rebar = 0.2 kg of rice

Useful information = 0~10 kg of rice (calculated based on the usefulness of the information.)

One microscope = 0.02 kg of rice

.......