Novel Bin Chapter 4 Crazy Purchase
ο»ΏThis warehouse was originally a place for a furniture processing factory to store furniture and materials. However, that furniture factory has now gone bankrupt, so the warehouse has also become vacant.
The owner of the warehouse was worried about not being able to rent it out, but David successfully rented it. The warehouse is located in a suburban area close to the city, which is an industrial park. Few people come to this place except for some workers who work nearby. Moreover, there are a large number of trucks coming in and out here every day, so no one will notice how much material David is bringing in.
After solving the water problem, the next thing to consider is food. If you were to ask what the most nutritious food with the richest nutrients in nature is, there is no doubt it is meat.
Red meat contains almost all the nutrients and trace elements the human body needs. Humans can even get most of their daily nutritional needs from meat alone. Meat is also more satiating than other foods of the same volume and weight.
David plans to order ten tons of pork, which is twenty thousand pounds of pork, from various sources. This amount is not particularly large and will not cause any market fluctuations or attract the attention of market regulatory authorities. However, when these pork products are stored in the warehouse, they will increase by a factor of one hundred thousand, resulting in one million tons of pork.
What is the concept of this amount? A person will probably consume about fifty tons of food in their lifetime. This one million tons of pork is enough for twenty thousand people to eat for their entire lives. Moreover, the fifty tons of food a person consumes in their lifetime is unlikely to be all high-energy foods like meat. Even if a person were to eat fifty tons of meat in their lifetime, they may not be able to eat it all.
For a person with a normal appetite, one pound of meat per day is already considered a lot. In addition to pork, David also plans to purchase other meats such as chicken, duck, goose, beef, lamb, and so on.
As for seafood, David will naturally not miss out on fish, shellfish, shrimp, crabs, and the like. After the end of the world, most rivers have been polluted to varying degrees. The fish and shrimp in natural water bodies have mostly mutated. As for seafood, the ocean has become the territory of mutant beasts. Even the top experts in the previous world dare not easily venture into the sea. Therefore, seafood has become a luxury item.
David calculated his expenses while purchasing various meats in large quantities. Basically, David purchased everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, or swims in the water. Even if he didn't buy too much, even if he only bought 100 kilograms, it would turn into 10 million kilograms after being stored in his storage space, thanks to its incredible capacity.
The reason why he stored so much food was not only for himself. Even if he were to eat until he's full, he would not be able to finish all the food he had stored in his storage space. After acquiring the system and storage space, David had his own ambitions. He now controlled the most important resource in the apocalypse.
In this life, he wanted to establish his own base, just like the powerful people in his previous life. And these foods were prepared to feed the people in his base. After stocking up on meat, the next step was staple foods and cooking oil. For ordinary people, rice, flour, and oil were always the most in-demand commodities. Especially rice, it was the most basic food, easy to cook, and had a long shelf life.
"Thirty tons of rice, flour, and various cooking oils." Thirty tons of grain stored in the storage space was equivalent to around three million tons. Then David added some miscellaneous grains such as corn, sorghum, and beans. With staple foods and meat, one's food needs could be fully met. The problem of food reserves was basically solved.
Considering that food in the storage space would not spoil, David added about twenty tons of fruits and vegetables to his shopping list. Then came the salt and various seasonings. Salt not only served as a seasoning but also played a vital role in human health. If the body lacked salt, symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, weakness, fatigue, and headaches could occur.
Nerve cells and muscle cells could not function without sodium and could even be life-threatening in severe cases. In ancient times, salt lakes, salt mines, and other salt-producing regions were always controlled by the government, and trafficking in private salt was illegal. Therefore, salt was definitely indispensable in David's reserves.
In addition to salt, David also purchased seasoning such as soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, doubanjiang, tomato sauce, spices, and so on. When the apocalypse arrived, without industrial production, it would be difficult to obtain these seasonings. The goods in supermarkets or warehouses would soon be consumed or expired under the "guardianship" of zombies and mutants. David had only purchased a part of all the necessary supplies.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, he planned to gradually purchase all these goods and store them in his warehouse within a month, then transfer them to his storage space. In addition to food, there were some miscellaneous items waiting for David to purchase. After dealing with all of these, a morning had unknowingly passed.
David had been busy all morning and was already feeling a bit hungry. His stomach grumbled a few times in protest. He took out a portion of Dongpo Pork directly from his storage space. The fragrance of the food instantly hit his face, and the pork was still steaming hot, red, and translucent...
David suddenly had a bright idea. "Hey, how could I forget about this feature of my storage space." So he took out his phone, opened a food delivery app, and began to order wildly. He added all his favorite foods to the list, and ordered dozens or even hundreds of each item. He didn't stop until he had ordered from more than ten restaurants.
"No hurry, I still have a month, take it easy." David not only ordered junk food like fried chicken and fries, but also expensive dishes like Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and caviar. Anyway, he didn't feel any pain spending the money. Meanwhile, at a fried chicken restaurant a kilometer away from David's house, the front desk received an order notification and picked up the phone to check it. They were instantly stunned.
"What is this? A hundred servings of fried chicken?" The owner passing by was also stunned. He took the phone and checked it, and was also shocked.
"A hundred servings of fried chicken, a hundred servings of chicken rolls, a hundred servings of crispy chicken legs... Am I seeing things?" After thinking it over for a while, the owner called to confirm the order and finally confirmed that the customer really wanted that much food.
"Boss, what should we do?" The bewildered waiter looked at the owner, who was also solemn. For a moment, he even suspected that the customer was trying to make trouble.Anyway, the customer has already paid, so let's get started.''