There was barely enough salt in the entire outpost to marinate a sheep. Li Qingzheng was a little excited as though he had discovered a new way of doing things.
"It's almost time for the Spring Festival, right? Every family, even the refugees, wants to have a few good days. We're getting this meat for free, so as long as the Wolf King continues to send us game, we can keep sending it to town to sell," Li Qingzheng said.
Thinking of this, Li Qingzheng felt like he was dreaming of the time he became a squire in town.
Ren Xiaosu looked up at him as he rubbed the salt on the meat. "Won't the Li Consortium's troops care about you?"
"I'll sell it secretly," Li Qingzheng said with a chuckle.
Ren Xiaosu asked, "Do you know of any stores you're familiar with?"
"No." Li Qingzheng said, "But meat is quite popular, so it should sell quite well."
Ren Xiaosu sighed and said, "Did you eat meat during the Spring Festival in the past? Everyone just eats some lard to celebrate the New Year. Meat can only be valuable if it's sold into the stronghold. Let me recommend someone to you. He's my friend, Wang Fugui. With his ability, it won't be difficult for him to establish a connection with them. "
Li Qingzheng's eyes lit up. "Really?"
He also knew what Ren Xiaosu said was true. This outpost had suddenly transformed into a meat wholesale market. However, the purchasing power in town was too low, so he could not make much money from it. In fact, he might not even be able to sell his meat unless he lowered the price.
Therefore, it was very important to have a qualified distributor.
Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu still needed to hide in this outpost and wait for the right time to get the nanomachines. Therefore, he needed Li Qingzheng to show his face in public.
By getting Li Qingzheng and Wang Fugui to establish a connection, he would be able to travel between the outpost and town more often. Moreover, they would be the ones who would earn most of the money.
Old Wang was still very capable in this aspect.
But Li Qingzheng was a little puzzled. "Aren't you a student in the stronghold? How do you know about life in town?"
Ren Xiaosu looked at him and said, "I'm also a refugee."
When it was time to deliver the supplies, Li Qingzheng organized for everyone to hide the cured meat and other items in order to prevent the ruffian soldiers from coming to deliver the supplies from thinking about it. "We must hide it well. Otherwise, when those bastards see the meat, they will definitely steal a lot of it."
The truck carrying supplies came up along the mountain road, but the other party only unloaded a bag of rice and a bag of noodles. They didn't even give them a grain of salt. Li Qingzheng was stunned. "Where's the salt?"
"It's good enough to have rice and noodles." The two soldiers on the other side had cigarettes dangling from their lips. "Hurry up and sign for it. Otherwise, we won't even have rice and noodles."
"At least give me some salt," Li Qingzheng said after holding it in for a long time.
"Do you want it or not? If you don't want it, we can take it back," said the soldier who was transporting the supplies.
Li Qingzheng gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"
"You're still picky? How many refugees don't get to eat!" The other party got into the car and left. Li Qingzheng didn't dare to say anything in front of him.
After the car left, he cursed, "Those bastards must've embezzled our pay. Are they trying to make us dig up wild vegetables in the mountains to eat with our rice?"
But when everyone opened the bags of rice and noodles, they were surprised to find that half of the bags were filled with sand!
"Aren't they fucking looking down on us too much?" someone said indignantly.
Ren Xiaosu sighed at the students and said, "This is a world you've never come into contact with before."
But as soon as the truck carrying the supplies left, another military transport truck came up from the foot of the mountain. Everyone quietly watched as the vehicle arrived, but they did not know what it was here for.
When they saw a platoon of fully-armed troops getting out of the vehicle, everyone realized this was probably the Li Consortium's regular troops. Li Qingzheng composed himself and went over to them with a smile. "Sirs, what brings you to our outpost?"
The officer in the lead said coldly, "Did anyone from the patrol of the outpost come by a few days ago?"
When Ren Xiaosu heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He had been waiting for the people who were investigating this matter to come over for the past few days, but he did not expect that they would really come.
He had been wondering if he could use this matter to lure in a few more people who had nanomachines on them. But he did not expect that the other party would be so smart as to bring an entire platoon with them.
Of course, this was also reasonable. After all, the elites of two consortiums had mysteriously disappeared, so they definitely had to be on their guard.
Ren Xiaosu felt that this officer might also have nanomachines on him, but he could not take such a big risk and make a move on him.
Li Qingzheng explained, "They did. They were two very young officers. They only stayed with us for ten minutes before leaving."
"Is that so?" The officer paced in front of the outpost and suddenly asked, "There's a bloody smell. Did you guys get into a battle here?"
Everyone was stunned. They did not expect this guy's nose to be so sensitive. After all, it had been several days since they skinned and cut off the flesh, so the smell of blood should have dissipated by now.
Immediately, the soldiers behind the officer loaded their guns and pointed them at Ren Xiaosu and the others. Li Qingzheng hurriedly smiled apologetically and said, "We hunted some game with our guns. We haven't had time to take out the cured meat to dry yet."
Then Li Qingzheng hurriedly went to open the kitchen door and revealed the cured meat on the stove.
The officer raised his eyebrows. "No wonder it smells like sheep."
The officer said, "Search the outpost."
Only five of the soldiers stayed behind as the rest swarmed into the house to conduct a search. Ren Xiaosu and the others did not dare to move a muscle.
After a while, the soldiers came back to report, "No abnormalities found."
The officer sneered, "It's just a routine inspection. Please don't mind, everyone."
Actually, he did not think there was anything wrong with this outpost. Hunting was also done at the other outposts, just that there was not as much game as here.
His main concern was the vehicles, corpses, and the belongings of the two officers. After all, it would not be easy to hide the vehicles after killing them. If he coveted the belongings of the two missing officers, he would definitely leave a trail behind.
However, he did not see any signs of a battle or any abandoned vehicles along the way, so he let his guard down.
Based on the route the two officers had taken during their patrol, they should have met with an accident at the nearby outposts. However, the officer in charge of the search did not find anything unusual either.
He questioned everyone one by one while someone next to him took detailed statements. During the questioning, he did not even notice any unusual emotions from anyone.
Moreover, after asking for a long time, he realized these people were either obedient refugees or former hooligans. They did not even have any military uniforms or firearms, so how could they have killed two elite soldiers?
"Let's go to the next outpost," the officer said coldly. He decided to check out the other outposts nearby first.
Ren Xiaosu felt it was a pity that such a large group of nanomachines had left.
However, he knew the investigation would not end so easily. There would definitely be a more rigorous investigation that would return. The two people who died … were children of the consortium.
But when the military transport truck descended the mountain, everyone suddenly saw a pack of wolves lurking in the forest. It seemed like the wolves were following the truck in a planned and organized manner.
Ren Xiaosu was startled. Were the wolves trying to kill the Li Consortium's soldiers?
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