Chapter 515: A Dinner
"To be honest, I don't understand a bit, where did Alfonso get so many survival supplies? These things are so rare that they are completely invisible on the market. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
As one of the rebels, Tanya frowned at a bottle of medicine with a simple label in her hand, which read a few lines in English: 'Montmorillonite powder, cure diarrhea'.
The cold weather, the lack of clean water and food, and the habit of Westerners to drink cold water add up to diarrhea. Diarrhea is a minor illness, but if left unchecked, it can lead to severe dehydration and death.
In the wasteland, the number of people who die from all sorts of minor illnesses is even greater than that of shooting. People are often stumped by questions that are usually inconspicuous. Fungal skin diseases, poisoning, inflammation, colds or diarrhea can kill a healthy person in a matter of days.
Beside Tanya lay her nephew, an orphan left behind by her dead brother, who had suddenly begun to have severe diarrhea two days ago, losing his physical strength and losing his ability to take care of himself. Due to the lack of medicines, Tanya felt that she was about to lose this loved one.
However, a humble bottle of medicine brought the child's diarrhea under control, and after being supplemented with hot water and liquid food, his condition began to improve. All because the city of MΓ©rida entered the reign of Alfonso.
Governor Alfonso was loved by the whole city in a matter of days, and there were not many expectations from everyone, as long as life was better. After the vending truck became the topic of the whole city, the reopening of several pharmacies once again gave the people of the city a sense of what modern civilization is.
Although there are no particularly good medicines in the pharmacy at all, and there are not even qualified doctors, only a few dispensers give simple medicines based on the symptoms described by the patients. And the price of drugs is extremely expensive, and it is by no means affordable for ordinary people.
A tube of erythromycin ointment costs five gold coins.
A bottle of delice powder costs twelve gold coins.
A shot of tetanus vaccine cannot be bought without fifty gold coins.
These medicines, which used to be extremely cheap, are now extremely expensive, but everyone still tries their best to buy them.
Tanya put the 'montmorillonite powder' in a wooden box and locked it up, this thing costs ten gold coins, but it can save people's lives at critical times. And in the room she was in, Uncle Ike was busy making dinner, "Today's dinner is particularly rich, it is 'Supreme' instant noodles boiled and pickled whale meat. β
Foreigners' diets have always been simple, and knowing how to cook potatoes is a master chef, and knowing how to use condiments are god-like beings. Therefore, a well-blended instant noodle will be praised by everyone.
And now instant noodles boiled fat and greasy whale meat is already a luxury delicacy that can no longer be extravagant. Looking at Uncle Ike's cheerful smile, Tanya complained depressedly, "This thing was never eaten at all in the past, it was an absolutely unhealthy food, and now it has become a meal that is difficult to surpass." β
The whale meat is cut into thin slices and cooked after being lightly scalded in boiling water. Uncle Ike pulled a large bowl of noodles and fatty meat, shook his head at Tanya in disgust, and said, "No one eats it at all?" You know, there aren't many people in the city who can eat this stuff now.
In order to get enough food, I sold all the honey in the factory to the Aurora Army. You must know that after several months of continuous work, there is no honey in the Yucatan region, which is now rich in honey, and even the bees are dead. β
"All sold to the Aurora Legion?" Tanya was surprised, "Don't you even have inventory?" β
"No, it's all empty." Uncle Ike blew on the noodles and stuffed a large mouthful into his mouth, the greasy fat meat giving great satisfaction to the chronically hungry. After he quickly ate a large bowl, he said, "Although the honey is gone, I can do something else." β
"But if you can't supply honey to North America, won't the headquarters reprimand you?" Tanya asked.
"Do you think those executives at headquarters are idiots? They had already heard about the situation in MΓ©rida, and I guess Lula of the gendarmerie had already sent numerous telegrams about the situation.
But so what? The reason why the headquarters sent us here is nothing more than to loot our own supplies, as long as we have completed this mission. For example, the Aurora Legion is short of coal, so we will get them coal in exchange for medicine.
You have to know that there is also an extreme shortage of medicines in North America right now, and many people are facing death threats just like your nephew because of some minor problems. The only people who have a large stockpile of medicine now are the Aurora Legion, who once ransacked the entire state of Florida before the nuclear bomb attack, and basically lacked nothing. β
Dania shook her head, "I always felt that something was wrong, the 'Aurora Legion' undoubtedly got a lot of things from Florida, but it would be strange to say that they had enough supplies to sell at will." β
"Then how do you explain where Governor Alfonso got a large amount of medicine from the 'Aurora Legion'?" When Uncle Ike said this, his voice became lower, and he approached Tanya and said, "I went to meet Governor Alfonso in person yesterday and exchanged the more than twenty tons of honey in stock for a full fifty thousand atropine injections.
Alfonso was pleased with the sale and gave me several boxes of instant noodles and 100 kilograms of pickled whale meat.
Atropine is a first-aid drug, and pharmaceutical companies can only rely on stocks until they recover. Now it is a dream to rebuild a chemical and pharmaceutical factory, and to extract atropine from the almost extinct belladonna, so the atropine in stock is classified as a first-class material, and only the internal personnel of the 'Enclave' can use it.
Doctors in the city confirmed that 50,000 sticks of atropine were genuine. When I reported to the headquarters that I had obtained 50,000 atropines, the bureaucrats actually said that they wanted to reward me. Because first aid medicine is now extremely out of stock. β
Is it? Sounds like a good deal. But Tanya fell silent. Honey production has historically been limited in various ways, but natural honey is an excellent nourishment, and more than twenty tons of honey were worth a lot of money before the cataclysm, and now they are even more expensive.
However, the 'Aurora Legion' exchanged all this batch of honey with 50,000 atropines, and the 'Enclave' headquarters also expressed their joy at this. You must know that atropine tablets were extremely cheap before the cataclysm, and a bottle of 100 tablets could be about a dollar, which is still the retail price.
"Why do I always feel that it's not us who take advantage? Even if we get a lot of food as a giveaway. Tanya had a woman's attentiveness and intuition, "But there is no doubt that the Aurora Legion is willing to sell a lot of what we desperately need in order to get the supplies they need, and it will be good for us, and we should use that Alfonso." β
"Tanya, what do you want to do again?" Uncle Ike has a headache for his companion, and the other party always impulsively does something inexplicable.
"We should have a good relationship with the 'Aurora Legion', seek their support, and it is best to get weapons and equipment, as well as various logistical supplies, and we should re-establish our arms to resist the 'Enclave'." Tanya suddenly became ambitious, "We should have our own power and build our own country. β
Uncle Ike was stunned for a moment, sighed and asked, "Tanya, can't you still forget your brother's dream?" β
Tanya suddenly scolded like a cat stepping on its tail, "How could I forget? We were supposed to be the California Liberty League, and my brother was the president of the coalition. We could have established a state in California, but the Enclave maliciously annexed us.
Of the fifty states in the United States, only California and Texas have the best economy, the rest are garbage, and even New York is nothing more than a bunch of Jewish vampires. We should be independent as a California Republic, in alliance with the Republic of Texas, so as not to get mixed up with other states, which are drags, meaningless drags. β
Seeing Tanya's excited shout, Uncle Ike, who was originally happy, could only sigh. The perfect dinner atmosphere was gone. (To be continued.) )