My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 8 Tobacco, Alcohol, Sugar, Tea
From June 6th, Xu Dong began to receive various couriers one after another. In many cases, there were hundreds of packages a day, and soon there was no place for his feet in the yard.

In order to organize these packages, Xu Dong was so tired that he almost couldn't straighten his waist.

On June 6, the purchased vacuum machine arrived. Not all merchants have the ability to provide vacuum packaging, so Xu Dong simply bought one.

living comfortably without anybody's help.

It was not until June 6 that Xu Dong sealed all the goods and moved them to the warehouse, where they were placed in different categories.

The next day, Xu Dong returned to Luyang again, reunited with his family for three days, and then went north for the fourth time.

This time, Xu Dong plans to stay for a while longer. The excuse is that the business volume in the capital has increased sharply. The company needs him to help establish a branch. This "business trip" will take at least a month or two.

Neither Yang Lina nor Xu Ma had any doubts, because during this time, Xu Dong took 18 yuan from the family for only the business commission.

To be able to commission so much, frequent business trips are also due.

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On the last day of June, Xu Dong once again placed a large order with suppliers. This time, the products were mainly concentrated in the four categories of tobacco, alcohol, sugar and tea.

Xu Dong is also a smoker himself, but after ten years in his previous life, he quit smoking long ago.

However, the shelf life of cigarettes is okay, up to four or five years. They are in high demand for gifts and relationships, and they are also very popular on the black market, so he directly placed an order for 50 boxes.

That alone cost over $300 million.

Next is wine, which has a longer shelf life, and many spirits have almost no shelf life.

The longer the time, the more fragrant the wine will be.

Xu Dongtong has ordered a batch of several major domestic brands of strong liquor, including high-end and mid-end liquors, including Maotai.

There are almost 3500 boxes in total, and a total of more than 800 million yuan has been spent.

In addition, Xu Dong also ordered 100 cases of various types of wine, all of which are suitable for long-term storage. He was looking for big foreign brands and spent more than 10 yuan.

Next came the tea leaves. Xu Dong usually drank green tea and was not very familiar with other teas.

After some communication and inquiry, he finally ordered only 1000 kilograms of tea bricks, mainly Pu'er tea and ordinary tea bricks.

These tea bricks generally have a shelf life of more than ten years, are easy to store, durable to drink, and have a very high cost performance.

Finally, the bulk of this purchase - sugar!

The more famine years, the more people crave two things, one is fat, and the other is sugar.

About [-]% of the energy needed by the human body is provided by sugar, and sugar is also an important substance that forms tissues and protects liver function.

In the future, the grain will be fully controlled by the state, and Xu Dong will not be able to mix it, and a small amount of trading will be fine. If the scale is large, it will definitely be investigated, and the risk is too great.

As for fat, that is, meat and edible oil, the shelf life is a flaw, and Xu Dong does not intend to participate in it.

And sugar not only has a very long shelf life, but also is not strictly controlled by the state, which gives Xu Dong room to get involved.

To a certain extent, sugar is comparable to grain. It is a hard currency that can be cashed at any time. For a long time in the future, it will never be in short supply.

Therefore, Xu Dong intends to hoard a batch of white sugar as the ballast stone of the warehouse to deal with various crises that may break out.

However, the amount purchased this time was too large. Xu Dong found more than a dozen suppliers, and only then collected 600 tons, with a total value of about 480 million yuan.

After a week, all the tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar ordered this time arrived, and the yard was full again. Xu Dong even had to rent a temporary warehouse.

This time, it took him more than a month to summarize everything.

So far, the entire negative second floor space has been fully filled.

In this situation, Xu Dong couldn't help showing a satisfied smile.

As the saying goes: You have food in your hands, and you don't panic.

So far, Xu Dong has purchased some products that are more suitable for long-term storage, and more than half of the hoarding task has been completed, and the next volume will not be so much.

On August 8, Xu Dong centrally purchased a batch of household appliances, including televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, soymilk machines, juicers, shavers, and kitchen and bathroom appliances, etc., each of which bought more than a dozen. backup.

Xu Dong remembered that in his previous life, after the catastrophe, these household appliances were very difficult to buy, and they were extremely expensive. It is better to stock up a batch now to avoid trouble.

In addition, Xu Dong has hoarded hundreds of electronic products such as computers, mobile phones, game consoles, radios and tablet computers, even considering the share of his grandchildren.

In addition, he also purchased a household rice and flour mill, which he needs to use when processing rice and wheat.

Even Xu Dong bought a set of equipment for making tofu, and the store came with a full set of video teaching materials, claiming that he would know it at a glance.

On August 8, there were suddenly two more cars in the courtyard. One was a 10-seat Mercedes-Benz luxury business car. After all, the family has a large population and only ten-seats can fit.

The other is a small van with a fresh-keeping and freezing function. It is mainly used to transport goods, and it is more convenient to enter and exit.

Both vehicles are fuel vehicles, and a total of 180 million yuan was spent.

Why choose a fuel car?
First, because the technology of electric vehicles is not mature at this time, the battery has to be replaced every few years, which is very inconvenient;
Second, there will be more fuel supply than electricity in the future. For example, in Luyang in the previous life, in order to ensure food production, the power cut off almost every day.

And don’t forget that when the solar flare erupts, it will cause a global blackout, and it will be more reliable to use a fuel car at that time.

On August 8, Xu Dong locked the gate of the courtyard and was about to drive to an orchard on the outskirts of Yanjing.

The purpose of his trip was not to buy fruit, but to purchase a batch of mature, high-purity honey.

The sugar content of this honey is so high that bacteria cannot survive in such a high sugar environment.

Some archaeologists once excavated 3300-year-old honey in the Egyptian pyramids, and it did not deteriorate at all.

After arriving at the destination, Xu Dong made a phone call and soon found the owner of the orchard. The two parties met online before.

"Are you Mr. Xu Dongxu?" the owner of the orchard greeted.

"That's right, I am." Xu Dong nodded, "Are you Boss Hu? It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Boss Hu didn't waste time, "Let's go, I'll take you to see honey."

The two walked around in circles to the center of the orchard, where seven or eight beehives were placed nearby, and the bees came in and out in groups of three or five.

"Boss Hu, what kind of bees are you raising here?" Xu Dong asked curiously.

"Italian bee."

"How about the ability to produce honey?"

"The ability to produce honey is not bad, and the ability to produce royal jelly is also very strong. Would you like to have a little more?" Boss Hu made a timely promotion.

Xu Dong shook his head: "I don't need it for now, let's talk about it next time!"

Before he came, he checked the information, and the shelf life of royal jelly was very short and had no storage value.

"Oh, that's fine, then we'll start taking honey now!"

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At five o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Dong left with more than a dozen bottles of freshly baked honey. The honey was definitely real honey. He saw it squeezed out with his own eyes, but he didn't know if it was mature honey.

However, Boss Hu has sworn to guarantee that his honey is of good quality and can definitely be stored for several years.

(End of this chapter)