Jingle bell——

A clear ringing sound rang through the entire trading market.

Bang bang bang——

The heavy doors of the trading market suddenly moved towards the middle and finally merged.

As the sun sets, the door of the trading market is completely closed.

The trading market gate opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m.

Without exception, it will turn on and off at these two points.

Oil City.

Liu Jinglue and Li Zhengping found their third uncle to report their work.

The third uncle happened to come down from upstairs at this time. After seeing Liu Jinglue, he asked: "How many survivors have flowed in today?"

Liu Jinglue quickly said: "Today the inflow of people has reached 8,000, and the current population of the trading market has reached 108,920."

When the third uncle heard this, he raised his head and sighed: "Unconsciously, the population of the trading market has reached 100,000."

"Zhengping, why are you looking for me?" Third uncle looked at Li Zhengping and asked.

Li Zhengping said seriously: "Another security incident occurred in the business district today. Currently, the patrol team is somewhat short of manpower. I would like to expand the number of patrol teams, or transfer manpower from other departments."

The third uncle frowned, thought for a while and said:

"Okay, tomorrow I'll ask Chen Er's brigade to dispatch a squadron to help you."

"Okay." Li Zhengping felt relieved when he heard his third uncle agreed.

The population of the trading market has increased recently, and many of them are visiting the trading market for the first time.

This group of people had heard of the trading market before, but had never been to one.

Later, when I learned that there was a water plant here, I rushed in.

There is a shortage of water outside now. Although there are ways to obtain water, the water source is unstable and requires risking one's life. The gain outweighs the loss.

So they came to the trading market one after another.

The entry of this group of people is also given;

The security management of the trading bazaar has brought pressure.

The third uncle said to Li Zhengping:

"There are many people in the trading market now. You bring the patrol team to serve snacks and don't cause a big riot. It's very chaotic now and in the new year. We should use iron-blooded methods and never be soft-hearted. In addition, we must strengthen the standardized management of the trading market.

Prevent emergencies.”

Li Zhengping nodded and said seriously: "I understand, Third Uncle, today's robbery rioter was killed on the spot by us."

"Well, do you two have anything else to do?" Third Uncle asked.

Liu Jinglue hesitated and said:

"One thing happened. I found that some survivors came in. They didn't come in to enter the trading market, but to buy water. I thought that if we didn't lead a water pipe to the gate, we could sell water outside the trading market.

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"When the gate was closed today, in order to let in all the people queuing up, the barbican was full. If this continues, we won't even be able to inspect it."

The drought has lasted for more than four months, and water resources have become increasingly scarce.

Clean water can be provided in the trading market, which is a huge temptation for the survivors.

"Okay, tomorrow...or you can also talk to Jie Changshan about this matter today."

"Okay." Liu Jinglue nodded.

As for water supply, many people only need ten liters of water at most. The approximate price is 0.03 points.

About the price of a tortilla.

"However, the sales price is still the same as in the trading market?" Liu Jinglue asked.

"You talk to Zhong Chuchu and the others about this," the third uncle replied.

Since the successful construction of the water plant, the price of clean water in the trading market has dropped a lot.

Each liter of water now costs 0.001 points.

100 liters of water only costs 0.1 points, which is very cheap.

Even the price of 100 liters of water is not as high as 0.25 points for a tortilla.

Liu Jinglue asked again worriedly:

"The number of people entering the trading market is increasing every day. Should we control the inflow of people?"

This question happened to be what Uncle San was thinking about these days.

He also feels that if the population continues to grow, although it seems to be a good thing, it will also cause hidden dangers to the security of the trading market and the oil city.

The third uncle opened his mouth and replied:

"I will discuss the question you asked with the headquarters base and let you know the result."

"good."

After the two people finished reporting their work, they left here and went to the canteen.

The third uncle went to the conference room and sat down next to the operator.

"Connect to the headquarters base, ask the city lord and the president to take their places, and tell them that I have something to ask them."

"Yes!" The operator was startled when he heard a sudden voice from behind.

The third uncle walked so quietly that the operator didn't even notice him until he sat down.

A few minutes later.

The operator turned to his third uncle and said, "Minister, the city lord and president at the headquarters base are ready and can communicate at any time."

At the same time, he stood up and made way for his third uncle.

The third uncle was not polite and sat directly in his seat and put on the headset.

"I'm Li Hongqian, second brother, Xiaoyu, are you all here?"

...

In the big camphor tree base.

Li Yu, who had just returned from running, was stopped by his second uncle and they came to the inner city conference room together.

Li Yu had a towel wrapped around his neck. He approached the radio station and said, "You can hear me, Third Uncle, tell me."

The third uncle didn’t talk nonsense and got straight to the point:

"After the water plant was built, the number of people entering the trading market increased dramatically, and now the population in the trading market has reached 100,000."

"I'm thinking that the trading market's capacity is limited. Should we start from now on and raise the threshold for entering the trading market to avoid problems such as riots and riots caused by too many people in the trading market."

In just a few words, the third uncle explained the causes, consequences, and problems clearly.

When Li Yu heard this, he glanced at his second uncle next to him.

He sat down silently.

He was actually quite surprised that the population of the trading market was growing so fast!

Half happy and half sad.

As far as he knew, Nanwan Lake was huge. Before the end of the world, it was the largest lake in the Central Plains. It was more than ten times the size of West Lake in Hangzhou. The water area reached 75 square kilometers, and the total water storage volume reached more than one billion cubic meters.

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One cubic meter of water is approximately one ton.

This means that there are more than one billion tons of water in Nam Van Lake.

It's no fun to feed hundreds of thousands or even millions of people with so much water.

He has also been thinking about a question recently: how long will the drought last, and what will the accumulation of clouds in the sky cause.

After thinking for a long time, he discovered that all they could do was develop a base.

Without foresight, we can only proceed steadily, strengthen our strength, and improve our technology.

Since the Dazhangshu base evolved from a "gou" strategy to a "tuo" strategy two years ago, the overall strength of Dazhangshu has been like a running train that cannot stop.

If it were placed at the Da Zhangshu base a few years ago, there would not be such a problem at all.

When a natural disaster comes, they close the door and don't care about the other survivors outside.

Stay at the base and survive the natural disaster.

But things are different now. The power of Da Zhangshu has developed to this point, and it can no longer stop if it tries to put the brakes on.

As the last few years have passed, the number of survivors has become smaller and smaller.
To be continued...