50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 173 Strange
Looking at the shape of the box, Sun Zhi knew without even opening it that it was full of guns, a whole warehouse of guns. Judging from the quantity, it was enough to arm an entire regiment.

After entering Warehouse No. 1 and checking the words on some boxes, he saw Type 54 (Big Black Star), Type 56 semi-automatic, Type 56 light and Type 51 fire, which were the main weapons in China in the mid-50s, and also matched the time when this warehouse was established.

Knowing it was a gun, he turned around, closed the door and went out. These things were of no use to him now.

The first warehouse was for weapons, and he didn't have much expectation for Warehouse 02. He opened it and took a look. It was full of ammunition, so he closed the door.

03 Still ammunition, close the door.

Looking at the 04 warehouse, there are grenades and explosive packs.

Is it necessary? He didn't know how to complain. What is the purpose of storing 100,000 grenades in a small civilian warehouse?
When we opened the 05 warehouse, we found that it was not an ammunition warehouse, but a medical warehouse full of first aid kits.

The equipment and medicines in the first aid kit are all prepared. When you are in an emergency, you can just pick one up and go. Basically, all the commonly used medicines and equipment are in it.

This may be useful, but it is hard to say whether the medicine inside can still be used.

In order to confirm whether the medicine could be used, he opened a first aid kit. He did not look at items such as gauze, alcohol, and scalpels, but mainly looked at the medicine.

He saw acetaminophen powder, aspirin, sulfa drugs, belladonna tablets, enema, Yunnan Baiyao, Pian Zai Huang, potassium permanganate, phenolphthalein tablets, iodine, DDT, alum, etc.

Here, there are a full range of commonly used medicines such as anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, hemostatic, analgesic, constipation, cold, insecticide, and water purification.

Moreover, most of them have a long shelf life. For example, there is no problem storing acetaminophen in bulk for 10 years. The others may only have their efficacy reduced, but they should still be usable.

This is very good. Having these backup medicines can be used in special circumstances. However, there is a high probability that they will not be used.

This is right on the edge of the capital, and it's not a real war, so there's all the medicine we need.

After resealing the opened first aid kit, he went directly to the next warehouse.

From No. 06 to No. 08, the items in the warehouse became more mixed.

There are communication equipment (radios, walkie-talkies), lighting tools (matches, candles, kerosene lamps, mining lamps, flashlights and batteries), daily tools (hammers, axes, machetes, shovels, pickaxes, saws, scissors, kitchen knives, etc.), various commonly used sundries (ropes, straps, nails, wire, etc.), protective equipment (masks, gas masks, raincoats, etc.).

There weren't many of each of these things, but the variety was very complete. Basically, everything he could think of was here.

No. 9 Curry is for cloth shoes and rubber shoes, and No. 10 Curry is for underwear, socks, and military uniforms.

No. 11 to No. 15 are warm items: cotton-padded clothes, quilts, cotton shoes, cotton hats, blankets, and sleeping bags.

Warehouses 16-20 store various fuels: kerosene, gasoline, diesel, and charcoal.

From the 21st onwards, the rest is filled with food.

The most common items are rice and noodles, which occupy nearly 80 warehouses. Others include 2 warehouses of sugar, 2 warehouses of salt, 3 warehouses of soybeans, 5 warehouses of canned food, 4 warehouses of liquor, 2 warehouses of cigarettes, and two warehouses filled with many high-end foods, including coffee beans, chocolate, ham, cheese, etc.

He felt it was necessary to store liquor in it, after all, liquor has a very long shelf life.

But he didn't know what the cigarettes were for. Could it be that the guy who designed the inventory was a heavy smoker?

Sun Zhiwei discovered something wrong when he saw the contents of the 120 warehouses. The materials were too complete and did not look like normal storage warehouses in the 50s at all.

Things like cigarettes, alcohol, canned food, sugar, coffee, and chocolate are not necessities for ordinary people at all, and are only found in the warehouses of high-ranking officials.

Realizing that there was a problem, Sun Zhiwei did nothing, but resealed all the warehouses and then exited the warehouse door.

After he locked the warehouse door again with the password, he returned to the two-story building outside and put the cut wall back.

The wall was so tightly sealed that it was impossible to see the cracks unless one looked closely. He then turned back to the front. Staying in the newly cleaned principal's office, Sun Zhiwei fell into deep thought.

When the password of this warehouse was transferred to him, there was no special instruction. It seemed to be just an ordinary warehouse, but many things in it were obviously not meant for him to see.

He reopened the password envelope. It was just an ordinary kraft paper envelope, but it had an official seal on it, and it looked like it was from the logistics department.

He did have an acquaintance in the logistics department, Qu Cheng, who was a section chief there. This was one of the connections that Director Wang had left for him. He had met him once before, but they hadn't been in touch since.

But today, he felt it necessary to make contact. He didn't dare to touch the things inside until he figured out the situation here.

After flipping through the phone book, he dialed the logistics number and the call was soon transferred to Chief Qu.

"Uncle Qu, I'm Sun Zhiwei. Director Wang brought me here to see you last time."

"Oh, yes, Xiao Sun, I remember you. What's wrong? Are you in trouble?"

"No, no, there's just something I want you to check for me."

"What are you looking into? I'm in charge of logistics here."

"Haha, Uncle Qu, it's just a logistics matter."

"Listen to me, I received an order to relocate. Time is tight, we have too few supplies, and too many children. So, the higher-ups allocated a nearby backup warehouse for us to use."

"Yes, that's true. The information came from me."

"How is it? Is the stuff inside still usable? It's almost ten years old. If it's spoiled, don't give it to the children."

"Uncle Qu, I just arrived and haven't even packed my luggage yet. I haven't even visited the warehouse yet."

"I know that warehouses like this usually have sealing requirements. I want to check what's inside first to see if it's necessary to open it now."

"If it's not something you need urgently, I'd better open the warehouse later."

"It's safe to think so. This is a small matter. I'll check it out for you. Wait a moment."

After a while, the voice on the other end was heard again.

"Xiao Sun, I found the information. This warehouse was built in 100 and sealed in the winter of . There are warehouses in total."

Hearing the words '100 warehouses', Sun Zhiwei's heart moved.

"There's a list of things inside. Let me read it to you and take note of it. Huh?"

"What's wrong, Uncle Qu?"

"Oh, it's okay. I saw that the registrant was an acquaintance. Sister Wang also knew him. It was Old Han. We worked together in the early years. But he couldn't make it in the 60s and ran away."

"Run? Where to run?"

"Where to go? South, across the river."

"Those were indeed difficult years, but thankfully they are over now."

"Yes, difficulties are always temporary. Old Han couldn't stand the test."

(End of this chapter)