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Moreover, they also saw many caravans in the market, most of which had more than a dozen carriages. They bought cheap supplies here and transported them to other places to sell them at high prices. This also led to an extremely strong commercial atmosphere in Quangang.

At this time, Director Xu suddenly saw a large amount of bacon on a carriage, mainly bacon pork, chicken, duck, and rabbit, all of which were smoked whole. He hurriedly asked curiously:

"Hey bro, where did you get all this bacon?"

A middle-aged man looked at the two people in front of him warily. After a careful look, he felt that they were just ordinary businessmen, so he let down his guard.

"I collected this from a nearby town. Meat is cheap there. I heard that every once in a while, a large number of animals emerge and we can't eat them all. We have to make bacon to preserve it for a long time. The price on the market is also very cheap."

"But in Quangang, there's no such good thing, so the meat here is still much more expensive than other places. However, the food here is cheap, especially the flour. We can easily transport bacon from other places and then transport the food here to make some hard-earned money."

In fact, this is also the arrangement made by Minister Zhang. It is mainly through private merchants to circulate goods between the base and other places, to activate the economy of various places. Only when materials are circulated can the overall strength of our country be rapidly enhanced.

The base is now able to mass-produce a variety of industrial products. Except for some that are in short supply, the rest can be handed over to civilian transport teams. As long as there is enough profit, there are many people willing to do this.

For example, this caravan in front of us, although it only has six carriages, it has employed more than a dozen servants, which means that more than a dozen families can live well.

The convoy continuously transports supplies from several places, eats and rests along the way, which generates consumption. All places along the way can benefit and more people can live a good life.

In addition to farming, ordinary people with large families can also engage in other jobs to earn extra income.

This is just a small fleet. Large fleets with hundreds of carriages will produce a greater effect. As long as there is money to be made, many people are willing to work in the transportation industry.

In order to facilitate the circulation of supplies, we also dispatched a large number of troops to clear out the bandits in the nearby mountains, forcing those people to either return home and farm honestly, or set up transport teams to help transport supplies so that they can survive.

In the past, bandits might have used the terrain advantage to resist stubbornly, but we sent out a specially trained squad with extremely sophisticated weapons. Coupled with the cooperation of the main force, it will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort to eliminate the bandits.

Without bandits robbing caravans along the way, many people can transport supplies with confidence, and efficiency will be greatly improved.

Of course, we will also organize a large number of people to build a large number of dirt roads, and sell a large number of three-wheeled bicycles to increase transportation capacity.

Director Xu was the person who understood business best in the Military Control Commission. He jokingly said:

"Hey, bro, we are businessmen too. We want to make a living in Quangang. Please don't hide it from me."

"These truckloads of goods you have are all in-demand supplies. If you can just ship them over, it will be at least this amount."

"By the way, leave me your contact information. I've also been purchasing a large amount of supplies recently and preparing to ship them to the rear. We could still collaborate if there's a chance."

After he finished speaking, he opened one palm and gestured. This is a language used exclusively by businessmen, and it also reassures the person on the other side.

Sure enough, when the middle-aged man heard about the cooperation, he became much more enthusiastic. After all, when you are away from home, more friends mean more paths to take.

The same is true for Director Xu. In the future, he will set up several material collection points in Quangang. Meat that can be stored in large quantities, such as bacon, will also be a focus of purchase. Although the shelf life of this kind of thing is not as long as canned food, it is also a delicacy for the people in the rear.

Although flour is a staple food that people need, people have to eat meat regularly to make their bodies strong. If every family can add one or two pieces of meat when cooking every day, even if it is bacon, it will be a great enjoyment.

In the following period of time, the two of them visited many places in Quangang, and they were particularly impressed by the tricycles that could carry both goods and people. They also specifically asked Section Chief Tang to find a way to get more of these vehicles and send them to the rear to improve transportation conditions.

In this way, a day passed, and Director Xu returned to his residence, took a rest, and prepared to wait for the next day to participate in the material distribution.

These are just some appetizers during the day, which are additional supplies. The supplies shipped back from abroad are the bulk of the supply. This is a source of water that can continuously transport supplies in.

When the time came the next day, Director Xu brought Section Chief Tang and Station Master Wu to attend the meeting and introduced themselves to the two of them.

Stationmaster Wu was also a smart man. He immediately understood the requirements of his superiors and even promised to cooperate with Section Chief Tang's work.

Although in terms of rank, as a station chief, he is slightly higher than a section chief, but some things are not calculated that way. Section Chief Tang is directly under the headquarters, which is much higher than the average expatriate.

The three of them arrived at a large reception room with an auction hall layout, with a large number of tables and chairs below and a podium above.

Stationmaster Wu also introduced the identities of today's participants to Director Xu, as well as some of the meeting rules.

"Currently, a large ship docks at Quangang Port every one or two days. Each ship generally carries 5000 to 7000 tons of supplies, mostly basic goods like wheat, cloth, and canned goods. However, sometimes they also bring back some scarce supplies. This depends entirely on luck."

"For example, one time, the ship brought back 200 tons of smelted copper ingots. Everyone on the scene was shocked and offered high prices. After all, these smelted copper ingots could be used to produce bullets and shell casings, and no one wanted to miss out."

"However, since then, we have reached a private agreement among our forces to take turns purchasing supplies. Aside from special supplies that will be divided equally in the future, the rest will be purchased at market prices, and we will take turns."

"For example, if 3,000 tons of flour were shipped back this time, if it were our turn, the Military Control Commission would get half of it, which would be 1,500 tons. The remaining 1,500 tons would be divided equally among the other parties, and so on."

This was the first time Director Xu had heard of such a bizarre method of allocating supplies, so he quickly asked, "If the owner of the goods finds out about this, they'll probably refuse to sell us anything in the future. That would mean we'd lose everything."

"Who is so short-sighted? China is in short supply right now. There are many things you can't buy even if you have money. It's totally unprofitable to offend the owner of the goods at this time."