Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

Gong Yi was unsure, as they didn't have enough fine steel at the moment, but he simply said they could give it a try once they had more. Zhang Shi was quite satisfied with their performance, and after having the heavy crossbows mounted on the wall, he encouraged Gong Yi and Gong Er before leaving the research center.

Considering that the consumption of iron ore resources would be huge in the future, Zhang Shi generously used a refined-level resource generation card, selected minerals as resources, and placed it on a flat area on the side of the shelter.

Zhang Shi entered the mine, placed the mining machine in it, added energy, and then ordered the guards to patrol and inspect regularly, and bring the collected minerals back to the warehouse before sunset every day. He then returned to the fortress to prepare for the sale of resources.

The conflict with the Eagle Regiment has not been completely resolved yet, and Zhang Shi did not dare to take the risk of sending his soldiers out to mine, for fear that they would be targeted by someone with ulterior motives.

After a period of time, most players no longer had access to gold coins. As more and more players realized the scarcity of gold coins, the value of gold coins in the trading market also increased. Currently, 1 gold coin can be exchanged for 30 pieces of wood.

Zhang Shi knew that draining the survivors of their gold coins required slow and steady progress, so he planned to ship goods in four rounds, with each round selling only one type of item.

Silently, Zhang Shi put the first batch of food and water resources on the shelves.

由于出售的都是一些没有品级的普通资源，所以张石定价不高，1瓶500毫升的纯净水交易价格被订为1金币，1千克的袋装面包也同样只要1金币。两种物资张石各上架了500份。

In an extremely hot natural disaster environment, most survivors are restricted from going out, and food and water are relatively scarce resources. Zhang Shi's price can be said to be quite reasonable, and even some survivors with limited food reserves have joined the rush to buy.

In the blink of an eye, all the stock was sold out. Even Zhang Shi could not have anticipated such high enthusiasm from the crowd, so he urgently replenished the stock with 100 kilograms of animal meat, priced at 100 gold coin per 1 grams. He also put some surplus vegetables of various kinds on the shelves, and the prices were all at market prices.

Yesterday the wolves came to bring some warmth, and Zhang Shi had the opportunity to deal with the frozen meat that had been stored for quite some time.

Similarly, in less than three minutes, 3 kilograms of animal meat and a small amount of vegetables were sold out. In this wave alone, Zhang Shi made a huge profit of 100 gold coins, enough to recruit a dozen assault soldiers.

Zhang Shi informed everyone in the trading market that they would take a break before starting the next wave of shipments, and the next items to be sold would be materials.

At this time, Ge Dalong found Zhang Shi. He was also paying attention to Zhang Shi's clearance sale and found that several survivors were buying a large amount of Zhang Shi's goods, which made him feel puzzled.

"There are less than 4000 survivors in our zone. Is there anyone with such a big appetite to swallow this batch of goods?"

Zhang Shi had noticed something was wrong a long time ago. At first he thought that a large organization in the district was purchasing supplies. But after hearing what Ge Dalong said, he also became suspicious.

"Lao Ge, are you saying that someone from another district is taking advantage of me?"

Ge Dalong nodded, turned on the world channel and pointed it to Zhang Shi.

"There's a lot of information about you selling resources on the World Channel. I guess someone contacted our division through the World Channel and is buying a large quantity from you."

Zhang Shi touched his chin. He didn't expect that one of his shipment operations would attract the attention of unscrupulous businessmen from other districts, who would try every means to make a profit from the price difference.

Seeing Zhang Shi's bitter expression, Ge Dalong laughed.

"Actually, it's fine to let them profit from the difference. It's still a sale no matter who you sell it to. It's just business. If you really don't want to suffer a loss, the worst that can happen is to raise the price or set a maximum purchase limit per person."

Zhang Shi thought about it and finally decided to raise the price.

The core purpose of his clearance sale was to earn gold coins and expand his army. If too many thresholds were set, it would slow down his ability to make money, and then the gains would be greater than the losses.

……

After a break, Zhang Shi started the second round of clearance activities.

This time, what is sold to the outside world are ice cubes and various basic materials.

Ice, needless to say, is one of the scarcest resources these days. Coveted by many survivors who don't have to worry about food, it's already fetching sky-high prices. Zhang Shi, however, remained conscientious and set the price of a large block of ice at one gold coin. After all, this is a no-cost business, and Zhang Shi wants to enjoy it himself, so he doesn't plan to sell too much. He only has 1 blocks on the shelf, a small fraction of his inventory.

Of the remaining basic materials, the most sought-after is pig iron. As a material for crafting basic equipment, pig iron is even consumed during the upgrade process of some shelters, and its price remains high.

Zhang Shi referred to the market conditions and priced it at 3 units of pig iron for 1 gold coin. He even put 1500 units of pig iron on the shelves with a wave of his hand.

This time, perhaps due to the price and value for money, the stock sold out more slowly. Zhang Shi took a closer look and saw that the same few survivors still made up the majority of the sales. It seemed they had already prepared the funds for this clearance.

Combined with other miscellaneous materials, Zhang Shi made a small profit of 2000 gold coins. Even so, many survivors left messages asking Zhang Shi to quickly launch a third wave of sales.

Zhang Shi didn't keep everyone in suspense.

The third wave of high-quality weapons and equipment was quickly added to the market. Zhang Shi, referencing market prices, set a uniform price of 30 gold coins per weapon, and a set of fine iron armor at a whopping 80 gold coins. Zhang Shi calculated the profit margin, which was at least 50%.

Even so, Zhang Shi's prices were considered reasonable in the market. While these refined iron equipment didn't require blueprints and could be manufactured directly through the system, the sheer volume of materials required meant not everyone was willing to equip them fully.

Zhang Shi was much more cautious when it came to equipment, fearing that it might lead to the rapid rise of a certain force, so he only put one hundred sets of armor and one hundred weapons on the shelves.

This time, in less than a minute, one hundred sets of weapons and equipment were sold out, and Zhang Shi made a lot of gold coins with tears in his eyes.

"Selling weapons is still the fastest way to make money."

Zhang Shi sighed and checked the purchase records. He found that it was those familiar IDs again. He felt a little uncomfortable and secretly decided that he would never sell weapons in large quantities again unless it was absolutely necessary.

Without waiting for a break, Zhang Shi directly started the last round of trading.

Seeing that the gold coins were enough for him to use for a while, Zhang Shi planned to release some high-quality resources this time to exchange for other rare items.

"Everyone, the final round of clearance sale is about to begin. This sale will be in the form of barter. I will list the goods at a high price. If you are interested, please leave a message or private message with resources of the same level."

As soon as Zhang Shi came up, he put up 30 kilograms of high-quality animal meat, including the meat of the exquisite gray wolf king, which caused a sensation in the trading market.

Zhang Shi didn't stop yet. 100L of high-quality well water and 20L of brand-new goat milk wine were put on the shelves at once.

For example, the graded equipment and weapons that he had discarded before were all put on the trading market. In just a moment, Zhang Shi’s private chat interface was 99+, and all kinds of high-grade props appeared in his sight, making Zhang Shi dazzled.