Chapter 011 Cooperation Negotiations
Early the next morning, after the slaves had just finished breakfast, Ding You picked up his men and horses and prepared to set off for the ninth district.
Because of the unpredictable risks, this time, Ding You arranged for Chen Nuo to sit in the base, after all, in the hearts of the slaves, she is quite like the boss of the base.
Chen Nuo didn't accept the title of the proprietress, but Ding You said it badly, and she finally relented and agreed to look after the house at home.
Ding You took Zhao Gang and 10 other slave soldiers, no, now he has to call the guards of the Deep Blue Star Base. The food that carried 300 kilograms was canned pork, canned beef, other canned sausages, and even bagged mustard and instant noodles.
Evenly spread, each team member has to carry 60 pounds, not counting the guns and weapons carried. However, after eating a few full meals in a row, the team members were in a good mental state, talking and laughing all the way, and talking to Ding You from time to time.
In their hearts, Ding You is definitely an out-and-out hero, and being able to fill his stomach in the last days has already satisfied these strong men who have made mistakes in the past days with hunger and cold.
Although the newly established Deep Blue Star Base cannot be called a base in the strict sense, it can be regarded as a gathering point for survivors at most. After all, the defense force is relatively weak, and the relevant supporting facilities are extremely imperfect.
But everyone is willing to believe in Ding You, and also believe that under his leadership, sooner or later, a large-scale base will be born.
Along the way, they encountered some sporadic zombie attacks, but Zhao Gang and their marksmanship were very good, and the risk was basically eliminated without wasting bullets.
It took more than half an hour for the tall steel walls of the Ninth District to be seen.
From a distance, I saw that the guard area of the ninth district was like a big enemy, it turned out that Ding You and his party were each carrying weapons, and the sentry of the ninth district base thought that there were bandits coming from the roaming bandits.
But they are too timid, the ninth district is so heavily defended, will they worry about a dozen people!
Under the vigilance of the sentinels, Ding You and Zhao Gang and their entourage checked their identity information in order and paid the entrance fee to the city. Now Zhao Gang and their identities belong to Ding You's slaves, so naturally they are not considered prisoners, so they passed smoothly.
It's just that the group just planned to go in with something, but they didn't want to be stopped by someone.
"Hey, Manager Xie? What are you doing here out of breath? ”
Ding You looked at Xie Delin, who was out of breath in front of him, and asked.
"That, that Mr. Ding, that's like this. When the city guards knew you were coming, they informed me, and I came over. My big boss... The boss wants to meet you and discuss the cooperation plan. ”
In fact, without him saying it, Ding You can guess a rough idea. It must have been yesterday's goods, which caused Shedlin's backstage boss to move his index fingers, and together with the gluttonous insects, he thought of cooperating with him.
But looking at it like this, the boss behind the scenes didn't have the idea of being black-hearted, otherwise, his group would have died by now.
"Cooperation? It's okay, then please ask Manager Xie to introduce you! Ding You said to Xie Delin with a smile.
I didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and Xie Delin was also very happy, so he beckoned a car, which was similar to the minibus in his previous life, but it saved Ding You and them the pain of walking.
It's a good car, it doesn't make a lot of noise when it starts, so I'm going to have to find a chance to buy one.
Ding You, who was sitting in the car, looked left and right and was very satisfied with the car.
There were wheels to travel, and the group soon came to the entrance of the city in the ninth district, but the car stopped at the door. Xie Delin looked back at Zhao Gang and them in the car, a little hesitant.
"What's wrong? Manager Xie, do you have any questions? Ding You asked.
"Oh, Mr. Ding, that's the ......," Xie Delin leaned into Ding You's ear and muttered. It turned out that because of Zhao Gang's identity, slaves were not allowed to enter the inner city.
"These slaves ......," Shchedrin said, he was also troubled.
"Slaves? Do you mean them? Ding You deliberately raised his voice and looked back at Zhao Gang and them who were sitting in the carriage. Who said they were slaves? Now, at this moment, they are part of my caravan, the convoys. ”
Ding You grimaced, looked at Shchedrin and continued, word by word: "And... They are not slaves, they are now my brothers! ”
Zhao Gang and the other 9 slave soldiers were not stupid, in fact, they also understood the meaning of Xie Delin's words very clearly. Born as a slave, he also made mistakes, although now he has been bought back by Ding You to have enough food to eat and a formal job to do. But in his bones, he still has some inferiority.
The inner city, where only the wealthy of the 9th arrondissement had the right to live, did not allow slaves to enter, which has always been the system.
But Ding You's words moved Zhao Gang and them, his actual master turned his face to face for a group of slaves, and also called the slaves his brothers.
Regardless of whether it is intentional or unintentional, this sentence is heartwarming enough, Zhao Gang, who originally planned to follow Ding You with all his heart, is becoming more and more determined at this moment.
"Huh? …… Mr. Ding, don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, I know they are your people now, but, but this system ......" Xie Delin didn't expect Ding You to turn his face with him for a few slaves, and he was also surprised.
"Manager Xie, you'd better make a decision quickly, if not, then Ding will have to leave."
Ding You was about to get out of the car and leave, but Xie Delin was anxious, so he quickly grabbed him and said something good. Seeing Ding You's lack of interest, he really didn't dare to delay more, whispered a few words to the sentry at the gate of the inner city, and beckoned the driver to drive the car directly in.
Ding You's goal has been achieved, so naturally he won't really get off.
The inner city of the ninth arrondissement, as expected, has a much better environment than the outer city. Ding You even saw a lot of green plants, although they looked a little crooked, but they were better than those withered and yellow plants in the outer city, which looked half-dead.
In the inner city, there are buildings that are no shorter than the Nine Heavens Hotel, as well as small villas with red bricks and green tiles. The naturally formed small rivers and artificially excavated landscape rivers are scattered and dotted with greenery, which makes people feel like they have come to a paradise isolated from the end of the world.
The area in the inner city is not small, and from a distance, there are rows of workshop-like buildings like factories, which is really unique.
The minibus that Ding You was taking stopped in front of a large villa, and after getting off the bus, he found that it was just a small square in front of the villa. On either side of the road stood two rows of soldiers with their weapons clenched, and their attire was much better than that of the sentries at the gate of the outer city.
Zhao Gang and the others were able to enter the inner city, which was not easy, and it was too difficult to bring them into the villa.
However, Ding You still insisted and let Zhao Gang accompany him in, and the other 9 people waited outside for the time being.
"Raise your heads, the people of our Deep Blue Star Transfer Station can't lose their morale." Ding You deliberately said to Zhao Gang and them.
"Yes!"
Everyone shouted, and the momentum was not small.
Ding You was very satisfied, so he took Zhao Gang and followed Xie Delin to the villa.
As one of the 9 most powerful people in the 9th District, Pan Wu's style is not small. Although he kept saying that he wanted to talk about cooperation with Ding You, he neither stood at the door to greet him, nor did he arrange a conference room for negotiation.
He sat in an office in the villa, holding a cigar-shaped object in his mouth, and sat on a leather chair with a golden knife and swallowed the clouds.
"You're Ding You?" Pan Wuyi's small eyes shone treacherously, and he looked Ding You up and down.
While he was looking at Ding You, Ding You was also observing him.
Sure enough, he is a strong man in the last days, it's hard to say whether he is a hero or not, but he is definitely a ruthless character. Looking at Pan Wu, who had a gloomy face and a flat head, Ding You had to be extremely careful.
"Sit, Mr. Ding, listen to Xiao Xie, you have a lot of good things in your hands, no, I just heard that you are here again, so I asked people to invite you over."
Pan Wu said politely, but his tone was flat, and his face seemed to be smiling, and he couldn't see much enthusiasm.
"Hehe, Boss Pan, hello, I am also a businessman, running around in the last days, making money, and always working!" Ding You's answer was plausible, but he was not humble.
"What good things did Mr. Ding bring this time?"
"Boss Pan is interested?"
Seeing that Ding You was not in a hurry and determined, Pan Wu's heart was not sure of his path. Ordinary people are probably scared and their legs tremble when they see themselves, but the young man in front of him is very calm.
Is there really a big backer? Pan Wu thought in his heart.
He didn't know that Ding You's biggest backer was to disappear in an instant, so you couldn't catch it. So it doesn't matter if you are a zombie or a hero in troubled times, Ding You is not afraid!
After thinking for a while, Pan Wu quickly adjusted his mentality, rubbed his face, and changed into a smile on his face. As everyone knows, in Ding You's opinion, this expression is more ugly than crying.
"Mr. Ding, I really want to talk to you about cooperation with you when I invited you here, and you also know that there is a shortage of food, especially good food, which is a common problem faced by every survivor base. The North-South Federation, which has better conditions, is too far away, if Mr. Ding has a way......"
"I have." Without waiting for Pan Wu to finish speaking, Ding You replied directly, as long as he was not an idiot, he should be able to understand the meaning of his words.
Pan Wu didn't expect Ding You to not even listen to his words, so he answered directly, and was stunned for a while, a little distracted. But then his eyes became eager, and he continued to ask: "That's good, that's good, I don't know how many goods Mr. Ding has?" ”
"Hehe, as long as Boss Pan's crystal card is fine, the goods are naturally fine."
Crystal card, money!
In the last days, crystal cards are equal to money.
So Pan Wu immediately understood the meaning of Ding You's words. As long as he has enough crystal cards, the young man in front of him can provide enough goods.
However, a 50-gram chicken sausage costs 35 crystal calories, which seems to be a bit more expensive.
Pan Wu was a little painful, and he couldn't bear the energy crystal cards that he had squeezed with great difficulty, but if he didn't trade with Ding You, where could he get those delicious things that made people drool?
As soon as Pan Wu's eyes rolled, he planned to have a fight with Ding You, and it would be best to lower the exchange price.