Renting a pickup truck with a cargo compartment and a warehouse for one month cost a total of 1000 L coins, which were automatically deducted from Nadine's account and converted to 5000 Flower coins based on the exchange rate.
By 2040, Flower coins from Hua Country had become the second international currency after L coins, allowing direct transactions worldwide without the need for currency exchange.
After getting the truck, Nadine first went to check the rented warehouse to ensure everything was in order before heading straight to her destination.
Her destination was the largest farms in J Province.
Before setting off, she had already done all the research.
The owner of the first farm she arrived at was named David, and his farm was quite large, spanning over a thousand acres.
The vast expanse of land was entirely dedicated to rice cultivation.
To provide goods to the market more quickly and efficiently, L country farms integrated all stages of crop cultivation, harvesting, processing, and finished products directly in the fields.
As a result, rice was processed into rice directly upon harvesting, wheat into flour, and peanuts and soybeans into edible oil.
The average price of rice from L country farms was estimated to be $10.50 per hundredweight, with one hundredweight equivalent to around 101 pounds, roughly priced at 0.7 yuan per pound.
This price was more than half cheaper than in her home country.
Grains were not only for personal consumption but could also be used for trading in the apocalypse, making it advantageous to stock up.
Considering the size of her space and the volume required for grains, Nadine directly asked to purchase one hundred tons.
David's eyes lit up at her request, and his attitude became even more enthusiastic.
This year's harvest was abundant, and he was worried about the market for these rice stocks, but he never expected this young girl to come and buy one-fifth of his inventory right away.
Moreover, she paid at the retail price, which was much more profitable than the wholesale purchase price.
Nadine was well aware of this; she just didn't want to waste time bargaining with these local big shots, as money would be useless in the apocalypse.
After signing the contract, paying the deposit, and agreeing on the delivery time and location, Nadine decided to move on to the next farm.
"Hey, miss, are you planning to buy flour from the Orlando farm?" David suddenly spoke up.
Nadine nodded and then said thoughtfully, "Yes, besides flour, I also want to purchase oats, potatoes, olive oil, peanut oil, soybean oil. If time permits, I also want to buy some vegetables and fruits, milk, and beef, pork, and mutton."
David's eyes lit up even more, and he slapped his thigh, "Oh, dear, if you need these things, there's no need to go to Orlando. We have them right here. Whatever you need, I'll have someone prepare it for you immediately."
Nadine feigned confusion, "But doesn't your farm only produce rice? Where do the other crops come from?"
David scratched his beard and laughed heartily, "I don't have them, but my wife's family does, and so do my brothers and sisters. They all have their own farms and can definitely meet your needs."
Next, Nadine followed David directly to nearby farms for procurement.
After confirming the products were satisfactory, she placed orders directly.
Ten tons each of high-gluten and low-gluten flour.
Ten tons each of cornmeal and whole corn.
Five thousand pounds of potatoes.
Five thousand pounds of pumpkins.
Five thousand pounds of sweet potatoes.
One hundred barrels of peanut oil, each containing 10 liters.
One hundred barrels of soybean oil, each containing 10 liters.
One hundred barrels of corn oil, each containing 10 liters.
One hundred barrels of olive oil, each containing 10 liters.
As for vegetables, because of their high prices, even double the price compared to domestic prices, Nadine decided not to buy them.
Upon inquiring, Nadine learned that all L country farms used mechanized production.
However, vegetable cultivation required various equipment and occupied large tracts of land, with high labor costs for harvesting, resulting in fewer people cultivating them and naturally higher prices.
Nadine didn't have many regrets; she just quietly made a note in her mind to buy vegetables on her domestic stockpiling list.
Except for bananas and cherries, other fruits didn't have price advantages, so she bought 500 pounds of bananas and cherries each.
After visiting nearby farms, Nadine followed David to a ranch a few kilometers away and bought five tons of milk.
Each barrel was disinfected and clean, and one could directly open the tap on the barrel to drink.
Finally, she went to David's brother's livestock farm.
As soon as she saw the scale of the livestock farm, Nadine's eyes lit up. All this was meat!
On the left were pigs, on the right were cows, above were sheep, and below were chickens.
Rows of them were neatly locked in pens, and one couldn't even see the end at a glance.
The slaughter and processing plant were in the middle, and as long as pigs, cows, or sheep met the specifications, they would be sent to the conveyor belt and into the processing plant.
In less than fifteen minutes, they would be cut into pieces of meat, vacuum-packed, and boxed.
"Nadine, how much meat do you need? Just say it, and I'll give you a discount!" David's brother said eagerly.
"Then let's start with 1000 cows, 1000 pigs, 1000 sheep, 5000 chickens, and 10,000 eggs," she replied without hesitation.
She had already calculated this beforehand and didn't hesitate to place the order.
She added, "Except for inedible parts, everything else should be kept."
After completing the rounds, Nadine had spent quite a bit of money but had also gained several contract orders.
"David, here's the address of the warehouse. Please deliver all the goods there according to the agreed time. Remember to call me before delivery," Nadine said.
David laughed heartily, "Happy cooperation!"
Nadine replied, "Happy cooperation!"
As the sky gradually darkened, Nadine declined David's offer to stay overnight and headed straight to the city center.
She stopped by gas stations on the way and bought gasoline and diesel.
Although there was no purchase limit for gasoline and diesel in L country, the limited inventory at gas stations couldn't be ignored.
Even after visiting three gas stations, she had only bought four cubic meters of fuel.
It seemed that even in L country, it would be difficult to stock up on enough gasoline and diesel without personal connections.
What was even harder to come by than oil was guns.
Although they were quite common among L country residents, as long as they had a valid gun license, they could purchase them.
But Nadine didn't have one.
However, not having one didn't mean she couldn't buy one. After all, this was L country, right?
Nadine walked into an outdoor sports equipment store called Cahebla and browsed through all the restricted knives in the store.
The most common ones were daggers, triangular knives, single-edged and double-edged knives, and Swiss army knives.
There were also multi-purpose bayonets commonly used in the L country military, such as the H8, the Andari jungle machete, the TP0TNXO tactical knife, and the Buck 177 tactical knife.
There were also R country-style knives similar to the Tang knife, such as the Japanese katana, naginata, wakizashi, and tachi.
"Five of each!" Nadine said to the owner, who was busy playing with his phone.
The owner looked up, disbelief written all over his face, "Are you sure?"
These knives might look unassuming, but each one was remarkably sharp, especially the military knives that could be taken straight to the battlefield.
Therefore, the prices were quite high.
Nadine simply placed her card on the counter, indicating for him to swipe it.
After paying the bill, Nadine didn't leave right away. Instead, she said to the shop owner, "I also want to buy a ZEVoZ9 pistol."