Chapter 248

The towering wall makes Jushi city a famous paradise. Compared with the distant province and ideal city, it seems to be within reach.

However.

This lofty does not benefit everyone here.

On the way to the main gate of Jushi City, the first thing I saw was a huge slum.

The dilapidated shack is like psoriasis. It grows under the soles of the huge wall and looks like a smelly ditch that can't be seen from a distance.

Most of the people living here are yellow faced and skinny, wrapped in a dress that they haven't worn for how long, sitting in a daze in front of the door, or ready to go out to pick up waste.

There is no garbage to pick up nearby. If you want to have a good harvest, you can only go to higher floors or further places.

The sewage and excreta everywhere dyed the white snow into other colors. It must be worse when the snow melted. It was a miracle that there was no plague.

I've never seen so many NPC leaders in this game. I looked at this scene and asked.

"How many people are there?"

Xu Shun asked his question again, and Qian Lai answered in a careless tone.

"Ten thousand, twenty thousand, maybe one hundred thousand. Anyway, there are never few people here. It's meaningless for anyone to count such things."

Xu Shun's face showed a surprised expression.

Tens of thousands?!

That's an exaggeration.

At the moment, he is staring at the VM screen to see the subtitles, but he thinks of different things in his heart.

"Tens of thousands of people?!"

"... what do so many people eat?!"

It's not farming anyway.

It doesn't look like there is a place to farm here.

The lens of the slum is a crooked telegraph pole with several speakers wrapped around it, playing several boring channels in turn.

A hundred meters ahead is the main gate of Boulder City.

There are clean concrete roads, militia on guard, caravans ready to go, and poor people looking for work everywhere, many of them even small children.

For most people here, life has two hopes.

One is favored by caravans or businessmen, and the other is to catch up with factory recruitment.

If they can't count on both, and can't put down their only self-esteem to beg or sell their souls, they can only be mercenaries.

Catch up with the tide, you don't even have to buy your own gun.

Carrying the goods from the outpost, the leader and his party were soon targeted as businessmen.

A little boy with curly hair and dirty face followed Qian Lai and said in a sharp voice.

"Sir, do you need a servant? I can count, wash clothes and carry things... I can smell mice and cockroaches hidden in the gap. I can do anything."

He has good eyesight. He can see at a glance who is most like a businessman in this line of people.

However, with his ability, he caught a large number of people in the whole slum.

"No need."

"Sir -"

The boy wanted to fight for it, but Qian Lai impatiently interrupted him.

"I'll only say it once."

Looking at his unfriendly eyes and the pistol at his waist, the boy shrank back a step, dared not entangle again, ran to one side and looked for the next target.

Xu Shun glanced at the boy's lost back and said nothing.

He is not a compassionate person. Of course, he will not be naive to think of helping children or something. Once this kind of thing starts, the trouble will be endless.

Who is not pitiful on this waste soil?

For him, the task assigned to him by the manager is the first priority, and everything else has to be sidelined.

But

Looking at the towering wall, Xu Shun still couldn't help feeling.

The huge wall is very high, which makes people feel safe.

But sure enough, it was still the northern suburb ruled by the manager, which made him feel warm

Across the street from the main gate of Boulder City is the wind Hotel in the distance, and the signboard is hung on the magnificent gate.

But the guests there seem to have a little conflict with the hotel.

In front of the hotel waiter, a man in an old leather jacket turned red with anger. Next to him lay a suitcase. Judging from the scattered luggage, it should have been thrown out of the door.

Behind him stood guests who had been driven out like him.

"Didn't you agree that you only need one chip a day?"

The hotel waiter took out his ear and said impatiently.

"Yes, our manager said so, but it was winter and the price has increased now. We didn't stop you from renewing your room, did we?"

"Ten chips a day? Are you robbers? Why is winter more expensive?"

"Of course, it's to make room for guests from afar. Why do you think it's cheap in winter?" the hotel waiter sneered, "well, take your luggage and you can get out."

"What if I say no?" the man stared at him.

"What does that have to do with me?"

The waiter yawned, didn't even look at him, turned and walked to the front door.

As he passed the front door, he glanced at the security guard at the door.

"I'll leave it to you."

The heavily armed security guard nodded expressionless and stood there motionless, his eyes looking straight ahead, like a statue.

The ignored man looked angry and stretched his hand to his waist.

However, at the moment when his hand just touched his waist, a gun rang out, a blood hole was printed on the man's eyebrow, and he fell back.

The woman nearby screamed.

Several other guests quickly backed back, packed their bags and left here.

After witnessing this scene, the commander looked at the militia at the gate in surprise, but they didn't bother to look here.

Xu Shun, walking beside him, asked his surprise for him.

"Those people... Don't care?"

Chandler gave him a strange look.

"Those people? You mean the militia?"

Xu Shun swallowed his saliva.

"Yes."

Qian Lai smiled and said.

"The militia doesn't care about disputes outside Boulder City. They just care about the land at the gate. There is a boundary for law enforcement. With such a large waste land, we can't manage every piece of land. If you manage this street, do you want to manage the next street? The reputation of this hotel is still good. The boss is an aristocrat in the inner city, the manager is even more capable, and has good relations with several gangs in the slum. If you come here In business, they will introduce you to customers... Only 10% commission, and only once. "

He took out his rusty pocket watch and looked at the time. Qian Lai continued.

"It's noon and there aren't many people. If it's at night, it will be more lively here, but I don't recommend you to have fun here."

"Fun?"

"Nothing. If you're not interested, you can go to the waiter at the door and he'll introduce you."

“……？”

Xu Shun looked blankly.

Qian Lai urged him.

"Let's go. It's time for us to line up at the gate of the city... By the way, are you ready for the city tax?"

Xu Shun was stunned.

"City tax? Do you have to pay tax?"

The manager told him that he would sell these goods and give the caravan a share, and the rest of the money could be used as their activity funds.

But those goods haven't been sold yet. He has no chips in his pocket.

I don't know if those people accept silver coins

Qian Lai smiled and said, "of course, three chips a time when you enter the city, so most people won't go in and out at will. It's all right if you don't bring it. I'll pay for you this time."

There are still many opportunities to deal with in the future.

Judging from the boss's reaction that night and the manager's later attitude, Qian Lai felt it necessary to have a good relationship with them.

This is a long-term investment.

Six chips are only a small number for him and his boss.

It didn't take long to line up.

It is mainly to check whether there are dangerous goods in the goods.

It is worth noting that explosives with an equivalent of more than 300g are contraband, but bullets and rifles are not. Perhaps they are absolutely confident that they can kill the troublemakers at the first time. These militias seem not to care whether they bring weapons or not.

Think about it.

The barrel of several heavy machine guns can be seen on the huge wall. It is also reasonable to arrange a few snipers or similar things where they can't be seen.

However, when checking the commander, several militia accidentally looked at him and the bow behind him. After whispering a few words, they added a pen to a book full of words.

Of course, Fang Chang was doing the same thing, writing in a small book with a pen calmly.

[... The militia leader at the gate of Boulder City is very strong. He can feel the smell of danger. He is probably the awakened one. He is not sure how many levels he has.]

[in addition, the awakened person will be registered when entering the survivor stronghold.]

[but judging from the reactions of the people around us, ordinary awakened people should not deserve special treatment. Registration is just a routine.]

The militia released the party.

Looking at the towering gate passing overhead and carrying his luggage, Xu Shun couldn't help feeling.

The huge wall is very high and has a sense of security.

But as expected, it was still the northern suburb under the rule of the manager, which made him feel warm

……

"... we followed the caravan into Boulder City, and the caravan leader paid the city entry tax for us, a total of 6 chips."

That night.

After going offline, Fang Chang immediately went to the official website to open a post and took the first-hand information of Jushi city to the forum.

Not only the players are curious about what the dog planning has put in the new map, but even the planning themselves are curious about what is the situation of Boulder City.

To be honest.

Chu Guang saved his chips for five months and planned to run there from Bette street.

If he hadn't found shelter 404, he might have screwed there.

Because it was a serial post, elder brother Fang didn't type very fast. Chu Guang, sitting in front of the computer, clicked the option of [just look at the landlord], and filtered the comments of sand carving netizens for the time being.

"The situation in the city is quite different from that outside the city. The streets here have been renovated, and the buildings are rebuilt on the demolished ruins. The higher they go to the city, the higher they are, but they are not higher than the huge wall."

"Good hotels are expensive. Cheap hotels and pubs are hidden in intricate alleys. The conditions there are not much better than the slums outside. But it is worth mentioning that they don't smell too smelly because of the drainage system."

"Maybe the plan is suggesting that we should also consider adding some municipal facilities to the strongholds on the surface?"

"In terms of clothing, the residents here mainly wear cotton and linen, and the weaving industry should be very developed. For the citizens who work in the city, there is basically no problem wearing clothes, but one dress will last a long time. Mercenaries prefer to choose leather clothes or bulletproof clothes made of special materials, so even if they hide their guns, it is very difficult To distinguish them. "

"A few hospitals and schools are scattered in several communities on the edge of the inner city. The people living there have completely different mental outlook and stronger consumption ability."

"There is also a wall in the city center, which is the inner city of Jushi city. More than ten pre war tall buildings have been renovated to form the top of the pyramid of Jushi city. The ruler who dominates all this is a man named Fang Ming. He rarely appears directly in front of the public and mostly shows people with holograms. Most people are in awe of him, but a considerable number of people don't care."

"It is worth mentioning that the materials in Boulder City are not scarce, and the productivity is not low. Many technologies have even reached the field of science fiction, but most people are still very poor. Especially for the uneducated lower class, there are only two ways to get rich, either join the caravan or become mercenaries."

"After settling down, we took the devil's cloth and spirit leaf to the trading station together with the people of the caravan. The bulk commodities of the whole Boulder City were traded there, and there were hundreds of stalls, like a market. The stall owners there were amazed at our weaving skills, and here we have to praise miss Tengteng... But I can feel that they were obviously more interested in the spirit leaf Interest. "

"Finally, 10 pieces of devil cloth were sold with 5000 chips, and 100 kg of spirit leaf was also sold with 5000 chips... This is the result of bargaining. At first, they only planned to give half of this figure. In fact, the weight of the goods is not much different, but in my personal opinion, the latter is less difficult to obtain and obviously more profitable."

"After the completion of the transaction, guard NPC and I visited here and conducted a simple survey on the market. We found that the demand for rubber and biomass oil here is very stable, the procurement volume is surprisingly large, and the most important thing is price transparency! The only disadvantage is that the price is not high, where to get so much rubber and oil is a problem."

"In addition, cotton, flax and grain, as well as materials such as steel and aluminum, and even precious metals such as silver and gold, can be traded here."

"The following is only speculation!"

"Considering that Stonehenge focuses on the characteristics of the two professions [merchant] and [mercenary], the next version may open the playing methods of business running and mercenary."

"If you plan to run a business, you must pay attention to the weak consumption power of the residents here. It is estimated that it is difficult to sell delicious food at a high premium!"

"But relatively, mercenaries have strong consumption power and clear demand. Cheap weapons, protective equipment, auxiliary equipment, pressure releasing alcohol and even spiritual leaves, as well as medical gauze and dry food can sell at a good price here!"

"Maybe we should run a shop in Boulder? Our weapons are obviously oversupplied!"

"Of course, if the brothers of the power department are interested, they can also screw in the factory? But at present, the trigger method is unknown, the income is very low, and the process is suspected to be extremely boring."

"Unless you have never entered the factory in reality, it is strongly not recommended!"

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(after checking the information, it's much more comfortable to smooth out the detailed outline, but there's not enough time. It's really difficult to top without saving the manuscript... After paving the way and starting a new plot, it's more important today.)