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Body 463 Tashkent

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    Speaking of which, it seems that the Tash store has not experienced the devastation of the big earthquake, and the house is relatively complete.  But the situation was even worse. Most of the town was submerged by the river, and only a long row of houses near the road was barely preserved due to the relatively high terrain.

    None of these houses was wasted, and they were all used by refugees, most of which were hotels.  The refugees are not afraid to form a group to kill zombies in the ruins of the city to find living supplies, but no one dares to sleep in the wild easily. As long as it is not necessary, they have to go back to the town to find a place to sleep. These hotels are prepared for them.

    Don't talk about service items, and there is no star rating, only a house that can shelter from wind and rain and a bed to sleep in.  Basically, no one would cheat in hotels, so it was relatively safe.

    In addition to the hotels that provide food, drink and accommodation, the second most in the town are grocery stores.  This kind of shop not only sells but also buys. The biggest business is to buy all kinds of materials found by the refugees.

    It is nearly 500 kilometers from Barentai Town to Yining Base. There are no natural hardships along the way, but there are many ups and downs caused by humans.

    According to the regulations of the redeemer, except for the food, drink and clothing that is carried with you, as well as weapons and vehicles for personal use, other items that pass through the checkpoint must be taxed.

    There are three fixed checkpoints along this road: Baruntai, Nalati, and Yining. It is not realistic to try to hide them all. If you pass the customs one by one, you can¡¯t say that the trip was in vain. Anyway, you will risk your life to find it.  The materials for the last time have to be discounted by 50%.

    Where there is demand, there are business opportunities, and the grocery store came into being.  Refugees can sell the supplies they find to grocery stores to exchange for shopping coupons. Although the price offered is lower than Yining, it is the first choice for most refugees who come to Korla to pan for gold.

    The reason is very simple. When you pass the checkpoint, in addition to paying taxes, you will also be asked for cards by sentries, which may be worse than selling them to grocery stores at a low price.  If you include the risk of being hacked and hacked, it seems that it is nothing if it is lower than the official purchase price.

    As for how the grocery store can make money by transporting the purchased goods to the Yining base, that is another question.  Hong Tao had seen people dressed as refugees sitting on military vehicles with Redeemer flags outside the base more than once, with several large packages beside them.

    Those who can do this kind of business are definitely not ordinary refugees. They must have a relationship with the checkpoint. If you pay less taxes, don¡¯t get a card, and are escorted by military vehicles, the profits will come out.  In fact, apart from most of the hard-working refugees, the Redeemer Base will suffer in the end, but this is a bad debt and cannot be settled.

    In addition to hotels and grocery stores, another indispensable industry is the blacksmith shop.  Because bullets are very expensive, most of the refugees can only use cold weapons to deal with zombies.  Even if some people had guns, they would not be willing to kill zombies, they would save them to save lives in emergencies.

    There is only one blacksmith shop in the town, which is quite large, and the business is very popular. Three or four blacksmiths are shirtless and knocking beside the fire.  It became a black and a white.

    Hong Tao doesn't need to stay in a hotel. To be honest, the environment inside is not as good as sleeping on the street. Not to mention whether there are fleas and lice, the smell alone is enough to make people feel bad.

    What?  single!  Thinking about it too much, the customers here are all refugees who have to risk their lives to survive. It would be nice to have a big bunk to sleep in. Who would spend more money to live in a single room just to avoid the cleanliness of eating and drinking.

    "Brother, look at this, can it be repaired?" As he has a gun and no shortage of ammunition, he shouldn't bother the blacksmith, but if he wants to disguise the homeless, he has to do things like the homeless, such as getting a steel crossbow  Carry it, whether you use it or not, it has to be the same thing.

    Hong Tao bought the steel crossbow in Kuitun, but it would be impossible to have the crossbow without the arrows, so he pretended to buy some tailless steel crossbow arrows, and repaired the trap that was almost pulled apart when he caught the blue devil last time.  .  For nothing else, hugging grass and beating rabbits is his consistent style.

    Who said that Pathfinder can't catch a blue devil to subsidize his family by the way, and besides income, it can also make him look more like a gold digger.  It¡¯s just that I changed my accent this time, and it sounds a bit like a Northwest dialect. There are many immigrants from Gansu in Xinjiang.

    "It was done by the blue devil, right?" The gray-haired blacksmith put down the hammer in his hand, took a look at the trap, and immediately came to the correct conclusion.

    On how to catch the blue devil, the refugees have practiced with their lives for more than half a year, and have summed up several more reliable methods. When the number of people is small, the use of animal traps is one of them.

    "The spring is broken, and you need to replace it with a new one the day after tomorrow at the earliest?" But the old blacksmith didn't start the work right away, but handed the animal trap back with a questioning look.

    "I need it urgently, add more money, can it be repaired tomorrow morning!" The day after tomorrow!Hong Tao really couldn't wait, he reached into his arms and took out a cigarette and handed it over.  He just wanted to cuddle the grass and beat the rabbit, and he didn't really want to catch the blue devil, so it would definitely not work to delay two more days.

    "Look, those are all waiting to be repaired. No one can take them away before tomorrow morning. The springs are out of stock, and they will be delivered in the middle of the night at the earliest." The old blacksmith is quite particular, so he doesn't plan to  Taking advantage of it, I didn't accept the cigarettes.

    "Two, I'll be the first one in the morning!" Hong Tao looked in the direction of the old blacksmith's finger. Indeed, there were more than ten different kinds of traps piled up in the corner, so he had to settle for the second best.  Take out a cigarette.

    "Introduce me to a safer hotel, don't let people steal the horse." Seeing that the old blacksmith still refused to accept the cigarettes, Hong Tao knew that he thought it was not too little but too much, so he just troubled one more thing and helped himself  Introduce a reliable hotel.

    It is acceptable to wait one more night, but you can no longer sleep on the street like you did at the Yining base.  It is located outside the checkpoint, there are no wooden towers and sentries on the street, and there are so many unidentified homeless gold diggers.  Not to mention anything else, just these two horses are enough for some people to take risks.

    "Yihaodian is the most reliable. It is a chain store. There are stores in Baruntai, Nalati, and Yining. The boss has a strong relationship. The guys in the store have guns. No one dares to make trouble in his place. Both people and horses are safe.  !¡± The old blacksmith pointed to the family farthest to the north, then took the cigarettes and took out a metal cigarette case from his pocket, carefully stuffing it into it.

    "Good guy, they're all chained" Hong Tao didn't live in a hotel no matter whether he was in Kuitun or Yining.  I had no choice but to lead the horse and walk northward according to the words.

    Passing by every building with a hotel signboard along the way, you will be greeted with enthusiastic shouts from the staff. Advertisements such as clean beds, hot water, dedicated horses, good horse feed, and free bicycle maintenance are endless.

    "Tashkent road section Police station Telecom business hall" Hong Tao took a closer look. These hotels are all opened with buildings from the old world. In addition to the signboards, there are several white lanterns hanging outside the door, which read  Even if the words of the hotel are opened.

    "Brother, brother, come here for the first time? Come, come, it doesn't matter if you live or not, come and take a look. It's not my bragging, this is the safest place in the town. Every time the patrol team comes, you will stay at our house, you  Living here is like having a sentry standing guard, it¡¯s not that powerful!¡±

    The northernmost hotel is a former industrial and commercial office, and the emblem on the door is still there.  The guy is not very old, but his words are sharper than those of the previous ones, and he understands the psychology of customers. He didn't mention whether the beds are not clean or whether there is hot water. He only mentioned one advantage, which is safety.

    "Where is the little brother from Gansu?" Hong Tao didn't say anything or couldn't help it, and first got up with the little guy.

    "According to the accent, you are also from Gansu, right? My hometown is Tianshui, and I came here with my parents when I was a child!" The young man was really deceived by Hong Tao's fake Gansu dialect, and he first reported his family name.

    "That's far away. I'm from Wuwei. No wonder your accent doesn't sound like it. In this way, I'll stay in the store. I'll feed the two horses first, and then I won't go in. I'll sleep outside the stables."

    This means that the villain will file a complaint first. Obviously he doesn¡¯t quite like what he learned, but he says that his accent is wrong, and he chooses a place farther away as his hometown.  In fact, there are many accents in Gansu. Even the locals can¡¯t tell the difference between Longzhong, Longdong, Lanzhou, Hezhou, and Hexi.
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