Doomsday rat

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There are indeed singers, and they are indeed young, and they can sing fairly well, anyway, they are better than Hong Tao.But no one, including Shen Nan, was listening to the music. They were all sitting or standing around the sofa in the middle, listening to the conversations of the big guys in the middle.

It wasn't until then that Hong Tao could roughly distinguish who among these people was the real boss and who was just making up the numbers. It was said that there were only 20 people, but in fact only Sun Feihu, Bai Side, Shen Nan, Jin Yongshun, Wang Xiaobo, and Pu Zhe could make big decisions. There are also seven Mrs. Xiushan.

Others also operate independently, and dominate their own one-third of an acre of land.But as far as the six safety zones in Nancheng are concerned, they can only be regarded as branches or affiliations of these seven companies, commonly known as the younger brother.

But there is a special person, his surname is Jiang, I don't know what his name is.When Shen Nan introduced him, he only mentioned Boss Jiang, and didn't mention anything else at all, as if there was some kind of tacit understanding.

From the wine table to the bar, Hong Tao had observed this person many times, and soon discovered an interesting phenomenon.Everyone present was chatting and laughing with him, but it was just chatting and laughing. They were familiar on the surface, and there was no more interaction, which seemed very polite.

Hong Tao originally wanted to find an opportunity to go over and have a chat, to find out the bottom line of this person himself, but unfortunately he never found a suitable excuse.In about half an hour, the boss Jiang left early.

After coming out of the bar, it was past 12 midnight, Shen Nan insisted on sending a car, and Hu Yang and Hong Tao couldn't refuse.Fortunately, it's not far away, and there are no too remote places on the way, so just drop it off.

To say that the scalper is really obedient, except for the thin monkey and the water snake, everyone else is waiting in the small building.Taking advantage of the fact that his identity has not been exposed, Fei Yang simply returned to the new sixth district, took out the sidearm buried under his shed, and secretly sent it into the small building.

Now there are six pistols, an automatic rifle, more than a dozen grenades, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.They planned to find Hu Yang and Hong Tao back at the appointed time, so they would find another month of dark and stormy nights to start revenge from Xiushan Apartment and Feihu Company, killing him seven in and seven out, and then taking the remaining weapons Ammunition entered the red zone and continued to flow south.

Hong Tao was not surprised by this result, and couldn't stop it even if he wanted to.Due to environmental factors, these gold diggers were forced to fight for justice, and they followed the principle of revenge and revenge.This style has been integrated into the blood, and the first thought when encountering danger is to risk one's life!

"Black Dragon, why haven't you gone back yet?" But there is someone who shouldn't be here, Lu Wei'an!

"I asked him to stay here. We are all blind here and need a guide." Seeing that the two elder brothers had returned, the scalper was confiscating weapons one by one. Hearing Hong Tao's question, he did not intend to hide it.

"Then who will take care of your son?" Hong Tao was a little helpless, he gave Lu Wei'an the title of Black Dragon, wasn't that to make him feel at ease, since when did he say that he could be treated as his own.But you can't say that now, you have to pretend to care.

"We went back at dinner time, the little guy is quite obedient. Heilong is usually taken care of by his neighbors on business trips, and it's the same this time." The scalper stopped talking, and the pony picked it up. The two of them made the arrangements for Lu Wei'an very clear .

Chapter 654

"Don't take it to heart, they have all lived the life of licking blood from the knife edge, and some ideas are different from ordinary people."

Seeing Lu Wei'an's obedient and daring to say anything, Hong Tao simply dragged him to the third floor.Although not considered a core member, the necessary respect is still necessary, even if it is pretending.

"No, it doesn't matter...they have no choice but to..." Lu Wei'an felt at this moment that this Brother Mouse was safer, and he used to judge people by their appearance.

Although this one looks fierce on the surface, he is still reasonable in essence.What about the others... that's the one who is vicious in their bones. A few people plan to wipe out all the major forces in the safe zone, and they don't take their lives for their lives at all!

"I'm asking about you. His surname is Jiang. He is about this tall, quite thin, a little dark, about 40 years old. He went to the banquet today, but no one introduced his name and business to me. He is called Boss Jiang." Patting the fat man on the shoulder, Hong Tao remembered the suspicious person at the dinner again, or he never forgot.

"Boss Jiang... Gatekeeper Jiang?" Lu Weian was not a big shot before, and he might not have seen as many big shots as Hong Tao, so he was a little confused for a while.But if you haven't seen it, you can still hear it. There are many such legends in the market. In the end, there is a result, but it's not sure.

"Jiang Menshen... tell me, what is his background?"

Hong Tao didn't have much hope, especially after hearing this nickname, he felt that he didn't fit well with the thin, silent, gloomy Boss Jiang, but it wouldn't hurt to listen more, it's time to chat.

"No way, it doesn't matter if you have an alliance like this?" Lu Wei'an talked for a few minutes, and the more Hong Tao heard it, the more something was wrong.

According to the content of the rumors heard by Lu Wei'an, this Jiang door god has almost destroyed all the explicit and hidden rules in the safe zone, and he is still alive and well, which is unscientific.

"I'm not sure about this. I'm afraid that other than the forces that fought with him at the time, what Jiang Menshen has done is not very clear to others. This person seems to live in a story and rarely shows up. If it weren't for you I’m afraid I won’t even remember it.” Lu Wei’an really couldn’t answer this question.

"Well, let's not talk about him... Can you still leave the safe zone now?" Hong Tao didn't expect to get a definite answer, it was purely to satisfy curiosity.But there is one thing that is more important than curiosity, and it depends on Lu Wei'an after much deliberation.

"...Maybe it will be successful...Although Youlong Company is gone, but the pass is applied for every year, maybe it can still be used."

"Okay, I'll try it tomorrow. If it works, I have something to do for you... Go home first and let the pony follow. Although we had a good talk tonight, we should be careful. Wait. It’s much safer to move here, and you don’t have to run back and forth!”

Hong Tao moved his mouth to Lu Wei'an's side and whispered a few words, regardless of whether the fat man understood or not, he patted him on the shoulder, and announced an unquestionable decision with the most kind tone and the most ferocious smile!

move place!Under the command of the scalper, the team members and dozens of refugee helpers, after half a month of hard work, finally repaired more than ten rooms on the north side of the small building.

Although there is no rush to smooth out the gaps in the inner and outer walls, and then paint it with white lime, it looks worse than the rough house, but at least there are windows and doors, and there is no more air leakage everywhere. Just put the furniture on and set up a stove. It's definitely better than a shed for the winter.

More importantly, it is very close to the defense line set up by the Alliance military on the Fourth Ring Road. There is a tall watchtower less than 150 meters away. There are Alliance soldiers standing guard day and night, and they are also equipped with machine guns. In addition to being surrounded by the moat I'm afraid I can't find a safer place.

Living here means that there are free troops standing guard day and night. As long as they don't violate the rules here, even if they offend all the forces, they don't have the guts to provoke a violent battle.

In other words, no matter how much trouble people like Hong Tao caused outside, as long as they didn't touch the nerves of the alliance, and they could run back with their lives, they really entered the safe zone.

"Will you demolish the building?"

Hong Tao chose the room on the west side of the second floor, and Hu Yang was on the opposite side. Lu Wei'an and the child were arranged to go to the third floor.After simply getting a mattress, he strolled to the first floor, watching everyone in the yard fighting for the few pieces of furniture red-faced, and reached out to stop the scalpers who were about to join the battle group.

"Demolish the building? Demolish what building?" Seeing the bedside table that he had been thinking about for a long time was hugged by Bungy, the scalper was so anxious that he pulled it hard twice but failed to break free, so he had to give up.

"The building in the back!" Hong Tao pointed to the east side. A few hundred meters away from the small building is a residential area with four or five tall towers.

"...Why do you want to demolish it? Chisel steel bars and sell them?" The scalper was sure he knew those buildings, but he still couldn't help but ran to the side of the buildings to have a look, very puzzled.

"Bricks, tear down some bricks and build up the courtyard wall, it's not right to be so empty." Hong Tao swiped his hand around, as if pointing the country.

"Oh, let me give it a try. Many buildings with this kind of frame structure use light-weight bricks, which are not easy to dismantle." After hearing this demand, the scalper immediately understood.

Indeed, this place is not the same as the shed, it is private property, and even the security team cannot come in casually without proper procedures.In this way, many secrets will definitely be hidden in the future, such as weapons, and the security measures must be made tighter.

"Half a block is fine. Build the front wall as soon as possible, and then build a larger shed near the front wall. I will use it. Don't let the brothers do this job, hire more refugees. .Also, can you guarantee that the building will not be demolished? Don’t touch the work that is too dangerous!"

Hong Tao seemed to be in a hurry, and he didn't care about beauty or beauty. The only requirement was speed.Of course, there is still safety, don't be killed by someone, but smash yourself to death by yourself.

"Certainly not, most of the walls of the building are not load-bearing! Then my furniture..." Scalper grinned. He has never built a building that is too high, but it is not difficult at all to remove the partition wall.But after taking a look at the few furniture in the yard, I feel a little bit reluctant.

"Hurry up and build the courtyard wall. When the time comes, I will take you to the furniture city to pick out furniture. You can move whichever you want. When you have enough, it will be the turn of others." Hong Tao curled his lips, as if he was very interested in the furniture in the courtyard. despise.

"...Brother Shu, you can't fool me. There is nothing in the house except a mattress. It's okay now. It will be cold when you sleep in winter!" The scalper dared not believe it, but he didn't dare to believe it.

This boss usually has no accurate words in his mouth, and there are several times more nonsense than serious words.Digging pits, arranging pranks and tossing people is notoriously bottomless. Don’t be impatient. If you are impatient, he will compete with you. In the end, not only will you be tossed, but you will also have to be beaten.

"Go to my room to see if there is any furniture? Am I stupid or dumb? The room is empty, and there is no place to put a water glass! Now the two fools are robbing, how can they carry it in then? How to carry it out!"

Hong Tao slapped his chest, and even scolded Hu Yang.This guy was fighting for a recliner with Lazy Dog at this time, one said that his waist was bad, and the other said that his leg was injured, but neither of them let go, their faces were red.

"...Success, give me two days, ten people!" The scalper gritted his teeth and agreed.He didn't believe that Hong Tao patted his chest, but that lazy dogs and Populus euphratica would be unlucky.Brother Shu has to do his part when it comes to cheating people, as long as it makes others feel uncomfortable, sometimes he would rather suffer by himself.

Professionalism is professionalism, and the scalpers are not bragging. He hired ten middle-aged refugees at a price higher than that of the moat construction site, and knocked out big holes and small holes on the first floor of the three buildings behind in just one afternoon and half a night.

All the light bricks that were dismantled were transported back and piled up in front of the building, and some red bricks were also pulled back and stacked behind the building.The light bricks are used to build the courtyard walls, and the red bricks are kept for later repairs to the building, so as not to risk going to the red zone and back a little bit.

Speaking of the red zone, when he came back last time and found that the security team had set up an ambush on the border, Hong Tao gave a death order that no one was allowed to enter again.As for where to get the remaining building materials, he said he has his own plans.In addition, the market stalls of Thin Monkey and Water Snake will continue to open, so there is no need to worry about the future supply.

Chapter 655 The Benefactor

Two days later, a circle of courtyard walls more than two meters high rose from the ground, and a small half of the canopy was built with rags and scaffolding inside.After the scalper settled the refugees' wages and closed the courtyard door, Hong Tao started to work again. He actually pointed to the ground under the ceiling and took the lead in picking up the pickaxe.

"Brother Shu, there's construction waste under here. Digging the basement is prone to landslides." The scalper probably guessed what the boss was going to do, and dug a hole to hide things.It really lives up to its name, mice can dig holes, or hit wherever they go.

"Don't talk nonsense, if you want furniture, dig quickly! If you want to go to the red zone to dig gold, dig quickly. Anyone who doesn't dig is not allowed to go, and he is not allowed to ask for furniture!" Hong Tao didn't listen to persuasion at all, and his picks became more and more vigorous.

"...Take the tools, what are you looking at? Brother Shu said he can dig, he must be right, let's go together!" Hu Yang blinked and couldn't figure out what the hell this guy was doing.But as soon as I heard that there was a way to go to the red zone to continue panning for gold, I immediately stopped asking, let's do it!

"Don't, don't be a swarm. Three people dig three people and go back to the building to rest. Pile the soil to the wall, don't throw it outside the ceiling!" But Hong Tao said something else, he divided the people into two groups, and hid Work under the canopy without crossing the line at all.

Although everyone didn't know what he was going to do, Yolo's myth made them follow blindly again. They didn't continue to discuss whether they should dig or not, but started working in an orderly manner.

It can be said that the progress of the project has not been smooth. As the scalper said, the soil layer here is very shallow, and it is almost full of construction waste below one foot.Most of the time, shovels and foreign picks have lost their function, and only crowbars and hands can be used to dig out cement blocks of various sizes.

"Brother Shu, something is wrong. There seems to be a wall under here. The cement grade is quite high, and it is very laborious to dig." The digging took a long time, and the scalper became restless when the depth of the pit reached less than one meter. .I thought it was a relatively large piece of cement, but chiseled it a few times with a steel drill, which is not the case at all.

"Hehehe... That's right! Don't worry about that wall, continue digging from the south side of the wall!" Hong Tao was not lazy, he was competing with a large piece of cement red brick a few meters away, after listening to the scalper. Complaining immediately came over to take a look, with a smile on his face.

"Boom, boom... Brother Hu, brother Hu, I'm Heilong, the carriage you hired is here..." Before the scalper could ask again, there was a shout from outside the gate, and Lu Wei'an came back.

"Carriage? When did I hire a carriage!" Hu Yang was sitting in the gate drinking tea and resting, when he heard someone calling himself, although he got up, his steps were very slow, and he patted his head as he walked.

"I'm coming, I'm coming..." Hong Tao ran over in three steps at a time and pulled the latch of the gate.

"Hey, brother, do you still recognize me?" There was a carriage parked outside the door, and there were two people sitting in it.The dark fat man was Lu Wei'an, and the thin-faced old man was the driver who brought them over from the North Station that day.

"Oh... I remembered... You guys are doing well?" The driver was old, but his eyes were sharp. He only fixed on Hong Tao's face for a few seconds and found the matching picture from his memory.

"If you want to talk about this, I have to thank you...Come on, drive the car in, and sit down and drink hot tea first."

Hong Tao cupped his hands at the driver, stretched out his hand to grab the reins, and before the horse's head dodged, he put his other hand on the bridge of its nose and stroked it lightly a few times.The gray, shabby-haired old horse followed Hong Tao to the yard without waiting for the old man's order.

"Have you found a job?" The driver didn't stop him, he jumped out of the car and followed, looking around.Looking at a group of people digging a hole, they seemed to understand something.

"To be honest, we bought this place. It's going to be winter, and I want to build a septic tank. It's too expensive to hire people, and the brothers are all capable. If it's not too delicate, we can do it ourselves. Come on. , take your seat."

When Bungy Zhu came over, Hong Tao handed over the reins to him, accompanied the driver into the building door, sat on Populus euphratica's recliner, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of hot tea.

"Good guy, it's not cheap! Looks like I missed it, you are not ordinary refugees!" The driver was not polite, took the tea and blew it, drank half of it in one gulp, and looked at Hong Tao again with more guarded eyes .

"What can you do with the ordinary and the extraordinary? You have to be busy all day long. If you don't speak secretly in front of the wise, if it weren't for your suggestion that day, our brothers might have died." , at least not as comfortable as it is now."

"As the saying goes, if you receive a drop of water, you should repay it with a spring. Your water is given, but I really don't have a spring here, only some vulgar things. Don't be polite, and don't shirk."

"Take it away, even if we know each other in the future, let's see if it's a friend. If you don't accept it, you'll look down on us from the bottom of your heart. It's okay, open the door, and you will follow your own way, and we will not owe you anything!" Hong Tao pulled a bench and sat down Beside him, without even passing a cigarette, he directly talked about today's topic.

While talking, he took out two things from his bosom, held them in the palm of his hand, and brought them to the old man.On one side are a few red bills, on the other side is a black and blue pistol, brand new!

"..." The old man didn't move, he still held the teacup in one hand, and turned to look at Lu Wei'an.

"He's one of ours now, don't worry about the rest, there will be no future troubles." Hong Tao grinned and moved his hand forward again.

"I shouldn't have talked too much back then. Did this save someone or hurt someone? I did a crime..." The old man shook his head lightly, put down his teacup, pushed away the two things brought to him with one hand, and leaned his body completely against the teacup. recliner.

"Since you have heard about it, you should accept it. I still have something to ask for your help, and now only you can really help. If this matter is done well, many people will die here, and it will be a great virtue." It's gone." Hong Tao didn't take back the money and the gun, but directly slapped them in the old man's hand, and then grabbed the old man's hand so that he couldn't let go.

"Wow... It's a good gun, with great firepower! But no matter how many bullets there are, can it still have more bullets than the machine guns on the sentry tower? Listen to my advice, just accept it when it's good. I'm just a driver and I don't have much skill, but Never harming anyone, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you with this favor."

The old man stretched out his other hand to break off Hong Tao's fingers, picked up the pistol and pulled out the magazine to look at it, loaded it with a crash, pointed at Hong Tao in his arms, and didn't even look at Populus euphratica behind him and Lu Wei'an on the other side. Look, the hand is very steady.

"Let's not classify the good guys and the bad guys. In this year, we can't tell the good from the bad. If we don't act hard, I'm afraid we're all lying under the soil and growing maggots. Don't say anything else, as long as those people see These things won't keep us alive."

"Don't be too wary. The help I said is not to let you take risks, but just to ask about the transportation team. Several big guys here sat with us for a chat a few days ago, and they agreed I thought I could do transportation business, and promised to help find acquaintances to rent a license.”

"We haven't been here for a long time, and we don't know much about many things here. We don't know the inside story of this industry, and we don't dare to invest money easily. That's why I thought of you."

"Don't worry, I guarantee that no matter whether this business can be done or not, I won't blame others. How about it, brother, help our brothers one more time, just a few words."

Looking at the old man's hands, Hong Tao knew that he had received military training and was a very strong person in his heart, perhaps because he had seen too much life and death.For this kind of people, forcing them to death has limited effect, so I reached out my hand to signal Hu Yang not to draw the gun.

But this kind of people tend to care more about the life and death of others, not to say that they have reached the realm of self-sacrifice, but mainly because they are not willing to let innocent people suffer because of themselves.Of course, the premise is not to make yourself too uncomfortable.

"...I'll take the gun, please take the money back. Your name is... Zhou Dafu...is this a fake name? Hey, I won't mention the name, it seems that you have offended many people here. Being a transport team...OK Well, I’ll just tell you what I know, don’t take it all seriously, there are some things that I didn’t see with my own eyes, just use it as a reference.”

A few seconds later, the old man unloaded the pistol, closed the safety and put it in his pocket.He didn't see the palpitating calmness from his eyes, but felt it from his hands.It is very difficult for a person to face a loaded pistol at close range without changing his face, believing in him, or keeping his heart beating.

But the guy wearing sunglasses in front of him, his eyes were flustered and he couldn't see clearly, his hand was really steady, and he didn't move a bit when he pressed it on his hand.Since it's not about letting yourself help the tyrant, it's just asking about something, and it's not breaking the law, so why really work hard for it.

Chapter 656 The East is not bright and the West is bright

"...You mean that the transportation team is capable, but you don't know when it will be killed by your peers, right?" This lecture lasted for more than half an hour. From the beginning, we have to follow his narrative habits.

He couldn't explain some of the reasons, such as the origin of Sun Changzhong, who controls the transportation industry in the entire capital safety zone, and why he has such great energy.But Hong Tao basically understood the final conclusion. According to him, if you do well, your peers will hate you;

"Unless you can hug Sun Changzhong's thick legs..." The old man nodded.

"Then did you also follow his path?" Lu Wei'an had been listening by the side, and only now did he know what business he was going to do in the future.Don't want to do it?I really can't help myself, the only thing I can do is to help pick up the omissions and make up for the omissions.

"I am different. My license was issued in the first batch by the alliance, and it was only issued in this batch. As long as the management fee is paid to the alliance for these licenses, no one can control them."

"Then Sun Changzhong doesn't look envious? If it's really as dangerous as you said, it shouldn't be difficult for him to deal with you... Or maybe you are guarded by someone in the base?"

Lu Wei'an was not very satisfied with this answer. According to the introduction just now, it is useless for a transport team to have a license. At most, it can save some rental fees every year.The key point is whether the goods can be delivered safely in normal business activities, and whether people can return safely.

"No matter how long his hands are, he can only make troubles outside the safe zone. I wander around in the south of the city, the north of the city, and the east. After paying the annual rental fee, you won’t be able to get back your money just by running short distances, so why do you do business that is clearly losing money?”

The old man glanced at Lu Wei'an, not very happy.He had seen this fat black man trick many groups of refugees back, but one day he just said something too much.Unexpectedly, Fatty Hei changed his body and wanted to become a Buddha immediately. It is not clear whether he can become a Buddha. Anyway, he still looked down upon him before he became a Buddha.

"Brother, isn't it difficult to buy your type of license plate?" Hong Tao understood a little bit. This situation is very similar to the taxi industry in Beijing in the old world.

Most of the licenses are in the hands of rental companies, and anyone who wants to work has to rent them, and then pay a high amount of money every month. If you run hard, you will only lose tens of thousands of yuan, which is similar to going to work.But there are still very few individual taxi licenses, which were issued when the taxi industry was just emerging.

This kind of license plate has no share except paying the management fee to the taxi management department. You buy the vehicle yourself and replace it yourself when it reaches the end of life. You are completely responsible for your own profits and losses. The operating cost is very low. Earn a lot.

"I can't buy it at all. I, the old leader of the engineering army, helped to transfer the ownership. It's just a reward for raising horses. The rest is basically bought by Sun Changzhong. He can afford a high price. If it weren't for it, he wouldn't do anything else. And can't be idle, who wants to run this business in the wind and rain all day long."

"Okay, then I'll give up on it first. There's another question, if we want to do transportation business, where can we buy horses? Is it expensive?" Hearing this, Hong Tao basically had a general direction in his mind, but There are still some details that have to be clarified before deciding whether to do it or not.

"Horses are easy to manage. They can be rented or bought. They are not expensive, and they don't need to be very good to pull a cart. You can buy one for 200 yuan. I just saw that you also have the skills of training horses. I'm afraid It’s not a problem to raise horses, right?”

"Actually, the alliance still encourages the refugees to do transportation. Among other things, there are a lot of jobs to transport oil, sea fish, and machinery and equipment from Jinmen Port to here, and the price is fair."

"It's just Sun Changzhong... well, let's not talk about him, if you want to buy a horse, you can go to the management office to get a pass, and follow the shuttle bus of the alliance to the north of the city to choose by yourself. There are two trips a week, and the security team escorts the car. It's very safe. "

"But when you come back, you can only ride your own horse. It's best to go around from the west, not too far away. Sun Changzhong's company is in the east safety zone of the city, and he also rents horses. If you see you go to the north to buy horses I'm afraid I'm going to make trouble."

The old man who drove the car became more and more awkward. He would like to see refugees with this skill to eat by their skills, but there is Sun Changzhong in the middle, and no one else can do it.But he didn't want to speak ill of the alliance, so he could only briefly pass over such problems.But no matter how you jump, you can't get past it.

Originally, Hong Tao wanted to stay with the old man for a meal, and after choosing a restaurant, he went to the first floor of Xiushan apartment diagonally opposite.But the old man who drove the car was unwilling to stay, so he pushed back and forth and only left his name and address. If he had any questions, he would go to him and ask him.

"Big brother, I can see that you are a person who does great things. It is also said in the novel that heroes come out of troubled times. But you are only heroes. Have you ever thought about those incompetent sufferings? Haha. The more heroes there are, the more they will Ku, if it's not too much of a hindrance, how about raising your hand when you take a step?"