Doomsday rat

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Chapter 448 The Redeemer Base

"Hey, it's almost the same! Of course you don't know each other, but as long as you have a pass, no one will dare to embezzle your goods. You know, the pass issued by the penance is very difficult to obtain. Even if these shop owners You can’t get it by bribery. In the future, you can rely on it to bring goods to others, goods that don’t need to pay taxes, and make a lot of money!”

Of course Zhang Pinggui didn't know what Hong Tao was thinking, but felt that this herdsman was too stupid to even see such a big benefit, and holding the pass was simply a waste of money.As a partner, I must explain the mystery clearly. This is both a responsibility and an obligation.

"Kuitun, there is no tax!" This is the first time Hong Tao has heard that he needs to pay tax when buying and selling goods in the refugee area. When he was pretending to be a gold digger in Kuitun, he was exploited and deducted by sentries and gangsters, but he never paid tax. .

"One-tenth of the price of the goods. Small vendors like me who set up stalls have to pay a fixed fee every month. How much to pay depends on the tax officer. You don't need to worry about this. The mutton is purchased by name by the Penance Society, so it doesn't count. Selling in the market, no tax will be charged. But you can use the pass to help other merchants bring goods, as long as there are not too many people will check carefully, and no tax will be collected. You must know that some goods are small in size but valuable It's very tall, and it's easy to carry in the mutton."

Zhang Pinggui is worthy of being a businessman, even if he just set up a small tea stall, he still maintains the keen sense of smell unique to a businessman.Just a few days after I came here, I made clear the market research and rules, and found a shortcut to eat grass at night.

"I don't know them!" Hong Tao wanted to laugh, laughing at himself for getting worse and worse.

The majestic chairman of the Asian region of the Survivor Alliance actually wants to become a smuggler and help others evade taxes by carrying goods.But it's more fun. He likes to take advantage of loopholes in the rules, and he is also very used to doing things that are not easy to do.

Is it a bit of a split personality?That's right, he has this kind of personality tendency. Every time he stands in a different position, he will show a completely different personality.

When he is in a position of power, such as the rescue team and the revival alliance, he will desperately improve the rules, trying to plug all the loopholes, and then gnash his teeth and curse the eight generations of ancestors of those who exploited the loopholes.

And when he became grassroots, such as now, no matter how distasteful the rules are, he would have the urge to actively destroy without being bewitched by others, and he was very addicted.

"Hi, I know you. You are a herdsman and know how to herd sheep. I am a businessman and I know many people who know how to sell goods. You and I... work together to make a lot of money!" Zhang Pinggui said in his heart, if you know each other, I'll be a shit what.But the smile on his face was still sincere and honest, and what he said was extremely pleasant.

"Twenty percent?" Hong Tao didn't have the slightest contempt for this kind of person, on the contrary he was very envious.This kind of people is needed in the market. They seem to be lubricants, bringing together the original dry parts and running them smoothly.

"Uh... mutton is [-]%, the price of the delivery needs to be negotiated face to face... You don't have to go, let me negotiate with them. After the negotiation, I will take half of the price first, and the remaining half will be paid when I bring it. How about it?" Zhang Pinggui immediately became less honest when he heard the question of division.

"Herders, what you say means what you say!"

Hong Tao understood everything, this guy hasn't held back anything since he said he was going to sell mutton here.He didn't expect to share the [-]% mutton commission with himself at all, but had already planned how to use the pass to make money.

It sounds good, negotiate the price and pay half first, and then pay the other half when the goods arrive.In fact, the price he negotiated with the merchants who need to bring the goods must be more than this amount, and he has picked up a layer of skin invisibly, without any trouble or risk.

In addition, because of his extreme distrust of strangers before, he doesn't have to worry about revealing his secrets, let alone other businessmen who contact him directly without going through him.

"Let's go, don't eat biscuits, I invite you to eat some good ones, and meet someone by the way. You can go to his store to buy everything you need in the future. He and I are friends, and he keeps his word!"

Zhang Pinggui was familiar with the fact that he could only get a few words from Hong Tao after talking for a long time, but he couldn't get used to it.Seeing that Hong Tao was still holding half a piece of compressed biscuit in his hand, he seemed to think of something, so he couldn't help but pull Hong Tao to get up and leave.

"Horse, horse..." Hong Tao was convinced. This guy not only wants to control his own money channel to make a profit from it, but also contract his own money spending channel to make a fortune from it.

"Just tie it here, I won't throw it away..." Zhang Pinggui still didn't let go, and pulled Hong Tao into a nearby shop.Fortunately, the person he wanted to introduce was the owner of this shop, a black, thin, middle-aged man wearing a Uyghur hat, named Iszawi.

As the saying goes, things of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups.Although Zhang Pinggui and Iszawi have different nationalities, different experiences, and different living environments, they are both full of sincere enthusiasm and hard work in making money.A penny is not too little, a dollar is not too much, as long as there is hope, it is never too much trouble.

After just introducing each other, Iszawi sold the goods in his store together. With such patience, Hong Tao was even embarrassed to say that.So the 20 yuan he just got in his hand was reduced by 10 yuan in a blink of an eye, and became his business funds.

But Hong Tao is not at a loss. He found two very old-looking power batteries in the store in Eszawi. Even though the price of 5 yuan a piece is not cheaper than Kuitun, after taking out the internal resistance tester, he found that they were The charging internal resistance is relatively low.

This time, the two profiteers were deceived by Hong Tao. They didn't know the internal resistance tester, and they didn't know what it meant to insert the battery there. They thought they wanted to know whether the battery had power and whether it could be used.

It has been 10 years since the zombie disease broke out, and many industries have not recovered, but there are fewer and fewer products that can be used in the old world, and batteries are one of them, especially batteries that can be charged and discharged repeatedly.

As far as Hong Tao is concerned, when he goes out, he needs to use his mobile phone for offline map navigation, night vision goggles, body radar and Geiger counters, flashlights and some electric tools, all of which require power batteries.

When he returned to the lakeside hut, whether it is wind power or solar panel power generation, it also needs a lead-acid battery with a relatively large capacity, and the remaining oil must wait until a critical moment before it can be used.

According to this development trend, in a few years, I am afraid that even small-sized batteries that can be used will not be found, and all kinds of portable electronic devices will be completely exhausted.Large lead-acid batteries can continue to be used, after all, it is much easier to produce electrolyte than to produce batteries.

What Zhang Pinggui said was delicious was actually all kinds of game.The refugees do not enjoy the agricultural products in the base, but they can also farm and raise livestock by themselves, or go to the mountains to pick mushrooms, wild vegetables, and hunt.It can only be said that the food is not enough in general, but there is no shortage of variety. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can still eat stir-fried vegetables.

There is a restaurant that specializes in stir-fried vegetables on this street, and it is the only restaurant.According to Iszawi, the restaurant was actually opened by an official from the base, but a refugee was hired as the manager.

The consumers they are facing are not ordinary refugees, but rather affluent people in the base.They have a lot of rations, and they can't finish them, so they come out for a change, and pay the bill directly with the rations.The restaurant owner then sells these items to merchants and makes a profit from it.

There are also some foreign businessmen who come to sell goods from other places for long distances to visit from time to time. This restaurant called Xiyingmen not only has food and drink, but also has guest rooms on the third and fourth floors.

The area controlled by the Redeemer is rich in crude oil, preliminary fractionated gasoline, and coal. Although these goods have been shipped to Hami, the delivery of the transaction has to be negotiated at the Yining main base.If he hadn't come to Yining, Hong Tao wouldn't have known that there were often businessmen from the East Asian Alliance, the Southwest Alliance, and the Southeast Alliance.

During the dinner, he deliberately went to the restroom a few more times, and he did meet two groups of outsiders who were having dinner, but the accent should be from Sichuan, and it seems that there is no northern accent. I don't know if there are any from the East Asian Union at this time.Although Hong Tao didn't really want to go back, he really wanted to inquire about the news of the old people and see how they were doing.

Chapter 449 Smugglers

Of course, if businessmen like Zhang Pinggui and Iszawei are hungry, or need someone to do something, they can also use shopping vouchers to spend here, just don’t think it’s too expensive.

This meal cost more than 5 yuan. There were only two vegetarian dishes in total, and a bottle of spirits brewed by someone who didn't know what.And 5 yuan can buy ten catties of high-quality fine-wool mutton here, or more than ten catties of rice noodles from the base, enough to feed a refugee for half a month.

Not to mention meat dishes, wild game is currently the least valuable, only a little more expensive than a big bowl of tea.As long as a person is brave enough and has some skills, he can go to the nearby mountains to catch small animals such as hares, pheasants, badgers, and prairie rats. If he is lucky, he may even encounter goats and even deer.

The reason why people in the old world sought to eat wild animals was not because there were few, and rare things were more expensive.The meat of most wild animals, in the absence of spices and seasonings, is hard to compare with the taste of artificially raised livestock, except for fish.

Hong Tao still paid for the meal, and Zhang Pinggui and Iszawei also rushed to pay for it. As a result, Hong Tao's face was reddened by drinking and immoral, and he was suppressed together with the ax in his hand.

"The herdsmen have mutton, so they are not afraid to spend money...the wine is delicious, next time you treat guests!" Hong Tao is also proficient in the technique of pretending to be drunk and playing virtuous deeds. The image is vividly portrayed.

Then Iszawi and Zhang Pinggui were completely relieved, who wouldn't be secretly happy to meet such an ignorant and straightforward partner.So Hong Tao received the first smuggling job, carrying two packs of medicine for Iszawe, and the shipping fee to Huocheng was 6 yuan.

The place where Hong Tao slept at night was at the entrance of Iszawe's shop, and he was accompanied by two old draft horses.There were still rooms in that restaurant and hotel called Xiyingmen, but in his capacity, how could he be willing to spend money to sleep in it.

As for whether Iszawi and Zhang Pinggui's family could make do with one night, they invited them, but Hong Tao didn't agree.He can put on a show during the day, but he can't sleep wearing snow goggles at night. If he talks a few more words in his sleep, he will be completely exposed.

For herdsmen, the sky is the quilt, and the earth is the bed, so you have to dress up the whole set.If you want to talk about why you sleep on the side of the street, you don't go to find an empty house in the ghetto.Indeed, the ruins of this city are more than enough to accommodate 2 people. Many houses look solid, even if they have no windows or doors, they are still better than being out in the open.

But Zhang Pinggui and Iszhawei said, either go home with them to sleep, or sleep in front of the shop, never go deep into the residential area to find no one's house.In that case, there would probably be one more corpse the next day.

The Redeemer sentries on the wooden tower are mainly responsible for vigilance, not law and order. They are used to ensure that the base will not be attacked suddenly. No one will walk around the streets at night and patrol the streets to catch robbers and thieves for refugees.As long as there is no big commotion, no one will see how many people die.

On the contrary, this commercial street is relatively safe. After all, it is just outside the south gate of the base, and it is still the main street with many wooden towers and guard posts.But you can't relax too much, you must hide your belongings well to avoid being touched by others.

Hong Tao couldn't sleep at all. He has been traveling around for several years, and he has developed a new ability that is somewhat atavistic, intermittently sleeping in seconds.To put it bluntly, it is to sleep for dozens of seconds to wake up, and then continue, no matter day or night, as long as you are tired, you can rest like this.

At first, he wanted to avoid animals in the woods and sneak attackers everywhere. In desperation, he tied himself to a branch or hid himself in a building to rest. He definitely didn’t dare to sleep steadily. He often did this, as if his body gradually got used to it. .

Being swept across his face from time to time by the searchlight on the wooden tower diagonally opposite, Hong Tao simply didn't sleep, took out the package that Iszawi asked him to help take out of the checkpoint after getting the pass tomorrow from his arms, and opened it very unkindly.

"The No. [-] Pharmaceutical Factory of the East Asian Alliance, Antibiotic No. [-]..." The package was only half the size of a cigarette, sealed with several layers of plastic bags, and two flat cardboard boxes were exposed inside, with labels made of white paper on the boxes.

Hong Tao didn't know exactly what Antibiotic No. [-] was, and what diseases it could cure. He had never heard of the No. [-] pharmaceutical factory in the East Asian Union.However, he can imagine that the medical laboratory and pharmaceutical equipment that he advocated to build at the beginning have finally played a role, not only for pharmaceuticals but also for export.

"It's interesting!" Hong Tao was a little confused looking at the medicine box in his hand.

The pharmaceutical equipment of the East Asian Alliance is brought back by people. Not to mention the entire production line, it is better than the laboratory at best.Even if they added some more over the years, those things are precision instruments, and the longer they drag on, the harder it will be to restore them.

It has been three years since the zombie disease broke out when I suspended animation, that is to say, those devices have been stored in an unmaintained and unsealed environment for three years, if they can still be used, then hell.Coupled with the limitation of raw materials, the output of this drug can be imagined.

According to the general law, medicines that can cure diseases but are in small quantities will definitely not be cheap.The miners in Huocheng and the porters in Kuitun would definitely not be able to use them, nor would the poor and barely fed refugees, and it is estimated that the middle and lower classes of the Redeemer themselves could not afford them either.

So the question is, why are these medicines shipped out, and who will buy them when they are shipped out?Both Zhang Pinggui and Iszawi are businessmen, and it is impossible to get up early without making a profit.

That is to say, they spent a lot of money to get medicines in short supply from the Redeemer, and they used them to take them out. It was definitely not just to evade a few taxes. Someone had to pay a higher price to buy them to make sense.

Who this person is, I probably have a guess, except for the rebels, no one can afford it.But whether Zhang Pinggui and Iszawi are purely profit-seeking, or whether they have something to do with the rebels, it is still unclear.

In addition, through this meal, I probably understood why Zhang Pinggui ended the business in Kuitun, and rushed here to start a new one.The reason was nothing else, it was that I went to Kuitun to sell mutton recklessly, but I lost more than half of my card.

I may not have taken this matter to heart, but it has been widely circulated among the local refugees, saying that a stupid herdsman came and almost lost his pants.There were also the sentinels who ate Naka and the garrison who ate mutton. They said mutton was delicious.

Iszawi is Zhang Pinggui's tea supplier. He has great energy. Not only can he get the antibiotics that are in short supply from the main base, but he can also get tea from Sichuan.

A few days ago, Zhang Pinggui came to Iszawei to buy goods. He heard that the Penance Society needs better quality mutton, but he couldn't find it everywhere, so he thought of Hong Tao, a silly herdsman.

As for livestock such as chickens, cattle, sheep and horses also raised in the Redeemer base, why don't they eat what they raise themselves, instead of looking for herdsmen to graze?This has to start from the composition of the high-level Redeemer.

Hong Tao pretended to mention it inadvertently, and Iszawi, who had drunk two glasses of wine, gave a standard answer.The upper echelons of the Redeemer include not only Han Chinese, but also Russians, and those who want to eat pastured mutton are Russians.

They may not be used to eating sheep that rely on hay and artificial feeding. In the past, they tolerated it if the conditions were not allowed. Now that the conditions are good and they can enjoy it, it is human nature to be full of food.

Iszawi said that as long as this batch of mutton can be eaten by the senior executives of the Redeemer, he will need a few sheep every month in the future, and there will be no shortage of cheese.Hong Tao can do nothing, and earn a lot of money just relying on these.

The most important thing is not money, but the convenience obtained.If you really count it, you may make more money than selling meat, such as using a pass to carry goods.

The pass that Hong Tao got now is temporary, and he can only pass through fixed checkpoints within a fixed time with it.Once the redeemed recognize the quality of the mutton and become a long-term supplier, it is likely that a special pass will be issued by the penance.

That kind of certificate is valid for a long time, and all checkpoints are common. At that time, Hong Tao will be able to pass through the Redeemer's jurisdiction unimpeded. As long as there is no too suspicious sign, the checkpoint will usually not search for people holding a special pass for the Penance Order. .

Hong Tao originally wanted to ask what the Penance Society was. Considering that he asked too many questions during the first meeting, which would easily arouse suspicion, he didn't take the initiative to ask many questions during the meeting, and only listened with his ears.

It doesn't matter, as long as you want to know, you will know sooner or later, the future will last forever.Although the rules here are stricter than those in Kuitun, and the staff is complicated, Hong Tao thinks it is more interesting.

Chapter 450: The Alarm Canned Can

"Crack..." Putting away the package, Hong Tao rested his head on the backpack, put down the hood to keep the searchlight from dazzling, and hid his face deeply, his breathing gradually became steady.But the hand leaning against the wall has not been idle, it has already drawn out the gun, and loaded it with one hand under the thigh.

Just when he was looking at the package, he always had a feeling of uneasiness in his heart, as if he was being targeted by wild animals while hunting in the forest.But there are no beasts here, only people staring at him.

But where is this person, I really can't feel it.So he decided to use his tricks to see where Xiao Xiao was tired of living, and he had to hit Yuluo's gun to live a good life.

5 minutes... 10 minutes... 15 minutes... That feeling is still there, but the street is silent except for the searchlights that sweep past from time to time. In the silence, you can hear mice walking by the wall not far away, scratching their paws on the concrete floor the sound of.

Finally, there was movement in the dark street diagonally opposite. A few figures accurately grasped the timing when the two searchlights in the north and south were staggered, and swiftly and silently crossed the road, hiding in the darkness again.

"You're so patient!" All this was hidden from the sentinel on the wooden tower but not from Hong Tao's eyes. He quietly raised his wrist and looked at his watch. From what he felt, a full half hour had passed.

Judging from the endurance of these people and their familiarity with searchlights, I met a repeat offender today, but it was too dark, and I knew that there must be more than two people on the other side, and the exact number is not clear.

"Boom..." About 10 minutes later, there was a slight sound of a heavy object falling from the side and rear.

It seems that those black shadows just came at me. They ran to the side of the street, but they didn't dare to approach me from the street. They were afraid of being spotted by the searchlights, so they chose to go around behind the house and jump over the wall to hide. The corner took the opportunity to steal something from me.

It's getting closer... it's getting closer... Hong Tao can probably hear the footsteps of three or four people, approaching the corner along the base of the wall.Soon, a person had already passed the corner of the wall, and he could vaguely hear the sound of his deliberately suppressed breathing, and he only needed to take two more steps to touch his body.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang..." Just as Hong Tao slowly raised the muzzle of his gun, aiming at the left side of his body from under the cloak and preparing to pull the trigger, a series of crisp metal impacts broke the quiet street, making it extremely ear-piercing. In an instant, both the north and south searchlights were attracted.

Soon there were heavy footsteps coming from the north. It seemed that the sentinel on duty was quite responsible and ran over to check.The result of the inspection was another series of metal crashes, and the sentry kicked a tin can hard to the side of the road, just rolling to Hong Tao's feet.

"It's an evil door..." After all this trouble, before the sentinel came over, the few people hiding on the side of the shop had already fled over the wall.Hong Tao stopped pretending to be asleep, reached out to pick up the can, and looked at it carefully by the light of the cigarette, which looked familiar.

When passing through the town west of Huocheng during the day, a little boy ran out of a high-rise building, chasing canned luncheon meat that looked like it.It stands to reason that there are many such cans, not necessarily the one that the little boy chased during the day.But as soon as he picked up the can, Hong Tao felt that the possibility of it was quite high.

There was still moist grease in the tin, apparently recently opened.If you just saw a can during the day and encountered the same can at night, it is not without the possibility of a coincidence, but the other possibility should be greater.

"This is repaying my favor!"

Putting down the oily can, Hong Tao grinned to one side.No matter who threw the tin box, there was only one purpose, to destroy those people's attempts to steal their things.

Whether it was the little boy or not, it seemed likely from the distance the can was thrown.If it was thrown by an adult, I dare not say that I threw it directly on my head, but I had to cross the road and throw it on the sidewalk.If it can hit the door, window or wall of the shop, the sound will be louder, and the reminder or alarm effect will be stronger.

If it was really the little boy who threw it, it would make sense.In the morning, he shot and killed the zombies in the town and saved the little girl who was with him.At night, the child found that someone was going to steal him, so he threw the empty can and called the police.

But whether these two children did it, Hong Tao really didn't have the time to investigate. The red-robed nun came almost at the opening time of the shop, and handed over a plastic seal similar to a work card. On it was Hong Tao with disheveled hair and closed eyes. Frowning Yuzhao.The effect was so good that even Hong Tao himself couldn't recognize the person in the photo at a glance.

With this temporary pass, Hong Tao could no longer stay in the inhabited area, so he could only ride away with his back bearing Iszawi's expectant eyes, and took the two boxes of medicine out of the checkpoint by the way.

Iszawi was right. When the sentry saw the pass when he left the settlement, he only asked him to take off his hood and let him go without even taking off his glasses.

However, the feeling of being stared at last night reappeared.However, there are too many refugees coming and going on the road, and it is impossible to find them.I had to cross the Ili River, throw the two boxes of medicine into the ditch on the side of the road according to the method agreed with Iszhawei in advance, and then walk on my own.

After Hong Tao thought about it, it was better not to go back the same way, lest someone raid his old nest.Just go directly south to Zhaosu, wait until you enter the mountain, and then find a path to bypass Huocheng.

I dare not brag about anything else. After several years of experience, coupled with the background of previous lives and the mountain life experience taught by the Crimean, Hong Tao dares to assert that he is not the best, but no one can do it in the mountains and forests. Track yourself and be undetected.

Sure enough, after entering the mountainous area, Hong Tao found two people dressed as refugees far behind.It is not clear who the other party is for the time being, it is not easy to kill, it will cause alertness and even trouble, the only way is to let them follow, follow them to the distance you want them to go, and then get rid of them.

In this way, when they go back, they will report to the instigator that they are going in the southerly direction, and deduce in turn that their old nest is likely to be in the vicinity of Tekes, Zhaosu, or even further mountainous areas.

With the experience of successfully entering the Yining residential area this time, Hong Tao felt much more at ease after understanding the geographical location, checkpoint layout and basic rules here.

From this day until August, he delivered fine-wool mutton carefully raised in the Crimea and cheese made from goat's milk and mare's milk to the Yining base almost twice a month.

Of course, I would help Iszawi bring some goods in and out every time. In the first few times, I just took them out. Later, the efficiency became higher and it became a two-way operation.And the number of being followed has gradually decreased. It seems that some people have lost interest in themselves as a hard-working herdsman.

Iszhawei will make an appointment with a time and a relatively secluded place, meet up with a person dressed as a refugee when Hong Tao is delivering the goods, take some things from him, and bring them into the refugee area along the way.

When Hong Tao left, he took some out, and repeatedly told him not to open the package.It looked like the first time the two boxes of pills had been opened, they knew about it.

It's a pity that Crimea's daughter-in-law has never been found, not because the money and items are not enough to buy a woman, but because there is no goal at all.If the Kuitun branch base is small in scale and has a single military purpose, it is normal to lack female survivors.

But in Yining, a refugee area with a small population of 2 people, it is unreasonable not to meet even a slightly younger woman.It's not that there are no young women, it's that there are no young women in the refugee area.

There are quite a lot of women in the base. Every day, nuns wearing white, red and black cloaks and big hoods can be seen coming out in a line, scattered to every corner of the settlement, and The little biscuits in the box attract children's attention and take the opportunity to teach some religious knowledge.Whoever can recite next time will get more biscuits and even candies.

Slowly, Hong Tao finally understood what was going on from Iszhawei, Zhang Pinggui and other refugees.Every year, the base drives out some residents who are old, frail or have made mistakes, and at the same time opens up some quotas to absorb useful refugees from the settlements to join them. The most likely candidates are girls and young women.

Chapter 451

Hong Tao can understand this kind of system similar to the elimination of the bottom. In an era of lack of supplies, human beings can do anything in order to survive better.Doing so will help ensure the productivity and resource conservation of the group. After all, there is no need to provide for the aged.

But he doesn't quite understand the other system, and at the same time deeply regrets it.The only identity of the Redeemer's women in the base is ascetic nuns. Apart from spreading the teachings collectively and attracting more congregants, they also do some light labor, such as serving as servants for high-level officials.

However, the main job of the nuns is neither missionary work nor labor, but to use their bodies to give male residents spiritual and physical comfort.I haven't figured out the specific details, but I probably understand the meaning.