Survival begins with Red Dead Redemption 2

Chapter 80 79, wine, money, fire

79,

The faucet was not turned off, and the undiluted and blended bootleg wine was left on the ground, and the strong smell of alcohol retreated one after another.

After taking a sip of bootleg wine, his burning stomach felt like someone had punched him, but Dai Pingan didn't care at all, instead he raised his glass to James Langton with a smile:
"Good wine, to Salamanca!" As he spoke, he took another gulp.

Taking a step forward with a lantern, James Langton finally saw the scene behind Dai Ping'an clearly.

A shed was set up above the fence on the west side of the yard, and below the shed was a barrel as high as half a person, and a large wooden barrel as thick as a hug.Each wooden barrel can hold four to five hundred catties of wine, and against the wall, there are forty or fifty barrels of such wine barrels.

Langton stepped forward to pick out a few wine barrels and patted them. His voice was very dull and there was no empty sound:

"Is this your way?"

"The most famous business in Thieves' Territory is bootleg wine and smuggling. You burned other people's wine brewers. Don't you allow them to store the brewed bootleg wine?" Dai Pingan took another glass for himself after drinking:
"Now that the rain has stopped, all you need is a small match, 'boom'! No one will care about you."

"us?"

James Langton found the problem in Dai Ping's words:
"how about you?"

"I?"

Dai Pingan smiled, and drank the moonshine in the glass. He has adapted to and liked the burning feeling.

"You don't think that with my appearance, I can really escape alive?"

As he spoke, Dai Pingan spread his hands, showing two injured legs and several swollen fingers in front of James Langton:

"Of course I'm going to stay and be with these great wines. Believe me, it's the best way and the only way"

James Langton didn't speak, he knew that Dai Ping'an was right.

Escaping from the thieves' territory is not an easy task in itself. If you bring a person with inconvenient legs, the risk of being stopped is even greater.And if these wine barrels are to be ignited, to be on the safe side, someone must stay and set them on fire.

The person who stayed behind might not be found, but he certainly had no chance to escape with them.

Without hesitation, James Langton accepted Dai Ping'an's method.They overturned the wine barrels and spilled the bootleg wine; taking advantage of the fact that there was no one outside the yard, they smashed several wine barrels out of the holes and pushed them out.After everything was ready, James Langton left a lantern and a box of matches for Dai Pingan.

The bounty hunters who packed up went out to the other side of the yard one after another. James Langton never left. He stayed with Dai Pingan at the end with a repeating rifle.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Dai, we will never forget you," James Langton changed from his previous unfriendliness, a little reserved, hesitant to speak:

"But there is one thing, I still want to find out, is what Lalo said is true?"

"Then $15?" Dai Pingan smiled and took a sip of his wine: "Whether it's true or fake, what's the point of talking about it now."

"I'm sorry, I know this is a bit too much, but if there is a chance, I can help you..."

"There is no chance." Dai Ping'an smiled a little lonely:

"I only took out one-third of the money. The [-] U.S. dollars was divided on the road, and the [-] U.S. dollars was taken by Tula as a toll. The remaining [-] U.S. dollars are still in Heishui Town."

"Blackwater Town?" James Langton frowned:

"Where is Heishui Town?"

"Hehe, give up. You can't find it just by looking for it. Even if you find it, you won't be able to get it out. Unless...you can occupy Blackwater Town."

"Occupy Blackwater Town?"

"Okay, don't think about it, it's time for you to leave, and you won't be able to leave if you continue talking."

Under Dai Ping'an's urging, James Langton finally left reluctantly.Perhaps in order to express his gratitude, he left Dai Pingan a pistol before leaving.

Unbeknownst to James Langton, the moment he turned his back, Dai Ping'an had picked up the cowboy revolver and aimed it at his back.

"grateful?"

Dai Pingan didn't pull the trigger, but moved his numb lips and spit on the ground.

The structure of the Thieves' Territory is very simple. The outside is surrounded by high walls and there are guards standing guard. The inside is more like a community. The Mexicans, mainly the Salamanca family, live here with their families.

An L-shaped street divides the houses in the territory into two halves, and for the convenience of transportation, this yard used as a warehouse is located at the outer corner of the 'L', in the center of a large room.

The dark clouds after the rain shrouded the moonlight, and the alleys in the Thieves' Territory were pitch black. Most of the people were already fast asleep, except for the night guards who were still patrolling the walls with lanterns.

The night was windy, and when the strong aroma of wine wafted with the wind, making a few people aware that something was wrong, a blue ocean had already burned in the yard where the wine was stored.

It's too late.

"boom!"

"Boom!" "Boom!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Continuous explosions sounded from the yard.

Like a rain of fire, accompanied by explosions, the strong liquor with blue flames was blown up and danced in the air, and then sprinkled on the surrounding wooden houses.

Wet wood is not easy to ignite, but this does not include burning alcohol.Notably, there were several houses near the warehouse yard. The splashed liquor flew in through the shattered windows, and the flames turned from blue to red, and instantly began to burn in the house.

As if to add to the fun, when the houses around the warehouse burned from the inside to the outside, the blue flames followed the previous trajectory, burning from the gate of the yard to the wine barrels on the roadside.Amidst the blazing fire, the explosion happened again. Although the power was not great, it still caused chaos in the panicked territory.

Gunshots rang out from the direction of the stables in the west. James Langton and the others not only snatched the horses, but also let go of the other horses, whipped them, and rushed towards the west gate together.The gate guards couldn't stop the frightened cavalry, nor the bounty hunters who were desperate for survival.

The gate was robbed, and dozens of bounty hunters mixed in with the horse team, broke through the barriers, and walked away.The smile of the survivors of the catastrophe appeared on James Langton's face, but just after running a few hundred meters, there was the sound of chasing gunshots behind him.

Chased?
how so fast?
It was fast, the mayhem caused by the barrel explosion was fast, but it came and went quickly.When an old man leaning on crutches appeared at the gate of the yard, the panicked crowd fell silent.

A raging fire was burning behind him, the flames were so high that they seemed to burn through the sky, and there were explosions from inside from time to time.

Mr. Lalo stood in front of the flame, motionless, people couldn't see his face clearly, and he didn't need to say much, everything calmed down.

Firefighters put out fires, people save people, everything became orderly.And when he learned that all the captives, including Dai Pingan, had escaped, waves finally appeared on Lalo's calm face:

"Take everyone and bring him back!"

"I want to live!"

(End of this chapter)