Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1542 When a gangster is cultured
Night falls.

Lao Luo did not forget the agreement with Li Hang and others, and brought the Supervisory Office and Dapao to the commercial district.

The entire commercial street is decorated with neon lights. The auto repair shop at the end is made of several large tires stacked together and strung together with a steel pipe to a height of seven or eight meters. It is connected with incandescent lamps, which is very unique.

They came at night not by car but on foot.

There were some patrol members guarding the area. When the survivors on the road saw the patrol members, they quickly made way.

"The stores here with the Oil City sign above them are our own stores, and the ones without are opened by the survivors of the trading market themselves," Lao Luo explained as he took them on a stroll.

Li Hang nodded and said with emotion: "The free economic market model is indeed more lively."

But he also knows that the free economic market has its pros and cons. Just like the survivors here, some will definitely live a good life, while others may not even be able to afford a meal. The gap between the rich and the poor is huge.

But over at the Camphor Tree Base, even the lowest-level partners will have a job, food and the ability to earn points.

Although the headquarters of the Dazhangshu base is now more prosperous than before, it is still not as good as the trading market.

The headquarters base has currently installed ultraviolet lamps on the walls of the buffer city and sent non-staff personnel to monitor it.

The partners and non-staff living in the buffer city no longer have to gather in one place and place ultraviolet lamps around them to spend the night as before.

The buffer city is too large, ten times the size of the trading bazaar, and requires an extremely large number of ultraviolet lamps.

Moreover, due to the large area of ​​the buffer city, the second layer of mobile gates of the buffer city wall was not installed until the last two days.

At night, they can also walk freely in the buffer city, but the area is too large and seems sparsely populated.

Li Hang walked to Lao Chen's Braised Food Shop and stopped. Looking at the braised offal in the big pot, he walked over and asked, "Where did you get these offal from?"

Chen Dachui was busy with a pair of scissors in his hand and did not notice the patrol members behind Li Hang.

Without even looking up, he said, "Are you going to buy it or not? If not, get out of here. Why are you asking so many questions?"

Li Zhengping, who was next to Li Hang, walked over. "Chen Dachui, just answer the questions I ask you. Do you still want to open a store here?"

Li Zhengping is the captain of the patrol team, and he often comes to the trade market to hang out and shop. People in the shops in the commercial district know him and are familiar with his voice.

Hearing Li Zhengping's familiar voice, Chen Dachui looked up and saw Li Zhengping, a flattering smile appeared on his face. He then glanced at Li Hang, Lao Luo and others standing next to him.

hiss!
A big shot is coming.

He quickly put down the scissors and hook, wiped his hands on his apron, and apologized nervously.

"Oh! I was blind and accidentally bumped into the leaders. I'm sorry, sorry. I'll treat you to some marinated food. What would you like to eat?"

Li Hang said speechlessly: "Just answer the question. Where did you get all this meat?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Dachui pointed to the shop next door and said, "Some of these organs of mine were taken from them, and some were bought from the official store in Oil City."

Li Hang glanced at the barbecue restaurant next door and asked, "Where does their meat come from?"

Chen Dachui realized that Li Hang and his companions were not here to cause trouble, and guessed that they might just be here for research, so he relaxed a little.

"I got it from hunting outside. Now there are many small groups going out hunting. The price of meat in the trading market is more expensive than gold, so many people are going out to catch wild animals."

hunt?

Li Hang was a little surprised after hearing this explanation. This was something he had never thought of.

In the inner city of the big camphor tree base, the breeding farm covers a large area. Now there are 1000 pigs, and the main feed is the unwanted vegetable stems in the greenhouse.

"Yeah." After listening to his explanation, Li Hang raised his feet and was about to leave.

Chen Dachui swiftly prepared a bowl of marinade and handed it to Li Hang. "Leader, please try our marinade. My ancestors used to make this. It's authentic and delicious. Please try it."

A fragrant aroma hits you in the face.

Li Hang looked at Chen Dachui and remembered that Chen Dachui had just said that the meat was bought from the official self-operated store, so there should be no problem with the meat.

So he brought it over and said, "Give them all a bowl, so everyone can have a taste."

When Chen Dachui saw Li Hang taking over the marinade, he was very happy. He thought that if the relationship was good, the business would be good too.

The market managers have eaten their own meat, so they have to protect themselves.

He quickly prepared a bowl of marinade for the patrol members and Dong Zheng and others, but some people didn't like this kind of thing very much, and Lao Luo and Xuanxuan didn't want to eat it.

Li Hang stuffed a piece of pig intestine into his mouth, it tasted really good.

He said, "Calculate how many points are needed, Zhengping, use your points to swipe it, mine haven't been entered into the system in Oil City yet."

Li Zhengping nodded and said, "Okay."

"Chen Dachui, how many points are there in total? Please calculate."

"No, no, it's my honor to let the leaders taste my braised food. How can I accept your points? No thanks." Chen Dachui waved his hand quickly.

Li Zhengping glared, "Hurry up and figure it out! Don't waste time!"

Li Zhengping has been patrolling and managing the trading market for some time. He found that being nice and gentle with some people is useless, and he has to use a harsher tone to be effective.

After hearing his fierce words, Chen Dachui dared not say anything. He took out a broken calculator and reset it to zero.

"There are 12 people in total, 2 points per bowl, so a total of 24 points are needed."

Li Hang also learned about the prices here during the day. One point can be exchanged for 4 tortillas.

This bowl can be exchanged for 8 tortillas, enough for meals.

But damn, there are only seven or eight pieces of meat in this bowl.

"It's so expensive! Why do you sell such a small amount of meat at such a high price?" Li Hang asked with a frown.

Chen Dachui raised his hand and smiled bitterly:
"It's not that I want to sell it at such a high price. Meat is scarce. It costs me 10 points to buy one pound of meat. If I sell it at a lower price, I will lose money."

When Li Hang heard him say this, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

He underestimated the demand for meat products at the trading market and overestimated the difficulty it would take for the survivors to capture animals.

"Hurry up and deduct points." Li Zhengping said from the side.

"Oh, good."

Chen Dachui quickly operated the points clock-in machine, deducted 24 points, and handed Li Zhengping a small slip.

The points number shown on the small receipt was a five-digit number. This was the customer with the most points he had ever met.

After finishing the braised food in a few bites, Li Hang returned the bowl of braised food to Chen Dachui and continued shopping with everyone.

Chen Dachui's braised food tastes really good, but it's too expensive and there's too little of it. It's gone before you can even taste the flavor after just a few bites.

As he walked forward, he stopped when he saw Tingfeng Tower.

Looking at the woman at the door wearing scanty clothes, her clothes could not hide her majesty.

Li Hang frowned and looked at the sign with the words "Tingfeng Tower" written on it.

It sounds very worldly.

He turned his head and looked at Lao Luo, "Director Luo, this place is not what I thought it was, right?"

Lao Luo nodded awkwardly, "Ahem, yes."

Li Hang's face was gloomy and he wanted to get angry, but he still held back his temper and asked:

"Why is there such a place in our trading market, doing such business openly! Does the city lord know about this?" Li Hang has always been a relatively upright person and cannot tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes.

He was a little naive and reckless in his early years, but after being trained by Li Yu, he became much more mature.

Lao Luo is also a veteran of the base, and he is the second-in-command in Oil City, with a high position and power, so Li Hang does not want to offend him. But Li Hang is the director of the Supervision Department after all, and his job is to supervise everyone in the Dazhangshu forces, so he has the right to ask Lao Luo this.

Lao Luo nodded and said, "The city lord knows about this. He was also struggling with whether to order the closure, but after our investigation, we decided to let them stay open."

"Why?" Li Hang was a little confused.

Lao Luo looked at the Tingfeng Tower not far away and said slowly:

"In the end times, the elderly, children, and women are actually vulnerable groups. It is an indisputable fact that most women are not as physically strong as men. Opening this place actually provides a way for some people to survive."

“Of course, there are some ducklings in here too.”

"On the other hand, relieving the depressed mood of the survivors is also conducive to the order of the trading market. And from the perspective of taxation, the tax paid by Tingfeng Tower every month ranks among the top three, which is also good for our Oil City."

Li Hang still couldn't accept it. He took a deep breath and said, "But this is not right!"

Lao Luo sighed: "In the real world, there is no right or wrong, only pros and cons."

Then he added: "We have improved the system. If they are found to have forced women of good character into prostitution, they will be sentenced to death. Therefore, the technicians inside are basically willing to work there. One is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten."

Li Hang felt a little aggrieved and uncomfortable listening to these truths.

There are only pros and cons, no right or wrong.

He was somewhat reluctant to believe that his elder brother would allow the existence of such a brothel.

After calming down, he said in a low voice: "Let's go and take a look ahead."

Everyone followed and walked forward.

Dapao saw that Li Hang was in a heavy mood, so he took a few quick steps and walked side by side with him, trying to comfort him.

But the words of comfort changed their taste when they reached my lips.

"Hangzi, I think you should not stand and talk without getting your back hurt."

"What are you talking about?" Li Hang stared at him.

"Cough cough."

Da Pao quickly added: "I say, don't think too much."

"I didn't think too much about it. I just thought it was bad for this kind of store to exist."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Cannon suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Hang was a little puzzled, his eyes looking like a cannon.

Dapao was too lazy to argue with him and just told him the cruelest truth.

"Hangzi, let me tell you, if the world returns to peace and normalcy, and everyone can find a job and earn a living through hard work, then this kind of store really doesn't need to exist.

But not now. This is the end of the world. Not everyone in the trading market has the means to survive. Not everyone can find a job at a construction site or go outside the wall to perform some tasks. They desperately want to stay alive."

“You can certainly say they don’t work hard, but how do you know they don’t work hard?”

"So I said that you are standing and talking without any back pain. You are not hungry. You have never been hungry before, so you naturally don't know how uncomfortable it feels to be hungry."

"For some people, this is just a way to survive, or it's the only way."

"To be honest, for them, morality is nothing. They don't care at all. What's the big deal if they sleep with someone for one night? People with high moral quality and strong self-esteem died a few years ago."

"For those who can earn a living, staying alive is their biggest goal."

"Don't use your standards to measure other people's standards, such as preferring death to submission. You are not them, so how do you know that they are willing to die rather than submit?"

"Like Lao Luo said, special times call for special treatment. Everyone gets what they need. It's a mutual consent. There's nothing to worry about. It's their own choice."

"If we really want to help them, we have to develop them. Once they develop to a certain level, they will have other ways to survive. We can't rescue them for free. We can't save them and there is no such thing as a free lunch."

The cannon's attack stunned Li Hang, and also stunned Lao Luo and Li Zhengping behind him.

Li Hang was stunned for several seconds, taking in Dapao's words and chewing them over.

"Phew—let me think about it again."

Da Pao smiled and said, "It's okay, you're doing fine. I appreciate it."

"Perhaps it is because you are upright and have a strong sense of justice that the city lord appointed you as the director of the Supervision Department. You are out of the mud but you are not stained by it. We are the mud."

Cannon said this, shaking his head in self-mockery.

Li Hang remained silent and walked forward with his head down.

Li Zhengping, Dong Zheng and others hurried to catch up.

Lao Luo walked to the cannon in amazement, his face full of amazement and wonder.

"Cannon, is this you? When did you become so... uh... so wise!"

The cannon tilted its head slightly, at a forty-five degree angle.

There is a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and he is full of pretentious temperament.

"I love reading books recently. Books are the golden house. I have learned many truths and understood many things from books."

Lao Luo looked at the cool temperament emanating from Dapao and pressed the corners of his mouth down hard to hold back his smile.

He clasped his fists and said with emotion: "When a man has been away for three days, he should be looked at with new eyes. Paopao is really awesome."

Cannon heard the teasing tone in his voice.

Walking forward with a dull look on his face, he waved his hand.

"Let go of others, forgive yourself, speak naturally, and do things without arguing."

When Lao Luo heard these sixteen words, he was stunned. His eyes, which were originally somewhat joking when he looked at Dapao, gradually became serious.

These sixteen words are very interesting.

He had also heard about Dapao's past. At the beginning of the apocalypse, his parents were tragically killed by others. Since then, he has become somewhat gloomy and extremely cruel to his enemies. Later, he did not know when he started to be responsible for interrogations.

Later, when he got married with Song Min, he was heard to have some problems with their sex life and was laughed at by many people. His interrogation methods became increasingly cruel and horrifying, and he was called a pervert.

But Dapao seems to have never fought with others just because they mocked his poor sexual skills. He would get a little angry at first, but now he doesn't seem to care at all.

On the contrary, the interrogation, starting with the previous physical torture, slowly began to attack people's hearts.

Are you a scholar?

Damn, why does it feel so weird to put it on a cannon!

But the cannon doesn't look very serious at ordinary times.

Tsk!
Lao Luo looked at Dapao's back, and he became more and more confused about Dapao.

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