With a bang, the shutter door of the bar was violently pushed open, and the people sitting in the bar consuming food simultaneously looked at the door.
The bartender yelled and cursed a few times. These gold diggers had not learned any good things, but they had learned a lot about the western cowboy style. They all wanted to push down the two shutter doors with just a push to show their true cowboy nature.
The shutters slowly reset amidst the pitiful whine, and people moved their eyes away from Old John's face, continuing to chat, drink, or clean each other's mouths with skilled women.
"If you push the door so hard again, I hope you can go to another bar next time!" When Old John walked to the bar and sat down, the bartender warned him.
Custom-made two shutter doors cost at least 20 yuan, and there are cheap ones, but those cannot withstand the constant push of these people. Although the bar can make enough money from them, no one likes others to put them at risk. If the door of a business premises is broken, it is a sign of bad luck.
Old John didn't take these words to heart at all. He patted the bar and ordered a glass of strong drink.
For most gold diggers, their life is like this. They get up from the bed in a room with their pants and guns in the morning, then go out to find money, and at night they carry a bag of ore or other things to the acquisition station for recycling. , and then they will spend almost all the money they earned this day.
Because it is very likely that after they go out tomorrow, they will never come back.
Many famous gold diggers are calling on everyone to restrain their desires and impulses and not to fight privately for more than ten, twenty or thirty yuan in the Yagur Mountains.
But this kind of appeal is meaningless. In the vast Yagur Mountains, if you kill someone and throw it away in a bush, you will be sure that the body will not be found the next day. Those wild beasts at night are enough to destroy any evidence.
In the absence of restrictions and the benefits far outweigh the risks, there are always some people trying to make more money through such unearned methods.
The money comes easily, and it goes even easier. Not only will the money be spent, but sometimes people will target you unknowingly, and your life will also be used up quickly.
In such an atmosphere, most of the gold diggers in the entire camp lived a life of drunkenness and indulgence. Behaviors such as pushing the door hard and slapping the bar were considered very civilized. At least Old John did not expose Little John.
The entire camp outside Yagul Mountain is roughly divided into six districts. There are many residential areas divided into these six districts. It is three times more lively than the most prosperous area in the imperial capital. Gold prospectors attract a lot of money quickly. Small traders took the risk to gather here, and they tried their best to get every penny out of the pockets of the gold diggers.
Many things that are invisible outside can be seen everywhere here. For example, women in a family are working as skilled workers, and the workplace is their temporary home here.
"I heard that some new girls have come here. Where are they?" He took a sip of wine, and a burning feeling went down his throat. He suddenly straightened his body, his face looked unhealthy and rosy, and after a moment he spit out a mouthful. The strong smell of alcohol made the whole person feel a little tired again.
"As good as always!" Old John commented on the spirits in the cup. Not only was it cheap, but the alcohol content was also very high. When you take a sip, you will feel like your whole body is about to burn. It is especially suitable for drinking after work. A few drinks to relax.
He picked up the wine glass again and said with a smile, "Thank you Mr. Dulin for providing cheap drinks to us poor people. I want to toast him."
The advent and authorization of the purification method have made the cost of high-alcohol spirits lower and lower, even lower than the cost of naturally fermented low-alcohol fruit wines. After removing the dragon's blood wood, improvements in the brewing process have brought about direct costs. Jump off a cliff.
After he finished his second sip, the bartender pointed upstairs and said, "The first five VIP rooms cost ten yuan each time."
"Ten dollars?" Old John was frightened by the price. The bartender ducked back to avoid the spittle he spat out. "Are you kidding? Little Sally spent one night with her mother and her aunt. It’s ten yuan, you’re asking for ten yuan per person, are you trying to rob me?”
The bartender rolled his eyes and lowered his head and continued what he was doing. How could those skilled women outside looking for jobs on the streets compare with these serious senior skilled workers
And what kind of stuff is that out there? Maybe he became cousins with other gold diggers at some point.
The bartender's silence meant that there would be no discount on the price, which made Old John feel itchy and at the same time hate that he didn't have much money.
He sighed, grabbed a waitress who was walking by, took out a fifty cent and a twenty-five cent coin from his pocket and stuffed them into the waitress who could only wear rags due to poverty. In Yingsheng's chest, "My belt is loose."
The waitress lowered her head in a very service-oriented manner, but she quickly straightened up again, "Asshole, you didn't wash it. You know, the money is not enough!" She slapped two coins on the table and surrounded them. Many of the regulars burst into laughter.
Old John had no choice but to take out another fifty-cent coin and put it on the table, preparing to take back the twenty-five-cent coin. As soon as his finger touched the coin, the three coins were taken away by the waitress. He put it in his pocket.
Here, in this camp, there are no white lotuses.
Such a day is no different from the past. The day-to-day life also makes many gold diggers feel bored from the bottom of their hearts, but they are unable to struggle.
Apart from being able to live a slightly more decent life here, there is no place for them in the more civilized world outside.
Although I was disgusted, I could only bear it silently.
After replenishing more than twenty rounds of ammunition and some necessities from the bartender, after drinking two glasses of wine, Old John decided to save money for a few days and give the girls upstairs some time to hone their skills, because he would go there in a few days. Test their practical ability.
At this moment, a boy who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old and wearing a peaked cap staggered into the bar, with a hysterical fanaticism on his face and bloodshot eyes.
This is a quotation company around here. At first, only a few people were doing it, but later more and more people were doing it, and it gradually developed into a loose alliance. It not only sells the quotation of each recycling bin every day, but also Also sell some information.
They are the outliers in the camp. They can make enough money without risking their lives. Although the gold diggers are not satisfied with these people selling themselves things for free, they want to collect quotes from all recycling stations in the entire camp. It might take a whole day, so why not spend twenty minutes to find out directly.
He held his knees and gasped for air. The weather was still cold at this time, only three or four degrees Celsius, and he was covered in white smoke. After about half a minute, he bent down and said loudly, "Discover" Gold mine!”
With a bang, all the gold diggers in the bar stood up. The most criticized thing about Yagur Mountain is the lack of precious metals and gem mines. This is the real money-making project.
According to the latest gold price in the empire - one ounce of purified pure gold is worth about 253 yuan. Picking up a few pieces of gold ore is worth risking their lives to work here for a month.
Not to mention the gem mine, that thing is really priceless. If you are lucky, a piece of raw ore as big as your fist can be sold for thousands or even tens of thousands!
It’s just that everyone has always said that there must be gold and gem mines in Yagul Mountain, but they have never been discovered. Many people have long been in despair. After three or four years of exploration, they have not found any. Maybe there are no two kinds of mines here.
But at this moment, this second, these intelligence dealers actually said that they had discovered a gold mine. What does this mean
The hormones flying in the room fell to the ground in excitement, replaced by waves of murderous intent. Even the bartender was shocked by the news.
He personally brought a glass of low-alcohol fruit wine and walked around the bar to the big boy. The latter thanked him, hiccuped, drank the fruit wine in one gulp, and then returned the cup. Bartender.
He raised his hand and wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeve, then continued talking.
"According to the rules, the exploration team should come back at the end of the month to resupply, but they suddenly came back today, and they also pulled a cart of ore and covered it tightly with canvas."
"Someone took advantage of them not paying attention after entering the camp, pierced the canvas with a knife, and pulled out several pieces of gold ore from it. The purity is very high. The people in Jindis said that the gold content is at least 30%!"
"They said that the exploration team discovered a gold vein with huge reserves in a basin in the innermost part of the mountain range. There was also news that the exploration team was preparing to evacuate the camp..."
Before the young man could finish what he said, everyone in the bar ran out in an instant. This news was so important, so important that even if these things had nothing to do with them, they were all going to fight for this news. .
Why did the exploration team leave? They must have reported this matter to the higher-ups of the empire. If the higher-ups of the empire knew about these things, maybe they would mobilize the army to protect the safety of the mining area.
By that time, even if the gold mine can be mined for hundreds of years, it will have nothing to do with them.
Therefore, we must completely eliminate the possibility of leaking the news before those people pass it on!
For this, everyone is willing to fight once!
If they really got a few larger pieces of gold ore, with a gold content of 30%, it would be enough for them to exchange for tens of thousands or even more wealth.
They say gold diggers risk their lives, and now is the time to risk it!
In an instant, the entire camp seemed to come alive, and countless people took to the streets, with greed and cruelty hidden in their eyes.
(End of chapter)