Put the cans, energy bars and compressed biscuits that need to be exchanged for coins into an unmarked cardboard box and hand them to Shang Jianyao. Warrior" assault rifle, "Tyrant" grenade gun, "Reaper" individual rocket launcher, various ammunition, first aid kit and remaining supplies.
In this way, nothing of value can be found just by looking through the window.
Seeing this scene, Jiang Baimian nodded invisibly, with approval in his eyes.
After tidying up the trunk, Bai Chen turned around and saw Long Yuehong's rather puzzled expression, and briefly explained:
"Big thieves are easy to hide, but thieves are hard to guard against.
"Aunt Nan is not a very orderly place here."
Where there is too much order, outsiders are relatively conspicuous.
Jiang Baimian added with a smile:
"I'll come back later. Some things have to be moved upstairs and placed by my side. This is safe."
She didn't mention how to continue to take turns on duty at night and monitor the jeep on the second floor, because she didn't know what would be involved next, and it was very important to maintain energy.
Sometimes, in the state of not getting enough sleep for several days in a row, even if I feel in good spirits and there is no problem, my reaction will be half a beat or even a beat slower when encountering an emergency.
People can have delusions, especially when it comes to self-awareness.
Long Yuehong nodded, seemingly understanding, and saw that Shang Jianyao was already holding the cardboard box and walked to the exit of the yard by the "A Fu Gun Store".
In Yecao City, the alleys are relatively narrow, only one car can pass through, and the surrounding buildings are more than ten meters high, which leads to the fact that every winter, only at noon, the sunshine here is more abundant, which can disperse the cold and cold. a feeling of.
But when I walked out of the alley and came to the street, the sun suddenly became warm, it was warm and the wind was not so biting.
"Let's set up a team of two and keep a little distance. The characteristics of a team of four are too obvious." Jiang Baimian glanced at the pedestrians passing by and said to Long Yuehong and Bai Chen.
Without much explanation, Bai Chen immediately understood what the team leader meant, and with Long Yuehong, he accelerated his pace.
Soon, there was a gap of five or six meters between the two teams.
Long Yuehong looked left and right with a sense of novelty:
"There is no public canteen here
"There are quite a lot of people in noodle shops and restaurants..."
It didn't fit his vision of a wilderness wanderer settlement.
In this regard, both Shuiwei Town and Qifeng Town are closer.
"There are many foreign ruin hunters here." Bai Chen explained in the simplest words.
Long Yuehong is aware of this fact, and even knows that Weed City is a center for material exchange in the border area of the three major forces. There are many people coming and going every day, but it will be deserted in winter.
However, he did not understand how this had anything to do with his own problems.
Glancing at him, Bai Chen further said:
"Most of the outsiders don't stay in Weed City for too long. Every time they come, they stay for at most two weeks. They either live in small hotels or rent short-term rooms, and there is no place to cook."
"Is that so..." Long Yuehong finally understood.
This is an impossible situation inside Pangea.
Even if they go to other floors to visit relatives and friends, they will be able to go home quickly, or they will be directly accommodated. Therefore, in the underground building, there are no hotels and no rental rooms on a daily basis.
When they were talking, Jiang Baimian suddenly quickened his pace and caught up.
She said with the attitude of a stranger asking for directions:
"Will there be more people in this alley at night?"
She was referring to the small alley across from the "South Street Slave Market."
Bai Chen recalled:
"On winter nights, except for West Street, there are no people outside."
"Thank you." Jiang Baimian showed a clear smile.
Then, she returned to Shang Jianyao's side.
"The team leader's acting is really like..." Long Yuehong said with sincere admiration.
Bai Chen didn't say much, and continued to walk towards the central square.
Compared with other places in Weed City, it looks very spacious, and the ground seems to have been repaired and is quite flat.
In the middle of the square is a stone statue of a human being, an old man with a gun in one hand and a book in the other.
He has a thin face, wearing a hooded robe that seems to be inconvenient to move, and his slightly sunken eyes are watching the humans coming and going in front of him.
"Is this the illegitimate child, Xu De?" Long Yuehong asked with interest.
"Well." Bai Chen walked around the stone statue and walked towards the municipal building in the north. "Actually, the most accurate name for him should be the governor of Weed City, but everyone is more used to calling the city owner, um... There is also a tax officer. He is directly responsible for the 'First City', and the exchange window also belongs to him."
Long Yuehong originally wanted to ask what "taxation" is, but she felt that she had asked too many questions along the way, so it would be better to ask them next time.
Before long, they came to the municipal building.
This is a four-story building with a brownish-yellow color and some flower beds in front.
On the ground floor of the municipal building, there are nearly ten windows, and a large number of people are lined up in front of each window.
"The seven on the left are the exchange windows." Bai Chen took Long Yuehong and found the team with the least number of people waiting. "The blackboard in front has the exchange prices of different materials today, and materials that are not on it cannot be exchanged."
"Are we all right?" Long Yuehong was suddenly a little worried.
"No force will refuse food." Bai Chen was very determined.
In fact, people like them who exchange food for money belong to the minority within the minority.
Most people come to Weed City to exchange other materials for food that can be stored, but they have to use the coins of "First City" as the standard.
Long Yuehong breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously:
"What should I do if I have supplies that cannot be exchanged? Go to the underground market?"
"You can also walk around the streets and sell one by one, or spend some supplies and set up a stall in the regular market. These are all time-consuming choices." Bai Chen glanced from side to side, as if he wanted to determine the length of the other teams, "Wait. After a few more visits, if you are more familiar with it, you can get to know the main buyers of different materials and talk to them directly."
At this time, Jiang Baimian held his hands and pointed with his chin to the team that Long Yuehong and the others were in:
"You go there to line up. I see a public library next door, go in and have a look."
On the right side of the square, there is a white-walled building with multiple entrances. One of the entrances has a signboard that reads "Wild Grass City Public Library".
This is also one of the achievements of the greatest city lord Hulde represented by the stone statue.
Therefore, the stone statue is a pistol and a book.
Shang Jianyao glanced at Jiang Baimian, didn't say much, and walked towards Long Yuehong and the others.
Jiang Baimian exhaled, watching it spread into a white mist in the air, and then came to the door of the library with satisfaction.
There is a piece of white paper on the wall next to it, on which it is written in both the grey earth language and the red river language:
"Only citizens of this city and hunters above the official level can borrow."
Here, the hunter badge is really useful... Jiang Baimian sighed and walked in.
This is similar to the library of "Pangu Creatures". It is also composed of a bookshelf area and a reading area. Jiang Baimian went straight to the former.
She browsed casually, and soon came to an inconspicuous corner, and pulled out a rather old thick book.
The title of the book is written in pure Honghe language, and the translation is:
Internal Revenue Code
On the dusty soil, at the current stage, this is a useless book, placed here, it is more of a function of filling the bookshelf, and no one will borrow it at all.
Jiang Baimian quickly turned to the 650 pages of the book and folded it.
Then, she took out a note paper and an absorbent pen from her pocket, and wrote a paragraph in this uninhabited place blocked by many bookshelves:
"At 8 p.m., in the alley opposite the slave market on South Street."
Here's how to get in touch with intelligence officers.
If it is completed before 2:00 pm, 8:00 pm means 8:00 pm today, if it is more than 2:00 pm, it means the next night.
After folding the sticky note, Jiang Baimian clamped it in the middle of the book. Then, she pushed the book back to its original position.
…
In front of the exchange window, Long Yuehong looked at the coins in his hand and said in a low voice:
"Isn't this paper?"
They exchanged a total of 10 ore for their supplies. Today, they can buy about 12 catties of raw pork.
But these Oleys are only thin, textured papers with colorful patterns, a profile of a man and the number "1" on them.
"Out of the sphere of influence of the 'First City', they are indeed about the same as paper." Bai Chen agreed indifferently, "If there is a choice, it would be better to pick the gold coins and silver coins minted by the 'First City'."
Unfortunately, this is not available.
"Then let's hurry up and have lunch." Long Yuehong suddenly felt that the money in his hand would soon turn into paper if he didn't spend it.
At this time, Jiang Baimian had already returned, joined them, and kept a distance.
At Bai Chen's suggestion, they returned to South Street, entered the "old-fashioned noodle restaurant", and "fighted" a table.
"Their oily and spicy noodles are delicious." Bai Chen seemed to recall something, and his expression was quite soft.
"Oil and spicy?" Long Yuehong asked in surprise.
This sounds like a luxury!
Is this life in the larger settlements on the ash soil
Bai Chen compared the four bowls to the boss and said:
"Weed City is very suitable for growing rapeseed and peppers, and many nearby manors produce them, and the prices are very cheap.
"However, in this kind of small shop, the noodles are not very good, not as fine as the nobles eat..."
Having said that, Bai Chen suddenly stopped and did not speak any further.
Jiang Baimian glanced at her and said with a smile:
"I just hope to get it done quickly, you see, it's been a long time since Shang Jianyao spoke."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a sudden noise outside.
After a while, someone passed by, and the boss who was making a face asked casually:
"What happened?"
Passers-by pointed to the direction of the square:
"It looks like the library is on fire."
Jiang Baimian's eyes narrowed for a moment.