"Oh, this is good wine!"
In the equipment store, the old man who was woken up by Baizhu in the middle of the night was not impatient at all. He couldn't put it down and played with the three bottles of Tibetan wine on the table, with a smile on his face.
"You'd better stop laughing. It looks like a madam seeing a stunning beauty."
Bai Zhu rested her chin with her right hand. She really didn't understand why this thing was so lovable, but she also liked guns, so she could barely understand it.
"What's the use of a beautiful woman? It's the smell of wine. Old man, this is what I like." The old man muttered and put the wine back into the wooden box. "Since the little boss has given you a gift, I will also tie the string for you. But I still have to ask in advance."
"What?"
"Does the little boss want a creek that can make money in the second city, or a big river that runs through the city?"
"I didn't want to be detained in the Second City."
"Then I want a 'broad road'. There is one, but it's just a little troublesome."
The old man took out a map from the cabinet under the cash register and spread it on the table in front of Bai Zhu. "This is a map of the empire. It was first drawn ten years ago. It has been revised and revised over the years, and it is almost the same as now."
Bai Shu looked closely at the label and was slightly surprised: "So detailed? Are there private small bases outside the city?"
"Well, it's basically close to fresh water or abandoned mines and roads. A large part of it is very hidden, and even the imperial officials don't know about it.
"Don't talk about satellite surveys. After the pollution, the sky is filled with heavy fog in many places. Satellite surveys are not clear, so on-site exploration is necessary. And many of them are cargo transfer points, with people guarding them and setting up power grids. Machine exploration will be shot down. stop."
The old man put down his hand and drew an almost uninterrupted line with his fingers along the periphery of the Second City, the abandoned territory that would not be explored again by the empire:
“This road is full of mines.
"As the saying goes: 'The brave will starve to death and the timid will starve.' Those who are afraid of death will not make money, but those who are not afraid of death will make a lot of money. The arms line you want, little boss, is right here."
"Outside the city?"
Bai Shu nodded with interest, "It's a good place. There are no customs inspections, and you don't have to worry about being seized by the imperial officials. Moreover, the ore development tax is exempted."
"The reason is that there are many aliens blocking the road, so there are fewer people arranged at the various transfer points to prevent the aliens from being attracted to humans and attacking."
The old man named a few more places not far from the Second City:
"These mines, yes, the ones marked with red circles, are all the raw materials you want. The bosses of these lands are all the same person. Although I have never seen it, I heard that it is reasonable. The source of goods Tongfa inner city and outer city, big business.
"The little boss has skills and abilities. If you want to start quickly, it's better to use him as a springboard."
Bai Shu considered: "What number did the boss call on the road?"
The old man looked a little weird: "How do you say, what is the name of a literary person... [Poet], yes, that's what he is called."
poet?
Really elegant.
Bai Shu silently noted it down and looked at the desktop map: "Besides this road, is there anything else that is similar in size to him?"
"Yes, but I'm afraid the little boss won't be able to get through to that line. They're not willing to set up a line with us people from the outer city. It's the Li family's line in the inner city." The old man smacked his lips and said, "Except for the arms trade in the outer city, the main line is We only sell luxuries rare to the nobles in the inner city, such as abnormal specimens."
"Li family? Is it the Li family of the vice president?"
The old man said "Yeah" in a long tone: "That's right! That's it."
"I know." Bai Zhu stared at the map for two seconds, then stretched out his hand to roll it up, "I'll take this. It's getting late. You go to bed early."
The old man wanted to say, "This is all I have," but he looked at the bottle of wine at hand, swallowed it, and readily agreed:
"Okay, okay, let me see the little boss off?"
"Need not."
Bai Shu left through the small door of the basement. He first made sure that there were no inspectors watching around the building. Then he climbed up to the third floor along the outer pipe. When he landed on the balcony, he let out a low "hiss" and gently rubbed the top of the wound. The intact parts can be used to relieve the pain caused by climbing stairs.
Bai Zhu walked to the bed and was about to turn on the bedside lamp when he realized something was wrong.
There was the sound of another person breathing in the room.
on the bed?
Bai Shu gently slipped his shoulder bag to the ground, stretched out his hand to pull the bedside lamp and looked at it.
The quilt was tightly wrapped, only the top of the head was exposed, and the smooth black hair was rubbed together. This was rolled up with his own quilt.
"Avril?"
Bai Shu leaned over, gently opened a corner of the quilt, and stopped with just one cry.
It's already past three o'clock in the morning, so it's better to go back to sleep than to wake me up.
The orange light illuminated Avril's side cheeks. She was sleeping lightly. She opened her eyes with trembling eyelashes and said in a vague voice: "Xiao Shu, are you back?"
"when did you come?"
Baizhu sat on the edge of the bed and helped her loosen the "egg roll shell", completely exposing Avril's head that nodded forward from time to time.
"I came here when I was sleeping. Xiaowei and I are here to look after your house!" Avril opened the quilt to reveal the rag doll in her arms. She only stayed alert for two seconds before leaning forward in a sleepy manner, leaning her forehead against Bai Shu's shoulder. The voice was muffled, "But I fell asleep just watching it..."
Avril paused, twitching her nostrils, and her eyes widened suddenly: "Are you injured? Why does it smell of blood?"
"It's just a little injury on the back of my shoulder, nothing serious."
"Let me see," Avril moved behind Baizhu, lifted up her shirt and saw the bandage, "Does it hurt?"
"It hurts a little, but nothing serious."
Avril frowned, hesitantly reached out and touched it, then blew on it: "Blow, it hurts."
Bai Zhu laughed muffledly, his chest vibrating: "Okay, it doesn't hurt anymore."
"Don't put pressure on the wound," Avril moved back to make room, "Sleep on your side."
"Okay." Baizhu lay down on her side. She was indeed tired. After touching the pillow and relaxing, sleepiness swept over her. On the aircraft, she was worried about not being able to sleep well when she came back. Now that everything was taken care of, she felt at ease.
"What are we going to do tomorrow?"
Avril turned off the bed lamp and murmured in a low voice:
"If you want to recuperate, I'll buy you flowers, and then go to the rooftop. I can't go to the dance studio, so you can come and watch me dance.
"I'm going to compete next month. All the contestants in the outer city have to go to the preliminary round in the inner city. If they are selected, they will enter the semi-finals in the inner city. This is a dance competition across the empire. I have just reached the age to participate this year."
"You will win." Baizhu was already drowsy, listening to her with only one ear. "You are the hardest-working genius I have ever seen."
Avril tried her best to carry the quilt to Baizhu and asked quietly: "Will you accompany me to the competition?"
Baizhu didn't hear it clearly, or maybe he heard it but his brain didn't respond. It took him a long time to say "hmm" in a low voice.
Avril hugged the doll tightly, rolled it half a circle and then rolled back, with bright eyes: "Then I will definitely win."
Bai Zhu didn't respond, she fell asleep.
(End of chapter)
