Volume 12 [Creation! The Death of the Terminator!] Chapter 5 High-End Goods on the Black Market
The standard buildings that make up the slums are all official low-rent housing, which is a building model that maximizes the use of space. Of course, spacious, bright, lighted, airy scenery, etc. are not among them. , the designer’s only idea is what he repeatedly emphasized n times from his bloated superior who is even more paunchy than Tsutomu:
"I *** have only one request for your design plan, just put as many people in it as possible! Stuff it in, stuff it in, stuff it in!! Just stuff it in so much that even a stamp can't fit in. Go ahead. ***Art, beauty, and comfort! Even if you build this place into a presidential suite, the poor people who live in these houses will never pay a penny more!”
It is said that a total of 230 design plans appeared at that time, and the final winner was an unknown designer. The only reason why he was shortlisted was said to be based on the architectural layout of Tokyo, Japan, when it was most prosperous on the ancient earth... ….
Therefore, all the residential areas in the North District have the same appearance. You should have seen modern chicken farms. The buildings in the North District are similar to the chicken coops in the chicken farms. They only need to be able to accommodate more people per unit area. There are so many chickens, and the building materials are all black in order to be durable and practical, so the North District has another nickname, that is, the black chicken coop.
The giant conveyor belt was not laid out in the North District, because the cost of this thing is also not low. After Sheyan and Old Charlie walked off the conveyor belt in the middle of the street, they saw a very chaotic and noisy area, which was almost as lively as a vegetable market. , all kinds of people were talking to each other with false smiles on their faces, but what they said was very hidden and even ridiculous. For example, Fang Sheyan heard someone ask, "How much do two eggs cost?"
OK, the question may be a little inappropriate, but it seems normal, but the answer is very abnormal. Another voice actually answered:
"Forty ears..."
Later, Sheyan learned from old Charlie's "translation" that the so-called "egg" refers to the grenade, and the ear. It refers to a local baked bread, which is shaped like an ear. Such a weird way of dialogue is almost comparable to the slang words of "the king of heaven covers the tiger of the earth" when the bandits met each other before liberation.
As Old Charlie took Sheyan deep into this area, Sheyan noticed that after going deep into this ghost place, it was really easy to get lost because of the uniformity of the buildings, and all the buildings he saw were exactly the same. Of course, there are also the bustling crowds of people of different colors who seem to be everywhere at all times.
And there were many strange eyes staring at him. There are doubts, envy, and doubts. There was disgust, there was anger... Fang Sheyan could feel that most of these glances were directed at his unfamiliar face. Fortunately, I changed my clothes before going out, otherwise I'm afraid the feeling of being watched would be even stronger.
However, Sheyan was calm and composed and ignored these glances. Old Charlie quietly huddled behind his coat and hat without even raising his eyelids. After Old Charlie broke the lips of two thieves under ten years old in succession, After pointing their fingers, the two were able to move on.
Soon, Sheyan finally saw a different building, but the difference of this thing was limited. To put it simply, it is an unfinished building. To enter here, Sheyan and Old Charlie both paid thirty imperial coins, which is almost equivalent to the purchasing power of RMB 300.
After entering this unfinished building, old Charlie finally broke the silence and said:
"Master, this is the best place you want to experience. Someone will come in to deliver food later. After the meal, there will be a black market auction today, and then it's almost time to go back."
Sheyan nodded and said with a smile:
"Auction? Then I have to see if I have enough money. You must know that the richest people are often born in slums."
Sheyan's words were not unfounded. There is a very strange phenomenon that people with higher education often work for those with lower education. Steve Jobs was an abandoned baby who stayed in an orphanage in a slum before being adopted. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was so luxurious that he bought a Premier League team, also came from an ordinary businessman family, so if you underestimate the underground black market in the slum, , then you really have to be careful about hitting a wall.
While Sheyan was talking to old Charlie, he was led inside. Only then did he realize that the unfinished building was just a cover-up on the outside. The inside was actually built into a pretty good small theater. You could even watch from the box seats. Go to the street -----Although there is nothing interesting to see in this street, looking down at the bustling crowd with numb expressions below, there is still a sense of superiority.
At this time, there were not many people sitting in the box. It didn't take long for someone to bring food. First, a basket of steaming pastries came out. However, the processing was very rough, and although it tasted like a light fragrance, , but lacks the delicate taste.
This thing is made by grinding cassava into powder, mixing, stirring, fermenting and steaming. It is neither hard nor soft. When it is served, it is eaten with the seasoning on the side. The seasoning is a kind of gravy called nyama, and the soup is made of chicken. Wagyu beef, or meat from other animals can be used to make gravy.
Old Charlie reminded Fang Senyan that it was best not to dip in the gravy here, because with the expansion of the population, it is inevitable that food and other necessities will be in short supply, so the meat used for seasoning is likely to be rat meat. Fang Senyan has no taboos, as long as he does not eat rat hair and internal organs.
Next, a fruit was served, which made Fang Senyan feel that the way to eat it was very novel. This thing was about the size of a grapefruit. The top cover was cut off, and then a few drops of soy sauce were poured into it. It was eaten with a spoon. It was particularly crispy and refreshing. The soy sauce and the flesh combined into a very peculiar taste.
After eating, a glass of brown-red wine was served at the end, called Hanishi.
According to Old Charlie, on the eighth star of Andromeda, there is a Hanishi tree in the peculiar climate environment in the north, which can produce unique sour and astringent fruits. Every spring and early summer, people on the planet collect Hanishi fruits, extract the flesh, and sweeten and ferment them.
Then the extracted Hanishi liquor was stored in oak barrels for 2 years to be aged. Finally, the aged liquor was perfectly blended with fresh cream, thus making this kind of liquor with a smooth taste and unique flavor.
Fang Senyan took a sip and felt that it was thick and sweet. After drinking it directly, he took a sip and tasted the sweetness of milk on the tip of his tongue first, and then the taste buds on both sides of the tongue felt a slight bitterness similar to coffee. When the liquor reached his throat, he felt the hot passion.
While Fang Senyan was eating, the seats in the venue were gradually filled to nearly three-quarters. A very thin man with a curly beard walked to the middle, took off his hat and said:
"Gentlemen, because we just got the news that a big man is visiting this sinful and opportunity-filled place, it is estimated that security control will be implemented soon, so we will not wait for anyone and hold this auction in advance."
With a dull knock, the first to come up were three women, well, naked women. Although Fang Senyan is an adult man, he has high standards because of Zi as a reference. He is not interested in these vulgar women, so he passes them directly.
The next auction is nothing more than drugs, weapons and other contraband, which makes Fang Senyan drowsy, but fortunately, specialties smuggled from some planets soon appear. Fang Senyan was surprised to find unknown strange objects in these auctions, and they are high-end goods that can be sold for 5 merit points per piece!
This unknown strange object comes from the eighth planet of Centauri. The air density there is very high. It is almost like wandering in the water for creatures to move around in it. On that planet, there is a creature with few natural enemies, called elephant whale.
The unknown strange object Fang Senyan got is another parallel world that begins to overlap with the main plane, and the entry point happens to be on the planet. An elephant whale was hit by the derived time and space rift and died immediately, but its huge fangs were preserved in the terrifying turbulence for some reason.
In terms of economic value, this thing is of course tattered and not worth mentioning, but what others consider to be junk is a priceless treasure to Fang Senyan. Fortunately, no one competes with Fang Senyan, and he gets it without any effort.
The next thing to be sold made Fang Senyan laugh and cry! But the buyers still flocked to it and generously spent money. It turned out that the auction was a video material that had been edited! This material was nothing else, but a series of experiences on the planet Epros filmed from the first-person perspective of old Charlie at that time. However, the battle places must have been cut out to avoid scaring the investors, and the focus was on the richness of the mineral deposits, of course, and the natural environment on the planet Epros, etc.
This thing was finally sold at a sky-high price, which of course proved that the person in charge here was indeed very powerful and could even get such a thing.
The finale that was thrown out next surprised everyone. It was a miniature single-soldier mecha, and it was a standard in the army! Although the amplification of this thing is only seven times, it still looks brand new, and all kinds of weapons are intact, definitely not the castrated version!
Obviously, nine out of ten people present at this time want to get this thing, who would complain that their subordinates are too weak? However, just when the crowd was angry, a hoarse voice said loudly:
"I want this thing, send it to me."
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