Chapter 437: 436. The Lonely Wrong Way

Li Du and the others drove the Iron Knight. They wanted to rent a car, but the car rental business in the town is not developed, so they can only continue to drive the truck.

In addition to the things obtained in the warehouse, some old daily necessities and handmade accessories were also installed in the carriage, which was full.

Seeing these messy things, Dickens leaned forward and asked, "Boss Li, are you going to carry out the warehouse auction business to the end?"

"What do you mean?" Li Du didn't understand his joke.

Dickens laughed and said, "I mean, do you take second-hand goods with you when you travel?"

Li Du pointed to Hans and said, "It's his idea, it has nothing to do with me."

Everyone looked at Hans curiously, and Ollie asked, "Why do you bring these things? Old-fashioned looms? What's that? Guillotine? Where did you get those old antiques?"

Hans grinned, and said, "What do you think I'm doing? Let me ask you, where will we reach after crossing Lake Powell? Who owned Lake Powell before?"

Dickens suddenly said: "Oh, you are going to make a deal with the Hopi? Can you go in? The Hopi are not like the Amish, they don't welcome outsiders."

Turis hurriedly ran into the store: "He must be able to go in, otherwise why would he bring these things? Come on, let's get something and go and see."

Ollie asked in amazement: "How did you get involved with the Hopi tribe? Those guys really hate white people."

Hans said: "I have nothing to do with them."

Oli was taken aback, and said, "Then why do you bring these things? They will never trade with you."

Hans patted Li Du's shoulder and said with a smile, "My brother is of the yellow race, and people from the Hopi tribe would be willing to make a deal with him."

Li Du looked at him helplessly and said, "Dude, is this considered racial discrimination?"

Hans said innocently: "Of course it doesn't count, even if it counts, it's because the Hopi people discriminate against us white people."

The Hopi is a Native American tribe recognized by the US government. They mainly live in northeastern Arizona. Their population is very small, less than 20,000.

However, these 20,000 people occupy 6,500 square kilometers of land. Of course, the land originally belonged to them is even more.

The U.S. government stipulates that the Hopi people can farm, graze, hunt, and build on these lands. This is completely their territory. If they are not willing, they have a reason to expel anyone who enters the land.

However, this does not mean that the Hopi people can do whatever they want in this land, nor does it mean that they are happy in this land.

Because the entire land is surrounded by the larger Navajo Reservation, the Navajo Nation shares the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area, along with the Hopi Nation.

However, the Navajo tribe is larger in number and stronger in force. They always confuse the boundaries and invade the territory of the Hopi tribe, resulting in long-term disputes between the two sides.

The Hopi people have a bad relationship with white people, and with this incident, they think that the US government deliberately bullied them and arranged for the Navajo to involve them.

Therefore, they refused to trade with whites, generally traded with Indians, and could also trade with colored people such as blacks who were once the same ruled class.

Li Du is willing to give it a try. His deal with the Amish once made him a million dollars. Wouldn't it be great if he found something good from the Hopi tribe?

After getting in the car, they drove all the way to the magnificent Lake Powell.

In order to allow Li Du to experience more local customs, Hanst deliberately chose to drive from the east route.

"What's the difference?" he asked, looking at the scenery.

Hans said: "Of course, the canyon on the western route is steeper and the terrain is more precipitous. The eastern route belongs to the valley bottom, so it is much gentler and more open."

Li Du asked: "In this way, wouldn't it be better for us to take the Western Front?"

Hans gave him a blank stare: "Of course not. The west road is complicated, there are many obstacles, and the view is very bad. If you take the east road, you can drive into the bottom of the Grand Canyon, which will allow you to get close to the interior of the Grand Canyon. .”

The road is indeed smooth, with few people and even less traffic. Looking out from the car, you can clearly feel the desolation and magnificence of the western United States.

This route has a good view, but unfortunately there is little color on the land, no green trees and grass, no colorful flowers, and no golden autumn rice fields.

Li Du looked around, and all he saw was reddish-brown land, which is the iconic landform feature of the Grand Canyon.

After driving for a while, he felt something was wrong: "Why are there not many cars coming and going?"

The road network in the United States is well developed, the land in the western region is vast, and there are few residents and pedestrians. Driving here is indeed easy to encounter loneliness and loneliness.

For example, Highway 50, known as the loneliest road in the United States, sometimes drives on it without encountering one or two cars for half a day.

But this is not Route 50. There are a lot of tourists around, more than 3 million people every year. It shouldn't be so long without encountering a few pedestrians.

Hans took it easy, and said lazily: "Maybe it's not suitable to travel today, and today is a working day, so there aren't many tourists here."

After driving for more than 20 minutes, they came across a rest area of ​​a gas station. The group went in for a cup of coffee, refueled the car, and then started on the road again.

After going on the road this time, I couldn't even touch the car.

Li Du felt that something was wrong, but the treasure hunters were interested, and Ollie shouted: "It's just right without a car, guys, come on, let's race the car!"

The calm Turis said: "No, our truck is full of things, don't play too exciting things!"

"Limit the speed to 120 kilometers, guys, let's chase!" Ollie stepped on the accelerator after speaking, and his truck flew out immediately.

Hans also slammed on the accelerator, and the cars started chasing each other on the road.

In this way, Li Du didn't have the heart to search for the route online, so he quickly sat down and shouted: "Made, I hate you bastards to death, what kind of racing are you doing!"

But when the car really sped up, he also felt that it was enjoyable, and the feeling of speeding on the road was really cool.

As a result, they were speeding all the way, driving fast, and half an hour later, they drove to the front of a bridge. At this time, people began to slow down, and they had to be careful about the situation beside the bridge.

In fact, they were right in slowing down. When the car reached the bridge, Li Du and the others saw that the bridge was blocked!

"Shit, no wonder there are no cars or pedestrians on the road, so this road is impassable!" Hans yelled.

Li Du even cursed: "Fake, don't you know how to check the road conditions before you go out? You just drove here based on your experience?"

Hans said aggrievedly: "Who said I drove it based on experience? You see, I drove the GPS to navigate."

There are several shops at the head of the bridge. Hans took a look and thought of something, he laughed and said, "Although the road is blocked, we still have something to gain."