Chapter 500 Old Man
Yesterday afternoon, after the two were invited to the warehouse by Brother Zhao, they guessed that they might attract attention when they came back.
Zhao Yeqing had always been reluctant to draw attention, thinking that he should at least wait until the situation in the city was fully confirmed and safety was guaranteed before making any plans. However, Mu Xi's idea was the opposite of Zhao Yeqing's. When he first decided to try to learn how to fly helicopters, he had the idea of attracting official attention.
The mine in the distance that was targeted by the reactionary organization was too close to the meadow and was a time bomb in any way.
So when she was considering whether to bring butter, Mu Xi insisted, and the same was true for the wool before.
However, these are only indirect means to attract people like Brother Zhao to come and exchange things with them. After contacting the capable ordinary citizens, they will try to find people at a higher level.
This is also what Mu Xi used to persuade Zhao Yeqing.
Unexpectedly, things developed according to Mu Xi's original idea. The authorities were indeed not pushovers and had already noticed the helicopter that originally belonged to the villain.
The old man in front of him smiled and waved his hands: "No, no, we don't need that helicopter, we just want to know the story behind it."
The authorities have finally solved internal problems in the first two years of the improvement in the climate. Now it is time to deal with external threats. The tolerance level for those who are making small moves outside has reached the bottom line.
Mu Xi had been targeted since the first time he stepped into the city. Or rather, he had been targeted since the helicopter came within a hundred kilometers of the city's airspace.
Mu Xi had checked before and found that there was a shielding system on the plane, but he did not expect that it was still discovered. It seems that his idea was correct, and seeking official protection is the safest approach.
The two looked at each other, and Mu Xi nodded slightly to Zhao Yeqing. She then asked, "Excuse me, do you have a map?"
"Hold on."
The man standing by the door got the old man's look and went out to get the map.
I thought it would be a paper map, but it turned out to be a projection device with map information around the city marked on it.
This was just produced, and the picture above shows clearly the surrounding ruins and spider-web-like cracks in the ground.
The tablet controlling the screen was handed to Zhao Yeqing. She gently slid the screen and locked the location on the rare earth mine.
“It came from this side.”
However, the rare earth mine in the picture did not look like the one in the man’s phone. Instead, it was full of miners and machines in operation.
The person who brought the equipment over explained: "The picture of this place was left over from the past, and it was spliced with the map picture we have explored now. It is not what it looks like now."
That's right.
Zhao Yeqing expressed his understanding and drew a horizontal line on the enlarged picture with a stylus pen. "We have been observing for a period of time, about a month. The helicopter we drove frequently traveled between the mine and... this town."
The old man nodded and looked at the assistant sitting next to him. The assistant answered: "It is a small organization affiliated with God's Punishment, with no more than a hundred people."
"That's right." The old man also explained to the two of them very considerately: "The small organization you saw should be the people who helped the 'God's Punishment' to explore the mines. They are not members of the 'God's Punishment'. I think you will be safe for a short time."
The words were said ambiguously, as if deliberately enticing the two to make demands.
Zhao Yeqing looked at the old man speechlessly. The old man looked at her with a smile, as if waiting for her to speak. She could only resign herself to her fate and asked, "How can I stay safe for a long time?"
She convinced herself that old people are just children, and even leaders need to be coaxed.
The old man laughed out loud: "Send two sheep to the city."
......
Why are so many people coveting her sheep?
But she couldn't believe that they agreed to such a simple request for just two sheep.
"...Just two sheep?"
She regretted the moment she said this. The old man's eyes gleamed, and the assistant beside him quickly replied: "It would be great if we could go to your house to choose."
Zhao Yeqing regretted so much that she pinched Mu Xi's thigh until it turned blue. Before she could reply, the old man next to her pretended to be angry: "Hey! How can you say that? You sound like a bandit..."
That’s right!
Zhao Yeqing's face lit up, and he heard the old man say, "You still have to pay... Xiao Zhao, your family has lived in the mountains for so many years, so you probably don't have a lot of things, right? So, if you want something that's hard to find in the market, just tell us and we'll exchange it with you. We can't take the people's needles and thread for nothing."
Well, he still covets her piece of land.
But it is the best result.
Back at the guesthouse, the goods that the two had not sold were finally taken away by the old man's assistant. "Tell us what else you want this time, and I'll have someone send it to you. You don't have to go to the market to sell these goods. I'll take them all."
Seeing the box of butter in the bag, the assistant couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'll ask my boss for half of it later. I haven't had cake for a long time. If I give this to my wife, she will definitely be happy."
The assistant's wife is a baker. They have been out of materials for making cakes and breads for several years. This time, the assistant went back with him and brought a younger brother to help with the moving.
The four of them chatted along the way, and Zhao Yeqing also found out a lot of information.
There have been almost no cattle or sheep in the city for many years, or rather, no sheep or dairy cows.
It is only the third year of climate recovery. Many cities are unable to take care of themselves, and there are very few resources that can be exchanged with each other. It is already very abundant for the city to have chicken, duck, fish and pork.
"Many cities are not as developed as our small third-tier cities. They have been swallowed up by larger areas. Not only do they have to rebuild the cities, but they also have to deal with the reactionary forces outside."
"Is it also the 'divine punishment'?"
The assistant shook his head: "No, it's not that simple for a larger organization."
This is no longer a secret. It turns out that "Divine Punishment" is at best a fanatical cult organization. Even if such an organization has enough members to restrict the official's actions, it is still not to be feared in terms of hard power.
Only a larger organization with absolute armed power can have an impact.
For example, the organization above this, which was formed by people who had great say before the earth cracked and accumulated strength after the turmoil to attempt to change the dynasty, is still a cancer today.
As for who that person was, that was beyond the control of the two. Zhao Yeqing didn't want to know at all. It was not something she could change. She just wanted to stay in her meadow, working from sunrise to sunset.
But I didn't expect that the divine punishment that I thought was a boss was actually just a little brother who ran errands?
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