Half a month ago, on the day of the outbreak of the Kula No. 1 infectious disease, the West of North Africa Free Trade Port.

The Freeport is crowded with people, a dilapidated car is driving on the street, because of the crowd, the car can barely move, the bearded man wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses is yawning, and from time to time he goes out to let the person in front of him give way, but the crowd is still so crowded.

Qi Jiamei sat in the co-pilot, like everyone here, wearing an army-green military uniform with an armed belt on the outside.

More than a month ago, Qi Jiamei, who was floating on the sea, was rescued by the cargo ship of Howard, a man driving next to her, but when Qi Jiamei was sober, she forgot everything except her name, she didn't know why she was in the sea, and she didn't know what happened to her......

However, Qi Jiamei knew two things that Howard told her, one was that if she was not a woman, he would never save her, because this environment now needs women, especially a woman like her who looks and has a good figure; Second, if she wants to live, then follow Howard to become his assistant in the future.

When he said this, Howard was playing with the Desert Eagle pistol in his hand, looking at Qi Jiamei with squinting eyes, and then Qi Jiamei snatched his gun with lightning speed, and when Howard was surprised, he disassembled the pistol into parts, and then threw it at his feet, and said coldly: "Thank you for saving me, but it doesn't mean that you can do whatever you want to me." ”

Howard then smiled, looked at Qi Jiamei and said, "I found a treasure!" ”

Followed by. Unlike Qi Jiamei's guess, Howard actually gave her a full set of combat equipment, telling her that she would be his first assistant from now on, in charge of all his affairs, but less than half an hour after these words, Qi Jiamei learned that in fact, Howard was just a smuggler who had no background and tried to start from scratch, and he spent a lot of money on this ship, and the destination was a free port in the west of North Africa.

Meantime. Howard didn't have a single subordinate. When she was found earlier, the people on the boat had not intended to save her, and if it weren't for Howard's insistence, she would have become a floating corpse at sea.

Qi Jiamei didn't know who she was. I don't know where I'm going. She could only follow Howard. Until he retrieved his memory, Howard agreed, and he knew it. Qi Jiamei will not simply retrieve her memories so simply. Of course, he didn't know what kind of bad luck this woman would bring to him.

Over the next month, Howard and Qi Jiamei followed the cargo ship in all directions, shuttling between the islands in the Atlantic, and then to the Mediterranean, because the owner of the cargo ship wanted to go to the battlefield in the Mediterranean to pick up the rags, maybe he could pick something useful and bring it to Freeport to sell for a good price.

During this time, Qi Jiamei has been trying to recall the past, but she has no clue, she doesn't even know how the world came to be like this, but she has a strange feeling about the word Shangdu, and feels very familiar, so her destination is to go to the new region of Shangdu, the place called the Ark.

"Still thinking about Shangdu's ark?" Howard honked the horn for a while, and seeing that the crowd still couldn't disperse, he simply turned his head and said to Qi Jiamei, who was looking ahead in a daze.

Qi Jiamei nodded silently, now the Qiē in front of her eyes passed so slowly, she wanted to leave here and go to the Ark to find her past, but it was not so easy to go to Shangdu, along the way she also heard many people say that some people tried to smuggle to Shangdu, but most of them died halfway, even if they approached Shangdu, they would be directly killed by the Shangdu Defense Army guarding the border.

"I can't stop you if you really want to go, but I think you should make some money before you go." Seeing that the crowd in front of him was a little looser, Howard immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove forward, "I'll tell you that the money earned is fifty-fifty." ”

Qi Jiamei finally spoke: "I don't want money, I save enough things for the road, and I'll set off." ”

"What are you kidding? This is North Africa! The fastest way to get from North Africa to Asia is by plane, which is of course the most dangerous way, and the best way is by land. Howard took out the map from the toolbox next to him, "You look at the map, you have to enter the Middle East from the direction of Egypt, and then enter the Asian region from the Middle East, even if you can pass through the blockade of the Resistance Army, it will be difficult to survive after entering the Middle East, where the Resistance has been engaged in a tug-of-war with the Shangdu Defense Army, and no one has defeated anyone for so many years. ”

The money Howard is talking about, not in the real sense of money, but refers to energy, now the most scarce is these things, in some parts of Europe, even a sack of coal can be exchanged for a lot of necessary daily necessities, the most scarce time, that is, in winter, such a sack of coal, if the quality is high, you can change to a car, of course, no one will do such a loss-making deal, after all, the car needs gasoline to drive.

At the same time, things like batteries have basically become hard currency, ordinary batteries, car batteries, these can be used for direct transactions, of course, ordinary rechargeable batteries are more effective than disposable batteries.

Originally, solar charging equipment was in short supply, but the relationship between pollution and haze, there is very little time to see the sun throughout the year, even if you can still receive the light source to charge, but the time is relatively long, so the price has fallen all the way.

A few years ago, Shangdu developed a new type of energy, which belongs to the fermentation charging equipment, this kind of machine is like a washing machine, you can put things that can ferment into it and convert it into a power source, and there is a function like a biogas digester, but it is relatively convenient to carry.

However, the most valuable things are gasoline and alcohol, especially the former, which is simply more expensive than gold, and there is no so-called market price at all, all of which are set by the owner himself, whether you like to buy or not, anyway, there is no shortage of buyers.

The back of Howard's car was loaded with some parts of the firearm, as well as maintenance things, such as gun oil, and springs in magazines, triggers, firing pins, and the like, which Howard had collected over the years.

After the outbreak of a full-scale war, many people did not realize how important it was to maintain the guns in their hands, many people only knew how to shoot guns and did not know maintenance.

Take gun oil as an example, military gun oil is all silicone lubricants, but this kind of thing is difficult to find now, even within the Resistance Army, it is a limited supply and cannot be wasted. Many of them are looking for substitutes, lubricating oil in transformers, or other mechanical lubricants to replace.

Therefore, Howard knew that if he found a good buyer, he could sell his car for a very good price.

"I've done the math." Howard drove down the street where the crowd was a little looser, "If we sell them all, we can at least get a ton of batteries for these things, a ton!" Do you know what the concept is? I know here in Freeport, there's a businessman who has a factory in North Africa, this guy is a profiteer, he has connections with some of the top of the Resistance, he helps him collect batteries all over the place, he has a group of people under him who help him make retrofits, he does everything, as long as we find him, we get rich. ”

Qi Jiamei said lightly: "You also said that you want to find someone who knows the goods, what if someone doesn't know the goods?" When you open your eyes, these people around you basically shoot guns, and it's one thing to use guns and shoot accurately, but do they think it's necessary to maintain guns? If you're not a professional soldier, like the Resistance, no one will scarce what you have. ”

Howard smiled: "Then sell it to the Resistance, someone will need it." ”

"You're so optimistic." Qi Jiamei shook her head, "It's too optimistic." ”

"My dad said the same thing, do you know how he died? I scared myself to death, because I was not optimistic, I had a heart attack, and when I died, because the corpse stinked, it attracted a group of monsters, and when I went back, it was already half a month later, but I saw his mutilated body in my living room. Howard spoke with ease.

Qi Jiamei glanced at Howard and asked, "How long will it take?" ”

"There is a hotel in the port terminal, the price is cheap, the environment is not bad, you can see the beautiful river from the window, I spent a lot of money, but the room is scarce, there is only one, we can only make do with it." After Howard finished speaking, he cautiously glanced at Qi Jiamei.

"I'm in the car, you're in the room, it's so decided, don't say anything superfluous, that's all." Qi Jiamei said immediately.

Howard looked disappointed and pouted: "Okay, I'll listen to you, if it weren't for you, maybe I'd have died a long time ago." ”

In fact, when he was on that cargo ship, if Qi Jiamei hadn't found out in time, I'm afraid Howard would have been killed by the shipowner, that guy is half a pirate, it should be said that almost everyone who runs the ship is like this now, as long as it is profitable, everyone will take risks.

In this world, there is no so-called morality in the first place, let alone now.

On the street that was not long, the car drove for nearly an hour to reach the destination hotel, the so-called hotel is just a five-story house, very simple, but the price is expensive, it takes a lot of money to stay for one night, that is, a lot of batteries, Howard directly pumped out the gasoline in the car, as the first three days of room payment.

Qi Jiamei covered the things behind the car tightly with a canvas, and then tied them with iron chains, and slept directly on them to take care of them, Howard couldn't persuade Qi Jiamei to go to the house with him, so he had to carry his things up alone, and then took a shower and ordered two hot meals - slices of bread heated canned soybeans, and six slices of sausages outside.

This food is already considered top-notch here, and according to the seller, it provides all the nutrients that the human body needs.

However, these two hot meals alone cost Howard two large rechargeable batteries, which in some of Europe's hinterlands can be exchanged for two light machine guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition. (To be continued......)