Although the buildings in the town are simple and dilapidated, most of them are small wooden buildings, and the dirt streets are not only muddy and dirty, but there is also random garbage and animal droppings everywhere, but the town is very large, and there are many residents and caravans.

Even if he has not been to other towns in the United States, Chu Tianjiang believes that this is the most prosperous and lively town within a radius of several hundred kilometers.

"Boss, don't you think it looks familiar?"

"Familiar?"

Andre smiled and said, "If we get on a horse and change into a denim suit, will it feel like we have gone back to two hundred years ago?" ”

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

Indeed, this town is indeed like a township in the United States during the Great Development of the West, only on a much larger scale. Chu Tianjiang and the others went to the west to pan for gold, or they were cowboys, but they wore casual clothes in the 21st century and rode in cars.

"This place stinks!" Rachel grumbled.

"Be content, you have to know Lu Dao, those Americans who came here alive, I don't know how happy Lu Dao is." Chu Tianjiang glanced at Rachel and said, "Here, at least it's safe, no one comes to harass them, let alone rob them of their belongings." For young women, the body is the capital of life, even if they are old, they can use labor to get what they need to survive. ”

Rachel rolled her eyes and said, "Even so, this is not paradise, at most it is a stinking." ”

Chu Tianjiang shook his head with a smile, and said to Warenjing, who was driving: "Find a decent hotel, clean first, otherwise my aunt and grandmother will lose her temper." ”

Valentin stuck out his tongue, indicating that he understood what Chu Tianjiang meant.

has been following Chu Tianjiang for so long, and Valenjing also knows that among Chu Tianjiang's many wives, Rachel is the one who can't be messed with or can not be provoked.

After walking around the town, Valentin parked the SUV next to a hotel that looked like it was not small.

Zhan Pengfei arranged two vehicles for Chu Tianjiang, in addition to this off-road vehicle that can seat seven people, there is also a nineteen-seat small bus. The two cars originally belonged to a caravan, but shortly after the caravan left the town for the last time, it encountered a group of outlaws. When the garrison arrived, all the caravan members were killed, and the outlaws only took some of the valuables, leaving all the vehicles behind. Because of the garrison and military vehicles, these vehicles are not usually used, and they are rusty in the warehouse, so Zhan Pengfei picked two of the best ones and gave them to Chu Tianjiang. In addition, Zhan Pengfei gave Chu Tianjiang a few barrels of gasoline and some daily chemical products that could be used as currency. It's just that Chu Tianjiang only accepted the gasoline and left all the daily chemical products that were in the way in the base.

When he decided to come to the town, Chu Tianjiang thought that it was impossible for them to dress up as a caravan.

To put it bluntly, they only have a dozen men, while the smallest caravans have hundreds of people, and often hire the same number of mercenaries as escorts.

According to Chu Tianjiang's vision, they would disguise themselves as free mercenaries and follow a caravan to Denver.

If you're lucky, you might be able to run into a caravan from Lakewood. It would not be bad if you could meet a caravan from Denver.

In the United States, especially on the West Coast, freelance mercenaries are everywhere.

Most of these mercenaries have served in the military, and many of them come from the special forces, often acting alone or in small groups. Because they survived the cataclysm, the spread of the DNA virus, and the invasion, these people have strong personal combat effectiveness, so they usually wander around the various trading towns to serve the caravans that can afford to pay a price. Of course, there are many spies sent by the separatist forces.

Unlike the mercenaries commonly found in other parts of the United States, these freelance mercenaries often take on high-risk, high-reward missions. To put it bluntly, the freelance mercenaries will take on the jobs that the large mercenary corps are unwilling to take, so as to obtain high returns.

According to the information provided by Zhang Xiaogang, as long as a powerful free mercenary can complete an escort mission, the reward he gets is enough to squander for several months. It's just that more than half of the free mercenaries are on the day when they don't live to receive the first return from the caravan, and the free mercenaries who can complete more than three escort missions and enjoy the rewards can be said to be rare.

To put it bluntly, free mercenaries are outlaws themselves.

Partial separatist forces, especially small separatist forces, also take advantage of this by sending people to pose as free mercenaries and lead the caravans hired to ambush circles.

Affected by this, the free mercenaries must have enough strength to find something to do, and they must also win the trust of the caravan.

In addition, the average small caravan could not afford to hire free mercenaries, but would rather form a team and pay together to hire mercenaries to provide escorts. The main purpose of hiring free mercenaries is to reduce the pressure on the strength of the guards, especially when they are plundered, so that the free mercenaries can be used as cannon fodder.

Of course, there are occasional caravans on secret missions that hire freelance mercenaries to act as escorts.

After some negotiation with the female boss, who looked to be fifty years old, Andre negotiated the price.

In order to save money, Andre only rented two sets of rooms, one large room for Chu Tianjiang's family to live in, and one small room for Andre's three brothers.

It's just that the innkeeper offered to pay for the room with the goods.

Chu Tianjiang was very helpless, so he could only let Warenjing return to the base and ask Zhan Pengfei for some valuable goods.

After settling down, Chu Tianjiang asked Leonid to stay in the hotel and wait for Valentin to return, and then took the others to a hotel introduced by the female boss.

Because of the large number of caravans, the last thing that is missing from the town is inns and hotels.

The hotel is the main activity place for all kinds of people. Merchants negotiate trade in hotels, mercenaries have a fixed place in hotels, free mercenaries often stop in hotels, and wanderers who need to work or want to follow caravans to other towns also gather in hotels.

Obviously, the hotel is a hodgepodge.

When Chu Tianjiang and the others came to this hotel, which was mainly occupied by free mercenaries, they didn't attract too many people's attention, because there were only two men.

When he came to the town, Chu Tianjiang found that there were only a few men in most of the team.

After choosing a place, André went to the bar and asked for a red wine glass according to the way the landlady said, and placed it on the outside of the table.

This is a sign of a free mercenary, and businessmen who need to hire a free mercenary will take the initiative to come and negotiate after seeing this sign. According to the unwritten rules, free mercenaries cannot take the initiative to negotiate with merchants, and even if they do, they will definitely be closed. The reason is simple, freelancers are very arrogant and tend not to take the initiative to do work, and businessmen are not interested in overly enthusiastic freelancers.

Obviously, Chu Tianjiang was a little tired of this way of "Jiang Taigong fishing".

It's just that since he decided to dress up as a free mercenary, Chu Tianjiang can only "follow the customs".

After sitting in the bar for more than an hour, Leonid and Valentin rushed over and brought a few daily chemicals to pay for the drink.

Like hostels, bars don't charge currency, and no one uses it.

In the town, the main circulating goods are precious metals, namely gold and silver. Other valuables, such as natural diamonds and various gemstones, also have a payment function, but they are too expensive for people to pay for their room and wine. In addition, it is a commodity that merchants are happy to buy.

Chu Tianjiang didn't bring precious metals, and the diamonds he brought were too expensive, so he could only use the goods to pay for the room and wine.

When it got dark, although there were many businessmen who came in and out of the bar, and a few free mercenaries got jobs, none of the businessmen came to negotiate with Chu Tianjiang, which made him a little discouraged.

Chu Tianjiang noticed that almost all the free mercenaries were men, and no one had a few women like him.

If it weren't for the red glass that marked his identity, I'm afraid some people would think that Chu Tianjiang was a pimping broker or a human trafficker.

Shortly after dark, the hotel closed for a feint.

Although there are many businessmen in the town, not many people come out at night, or there is no nightlife, Chu Tianjiang is a little puzzled.

Back at the hotel, I waited for Andrei to ask the landlady about the situation.

The town was under the control of the garrison, and a strict curfew was in place, and civilians were not allowed to move in the streets until 9 p.m. According to the landlady, if she has a physical need, she can contact the girl who lives nearby. As long as the price can be afforded, no matter what kind of service it is, even if it is three clips and one, there is no problem, and it is guaranteed to satisfy the three Andrei brothers.

Of course, Andrei didn't bother himself.

After dinner, Chu Tianjiang asked the three Andre brothers to go back. Although there are garrisons to maintain order, there are few vicious public order incidents in the town, but theft is commonplace. To do this, the three Andrei brothers had to take turns keeping vigil and keeping an eye on the cars parked in the yard.

Although there was no need to go to the vigil, Chu Tianjiang couldn't sleep.

You must know that it is only the first half of the night, and Chu Tianjiang usually does not need to sleep. Thinking of the events of the day, Chu Tianjiang's heart was even more unpleasant.

Before, Zhan Pengfei proposed to either send a transport plane to send them to Denver, or arrange a garrison to escort them to Denver, but Chu Tianjiang refused, insisted on going to Denver on his own, and immediately came to the town without staying in the base for the night.

Now that he has touched a gray nose, if he goes back to find Zhan Pengfei, he will definitely be ridiculed by him.

Hearing the sound of the patrol passing outside the inn, Chu Tianjiang got up from the bed and woke up Nicol and Clara, who were leaning on top of him.

Seeing that Rachel and the others also got up one after another, Chu Tianjiang realized that they were not asleep.