014 Old Times and New Times
Supplies were too important to him, Han Xiao sighed, ordered one hundred and fifty bullets, and was about to pay the money.
The bearded man shook his finger and sat down on the ground, "One hundred and eighty bullets." ”
Han Xiao's eyes were angry, your uncle's profiteer, you are sitting on the ground and starting the price, you have to have a child!
Seeing this, the bearded man exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Oh, what a scary look, you still want to kill me, everyone come and see, there are people here who want to kill someone!" ”
As soon as these words came out, dozens of wanderers surrounded them, and some even picked up crowbars, iron rods and other weapons, and stared at them.
"This is our territory, you dare to make trouble?"
"Cheng, you are awesome, one hundred and eighty pieces, at this price, you will be begged to die." Han Xiao was so angry that his teeth itched, and he didn't want to cause more trouble, so he squeezed out the words from between his teeth, shook his hand and threw the bullet on the ground.
The bearded man smiled proudly, and asked people to bring everything over and hand it over to Han Xiao.
After confirming that the map and supplies were correct, Han Xiao gave his bearded man a middle finger, not wanting to stay for a second longer, so he turned around and left.
At this point, the bearded merchant spoke again, "Hey, do you want to walk out of this forest on your legs?" ”
"What, you have a problem?" Han Xiao stopped, not angry.
"I have an old pickup, do you want it?" The bearded cloud is light and breezy, as if the unpleasantness just now has not happened,
"I can't afford to pay you." Han Xiao stabbed him.
"You can afford it." The bearded man pointed to Han Xiao's backpack, "You have so many bullets, you must have brought a lot of guns, use those guns to pay." ”
High-quality firearms are highly sought after by wanderers, who generally rely on hunting for food, and one more good gun can lead to one more hunter.
The equipment in Han Xiao's bag was all the equipment of the night owl squad, which was of good quality, as well as sought-after goods such as sniper rifles and body armor, which were more than enough to replace an old pickup truck, but he shook his head and rejected the bearded man's proposal.
The traces left by driving in the forest are too conspicuous, which is basically equivalent to pointing to the nose of the pursuer and saying that this is the road that he sees without Lao Tzu, and if you don't want to race with a helicopter, it is better to walk.
And he has another layer of consideration, these guns are all budding standard weapons, once a budding team comes to this settlement and finds the organization's standard weapons, the settlement will be wiped out, and selling these guns is equivalent to indirect killing.
Although Han Xiao had just been slaughtered by a businessman, he was not so mad.
The bearded man still didn't give up, and wanted to sell a few words, when a bell-like voice suddenly sounded next to him.
"Kylo, you're an outsider again!"
A burly man dressed in a fur hunting suit strode in, and the crowd parted automatically as he passed, apparently with great prestige in the settlement.
The bearded Kai Luo's face was bitter, "Hu Hongjun, I finally made a single business, don't meddle with things!" ”
Hu Hongjun snatched the bullet from the bearded hand, handed it to Han Xiao, and said arrogantly: "The things you want are not worth a few dollars, I gave them to you, oh, this is your bullet." ”
Han Xiao was stunned, and looked at Hu Hongjun carefully, this man was a yellow race, with a strong figure, slightly white temples, sharp eyes, arrogant and indulgent in conversation, and the righteous act of returning the bullet suddenly made Han Xiao feel good.
"Hey, what should I do then?" Kylo shouted.
Hu Hongjun didn't look back, "Isn't it just a little food, I'll give it back to you tomorrow." ”
Kylo was so angry that he finally opened a shop to rip off customers, you made me a cheap exchange, do you know what business is?
Hu Hongjun was very hospitable, and said: "You are a guest from afar, look at your haggard appearance, you are not suitable for the life in the forest, so come to my house for one night, and then go on the road tomorrow." ”
Han Xiao hesitated for a moment, nodded in agreement, he really wanted to take a good rest, and Hu Hongjun's first impression on him was that of a bold man with a straight intestine, not like a bad person. Of course, even if the other party has bad intentions, Han Xiao will not coax it.
The two left together, and the wanderers who watched also dispersed, leaving only the bearded Kailo beating his chest, daring to be angry but not daring to speak, no way, Hu Hongjun is one of the hunters in the settlement, everyone has to rely on him to hunt and bring back food, and he is atmospheric, and his popularity is excellent, he dare not offend.
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Hu Hongjun took Han Xiao back to his tent, and as soon as he lifted the curtain and entered the door, he shouted: "An, I have guests, make more food today." ”
"Got it." A woman replied.
Han Xiao walked into the tent and saw a woman called An, who looked ordinary and wore a plain cloth skirt, Han Xiao noticed that her eyes were blank and she was clearly blind.
"This is my wife." Hu Hongjun smiled.
"Hello." Hearing the voice, An smiled in the direction of Han Xiao, fumbled and took out pots and pans and dried meat and wild vegetables, and put them on the improvised stone kiln stove in the center of the tent to cook.
Since the other party was so enthusiastic, Han Xiao was not restrained, sat on the ground, and chatted with Hu Hongjun.
After some conversation, Han Xiao confirmed that Hu Hongjun had no other intentions, just hospitality, and he couldn't help but let down his guard a little.
"I noticed just now that most of this colony is Caucasians, how can you join them?" Han Xiao asked.
The intelligent species of Aqua Blue Star is humans, a total of four human races, black people, white people, yellow people, and Sanu people, all of which are the products of natural selection. Darwin said that natural selection, the more hostile the environment makes for a stronger life, and Sanu is more robust than the black man.
"There is no special reason, at that time the war, I happened to meet this group of wanderers, at that time Ann was sick and needed to take care of, so he stayed, although the motherland and the race are different, but we are all remnants of the old era, the people who lost the country, what do you and me, but they are sympathetic to each other, huddle together for warmth." Hu Hongjun's tone was embarrassed.
There were originally hundreds of countries on Aquamarine, and after coming into contact with the interstellar forces, I understood that the existence of so many countries on a planet was a complete waste of limited planetary resources, and that non-unity was endless internal friction, and if it continued, when the planet's resources were exhausted, civilization would be trapped on the planet and lose the opportunity to step into the universe.
As a result, with the help of well-intentioned people, the social environment has undergone drastic changes in the past few decades, with wars, negotiations, economic pressure, and the passage of peace or non-peace, and finally reduced to only six countries.
Those who lost their homeland, some chose to join the Six Nations, some chose to join the bud, and the rest were wanderers.
The world of Hailanxing is in the throes of the old era stepping into the new era, the people who have been annexed, destroyed and disintegrated in those countries are immersed in grief and disillusionment, and everyone hopes that their country can survive, but when the wheel of history feels that it has stopped long enough and needs to continue to move forward, some seemingly indispensable things can only accept the fate of being abandoned by the times, and become a few words left in the history books, to give some simple examples, such as the wave of layoffs in the early nineties, countless iron rice bowls were broken, and for example, the 5,000-year history of China, It was not until the Republic of China that the imperial system that lasted for thousands of years collapsed, and before that, the existence of the emperor was a matter of course for everyone, such as the dark religion of the Western Middle Ages.
The progress of civilization is like a surging river, which cannot be stopped, and everyone, everything, and even countries are just mud and sand wrapped in the river, drifting with the tide.
Those with limited individual strength can only vent their grief on the Internet or in parades, or they are depressed by the national honor of the past, and the radical ones refuse to accept the invitation of the citizens of the six countries and become wanderers in the wilderness, huddling together in the wilderness, and the wanderers account for 30% of the entire population of the entire planet.
And some of the soldiers who once sacrificed their blood and sweat for the country used more extreme actions to oppose the Six Nations, and the budding organization was a behemoth born in this social environment, with the idea of overthrowing the Six Nations, hating the same enemy, and the underworld deserved to be the leader.
It is easy to keep it, reform is always accompanied by pain, even if it is the general knowledge of the universe, there are still diehards who are unwilling to accept it, compared to private interests and social progress, there will always be some people who choose the former, who cares about the flood after my death, and these people usually play the role of "resistance" on the road of evolution, after all, selfishness can bring practical benefits, and righteousness is just an ethereal belief. Dagong selfless people are rare animals, otherwise "selfless" would not be called a virtue, otherwise there is no need to engage in the annual moving Chinese selection, not to tell everyone: "Look, there are still good people in the world, you study hard, and let the organization save a little bit." ”
Hu Hongjun said: "Since the Battle of Antia, history has been divided into two halves, the past few thousand years are called the old era, and now it is the new era, sometimes think about it, in fact, what is bad about the past life, peace and stability, but because of the so-called internal friction theory and set off a war, the consequences of the payment, I am afraid that the consequences are more serious than internal friction, and even if it happens, it will only be a few hundred years later, and the future problems will be thrown to future generations to solve, what does it matter to us." ”
Han Xiao sighed.