Chapter 504: Dark River
Chen He glanced at the corpse of the monster in the carriage with trepidation, and slowly shook his head: "I have never seen anything like this, and the most tricky mutant creature I have encountered before is just a bloodthirsty rat the size of a wild dog." ”
"Luckily, these monsters are just roaming around the tunnels, and if they run into the shelter, I'm afraid they will cause quite a stir." These mutated creatures must pass through the station if they want to enter the shelter through the tunnel, but the station of any shelter must be heavily guarded by the army, and the smaller, inconspicuous bloodthirsty rats and mutant beetles may be able to sneak under the noses of the guards, but there is no way for a monster like this to escape the guards' interception.
"Yes, I bought this line from an intelligence dealer at a great price, and I know that there are definitely no more than ten private trains in this abandoned subway tunnel, which was originally a good way to make a fortune, but today, I won't dare to take this road next time." Chen He smiled bitterly.
Making money is really important, but the premise is also to have a life flower, if it weren't for Qi Lin in the car today, the couple would probably die in this dark and deep tunnel, and the corpses would be eaten up.
"Other tunnels aren't necessarily 100% safe." Qi Lin sighed, this kind of monster can appear here, and naturally it can also appear in other places, after all, the underground transportation network is all connected, and the official train has a strong guard team may not be afraid of these monsters, but if a private train like Chen He, which lives in the gray cracks, hits, it will be difficult to have a chance of survival.
"I have to find a way to get two good guns and put them in the car, to be honest, I also have a son who is studying in the academy of the Tianzhi Foundation, as long as he can successfully complete his studies, he can become an assistant engineer in the Tianzhi Foundation, and then we can rest." Chen He said.
Qi Lin was stunned, such a thing as a school is not common in a shelter - ordinary civilians still have a problem with food and clothing, and they don't have money to send their children to school, and those children of the powerful have a special tutor for tutoring, so the school, the most common institution in the society of the old times, is almost impossible to find in the shelter.
But Tianzhi Academy is different, this is a higher education college founded by the Tianzhi Foundation, which can allow the children of civilians to enroll, and offers dozens of majors such as mechanical, biological, energy, military, etc., all of which are born to cultivate talents to rebuild the wasteland, and art courses such as art and music cannot be found in the subject list of Tianzhi Academy.
Students who can graduate from Tianzhi Academy can directly enter the Tianzhi Foundation to work, which is simply something that countless people dream of.
However, as famous as Tianzhi Academy is, there is also its high tuition fee - an ordinary family of three living in the middle area, its daily living expenses for half a year can barely pay the tuition fee of Tianzhi Academy for half a month.
It turned out that this Chen He also had a son studying in Tianzhi Academy, so it was no wonder that he had to take such a big risk to come out and run a private train.
Chen He rested for a while, then walked to the cab with Qi Lin's support, and when he saw his injured husband, the woman who was operating the train finally couldn't help crying, and big tears fell on the operating table.
"Crying, crying, what does it look like, isn't Lao Tzu still dead!" Chen He snorted, and then smiled at Qi Lin, "No way, the two of us used to be employees of the railway company, except for driving trains and repairing trains, there is almost no other technology, just buying this engine that is about to be scrapped makes us owe a lot of debt......"
Almost all the money that can be borrowed in the shelter is usury, which Qi Lin knows very well, don't look at Chen He and his wife can make a lot of money by running back and forth, but after paying off the loan shark and the tuition fee for their son's schooling, I am afraid there are not many points left.
"By the way, what kind of goods are you transporting this time?" Qi Lin asked with some curiosity.
"Tobacco." Chen He glanced back, except for the third carriage, which was relatively empty, the first and second carriages were all full of large wooden boxes, leaving only a narrow passage that could only be passed by one person.
"These tobaccos are all good things left over from the old days."
Although tobacco is not contraband, it is necessary to deduct a high amount of taxes when entering and exiting the various shelter stations, even if the tax rate is high, the most important thing is that the taxes between the various consortia are completely independent, that is, every time you enter a new refuge of a consortia, you must pay the tax again, and after several rounds of deductions, there is almost nothing left of the original huge profits, and maybe you will lose a lot of money.
"How much tobacco is there?" Qi Lin asked with some curiosity.
"This time, we have a big customer - one box is 200 kilograms of tobacco, a total of 22 boxes, that is, 4.4 tons! As long as the goods can be delivered safely, I will be rewarded with 2,000 resource points! Saying this, Chen He's face rarely showed a hearty smile, although this smile only lasted for less than a second———— the corners of his grinning mouth touched the terrifying wound on his face, making Chen He immediately cry out in pain.
4.4 tons of tobacco, if it is processed into finished cigarettes, according to the ratio of 10 to 1, that is 400 kilograms......
What is the concept of 400 kilograms?
In the black market of the refuge, cigarettes like this made from tobacco left over from the old era are all sought-after and sought-after, and the cheapest cigarette is three to five resource points, and the weight of a cigarette is probably less than one gram.
The value of what was carried on this train was an astronomical amount.
The owner of the goods is willing to hand over this batch of goods to Chen He and his wife to transport, I am afraid it is also because they know that they have a son who studied in Tianzhi College, if Chen He and they die in this tunnel, then the owner of the goods who lost this batch of goods will transfer his anger to whose head, it is conceivable.
Qi Lin not only saved Chen He and his wife, but also their son, who was far away in Tianzhi Academy.
"By the way, are you planning to drive directly into the official station of Vault 906?" Qi Lin suddenly asked.
"How could it be-" Chen He immediately responded, "Although Vault 906 is a rare 'neutral port', there is no reduction or exemption at all for the tax on tobacco from the consortium alliance, besides, I am a black car, and it is easy to cause unnecessary trouble if I unload it at the official station." ”
"And how do we get into Vault 909?"
"Go to the 'port' and take the waterway." Chen He said mysteriously.
"Water, waterways?" This time it was Qi Lin's turn to wonder.
"Yes, the waterway—the underground river."