Volume 2 Winter in Iron Mountain Section 9 Almsgiving
The old cow held the fuel barrel, filled the red comet with oil, and returned to the tin shed to continue studying the drawings. The refueled red comet began to scurry around the repair shop again, until the iron slag called her back.
"You go in and look at the drawings with Lao Niu, and exchange information with him by the way. I don't have the money to buy flying fish, so you can discuss something else. ”
[Friend, if you are short of funds, Alice suggests that you go to the Iron Mountain Town Council and borrow money from Lena Yucoris]
"I'm not going to borrow money from her, and she doesn't have much money."
[Friend, upgrade Alice's body to improve your combat ability and data analysis ability in an all-round way]
[As the sheriff of Iron Mountain Town, Lina has an annual income of about 600 gold coins, excluding the living expenses of 200 gold coins per year, she has been a sheriff for three years, and she has at least 1200 gold in her account]
"How do you know so well?" Iron Slag couldn't help frowning and asked in a deep voice.
[This is the information that Alice got on the computer of the Iron Mountain Town Governing Council, Alice's database contains the latest information in various fields around the world, as long as the information can be found on the international network, Alice has a backup]
"Do you have all the information from all over the world?" Iron Slag asked in surprise.
[Limited to today's information, Alice recommends connecting to the international network every once in a while to get the most up-to-date information]
"Since you know everything, please give us some more useful suggestions, such as ways to make money quickly." Ye Xinling, who had been sitting beside the iron slag, interjected and asked.
[According to Alice's analysis, with the friend's current ability and state, the easiest way is to apply for a loan from Lena Eucoris]
"What about the second way?" Iron Slag asked.
[In our current state, we don't have the means to raise the funds needed to upgrade in a short period of time, please consider Alice's suggestion]
"I'll never borrow money from a woman, don't mention it again." Iron Slag said impatiently.
[Friend, you have a spiritual tendency of old-time machismo, Alice suggests that you read some romance novels and revise your radical ideological system]
"I should have demolished you." As he spoke, Iron Slag reached out and touched the hilt of the knife behind his back.
[Friend, your adrenal levels are rising rapidly, Alice advises you to calm down first]
The red comet made a mechanical synthesis sound and retreated, and then drove into the tin shed to exchange information with the old cow.
In the tin shed, the old cow and the narcissus doctor looked at the blueprints on the computer screen, and let out exclamations from time to time. The drawings given by Alice contain a lot of scientific and technical information, and they are design concepts that they have never seen before. According to Lao Niu's preliminary estimate, if these modifications are completed, the red comet will not only greatly improve its performance as a locomotive, but also have a certain ability to repair and transform itself. The narcissus doctor on the side was also amazed by the drawings. However, he soon remembered that his clinic had not been open for two days. There are only two doctors in the entire town of Iron Mountain, and if he doesn't go back, many patients may not be able to be treated. So he got up and took his leave, and went straight back to Iron Mountain.
It didn't take long for Iron Slag to return to the stronghold with Ye Xinling to rest, and only Lao Niu and Alice were left in the repair shop. The old cow was fascinated by the study of the design drawings, and took a pen and paper to copy and write. Alice quietly left the tin shed and walked around the repair shop. She is like a child who has just learned to walk, and she feels new to everything. Lao Niu's repair shop is littered with all kinds of discarded parts and sundries. Every time an object appeared in Alice's image generator, she would go up and scan it. After a while, she scanned everything in the repair shop, including the old electrical appliances, metal parts, bottles and cans, and even the old cow's clothes and underwear......
Just then, a sand truck appeared in her image generator. She cautiously slid over, blue and green light shooting out of the front of the car, and began to scan the sand bike. Tens of seconds later, the scan was over, and she compared the data from the sand truck with the data in the database. She quickly came to the conclusion that it was an H172 sand truck produced by the "Great Wall Company". Then, Alice began to do the math and analysis. In a situation where resources are scarce, she must use limited resources to get the maximum boost. A few minutes later, Alice made a "beep" sound and completed the new design.
Later, Alice returned to the tin shed and showed the old cow the latest design scheme. The solution is to attach the red comet to the body of the sand bike and connect the sand bike's on-board computer to Alice. The advantage of this is that Alice can control the sand bike by docking the retainer in the body, or she can open the retainer to leave the sand at any time. The advantage of a sand truck is that it is large and can be loaded with a lot of rough equipment. Compared with the precision of small equipment, rough large equipment is easy to collect parts, and the requirements for the process level and newness of the components are not high. Although there is still some gap in functionality, it can at least meet Alice's basic needs.
Lao Niu saw the new plan, and immediately patted his thighs and shouted. The parts on the new solution are relatively easy to obtain, and not only can you use the old ones, but they are also very cheap. There is a shortage of everything in Iron Mountain, and the last thing that is lacking is old parts. Thinking of this, Lao Niu excitedly ran into the warehouse of the repair shop and counted the inventory. He then compares the drawings of the new scheme and begins to document the missing parts. It wasn't until after dark that he had registered the missing parts and filled a whole notebook.
At this time, the old cow yawned. He hadn't slept for two days in a row, so he was in a trance. He found a random place and slept at the end of the day......
Meanwhile, Tie Slag and Ye Xinling enjoy a candlelit dinner at a restaurant in Tieshan Town. This is a western restaurant called "Far Mountain Traveler", which has a history of more than 50 years in Iron Mountain Town. Every corner here is carved with traces of time. At this time, the dim light shone on the half-brick and half-wood walls, and I could barely see the scratches and bullet holes on the walls. If you look closely, you can also see some confetti hanging on the wall. These scraps of paper are the marks left over from the torn off warrant.
It used to be a bounty hunter's paradise and was in full swing every night. Waiters squeezed through the crowd with wine glasses, warblers whispered and flirted on hunters, and dancers writhed their hot bodies on the high platform. However, all this gradually disappeared after the violent sheriff took over Iron Mountain Town. Because the crime rate in Iron Mountain has plummeted and the number of wanted warrants is decreasing, the bounty hunters have no task to do but go somewhere else.
Without the patronage of bounty hunters, the restaurant's business plummeted. The owner of the restaurant had no choice but to lay off the waiter and the warbler and start a business in a western restaurant. In today's dining room, there is a heavy wooden dining table with candles lit on the table. In the flickering candlelight, the guests whispered, and the atmosphere was quiet and harmonious. However, this is only temporary. There has never been harmony in Iron Mountain, and the bullet-riddled log dining table is a testament to that.
However, there are always exceptions, as the iron slag sits right in the corner of the dining room. This means that all those who have a conflict have to consider whether they will offend this fierce god. Not long ago, the former No. 2 person in Iron Mountain Town died tragically under the knife of the fierce god, and his body was split in two, and then trampled into slag. This incident quickly spread in Iron Mountain Town, so much so that when Iron Slag stepped into the Western food just now, at least more than half of the people checked out and left.
At this time, the iron slag was leisurely shaking the wine glass in his hand, and the light brown brandy glowed golden in the candlelight. Ye Xinling sat opposite him and looked at the menu, she was going to ask for some food, and then take it back to Lao Niu to eat.
At this moment, a young man recklessly ran into the restaurant and said to the restaurant owner at the bar, "Old ...... Boss, I'm going to take a leave of absence tomorrow! ”
The restaurant owner frowned and scolded, "Be quiet, the guests are all dining." ”
Instead of lowering the volume, the young man shouted louder, "Good news! Tomorrow the people of Notre Dame will come to give alms, and there will be bread and hair and beautiful women to see! ”
The young man's words immediately caused a commotion, and the guests exchanged heads and talked about it for a while.
"It's a pity that I didn't take leave last time, I heard that the chicks of Notre Dame are more beautiful than the other." "Just two pieces of broken bread, it's not particularly delicious, and what does it have to do with you being beautiful, they are all people above."
"Husband, you won't go to see it." "I'm never going, what's so nice about those crazy women."
"I heard that in the team last time, there was a priest in light blue clothes, who looked very punctual, and I heard that she used to be a wanderer in Iron Mountain Town." "Go ahead, I'm definitely not going anyway. The group of nuns is okay, but the most annoying thing is that the guards who follow them are all ruffians from Base 13, bad and arrogant. ”
It took a while for the commotion in the dining room to calm down, and the guests discussed nothing more than three points: the nuns of Notre Dame were beautiful, the guards who followed them were annoying, and finally, the local women were disgusted with the alms of Notre Dame.
But whether they like it or not, there's nothing they can do to change that. Silver City 13 and Iron Hill are both parishes of Notre-Dame, and every once in a while Notre-Dame will send someone down to give alms. The so-called almsgiving is a group of nuns carrying baskets and distributing bread along the street. The basket was made of rattan and contained cheese bread covered with gauge cloth. The procession usually starts at the south gate of Iron Mountain Town, runs all the way down the street, and ends at the north gate of Iron Mountain Town.
Originally, Notre Dame's almsgiving was well-intentioned and should not be offended. However, the team was usually accompanied by soldiers from the 13th Silver City Ground Military Base. Most of those soldiers were from the ground, and their identities were somewhere between the inhabitants of Silver City and the inhabitants of the ground. This awkward identity leads to a somewhat distorted mentality, on the one hand, they feel that they are part of Silver City, and on the other hand, Silver City does not really accept them. This caused them to be caught between the silver city and the ground. They not only yearn for a comfortable life in Yincheng, but also are anxious to get rid of the identity of people on the ground. Therefore, they grovel to the people above the silver city and hold their toes high to the people under the silver city.