The entrance to Aoyama City is a wide avenue that winds to the end. But at the end of the road, it has been completely occupied by heavy military installations. There is only one narrow entrance, which allows a small number of cars and pedestrians to enter and exit.

But those who enter must go through strict checks and prolonged cross-examination. This kind of interrogation is up to whether you are married, how many children do you have in the family, what type of girl or man do you like, and what is the reason for coming here? How long do you want to stay, do you have any prohibited items, and so on. As long as there are all kinds of questions that humans can think of, the guards here can ask almost all kinds of questions.

These questions often even make some girls and young men red-faced, but they can't have seizures. There is no way, on other people's territory, you have to follow other people's rules, otherwise, you can only roll up the cover and get out immediately. There is nowhere to reason about this. I can only endure it.

Of course, if the person being questioned is clever and quietly gives the guards some benefits, then it will naturally save a lot of trouble. You can even get some small perks. This is the tacit consensus of many people.

Wei Yi didn't know about this kind of thing at first. When the car was parked at the entrance, ready to be interrogated by the guards, he was thinking about how to sneak in, when the egret on the side secretly stuffed a small box of hard currency into Wei Yi's hand.

Wei Yi was stunned and looked at the egret in puzzlement. The egret winked at Wei Yi and whispered, "Old Biao, there are some things you have to learn." When you're away from home, this thing is the most reliable. Don't hard-top, just plug this over for a while, and you'll be fine. ”

After listening to this, Wei Yi's heart suddenly brightened. He nodded, and took what the egret had handed him. This hard currency is actually a rare metal. Because it was abundant but not easy to mine, it replaced the depleting gold and became the hard currency of this era.

Because of the sudden outbreak of the war, the original common currency was banned from being used in the territory of the rebels. They issued a type of banknote with no reserves, called the new coin. But this new currency, because there is no reserve, is particularly depreciating.

A hundred yuan in your hand today is likely to become a waste paper worth only a dime tomorrow. Among the rebels, there are obviously few people who have studied professional economic knowledge. Otherwise, they would never have made such a low-level economic mistake.

To make matters worse, when they saw the depreciation of the banknotes, they continued to print and issue more banknotes, resulting in an even more severe depreciation. The inflation caused by this indiscriminate issuance of paper money has made the local people miserable.

The local people, in order to live a normal life, collectively resisted the use of such worthless banknotes. They spontaneously used hard currency one after another. As a result of such measures, the market economy has gradually begun to improve.

And the local rebels, apparently, also realized the uncontrollability of paper money. Faced with an uncontrollable currency market, they had no choice but to let the local people use hard currency. Many rebel soldiers and officers also secretly accepted hard currency and abandoned the new coins they issued themselves. As a result, no one uses the new currency at all.

But then, the problem came again. Because of the unimpeded flow of hard currency, some people with unscrupulous intentions began to have crooked ideas. They used inferior metal materials to forge hard currency.

The influx of these inferior hard currencies into the market has made the economic situation, which had only improved slightly, become more and more sluggish. The law of bad money driving out good money has led to a large number of inferior hard currencies prevailing in areas under the control of the rebels.

In this case, hard currency with sufficient value becomes extremely sought-after. If anyone can come up with a sufficient amount of hard currency, it is definitely the most popular person in the market. And what Egret handed over to Wei Yi was such a small box of hard currency worth a sufficient amount.

Wei Yi learned this from a casual conversation with the egret. He looked at the egret in great surprise, not knowing how to express his feelings. Wei Yi is a person who doesn't like money, so he doesn't carry too much such hard currency on his body.

But the egret only smiled slightly, ordered his things to be put away quickly, and walked back to his place. Wei Yi pinched some cold hard currency in his pocket, and was very grateful to the egret in his heart. He silently made a note of the friendship, and quietly waited in place for the guards who came to investigate.

The guards who got on the bus for interrogation were really masters of interrogation. The various strange questions in their mouths made the people in the car immediately adopt the most effective methods and pass this investigation.

Wei Yi also concocted the same method, and quietly stuffed the hard currency in his hand into the hand of a guard with a horizontal face. The guard seemed to be the leader of the group. He looked at the small box of hard currency that Wei Yistuff gave him, weighed the weight, and was surprised, so he naturally put it away with great satisfaction. He smiled and nodded at Wei Yi, turned and left.

He didn't even ask a decent question, he decisively got off the bus, and with a wave of his hand, let the bus pass the check. The bus slowly drove past the checkpoint and slowly entered the city of Aoyama.

When the car drove into Qingshan City, Wei Yi looked back and found that the squad leader who had accepted his bribe was still waving his hand at him with a smile on his face, as if to say goodbye.

Wei Yi scratched his hair, and said to himself with some suspicion: "How can such a group of people be able to take Qingshan City?" It's incredible. ”

As soon as Wei Yi's words were spoken, the egret hurriedly walked over and made a boo gesture towards Wei Yi. "When you enter this place, you must be careful not to talk nonsense." The egret sat down beside Wei Yi and instructed carefully.

Wei Yi nodded and said to the egret, "Okay." I know. Thank you for taking such good care of me along the way. ”

The egret shook his head and said, "Thank you, it's not easy for everyone to go out, and it should take care of each other." ”

As he spoke, he changed the subject and continued to Wei Yi: "However, I also have something I want to ask you for help with. Look, can you help me? ”

Wei Yi replied and asked the egret to speak up. The egret hesitated for a moment and said slowly: "Not long ago, I had a friend who went to Qingshan City before the outbreak of the war. But he was unfortunate when he came, and not long after he arrived, war broke out suddenly. I have lost contact with him since. ”

As he spoke, he sighed slightly, and then continued: "His wife asked me to help find him, and I have been looking for a long time, but there is no news. I thought about it, and it was really difficult for me to find it alone. ”

He said, looked at Wei Yi, and said with a little embarrassment: "I think you are a very real person, and you are not a good person, although sometimes you are a little naïve, but your character should not be said." So, you see, if you have time, can you help me find it? ”

Wei Yi didn't think about it, so he agreed. But he soon realized his recklessness. He hurriedly explained to the egret: "Big Brother Bai, I must help with this matter. However, you see that I also have something to do in Qingshan City, and I'm afraid that I won't be in a hurry at this time. ”

Wei Yi said, thought for a while, and suggested, "Or, do you think this will work?" After I entered Qingshan City, I went to work on my own affairs first, you give me two days, I will sort things out, and then, I will accompany you to find it, do you think this is okay? ”

The egret was actually very grateful to Wei Yi for agreeing to help him, so who would care which day it started. He hurriedly thanked Wei Yi and put the matter to rest.

When the bus slowly entered Qingshan City, Wei Yi got off the bus with the egret. The men and women who stayed in the car were slightly hurt and reluctant to let Wei Yi and the egret leave.

Those sweet fruits, with the egrets, made the hearts of the ladies sad. After all, it's too difficult to eat free and delicious fruit on the bus. In the face of beauty, women's sanity is often worthless.

They said goodbye to the egret sadly, but from time to time their eyes drifted to the small bag around the herret's waist. There was a basket full of a big bag of space. In each space basket, there is enough fresh fruit for each of them to eat for two or three days. It's a rare good thing.

Egret and Wei Yi looked at each other and smiled. They weren't stupid boys who didn't know anything, and they already had a clear grasp of the minds of these people. Without saying a word, the egret took out a space basket and gave it to the girls who came to say goodbye.

The girls happily took the basket of space back to the bus, and gradually walked away as the bus went. Wei Yi looked at the bus that was getting farther and farther, looked at the egret with some confusion, and asked, "Brother Bai, why are you still giving them things?" Isn't this a loss-making deal? ”

The egret smiled slightly and explained, "Old watch, you don't know this. These girls are not fuel-efficient lamps. When we go back, maybe we'll meet them again, and if we don't put their mouths on good food now, maybe they'll turn around and sell us both. ”

As he spoke, he patted the small bag on his waist and continued, "Besides, these things are not worth a few dollars, and I have them in my field. Use them to exchange some favors and come back, no loss. ”

Only then did Wei Yi understand. He gave the egret a thumbs up in admiration. The egret laughed, took Wei Yi straight to a hotel he frequented and rushed over.

When they arrived at the inn, they each asked for a room, and went their separate ways. Egret is a traveling merchant. He traveled north and south in order to make money. Therefore, he must have a good place to stay, so he left at once, and hurried to attend to his business.

After Wei Yi said goodbye to the egret, he walked on the streets of Qingshan City alone. According to the map of Qingshan City provided by the captives, he carefully searched for the location where Wei Zitong and the others were being held.

But the situation in Aoyama City is always a little different from what the captives said. Wei Yi looked at the map in his hand, looking at the streets that were completely different from the ones marked on the map, and his heart was full of anger.

These damn bastards really pinched Wei Yi as a soft persimmon. Even a map has played a trick of mixing true and false. The anger in Wei Yi's heart immediately burned.

But when he thought about it, he was relieved again. It's just a map, they gave it wrong, can't I buy one myself? Thinking of this, Wei Yi immediately began to look for a place to buy a map.

Such places can be found everywhere in cities such as Zhoushan. Wei Yi had also purchased items like maps more than once. But in this Qingshan City, Wei Yi searched almost all the places he could know, but he couldn't find a single one. He couldn't even see a newsstand on the street.

"Why doesn't this place even have a map to sell?" Wei Yi couldn't help but muttered to himself in confusion.

At this moment, someone quietly pulled Wei Wei's clothes. Wei Yi looked back and saw that it was a child of seven or eight years old. He hurriedly squatted down and asked kindly, "What are you looking for me?" ”

The child's small eyes showed a look of surprise. It seems that a kind person like Wei Yi is very rare here. He swept Wei Yi's body, shook his head slightly, turned around and ran away.

Wei Yi looked at the child in confusion, got up and touched his hair. He suddenly felt that something was wrong, reached out and touched his waist, and suddenly felt shocked. All the things in his waist were gone.