Chapter 56: Salt Lake City
The huge basin is filled with rocky hills and valleys, and if you look down from the sky between these canyons or rocky ridges, you will see green streaks in the gaps. In fact, all the crops growing in the interstices are from the basin, as well as some wild plants.
In the entire basin, and only in these canyons, some soil will accumulate to give life to the people who grow on this land.
The strange peaks and strange rocks are dazzling, and the people of the entire caravan are dizzying.
is not familiar with this place, so Chen Zhuangping and them are also a smear.
Of course, with Zhang Jianyang as a guide, there is no need to worry about losing your way.
The caravan kept moving along the road, and at the first fork in the road, Zhang Jianyang asked the animal trainer to control the bull to turn into the fork.
There are three cities in the Tamu Basin, one large and two small. Like two small cities, the population is only about 100,000, which is not within the scope of Zhang Jianyang's consideration. The central city of the Tamu Basin is different, with a population of more than 600,000, which is not a small city. More importantly, the central city of Salt Lake City, which is built on the edge of the salt lake in the Tamu Basin, is the most direct source of refined salt.
In the same way, Salt Lake City has a dominant position over the entire Tamu Basin, and is the political center of the Tamu Basin.
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After more than an hour of walking, we finally went around this rocky sea that stretched for dozens of kilometers, and what was revealed in front of everyone was a blue lake connected by water and sky, and a white salt belt formed by countless natural salt flowers extended along the lake shore into the distance. In the midst of this white salt belt, a huge city appears in front of you.
Standing in this position, it is as if you can trample the huge lake and the city below under your feet.
The hustle and bustle of the city, here, is really heard.
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Half an hour later, the caravan appeared at the checkpoint at the entrance to Salt Lake City.
The soldiers guarding the checkpoint looked at this caravan with some bewilderment, they had never seen a caravan appear for so many years, and now it was about to be changed, but a caravan appeared, and the scale of the caravan was not small, so that they did not know how to deal with this matter at all.
The stationmaster of the checkpoint reported the situation here as quickly as possible, and then rushed to the caravan, without the slightest demeanor as the head of a station, like a shopkeeper, nodded and asked, "Who is the captain?" I'm the webmaster here. ”
Like the stationmasters of some urban entrances and exits, they are all figures with real power, as long as they want to pass under their noses, they have to look at their eyes, and pay a lot of "taxes". Otherwise, if one of them is not satisfied, they will immediately put on a small shoe for you and prohibit you from entering the city for a few days and a half months, which will be an absolute disaster for a caravan.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, the stationmasters of these checkpoints are all arrogant lords who cannot be offended.
Chen Zhuangping, who was accustomed to all this before, looked at this checkpoint chief who nodded with some astonishment and put on a sneering face, the huge contrast made him not react at all.
It's just that Zhang Jianyang was arrogant, and said with some arrogance on his face: "I am the captain of the caravan." ”
Zhang Jianyang's appearance not only did not cause the other party's unhappiness, but made the other party even more frightened, and said happily: "I'm glad to have your arrival, the mayor asked me to say hello on your behalf, and welcome you and your caravan." At the same time, we would like to welcome you to Salt Lake City. ”
These are all expected things, Zhang Jianyang just nodded.
The stationmaster, who was in the caravan and whispered, turned around, and immediately became fierce and majestic, and shouted to the somewhat stunned soldiers: "What are you doing all here, why don't you move the aisle for our guests?" ”
The soldiers, who had received the order, rushed into the aisle of the checkpoint with a bang, and hurriedly moved the interception above it.
In Salt Lake City, the role of checkpoints is almost equal to zero, and the main reason for the establishment is to prevent something that may happen in the future. Salt Lake City needs to produce crude oil, but it is not known how long it has been suspended, because the cars in Salt Lake City have not been replenished for a hundred years, and there are only a few cars left that can still be driven.
The people who entered and exited Salt Lake City were all residents of the Tamu Basin, all of whom took some prey and strange things and entered the city in exchange for a pitiful amount of daily necessities.
After the passage was removed, the stationmaster assigned a dozen more soldiers, carrying guns on their backs, to walk in front of the caravan and lead the caravan past the checkpoint and into the city. From beginning to end, not to mention checking the goods carried by the caravan, even without even asking, no matter what it is now, the appearance of the caravan in the Tamu Basin is the most important thing, and the rest is not important at all.
Salt Lake City feels like it's old or old.
Many of the buildings on the street can be traced back to before the nuclear war, and many of the former shops have not been operated for I don't know how many years, or perhaps to the point where no one has operated them. Many of the shops don't even have doors, they are full of groceries and so on, and the few open stores are operating some simple daily necessities, and some knives and the like.
At this point in time, there are very few pedestrians on the road, and most of them stay at home.
The temperature in the basin is even cooler at night than in the desert at night, and no one wants to wander the streets in such low temperatures.
In fact, Salt Lake City is definitely an agricultural city, because the residents who live here, more than seventy percent of the population, they do not have a job, but they own a piece of land that belongs to them, and every day they leave the city to manage their fields outside the city. In the absence of business, very few people can find a job in the city.
Today, Salt Lake City is nothing more than a giant village, with its high-rise buildings, but it seems lifeless.
But this lifelessness was shattered by the arrival of the caravan.
The people who got the news, as excited as if they had been beaten with blood, poked their heads out of the balcony and windows of their homes one by one, and watched the caravan.
More people still flocked to the streets, standing on both sides of the street, reminiscent of the scene in the movie, when the People's Liberation Army entered the city, people supported the army into the city.
Chen Zhuangping, who had never imagined or experienced this scene, was a little flustered, sitting on the bull and the cargo compartment, a little overwhelmed, and even twisting his body uneasily, to modify his nervous mood at the moment. They have never experienced this kind of scene, on both sides of this street, it is dark and oppressive, and there are tens of thousands of people all the way.
In front of the street, there were all people who were coming around.
A dozen soldiers kept shouting at the pedestrians on the street to get out of the way, and from time to time they smashed with the butts of their rifles, forcing a passage to be made.
In the entire caravan, only Zhang Jianyang's expression remained unchanged, sitting on the platform behind the brute bull, smoking a cigarette peacefully, and even waving his hand to the people on both sides from time to time, although it was impossible to receive cheers, but his face was full of enjoyment. This feeling of being watched by thousands of people is not so easy to obtain elsewhere.
Compared with Zhang Jianyang's peace and contentment, the others looked unbearable, and their faces were so nervous that they turned pale.
Wang Hanguang, who was not afraid of the sky, was also dumbfounded at this time, straightening his waist, clutching the gun with his hands, pretending not to squint, in fact, he was also nervous in his heart.
Zhang Jianyang's performance made everyone in the team admire to death, or Team Zhang's bullishness, such a scene, can still ...... Cool as a cucumber!!
(Ask the brothers for firepower...... Woo, I was thrown off a few streets, and it was miserable! )