The meeting was not long, and Su Hao quickly walked out of the office building.

Tear open the envelope given by Chen Yanlin, which contained 500 yuan blue coins.

According to the historical trajectory, the exchange ratio between the Shilu Realm Yuan and the Silver Bone and the Spar is almost maintained at the current level. By February next year at the latest, the United Nations financial organization will issue a relevant document requiring countries to comply with this standard.

This was the beginning of the process of monetary integration in the world.

However, not all countries are in favor of this approach, but opponents are in the minority after all. In the presence of an absolute majority of those in favour, the objection has no effect.

When Base City was first built, the military had already envisioned that a large number of civilians would be included. Therefore, with the exception of the military control zone, the rest of the area is mostly structurally sturdy buildings.

These civilian buildings have no aesthetic in mind, and the design angle is purely to maximize utility. With the exception of the wall columns that support the building, all spaces are compressed to a minimum. The size of a standard room is about 5 square meters. Except for a bed, it is no longer possible to cram in excess furniture.

In peacetime, no one would consider buying a house of this type.

Now, in addition to paying the entrance fee to the city, the refugees must also obtain their own shelter from the city through hard labor and death hunting.

No one cares what you used to do———— officials, celebrities, experts, workers, white-collar workers, farmers who want to live here must forget the past and face up to the present.

Just like the song with a cheerful rhythm and self-reliance, but it is hated and criticized by many people: "It's just starting all over again." ”

The civilian area of the base city is divided into two parts. In official documents, the letters "A" and "H" are usually used as pronouns. Strictly speaking, the boundaries between Zones A and H are not obvious, and it is easy to tell from the appearance that not all buildings in ———— city are five-square-meter studios. There are also luxury houses of 20 square meters, 50 square meters, and even hundreds of square meters.

Of course, the price of buying or renting must have increased exponentially.

If we use the criteria of "rich" or "poor" in the era of civilization as a distinction, then those who are eligible to live in Zone A are all rich people.

This is a vague criterion.

In addition to civilians, the occupants of Area A also include the Hao Consortium. They occupy a considerable amount of land and build mansions of their own power without undermining the security and defense plans.

To be sure, the Hao consortium doesn't really have any privileges.

The reason why they were able to get these was that they also had to pay the military a corresponding amount of silver bones and hedrons in exchange. They went on a buying spree in the base cities and reselling them to other civilians at higher prices. Or hoarding large quantities and using them exclusively for rental purposes to make a profit.

These practices are not violations. Under the noses of the military, there is simply no such thing as a forced buying and selling. All buying and selling procedures must go through the housing exchange. All of them maintain the basic business principles of the civilized period.

However, in this world, as long as there are rich people, there must be poor people.

Except for the essential daily necessities and weapons on everyone's body, the rest of the supplies were loaded into the back of the truck.

Although Su Hao was only a lieutenant officer who had not yet been assigned to a unit, he also had some military privileges———— and through the connections of Chen Yanlin's secretary, he obtained a personal belongings reserve card and stored the truck in the warehouse of the military administrative district. Then, driving an off-road vehicle full of people, it drove straight into the civilian area.

Five hundred blue coins are equivalent to fifty milligrams of silver bone, or five crystals.

The exchange ratio between silver and currency has been stable. As for the hedrons, they are only precious during this period———— and for now, there are quite a few zombies that have not yet completed their evolution. The number of mutated creatures with hedron in the brain is scarce, and the currency exchange rate is naturally high. This will change after half a year. At that time, there were no more zombies, only blood corpses and humanoids. The spar appearance rate reached 100 percent, and the currency exchange rate fell to the same level as the silver bone.

In front of a newly completed residential building in Area A, Su Hao stepped on the brakes.

The building administrator is a burly middle-aged man. Dressed in a clean old-style military uniform, without collar flowers and epaulettes.

People dressed in this way, as a rule, belong to the civilian reserve service. Most of them are strong people selected from the refugees by local monitoring stations, but they have not been eliminated by failing to pass the basic assessment of the boot camp. The physical fitness of these people is not bad, but after all, they are not as good as regular soldiers. With unfortified potions, they can only wander between ordinary people and military personnel.

Most of the military's combat strength is on the front line, and the daily order of the base city can only be managed by these people. They act as police officers and are responsible for handling all kinds of cases and disputes between civilians. In particular, they are often responsible for the operation of certain official revenue projects.

The administrator in front of him looked a little vicissitudes. The old military uniform was crumpled and white in many places. The buttons were open, and the clothes were loose and half-collapsed. The hair is short, but the beard is thick and stiff. He smelled of wine all over his body, with a cigarette in his mouth, he casually glanced at Su Hao and the others standing in front of him, and asked lazily, "Renting a house?" Or buying a house? ”

It's straightforward, no words are superfluous———— this is not a nightclub, let alone a café.

Su Hao did not answer. He smiled faintly and asked, "What kind of rooms are there?" ”

The administrator does not seem to have come to his senses from the hangover. Sleepy-eyed and stretched, he took out a stained and grease-stained form from the drawer, threw it on the table, and muttered indistinctly: "...... It's all on it, look for it yourself, and call me when you're ready. ”

As he spoke, he pulled over a chair and sat down, resting his hands on the table, and leaning his head on the side. While smoking, close your eyes and take a nap.

This style is very much in the "state-run" style of the civilized era.

Su Hao did not comment.

He picked up the form and flipped through it, and found that it was crude———— there were no beautiful pictures of the civilized era, and there was no detailed classification of the house type. Except for the simple and boring square meter figures and floors, there is no superfluous thing to be seen.

Tang Zi looked at Su Hao with his head behind him, his expression was very puzzled, and he asked very puzzledly: "These numbers...... Representing the house? ”

And it's no wonder: in a sense, this form is actually an advertisement for a house in Zone A of the base city.

Not to mention, it is very dirty and disgusting. Compared to the elaborate brochures of the civilized era, with detailed data descriptions and renderings, they are fundamentally two very different concepts.

Yes, this world has changed. People no longer pursue the beauty of surface forms, but focus on practicality and survival.

Tang Zi subconsciously raised his head and moved his gaze to the administrator who was sleeping like a dead pig.

She clearly remembers: when she used to go to those new real estate to see the house, as long as she walked into the hall, she would immediately meet a few young and beautiful sales ladies. Their voices are as melodious as nightingales, and their countenances are as delicate and pink as flowers...... Think about that time, and then look at the bearded man in front of me, who looks like he doesn't care...... Although both are engaged in the same profession, there is no resemblance at all.

Su Hao smiled noncommittally, pointed to a certain position on the form, and asked, "On the third floor, this room of fifty square meters, how much is it?" ”

The burly administrator didn't even want to open his eyes. He burped, smashed the cigarette butt that didn't have much left, and said inarticulately, "...... Not...... Want to buy? Or do you want to rent? ”

Su Hao asked rhetorically: "What is the price of buying?" ”

"Officers can play a nine-and-five-point discount...... Belch...... However, if you buy it, some of them are ———— full ownership houses, with electricity and water supply systems, totaling 15,300 blue coins. Well...... The price is inclusive of tax. ”

The middle-aged man raised his head, opened his mouth, yawned badly, and said slowly: "If you buy a house, you will have permanent residence." In the future, you will not have to pay silver bones and spars to enter the city, and you will no longer be limited by the temporary residence time. ”

Xinyan interjected and continued to ask, "What if it's renting?" ”

The middle-aged man glanced at her, and immediately showed a rather surprised look on his face. After a few seconds, he regained his lazy tone that he hadn't woken up, and said in a thick nasal voice: "If you rent it, it's much simpler———— five hundred blue coins a month." There are no offers and no discounts...... Well, I forgot to tell you: whether you buy or rent, you have to pay extra for water and electricity. There is a coin-operated automatic water heater in the room. It only eats coins in the denomination of ten blue coins and supplies water for five minutes at a time. ”

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, Su Hao suddenly sighed with emotion.

This information is exactly the same as what I saw on the computer of the future world.

In order to maximize the centralization of silver bones and hedrons, the military imposed all kinds of harsh restrictions on civilians living in the base city———— from food to daily necessities, from medicine to weapons, and even the most basic drinking water, they had to be exchanged for blue coins or officially recognized special substances.

At the beginning of the Black Age, these high-pressure measures caused widespread resentment among the population and caused chaos on a certain scale. Many of the opponents were expelled and became wilderness outcasts. The contradictions between the civilian population and the military, which were insulted, ridiculed, and hated by civilians, intensified, did not lead to full-scale violent conflict because of the disparity in power. Civilians began to be forced into obedience. When the second and third generations of human beings in the Black Age were born, there were not many survivors of the civilization era. The new humans take it for granted that these rules are normal. They begin to get used to it, they begin to obey.

There are also those who occasionally find some yellowed old books in abandoned city libraries. The words "freedom" and "democracy" above look like stories that happened in another world......

"Let's rent it for a month for the time being."

Su Hao put away his thoughts, took out five white spars from his pocket, and gently placed them on the table.

At the current value, these hedrons are equivalent to 500 blue coins.

The middle-aged man picked up the spar and examined it carefully, and after confirming that it was correct, he began to register the identity information of the occupants.

This room was rented mainly to have a permanent point of contact in Base City. Weapons and supplies can be obtained from here if you need them extra. In the column of the tenant of the house, fill in the names of Tang Zi and Wang Jundi.

Rent, just a temporary transition.

10,000 yuan of blue coins is equivalent to hundreds of spars.

Su Hao checked his military salary———— monthly salary of 157 yuan.

He had a lot of hedrons, and a lot of silver bones. With the current high exchange rate between hedron and blue coins, there is no doubt that you can make a lot of money.

It's just that this kind of thing can't be rushed.

Su Hao believes that in the darkest corner, there must be a few pairs of eyes staring at him.

Behind "wealth", there is always a long list of words such as "greed", "coveting", and "snatching".

Except for the wealthy consortium, there are very few people who can afford to buy real estate in the base city.

Su Hao didn't want to make a head bird.

At least not yet.

Bidding farewell to Tang Zi and Wang Jundi, a chubby man and woman, Su Hao drove into the military residential area adjacent to Area A.

The buildings here tend to be militarized and not too tall, and the outer houses are mostly trapezoidal. They are closely intertwined, with special passages between the floors. Heliports were set up on the top floors of several buildings, close to the guard towers, and sand barricades were set up at the ground entrances with armed soldiers stationed inside.

Maybe it's not yet time to get off work, but when you look at it, it seems that all the people living here are women.

The letter of introduction with the signature of Chen Yanlin, chief of staff of the group army, was very useful. Su Hao didn't have much effort, and quickly went through a series of relevant procedures for Xinyan. The family management staff diligently opened a sunny room and introduced the precautions for the new guests one by one in an extremely sweet tone. When he left with a flattering smile, he repeatedly instructed Xinyan———— "If you have any needs and questions, go to the family district office to find me." ”

The last one to be settled down was Yang Lulu.

Su Hao and Xinyan took her into the gate with the sign of "Chengdu Base City Second Complete School".

This is an educational institution funded by the military. The elementary, junior and senior high schools are combined, and most of the students are boarding. In view of the current number of civilians in the base city, two such schools have been opened temporarily.

Originally conceived, these public schools were intended for the bereaved families of fallen servicemen and were not open to civilians. As the range of mutant creatures continues to expand, some of the Hao clan consortium also had to enter the base city to seek military refuge. They demand that their children have the same access to formal education. In order to obtain a wider range of special material sources, the military top brass finally agreed to hand over a large number of supplies and elite personnel ———— the wealthy consortium in exchange for a certain number of enrollment places.

Yang Lulu wore a red and black plaid Scottish one-piece dress, carried a bulging schoolbag, lowered her head, and stood outside the door of the student dormitory without saying a word.

She kept looking at the shiny black leather shoes and the new white velvet stockings.

All of them, all new.

Xinyan has always been by Yang Lulu's side. She put her arm around the little girl's shoulders and talked about all sorts of light-hearted topics, trying to liven up the atmosphere. But Yang Lulu has been expressionless, and there is no sign of laughter on her face.

Su Hao walked up to Yang Lulu, squatted down, and held the little girl's hands.

He said solemnly, "You should smile more." If you keep stretching like this, sooner or later you will get muscle stiffness. ”

Yang Lulu did not react to the joke. She looked at Su Hao and asked seriously, "Do you have to leave me here?" ”

Since Su Hao left Chen Yanlin's office, she has been asking this question.

"There's a lot of stuff we can't teach you."

Su Hao's expression was unprecedentedly solemn and frank: "I can teach you to shoot, teach you to drive, and I can also teach you to hunt zombies in the simplest way." You are a smart girl who has mastered knowledge as fast as any genius. Many people will praise you when they mention you———— you are very familiar with the human body and know the common sense of machinery and vehicle repair. You can take a gun apart and put it back together, throwing knives and rock climbing skills that even adults will be ashamed of. ”

Yang Lulu slowly grinned tightly: "I can also cook and wash clothes." I was very useful. So, you should take me away instead of staying here. ”

"That's exactly what I want to say————"

Su Hao looked at this stubborn little girl carefully, and his voice gradually became gentle: "I can get all the textbooks from elementary school to university for you from the library." But I can't explain it all for you. Yes, we're looking for teachers among the survivors of that city, but not many meet the requirements. I'd love to build our own school, but it will take time. You will grow up. Life is such a thing as a thing that will never suddenly stay at a certain stage because of human needs. In addition to Chinese and mathematics, you will need to study more subjects. This world won't be black forever. We need artists, we need poets, and we need someone to write down this historical record for future generations to study. This is definitely not something that one or a few people can do. You're still alive, you're going to be an adult, and you're going to have to pass on what you're thinking to others so they know how to deal with it. Then, repeat this monotonous but meaningful process. ”

Yang Lulu bit her lip hard. She raised her head, like a weak little rabbit, and looked at Su Hao pitifully.

"I understand what you're saying. I was just...... I'm afraid someone will bully me. ”

"Bullying?"

Su Hao and Xinyan looked at each other, and the two of them couldn't laugh or cry.

In the team, Yang Lulu belongs to the key protection objects of many "worker bees", and the collected silver bones will also be given priority to her. The current Yang Lulu is an out-and-out fifth-order enhancer. She's stronger than most of the "worker bees", not to mention the average civilian in the base city, and the other kids at the school.

Speaking of bullying...... It's pretty much the same when she bullies others.

Su Hao wiped his face vigorously, suppressed the urge to laugh, leaned close to Yang Lulu's ear, and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Remember here, don't hit people casually." ”