But the watchtower is a military unit, which is not very convenient for people to come and go, and it is impossible for soldiers to serve part-time as part-time service personnel, so what to do? So someone had an idea and simply left the work to the homeless people to do. In this way, not only the management and service personnel are available, but also the work and life of some displaced people can be solved.

This small shop doesn't look like there are only three husband and wife, but the functions are quite complete, no worse than the high-speed service area in the old world. It is both a restaurant and a hotel, which can store goods, as well as provide refueling, water and simple car repair services.

The income is also okay, not only to support the husband and wife, but also to three children. Two of them have already been sent to the alliance school, and it is not surprising that they can become apprentices after five years of study, and they will have a proper official household registration in the future.

If you really have the talent to study, have good grades, and are admitted to middle school, then you don't have to worry about it, and all the expenses will be borne by the league. After graduation, he will either go to the factory of the alliance as a technician or enter the army as an officer, and maybe he can even get a job in the government, and his future is bright!

"It's not that we dogs look down on people, we are also homeless, what capital do we have to look down on other homeless. The main thing is that the driver of the transport team is too calculating, and he always doesn't just turn on the water. We also need money to buy coal, we really can't afford it! ”

When asked why he was so unfriendly to the drivers, the shopkeeper felt very wronged. He's not stingy, but for anyone who stays and eats here, the boiling water is free. It's just that most of the drivers of the private transport team don't take advantage of it, and they don't spend a penny just to take advantage of it, which makes this favor cold.

"Then you are not afraid of retaliation for treating them like this?" Hong Tao nodded, feeling that there was nothing wrong with what the shopkeeper had done. People are buying and selling, not welfare, and of course they can decide the business strategy.

It's just that there is a problem that has to be considered, people are often not enough to take advantage of this thing. When you can take advantage of it, you take it for granted, and if you can't take advantage of it, you immediately hold a grudge. The personnel structure of the coachman is very complicated, and even if 10 percent of them are hacked, this small shop will be unlucky.

"Cut, they don't dare! See, there's a garrison next to us. It's not blowing, I just need to shout, and immediately there will be soldiers to help, as long as you don't deliberately bully people, not to mention the homeless people who run the transport, even the driver of the alliance team has to be polite! ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper cracked his mouth and smiled, and pointed to the watchtower not far away, his face full of pride, as if those soldiers were standing guard for his house.

This is hard to say, and it is also reasonable. The watchtower and the big car shop hang alone outside the base, and it is easy to become a community of interests. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and it is too good to help each other.

"Yes, it seems that our journey is solid, what are you afraid of with the escort of the Alliance army, we have arrived with our eyes closed!"

If this is the case, Hong Tao will not have to worry about safety on the road. No matter how fierce the outcasts are, they don't dare to kill people and sell goods under the noses of the alliance army, who is afraid of anyone if they just quarrel and fight!

"Hey, don't you dare to think so, this trip is to Caofeidian to pull seafood, right? Let me tell you, this road only goes to the Jinmen Industrial Zone, and there is still a hundred and ten miles from there to Caofeidian without an alliance outpost. ”

"Especially from Chadian, Hangu to the east of dozens of miles of road, along the way are full of reeds, covering the sky and the sun, you can't see the edge at a glance, you can't live in the daytime, there are people who can't get out after going in every year!"

The shopkeeper actually has a good eye, otherwise he would not have provided boiling water to tourists for free. Hong Tao consumed in the store and spoke kindly, so he was willing to say a few more words. Especially when it comes to safety on the road, even if you haven't walked it once, you can learn from listening to the small talk of passing drivers and drivers for many years.

"Huh? There won't be bandits in there! Hong Tao's little heart was just relieved for a few seconds, and when he heard the shopkeeper's words, he immediately raised it again.

"Bandits? Hey, if only it were bandits...... Let me tell you, there were millions of zombies gathered in that place, and they were all flooded. Some washed into the sea, while others were simply buried under the mud. They say it's zombies, but they're actually people. ”

"So many people died in vain, and the resentment must be great, and whoever catches up with the security will have to do something. You must remember, no matter what, you have to stay in Jinmen Port for a night, and the next day at dawn set off to Caofeidian in one breath, and don't spend the night on the road halfway, that place is very evil! ”

Like most people, when he tells a story with a mythical overtone, the shopkeeper's eyes are shining, his tone is very determined, and his expression is very serious, as if he had seen and experienced these things with his own eyes.

"Good guy, why didn't the Alliance get a watchtower in such a dangerous place?" Although Hong Tao didn't believe most of the content, he knew in his heart that the shopkeeper had a situation that he didn't brag about, that place was indeed washed away by the flood back then, and there must have been some who were not washed away and buried.

"I can't live there, the weather is a little warmer, the sky is full of big mosquitoes, it's a blade of grass with leeches lying on its stomach, and the wells are all bitter water. If you catch up with God and don't rain a few more times, the water on this side of the capital will run along the river ditch, and the road will have to collapse one day, who would dare to live! ”

"The master, the family, the dumplings are good, hurry up and greet the big brother to eat while they are hot!" Before the shopkeeper could finish speaking, there was a lion's roar from the front, and the proprietress appeared with her waist crossed. But this time, he didn't look at Hong Tao angrily, and even changed his name.

Not to mention the ugliness of the proprietress , but the family shows off and the craftsmanship of making dumplings is not said. The dumplings stuffed with leeks, eggs, shrimp and rice skin are very fresh, and the self-brewed fruit wine is not very refreshing. The main thing is the mari, which is boiled while rolling the skin and wrapping it, effortlessly.

After eating and drinking, Hong Tao and his party said goodbye to the husband and wife and continued to go on the road, at this time there was really rain in the sky, very thin but very cold, rushing to the face and drilling at the cracks, and soon the little bit of heat that had just been obtained by food was dispersed, and everyone had to find out the raincoat from head to toe wrapped tightly.

In the evening, the four of them found a half-collapsed dilapidated factory on the side of the road as a foothold, settled the horses, got some wood and lit a bonfire, and did not need to set up a tent, but spread a moisture-proof mat and wrapped a sleeping bag under the carriage for a night.

If the odometer error of the stupid pig lane is not large, the distance from the BHX area from the International Trade Bridge to Jinmen is about 270 kilometers, and Hong Tao and his party took two days to finish it unhurriedly.

Not long after the zombie disease broke out, Hong Tao had brought people here to rescue a group of survivors who were trapped on the ship. At that time, it was a port area, and there were warehouses, freight yards, and cranes as far as the eye could see. Now called an industrial zone, it concentrates more than half of the manufacturing industry in East Asia.

Revisiting the old place after nine years, facing the rows of factories, the sky full of smoke, the muddy roads, the hurried flow of people and the traffic shuttling back and forth, it is like a world away.

Compared to the safe zone near the capital, the population here should be larger, and the living conditions are very different. The displaced people in the safe zone are relatively stable and in order, while the people in the industrial zone are busier, more energetic and less organized.

After just queuing at the railway crossing for more than half an hour, Hong Tao saw more than one theft, and the people who started it were all seven or eight-year-old children. One of the gang was found to have blown up the cat before they could scatter into the residential area when they were caught up by the security team on horseback, picked up the stick tied with bamboo chips in their hands, and beat their heads and faces.

Those children were tenacious enough to cry even if their heads were bleeding, and they looked in one direction and ran away. If you run fast, you can take two fewer hits, and if you run slowly, you deserve to be unlucky. As long as you throw the stolen things down, it seems that the security team will not chase them endlessly.

"Brother Mouse, I can generally see clearly, as long as the security team is stuffed with five cents, they will only check the documents and not the vehicle. Those who do not pay will not only have their vehicles and goods inspected, but will also have their bodies searched, and those who carry guns will be confiscated. ”

After a while, the pony curled up in his trench coat and came back. By queuing up to clear the customs, Hong Tao sent him to the front to inquire about the news to see if there was any loophole to exploit. If you don't say that you must be diligent in your eyes, mouth, and legs when you go out, wouldn't this be rewarding.