Chapter 262: Intelligence
No matter what Wang He does, the first thing he needs to grasp is intelligence, and he will never act at will if he does not find out the information he can master.
Although the southern district was won in two days, it seemed to be a little slower for Wang He, so after learning about the situation in the southeast district in the description of the people in the southern district, he decided to come and investigate it in person.
In the last days, wine is a luxury, like many people in the southern region can only drink a glass of malt blended beer, even if it is good, if you want to bring some alcohol, it will take a lot of bullets.
Even the largest gold cave, the brothel under the former Shark Gang, of course, is now owned by Wang He, and only Super V can drink alcoholic beverages.
The source of wine can only be collected in the ruins of the city, and no one will take grain or plants with high sugar content to make wine, because people are still not full, how can there be surplus grain to dry this, even if it is moldy food, it is reluctant to waste.
However, in the information that Wang He knew, the main specialty of the southeast district was wine, which was not only lined with taverns, but also sold in large quantities to other districts, but for some reason, the southern district rarely bought it.
Not only wine, but also a lot of business dealings with the Northeast or North District, at most the goods transportation passing through the Southeast District, not to mention the low-level people like Jinbao, even the bigwigs of the big gangs don't know very much.
I only know that a month ago, the goods transactions between the two sides were quite frequent, and then the shark master suddenly strictly ordered that there should be no business contacts with the southeast region, so the transaction was broken.
Unless it is a conflict of interest, how can it be possible to cut off business contact, Wang He thinks that this must be related to the specialty of the southeast region - wine, but he is not much interested in these, what he wants is how to grasp this specialty in his own hands.
Although each district belongs to the same outer city, due to the conflict of interests of various forces, a key card is still set up between the districts, and there is no need to pay taxes, but the identity and address must be clearly written, and the relevant certificates and guarantors must be issued, as well as the whereabouts.
Although these big gangs are powerful in their own districts, if they offend the lord who is out of the way, they will inevitably be slaughtered in secret, and the murderers will go to other districts, or cross districts to kill people, and then it will be difficult to go to other people's chassis to seek justice.
Of course, this is a means of self-protection for people with a certain amount of power in each district, and those who do not have much strength and status will be killed if they are killed.
The news of the Laifu Gang's unification of the southern district has not yet spread, and Wang He's procedures for passing through the district were all issued by the original second largest gang and the Yi Gang, and the boss of the Yi Gang did not die, so he naturally became the guarantor.
Wang He was very curious about how these district cards verified the authenticity of the procedures, but he didn't expect them to install telephones, and then he knew that the entire outer city was connected to the telephone, but the number was very small, and only those with high authority were eligible.
Soon the verification passed, and the guard issued Wang He something similar to an ID card, which stated that he was from the Southern District, which was a different place from the Southern District, which was very lax in the management of population movements, so to speak, and did not care at all.
In fact, this is also related to the main economic source of each district, the main income of the southern district is human trafficking, a large number of unknown people come in and out every day, all of them are issued identity certificates, it is too troublesome for these bandit-like gang members.
Because of human trafficking, at the same time, it has also derived a unique "distinctive" butcher shop, which to a certain extent solves the problem of worthless people who are unable to work due to injury, illness and old age, as well as violent rebels who are difficult to tame.
The rest are strong and obedient, which is the most popular "product" in each district.
The southeast district is the richest in the outer city, mainly based on commerce, in addition to various small wineries, other handicrafts are also very developed, such as the creation of ordinary cold weapons, and the processing of skin and bones of mutant creatures, which is the best of the four districts.
They rarely go out of the city, trade for raw materials, then process them and sell them back, and the most important thing is that the southeast district also has its own bullet processing factory, although the output is not high, but what is the difference between having a banknote printing factory.
Their demand for slaves was greatest, and commercial production required a large amount of labor to support it.
Slaves who only need to take care of one meal at a good price are the best choice, so the southeast region is also very strict in the management of population movement, mainly to prevent slaves from escaping.
If it's just an ordinary slave who runs away, in case it is a slave with skilled technology, not only needs to be retrained, but more importantly, the loss of technology, you must know that other districts are very greedy for the wealth of the southeast region, and once such a slave runs to other districts, the loss is not a little bit.
Wang He carefully selected a tavern, this tavern was very prosperous, full of all kinds of drunkards, boxing, chatting, lively, his arrival did not attract too much attention, only the shopkeeper greeted him warmly.
At Wang He's request, a waiter who seemed to be the shopkeeper's son took him to the corner of the tavern and sat down.
"Wait a minute...... waiter" The waiter smiled and turned to leave, Wang He boredly played with a bullet, quietly listening to the drunkards at the next table bragging.
"This guest ......" After a while, the shopkeeper himself carried a tray with a plate of meat from unknown animals, a bowl of soup made of pickled vegetables, and a pot of wine.
The boss put down the wine and food, and when he saw Wang He frowning, he hurriedly whispered, "You just came to the southeast district, right?"
"Yes! What's wrong?" Wang He asked suspiciously, just eating and drinking like this is not enough for him to stuff his teeth, although he is not hungry, and he is not here to drink, but compared with the wine and food at other tables, it seems that he is afraid that he will not be able to pay.
"Could it be that the district will still restrict food and drink?"
In the face of Wang He's displeasure, the shopkeeper smiled kindly, put the wine and food on the table, and said in a low voice, "Guest, don't be angry, that's the case, the southeast district is different from other districts......
The boss put the tray under his armpit, took out a few pieces of paper from his pocket, showed them in front of Wang He, and said, "Although bullets are the common currency of the outer city, they are not easy to use in the southeast district, and the prices in the southeast district are not too high, but it is still too troublesome to settle with bullets.
Therefore, the mayor of the district promoted the use of this kind of coin in the district, and did not allow the use of bullets to settle settlements, although bullet settlement in the southeast district is not illegal, but if it exceeds a certain amount, both buyers and sellers will be fined."
Wang He suddenly realized that the independent economic system that broke away from it was like a country's foreign exchange reserves, which were used to ensure its ability to pay abroad, exchange for a large amount of materials, promote domestic development, and at the same time interfere in the foreign exchange market and stabilize the domestic economy.
"Boss, how much does this meal cost?" Wang He looked at the other party's hand with a few banknotes of 1, 2, 5, and 10 denominations and asked.
"These are about two pieces, which is ten bullets, and the district stipulates that no more than twenty bullets can be traded at a time." The boss replied in a low voice.
"And what if I want to exchange some banknotes?"
"It was during the day, and only in the morning every day the bank had exchange business, but there was a limit on the amount, and it could not be less than 1,000 yuan each time." The boss still replied patiently.
1,000 yuan, that is, 5,000 bullets, the bank is a good calculation, this banknote can only be used in the southeast district, and no one is willing to leave if a thousand yuan is not spent, which prompts the emergence of spontaneous small underground exchanges by people in this district.
When a certain amount of money is accumulated, these bullets still have to be exchanged for the bank, and the banknotes are eventually returned to the bank after circulation, and no matter how you play, you will not lose money.
Wang He brought a total of more than 1,000 bullets, which can only be exchanged for 200 yuan, and the bank will definitely not change them, he knows that this boss must have other plans, otherwise he would not be here to talk nonsense with him for a long time, the room is full of guests, wasting a lot of time to give a foreign popularization of law, how can he be so kind.
"Boss, that's the case, I think you're a good person, or you're a good person to the end, I'm going to go back to the South District soon, look at the coins in the Southeast District are quite rare, you give me some, I'll take it back to those buns to see, of course, the gift is still exchanged, I will also send you some bullets, what do you think?"
The boss's smiling eyes couldn't be seen, it was rare to see such a good person, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Good feelings! I also see that you are destined to be a guest, and it just so happens that I have been short of bullets recently
, this world is chaotic, and self-defense guys can't be missing."
"Oh, you can't be short of bullets if you lack anything, you're too careless, what can an empty gun like a burning stick do? Well, I'll give you a thousand bullets!" Wang He waved his hand generously and took out a few cloth bags from his pocket.
"Then thank you, I'll give you one hundred and fifteen, take it back and let the friends in the southern district see it......" The boss looked at Wang He's face, and then said, "We have a fate, I'll add some more food to you, I'll invite you for this meal, I'll not be busy for a while, let's have two drinks!"
"Okay!"
Wang He nodded simply, this old boy is really good at trading, this meal is at most twenty yuan, and he will earn thirty when he changes hands, that is, one hundred and fifty bullets, which is enough to buy three strong slaves in the Southern District, or go to Fuguilou for a beautiful meal.
The shopkeeper made a big deal, happily put down one hundred and five yuan, turned around and went to add vegetables to Wang He, Wang He looked at the money in his hand, it was just ordinary coated paper, printed with the pattern of the outer city, and the southeast area on the pattern was made of steel seals, and it was red.
Look at this pattern, the workmanship of the steel seal is very fine, it should be engraved by machine, and it is difficult to do it by hand, which is probably the anti-counterfeiting of banknotes.
The cost of this banknote is quite low, so a few pieces of waste paper can be exchanged for a thousand bullets, you can imagine how high the bullet reserve in the southeast area is, this district chief, the plot is not small.