Chapter 8: Into the City
The journey of two hundred miles was not too far for Lin Tao and Logal, who owned horses, and they arrived in only two days.
When Zambia City was in sight, Lin Tao and Logar glanced at each other.
Lin Tao took a deep breath, when he didn't come here before, Logar said that there was chaos here, and Lin Tao didn't have an intuitive feeling, but at this time, he knew that the word "chaos" was indeed appropriate to describe Zambian City.
In ordinary cities, there are guards at the gates. The exception is Zambia City, however, where only a few people sit around the gates. Looking at the clothes of these people, some of them showed their breasts, and some of them had fierce expressions, thinking that they were robbers or horse thieves in the city.
It is rare for public order chaos to reach such a situation.
When he was still some way from the gates of Zambian City, Logar gently knocked his horse under his crotch with both feet, slowing down his speed. Then he came to Lin Tao's side and said in a low voice: "At the door are local hooligans and ruffians, who specialize in living by bullying passers-by, and ordinary people can't escape their exploitation, except for those who are gorgeously dressed and have great status at a glance." Later, if they ask us about the time to collect the city fee, Brother Lin, you must hold back. Although these are small fish and shrimp, if we don't feed them well, we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to move forward in the city. ”
Lin Tao nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, Uncle Logar." ”
Seeing Lin Tao say this, Logar also made up his mind a little, after all, in his eyes, Lin Tao is a strong fighter, and he is young, he is likely to can't bear the oppression of these hooligans and ruffians, and fight.
This short journey, the two of them arrived in a moment's effort.
"Hey, stop!" When the two of them arrived at the door, two or three hooligan ruffians immediately surrounded them and surrounded them. The hooligan headed tilted his head, still holding a dog's tail grass in his mouth, and said to Lin Tao and the others with a sloppy face: "Pay the entrance fee first when you enter the city." ”
Lin Tao didn't speak, just sneered. If it hadn't been for Logar telling him before, these scoundrels would have been lying on the ground by now.
Logar pulled the bolt and laughed, "Here, here!" he said, handing the rogue leader three silver coins.
I thought these people would get out of the way and let them go. But seeing the disdainful expression on the rogue leader's face, he put three silver coins in his hand and weighed them twice, and then said, "Add two more silver coins!"
Logar was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "Didn't it all use to be three silver coins before, why has the price increased now?"
When the hooligan leader heard Logar's rhetorical question, his face suddenly pulled down like a donkey's face, his face was gloomy, and he said sharply: "I said three is three, why are you talking so much fucking nonsense, don't go into the city if you don't pay it." ”
Logar sighed, estimating that control of Zambia had been taken away by the new gang, so he stopped talking nonsense and threw two more silver coins to the gangster leader.
When everyone saw that the five silver coins had arrived, they laughed a few times, dispersed, and continued to come back to the position just now to gamble.
From beginning to end, Lin Tao has been patient, and only when he saw that the people dispersed did he snort softly. He pulled the reins and prepared to enter the city.
Logar naturally knocked out Lin Tao's unhappiness, looked at Lin Tao with some concern, and then said in a low voice: "Zambia City is managed by the largest gang in the city, and it has always been the Evil Dragon Gang before, and their entry fee is only three silver coins. And these people collected five silver coins, but they were afraid that Zambia City had changed to a new owner.
Lin Tao nodded and did not speak.
After entering the city gate, the atmosphere that came to Lin Tao made Lin Tao frown slightly. As far as the eye can see, the buildings are in tatters. Even the stone slabs on the street are potholed, and no one has repaired them for I don't know how many years.
It's no wonder that since this Zambian city is controlled by gangs, no one wants to spend money to repair these roads or walls. Everyone is eager to put money in their pockets, and whoever wants to spend money to build roads and city walls is simply sick in the head.
Many of the people walking on the streets were hooligans and ruffians, and there were also some civilians, most of whom wore tattered clothes. As for the city of Van Mill or the city of Kelsa, where merchants, monks, and fighters roam the streets, it is even more unlikely that there will be such a situation. It's almost impossible to see a rich, well-dressed man.
"Where did the group of horse thieves agree to ransom them?" Lin Tao asked Logar, but his eyes kept scanning the surrounding environment.
Logar shook his head and said, "I don't know, the other party didn't say it, the group of horse thieves and Beyer said that they wanted us to take the ransom to Mick's Restaurant in the western side of Zambia, where someone would connect with us." ”
Lin Tao nodded, not saying much.
The people around were looking at Lin Tao and Logar who had just entered the city on two big horses, and their eyes were full of vigilance and a look at food.
Lin Tao frowned slightly, and the eyes that shot from all directions made them feel that they were not the ultimate fat of these people.
It can be seen that there are not many people who come to Zambia City all year round, and only those passers-by who need to be resupplied will have to go into the city for a short rest. Most people try to avoid Zambian City.
Because Zambia City is notorious, a group of outsiders who enter the city will definitely not end up much better. Either you get stolen or robbed, black shops abound, and if you go to spend the night with a prostitute, you have to be careful with your money bag, because there is a good chance that the prostitute will take your money bag while you are asleep.
What if you catch someone who stole your money? You are a foreigner who is helpless in Zambian City, and most of these people have gangs and gangs behind them.
Knock out your teeth, and you can only swallow them in your stomach. Otherwise, it's not just your teeth that you'll lose!
The two rode horses and kept thinking about Zambia's Xicheng District. Along the way, there were prostitutes dancing at them, or the hotel juniors asking them if they wanted to rest.
"First find an inn to rest, and after two days' drive, I put the horse in the store to breed. Lin Tao took the reins, stopped and said to Logar beside him.
Logar was stunned, his face embarrassed.
Lin Tao knew that he was worried about the safety of the dozens of hunting team members, and immediately smiled: "Don't worry, those people will definitely not dare to do anything to them if they don't receive the money." And we need to be prepared, it's getting late. ”
Obviously, Lin Tao's words were very reasonable, and Logar also knew that he was a little anxious, so he nodded at the moment.
If you want to survive in Zambia City, in addition to being attached to a larger power, you must also be shrewd.
No, when Lin Tao and the two were just about to find a hotel to rest, two or three young men immediately surrounded them and scrambled to talk to Lin Tao.
"Fuck off, stinky boy, these two guests are the first I saw them. ”
"Excuse me, what if you see it first? ”
When the dispute was fruitless, the two turned their faces to Lin Tao and smiled, and asked, "Hello two distinguished guests, do you want to stay in the hotel?"
Lin Tao nodded, laughing in his heart, these two people's eyes are poisonous enough. ran to look for himself, but did not go to Logar, obviously seeing that Logar also wanted to see himself.
At the moment, he squinted at the two of them and said, "You all tell me whose store is good, and I will go to whom's house!"
Hearing Lin Tao say this, the short man standing on the left side immediately smiled professionally and said, "Childe, of course it's our family." Our hotel provides 24-hour hot water service, beautiful living environment, first-class service, and wonderful programs. ”
"You talk nonsense, this boy, don't listen to this fat man's nonsense! Is their hotel's hotel still a place where people live, and the part-time job is a pigsty. Oh, the pigsty is a hundred times better than theirs. Hearing the short and fat man say this, the tall and thin man on Lin Tao's right immediately shouted.
Seeing that Lin Tao had just nodded and had a good impression of his hotel, the short and fat man was dismissed by the bastard opposite, and he suddenly became angry, first glared at the competitor opposite, and then smiled respectfully at Lin Tao: "Childe, they are jealous that our store is better than theirs, and slander us! In fact, what I said is the truth, as for being a hundred times worse than the pigsty, it is their family." ”
Seeing the two arguing with each other, Lin Tao felt a little pain in his head, waved his hand, and said to the two, "Don't quarrel, let's go to your house!"
Seeing this, the dwarf immediately smiled happily, and glanced triumphantly at the tall and thin man, although he did not speak, but everyone could see the mockery.
The tall and thin manly man almost wants to kill, but he has no choice.
Lin Tao and Logar jumped off their horses, followed behind the fat man, and came to the door of this hotel in a blink of an eye.
Slightly swept the sign above his head, "Everton Hotel." Logar whispered.
It wasn't until Lin Tao and the two were introduced into the store that the fat man said to Lin Tao, "Childe, I'll go and raise your horses in the backyard of the store." ”
Lin Tao nodded and didn't pay attention to him. How could he not see this little trick, and pulled the horse to the back of the store, even if Lin Tao didn't live in the store.