Although the street in front of him looked very lively, the scene presented here hardly looked like a high-level civilization. If it weren't for the occasional shabby small electric vehicles, Lin Zheng would have thought that he was
Come to an ancient society.
Lin Zheng was not surprised by this scene. After all, it had been described in novels! Canghua City and all other cities not controlled by Yongyingting have implemented regional isolation. The living conditions in the central city are
The best, not only did it retain the prosperity before the end of the world, but it was even made more luxurious. Outside, the living conditions began to degrade, and the products of various technological eras became less and less. In the area where they were located,
In civilian areas, basically all that's left is lighting lights and the like.
This is not to say that those nobles are completely inappropriate, but the main reason is that their production capacity has been greatly restricted! In the apocalypse, most industrial production lines have basically collapsed. The industrial products that can still be manufactured today are all re-produced in the city.
It is produced in the established factory. However, firstly, the scale of the factory is limited, and secondly, the production materials are limited, so the production capacity of the factory is extremely limited!
In this situation of extremely scarce resources, rulers will naturally give priority to taking high-quality products for themselves. Only when their needs are met will the remaining products be circulated downwards, and after being intercepted layer by layer,
What's left in the civilian areas are just various discarded things.
But Xiaohui has been living in Duke City, which is no different from before the apocalypse, but has never seen such a harsh living environment. Now that she saw it with her own eyes, she was immediately shocked.
Lin Zheng noticed Xiaohui's reaction, and before the girl could speak, he said first: "This situation is very normal in cities outside the management of Forever Pavilion. These cities have limited production capacity and cannot compete with our Forever Pavilion."
If the needs of all people are met equally, then the living resources available to the civilians at the bottom of the city will naturally be very limited."
After hearing this, Xiaohui bit her lip and immediately asked: "Even so, can't you give a little more to the people here?"
"We can't tell the difference!" Lin Zheng shook his head, "Not every city is our Duke City. If the ruler wants to maintain a decent life and maintain his dominance, he must occupy the most resources in the entire city.
, once they are separated, their own strength will be weakened. There will be no problems in a short period of time, but as time goes by, the gap between them and the civilians will be narrowed, and their dominance will also be affected.
Threatened! At this time, if a commoner with high prestige rises up and shouts, he can overthrow the ruler's position in minutes! Therefore, even if it is for their own wealth and life, they will not easily use their own resources
, distribute it to these civilians."
Xiaohui understood a little, but obviously not much! Looking at her confused look, Lin Zheng touched her head and said, "This kind of planning between powers is not something that your little brain can handle.
You understand, there is absolutely no need for you to figure it out, even if you do, it will just be a waste of your time."
Xiaohui nodded. She was indeed not good at understanding things like power. It was better to leave such complicated things to her master and senior brothers and sisters! She could just provide everyone with assistance in refining weapons.
"Then Master, where should we go now? Looking for Udon?"
"No!" Lin Zheng smiled slightly, "Let's go somewhere else first to see if we can find the person I'm looking for."
When Lin Zheng said this, both Xiaohui and Wei Qingxuan became curious. Wei Qingxuan immediately couldn't help but ask: "Master, who are you looking for?" As he said this, his eyes sparkled, "Is it possible?
Is it Grandma Grandma?"
When Wei Qingxuan said this, even Xiaohui's eyes couldn't help but sparkle with the burning fire of gossip, which made Lin Zheng dumbfounded. When he came to his senses, Lin Zheng raised his hand and knocked on the two girls, and then stopped.
He said angrily: "Of course not! Master, I came to this world alone, how can I find a grandma for you!"
By the way, I didn't think it was anything before, but now that Wei Qingxuan called out "Grandma Grandma", Lin Zheng suddenly felt like he had become some strange little old man. When he found that Xun and Ajie were both snickering, Lin Zheng became even more speechless.
When he saw the two girls looking disappointed, he knocked them again. After that, he told them seriously: "It is very important to hide your identity when you are away from home. Sometimes a hidden identity can give us
This action brings a lot of convenience! So, from now on, before returning to Duke City, you are not allowed to call me master or master!"
Xiaohui believed whatever Lin Zheng said, and immediately asked curiously: "What else do you call me if you don't call me master?"
"Call teacher!" He said and looked at Wei Qingxuan who was looking forward to it, "Xuanxuan, please call me uncle!"
Xun and Ajie laughed immediately after hearing this, and Wei Qingxuan blinked and said: "But Master, you don't look like an uncle! It's very strange to shout like this, isn't it?"
"You don't understand this, girl?" Lin Zheng smiled a little proudly: "The title of uncle is quite big. With my appearance, Master, it can add a little sense of mystery to us. In such an era
, a little sense of mystery can save us a lot of trouble, but if the mystery is too much, it will easily make people uneasy, which will lead to more trouble!"
"So there is such a thing!" Wei Qingxuan looked as if she had been taught something, and then said excitedly: "Master! I learned it!"
"Very good, very good!" Lin Zheng nodded with satisfaction, "Then what should you call me now?"
Hearing this, Wei Qingxuan immediately shouted with a smile: "Uncle——!"
Xun and Ajie had reason to suspect that Lin Zheng was just fooling Wei Qingxuan, a silly girl. Unfortunately, they couldn't find any favorable evidence, so they had to let Lin Zheng succeed! But the title of uncle... thinking of this, the two of them couldn't bear it.
I laughed out loud.
"Sister Xun! Sister Ajie! What are you laughing at?"
"No! It's nothing!" Xun said with a smile, "I just heard something interesting."
Seeing that Wei Qingxuan was ready to ask the question, Ah Jie immediately said: "Compared with finding someone, I think what's more important for us now is to find a place to stay. We can't keep leading people like this.
Fu Huan brought it with me."
When Ah Jie said this, everyone's eyes fell on Fu Huan. After understanding Fu Huan's life experience, looking at Fu Huan now, Wei Qingxuan and Xiao Hui only felt that this child was really pitiful.
When she woke up, it was also related to her experiences, which made people even more distressed.
Lin Zheng also felt that it was not a problem to hold Fu Huan all the time. Now that Ajie mentioned it, he agreed with Ajie's suggestion, nodded immediately and said: "Then let's find a place to stay first! Xun
, do you have any recommendations?”
The airflow flowing on the streets brought all kinds of information in the civilian areas. Xun just had a slight contact with these airflows and immediately got the information he wanted. Dangjie said with confidence: "I found a place.
The reputation there is very good, you can go there and have a look.”
After hearing this, Lin Zheng smiled and said, "Okay! Let's go there then! You will lead the way." After saying that, Lin Zheng directly handed over control of his body to Xun.
Soon, under the leadership of Xun, the group arrived in front of a hotel in a civilian area. When they looked up, they saw the GG sign hanging on the hotel was decorated with the words "Lucky Hotel".
Seeing this sign, Lin Zheng couldn't help showing a bit of surprise, because this hotel was also mentioned in the novel. It can be said to be the most popular hotel in the civilian area, and is loved by hunters from all over the world! Because this hotel gathers people from all over the world.
There are hunters from all over the world, so the protagonist often comes here to learn some information about various places from the hunters. Several important events in the novel were derived from the information obtained from the hotel.
"How about Yiping? Isn't the hotel I found good?!"
Listening to Xun's rather proud voice, Lin Zheng, who came back to his senses, couldn't help but smile, "You really found a good place, Xun!"
"That's right!" Xun said proudly, "It's not a good place but we still don't like it!"
The conversation between the two made Xiaohui and Wei Qingxuan look at each other a little, because in their eyes, the Jixiang Hotel in front of them had nothing to do with a good place. The area here is not large, and the hotel only has three floors, and from the window
You can tell from the distribution, the rooms here must be very small, completely incomparable to the hotels in Duke City!
"Teacher...Teacher!" Xiaohui shouted hesitantly, "Do we really want to live here?"
Lin Zheng looked at the hesitant two people and smiled, "That's for sure! Don't dislike it, this is already the best hotel in the civilian area, and you can't find anything better than this!"
Hearing what Lin Zheng said, the two of them sighed in frustration. There was nothing they could do. Lin Zheng was the biggest here. Whatever he said was what he said. Although the girl was a little concerned about the environment of the Jixiang Hotel, since Lin Zheng lived there
Yes, then they must be able to live there!
Pushing open the door of the hotel, Lin Zheng and the others saw a bustling wine shop. Hunters from all over the world gathered here, drinking wine, sharing various information, or bragging to each other. The atmosphere was very harmonious.
.
“Welcome!”
A very enthusiastic voice sounded, and as they looked around, they saw a middle-aged man with a mustache standing behind the bar, greeting them with a smile on his face.
Catching each other's gaze, Lin Zheng also greeted him with a smile on his face, and took the initiative to say: "Hello! We want to stay here, are there any rooms?"