1630 First slap for respect (want to face the wall crooked!)
After turning a corner, there were obviously more pedestrians on the street. They were moving in groups of twos and threes towards the other end of the short street.
Different from the darkness before, the other end of the short street was brightly lit, and the figures were flashing under the lights. Even though it was a few hundred meters away, one could feel the unusual bustle.
One end is lively and the other is deserted, but just across the street, it's like two worlds.
However, Ye Han only glanced at it and then looked back on the road: the same Y-shaped intersection, the same length, except for the angle, there was almost no obvious difference between the three streets before and after.
These streets are really weird. Is there any purpose behind them?
He told Gu Cheng his thoughts, and Gu Cheng was stunned: "You don't know?"
"Should I know?" Ye Han asked, "I remember it was quite normal before, and I have never heard of this kind of structure."
Gu Cheng was speechless: "Isn't that what your military meant? It said that it would be beneficial to defense. Why didn't I see it?"
Ye Han looked back and forth, nodded and said: "It's so interesting, of course a layman like you can't see it!"
Gu Cheng asked unconvinced: "Then you, an expert, tell me what's the truth here!"
He asked himself that his IQ was not low, but what was the difference between a Y-intersection connected to a Y-intersection, and a crossroads connected to a crossroads?
Ye Han didn't answer but asked: "Is the entire Qingtang like this?"
"Of course not!" Gu Cheng said, "It has only been built like this in recent years. There are crossroads and the old city ahead. I don't tell you, you will definitely know what it looks like."
Of course Ye Han knew that the so-called old city refers to the city before the insect disaster. The buildings there have been completely fortressed, but the streets cannot be demolished and resurfaced, so they are not as neat and uniform as the new city... Of course, it can also be said that everything is the same.
The building looks like a street, and you wouldn’t know where it is without looking at the street signs.
"That's right." Ye Han said, "Look at these streets, the length should not exceed four hundred meters. This distance is exactly the effective range of the rifle."
Gu Cheng looked back and forth. Although he didn't see how long these streets were, he still nodded: "Is there more?"
"There must be one. Have you ever heard of the triangle ambush formation?"
Gu Cheng shook his head honestly: "I haven't heard of it."
Ye Han was very troubled. Explaining these things to a military novice was really no ordinary trouble: "Probably, a team of people is divided into three groups and ambushes at the three vertices of the triangle. After the enemy enters the ambush area, the three groups of people will
Fire at the same time... Well, you can understand it as the three top corners firing at the three bottom sides."
Gu Cheng seemed to have some realization: "You mean, these Y-shaped intersections also have this effect?"
"It's about the same." Ye Han said, "Look, the top corner of the building is facing the street. As long as you put a fire point in the top corner, you can block the entire street. If it is a crossroads, how should you design the fire point? Barricade? Roadblock?
Isn’t it all embarrassing?”
Gu Cheng suddenly enlightened, touched his head and smiled: "Listening to what you said, it seems that this is really the case!"
Ye Han also laughed and had no intention of telling Gu Cheng. He just thought about it and explained casually. He didn't know whether this was the case.
Gu's sincerity is still unfinished: "Is that all? Is there anything else?"
Ye Han pursed his lips: "It should also have the effect of confusing the direction."
"What's the function?" Gu Cheng was very surprised. He looked back and forth but couldn't find the function Ye Han mentioned.
Ye Han explained consciously: "Think about it, if they are all crossroads, can you see from one end to the other?"
"Probably, basically." Gu Cheng said.
"But what about the Y-intersection?" Ye Han asked the question and gave the answer directly, "The Y-intersections are connected together and form a hexagonal shape like a honeycomb. Each street is the same length. Except for these few hundred meters, you can't see it.
In other places, there are road signs to help you know where you are. If you take the road signs off, do you dare to say you won’t get lost?"
Gu Cheng thought about it carefully and found that it really made sense.
Ye Han added: "There is also the location and height of the fortress building. Don't you think this place is particularly depressing?"
"It's quite depressing. Isn't it because the building is too tall and dense?"
"Yes, that's why. If you think about it more deeply, it's hard to say whether you can see the sun in broad daylight from such a high building. If insects get in, how can you tell the direction?"
Gu Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't know how insects judge the direction, but after hearing what you said, I was afraid that I would get lost in a while!"
Ye Han laughed loudly: "Don't worry, you won't be able to lose it as long as I'm here!"
Gu Cheng was very doubtful: "Is it true or false?"
"Ye Han raised his arm and flashed the personal terminal on his wrist: "Direct satellite connection, global precise positioning, the error does not exceed 0.1 meters, is it enough?"
"You are cruel!"
While they were talking, the two of them had reached the end of the short street and turned around. The true face of the night market suddenly appeared in front of them - the relatively spacious street was crowded with people strolling around, but it was not as crowded as they had imagined.
Ye Han saw many armed soldiers in the crowd. They didn't look like they were just hanging out, but instead patrolling the streets to maintain law and order.
Looking at both sides of the street, there are vendors selling fresh insect meat everywhere, selling barbecued meat skewers, meatloaf and steaks, and various other foods using insect meat as raw materials. Most of them are eaten in different ways.
This was the first time I met Ye Han, and I had never heard of him before.
In addition to insect meat, there is also fish meat, but the quantity is very small, and there are also some small insects, which are either fried or barbecued. The smell is so fragrant that it makes Ye Han's mouth water.
But compared to insect meat, he wanted to taste the local specialty vegetables!
Ye Han couldn't help but sigh: "Just now I was thinking about what can be sold, but now I know it... I remember you said that mercenaries can exchange insects for supplies, but you don't want to exchange these?"
Gu Cheng smiled and said: "Exchanging supplies with the garrison is almost the same as the guaranteed price. You can't make any profit or suffer losses. But it's different when you put it in the night market. With a little hard work, the value of the insect meat will increase by at least a quarter. This is not a big deal."
It’s a small amount and you can get a lot more in exchange for it.”
"Oh, I understand!" Ye Han nodded and pointed to the vendors on the street: "Are they all mercenaries?"
Gu Cheng said: "That's right. It's not easy for either the mercenaries themselves or their families... Come on, come on, I'm asking you to help us improve our lives today!"
As he spoke, Gu Cheng walked to the roadside and bought a large handful of meat skewers from a vendor. He didn't know what kind of insect meat it was, so he divided half of it and handed it to Ye Han.
Ye Han was not pretentious at all. He took it and wiped off half of the string in one go: "Come on, come on, I'll do it first as a sign of respect!"
