Chapter 327 Red Soil City

The red land is dotted with green, low shrubs and solitary evergreen trees. This vast land is as desolate as the western part of a certain country in Blue Star.

A Sanbengzi drove up in the distance, with one person driving in the front, and five women, three big and one small, eating hot pot in the back. Two of the children picked things from the pot and fed them to the person in front. They seemed to be having a good time. Looking at the unkempt faces of a few people in the past, I thought they were out for an outing.

"Chen Fang, do you have any sauce?"

Chen Fang was driving in front, and the five girls were sitting around the hot pot in the back to cook food. Wenren held a small saucer filled with sauce, and begged Chen Fang for the sauce that was almost dried up in it.

After three days of trekking, Chen Fang and the others finally set foot on the red soil plain. They had to face the mutated creatures that appeared from time to time, which made them a little depressed. The food they brought out was consumed almost hungry and hungry. Passing by the eyeless triangle sheep glared at them as if they were provocative. Facing unreasonable provocations, this is unbearable, so Chen Fang and the others educated them with love. Finally, the other party took out mutton, kidneys and other objects as an apology. Barely forgave it.

"No more, I told you to save it and save it, but you just didn't listen, now it's all gone." Chen Fang complained.

"Hey, I watched a lot before, so I couldn't help it." Wenren smiled sheepishly. The sauce was specially prepared by Yan Ying, which can make the cooked food taste better, and she couldn't bear it for a while. It takes more to live.

"This cooking method is simple and convenient, and the food is also delicious, why don't we go to Red Soil City to open a shop." Wu Mei ate with relish, and then came up with this idea.

"Do you have the capital? I don't have any, and the store is also a problem." Chen Fang thinks this idea can be possible. He has no money to buy meat now, as long as he can't make ends meet and starve to death for three days, earning money is his only way to survive. I hope, but I have no cash and no capital. If I want to open a hot pot restaurant without all the necessary items, it is a dream.

"I can get it from the store. There is a lot of money on the identity card, but the transactions in Red Soil City only look at cash, and I really don't have any." Yu Mei felt embarrassed.

"I do have some, about a dozen gold coins, but I don't know if it's enough." Jimo took out a small bag of money and said.

"That's enough, the price is not high there, the only thing to consider now is which gang to join." Charming said.

In fact, you can’t say join. There are standards for the income of other gangs. Not everyone accepts them. So strictly speaking, it’s not joining. Instead, it’s a protection fee in exchange for gang listing, which shows that someone is hoodwinking. It’s equivalent to applying for a legal business license. Same.

If you want to open a shop in Red Soil City, if you don’t pay a protection fee to a gang and list your business, then all the gangs will swarm you with blood-smelling sharks. If you don’t take the initiative to pay, they will think you have broken the rules and will come to your door to find trouble. At that time, it will be too late for you to find a gang to join, and they will not accept it.

"Of course it's the gang with the best reputation to join." Although Chen Fang didn't like paying protection fees to gangs, he didn't want to resist. He did as the Romans did. He didn't think he was strong enough to fight against all the gangs in a city. .

"Gangs don't have any reputation. They only care about money, and you can provide as much service as you pay for protection." Charming, Chen Fang actually thinks that gangs have credibility, which is really naive.

If you have to say it, it is to kill people. If you say that you will be killed today, you will not be taken overnight today. This aspect is full of credibility.

"I'll go, but also provide services? What are they?" Chen Fang was surprised. Did the gangsters in this world develop any extraordinary business?

"Different places provide different businesses, such as catering, which provides all-weather anti-tyrant meal service, casinos, which provide township services, and businesses, which provide debt collection services. Anyway, there are many categories, and some gangs specialize in one kind of business, so they are generally the first choice for opening a store." Charming recalled and said.

Chen Fang was speechless when he heard this. The gangs in Red Soil City are quite good at management, and the business classification is also very detailed. The business of town halls is also common, which is often seen in movies. Why don't you maintain order if you have a club? Blue Star also has a debt collection business, but what the hell is this anti-bawang meal service? Could it be that there are many people eating Bawang meal in Red Soil City? If there are many, it is not surprising to have this business.

"I said you guys really plan to open a shop, right? We're just temporarily settling in Red Soil City. When we hear from Grandpa, we'll leave anyway." Wenren has been listening to Chen Fang and Charming. Can't help but say.

"It's okay, let's open it. I think it will take a while to talk about the aristocratic family. It won't be so soon. We can open a store to make money, and we can also test the waters to see if such a store is popular. In the future, the family I can also make a living, at least Jinan does not accept aristocratic families, grandpa and the others can come here to settle down, and then think about the future." Jimo thought very clearly.

"Okay." Wenren shrugged. Everyone else had the same idea, and she didn't object.

When the pot of mutton was cooked, Chen Fang saw a red city wall standing in the distance, which was obviously where the Red Soil City was.

"I thought I had to go in a little farther, but I didn't expect the Red Soil City to be built on such a periphery." Chen Fang said as he watched the city wall getting closer and closer.

"The Red Earth Plain is safer on the outside, the more dangerous it is inside." Mei Mei said.

Crossing the Red Soil City and heading inside, there are a large number of mutated creatures and top predators living in groups, as well as floating mud swamps that are difficult to get out of if you sink into it, and the "dehydration" wind mixed with special salt particles with strong adsorption capacity, which is very dangerous.

"It seems to be checking ahead. Has the Federation Council issued an order to the aristocratic family?" Chen Fang said worriedly after looking at the crowds lined up at the gate of the city in the distance.

"No, that's paying the city fee." Mei Mei explained after taking a look.

"What, you have to pay to enter the city. Is there a mistake? Is it expensive?"

"I don't know, the gang is responsible for the job of guarding the door. It changes every six months. The charging standards are different for each company, and even the charging objects may be different. Some only charge adults but not children, and some who are greedy for money accept everyone. It's an alternative. The ones only accept men, I haven't been here for a year, and I don't know what the situation is now." Charming said.

"The city lord doesn't care about this mess?" Chen Fang was surprised.

"There is no city lord in Red Soil City, it's the most powerful gang that speaks."

"The Federation doesn't care?"

"What do you do? The federation is made up of five races, each with its own customs and cultures. The federation parliament is also in charge of its own affairs. No one is allowed to dictate. The orc gang culture is deeply rooted, and their cities are all virtuous." Charming Said.

"Uh, isn't the Federation Council where the five races come together to discuss major issues?" Chen Fang was a little confused.

"That's right, we need to discuss major issues together. For example, the Five Emperors want to replace them as the ruling class. As for the internal affairs of each clan, they can cooperate but do not interfere with each other." Mei Mei explained.

The federal parliament is composed of the chairmen and councilors elected by each race. The city lords of the cities under the jurisdiction of each tribe are appointed by the council chairmen and councilors of their own tribes, and then the federal council makes nominal appointments. If the orcs don't designate, there will naturally be no city lords.

Well, I don't understand, Chen Fang always listens to this kind of topic every time, so he simply doesn't ask.

Driving Sanbengzi to the gate of the city, seeing that many people didn't get off their mounts, Chen Fang didn't get off the car and just lined up like this.

Most of the people in line were wild orcs, not many real orcs and other races.

Most of Chen Fang came to this world and stayed in human cities. He has only seen two of the five major races in the Federation. His own human race and orc race have never seen the other three races. Today he met a male demon race here. .

There are long and short sharp horns on the head, no eyebrows on the face, a high nose with a hole as wide as a pig's nose, thick lips like intestines, red blood like blood, and black cracks spreading all over the body like blood vessels. He is about 2.5 meters tall, and if he doesn't look at the front and looks at the back, he is very majestic and mighty.

Maybe he sensed that someone was staring at him, so the male of the Demon Race lowered his head and looked at Chen Fang.

"What are you looking at?"

"Seeing that you are so mighty and extraordinary, I am a little envious." Chen Fang opened his mouth and came.

"Have vision." The demon-born man proudly turned his head away and ignored it.

At this time, Chen Fang turned his head and asked Mei Mei: "I heard that your fiancé is also a demon race, and he looks like this?"

"Just like you, there are some ugly people in the Demon Race." Charming looked at Chen Fang seriously and said.

"What's the same? Am I ugly? It's just that I'm not so handsome." Chen Fang never admits that he is ugly.

Charming rolled her eyes when she heard this, while Jimo and Wenren snickered aside.

After a while, it was Chen Fang's turn to enter the city.

"Do you have a card?"

"what card?"

"First time?"

"kindness."

"One copper coin per person, ten silver coins for half a year, come in and out as you like, oh, there is a discount for group annual cards, only forty-five silver coins for more than five people and less than seven people." The orc guarding the gate looked at Chen Fang and the people in the car The girls said after a glance.

How about applying for a card, opening a shop and looking for gangs to pay protection fees to apply for a business license, and paying tolls when entering the city to apply for a card and there are discounts, this city is poisonous.

"Do we need a card?" Chen Fang turned to Jimo and the others.

"Let's do it." Jimo took out a gold coin and handed it to Chen Fang.

Chen Fang took it and handed it to the orc.

"Get a group card."

The orc took the gold coins and checked them, then took out six metal cards and gave them to Chen Fang along with the found money.

"Keep the card by yourself. If you lose it, you won't make it up. I want to buy it again." After finishing speaking, the orc sent Chen Fang away to avoid blocking the way.

"If I had known this, it would be better to just spend a small amount of money to go to the city and borrow a few from someone who has a card." Chen Fang felt sorry for the money spent.

"There are quite a few people who think like you." Charming said.

The implication is that they will also be targeted now.