Human Shackles

Longyang County City is one of the five major cities in Xingma. It has a population of hundreds of thousands and various industries are extremely developed. The industrial zone under its jurisdiction can manufacture advanced steam rail cars and super cannons. It is the most important industrial town in the Xingma country. County City is adjacent to the Nilong River and has an extremely good commercial terminal. The freight is also extremely developed, which can radiate the entire Xingma country.

The main urban area of ​​the whole city is surrounded by a huge city wall about ten meters high. The streets in the urban area are criss-crossed and tall buildings are everywhere. Surrounded by this, it makes people feel like a world away.

Luo Kai lay dozing under an overpass. There was a dilapidated second-hand tricycle next to him. This was his tool for making a living. He could not stand the constraints of factories or other units. He only had to support himself. To make a living, he bought this tricycle for two hundred Star Origin. It can pull goods or people. If good luck can earn more than 1,000 Star Origin per month, he can barely fill it with his appetite. Full stomach.

He has been in this city for more than two months. He wanted to go directly to the Upper Capital of Eastern Origin Kingdom, but found that it is not easy to travel long distances in this World because of the management of population movement in Xingma. It is extremely strict. If you want to go abroad, you must apply for a pass, that is, a passport from a previous life. This passport can only be processed by people who work in a large business group. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people. Of course, if you have money, you can do anything. Ordinary people You can entrust some Business Group to handle it, and the price is around 100,000 Star Origin.

Star Origin is a universal currency for human nations after the cataclysm. It is issued by the most powerful country Eastern Origin Kingdom. In order to prevent the economy from being controlled by Eastern Origin Kingdom, other lords also have a metal currency. It is a gold coin and iron coin mixed with some precious metals, and it is also a common currency.

This is actually a kind of financial plunder, but other lords often fall into turmoil and are not stable enough. Their credibility cannot support a credit currency like banknotes, and they can only afford it.

The annual income of a middle-to-low-level household is between 20,000 and 30,000 Star Origin, which means that the average family can earn money for passports without eating or drinking for several years.

This World has extremely developed transportation, not inferior to previous lives. All kinds of railways, highways, and waterways between human nations are connected in all directions. Of course, there is also air transportation. Large steamships can transport hundreds of people at a time. Guests, and are not affected by terrain or other factors.

There are also many types of bandit road fighters with developed traffic. Among them, Southern Sea Pirates is the most famous, Xingma’s navy is not strong, and a big defeat last year, almost all of the offshore shipping is controlled by pirates. , Merchant ship has to pay a huge amount of money to buy roads before it can pass.

The main means of transportation in the city are rail cars, and there are a few steam-powered taxis. The others are manpower tricycles. Luo Kai is in this business, that is, the coachman. He doesn’t bother to laugh and solicit customers. Therefore, the business is very poor and it is very difficult to even support myself.

Of course, if it is particularly difficult, he will go to Nilongjiang Wharf to carry bags and work as a porter. He can also earn one hundred and eighty yuan a day, and his survival is not a big problem.

The sky is getting dim, and at night the luminous stone lamps emitting white radiance at the intersections of various streets in the city begin to light up, making the entire city shrouded in the hazy white light, extremely magnificent.

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Unconsciously slept for another day, Luo Kai stretched his waist, stepped on the tricycle, and rode towards the house he rented, watching the streets all the way. People waited, finally had a feeling that he was still living in this world.

I don’t know why. Since the last time he used the Qi and blood surge ability, he has become lethargic, and his head has been in a drowsy state for more than two months recently. It just started to ease slightly, which is one of the reasons why he didn’t work hard to make money.

He lives in a place called Lobster Alley in the outer ring of the main city. It belongs to the junction of towns. It is surrounded by various small industrial workshops, where housing prices are low and there are a large number of low-paid laborers like him. .

Passed through the gate of the city wall and came to the outer city. An hour later, accompanied by the clang of the old tricycle, a broken street appeared in front of you. The cement road was full of big pits and streets. There are various shops on both sides, including shampoos, restaurants, bathhouses, clinics, etc. The facades are all half-old iron doors, fluorescent stone lamps become obscure due to muddy dirt, and all kinds of stray cats and dogs are all over the street. Run around.

This is the southwest corner of Longyang County City. It used to be a cemetery. In recent years, with the expansion of Longyang County City, it has become a distribution base with various small handicraft workshops.

Walking into the depths of the alley, a small two-story building appeared in the field of vision. Four old ladies were rubbing mahjong in the aisle on the first floor. Now the sport of rubbing mahjong has become the most important sport of modern humans. At night, the whole street will be loud with the sound of mahjong, people can’t help but sigh, even if the civilization changes, the sport will not disappear.

Luo Kai moved towards one of the old ladies with a big mole on the corners of their eyebrows said hello, and then struggling to carry the tricycle on her shoulders, accompanied by a series of complaints from these old ladies, and passed them The tricycle was locked in the small courtyard and walked to his room on the second floor.

This two-story building belongs to the residents’ self-built houses. There are more than 30 rooms in total. Each room is forty-fifty flat. There is no toilet, and of course there is no kitchen. The ceiling in the room The walls and the walls were darkened by the oil and smoke, but the residents didn’t care, because it was cheap, the rooms here only cost more than 100 Star Origin per month.

Luo Kai doesn’t care, of course, it’s much stronger than the prison on Southern Ivory Island. At least there are beds, a broken coal stove, and a long chimney leading to the outside. The coal stove is a tool for cooking. It is winter now, and the small coal stove has the function of heating.

Starting a fire to cook, dinner is very simple, simply make a big pot of noodles, sprinkle some green vegetables and oil salt, the unflavored green noodles are snorted by his eating, he eats a lot , I often get hungry again less than an hour after eating, and any food will become delicious when hungry.

After eating, he fell asleep deeply. The only advantage of lethargy is that he is no longer dreaming now.

In the early morning of 2nd day, Luo Kai came to the market not far away to line up. He was here to buy meat, which is strange, this World meat is very expensive, and the price of ordinary pork is eight per catty. Around ten Star Origin, and it is limited. Each person can only buy three catties per month. The price of other beef and mutton is even more expensive. There is only a small supply in the vegetable market every month, and they are all booked by some large restaurants. .

Of course, if you have money, you can go to the restaurant to consume. Those large restaurants have channels to connect with the farms. As long as you have money, you can eat unlimited amounts.

Luo Kai’s current body needs to eat high-energy, high-protein meat to ensure energy. Therefore, the cheaper meat must be purchased every month. If there is no meat, he will eat a lot of rice and white noodles. Waiting for carbohydrates and other foods to replace protein is not easy for him to live in this city.