Chapter 59 Chapter 58 Convenience Market

Zhuang Xuteng never understood how the middleman's information network was set up, and how to find the mercenaries on mission without using a communicator. But he knew that even if he asked, Lucy would answer with "commercial secrets" and would never satisfy his curiosity. In any case, she could find Dao Ge, even if it took three days.

Gongdao was still the same, except that his wrist was bandaged and there were two band-aids on his face. He was very enthusiastic when he saw Zhuang Xuteng, and he immediately gave him a bear hug and laughed three times before letting go.

"You are more impressive than before, and you have finally grown some muscles." Dao Ge clapped his hands a few times and said with a smile: "Is the PCPD training useful? Do you know any pretty girls in uniform?"

"Very useful, similar to the pre-employment training in factories. As for girls, I did know a few, but I still think you are better." Zhuang Xuteng reached out to brush away the non-existent dust on Dao Ge's shoulders and said hypocritically: "Look, without my care, you are injured..."

"Get out, you are not pretending at all." Ge Gongdao pointed to the bandage on his arm and said: "The injury from boxing will heal in a few days, it will not affect The training is finally completed this time, can we start working now? "

Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said, "Let's go buy equipment first?"

"Of course we have to buy it. It just so happens that the black market has been on sale recently, and there are also some clearance activities. We can be considered to have caught up with the good time. But as a mercenary, I always look at the commission first and then buy equipment, so as not to waste money."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded and said, "That makes sense. After all, we have to enter a positive cycle of investment and income!"

"Haha, you remember what I said three months ago very clearly!" Dao Ge was even happier. He turned to Lucy, who had been ignored for a while, and asked her if she had any good commissions recently.

Lucy snorted, exhaled a smoke ring, and said, "Nake asked me. The rating of your two-person partnership is almost zero. Now there are only some commissions for scouting, monitoring, delivering or picking up packages. Which do you prefer?"

"I have just delivered goods for more than half a month. I don't want to drive for the time being. Let's see if there are any good things to pick up packages. We will prepare accordingly." Dao Ge waved to Lucy, then put his arm around Zhuang Xuteng's shoulders and walked out. "Let me tell you, where we are going, there is..."

"Wait!" Lucy stopped them, took out a bulging envelope from the drawer under the dining table and threw it to Zhuang Xuteng, saying, "The subsequent 10,000 euros, plus a little more dividends, the total is about 12,000. In this way, the rewards for our previous commissions have been settled. If you still want to get money from me, you have to work! Do you understand?"

Zhuang Xuteng nodded, opened the envelope, and roughly divided the money in three parts and put it in three different pockets.

"Also, remember to buy a set of handheld radios that can steal signals. Sometimes the package pickup commission does not specify the placement before it is successful, and temporary communication is required."

Ge Gongdao patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me! How about a set of company battlefield communication stations?"

"That would be even better." Lucy waved her hand and said, "I won't delay your shopping! Remember to close the door for me. By the way, I'm going to change rooms recently, don't forget to check the mailbox downstairs next time you come."

The two said they remembered it, and then they came downstairs with laughter. There was a car parked at the door of the building, the Biaotuo Millennium model, a double-row pickup truck produced in 1999, with a roof added to the rear cargo area to completely cover it.

"My car still has two months of use. If you don't return it after that, my deposit will be deducted and I will buy it." Engineer Ge kicked the wheel and said, "The 275/75 R15 tire can be crushed, which is very good. There is nothing wrong with the car now, and I also want to keep it. What do you think?"

"It looks good. Have you been driving it to deliver goods recently?"

"Yes! I originally rented it for work, but later I relied on it to escape danger twice, so I have some feelings for it. Naike, go heat up the steam engine and let me see how good your driving skills are. By the way, do you have a driver's license?"

"Yes. I asked my friend at PCPD to get me one urgently."

Civilian cars with steam as the main power and electricity as the auxiliary power are more troublesome to start. The engine needs to be heated before sufficient driving force can be obtained. This kind of car cannot be started and driven away as soon as it is put on, which is much more troublesome than pure electric cars. But the advantage is also obvious: cheap.

Since Zhuang Xuteng was to drive, he had to readjust the position of the seat and steering wheel. Ge Gongdao was also doing the same thing in the co-pilot seat. Later, with Dao Ge constantly telling interesting stories about his delivery and occasionally giving directions, Zhuang Xuteng finally drove the car to the destination. His evaluation of this car is: not as good as a truck.

"That's because your arm strength is too weak to control this baby."

Well, since it has been called a baby, it is estimated that this car will be left.

Two people came to the black market to purchase items, and the black market is called the black market because it pays enough protection fees and no one will check here. Of course, there are also prerequisites, such as no fighting, chaos or particularly intolerable transactions, no exposure by the news media, and no sale of PCPD property here.

This black market is called "Baimin Cheap" and is located in the central courtyard of a conjoined apartment building. Four forty-story buildings form a circle, and the central patio has a movable platform every fifth floor, illuminated by imitation sunlight. On the platform, there are barber shops, restaurants, waste recycling, electrical appliance repair and newspaper and magazine shops, as well as fighting arenas, parks and private entertainment venues. Baimin Cheap Market is on the third platform.

The patio is square and square, and the market can only have the same shape. Around the perimeter, closer to the load-bearing columns of the building, a long-term store is waiting for customers. From the outside to the inside, temporary tents, push carts and stalls divide their respective territories. The entire market is surrounded by an iron wall, and all shop windows and doors face inwards, which can only be seen when entering the market.

You do not need to unload your gun when entering the market, but you must conduct a body search to prevent people with evil intentions from affecting the tranquility and peace here. Zhuang Xuteng and Ge Gongdao are both disciplined people. They openly allow people to check and accept the shadow detection spell. Brother Dao said that if you mix well and have an identity, you can pass directly without inspection. He had been treated like that before, and now he was at the low point of his career.

In addition to the body search, "Children are not allowed to enter" and "PCPD tea break please go to 1404==" were written at the entrance of the market. In addition to the security guards hired by the market - most likely gang members or mercenaries - there was actually a three-person PCPD team at the door.

Based on the knowledge he learned in the training, Zhuang Xuteng immediately recognized that these people were security patrols and should patrol everywhere instead of acting as security guards here. And judging from their familiarity with chatting with black market security guards, this kind of thing doesn't happen every day or two.

When I walked in, there were many stalls and few customers. Everything is sold here, or in other words, whatever is available is for sale, mainly fake goods that cannot obtain market access qualifications, some handmade products of residents, and some contraband and stolen goods.

"When shopping here, you have to keep your eyes open, your ears open, and your wallet closed." Brother Dao said, "Just browse and take a look at the things on the street stalls. The main thing is that the surrounding residents come to buy them. Look, there are some medicines there. They are very popular. They may be items stolen from the hospital. There are also some daily necessities and electrical appliances, which are very cheap, and some of them come here to pick them up. We mercenaries often come and go to the surrounding stores to buy things. The quality could also be better. ”

Zhuang Xuteng looked around, and many people looked at him with eager eyes. Seeing that he was a stranger, he greeted him warmly and invited him over. Zhuang Xuteng smiled and shook his head, and then asked Brother Dao: "If there are good things, can they be sold here?"

"That's another set of procedures. It's quite troublesome and unnecessary." Ge Gongdao said: "If you have something to sell, or we get some extra trophies to sell in the commission, find a familiar middleman to handle it. That’s fine. Apart from not getting the right price when setting up a stall here or selling to a store here, the key is to take up time. Wouldn’t it be better to practice more and take on more tasks?”

Zhuang Xuteng nodded, but he still had questions: "Since the middleman receives the goods, why don't they sell the goods?"

"Mercenaries buy things to entrust tasks, and the risks during the period must be weighed and borne by the mercenaries themselves. Intermediaries can also sell things, but they will never sell them to mercenaries, in order to isolate benefits and risks. If mercenaries buy them with Something happened to something, such as the equipment was damaged, causing the commission to fail. Whose responsibility do you think is responsible? The middleman is very clear and will not give excuses like this to the mercenaries, so we will go to this company."

The store has no name, but a black-painted board is hung in place of the signboard to highlight the "dark store" feature. Ge Gongdao said that it is actually called "Black Flag Grocery Store". The boss is a bit lazy, but the goods are good.

Zhuang Xuteng was about to follow in when he glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw something unexpected on the stall nearby: a whole pile of alloy steel pistols. He called Brother Dao, then squatted down in front of the stall, picked up the alloy steel and examined it carefully.

Regardless of the weight, feel, and luster, Zhuang Xuteng will not admit that this is pistol alloy steel. He picked up the thing and showed it to Brother Dao, which made Brother Dao a little confused.

"What kind of iron piece is this?"

It's no wonder he couldn't recognize it. This kind of alloy steel will change a lot after being made into a pistol, including texture, hardness, and even color.

Zhuang Xuteng thought for a moment, and he shouldn't be able to directly tell that this was for making pistols, so he changed his approach and pointed to the topic: "Brother Dao, how should I inquire about the price? Is there any particularity here?"

"Maybe there's some in there, you go and take a look first." Brother Dao blinked and said.

"30 euros a piece!" The stall owner said quickly: "30 euros is a small amount of money. If you can't buy it, you will suffer a loss and you won't be fooled. There are discounts for large quantities."

"30, the price is wrong... If it's 20 euros, I'll buy one first and let someone check it out. If that person wants it, I'll get it from you." Zhuang Xuteng said seriously: "This thing can be found in many places now. The key to buying something is whether it can be sold, right?”

"You know your stuff, then 20!"

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