Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 703: Making money is easy

After a lot of trouble, Yang Xiaole and his group were quietly taken to a gathering place in the suburbs.

Many of the houses here are wooden houses. If you didn’t look at the race of the people, you would have thought they were wooden houses on Hong Kong Island!

Looks similar.

In the distance, there are more thatched houses. The houses look like yurts and are also round cones.

It's just a wooden exterior and a thatched roof.

Yang Xiaole and his group arrived at a wooden yard with a shabby minibus inside.

"Lao He!"

Coming to the yard, Wang Yu shouted towards a house.

After a while, a middle-aged man came out of the wooden house.

The other party was dressed the same as the locals, but their race was still yellow.

Lao He saw a few people, looked around, and said with a smile: "Come in!"

Then he led the way into the wooden house.

The layout of the house is very simple. The roof is supported by wood, and the inside is also a simple wooden house. On the right is a half-open kitchen, and on the left is a closed door, which should be the bedroom.

The windows don't open on both sides.

It is a piece of wood that is supported by a stick when in use.

After everyone came in, Lao He went over, took the stick away, put it down, and walked back.

The room fell into darkness.

Only the light leaking in through the gaps in the wooden boards allowed a slight glimpse inside.

"Comrades, thank you for your hard work."

When Lao He saw everyone, he saluted immediately.

Yang Xiaole and the others naturally returned the salute.

He put down his hand and shook hands with the other party. "Comrade He, it is you who are suffering. It is you who are hiding your identity..."

He would naturally say something sentimental.

After talking for a while, both Lao He and the other had red eyes.

Feeling that it was almost done, Yang Xiaole said, "Comrade Lao He, we have arrived. What is the situation here now? How should we arrange the follow-up?"

Seeing this, Lao He smiled and said, "Don't worry. This mission is not a specific one. Take a break first. I'll tell you the general situation later."

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole naturally agreed.

Under the other party's arrangement, we came to several wooden houses next door, which were prepared in advance.

Then start washing.

It has been a lot of suffering along the way.

It rained a lot along the way, especially when we entered the Congo rainforest, where heavy rains were common.

Even if you change your clothes frequently, they will still smell bad.

And this is Congo.

Although Africa is short of water, this is one of the very few places in Africa that does not have a water shortage.

Because the Congo River is the second largest river in the world, the first being naturally the Amazon, and the capital itself is built on the river.

There is no shortage of water naturally.

But there is no running water, so all water needs to be fetched from the nearby river for drinking and drinking.

Yang Xiaole and his group washed up while Lao He and Wang Yu made a fire and cooked.

By the time everyone was done, the food was still not ready.

Maybe there were quite a few people living here in the past, as there were three large iron pots on the stove.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole called a few people to help so that Lao He could free up his hands.

Old He freed his hands, wiped them, walked over, sat at the table, and got a large kettle to pour some boiled water for everyone.

He took a sip first, then said to Yang Xiaole:
"Yang Hao, I guess you have already explained it before coming here?"

Yang Xiaole hummed: "There have been instructions, but to be specific, I only found out about the specific task arrangements after I came here."

And his final contact person this time was Lao He.

As he spoke, he took a sip of water.

Seeing this, Old He said, "There are three of us here all the time. I am here, Wang Yu, and there is another person named Wan Qing, who has been in the city. Our current identity is to collect things from the countryside and sell them in the city. Normally, I am the one running between the countryside and the city..."

Then he explained the general situation.

Yang Xiaole hummed.

The contact person here should be the Wan Qing he mentioned.

It’s just that they came here directly through Wang Yu, and both of them are under the care of Lao He.

Then he listened quietly.

At this time, Yang Xiaole and his group gradually understood the purpose of their visit.

There are actually many local armed forces here.

The largest one is naturally the official one, but the official position is not very stable, and many places nearby are occupied by other armed forces.

We usually get along fairly steadily.

The problem naturally arises at the beginning of restoring a certain big seat.

Starting from the beginning of this year, I felt that my previous preparations were somewhat mature, and coincidentally, I met Da Piaoliang who extended an olive branch.

The opportunity has arrived.

Therefore, he wanted to take advantage of the conflict between Da Piaoliang and the Russian bear, and then he encountered Da Piaoliang extending an olive branch to complete the plan of returning to a certain company.

If you miss it, you don’t know when the next time will start.

But although Da Piaoliang tried to win us over on the surface, she was still wary in her heart and didn't want us to return to a certain university.

The other party wants to win us over, but is also afraid that we will become too powerful.

Therefore, it is difficult to deal with it openly, so naturally we have to use some small tricks.

Naturally, there are more than twenty "little brothers" involved in this matter.

But when they learned that these twenty-odd younger brothers were going to hold a meeting in July this year to help their big brother take the top position, there would naturally be some disruption.

During this period, a number of local armed forces appeared here.

All mysteriously received support.

It's easy to guess where this support comes from.

I know it, but there is nothing I can do. After all, there are always many armed forces here.

Among these armed forces, there is a largest force that is attacking here and causing destruction at the same time.

The purpose of Yang Xiaole and his people coming here is naturally to destroy the plans of these people.

So this is a task without a specific mission.

When you come, you have to adapt to circumstances.

After listening to this, Yang Xiaole pondered for a moment and asked, "But how do we solve this problem? Can we resort to violence? Or should we just destroy the other party's plan?"

Asking them to come here is definitely not just for fighting.

Nor is it possible.

At least they won't send people here openly, and if something goes wrong here, they still have to protect it.

If there is no guarantee, who would be willing to help?

Seeing this, Lao He said, "It's all right, as long as we don't get discovered. We have already exposed and sacrificed many people for this mission."

At the end of his speech, Lao He's voice became a little low.

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly when he heard this.

He can understand.

No matter how great the cost, we must ensure that this mission can be completed.

Not only him, but also other places have it.

Everyone is making sacrifices.

And Yang Xiaole also figured out the taste.

These people came here to do some relatively dangerous tasks that are easy to be exposed.

After all, skin color is the biggest problem.

Once people like them appear in a crowd, they are relatively noticeable.

The source of information is provided by people like Lao He.

Because it is not easy to train a qualified person like Lao He, language is one of the obstacles.

So such people cannot be sacrificed easily.

Of course, this is all relative.

Then he collected his thoughts and asked, "So what do we need to do next?"

Hearing this, Lao He said, "Take a rest today. I will show you around tomorrow. Take the map with you to check out the situation and then go on the mission."

Yang Xiaole pondered for a moment and hummed, "Okay! By the way, is this place also very messy?"

Lao He thought for a moment and said, "Yes, there is one thing. Once you enter the city and drive, you will often encounter local gangs who will take pictures of your car and ask for money. The same goes for the patrol officers here. They will hint at you to give money! Especially for those of us who are of other skin colors..."

Let me tell you the general situation.

After all, this is the capital of Congo. Although it is chaotic here, there are relatively few guns.

The language people speak here is basically French.

Relatively speaking, there are fewer people who speak English.

There will be English speakers in some important places and public places.

Yang Xiaole thought for a moment and asked, "Old He, do you have any books on learning French? I want to take a look!"

Now he only knows Russian and English, and he can learn a little bit of other languages ​​as appropriate.

Too many skills don't overwhelm the body.

In the future, if others ask why they did this, they will have an explanation. Hearing this, Lao He smiled.

"You want to learn French! It won't be very useful in a short time, but you can learn some basics. After all, you will be living here for a while. You can learn some daily spoken English. I have a book here, I'll give it to you when the time comes."

"Okay, thank you then."

Then we chatted briefly for a while.

No sensitive topics were discussed.

After waiting for a while, the food was ready.

The main food is rice.

Rice, corn and cassava are abundant here and are also staple foods.

What we eat today is rice.

There was only one dish, beef stew with onions and potatoes.

There is relatively less pork as meat here, but people eat more beef, mutton, chicken and duck.

Big pot stew.

The food was ready and everyone started to eat.

Two full pots of rice were eaten up by these people, and the pot of beef stewed with potatoes was also eaten up along with the rice.

Yang Xiaole watched everyone finish their meal and said a little embarrassedly: "Old He, is it okay to eat like this?"

These people have good physical fitness, but they also eat more and have a faster metabolism than others.

Naturally, I won’t mention the standards for food and accommodation when I come.

Old He looked at the way these people ate and said with a smile, "It's okay. It's good to be able to eat! Back then, when I first joined the army, I had a full meal for the first time and I was like a hungry wolf. Now I can't eat so much. Don't worry, the food here is fine. It's not that good, but at least you won't starve."

I can eat it, but it's a bit stressful.

After all, they don’t keep all the money they earn for themselves; a portion of it flows into the mainland through special channels.

Used to earn foreign exchange.

After the meal, the pots and bowls were cleaned and everyone gathered together.

It was already afternoon when they arrived at the place, and now it was already dusk.

After seeing that everyone was present, Lao He began to explain to everyone the rules of life here and some things to pay attention to.

Everyone listened patiently.

The other party talked a lot, and when he finished, Yang Xiaole thought of something and asked a question.

"Old He, I have a question. You are just a vendor here. You don't need so many people! Wouldn't it be too eye-catching?"

Lao He nodded gently: "Well, we have considered what you said, but you don't speak the language, and you are not familiar with this place. At the same time, considering that you have missions to perform at any time, this is the only way for the time being."

Yang Xiaole had some ideas in mind, but since he had just arrived, he had no way to put them into practice.

And without Lao Wang's endorsement, he can't act alone now.

We can only wait and see.

What surprised Yang Xiaole was that the currency here was Zaire.

Moreover, the official exchange rate was as high as 1 Zaire to 2 US dollars.

At the same time, housing prices in urban areas are very expensive. The monthly rent for a 200-square-meter house is as high as US$500, and in prosperous areas it is as high as US$ per month.

This is already a month's salary for an average person in the United States.

Isn't Congo very poor?

The group chatted for a long time in the evening, and when it was almost time, everyone was allowed to go to bed.

Now that we are here, we don’t have to be on duty for the time being.

The trouble along the way was still a bit tiring even with Yang Xiaole's well water.

It's just that I can hold it in.

Moreover, Lao He and his people specially provided them with mosquito coils.

Everyone slept soundly that night.

……

The next morning, due to the habit formed over a long period of time, everyone woke up at dawn.

"Xiao Hei! Did you sleep well last night?"

Watching them come out, Lao He smiled and asked him.

When Yang Xiaole heard this name, he felt strange for a moment. He introduced his nickname to the other party last night.

Because the other person is already around fifty years old, it would be inappropriate to call him Lao Hei.

So it was changed to Xiao Hei.

After adjusting a little, Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Well, it's OK, I slept well. When are we leaving?"

"Let's wash up and have breakfast and then we'll go into town."

Yang Xiaole agreed after hearing that.

Take someone to wash up.

Yesterday's water had run out, so Wang Yu took people to fetch water.

They needed to replenish the water in the yard. They couldn't let Wang Yu and the other two fetch water for more than a dozen people.

When they came back from work, a pot of corn porridge was ready, and they all ate there with some pickles that Lao He had made himself.

After the meal, Lao He said to Yang Xiaole, "We don't need too many people to go this time. Three or four people will be enough. You decide who should go."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole looked at the team.

"Zhao Gang, you take the others and stay here. Songzi, Datou, and Tietou, the three of you come with me."

As for Tietou, he is naturally Li Jianguo who is with Xu Jinbu.

The two of them are from the same place and have a pretty good relationship, so they are too lazy to think of nicknames.

Zhao Gang is the squad leader, so naturally he has to manage the rest of the people.

Hearing this, he agreed.

After making the decision, everyone got in the car, and the driver was naturally Lao He.

This is the suburbs, quite some distance away from the city.

It took more than half an hour to drive to the destination.

Moreover, this is not the most prosperous place, it is in the east of the city. The most prosperous place is naturally the west of the city, where there are many docks along the river.

Here, Yang Xiaole and his group also saw a thin middle-aged man.

It was Wan Qing.

The other party opened a store here that was similar to a grocery store and sold everything.

The place is not very big.

When the two groups met, there wasn't much conversation.

After all, there are people buying things here.

Only Old He and the other party had a brief conversation in a low voice for a while. Upon hearing this, Wan Qing looked at Yang Xiaole and his group and nodded slightly.

It's like saying hello.

Then Lao He took his men away.

After getting back in the car, Lao He gave Yang Xiaole a rough map.

"This is the map of this place. Our location is here. I'll take you along this road and have a look around. There is one place you must remember. This is the location of your first mission."

Pointing to a location: "This is the approximate location where we are now. This is where the target is."

Yang Xiaole looked at the range the other party was pointing at and asked about the content of the task.

But Lao He didn't say anything.

Yang Xiaole didn't ask any more questions.

Watching the other person driving, he occasionally compared his eyes with the surroundings.

To be honest, the level of development here is much better than that of Old Beijing.

After entering the city, there are basically brick or concrete houses, the main roads are also hardened, and there are not many tall buildings around.

But there are still many iconic buildings.

And there is a sense of development everywhere.

But think about it, this is the capital of Congo after all, and this is the world of capital, so it is normal for it to be prosperous.

Yang Xiaole did not go to appreciate it specially, but followed the map.

I silently memorized the route in my mind. The city is big, and there will be many such routes.

As the car drove on, it gradually approached the most prosperous area.

Yang Xiaole also witnessed the violence here.

As Lao He said, he encountered quite a few people who blocked the road and asked for money, but Lao He ignored most of them and just drove away.

It’s the same even if you encounter a patrolman asking for money on time.

Only if you can't rush through will you give a few dollars.

Yang Xiaole looked around and finally stopped near a hotel in Sichen Building.

The hotel is not very tall, but it has a large number of rooms and covers a large area.

After the car stopped, Lao He pointed at the hotel and said, "This is our mission goal and mission content. Wan Qing will come to tell us the specific actions in the evening."

Yang Xiaole looked around and nodded slightly.

Then he smiled and said, "Old He, it's actually very easy to make money here. We have to find a way to make money."

Lao He was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "How can you make money? It's not that easy to make money!"

Hearing him say that, Yang Xiaole just smiled and didn't answer.

Of course he has plenty of ways.

It's not appropriate to keep going like this. He wants to develop personnel here and provide convenience to the people here.

(End of this chapter)