National Juggernaut

Chapter 240 Waiting
"Okay, let's make an agreement like this. The rent is [-] Ningping coins a month. I'll rent it for two or three months first."

Zheng Li did some calculations. Today is February 2th. The team competition will start in April, and the duration will not exceed June. The rent will be about three months.

This is a family hotel above the middle level, with more than [-] rooms on three floors, equipped with water, electricity and heating, and the surrounding supporting facilities are basically complete.

Zheng Li packed half of them, almost half of the third and second floors, plus the firefly cart parked not far from the hotel, enough for the members of the Peace Corps.

Considering their recent performance of "reluctant to miss Sichuan", Zheng Li suspects that this place may not be full, and may even be more than half empty. But since we are in the city, we always have to let people step on the ground to change the environment.

A temporary station that may not be used is not only a kind of humanistic care, but also a psychological need.

There is a difference between sleeping in a room and sleeping in a car.

".Really super cheap."

Of course, the housing price is too low, which is also one of the main reasons for large-scale renting.

The current exchange rate between Shiqian currency and Ningping currency is about 1:1.8. In fact, the monthly expenditure is almost [-] yuan. Twenty rooms include water, electricity, network and one meal at noon (although they may not be able to eat), which is too cheap.

But Zheng Li also noticed that as the outskirts of Ningping City, many houses around are empty, and more than half of the houses have no lights at night.

"Oh, there are two reasons. Many people work outside. At the same time, the population in the city has also experienced negative growth for decades."

Decades of negative growth?Isn't this the end?The innkeeper who said this was still smiling.

After a little inquiring, Zheng Li knew that he had misunderstood it. Every city has its own characteristics and unique environment. It would be a bit stupid to use the experience of Shiqian City to compare it with this place.

The area within the walls of Digital City is indeed small, less than half of that of Shiqian City, but as the oldest central city, the total population at its peak was several times that of Shiqian City.

However, unlike Shiqian City where most of the people are concentrated within the Fourth Ring Road, Digital City has a lot of satellite cities, which are the most populated places.

Satellite cities have different areas and functions. Some of them are on this plane, some are blocked in the space passage, and some are even on the other side of the space passage.

With the increase of border cities and fortresses, the environment in the outer domain is becoming more and more secure, and the higher the income, the better the living conditions. Coupled with the official encouragement policy of the Digital City, more and more people naturally migrated to the satellite cities outside.

This is the main factor of the population in the city, and the secondary factor is that all kinds of policies encouraging and forcing births were abolished 80 years ago. At the same time, it is easier to pass the application for population migration to other big cities. It is said that in the last In the era, those who applied for relocation would be directly executed as traitors.

According to the boss, the young people of the same generation either went to satellite cities with more opportunities, lower taxes and higher income, or migrated to other cities.

Coupled with the fact that the average number of births among young people has dropped significantly, the total population in the city is less than half of what it was when he was born.

The nearly half of the lights that Zheng Li sees now is because many people came back to celebrate the New Year and waited to watch the triennial team competition. , The hotel rent will naturally not rise.

Seeing the hotel owner's happy face, Zheng Li wondered whether the "affordable price" had been overpriced.

But on another level, Zheng Li also breathed a sigh of relief. At least judging from the situation in the past two days, ordinary citizens in this city seem quite normal.

Although the style of speaking is a bit too concise, you can basically see the emotions, and even a little too obvious. This bold innkeeper directly sent a bunch of snacks, beer, salted fish and bacon to the Peace Corps, saying It was a classic combination for watching the game, which made Zheng Li dumbfounded when he was about to play.

Unlike Shiqian City's four-ring system, Ningping City only has two rings, the outer area and the core area.

All the districts are numbered, which made Zheng Li, who is not familiar with the naming style, a little uncomfortable, but he still chose the outer district close to the city wall as usual.

This is almost the practice of foreign battle groups. Stay away from the core area of ​​the local big city to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles. The peripherals have lower prices and are convenient for hunting to earn extra money. It is more suitable to escape in case something happens.

Originally, Zheng Li was still a little hesitant. After all, the event should be held in the core area, but since his vest started to feel cold and glowing, he felt that living on the outskirts was good, and it was better to be so close to the gate of the city wall, which made people feel safe.

After allocating temporary rooms, the members of the Peace Corps disbanded, and went about their own affairs.

Some were dragged out for shopping surrounded by their younger sisters, some embarked on their own gourmet journey, and some were doing business alone while others were on vacation.
"Zheng Li, all the goods have been sold."

Song Ying's news made Zheng Li a little surprised. How could it be so fast? Didn't it be agreed to just check the prices and put up the delivery order at most?

The goods carried by the carts are stored in the warehouse area after entering the city, and the bill of lading transaction is more convenient and fast. There are special material experts in the warehouse area, and the manifest of conventional goods is generally reliable. Just look at the goods before trading.

The Yinghuo cart has a lot of carrying capacity, and the shipment is not a one-off thing. Song Ying and Ma Xiaoying originally just took the cargo list to check the market conditions, but now they have shipped?

"Well, it's about 2.6 to 2.7 times the expected income. It's an official direct acquisition. It's unlikely to change in a short time. Coupled with such a high profit, there is no reason not to sell it."

What Song Ying said was very simple, but the content of it was terribly thoughtful.

What caused the "spiritual energy material prices" to skyrocket, or was it an official purchase at a large scale at a premium?

Zheng Li thought about it for a while, and didn't say anything else. He was already on the boat, and he couldn't avoid the disaster.

"What did Ma Xiaoying say?"

"Go with the flow."

Very simple and straightforward words, but the content is quite a lot.

Zheng Li nodded, but didn't ask any further questions.

This is also Zheng Li's idea, he is already on the big ship in Shiqian City, so just follow along.

At this time, so many people came to Shiqian City, many of them were big bosses, their own faction was bound to that side by nature, so it's fine to just follow along. If you don't follow, do you want to rebel?
As soon as he entered the city, Zheng Li was pulled into a liaison group, which were all the participants and teams of the team competition and rookie competition.

In addition to the young people, some officials from Shiqian City also joined with their real names, and Zheng Li saw several old acquaintances.

Sun Hongyu, Long Biao and others seemed to be leading the team.

And Liu Yuan and Zhao Yuzhen, who arrived one step earlier, also sent text messages, making an appointment to find a place to exchange information after they settled down, and have a drink along the way.

Undoubtedly, Shi Qian's people have formed a group, but the superior is still secretive and unwilling to reveal anything.

Judging from Sun Hongyu's situation, perhaps, no one will be able to reveal it before the time is up, and they played quite a big game this time.

Shaking his head, he couldn't take care of these things, so Zheng Li focused on his own affairs.

"Firefly, is there any harvest?"

"It's delicious. Especially the specialty fruit ice cream here, I can't stand the sweetness!"

".I'm asking for someone."

"That's so easy. I didn't know how many times I got the news. He said that a few years ago, he saw a handsome blue-haired guy who opened an ice cream shop in Digital City, and he had this spiritual seal on his wrist. Specifically, a few years ago I don’t even know. I don’t even know which district it’s opened in. How can a normal person memorize these random numbers. Besides, I can’t even be sure that this is true news.

"It has been confirmed that the news is true. Aquarius should be in this city. You can post a reward task on the platform, don't save money. It is not an option to crash like this, and come back after eating a few ice creams. Don't worry, I won't settle accounts after the fall, you Just use my money to eat with peace of mind."

After the arrangements were made, Zheng Li also sighed, some things cannot be avoided.

Then, he opened all the nearby geographical records. Now that some people have missed the questions, it's time to study the best possible examination room.

"Water battles, water battles, all eleven worlds have floods? There are four more worlds with seas? There are still port towns and sea guards. You guys are really making a fuss here."

At this moment, Zheng Li inexplicably had some anticipation. Could it be that he could meet the legendary ship girl?
Ahem, at this moment, Zheng Li and the Peace Corps can only be regarded as soldiers waiting for orders, and it seems that they can only wait silently, waiting for the moment when the critical deadline arrives.

(End of this chapter)