101 Chapter 101. The Crazy Little Flying Insect
What Hans and the black driver said was a bit exaggerated, but Whiskey Avenue, as the name suggests, is a street full of bars, bars and beer houses.
When they arrived, a group of big men staggered out shoulder to shoulder, and Hans shouted to them: "The moonlight is really good now."
A big man barely raised his head to look, grinned and said, "Yes, the stars are shining brightly."
Another big man muttered: "I thought it was dawn, but the night is not over yet. If so, why are we in a hurry to go back? Keep drinking."
Mr. Li looked at his phone in surprise, um, the time is correct, one o'clock in the afternoon...
There are many drunks on this street, and there are many drunks in the tavern. Hans said: "There are only two kinds of people here, those who are drunk and those who are getting drunk."
Li Du shrugged and said, "I am an exception."
This Hans must be convinced: "Yes, your alcohol capacity is amazing."
Li Du used to drink very moderately, but now it depends on the situation. If he uses small flying insects to consume energy, then drinking can be converted into energy to supplement the body. If you don't use the little flying insects much, then the alcohol capacity is still average.
There was a treasure hunters party bar called Tequila Night, and after they went in, Hans introduced him to a few people.
The two became famous throughout Arizona. After they sat down, they quickly became the core of the treasure hunters, and a dozen people sat down to chat.
A young man named Rusla asked, "What news did you get this time?"
Hans shook his head and said, "Like you, there is no definite news about this warehouse yet, but if you're lucky, you can find some valuables, after all, this is Prescott."
Everyone booed him one after another: "Boss Fu, you are too stingy."
Hans raised the bottle and said, "I swear in the name of fine wine, we really didn't get any inside information."
"Then I wish we could come across some good ones the day after tomorrow. Maybe there are antiques hidden here." A red-haired middle-aged man laughed.
They drank until the sunset and the two left the bar.
At this time, the Whiskey Avenue became lively. People of various appearances came here, the middle class in suits and leather shoes, shirtless slum gangsters, and girls in scantily dressed clothes. It didn't take long to enter the bar and quickly became full of alcohol.
The ML hotel where they settled provides breakfast, a sweet cake with a sausage in gravy, and there is a large bottle of chili sauce on the table, which can be added at will.
"You're welcome, buddy, eat hard." Hans said this, and then began to nibble on the cookie.
Li Du took a bite. The cookie was a bit like the mille-feuille cake from his hometown. It was soft and fluffy, divided into many layers, and each layer had a little honey jam, which tasted sweet and delicious.
The gravy sausage was cut into pieces and stirred in. Hans added two spoonfuls of chili sauce to it, which tasted fragrant and spicy, with the umami taste of vegetable soup, quite delicious.
Mr. Li has a big appetite. He eats cakes and soup, and Ah Miao eats sausages. After two servings, he is barely full.
Wiping his mouth, he said with emotion: "I didn't expect the breakfast here to be so delicious."
Hans said proudly: "Of course, otherwise why would I choose this hotel?"
The company conducting the auction was called the Railway Station Warehouse Company, and a railroad passed through the city, which led to a boom in the local warehousing industry.
There are a total of six warehouses to be auctioned, two medium-sized warehouses and four small warehouses.
After Hans got the license plates of the six warehouses, he led Li Du over there.
After entering the first warehouse, No. 11, Li Du waved the little flying insects into it.
The little flying insect turned around and found nothing. This is a garbage warehouse, which stores household garbage, discarded furniture and rags left over from decoration, which are of no value.
The second warehouse is No. 15. There are some construction tools, small cement mixers, electric saws, electric welding machines, mortar machines and so on.
These things are not very valuable, but because of their practicality, you can make some money by taking pictures and disposing of them.
The next two warehouses were also worthless, but when they arrived at the fifth warehouse, which was No. 58 warehouse, after the little flying insect entered, it suddenly got rid of Li Du's control, and went straight to a leather bag like crazy.
Li Du was taken aback. It was the first time that the little flying insect became so active. Before that, he was the one who controlled the flying insect's movement!
After flying into the leather bag, the bug rushed directly to the stack of gray-yellow tattered papyrus inside, as if it wanted to eat them.
Li Du quickly controlled it, let it lie obediently on the leather bag, and then looked at the straw papers strangely.
These papyrus looked old, with a thickness of two centimeters together. The edges of the paper were frayed, the color was gray and yellow, and it was filled with words that he could not understand.
For paper, a thickness of two centimeters means a lot of paper, but there are only a dozen or so sheets here. These straw papers are very thick, and they seem to come from an era when papermaking was not advanced.
He couldn't understand the words on it, and he didn't know what era it came from, but he knew that these papers should be antiques, and they must have existed for a long time, otherwise the little flying insects who like to absorb the time of items would not be so excited.
Note down the warehouse number, he pulled the little flying insect out and let it enter the last warehouse.
Warehouse No. 58 can't stay any longer. As long as the little flying insects are near these thick papers, they want to fly in to absorb the time energy contained in them.
The last warehouse was a bit like the first warehouse, it was full of household garbage, but to Li Du's delight, he found a safe in the corner!
A safe is a place to keep important property, but it is very common in the United States. Many families have it, and it is mainly used to keep firearms.
When Americans see safes, the first thing that comes to mind is not money or jewelry, but pistols and short-barreled shotguns.
Li Du let the little flying insect fly in, and sure enough, he saw two well-preserved pistols in the holsters.
A pistol costs thousands of dollars, but if there are two guns here, the warehouse becomes valuable.
However, it was Warehouse No. 58 that attracted Li Du's attention the most. The papyrus inside were definitely antiques, and he had to get them and study them.
Of these six warehouses, three seem to be of good value, but none of these three warehouses are guaranteed to make a lot of money, including warehouse No. 58, which looks like antique papyrus, but their value is actually unknown.
Not everything that is old is antique and valuable.
On the third day in Prescott, the sky began to rain early in the morning. Li and Du drove a new truck into the parking lot of the warehouse company and began to prepare for bidding.
Seeing this car, the treasure hunters around whistled to greet them:
"Cool, Iron Knight, what a nice car!"
"Boss Fu, you guys are really making money now, and you actually drove Iron Knight to participate in the storage auction!"
"What a big carriage, are you going to take all the warehouses?"
Hans said with a smile: "We only want the most valuable warehouse."
Li Du shook his head and said, "No, we're going to shoot more warehouses today, and I don't want to go back to Flagstaff City with an empty car!"