The early spring in Gotham is far from as gentle as in the wilderness. In this season when all things are growing, the cold wind still howls here every night.

However, the sound of wind coming from the window could not cover up the sound of the blazing fireplace flames. Merkel, with a chill on her body, refilled the fireplace with the firewood she had just brought from the warehouse.

The flames made his shadow grow very long. In the hall where the lights were not turned on, the outline of every piece of furniture was looming in the light and shadow of the flames.

The sound of footsteps came from the stairs. Merkel stood up and turned around. He quickly walked towards Schiller who had just come downstairs and took his coat from the hanger next to him. After Schiller put on his coat, he picked up a black coat from the umbrella stand.

Umbrella.

Merkel glanced down at her watch and said: "Sir, the opera starts at nine o'clock tonight. Do you have an appointment with someone else?"

"Yes, someone invited me to have dinner at the restaurant next to the Grand Theater. He called me directly at the school, so you don't know." Schiller straightened his tie in the mirror, and Merkel picked it up.

He dusted off the dust from his clothes and said, "It seems that this is a modern gentleman who asked you to have dinner and actually called the school directly."

"Yes, after all, this year is 1990. With the new year and new atmosphere, many old orders should be withdrawn."

After saying that, Schiller walked out of the gate and got into the car he had arranged in advance. Through the car window, he could see the extremely prosperous road along the road. The once declining West End Manor District was once again brightly lit.

After Gotham's logistics industry develops better and better, the corresponding supporting service facilities are also constantly developing. The catering industry in the East District is extremely popular, especially those local restaurants that are small, even slightly poor and shabby, have become

A favorite among longshoremen and truck drivers.

Every restaurant near a logistics gathering area will have the following characteristics. The ingredients may not be the best, but the quantity must be large enough. If it has its own flavor and characteristics, it can be used by drivers, porters, construction workers, etc.

If word of mouth spreads among the group, there is absolutely no need to worry about business.

Just as Schiller was sitting in the car heading to a restaurant near the Grand Theater for an appointment, Cobot was also sitting in the car heading from the North District to the East District to prepare for the opening of the Iceberg Restaurant.

Before deciding to open a restaurant, he did a long period of research, so he chose the location in the East End.

Most of the restaurants here comply with the criteria mentioned before. Sitting in the car and looking out the window, the roads here are still a bit shabby. Compared with the re-prosperous West End, there are no luxurious Gothic restaurants here.

There are no curly fonts on the front door, no restaurant sign written in French, and no waiters in suits and leather shoes whose reflections are brighter than the lights.

Cobot saw that all the restaurants here did not have any decent facades. Most of them were renovated on the first floor of residential houses. They had a small round window for delivering food and a wooden door with an awning above it.

, there is a sign hanging next to the awning, which says what is sold here.

French lamb chops and Italian desserts are not popular here at all. As the vehicles slowly move forward, they enter the commercial street with the most traffic. The most popular restaurant there is called "Anderson Old Street Steakhouse".

The steaks here are not the kind of high-end steaks that are placed on delicate porcelain plates. After being cut, there will be a slight red color and juice will flow out. Coppert, who has investigated the purchasers and purchase channels, knows best. That old bastard Anderson

He is reluctant to buy good beef, he will only buy the cheapest kind.

The steaks here are not authentic. The most famous dish here is called Lao Cai's secret steak, which is a large bowl of chili sauce poured on the steak. The secret chili sauce is Anderson's capital to settle down here.

The small steakhouse has less than ten tables, and they are all full at the moment, with many people squatting outside the door to enjoy their meal.

Gotham is always wet and cold, and the spicy food here is very popular. Copot took advantage of this and hired a Mexican to make hot sauce for him. At the same time, people engaged in manual labor will always crave a lot of meat and

For carbohydrates, the bigger and thicker the steak, the better. It would be better if you can add some juice to dip it in the bread.

Cobblet recalled the menu of his restaurant, and he certainly did not forget to put a large thick-cut steak with bread as the first main course.

As the car whizzed by, the bell rang. Cobot looked out the right window and saw a dozen children gathered outside a bakery. Some were moving boxes and others were packing them.

Bread, and someone is counting milk.

Cobot also did this kind of work for a period of time, when his mother had just entered a mental hospital. Of course, he went to deliver bread and milk not only to make money, but more importantly, to find out the secrets of these vendors.

Movement tracking.

He had huge ambitions in his heart, and he hoped that these children could be used for him, and in the end he did, and now he is the veritable king of children in Gotham.

It doesn't sound like a very powerful title, but the locals in Gotham know that those with this title will definitely have a place in the upper echelons of Gotham, and their foundation will be stronger than anyone else's.

In the process of development of the logistics industry, it is not that it has not experienced setbacks. The previous snow disaster dealt a head-on blow to Gotham's newly developed industry, but this made Gotham's children's gang develop better and better.

The heavy snow has closed the door, the weather is freezing, and the roads are congested, so we can't go out to work. Everyone stays at home. What about food, drink and firewood?

Most people don't choose to buy it themselves. On the one hand, they don't know which store has the goods. If they go through all the effort in the cold wind, only to be told that the goods are sold out, it's not a trip in vain.

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On the other hand, in a city full of gangs, a strong adult who wanders freely through other people's territory is likely to be shot.

But the children don’t have this worry. They are already doing this. They know which bakery has the stock, where to get the freshest and warmest milk, seasoned beer, and where to buy daily necessities.

The gangsters will not care about these children, nor will they regard their intrusion into the territory as a provocation. Moreover, they know too many small roads, especially underground passages. As long as they pay a little errand fee, they will get newspapers, bread, milk, beer, everything.

have.

It took Cobot a short time to figure out their connections, and because the previous child king was involved in Constantine's matter, he has now been sacrificed to the devil.

After that, several kid gangs fought fiercely in order to compete for the throne of kid king. At first, Cobot, who came out halfway, was questioned by many people.

However, there is no doubt about Penguin's ambition and wisdom. He can successfully sit on the throne of the children's king not only by violence, but more importantly, he can bring everyone together to make money.

No other kid has the ability to coordinate all the kids in Gotham, rearrange them into suitable positions and the most efficient routes, double the money they earn every day, and avoid conflicts over grabbing customers.

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The bakery in the East District will sell milk part-time. Every morning, fresh milk will be delivered to the bakery from the pasture outside the city. Children can buy bread and milk directly here. Depending on the customer group, they may also go to the tobacco shop.

Go to the bar to buy cigarettes and beer, and then go to the newsstand to buy a newspaper.

Cobot set these items into different packages. If someone only buys bread and milk, the vendors will recommend adding a newspaper to them. If someone often buys cigarettes and beer, the vendors will recommend breakfast to them.

combo.

During previous snowstorms, when they were trapped at home, they had no choice but to force these children to go shopping. But later, after they developed a habit, they found this to be very convenient.

Every morning before you get up, hot milk and steaming bread are already waiting outside the door. When you want to drink every evening, you can have a drink without going to a bar.

After a few months of this, the vast majority of Gotham citizens had purchased the entire package.

An average family of three in the East District would order a pound of ordinary white bread and a bottle of milk for breakfast. Those with better family conditions would also add two slices of bacon, ham, and a newspaper.

As for those who like to buy cigarettes and alcohol, they usually order it the day before and have it delivered the next day. The same goes for daily necessities.

Although the East District is a slum, because Gotham's overall economic level is good and materials are relatively abundant, the people here are not so poor that they go hungry for nine meals in three days. The biggest problem in the Gotham slums is that the living conditions are very poor, and water and electricity are often cut off.

In addition, diseases caused by poor hygiene.

The slum renovation work in the Living Hell is proceeding very smoothly. It has now reached the third phase. The entire periphery of the Living Hell has been renovated. However, when it was implemented further away, it encountered great resistance.

The living conditions and sanitary conditions in the living hell have reached the point of being intolerable, but in other places it is not so serious, and because people have not starved to death, many people are not so urgent about improving the living environment, and many even think that the status quo should be maintained

Just fine.

A local who has lived here since childhood, has never read a book, and has almost no contact with other places, has no urgent need to improve his life. After all, life is not impossible.

They envied those gentlemen who lived in the manor and went to theaters and high-end restaurants every day. They occasionally had such dreams, but this did not mean that they were willing to have their houses messed up.

The living habits of this generation have been formed. They have no higher pursuits. As long as they have enough food to eat and the house is not leaking, in the end, the problem circled around and returned to education.

If you want them to accept change from the bottom of their hearts, they must improve their education level and make them realize that this kind of living environment and sanitary conditions are abnormal. However, the possibility of starting education from scratch for this generation is very low, so in the end

, we still have to start with the children.

This is also the reason why the godfather allowed Cobot to change the original luxurious mansion into an ordinary restaurant. This will allow the children here to see another society that is different from the environment they live in. They must have the desire to move up.

Only with the motivation to climb can you have the motivation to receive education.

Cobot took a car and arrived at the Iceberg Restaurant. At this time, the children who had changed into waiter uniforms were standing in a row and were listening to a waiter explaining the work requirements to them.

"First of all, I want to teach you how to clean. I don't know if you have ever done such a job, but it is actually very simple. Everyone is divided into three groups. One group is responsible for dry cleaning, one group is responsible for wet cleaning, and the remaining group is responsible for cleaning.

Water, what you have to do is to wipe the floor, tables and chairs here..."

"Those who are stronger will go to the water changing team, and those who are weakest will go to the cleaning team. You, yes, that's you. Have your fever gone?" The waiter called out the thinnest little boy among them, and he stretched out his hand to touch it.

He touched the little boy's head and said, "No, your fever has not gone away. Go back and take another medicine, and then go and lie down."

But who knows, the little boy trembled and said: "I can work... I'm not sick, I can wipe the floor, I have done it before..."

"Yes, if you take a rag and put it in cold water to wash, you will die tonight. Do you expect me to get up in the middle of the night and throw your body into the trash can?" Cobot walked forward quickly.

While saying: "If you all die like this, who will do the work?"

The waiter urged the little boy and said, "Go quickly. If you are well tomorrow, we will call you."

The little boy sniffed, and the fear on his face weakened slightly. He nodded and walked away.

After the remaining children started working, Cobot discovered that they actually didn't know how to work at all, and couldn't even do the simplest task of mopping the floor.

The oldest of these children is only seven or eight years old, and they are extremely thin due to long-term malnutrition. They can hardly do any physical work, but in fact, the area to be eradicated is not large. With the cooperation of nine children, it should be completed quickly.

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But they wiped the floor in a haphazard manner. Instead of mopping backwards, they wiped forward. As soon as they finished wiping, they were soiled by footprints again. Two people worked together to wipe a chair, and the surface of the chair was so reflective that it became reflective.

The legs were not brushed at all.

Cobot stood there and watched for a while. He was not angry. Instead, he turned to the waiter and said, "Is Mrs. George here? Ask her to come over and teach them how to work. In addition to mopping the floor, they

You also have to learn to boil water, serve dishes, shine shoes, carry luggage, close umbrellas and other tasks that waiters do..."

The waiter shook his head and said: "Mopping the floor and serving dishes are okay, but other tasks require a lot of strength. Maybe we should try to see if they can do it..."

"It's not like I haven't hired professional waiters like you. Tomorrow, they will come to report. One person will take care of two children and let them help first. If they really can't do this job, let them deliver newspapers.

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To be continued...