The patrol escorted Ren Xiaosu, Fang Zhi and others all the way to the edge of the barrier, where the redundant dwellings had been demolished and new fortifications were being built.

Originally clean and tidy streets, lined with small shops and old five- or six-story residential buildings, now the residential buildings and shops are gone, replaced by dust, half-built bunkers, and improvised machine-gun high grounds.

This kind of fortification is completely to prepare for how to fight after the walls of the barrier are breached.

Moreover, the gates of the city have been sealed.

"Why did you seal the gate too," Fang Zhi said in surprise, "We came in from the east gate in the morning, and it hasn't been sealed yet." ”

Their location is the north side of the barrier, there are a total of four gates on the wall, and the gate on the north side has been completely closed by materials such as concrete, Ren Xiaosu took a look, the material has not dried yet, it seems that it has just been sealed in the past two days.

No one in the patrol next to them answered them, and Ren Xiaosu was thinking, I'm afraid this is really going to be a war, otherwise why do you have nothing to do to seal the floodgates?

I'm afraid that in the entire barrier, only the east gate is now left unsealed, it seems that the enemy is coming from the west? So Zhou's No. 74 barrier only left the east gate.

When they arrived at the construction site, what Ren Xiaosu did was to move bricks and assist the professional engineer regiment in building fortifications.

While moving bricks, Ren Xiaosu observed what the Zhou troops were doing.

The first is to transport materials and take care of them in a centralized manner, which is usually done in preparation for a hard war.

The second is to drop inductive mines in the river that passes through the barrier, which seems to have been specially brought in by them from other barriers.

There are many rivers and lakes in the territory of the Zhou family, many plains in the Wang family, and the sea in the Kong family, which are the geomorphological characteristics of the three major consortia, so the Zhou family has a lot of research on the weapons in the water.

To be honest, Ren Xiaosu didn't understand after watching it for a long time, what the hell is this to prevent, and the defense work is so tight, ordinary troops should not enter the barrier through the underwater, right?

During the work, Ren Xiaosu was not tired at all, and this work intensity was nothing compared to his physical fitness.

On the way to get the meal at noon, Fang Zhi was holding the plastic dinner plate issued by Zhou, and his hands were shaking......

Fang Zhi complained: "Ren Xiaosu, can you do some personnel, ah? Don't you just sit in the car and smile, don't you want to? No, you also work, why don't you look tired at all." ”

Ren Xiaosu glanced at him: "I usually don't do any work at all, but when danger comes, you people really can't run, so it's for your good to let you exercise your body." ”

"Is this talking about human words?" Fang Zhi was speechless: "Now that the Central Plains is so safe, I haven't even seen a beast in the wilderness, where is the danger?"

Ren Xiaosu pointed to his feet: "Isn't this No. 74 barrier in danger?"

Fang Zhi glanced at the dense fortifications around him, as if this was really the case, he was curious: "What the hell is going on, is the Qing clan going to fight?"

"I don't know," Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "There is not enough information, there is no way to judge." ”

The next moment, someone in the crowd was suddenly pulled out by the steward on the construction site, and then snatched away the small shooting equipment that the other party hid in his pocket: "What are you doing?"

The man who was pulled out said proudly: "I'm an investigative reporter, and I'm here to record what you're doing, you are recruiting the residents of the barrier to work as migrant workers, but you don't have the slightest intention of settling the wages......

At this point, the steward at the construction site stopped the reporter, and then invited him to a pergola to change a better meal, but the reporter's filming equipment was taken away.

Ren Xiaosu and Fang Zhi watched from a distance, only to see that the manager actually sent someone to get a red envelope and handed it to the reporter, who accepted it directly and never mentioned the investigation again.

Fang Zhi lifted his glasses: "This is definitely not an investigative reporter who hopes for the media, and he is not tough at all." ”

"A red envelope will be solved?" Ren Xiaosu said curiously.

"This reporter came here, I'm afraid that he originally had the purpose of extorting a sum of money, and there are a lot of reporters like this in the Central Plains, and they went to investigate some of his troubles, just to collect red envelopes," Fang Zhi explained.

"I see, what about the hope media? I listen to you, I hope the media is different?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

"The editor-in-chief of Hope Media used to be an investigative reporter," Fang Zhi admired: "He hid in the coal kiln of the Kong consortium and recorded the treatment of coal miners, because he was beaten several times for this incident, and when he fled back and wanted to report what he saw and heard, no newspaper dared to take it." Until this time, he went to find Xu Ke of Qinghe Group, at that time Xu Ke had just taken over the Qinghe Group, and heard that Xu Ke and the editor-in-chief hit it off at first sight, Xu Ke said, since no newspaper dares to report, then we will make our own newspaper to report, and this is the hope of the media. ”

Ren Xiaosu listened with relish, and Fang Zhi on the side continued to sigh: "Of course, this is just a story that I don't know where it came from, but I hope that the media has always been tough...... Hey, I have a press card too!"

Fang Zhi came back to his senses at this time, he had also applied for a press card before, but of course he was not to be a reporter, but to be an assistant to Li Ran, and it was easy to do things with an extra reporter identity, and many celebrities' assistants were a lot of identities, all of which were bought.

Fang Zhi rummaged in his wallet, he was going to show his press card, and he could stop working.

If nothing else, not having to work is the most important thing.

Fang Zhi took out a card with his photo from his wallet, and shouted to the person in charge of the construction site: "I am ...... too"

As a result, before he finished speaking, the press card was taken away by Ren Xiaosu and broken: "No, you are not." ”

Fang Zhi: "???"

Ren Xiaosu explained in a low voice: "Tonight, I will take you back to the barrier to find Li Ran and them, you are taken away alone, and when we leave, you will be left alone on the construction site, are you willing?"

Fang Zhi was suspicious: "You want to take us to escape?"

"Do you think I'm willing to work here?" Don't worry, the barrier is so big, even if we run away, the Zhou clan doesn't have the energy to search for us in the whole city," Ren Xiaosu glanced at him: "But before leaving, there is still something to do." ”

In Ren Xiaosu's memory, the supplies brought by the tour team were enough for everyone to eat for two days at most, and there was obviously a war in the No. 74 barrier, and all the food was gathered in the hands of the troops.