There was an Legion of Roses escort, and there was no further trouble along the way.

Two days later, the caravan arrived in the town of Craig. After only staying for one night and replenishing some fresh food, the caravan set off for Lakewood.

Although he did not ask Tamara about the situation, the calm of the past few days has made Chu Tianjiang think that the Jewish group has not openly dealt with the Asian group. Perhaps, there are serious divisions within the Jewish community on whether to deal with the Asian-American group. Otherwise, Tamarra's force of 500 men would obviously not be enough to scare off the Jewish group. As long as the Jewish group made up their minds to send another legion, or even several legions, Tamarara's team would not be able to protect itself, let alone protect the caravan.

It's just that the relationship between the Jewish group and the Asian group is certainly not much better.

If the Jewish group and the Asian group had a good relationship, as long as Wild Rose came forward to say hello, the Jewish group would not deal with Chu Tianjiang's caravan. What's more, the Jewish group did not know Chu Tianjiang's relationship with the Asian group, and the Jewish group had no tradition of looting caravans to Denver, so Wild Rose didn't even need to say hello to the Jewish group, but she sent Tamara.

Obviously, this is a very unusual move.

The only explanation is that the relationship between the Asian group and the Jewish group has broken down, but it has not yet torn its skin, because it was worried that the Jewish group would deal with Chu Tianjiang's caravan, so Wild Rose sent Tamara over, but he didn't expect the Jewish group's legion to go out to the east bank of the Green River.

There is another point that can prove Chu Tianjiang's guess.

That is, Tamarra's team consisted of only five hundred people. Sending Tamara shows that Wild Rose attaches great importance to secret cooperation with the Chinese authorities, but she has no way to allocate more troops to protect Chu Tianjiang. The only thing that can contain the Rose Legion is the Jewish group.

Several times, Chu Tianjiang wanted to ask Tamara about it, but every time he saw that unrestrained face, he dispelled this idea.

On the evening of the third day out of Craig's Town, the caravan arrived at Lakewood.

Lakewood is one of Denver's satellite cities, and before the cataclysm it was a predominantly middle-class residential city, so the downtown area is large, mainly with some low-rise residential buildings, some fenced courtyards, wide streets, and many side roads.

Although he had not been to Lakewood before the catastrophe, Chu Tianjiang felt that the city had not changed much.

The most obvious change is the perimeter wall built with prefabricated panels around the entire urban area, and the watchtowers at intervals of 100 to 200 meters behind the enclosure wall.

Because the Asian-American group moved into Lakewood after the invasion, the wall was certainly not used against the mutants. Prefabricated slabs can't stop tanks at all, so the walls aren't meant to be used against other divisional legions. Perhaps, it can be used to deal with robbers. It's just that Chu Tianjiang feels that the biggest effect of this wall is to make the civilians living in Lakewood feel safer, that is, to create a safe environment.

Entering the urban area, Chu Tianjiang found that not only did there be a wall surrounding the entire city, but the urban area was also divided into different areas by some slightly lower walls.

If the "walls" make the people of the city feel safer, the walls inside only isolate them from each other.

After the enemy invaded the city, these walls, which were made of bricks or rocks, had no defensive value. In everyday life, these walls obviously restrict the interaction of civilians with each other, and obviously do more harm than good to create a stable and quiet living environment.

What is Wild Rose doing?

It's just that Chu Tianjiang has to admit that Lakewood is the first city he has seen since he came to the United States and has not changed much compared to before the catastrophe.

Lakewood is not very large, a medium-sized city at best, but it is quiet, the streets are very clean, and there are many trees planted on both sides of the road. In addition, each walled scam has a central garden, and some have public entertainment facilities such as swimming pools. The inhabitants who live here are calm and there are very few people who go out at night.

Also, Lakewood clearly made a plan.

The business district is in the center of the city, and the scale is not very large, but the lights are brilliant at night, indicating that it is very lively, and most of the activities in the business district are some businessmen from other places. The commercial area is surrounded by residential areas dedicated to foreign merchants, and dozens of districts are separated by walls. There are only two roads into the business district and the merchant quarters, one on the highway to Salt Lake City and the other to Denver, and the walls on either side of these roads are slightly higher than the walls elsewhere, separating the roads from the neighboring districts.

Outside, there are commercial facilities such as handicraft workshops and warehouses, and handicraft workshops and warehouses are planned according to the nature of the industry and goods.

According to the information provided by Zhang Xiaogang, Lakewood's "industry" and garment industry are dominant, so most of the handicraft workshops are textile and garment workshops, and the practitioners are all women. In addition, there are a few tanning and footwear workshops, as well as food stores and delicatessens to meet the needs of residents. In the West, Lakewood is known for its ready-to-wear garments and is a major source of revenue for the Asian American group.

Outside of the workshop and warehouse areas are the residential areas of the residents.

In the outermost circle, there are large areas of undeveloped wasteland, and many places have been reclaimed as farmland, and some vegetables and fruits with short growth cycles are grown.

The main agricultural areas are outside the cities, but it is not yet spring and large tracts of land have not been cultivated.

Compared to the western region, Lakewood has a foundation for developing agriculture, mainly because there are several rivers nearby, and there is no shortage of water resources. In addition to cultivating land near the river, pastures can also be built far away from the river.

Lakewood's industry is based on textiles and tanning, so there is a high demand for resources such as cotton and leather, and there is an economic basis for the development of agriculture.

Of course, from the urban planning, Chu Tianjiang saw some clues.

It is undeniable that Wild Rose is a very managerial woman. Being able to manage an originally dilapidated city in an orderly manner, so that the residents living in the city can live and work with peace of mind, and start from the industry, so that everyone can get what they need to survive through labor, is enough to prove her talent. It's just that it's a closed city, and all planning is for isolation from the outside world, not communication with the outside world.

Although Chu Tianjiang couldn't find fault with Lakewood's current situation, he knew that Lakewood's self-isolation could not be maintained for a long time. In this world that pursues the law of the jungle, self-isolation may be able to obtain temporary peace in a corner of the world, but closure is equivalent to cutting off the road to development and growth, which is equivalent to waiting to be killed, and sooner or later it will be destroyed by the separatist forces of development and growth.

As a Chinese and a Chinese soldier, Chu Tianjiang is deeply touched by this.

Let's not forget, more than a hundred years ago, when the Western powers were growing stronger, the self-proclaimed mighty Central Empire suffered humiliation in a closed state that had not been seen for thousands of years, and the turmoil that lasted for hundreds of years not only disintegrated the Central Dynasty, but also left the once most powerful country poor and backward.

Lakewood doesn't have such a strong base yet, and self-isolation will only lead to destruction.

Thinking of this question, Chu Tianjiang was a little confused. Wild Rose can build Lakewood so beautifully, and can also fight with the powerful Jewish group to gain a foothold for the Asian group, can't she understand that Lakewood's status quo can't last long?

There must be a last resort, and it is for this reason that Wild Rose decided to cooperate with the Chinese authorities!

Led by Tamarra, the caravan traveled through the city to a section in the northeast, three districts that had been walled and merged together, to be exact. There are thousands of houses in the area, and all of them have been renovated and furniture has been prepared. According to Tamara's introduction, this area is specially prepared for Chu Tianjiang, and the team she leads will be stationed outside the area to protect them.

Chu Tianjiang was very grateful to Tamara, but declined Wild Rose's other kind arrangement, that is, the maids who had been sent to serve them.

Because after entering the city, Chu Tianjiang did not see slaves, so he also felt that Lakewood did not have slaves.

When he arrived here, seeing the hundred maids standing neatly in five rows with twenty in each row, Chu Tianjiang realized that Lakewood was no exception, and Wild Rose could not be vulgar.

"Mr. Chu, this is the meaning of the big boss. If you are not satisfied, you can replace the batch. ”

"Replacement?" Chu Tianjiang sighed and said, "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's just that I don't need others to take care of it, and you also know that there are many maids in the Dao caravan." ”

"I know it, but that's what it means to be a big boss."

"Can't you let the big boss change his mind?"

"This ...... You can only go to the big boss and say, but it's late now, and the big boss won't see you. If you won't let them stay, let them spend the night outside. ”

Chu Tianjiang was stunned for a moment and glanced at the maids. They were all wearing only one piece of clothing, and they had been standing outside for a long time, and some of them were already shivering from the cold.

"Mr. Chu, if it's okay......"

"Wait!" Chu Tianjiang stopped Tamara, who was about to leave. "I bought them all."

"Buy? There is no need for this, they were originally sent to serve you, and they are gifts from the big bosses, so you don't need to buy them. ”

"Must buy." Chu Tianjiang beckoned to Andre.

Andrei didn't ramble and immediately handed over a bag of diamonds.

"Here, about a hundred diamonds, is that enough?"

"This ......"

"Why, this is also to ask the big boss? These diamonds are enough to buy a thousand, or even ten thousand, maids like them. Besides, since you bosses gave them to me as gifts, then I didn't go against your lordship's intentions by buying them, right? ”

"This ......"

Chu Tianjiang stuffed the cloth bag into Tamara's hand. "Remember, send their sales contracts early tomorrow morning, or let your big boss come to me."

Tamara hesitated, put away the cloth bag, and nodded in agreement.