Fire tests real gold, and adversity tests the strong. -- Seneca

The fat man rubbed his hands and proposed: "Instructor, can we go out to find some stubble and practice soldiers?" Li Baoqiang thought about it seriously and agreed, no matter how strong the current soldiers are, they are still training on paper, and only by experiencing the test of blood and fire can they forge elite soldiers.

Li Baoqiang decided to let Li Dayong take care of Hope Village, and he and the fat man led the team to Guangyuan to regain face, in fact, it was to get some guns and ammunition, and it was best to get back those mortars. However, when Li Baoqiang told the management of Hope Village about this idea, everyone did not agree with Li Baoqiang leaving.

After all, the last time Li Baoqiang led the team to leave, there was something like He Qun, which almost turned Hope Village into a hell on earth, and everyone became a zombie. Now as soon as I heard that Li Baoqiang was going out again, this time everyone disagreed.

Li Baoqiang thought about it and finally decided to let the fat man lead a platoon to bring salt, continue to Guangyuan, trade if he can, exchange some food, weapons, population or something, if he can't exchange, he will use the special tactics he has learned to secretly get back those mortars, Li Baoqiang is worried about those cannons for a day or two.

Before leaving, Zhao Xiaoxiao brought a good news from Huayang, and now this grain expert has become like a fish in water, gradually getting better, and there is often good news. Huayang grinds the microalgae dry powder into a fine powder with a stone mill, mixed with cooked rice, minced meat, and salt to make a compressed dry food, because the microalgae is rich in protein and fat, this compressed dry food is also called an energy bar, as long as you eat a little to meet the energy needs of the day.

This is indeed great news for Li Baoqiang, who was born in special forces. I heard that the fat man was going to lead the team out on a mission, Huayang specially made more than 60 kilograms of compressed dry food, each person brought two kilograms, which could cope with a month, and if you added the assassination of beasts to obtain meat, it could basically meet the needs of diet.

The fat man led the team to set off, each carrying twenty catties of salt and two kilograms of energy bars, and now this burden is really "sprinkling water, drizzle" for the special forces soldiers, it is too easy. Li Baoqiang instructed the fat man to pay attention to safety and bring the soldiers back safely, and the fat man Wang Zhiming nodded and promised.

Twenty days later, under the anticipation of Li Baoqiang and others, the fat man Wang Zhiming led the special team members to come back safely, and at the same time brought Li Baoqiang and Hope Village a surprising news.

This time, the fat man Wang Zhiming led the team to Guangyuan and gained a lot of money, 600 catties of salt in exchange for 10 Bayi-bar submachine guns and 4 boxes of bullets and 100 sets of summer training uniforms. And brought back a good news: there was a riot in Guangyuan, and Zheng Sanpao and other underworld gangsters had been executed by a policeman named Gu Yuntian and the refugees.

Now Guangyuan is under the control of Gu Yuntian, and it is already a village and town similar in nature to Hope Village, with a population of about 3,000 people and relatively rich resources under its control. And Gu Yuntian and Fat Man reached an agreement, Guangyuan Town and Hope Village communicated with each other and coexisted peacefully.

Li Baoqiang secretly pondered the information brought by the fat man, it seems that after a few months of chaos, the various refugee bases have begun to gradually return to normal and are on the right track.

Where will Hope Village go next, whether to continue to develop in a closed way, or to go out and expand its living space? Li Baoqiang pondered and decided to convene a meeting of the management of Hope Village again to study the next step of Hope Village.

From the conference room came a beautiful song,

"Remember when we were

Walk side by side through that bustling alleyway

Even though you and I are strangers and passers-by

But they still felt each other

A look and a heartbeat

An unexpected joy

It seems to be a dream that is destined

You exist in my mind

In my dreams, in my heart, in my songs

You exist in my mind

In my dreams, in my heart, in my songs"

The fat man took out his beloved laptop, connected it to the power supply, and played a song he liked from the pre-apocalyptic Chinese voice: "In My Song". Everyone in the conference room was intoxicated by the beautiful melody, as if they had returned to the happy time before the end of the world.

"Fatty, you haven't deleted any Japanese girls there, have you?" Li Baoqiang joked about the fat man after the song ended.

"Do you still need to watch it? Haven't you and that person started practicing a long time ago? The fat man fought back unceremoniously.

Zhao Xiaoxiao glared at the fat man viciously: "If your mouth is flowery, let Zhao Jiajia clean you up." ”

The fat man was speechless, and suddenly became honest, now Zhao Jiajia is definitely the nemesis of the fat man, the fat man is obedient to Zhao Jiajia, according to Li Dayong, the fat man is quite a strict wife. Everyone laughed happily when they saw the fat man's deflated appearance.

"Let's look at the future direction of the village." Li Baoqiang finally opened the topic.

Li Baoqiang asked Wang Zhiming to talk in detail about the changes that had taken place in Guangyuan. Guangyuan's current leader is called Gu Yuntian, a policeman, he led a group of people to eradicate Zheng Sanpao's forces, and now he is the head of more than 3,000 people. This time the fat man came to Guangyuan, and Gu Yuntian was very polite to this team.

Gu Yuntian actually saw the fat man and these soldiers in the refugee camp last time, but this time he found that the spirit and temperament of the fat man and the soldiers were very different from the previous few months, seeing that they were vigorous and well-armed, Gu Yuntian faintly felt that this was an army that had experienced a hundred battles, and the group of people under his command was simply a rabble.

Although the Guangyuan refugee camp controls a large number of supermarkets and warehouses in the urban area, and the resources are relatively sufficient, the salt is empty, because the fat men brought the salt that the refugee camp desperately needs, Gu Yuntian decided to agree to the fat man's request, barter, and at the same time establish good trade relations between the two sides in the future, exchange what they have, and coexist peacefully.

At first, the fat man wanted to exchange for some food, but when he thought that the food in Hope Village was basically not a problem, he immediately decided to exchange the 600 catties of salt for a few mortars and guns and bullets. Gu Yuntian was not a fool, of course he knew the importance of weapons, he thought about it twice, and finally completed the deal with ten submachine guns and one hundred sets of training uniforms.

Although it was not exchanged for the mortar that Li Baoqiang and the fat man dreamed of, it was quite successful for the first trade in Hope Village. Moreover, through good communication skills, the fat man learned from the refugee camps that large and small official and unofficial refugee camp bases have been formed in Sichuan, and some bases have begun to migrate to the surrounding countryside because it is difficult to survive in the city.

The main topic of Li Baoqiang's meeting was the relocation of other bases.