Chapter 121: Preparing for the Dinner
The civilians of McGee noticed that the usually fierce soldiers were much kinder, and even when everyone was slowly registering the numbers, they did not shout and reprimand as they usually did. (Book = - house * 0 small -} said - + net) and when working in the field, the other party also reminds himself from time to time to pay attention to safety. Although everyone is very uncomfortable with this situation, the fear has indeed dissipated a lot, and without mental pressure, the efficiency of everyone's work is naturally much higher. The giant ant carcasses on the ground were quickly picked out and broken down into different parts, which were then loaded onto trucks and sent directly through the town's gates to the army warehouse.
Under the auspices of Darksteel and Wendy, the gathering proceeds in an orderly manner. The number of giant ant carcasses piled up under the city gradually decreased. About an hour later, Blacksteel stood on the front of the truck and announced that the amount of food for the army had been handed over to the army.
In his simple report, a total of 761 civilians had registered for work, and about 7,500 kilograms of food had been piled up in army warehouses. There were happy smiles on people's faces.
Giant ant meat is also one of the most common foods in the market, it is rich in protein and very satiating, and its price is extremely low. So it is loved by civilians. The army also kept it as a staple in the warehouse.
The disadvantage of giant ant meat is its smell. Not to mention that the cut raw meat has a bad smell, even if the finished product is cooked, it is full of sour taste, which is the main reason why its price does not go up.
After Darksteel announced the news, not only the soldiers, but also the civilians began to cheer, and from now on it was their free time. After learning that Blacksteel had announced that the team leader could borrow the truck, the civilians cheered again. With the help of trucks, people don't have to run back and forth with food. If the previous cheers were just happy, this time it was full of gratitude. Looking at the change in the attitude of the people below, Heigang also felt a lot in his heart, this open car borrowing is also Wu Yun's opinion, although these things are not big, but the effect is still relatively significant. He couldn't help but have some vague expectations for Wu Yun's previous plan.
Since the guarantee of the team leader is required to borrow the car, the civilians began to ask the soldiers who led the team, and the soldiers did not refuse much, after all, they didn't need to do anything by themselves, just show their faces in the past. This seems to them to be a trivial matter. But what happened next was unexpected. The soldiers found that the civilians looked at them with no fear and horror in their eyes, but instead with a genuine gratitude.
Due to the large number of people and the lack of vehicles, the civilians spontaneously continued to work in the mode of the original team. Due to the poor roads, trucks had to be delivered to the alleys of the slums, and people had to be transported in and out of the slums, so the remaining giant ant carcasses under the city were scattered from house to house, and people almost all had a share, after all, most of McGee's main laborers participated in the gathering activity.
The starlight under the city gradually thinned out, and Philos received a collection report from the Black Steel in the city. He couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the final number, he didn't have a very good way to deal with these giant ant corpses, and he didn't know what the battle would be in the near future, he wouldn't let the soldiers who had been fighting to carry out such a large-scale collection activity again, but if the battle was over, these huge quantities of ingredients would be wasted, and now this result is really happy.
"This is almost over, what are you going to do next?" Black Steel came to Wu Yun's side, and he was now curious about Wu Yun's next plan.
"With these seven and a half tons of giant ant meat, it shouldn't be a problem to invite the whole town to eat." Although Xiao Lori patted her chest and promised to pay, Wu Yun still hoped that she would not put all this burden on her.
"No problem, but with so many people eating, where can we find enough cooking utensils?" Blacksteel is well aware of the army's methods of handling food, and the current number is several times that of McGee's soldiers, and it is completely unrealistic to leave all this food to the army to handle. Neither equipment nor time is allowed.
"We'll solve this problem now," Wu Yun smiled, and then walked in the direction of the slum, and Heigang immediately followed. The two of them soon came to the mouth of the slum, where several trucks lined up, and the black crowd surrounded them like a moon.
"Why are you here~" A petite figure in the distance greeted the two, needless to say it was naturally Wendy, who had been wandering around since the beginning of the gathering activity. One will help civilians pick up the pile of giant ant corpses with sticks, and the other will follow the truck back and forth, soldiers and civilians have a lot of respect for this little Lori, and naturally no one will stop her from doing this kind of fun.
"Wu Yun, when will you start cooking~" Since Wendy came from the truck, neither of them could see her face clearly, but from the excited tone of the other party, it could be heard that she was very excited now.
"It's time to get started." It was already late at this time, and since Philos accepted Wu Yun's plan, he only gave a small amount of food to the soldiers. The original plan was to have everyone eat at midnight, but now it seems to be a bit difficult. Wu Yun naturally won't waste any more time.
The civilians not far away had already noticed the arrival of several of them, and spontaneously made way of a passage, Wu Yun quickly walked to the side of a truck, and climbed to the roof of the car with both hands, because of the square shape of the front of the car, it was the best choice for the podium.
"The army decided to hold a large dinner party." This is the name that Wu Yun decided after thinking about it for a while. He was very skeptical that everyone knew the word dinner, and sure enough, after he finished speaking, there was silence below, and everyone looked at him with puzzled eyes.
Although Wu Yun does not have the prestige of Wendy, he has also made a familiar face among the civilians through Aya's matter, and Wendy and Black Steel are next to the car, although they don't understand his words very well, but they don't have any doubts about him.
"The army will give all civilians free ingredients to cook as you please." The sound of this sentence was not loud, but the crowd below was in chaos, and Wu Yun had to wave his hand again and again to show quietness, but unfortunately this behavior was still useless in front of nearly a thousand people.
"Dudu~!" Blacksteel was worthy of leading the soldiers, and he immediately jumped into the truck and reached out to press the horn of the truck. Although the sound is not too big, this unique sound manages to capture everyone's attention.
"This activity is a family unit, and you must bring your own cooking utensils such as pots and bowls." In order not to let this chaotic situation happen again, Wu Yun said his plan as soon as possible, "All participating families will not only get enough ingredients, but also have rewards distributed by the army after the event." ”
"Each family had to set up a place to cook by the moat, and the soldiers would be free to eat at each house," Wu Yun said of the most important part of the plan. "We will ensure that every family does not empty the pot, and there will be a 500G reward for the families that attract the most soldiers." It's not a big amount, but it's also very attractive to civilians. And he's pretty sure Wendy won't say no.
"I hope everyone does their best, the purpose of the army holding this event is to feed everyone in McKilly." Wu Yun shouted loudly, he didn't dare to say that it was good to eat, after all, the ingredients were still a little too monotonous.
It turns out that this is the case, Heigang is quite appreciative of Wu Yun's plan, but he is still skeptical about whether this plan can go smoothly. After all, he had never heard of such a large-scale event.
"Time is pressing, let's start preparing." Seeing that everyone below didn't mean to move, Wu Yun had no choice but to add, "The activity lasts for a maximum of two hours, first come, first served." ”
Only then did the people react and they all began to pour into the slums. For many of them, there is a lot of giant ant meat today, but there is no reason not to participate in this kind of white pipe meal activity, most of the people in the slum are one meal a day, and only a few people can reach the standard of two meals a day. A lot of people down there have been hungry for a day. Under the pressure of hunger, they began to run towards their homes.
The soldiers who led the team have also completed their tasks, Black Steel distributed the promised gold coins before, and after finding simple encouragement, he arranged the task of arranging the venue, under the guidance of Wu Yun, the work of the soldiers is not complicated, what they have to do is to arrange the civilian families in the vacant area around the road around McGee, simply put, it is to see empty pins, the only thing to pay attention to is to set aside a road for two people to pass back and forth. This is the key to the freedom of movement of soldiers.
For the soldiers, this activity is, to put it bluntly, eating and drinking for nothing, and they naturally have no reason to refuse. Their food is much better than that of the common people, but not to the point where they are allowed to eat enough. Originally, they were already very happy to take the 50G of the overseer, but now that there is such a good thing, the soldiers can't help but have a huge good impression of Wu Yun and the others, and they do not hesitate to implement the order of the black steel.
People close to the entrance of the alley had already begun to come out one after another, dragging their families and carrying large and small things in their hands, and the soldiers stepped forward to guide them into the right places. The vacant truck returned to the army warehouse under the command of Black Steel, and with it Wu Yun and the idle little Wendy.