The sky was full of stars, and the smell was reduced in vain. The ground on both sides of the railroad was covered with frost. The cold wind poured in through the opening of the carriage, and the cold was overwhelming.

Li Mu has long been experienced in this, and the tickets for freight trains are very cheap, only a few copper coins per person. Beginner players are usually poor and have to travel long distances by freight train. He has accumulated a wealth of experience on how to make himself comfortable in the carriage.

The thick cotton felt is very warm. The cold wind howled outside, but it was very warm when shrunk inside the cotton felt.

The freight train stopped for a while at a small station halfway to replenish the coal. Li Mu took advantage of this opportunity to get off the train and let go of the water.

He shuddered and crawled back into the carriage and got into the cotton felt, and in a moment he was covered in goosebumps. Li Xuan slept next to him. I was awakened by the cold wind blowing in when he lifted the cotton felt.

Sticking out her little head, she looked around and saw the station lights.

"Brother, are we here?"

She rubbed her eyes.

"It's still early, get some sleep, and you'll be there when you wake up."

"Oh."

Covering his mouth and yawning, Li Xuan slipped into his arms.

"Hee-hee, I'm sleeping with my brother."

"It's okay to sleep together, don't wet the bed."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took a breath of cold air, and Li Xuan pinched the soft flesh on his waist and twisted it hard.

"Don't mention my bedwetting!"

She said through gritted teeth.

From a very young age, Li Xuan would have some strange nightmares. Therefore, she will be very afraid of the dark at night, even if she is urgent, she will hold it until the next day and go back to it during the day, and often accidentally pee on the bed.

This symptom gradually disappeared as she got older, but Li Mu firmly remembered her previous embarrassment of bedwetting, and took it out from time to time to make fun of her.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, go to sleep."

He hooked her little nose with his fingers.

"Humph!"

Li Xuan pillowed his arm and turned his back away from his brother's nasty face.

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One hundred and twenty years ago, the Nanyang Trading Company in Zhongzhou sent three ships, led by Captain Zhang Guangbei, to adventure in South Asia. This company is a joint-stock company that is a private joint venture. According to pre-war information, the Deccan plateau has precious mica and uranium deposits, and investors are counting on profiting from such ventures.

Due to the shortage of heavy oil, they sailed iron-hulled sailing ships. A powerful storm in the South Sea destroyed one of them, and the other two were also in ruins.

But they still made it safely to the Deccan Plateau. Initially, only 45 of the 286 immigrants survived to the second year, and it was difficult for the new arrivals to survive.

An important reason for the mortality rate is the high dose of radiation concentration in the area, and the extremely poor resistance of malnourished immigrants to radiation. Harassment by the indigenous Hindustani also brought a large number of deaths.

Fortunately, their discovery of huge reserves of mica ore gave great confidence to the investors of Nanyang Trading. A steady stream of support was imported from Zhongzhou, allowing them to gain a firm foothold in the local area.

It was at that time that New Linfen was founded, and it was originally just a settlement for miners. A large number of miners who were transported by the Nanyang Trading Company established the original New Linfen.

Investors in a hurry to make a quick profit have screwed everything up. They are reluctant to spend money and energy on the construction of settlements, and they do not pay attention to the necessary food production. Instead, after the first mica mine was depleted, miners were forced to find new mines in the treacherous wilderness.

They imposed a horrific military administration of the colony, and those who fled were subject to death if caught.

Angry miners overthrew the company's rule and hanged Nanyang's management in the Deccan Plateau. They formed an autonomous organization, the first generation of the Brotherhood of Liberty. It was the freest decade in the colonies, where everyone was equal. The vast expanse of land allowed each immigrant to receive 50 acres of arable land.

The power struggle in Zhongzhou has made the lose-strength crown clan set their sights on the Deccan Plateau. They destroyed the Brotherhood of Liberty and drove them into the depths of the wilderness.

They were the first big industrialists in the colonies.

The Deccan Plateau, under their rule, developed rapidly, and a large number of people moved from Zhongzhou. They killed the leaders of the Hindustanites and burned their villages. Zhuxia's domination of the Deccan plateau deepened rapidly.

Under their construction, New Linfen has become a bright pearl on the Deccan Plateau.

Even in the early hours of the morning, Xinlinfen is still flashing with lights, and this is a city that never sleeps. Tidal power stations built on the coast provide enough electricity for the entire city.

The old mines are long gone, and there are no traces of the original miners.

The station is in the east of the city, close to the port, which is convenient for cotton to be loaded and shipped to Zhongzhou.

There was a long whistle of a steam locomotive, and the train stopped in the freight station. The station is very spacious and can accommodate eight trains side by side. The porters were busy unloading the trucks. They had to hurry to unload the seed cotton from the train. Make room for the train behind.

Li Mu picked up his sister, carried his luggage, and flipped off the carriage. Li Meizhi helped Yang Xiaoye get out of the car. There are quite a few people like them on this train. After Feng Leshan's death, the situation at Station 75 began to become chaotic. Quite a few people with little property left from there.

He looked at the bustling crowd, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

An old man in a washed white cotton coat was carrying a suitcase and hurriedly preparing to walk out of the station. It was the old man in the gun shop who cheated him.

Liao Qichang was not going to leave from Station No. 75. The more chaotic the situation, the more money he can earn. But the pile of corpses in Feng Leshan's manor scared him.

Almost every corpse was killed by a single shot, and the gunman was very experienced, and he even carefully picked up the scattered bullets and cartridge casings to prevent anyone from finding clues from the bullet casing's throwing marks and firing pin marks.

Liao Qichang accidentally found a bullet hole in the wall of the manor, and a 7.62mm bullet was stuck in it. Curious, he stealthily dug the bullet out of the wall and brought it back to the store.

From the rifled traces of the bullet, he came to the shocking conclusion that the bullet had come from the barrel of the 116M semi-automatic sniper rifle he had just bought.

The people who killed Feng Leshan's people were bought from him.

Liao Qichang, who was afraid of being tracked down, did not dare to stay at Station No. 75 no matter what. Giving the store to the apprentice, he hurriedly took all his belongings and came to Xinlinfen.

In the freight station, the people were mixed, and he, as an old fox, deliberately wore a shabby dress and pretended to be a poor old man. Walking in a hurry, he didn't pay attention to the tricycle drivers and pimps who solicited customers at the station.

Suddenly, a hand pressed against his shoulder. Liao Qichang immediately pulled out the pistol on his waist and prepared to fight back.

A voice made his whole body stiffen.

"Boss, don't come to harm's way, I actually met you here"

His knees went limp, and he almost fell to his knees.

"Master Jun, master, why did you come to Xinlinfen too."