If this situation continues, I am afraid that in a few years, the demographic structure of Black Iron City will undergo a qualitative change, and at that time, more than half of the people will become stupid, demented, short-lived and sickly, and they will not even be able to do the most basic miner work, they can only eat and wait for death, which will be a huge burden for Black Iron City.

At this time, Shu Han was finally able to understand why Black Iron City was willing to go against the Feather People tribe regardless of the fact that in the face of such a dangerous situation, it was really because time was not on their side, Zhang Ruoming said: "The Feather People tribe is migrating, but now more than two hundred years have passed, the Feather People tribe has only gone two-thirds, and there is still a third left, how long will they go?"

Five, ten, twenty, or another hundred years? Shu Han, we don't want to go to war, if we can coexist peacefully, who wants to use the only capital to fight with others? But we really don't have time, fifty years ago, there were forty-five Skywalkers in Black Iron City, and now, there are only thirty-two left, and the strength is not as good as before, if it continues like this, with your cleverness, I think you should be able to understand the situation of Black Iron City.

If it drags on any longer, the population of the Feather People tribe is decreasing, and the fighting power in Black Iron City will become less and less, and at that time, how will we face the forces in Yangcheng and the surrounding areas? You're right, if this battle is lost, I'm afraid that the Black Iron City will be completely destroyed, but if this battle doesn't start, then the Black Iron City will definitely sink in ten or twenty years, and we have no choice. ”

Zhang Ruoming's words were very heavy, and at the same time, he could hear that he really hated the maintenance system, although this system made a great contribution to the peace and stability of the Black Iron City, but at the same time, it also made the family relationship between people indifferent, and at the same time, it also made the people of the Black Iron City interbreed with each other, and the source of the bloodline was completely confused, Zhang Ruoming's heart was undoubtedly very hateful.

"You're right, we really don't have a choice, but Brother Ruoming, can we win this battle? The Feather People tribe is strong, and it is conservatively estimated that there are thousands of combat troops, and in the alpine forests, we may not have much chance of winning against them. Shu Han said worriedly, he is now in Black Iron City, if Black Iron City is defeated, then Shu Han's future will not be good, so he naturally cares about this matter.

"That's true, and that's exactly what the heads of families are worried about today." Zhang Ruoming did not refute Shu Han's words, today's Black Iron City still looks like the most powerful force in the vicinity on the surface, but in fact, it has already been boiling oil with fire, the surface is full of flowers, and the inside is already showing signs of decay.

"Brother Ruoming, with all due respect, instead of opening up the direction of Yangcheng, why not open up in another direction? As far as I know, there are also a large number of humans in the wild, and if we include them in our rule, wouldn't it be a good thing to improve the gene pool of Black Iron City? So we can hold on for a few more years. ”

Shu Han asked, he was not particularly clear about the crowd in the wild, and even before that he didn't know anything at all, there was no trace of these wild people in the low-level theoretical books, until Shu Han became a second-level citizen and saw more high-end books, then he knew that within this radius of 9,000 square kilometers, in addition to the 270,000 humans in the Black Iron City, there were other human beings struggling to survive in this land.

These humans are either traitors to the Black Iron City, or a group of people who do not agree with the concept of the Black Iron City, they live alone in the wilderness, fighting against the treacherous weather and harsh environment, not only did they not die, but gradually found the way to survive in the wild, although the number of people is not large, about two or three thousand people, but it is good to live in the wild.

As for the specific information, there is no record in the paper, after all, the contact between the Black Iron City and these wild people is very limited, it can be said that they have not been in contact for a long time, and they don't even know their general situation, if it weren't for the team exploring the wild that can always find the traces of the wild people, maybe those experts in Black Iron City think that they have been extinct in the wild, Shu Han only knows that this is a group of people who are not accepted by Black Iron City, and their lives are very poor and their technology is much more backward than Black Iron City, It is a group of people who are about to degenerate into primitive people.

But even so, they are also human beings, the genetic sequence is the same, they can naturally reproduce, and compared to the feather people, these savages are obviously easier to deal with, although they are numerous, but compared to the strong body of the feather people, they are still a lot weaker, just the object that the Black Iron City can control, and it also helps a lot for the Black Iron City, improving the genes, you can make the next generation of the Black Iron City become healthier, and use this period of time, you can completely surrender the soldiers without a fight.

Zhang Ruoming on the side smiled bitterly and said, "I haven't thought about this problem, but the hatred of those savages for Black Iron City is deeper than you and I imagined." Shu Han was a little puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with deep hatred?" With the army of Black Iron City, can't you control them? ”

As soon as these words came out, Shu Han himself was stunned, he suddenly found that the words he said were really a little ruthless, as if the thousands of humans in the wild were the tools of the Black Iron City to reproduce, as for their wishes, Shu Han didn't even think about it, he couldn't help but be shocked, it seems that he has indeed stayed in this world for too long, and even his thinking has begun to get close to the people of this era silently, becoming indifferent, ruthless, cruel, and only the measurement of interests remains.

Zhang Ruoming was not shocked, but said: "Don't think too simple about humans in the wild, without the city wall as protection and medical technology as support, they can survive in the wild until now, none of them are weak, people who can survive, their physical fitness, even if they are not stronger than the feather people, but they will not be any different from ordinary soldiers." ”

"In addition, even if we can destroy them, we must first find their nests, the wild people have long since abandoned the farming techniques left by their ancestors, and instead choose to live in the forest, their tribes and camps are not in fixed locations, but are moving around, and it is not as easy as you think to find them.

In the past, Black Iron City also sent troops to find them, and they also found their traces, but when the large army came, those people already didn't know where to run, and it was not easy to catch them. Zhang Ruoming sighed, in this deep mountain and old forest, it is not easy to find someone.

These savage tribes are about a group of about 100 people, each scattered and lived, if you want to find them, it is actually relatively easy, as long as you follow the flow of rivers and lakes to find, you can roughly find them, but the location of Hai'an City is longitudinal and horizontal, and it used to be a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, it is very difficult to find them, plus in the forest, all over the sky to find, the headquarters of Black Iron City still has troops to garrison, so the number of troops is limited, and the scouts sent are not more than two or three people at most.

Let them face the savage tribe head-on, of course, it is not possible, and these savages, although the scientific and technological means are not good, but the ability of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance is very strong, coupled with some life-saving weapons handed down by the ancestors, so that after the logistics troops find them, they will often be discovered by the other party, and these savage tribes will quickly evacuate and find the next habitat to continue living, and the large forces of Black Iron City will not be able to catch up with them at all.

Fighting on flat ground, the troops of the Black Iron City are naturally superior, but if they are in the forest, the troops of the Black Iron City are much weaker, the forest is undulating, and there are many century-old trees, and the flintlock pistols of the Black Iron City are among them, and the army can't even complete the queue, so how to give full play to the combat ability.

Without muskets, the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Black Iron City will be greatly weakened, and the losses will become very large just by relying on the soldiers fighting hard with the soldiers of the Savage Tribe, and in the end it is often a lose-lose situation, which is not what the Black Iron City wants, this reality is something that Shu Han does not know.

After all, although he is now a second-class citizen, he can know more things than he used to, but when it comes to various knowledge points in the wild, he does not know much, far from being the heir of a big family like Zhang Ruoming, so after listening to what Zhang Ruoming said, Shu Han also fell silent, if what Zhang Ruoming said is correct, then those savages are indeed not easy to find them.

Shu Han thought for a while, and then said: "Then to destroy the Feather People Tribe, can't we change the method, since the Feather People Tribe is on the mountain, why don't we set fire to kill them?" As long as their camp is set on fire, they will inevitably scatter and flee, and it will be difficult to assemble in a hurry, and then we can break through separately, won't we? “

"This idea is very good, but how could the people of the Feather People tribe not think that the Feather People tribe was built on a swamp, on top of which were giant camphor trees that had grown for more than a hundred years, and the nests of the Feather People were on top of these trees, these camphor trees had grown for a hundred years, or even a thousand years, and they were fireproof and mothproof, ordinary flames could not burn them at all, and there was a stream below, even if we set fire, it would not cause any pressure on these Feather People."

"Then you can only attack?" Shu Han said a little discouraged, and at the same time secretly reminded himself, the level of science and technology in this world is indeed not as good as modern, but people's minds have not declined, and the methods they can think of, these people may not be unexpected, but don't be blindly confident because you know more knowledge, you must know that there are people outside the world, and there is a truth outside the sky.

"If there's another way, how can the Council of Elders of Black Iron City be undecided?" Zhang Ruoming spread his hand and said with a wry smile, Obviously, the members of the Council of Elders have already thought of many ways, but in the end, they found out that there is only this way, and the cost of this road is too great and the danger is too high, so they are undecided, but Zhang Ruoming believes that in the end, the elders will still decide according to his guess, after all, there is no way to go in Black Iron City.

If this time, you still choose to compromise, then there is not much time left for Black Iron City, which is equivalent to slow suicide, and the last hope of Black Iron City will also be wiped out, although those elders are pedantic, but they have not yet reached the point of stupidity, so Zhang Ruoming's mood can be said to be not good.

Hard-hitting will inevitably cause a lot of death, or even defeat, but even if it wins, the strength of the Black Iron City will be greatly damaged, many able-bodied men will die because of the war, many women will lose their husbands, many children will lose their fathers, and more importantly, many families will lose their financial resources.

Zhang Ruoming can predict that even if the war develops in the best direction, there will be countless people in the entire Black Iron City who will completely change the fate of the family because of this war.

The conversation between the two ended in such a heavy atmosphere, and in the end, Zhang Ruoming said to Shu Han: "During this time, you will stay in Black Iron City, I am not joking with you, you should understand how important you are to the Zhang Group now, this battle, many people will die, there are many people who need help, I Zhang Ruoming can't save all the people, but I still hope that the people in my company can be safe and sound, but I don't have this ability, Shu Han, this has to be handed over to you." ”

Post-disaster pacification work, this is a new task given to him by Zhang Ruoming, Shu Han did not refuse, but directly agreed, from Zhang Ruoming's office, Shu Han immediately began to deal with it, regardless of the victory or defeat of the war, last night's air raid of the Yuren tribe brought a lot of damage to the entire Black Iron City, according to the statistics of the police station, the death toll of the entire Black Iron City reached four hundred and seventy people, and the mining area has not yet completed the statistics.

After all, it is a little far away from the headquarters of the Black Iron City, and the management system is relatively chaotic, this number has not yet had time to report, as for the deaths in the countryside are very few, after all, the Yu people are not stupid, the fire oil they can carry is limited, and the deaths that can be caused by throwing them in the deserted countryside are very limited, so most of them still fall on the Black Iron City, and among the four hundred and seventy people who have been confirmed to die, thirty-four of them are employees of the Zhang Group, Shu Han decided to go and comfort them.

In addition, there are 137 employees' homes completely turned into white ground in this fire, for some people, Shu Han decided to give a part of the money, so that they can rebuild their homes, of course, the money is not too much, but at least they can temporarily have a home to live in, so that they will not live on the road, as for those who are slightly injured, they will be arranged to go to the hospital immediately for treatment, and the cost will also be borne by the Zhang Group.

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