On the vast northwestern plateau, the barley fields on both sides of the road and under the hillsides are crisscrossed, and before they are fully ripe, one after another is just about to turn yellow. A breeze blew, and waves of barley wheat formed by the green and yellow ears rippled layer by layer.

In the distance, a few new poplars dotted the roadside of the fields, like sentinels guarding the wheat fields day and night.

The first harvest after the end of the day is just around the corner, and although the lack of sunshine and much cooler than usual temperatures have made the ears of wheat not as full as usual, these grains are the best hope for the surviving people of the land to continue to thrive.

A group of ragged wanderers came from afar, and although they had stripped off their thick cotton clothes, they still wrapped every inch of their skin in their clothes to prevent radiation in the air, leaving only their two eyes exposed.

The breeze blew, and the faint smell of wheat penetrated into everyone's nostrils, which was the smell of dreams. The wanderers could no longer suppress the desire in their hearts, and rushed to the barley field by the roadside, shoved a handful of wheat ears directly into their mouths, and chewed the grouting wheat grains in their mouths with green juice and a sweet taste.

Suddenly, a rapid whistle sounded, and dozens of local villagers armed with sticks quickly ran from the front, beating the homeless people who rushed into the barley fields. The homeless people were beaten and scattered in the fields, overpowering large areas of barley, so the local villagers beat them even harder.

A young wanderer who appeared to be only fifteen or sixteen years old was hit on the head with a blow to the head by a villager who had caught up from behind, and the young wanderer fell to the field and never got back up.

A jet-black barrel protruded from the tattered clothes of a wanderer, and with a loud "bang", a large cloud of iron sand erupted from the muzzle, and four or five people who were close to the ground wailed and fell to the ground, both local villagers and wanderers.

Far from frightening the pursuing villagers, the gunfire stimulated their blood, and they pounced even more fiercely at the muzzle of the gun, and no one could take away the food they were about to harvest.

The barley field has regained its tranquility, and the four corpses have been left in the field forever, and the earth moistened by human corpses and blood may be more abundant, and this autumn's harvest may be more!

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Still quiet, there is also the town of Holy Water.

No matter how things change in the world, the holy water river is still reluctant to flow quietly day and night.

With the removal of the checkpoints in front of the town and the guards connecting the stone bridges on the left and right banks, the town of Holy Water is more prosperous than before. The streets on both sides of the river were crowded with people, from well-dressed local townspeople who were completely indistinguishable from pre-apocalyptic times, to mercenaries and explorers dressed in fancy costumes and carrying knives and guns, to collectors in cloaks and huge backpacks, and wanderers who wrapped themselves in shabby clothes.

Jin Yu was leading a team of ten people to patrol the streets, Jin Yu stared at everyone who walked by, and it seemed that everyone looked a little suspicious.

Acquaintances of locals and mercenaries greeted Jin Yu one after another.

"Brother Jin, what about patrolling?"

"Master Jin, sit down in the store and have a cup of tea."

"Master Jin, you came out by yourself today, didn't you accompany Miss Qin?"

Jin Yu's chin rose slightly, "Women, you can't get used to them too much!" ”

As soon as Jin Yu's words fell, he snapped, and he was slapped heavily on the back of the head.

"Who? Who would dare to hit me? Jin Yumeng turned around, but saw Qin Yurou staring at him.

"Who did you just say you weren't used to?"

"W-That kid! You stop me, you deliberately yin me! Jin Yu pointed to the person who had just greeted him and hurriedly chased after him.

Looking at Jin Yu, who fled in the name of chasing people, Qin Yurou, Xie Xiaodan, and Duan Jiangning hugged each other with laughter.

This period of time is the happiest day since the end of the world, Qin Yurou received the position of squadron leader from Luo Zhigang, in the name of daily patrols, wandering around the town all day long, and often fighting grievances, she has simply become a well-known female overlord in Shengshui Town. Duan Jiangning, who was originally greedy for fun and lived in Shengshui Town for a few days, also followed Qin Yurou all day long, and had a lot of fun, Duan Jiangpeng was reluctant to go back even after being urged a few times.

The so-called few families are happy and a few are sad. When Qin Yurou and the others were having fun, on a secluded two-story building, Luo Zhigang and Chi Hua were frowning and talking in a low voice.

At this time, the two of them have long since lost their free and easy mood when they first came to Shengshui Town two months ago. The so-called inappropriate family does not know the price of firewood and rice, and all kinds of miscellaneous affairs in the town need to be arranged by two people.

First of all, the two teams of Mingtang and Pengfei Gang were merged into one, and there were still more than 500 people left after several selections and streamlinings, Luo Zhigang and Chi Hua considered themselves the main and deputy captains, and Zou Lang and Qin Yurou each led a squadron of 100 people, but Li Xiaofei and Xie Xiaodan's squadron was basically directly managed by Chi Hua, and a girl who was half a big boy and shy when she talked a lot could manage a team of 100 people.

Due to the death and injury of the evolutionaries on both sides, the various industries left by the two gangs are a big mess, but fortunately, Zhuang Dong is quite talented in business management, Luo Zhigang and Chi Hua simply handed over all the industries in the town to Zhuang Dong to take care of, and Chi Hua was not afraid that he would play tricks from it.

Now the casinos, brothels, baths, massages and other industries in Shengshui Town continue to operate, Luo Zhigang and Chi Hua can also understand this, this kind of thing can't be banned if you want to, instead of letting people do it secretly below, it is better to let go of the rules and let people do it according to the rules.

As in the previous practice of Mingtang and Pengfei Gang, Shengshui Lake was still firmly controlled by Beidou, and Ouyang Minglang and Li Xiaofei were sent to take turns to lead people to patrol the Shengshui Lake to restrict others from fishing. Luo Zhigang knows that once the Shengshui Lake is released for fishing, it will definitely be exhausted.

But to say that the hardest among several people is Zou Lang, the contact and communication between Shengshui Town and Yongning Town, Xiaoqingshan, Laji, and Muga camps all rely on Zou Lang alone, and now Zou Lang is really used as a bird, and most of the time is flying in the air.

At present, what is most lacking in Shengshui Town is the evolutionary, except for Zhuang Dong, who took refuge in him, only Jia Meng and Bian Yang are left, and the two who have been abolished have all recovered as before because of Xie Xiaodan.

The two of them can also see clearly, knowing that Mingtang and the Pengfei Gang have become yesterday's yellow flowers, so they will be loyal to Beidou naturally. Now the two Jia Meng are still in charge of the town's casinos and brothels, while Bian Yang is responsible for escorting goods between Shengshui Town and Shengshui Lake and several other camps.

At this time, there were several letters on the small table in front of Luo Zhigang, which were the news that Zou Lang had brought back from several camps in the past few days.

"Seeing that the barley harvest season is approaching, the conflicts between the villagers and outsiders in our sphere of influence are becoming more and more frequent, and there is news of dead people every day." Luo Zhigang said with a letter in his hand that had just been delivered today, frowning.

"It's still good for the water of the Holy Water River, and I can't drink such fragrant tea before the end of the world!" Chi Hua held a cup of tea in his hand, took a sip gently, and then returned to the topic: "This is also inevitable, do you find it, even the wanderers in the town are gradually increasing." I arranged for someone to check, and many of them came from the mainland, and the intensity of nuclear radiation there was much stronger than here, and these people all had symptoms of post-radiation to a greater or lesser extent, and some of them even had slight mutations. ”

Luo Zhigang sighed lightly, "This is also the reason why I can't make up my mind, these people have come all the way from the mainland, and I don't know how many people have died along the way, but there is still no bite to eat here." ”

"This decision is still up to you after all, it's a matter of life and death, food is given to others, and it's our people who starve to death. This is the sorrow of the last days! Chi Hua lowered his head and took another sip of tea, and then teased the tea stalk in the cup with the tea lid, no longer looking at Luo Zhigang's eyes.

Seeing that he couldn't get more help from Chi Hua, Luo Zhigang hesitated for a while and finally spoke, "I will arrange for Zou Lang to send messages to various camps, and ask them to organize forces to assist the villagers in patrolling and guarding the wheat fields, and those who do not listen to the dissuasion to rob and steal the wheat fields will be killed!" ”

Chi Hua finally raised his head and said with a smile: "This problem is solved, then let's talk about the next one." ”

"Why is there still a problem?"

"In fact, the biggest threat to the wheat fields is not from these scattered wanderers and gatherers, but from the large and small forces around us. In contrast to the piecemeal beatings of wanderers, it is possible for them to swallow our wheat fields whole at harvest time. ”

"They dare, I raided their nest!" Luo Zhigang's eyes suddenly stood up.

"Do you know who they are? Do you know where they are? Chi Hua blinked his eyes and asked a little playfully.

Luo Zhigang was deflated all of a sudden, "It seems that we should establish an intelligence team." Oh, and it's a whole lot of stuff again, and it gives me a headache when I think about it. Maybe it was a mistake for us to stay in the first place? Luo Zhigang rubbed his head and looked at Chi Hua helplessly.

"Haha......" Chi Hua laughed loudly, "There is no turning back when you open the bow, you want to open halfway, and there is no door!" ”

Luo Zhigang gave Chi Hua a punch in the chest, and he also laughed.

"Let's get back to business." Chi Hua suppressed his laughter and said, "Based on the information brought back by several camps and those mercenaries and adventurers in the town, within the 40,000 square kilometers of influence we have demarcated for ourselves, there are more than a dozen known forces with more than 1,000 armed men, and the remaining small forces of thirty or fifty people, one or two hundred people, are even more scattered, and there are countless of them. ”

Looking at Luo Zhigang, who was looking at him with wide eyes, Chi Hua smiled embarrassedly, "Actually, I also regret it a little, we drew a circle a little bigger for ourselves, and I found out that this circle that doesn't look big on the map is actually twice the area of the capital." ”

Luo Zhigang glanced at Chi Hua, "What did you say about me just now, it's too late to regret it, what should you do if you just say it?" ”

"Okay, I don't talk nonsense, I still use the old method to ensure the safety of the key points around the area."

"Say, what's the point? I know you must have an idea. ”

"Yongning Town is close to the grassland and there is no crisis of wheat fields, we need to conduct a thorough survey and sweep of the forces around the three camps of Xiaoqingshan, Laji and Muga before the wheat harvest, and I plan to collect a group, win over a group, and eliminate a group to ensure food security."

"What do you want to do?"

"Our troops are divided into three routes, because of Zhang Zhanyuan's relationship, eight or nine villages such as Xishan Village, Guantun, and Lijiazhuang next to Xiaoqingshan are our sphere of influence, and the land of these villages is connected together with nearly 10,000 acres, which is the focus of our protection, so I will take Xiaofei there. Let Yurou take Ouyang and Xiaodan to Raj. ”

"Okay, then I'll take Zou Lang to Muga, and I can finally go out for activities." Luo Zhigang suddenly came to the spirit.

"Stop!" Chi Hua stopped Luo Zhigang at once, "You went out, what should I do in Shengshui Town?" Aren't you afraid of being raided? ”

Luo Zhigang was dumbfounded all of a sudden.

"My opinion is to transfer Mo Yingyang from Yongning Town and ask him to take people to Muga, this young man has always been calm. There is no major threat from the surrounding forces around Yongning Town, so Mo Yingyang can bring out half of the Heavenly Society's evolutionaries and teams, and leave some of them in Holy Water Town to make up for the emptiness after the few of us left. Big brother, you are responsible for sitting in the central government, Zou Lang is responsible for liaison between them, and you will dispatch and support which side has problems. ”

"No, I regret it, I actually made a cage for myself and encircled it. Let's change, you sit in the center, and I'll go to Xiaoqingshan. Luo Zhigang put on a puffy look.

"Big brother, don't play with the child's temper, it's decided!" Chi Hua laughed and went straight out of the window on the second floor.

"Chi Hua, you come back for me, let's discuss it again!" Luo Zhigang hurriedly poked his head out of the window, how could there be Chi Hua's shadow on the crowded street......