Chapter 454: News of the Saltpeter Mine

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"Aristocrats?" Chen Yuan expressed doubts about the nobles of Zhongtian City in Xu Kai.

"Yes, among those who followed Wang Qiang first, there were a small number of powerful people who were made new nobles, and they not only had a rich supply of materials in the Heavenly City, but also had many privileges, such as being able to live in larger and more comfortable suites; There is no tax to enter and leave the Devagina; Ordinary residents in the Celestial City need to avoid the nobles when they encounter them, and they cannot rush into the nobles, otherwise they will be sentenced to whipping; Fights are not allowed in the Celestial City, and ordinary residents are punished with whipping and fines for fighting, but nobles can punish ordinary residents and so on. ”

"Humph!" Chen Yuan couldn't help but let out a sneer: "I'm really good at playing." That Wang Qiang can't be the emperor, right? It is also possible to canonize nobles. Then he went on to ask, "Is there anything in the Heavenly City that we need?" Is there any value in contact? ”

Xu Kai said seriously: "They control a saltpeter mine!" He knew that there was an urgent need for saltpeter ore in the settlement.

"Saltpeter Mine!" Chen Yuan was so surprised that he almost stood up, half an hour ago, he was almost still having a headache about this matter.

"Yes, right next to their celestial city." At the same time, he added: "It's just a poor mine, with a saltpeter content of 3%, and they were only used as an ordinary quarry. But fortunately, the production is large and can be supplied in large quantities. ”

"Yes, if the production is large, it can temporarily solve our current shortage of saltpeter. It seems necessary to make contact with them. Let's send someone to make formal contact with them tomorrow. Let's see if we can get saltpeter ore from them. ”

But Xu Kai said with a smile: "Castle Chief, I think you can wait." We may not need to send people to contact them, and they themselves will send people to contact us. Maybe it's just a matter of a day or two. ”

"Did you find anything?" Chen Yuan asked with interest with a smile, he knew that Xu Kai would not be untargeted.

"That's right." Xu Kai replied amusedly, "This morning we found out that their people are also inquiring about the news on our side. Sadly, their spies came across one of our more alert residents. As a result, before he could say a few words, he was recognized by our resident. Probably afraid that we would arrest him as a spy, he fled in fright after our residents found out. So he didn't get any useful information, and he didn't get into our settlement. Later, the resident approached me and reported the incident. According to his description, I think the spy who wants to find out about us should be one of Wang Qiang's subordinates, named Liuzi. He has six fingers and a scar on his face, which is easy to recognize. ”

Chen Yuan thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes, they should also find out about us, our broadcasts have been broadcast for several days, and the generation in the vicinity should have a little fame." He said to Xu Kai: "Forget it, let's wait for them to take the initiative to contact us, so that our chips will be higher, and they will open their mouths when they can." ”

Chen Yuan sneered: "But their spies are really too unprofessional, they were discovered by our people so easily." ”

Xu Kai pulled his lips and said with a smile: "That's not it, after listening to the detailed description of the whole process, I feel that the six sub-clichΓ©s are still quite level." ”

"In that case, it seems that we residents are really more alert."

Xu Kai replied: "Yes, it is said that he was deceived by telecom fraud before, and he was also stolen by a scammer who borrowed a mobile phone to exchange his real mobile phone with a model machine." So be more alert. ”

Chen Yuan suddenly had an expression of "so it was", and he said faintly: "This is ...... Hehe, this is also an experience, can your intelligence department consider absorbing him? Cultivate and cultivate, maybe you can become a good agent. After all, a good agent is to be suspicious of anything. ”

Xu Kai gave Chen Yuan a smile that "the hero sees the same thing" and said, "I have already asked him to join the intelligence group!" ”

Then Chen Yuan told Xu Kai about seeing an intelligence point at the arsenal by the way. However, it is estimated that it will take some time for Xu Kai to train intelligence officers here, so it may not be so fast to really do things at the intelligence point.

In the winter of the Northeast, the days have gradually become shorter, and the night falls quickly. At the meeting that night, Chen Yuan told everyone about two important decisions, one was the expansion of the troops, and the other was the restructuring of the troops.

He said: "This batch of weapons is finally in hand, and in a short period of time, we should not have to worry about weapons." So we're going to do another expansion of our troops to make our colony stronger. In addition, in terms of structure, it is also necessary to change the existing squads and squadrons into platoons and companies of regular troops. In the past, we were fleeing all the way from south to north, and at that time our strength was still very weak, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, we used names like squad and squadron to be less eye-catching. And now that we have settlements, and so many weapons, and the strength of our soldiers has been greatly improved, we don't have anything to fear. Starting today, we will formally change the structure of the armed forces to squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions, and armies, which are more commonly used in the army, and this will also mean that we have truly become an independent force and have our own independent army. ”

The crowd listened to a burst of excitement.

"Yes." Zhang Zeshan said excitedly: "In the future, we can make a clear name for ourselves, and in this apocalypse, we can build a new home for ourselves as a survivor of the apocalypse!" And protect it! ”

Liu Jinlong said: "Yes, even if those old forces know all the secrets we have about the spirit flesh now, they can't easily deal with us. As for the independent army! Anyway, there is this city everywhere now, that city, independent forces, and we are not inferior to this one. ”

"Some soldiers have discussed this issue in private before, saying that squads and squadrons are not like regular troops, but like armed police or fire brigades. Haha, now we're at the end. So I can also have the combat establishment of the regular army. Zhang Zhen said a little old-fashioned, even though he is only 16 years old now. It may be that adversity makes it easier to mature. Many of these little guys in the combat unit now have the same problem. This made Chen Yuan and Liu Jinlong a little uncomfortable looking at them, looking at the immature faces, speaking in a tone that only almost forty or fifty years old people can use, it will always be easy for people to say, "I have lived in vain for so many years!" Such a powerless thought.

Zhang Fatzi suggested: "Then do we also have to give a name to our own army, you see what people have in the past Northern Expeditionary Army, rescue ** or something." That's how you can show your independence, right? ”

"Yes, you should take one." Wei Chen agreed.

"Then let's call the Iron Keep Self-Salvation Army for the time being." Chen Yuan proposed: "We still have to grasp the main contradiction first. In different periods, the main contradictions are different. What is called later can be changed again. But the main contradiction we have now is still the contradiction between our own survival needs and the surrounding zombie hordes that threaten the safety of the settlement at all times. ”

He added: "Don't look at the current development situation is quite good, but it is far from simple to say that we can definitely protect ourselves. After the beginning of spring next year, even if we can successfully complete the winter offensive before this and regain 5 towns and 47 villages within a radius of 25 kilometers in the vicinity, we are still surrounded by endless zombie hordes around us. And at that time, the zombies also returned to the active period, and a larger zombie army also appeared, and the situation was still very grim. In short, everyone must be prepared for a long-term war against zombies. Maybe ten years, maybe twenty years. ”

"In addition, there is another purpose to raise the banner of the self-help army, that is, to tell others that we have the ability to save ourselves now, you didn't reach out in the past, and now don't think about picking fruits afterwards!"