"Okay, that's it. Do you need to make any arrangements there? Can I leave tomorrow? Shen Xiaodong asked.

Qicheng Base has sufficient backups of various strategic materials such as coal, steel and even munitions, but food, the most common material, is undoubtedly a piece of meat in Shen Xiaodong's heart.

In fact, as early as the day of the recovery of Qicheng, Shen Xiaodong discovered the serious problem of food shortage in the base. The little devils did store a lot of food, but that lot was calculated according to the number of heads they had before. Since Shen Xiaodong captured Qicheng, he searched for survivors on a large scale, causing the population of the base to explode.

During this period of time, the food problem has always been the top priority in Shen Xiaodong's heart. None of the grain seeds sown in the fields germinated, which meant that the grain was eaten a little less. Once the food is eaten, then there is trouble.

Coupled with the increasing number of survivors at the base, the problems caused by food shortages are becoming more and more complex.

Although, when the team is out searching for survivors, they will also deliberately look for food. However, it has been more than half a year since the end of the world happened, and there is really very little food available for people to eat. The small bags of food that were searched were a drop in the bucket for the huge population of the base.

"Leaving tomorrow?" Liu Tingting hesitated for a moment and said to Shen Xiaodong, "I'm not sure about this." What my dad means is that if you agree to besiege the strategic grain reserve together, it's best to go to Minqing and meet him before you act, there are some things he needs to talk to you face-to-face! ”

"Meet and talk?" Shen Xiaodong fell into deep thought.

Seeing that Shen Xiaodong was silent, Liu Tingting quickly understood Shen Xiaodong's concerns, she looked directly into Shen Xiaodong's eyes and said, "I can use my personality and life to guarantee your safety." ”

Shen Xiaodong's eyes froze, his brows furrowed slightly, and he stared at Liu Tingting quietly, but he smiled coldly.

"Hehe, use your personality and life to keep me safe! Do you really think I'm still the same fool who never knew how to reject you? Betrayal, once there will be a second time! I don't want to get hurt a second time! ”

"A politician like your dad may not be able to fight a war, but he is a good hand at calculating people. He rejected Liu Shaoting's solicitation, and Liu Tingting's invitation could not guarantee that it would not be a Hongmen banquet. ”

Shen Xiaodong's mind began to quietly weigh the risks and possible benefits of entering the base, as well as whether he had enough certainty of escape. If it was a mortal situation, he would never go.

Looking at the silent Shen Xiaodong, Nie Wanru appeared: "Brother Shen, do you remember me, I'm Nie Wanru!" ”

"Nie Wanru?" Shen Xiaodong was a little confused.

"Yes, Nie Wanru! Half a year ago, in that nameless supermarket, you saved Sister Lin Li, Sister Kai Lin and me. I would like to say thank you for coming here! ”

"Oh, it's you!" Hearing the nameless supermarket half a year ago, Shen Xiaodong suddenly realized, I said that this girl looks a little familiar, it turns out that I have really seen it!

"Brother Shen, you saved me, so don't worry, when you go to the Minqing base, I will definitely use my life to protect your safety, as long as I don't die, I won't let you die. My family has a lot of status in the government circles, and I can be your hostage by your side, so I think that because I, the family behind me, Uncle Liu should not set up a Hongmen banquet to harm you. ”

Listening to Nie Wanru's words, a strange light flashed in Shen Xiaodong's eyes: "You are right, hostage!" In this way, Miss Liu, I can go to the Minqing base to meet your father, but please be a guest in our Qicheng for a while during the time I am on my trip to Minqing! If you agree, I will agree to go with your team to Minqing to meet your father. ”

"Shen Xiaodong, you've gone too far!" Seeing that Shen Xiaodong was such an abrupt young lady, the silent middle-aged man who had been standing beside Liu Tingting was angry.

"Alright, Uncle Tang! If you were Shen Xiaodong, you might also have his worries. So, I agree, during this time of your process, stay in Qicheng as a guest! ”

Since the meeting, Shen Xiaodong's attitude towards him has not been very friendly, and even just now, Shen Xiaodong's request can be described as excessive, but to be honest, Liu Tingting is not unhappy in her heart.

Her tone was slightly plaintive, and her words were full of entanglements and losses. Shen Xiaodong's current performance is not surprising to her, Liu Tingting understands: This is what she owes him!

With hostages, there are also hole cards!

Shen Xiaodong made a decision to follow Tang Long and Xiahou Wanyue to the Minqing County Survivor Base to meet Liu Shaoting, while Nie Wanru and Liu Tingting stayed in Qicheng for a period of time as VIPs.

Shen Xiaodong decided to let Zhou Yi and Lao Liu, a group of 12 people, drive a Dongfeng truck, follow the Hummer he was sitting on, and march towards the survivor base in Minqing County together.

The road to the end of the world was not very easy, and Shen Xiaodong drove for nearly two hours after 80 kilometers before entering the impoverished area on the periphery of the survivor base in Minqing County.

The survivors in the impoverished area looked at the convoy with a look of surprise, knowing that fuel is very precious.

In addition to going out to search for supplies, most of the people in the base are riding bicycles and walking. Only some high-level corpse hunters, high-ranking government officials, and army leaders can drive cars, consuming precious fuel resources.

After Shen Xiaodong got out of the car, he took a look around, the poor area was only on the periphery of the county, there was no tall city wall to protect it, there were no houses that could shelter from the wind and rain, and there was no ...... Some are just rudimentary tents, some are just refugees who have taken refuge and gathered, and a large number of survivors are crammed into this small space in the impoverished area, and the stench is so bad that it is like a refugee camp.

After the end of the world, ordinary people want to find a place where they can live in peace, and the Minqing County Survivor Base with the name of the government will accept a large number of survivors every day.

However, there are too many survivors, the base space is limited, and the large amount of food and ammunition consumed, the base is really unable to accept so many survivors, so there are many, without a skill, and the survivors who are not very lucky can only gather on the periphery of Minqing County, relying on the county seat, to reduce the threat of zombies and mutant beasts from the outside world as much as possible.

And this is the origin of the poverty-stricken areas on the periphery of Minqing.

Shen Xiaodong got out of the car, there was no way, Tang Long had to get out of the car.

I saw him covering his nose with his hands, looking at the survivors who seemed to be refugees with disgust: "Captain Shen, wouldn't it be better to go directly to the Special Administrative Region?" What are you doing here? ”

Tang Long was Liu Shaoting's secretary before the end of the world, and he has been following Liu Shaoting since the end of the world, and he is also a high-ranking official in the survivor base in Minqing County, and he has never been to such a refugee camp once. He was filled with disgust for the dirty and smelly survivors.

Shen Xiaodong glanced at Tang Long, but instead gave Tang Long a fourth-order evolution seed: "Secretary Tang, the Qicheng base is building the city wall, and I want to recruit some survivors to repair the wall." Don't know what you see? ”

Tang Long took the fourth-order evolution seed from Shen Xiaodong's hand, changed his previous coldness, and said enthusiastically: "No problem, of course no problem!" Captain Shen, you want to recruit people to repair the city wall, do more tricks. Are there enough people here? It's not enough, I'll help you recruit a little more. ”

The population in the base of Minqing County is extremely large, and a large amount of grain is consumed every day. Tang Long also thought that there were too many survivors, which made the Minqing County base stinky and dirty. In his opinion, these survivors look like they are dying, they have no skills, they don't dare to go out to collect supplies, and they are not beauties, so they really exist like waste. Shen Xiaodong was willing to recruit them to work. Tang Long couldn't ask for it.

And Tang Long is also a thoughtful person, he is good friends with Shen Xiaodong, and he wants to leave an extra way out for himself. In the future, if Shen Xiaodong annexes the base in Minqing County, he will also be able to live a good life with Shen Xiaodong.

Shen Xiaodong instructed Zhou Yi beside him: "Zhou Yi, you take people to recruit those survivors, and recruit two hundred people first. 100 men, 50 women, 50 children. told them that they were going to Qicheng Base to repair the city wall, and they could drink three bowls of porridge and eat two steamed buns every day. ”

Zhou Yi nodded and walked over.

"Recruit me!! Recruit me! I used to be a construction company, and I was the best at building city walls!! ”

"Recruit me! I'm tall and strong, and I have a lot of strength! ”

"Handsome guy, recruit me! Recruit me! Recruit me, and I'll be your man at night! A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl shouted at Zhou Yi.

"At a young age, you know how to seduce men, little sassy hooves, do you have breasts!" Next to the girl was a young woman in her thirties, who was desperately squeezing her breasts, trying to seduce Zhou Yi.

“……”

As soon as Zhou Yi announced the conditions for recruitment, almost all the survivors in the poverty-stricken area, both men and women, surrounded Zhou Yi and shouted loudly. The scene was as hot as when the stock market first opened, and those investors who were eager to buy stocks surrounded the exchange frantically.

A large number of survivors surrounded Zhou Yi, making his work very difficult to carry out.

Zhou Yi shouted loudly: "Quiet! Line up one by one!! ”

"Recruit me!! Recruit me! I have a lot of strength!! ”

“…….”

Zhou Yi's roar didn't have the slightest effect, and those survivors were afraid that they would not be able to be recruited, and they all surrounded Zhou Yi's side and kept begging.

Chinese people have no habit of queuing, and in order to compete for the opportunity to live better, they will naturally fight for their lives and refuse to give in at all.

Facing the surging crowd, Zhou Yi was a little at a loss, he had never dealt with such a scene.

"You're useless!" Shen Xiaodong strode over, looked at the survivors coldly and said, "Give me a warning shot, if anyone dares to cut in line again, they will kill me directly!" One warning, two kills on the spot! Tell them that I don't need people who don't obey orders. ”

Six members of Shen Xiaodong's direct team, who were wearing human-level dinosaur skin soft armor and had evolved to the 4th order evolutionary, stepped forward, pulled out the Colt on their waists, and shot at the bastards that were squeezing the most powerful.

As soon as the shuttle bullet fell, the chaotic crowd suddenly became orderly, and the survivors began to line up honestly.

Shen Xiaodong glanced at those honest survivors and said coldly: "Those who are disobedient will be killed by me." Remember that I want people, but I don't need disobedient people. ”

"I see!" Zhou Yi nodded in response.