Chapter 325: Desert Caravan (3)
Teacher Sang woke up the next day, he didn't know that he was so open in front of two strangers, maybe he could feel that the other party would not plot anything against him, so that he could talk to strangers with confidence in this desert apocalypse, and even stay overnight.
He apologized to the two of them, and had a gaffe for drinking too much yesterday, telling them not to worry about his nonsense, but to live well, and then left.
"Master, what should we do now?" Ling Qi asked, after knowing many things in this world, he felt that it was time to do it.
"We have to climb to the upper echelons of this world in order to obtain more information," Ling Chen said, it is naturally not easy to climb up, relying on gold to buy others, there are also many hidden dangers, although gold is a little valuable, but in the last days, food and water and grass are more valuable, with these can we establish organizations and forces.
"First of all, I will use my spiritual power to find an underground ruin nearby, create a place where water and food can be produced, and then gather people to build a base to gradually attract other people to come, and finally use these people to find out the reason for the desertification of this world" Ling Chen asked.
"Well, what do I need to do?" Ling Qi continued to ask.
"You go around and buy some maps, and make sure that those places are suitable for us to build this underground ruin, preferably close to the trade route," Ling Chen ordered, and Ling Qi went out to work.
Ling Qi walked around the town a few times, and only found a few maps from the old era. Now that the desertification is today, no one has the heart to draw a map for publication, he thought about it. Probably, only those in the caravan have such a map.
"What, you're going to buy a map of the neighborhood?" Teacher Sang was a little embarrassed, this is one of the most valuable treasures of a desert caravan, a map with little danger and clear road signs, it is not sold for a thousand dollars, and only with a map can you travel. And no one will come to publish it.
"I can pay as much gold as you need," Ling Qi said, of course not because of the friendship that had just been established between the two. will give up the task, but will find a way to complete it.
"This is not a matter of gold, I have been working for the Chen family caravan, this is the secret of the caravan. It is impossible to sue others" Mr. Sang also confirmed that these two people had not come out of the ground for a long time. He had heard of some people who had lived underground after the desert had covered the earth, avoiding the wind and sand, and having children at the same time.
After these two people came out, they didn't know about such a situation, which is really not surprising.
"What do you need?" Of course, Ling Qi can use violent methods, but it is very likely that something like a map is memorized, and it is possible that the other party will no longer carry a physical map. Therefore, this risk cannot be taken.
"My grandson had an illness and couldn't get out of bed. I remember that there was a medicine from my time that could be cured, but many people couldn't find it, so if you can get that medicine, I'll tell you about the map around here," Sang said.
"What's the name?" Ling Qi asked again.
"It's called Chloruffartine, it seems to be yes, a drug that specializes in treating nerve problems," Mr. Sang said the name of the drug very skillfully.
"Okay, I'll go check it out for you"
A few hours later, Ling Qi brought a bottle of medicine to Teacher Sang, the other party was very surprised, he could find this medicine in such a short time, he looked at the label, and the pills inside, and felt that it should be right.
He thought for a moment, "Okay, I'll draw a map of the neighborhood, but you can't tell you about the maps that other caravans pass by,"
After Ling Qi got the map, he quickly discussed with Ling Chen about building an underground ruin somewhere.
Ling Chen consumed a huge amount of spiritual power, directly as if transforming the world, and established a complete settlement in the underground that collected water, food manufacturing, and the production of various necessities of life, such a means of cheating, obviously he didn't use it a few times, fortunately, it was a dimensional world, although it was also a science fiction nature, but after all, it was not as restrictive as the origin world, and he also consumed half of the current spiritual power reserves to do this.
The substances constructed by this qiē were all under his absolute control, whether it was a well or a variety of factories, Ling Chen's single thought could make them disappear.
Then they left the ruins, and Ling Qi began to gather men around the town.
"I need someone to work now, the daily salary is XX clear water, XX grain, if you are willing to come, come and sign up"
He was in the small square of the town, talking to a few people. There were two or three hundred people in the town, and most of them were struggling, living on a few wells, and there was not much food to produce, only a small patch of pasture and date groves for food.
"How many days?"
"Temporary, long-term, as long as people are honest and responsible," Ling Qi said. What is the image of the people in the desert apocalypse, he now fully knows, many people are just waiting for death, mixing day by day, there is no hope of life at all, only when the caravan passes by, it can be a little more lively, relying on clean water in exchange for some outside materials, most of the other time, the people here are busy every day, or they are maintaining the grassland to prevent it from being covered by sand and dust, or cleaning up the jujube groves, watering them a little bit to prevent them from drying out.
There is no rain all year round, and when there is occasional rain, it is collected as much as possible to prevent waste.
In the square, the only few people who had free time, listened to Ling Qi's words, looked at each other, it was a strange outsider, they were vigilant, but when they heard the reward, they were very moved, the fixed reward every day, in addition to the package food, can also be brought back, which is very good.
In this era of inaccessible traffic, it is difficult for currency to pass, and gold is not recognized in many cases, only water and dry food can be used as items acceptable to everyone, after all, this town is very small, gold is of little use to them, caravans may only come once a year, only the saved water and dry food can give them the confidence to continue to live.
"What you said is true?" A thin young man, with a little hungry eyes, looked at Ling Qi, he hadn't eaten properly for a few days, he was the only one left in the family, his savings were almost consumed, originally he came out to find something, or to steal some.
"Of course,"
"Then why didn't I see your car, there is no car, where is your water and dry food?" The skinny young man asked.
"If you agree to be hired, just follow me, and soon you will be able to see it, and you will have a good meal when you get to the place," Ling Qi said.
The thin young man looked at Ling Qi's figure, and at first glance, he was a strong and powerful person, he should not lack nutrition, and probably he would not lie to himself.
"And where are you from?"
"We came out of an underground ruin, and now we need to expand our manpower, so we are here to recruit you," Ling Qi did not hide the origin.
"Underground ruins, are you those legendary underground survivors, and there is still so much food and water underground?" The skinny young man asked.
"I don't need to tell you about the quantity, but it's enough for you to eat," Ling Qi said.
"Okay, then I'll take a look"
There were three people in the small square, after the thin young man said it, the other two people were indifferent, maybe they thought that Ling Qi was a liar, or he was pulling people to die, they didn't want to take risks, at least in the town, they could survive.
"What's your name, my name is Chen Wu, hello big brother, what do you call me" Chen Wu said flatteringly.
"It's good if you call Brother Qi," Ling Qi said as he took out a piece of baked cake from the dry food bag around his waist and threw it to him, "Eat some first, you can hurry when you have the strength"
"Thank you, Brother Seven," Chen Wu grabbed it, and then sent it to his mouth, "It's actually a baked cake, such pasta, I haven't eaten it for a long time, it's so delicious,"
He choked and coughed violently.
"Drink saliva," Ling Qi tossed the water bladder again.
"Thank you," Chen Wu took two sips and finally breathed his breath.
"Are you interested?" Ling Qi asked the remaining two again.
The two of them were indifferent and didn't speak, just stared at the baked cake in Chen Wu's hand, and then looked at the bag of dry food on Ling Qi's waist, but then looked at Ling Qi's strong body, they still retreated, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and still didn't speak.
Ling Qi had no choice but to give up, he took Chen Wu and returned to where Ling Chen was.
"Master, there are too few people, there is only such a person in this town," Ling Qi replied.
"Okay, let's arrange a job for him first, you take him to the underground ruins" Ling Chen said, if this time the Yuanmen can make himself a million splits, he can directly sweep the world, where do you need to go so troublesome to find someone.
"Okay" Ling Qi quickly took Chen Wu out, and the two walked for more than thirty miles, and walked for an afternoon before they arrived at the ruins, entered under a manhole cover, and then there was a labyrinth-like group of ruins.
This was all made by Ling Chen, of course Ling Qi was very clear, but apart from him, if the others wanted to come in, unless they violently blew through the wall, they couldn't find the way at all. (To be continued......)