Chapter 346: The identity of the white-robed old man
The reason why Shen Chao is so adamant about the free movement of personnel is also because they need the human resources of these settlements very much now, especially after learning about the average combat ability of the survivors.
When Jonathan went to deliver the word before, he simply assessed the combat ability of the people in each settlement, and evaluated the organization and cooperation, equipment and tactical level.
By the time he returned with his guests, he had a general idea of the overall combat effectiveness of the survivors in the vicinity. And when the guests were blocked downstairs to eat before, he reported his assessment to Shen Chao in this part.
According to his observations, the combat literacy of these survivors who have survived to the present is generally high, and the harsh living environment makes these survivors physically energetic and very tacitly cooperative.
In particular, all of them should seem to be quite good at urban warfare, and their combined combat effectiveness is no less than that of the same number of mainstream professional armies. There are also a large number of people of appropriate age to join the army, which is very suitable for recruitment as soldiers.
In addition to assessing the combat abilities of the survivors, he also pointed out several doubts that he had not figured out, such as the white-robed old man whose background identity should have a secret.
He's a former first-class field agent from the main plane, and he's noticed a lot of visions before, but he hasn't figured out the cause yet.
After the report was done, he left to enjoy his dinner and take a break. In the next few days, he, like the rest of the team, still has a lot of tasks to do.
There are now only a dozen expedition members in the entire city of Dubai, and the vast majority of soldiers and Category A members are on missions, conducting various types of investigations and interference operations in all corners of the planet in this plane.
"But how are we going to live when we move in?" Our supplies are concentrated in our respective bases, so we can't rely on your supplies all the time after we came, right? Back to the moment, the white-robed old man asked cautiously after listening to Shen Chao's conditions.
The others were still thinking about a series of policies and legal provisions announced by Shen Chao just now, and only this old man was not surrounded by these terms. I asked the most critical question at the moment.
You must know that the reason why the survivor settlements in the vicinity of hundreds of kilometers can be dispersed into so many and not into one super large settlement is definitely not because of traffic factors or differences in the concept of gods and horses. Rather, it is because of the shortage of materials and safety considerations.
Every city's resources are limited. And the channels of entry and exit are limited. Large settlements have a hard time safely entering the city and scavenging enough resources in a limited amount of time.
Moreover, the scale of their gathering is also very easy to be detected and besieged by mutants. Only settlements scattered into smaller scales can remain mobile and hidden.
A settlement of a few hundred people can organize enough people to collect supplies effectively in the city. Moreover, when gathered in the barren area outside the city, it is not easy to be detected and besieged by mutants.
If it weren't for these reasons, with the prestige and ability of the white-robed old man, he would not be managing a settlement of less than 1,000 people at this time, but a large settlement of at least tens of thousands of people.
"It's not a problem. Once I've received enough recruits and trained them, the Reconstruction Committee will send them out to clear the crop belts. ”
"If you go lì." We can clear all the mutants in these areas within a month and make sure that no new mutants appear in the territory. When the time comes, we can arrange personnel to develop in these places......"
Shen Chao said and made the scale on the hologram smaller, so that the flat map became a globe again, and then pointed out several locations on the earth that had been marked for large-scale cultivation and introduced.
He was referring to the two river basins in Egypt, the Yellow River valley in the Celestial Empire, and the Mississippi River Agricultural Belt in the United States. Although they have not yet started to clean up these areas, they have already made a plan to clean them up.
It is expected that they only need to organize an army of a few thousand men equipped with Mass Effect weaponry to clear these areas one by one.
After the cleanup is complete. They expect to have at least a million men available under their rule, and when the time comes, they will only need to pick out a group of pre-crisis agricultural experts from among them.
Then, a group of agricultural workers from among the survivors was assembled. Then they can be arranged to go to these fertile areas to grow crops and restore agriculture. And gradually restore other industries and eliminate the mutants of the world.
Hear what he says about this prospect. After a while, everyone basically believed it, after all, the level of technology here seemed to be at the level of the Zenith, and there was a perfect plan.
In this way, there is nothing unacceptable about the conditions proposed by Shen Chao, and it seems that the relocation of the Ju clan is their best choice.
With this in mind, more than 30 settlement leaders expressed their willingness to move their families here, and accepted the arrangement of the reconstruction committee.
"Then it's settled. Tonight, you can spend the night in the city, I have arranged a room for you, and tomorrow, I will send you back to ......" Shen Chao concluded after confirming that everyone accepted his resettlement plan.
He promised to send some drones and unarmed security planes with them when they returned tomorrow to "help" them move their families to Dubai City.
Drones can be responsible for their safety on the road as they migrate, warning and killing mutants who attack them. The security planes of the minority used to act as humanoid liaisons. Coordinate the transportation of their personnel and materials.
After all, there are still many mutants in the nearby 500-kilometer Kongzhì area that have not yet been cleaned up, and the road is not completely safe. With these arrangements in place, they will be able to receive these human resources safely and quickly as quickly as possible.
In this way, after Shen Chao took over the topic, it only took a few minutes to complete the "negotiation" or order issuance ceremony, so that these people in front of him accepted all the conditions he offered.
Now it's time to drop off the guests. He motioned for Dr. Neville to take the others out of here and arrange for them to spend the night in a hotel in the city. Not all guests can leave now, though.
"Wait, this gentleman, please stay. When sending the others away, Shen Chao suddenly said that he left the white-robed old man who was about to leave with the crowd.
Just now when he was "negotiating", he remembered the identity of the person in front of him. However, because the situation is a bit too strange, I want to have a few private conversations with the old man after the negotiation is completed, so as to confirm my guess.
When Dr. Neville introduced his vaccine before, Shen Chao felt that the old man in front of him was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.
He only noticed this, and whenever the other settlement leaders were exchanging ideas or asking Dr. Neville questions, they would look at the old man, consciously or unconsciously.
The eye contact was clearly waiting for the old man to make a statement or hint. The others basically looked at this old man with a horse's head.
It can be seen that this old man should be a very important figure in the nearby survivor organization, and even the actual general leader. "Maybe it's a former high-ranking government official or something?" He guessed.
Such speculations reached a peak when he himself took over the speaker's position, and at last, he found sporadic impressions of the old man in the corners of his memory.
Soon, the others followed Dr. Neville down the elevator, and before leaving, they all looked at the old man who was left by Shen Chao, but no one said anything about leaking the identity information of the old man, which confirmed Shen Chao's thoughts even more.
"Please be seated, Your Majesty!" Or should I call you the crown prince? Shen Chao pointed to the sofa in front of him and invited, he deliberately lengthened the second half of the sentence, and carefully observed the other party's reaction.
Sure enough, as he expected, the old man's body stiffened after hearing the second half of his words, and he stood up straight again when he was about to sit down. There was also a very brief expression of surprise on his face.
That's right, his reaction like this has confirmed Shen Chao's guess. The old man in front of him was the person he guessed.
"I... Yes, I am Muhammad. Root. Rahim. Marcoton. The old man smiled bitterly, and finally raised his head and admitted that the other party had already called him by his title, and it was really unnecessary to continue to hide it.
He is the sixth descendant of the Maktong family, a legendary family that has ruled Dubai for the past 150 years. It is one of the largest and wealthiest families in the Middle East.
Therefore, this old man is the actual owner of this building at Shen Chao's feet and the country where Zài was stored before. Former Prime Minister and Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates. The undisputed supreme ruler of the land.
What's more, the old man is also the main reason for the existence of Dubai today, and during his tenure in the management of Dubai, the erudite sheikh changed his previous national development strategy.
He changed the UAE's economic model, which relied on oil exports for foreign investment, and experimented with a number of new development options on the land, turning it into a world-famous tourist city.
It can be said that a large part of Dubai's brilliant development achievements since the 80s of the last century rely on the unique development vision of this old man.
Without him, there would be no famous "seven-star" Burj Al Arab Dubai, Palm Island, World Island and the world's tallest building beneath their feet.
The reason why these incredible modern architectural wonders can appear in this formerly small desert city is mainly because of the tireless promotion of this old man over the past 30 years.
"Sit down, don't be afraid, I didn't mean anything bad to keep you." Shen Chao looked at the worried expression of the old man in front of him and persuaded him that he really didn't mean to hurt the old man in front of him, although the identity of this old man made his current occupation of Dubai seem "a little" unjustifiable. (To be continued.) )