Not long after the big rat on the "motorcycle" set off with a group of rat brothers, a pioneer team of 500 homeless people had been transferred from the temporary shelter to the long-term farm.

About 1,500 people are currently stranded in temporary shelters.

Now that winter has come to an end, the snow is slowly melting and seeping into the soil. They can't stay in a crowded building forever, which is neither safe nor hygienic, especially in the spring, when it can easily become a breeding ground for germs.

Walking in front of the team of displaced people, Jiuli found Luca, who was waiting at the east gate, and shook his hand.

"There was a delay on the road, and it made you wait for a long time."

Luka said mildly.

"It's okay, it's snowing all the way, it's not easy for you to come here, and I'm relieved to see that you arrived safely."

After a brief greeting, Jiuli got straight to the point.

"Where do we start? Here? Or is it somewhere else? ”

Last year, their camp was destroyed by a blizzard at the east gate, and the remains are still visible on the ground.

Old Luca looked at Jiuli and said.

"Your Excellency's orders, your home is at the west gate, and now the priority is to solve the housing problem. The bricks, cement and timber have been delivered to the construction site, and there will be someone to guide you on how to do it. After the house is built, we will assign you the task of spring ploughing. ”

"The land is distributed according to the household, two families set up a household, with 10 acres of land, and for each child in the family, one more acre. Those who are 16 years old and unmarried will be allocated 3 acres according to the capitation, and after starting a family, a new household will be set up and 10 acres of land will be re-allocated. ”

"The ownership of the land belongs to the collective ownership of Changchang Farm, which cannot be transferred or leased, and it is checked once a quarter, and the offender will be expelled from the household registration and the land will be confiscated."

"For the first three years, we will provide you with seeds and fertilizer, and you will only have to hand over half of the harvest to us in return. At the end of the three-year period, the land is not wasted, and the land allocated to the households will be taken care of by you, and you only need to hand over 20% of the harvest, and the rest of the grain will be no problem whether you keep it yourself or sell it to the granary. ”

The homeless people whispered, and all of them had excited expressions on their faces.

"Providing seeds?"

"And fertilizer!"

"I only had to hand over half of the harvest...... It's incredible. ”

Not to mention them, Luca himself thought it was incredible.

In the wasteland, allowing a farmer to keep 20% of his crop is already generous.

However, the managers not only allowed them to keep half of the crop, but even generously offered to provide them with seeds, fertilizer, and professional guidance for the first three years.

"Displaced people are displaced because they are rootless. On the one hand, we need to use the land and work to tie them up with us. ”

"Each household contracts 10 acres of land, and according to the statistics of 500 peasant households, they can cultivate at least 5,000 acres. These 5,000 acres of land can not only provide a good life for more than 500 families, but also provide food rations for thousands of people, so that the other part of the displaced people who stay in the factories can fill their stomachs and develop production. ”

"The remaining 25,000 acres, partly run by collective farms, are mainly cultivated by prisoners of war. The other part is contracted and operated by the residents of the shelter, and the grain produced is purchased by the granary. ”

These are the words of the manager.

Lukka didn't fully understand, but he had a new understanding of the kindness of the Lord.

From the bottom of his heart, he hopes that these hard-working people can live a good life.

Such a benevolent heart is all too rare in the wasteland.

After settling down and handing over the tools and building materials to them, Lukka left the rest of the work to the foreman and the guards, and returned to the farm alone.

In the office, the captain of the guard, Wrench, was waiting for him.

At present, there is a shortage of manpower at Changchang Farm, especially in the logistics area.

In addition to standing guard, the guards occasionally have to communicate with the homeless.

The same is the statement of the manager.

This is expedient, and then there will be reforms.

After all, for the homeless, a crisp black uniform and a large-caliber rifle on their backs are far more convincing at any time than a piece of paper full of words.

Plainly.

Literacy education has only reached the elementary stage, and most people cannot even read a few words, and they cannot remember it at all.

The law is far less important to them than a word from a manager in power armor.

It's more secure than anything else.

At least in Qingquan City, the people of the wasteland recognize this.

"The transport route to the elm district has been restored, and at the moment there is a shortage of capacity and human resources, and we can only guarantee the supply of 500 to 800 logs per day...... This is on the premise of not affecting the work of land reclamation. ”

"The manager said that the reclamation work is the first priority, and I will arrange for someone to handle the wood, and hand it over to me after it is transported to the farm."

Lukka paused for a moment and continued in a serious tone.

"In addition, the brickyard has prioritized the allocation of production capacity to the long-term farm, and we need to build at least 500 houses by the end of the month, and ensure that the three collective dormitories in the farm are completed, and the displaced people in the temporary shelter will be completely transferred here."

Wrench hesitated for a moment.

"Is that a short time enough?"

They also need to prepare for spring ploughing, and I am afraid it will be difficult to free up a lot of manpower.

Luca's answer, however, was unexpected.

"At first, I thought it would be a difficult task, but the diligence of the Vault residents exceeded our expectations...... At present, one-fifth of the tasks undertaken by them have been completed, and the remaining tasks can be completed in a week at most. ”

"The manager said that if the situation is optimistic, they can solve another 10,000 acres of wasteland before the 20th."

"Counting the 10,000 mu of land reclamation tasks undertaken by the prisoners of war, there is no problem at all to complete the 30,000 mu land reclamation tasks before spring ploughing."

"In this way, all the labor saved can be involved in the construction of houses, and the progress of resettlement of displaced people can be accelerated."

As he spoke, Lukka unfolded a picture.

It depicts a brick and wood house, with a boxy shape and an unremarkable appearance, but it has all the designs that should be there.

"This is a terraced house designed by the residents of the shelter, with a 36-square-meter one-square-meter structure and a mixed structure of brick and wood, which requires a small amount of building materials, and the warmth and safety are quite reliable."

The wrench stared at the drawings for a while, and although he didn't understand it too much, he intuitively felt that the bricks and cement used in this kind of house were indeed much less than those brick houses in the farm.

After a long time, he couldn't help but sigh.

"I would like to send my highest respect and gratitude to these honorable people."

Lukka nodded with emotion in the same vein.

"We do have to thank them for giving so much."

War, natural disaster, famine, disease......

Even compared to the hardest days of the past, this year's cold winter is undoubtedly hellish mode.

Without those blue coats, let alone those homeless people from other places, I am afraid that few people in the entire northern suburbs would survive this winter.

This winter, no one died of hunger, and even had a rich New Year.

It's almost unimaginable.

Of course, for Luca himself, his gratitude is much more modest.

If it weren't for the manager's bargaining chip, I am afraid that I would have died at the gunpoint of one of the guards.

He didn't understand too many big truths, and he still didn't understand what the manager said to him, "Stand up and don't kneel."

Lukka knew only one thing, and he saved his life.

That life is his.

……

Night.

The caravan heading for Boulder City settles in an abandoned office building.

They emptied the nibbles from the hall to the hallway and came to the second floor of the office building.

Tie a triprope to the exit of the safe passage, and the caravan guard who was responsible for escorting Qian Lai and the others back to Boulder City walked in front of Xu Shun and Fang Chang and said to the two.

"This is our safe house on the edge of the Fourth Ring Road, where we'll rest for the night and continue our journey after dawn."

His name is Luo Guang, and he has been working for Liszt for five or six years, and he is considered an old employee of the caravan.

The other two guards had been working for two years, the man with the submachine gun on his chest was named Wang Zhong, and the one with the bandage on his right arm was called Kaiya—these were all asked by Fang Chang from Xu Shun.

Before they arrived, they were ambushed by a group of marauders, and the unlucky guy named Kaeya was unfortunately shot in the right arm.

Those goblins hiding in the ruins always emerge by surprise, and they fire without saying a word, without hiding the hope of the red fruit.

Everyone present had a shocked expression on their faces, and only one person had a normal expression on his face, as if nothing was happening.

That person was Fang Chang.

Isn't it common sense in RPGs to run into robbers when you run a business?

The production team tells you to bring a gun, and it will naturally give you a place to use it.

Ji Cao Don't Six.

He didn't think it was strange at all, but felt that the wave of people was too vegetable.

"Safe house?"

Xu Shun glanced around, as well as the mold in the corner of the wall and the fungus blanket formed by mutation every year, and didn't feel where it was safe at all.

Qian Lai, who was standing on the side, grinned and said.

"Don't be nervous, those gnawers don't pop out of the ground, and even if there's a small hatchery on the roof, there's not a whole bunch of them. As long as it is used properly, the gnawers wandering in the corridors will become our cover. ”

There were hundreds of nibbles in the hall on the first floor, but when they came up, they only killed a dozen, and there were still a bunch of them.

If a marauder is planning to sneak up on them, they must be done to clear the way from the hall to the safe passage.

Even if the marauders don't fire a single shot, and the melee executes the gnawers, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground will be heard by the people on the second floor.

As long as you leave a person to stand guard near the exit of the safe passage, you can basically guarantee that nothing goes wrong.

Qian Lai patiently said to the two rookies who had never been far away: "It's dangerous to light an open fire here, I'm afraid we will have to spend the night in the dark, do you bring dry food?" ”

Xu Shun said.

"Brought it."

Qian Lai nodded.

"Well, there's no place for you to make a fire and cook."

The caravansera's dry food was a nutritious paste, and although there were wheat cakes, they were so hard that no one wanted to eat them.

Xu Shun took out the steamed buns covered with heat from his arms, then reached into his backpack and took out the pickles in the jar. Using a knife to cut open the steamed bun, he poured some pickles on top of it, then stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite.

The surrounding caravan guards all looked at him curiously, whispering quietly.

"Why is this bread white?"

"Strange food."

"I've seen ...... at their bazaars But it's expensive to sell, and a lump actually costs 4 chips! ”

Hearing this, the faces of the other two guards showed surprised expressions, and the eyes that looked at Xu Shun also brought a hint of envy, as if they were looking at a local tyrant.

4 chips in one meal!

It's also too luxurious!

Fang Chang ate steamed buns, which was quickly resolved, walked to the window and sat down, he took out the small notebook in his pocket, and took a look at it through the faint moonlight outside.

There are dense small words written on it, all of which he has seen and heard along the way, and he plans to update it to the forum after going offline for a while.

The situation in Cheongsen City is very different from that in the northern suburbs.

Along the way, they were attacked by marauders at least twice.

The first time it was five men, who fired at them with iron rifles, but three were quickly killed, and the remaining two fled.

The second time I came, there were a little more, and I saw a total of twelve, which was the size of a team of ten.

Kaeya, who was sitting against the wall, treated her wounds with alcohol, and whispered a curse.

"These dogs! Bully the soft and fear the hard! ”

Xu Shun looked at him and asked.

"How can there be so many marauders?"

Kaeya muttered, "It's all over the place, in those empty buildings, maybe there are eyes hidden in any window, and the bullets can't hit it don't get in the way of the eyes." Eighty percent of them were eyeing us from the moment we entered the city. ”

Xu Shun suddenly said alertly.

"Then if they come around......"

Kaeya smiled.

"Relax man, not all marauders turn into the Bone Chewing Tribe, just like not all cancer cells end up turning into tumors. At least a third of the marauders, who were mercenaries before, either killed their employers or killed their companions, could not return to Boulder City, and could not muster up the courage to start a new life, and finally simply became robbers. How capable can you expect such a scumbag to be? ”

Wang Zhong, who was sitting on the side, interjected and said: "Our luck is not bad, we meet some small traders, if we do big deals, it is still troublesome." ”

Xu Shun: "...... What do you mean? ”

"That's what it means," Kaeya said with a tweezer to pull out a bullet, shaking it in front of him, baring his teeth, "steel balls, almost 6mm...... Thankfully, if it was buckshot, my arm would be 80% useless. ”

Wang Zhong laughed and teased.

"Isn't that just a mechanical arm."

Kaeya rolled her eyes.

"Come on, I can't afford it."

That kind of expensive equipment is not something that a person like him dares to think.

Liszt and the vast majority of the people here are in temporary employment relationships, and only a few can become core employees and serve the caravan for life - and this is the motivation for them to fight.

Looking at the intermittent subtitles on the VM, Fang Chang thought for a long time, and continued to write a stroke on the small book by the moonlight.

【…… Mercenaries are a very common profession in Boulder City, and most of the people who do this business are poor families. 】

[At the same time, the private armed market, which is seriously oversupplied, has led to an extreme involution in the mercenary industry, and the vast majority of mercenaries must risk their lives to earn a pitiful remuneration to make ends meet, which is also the root cause of chaos in Qingquan City......]

[At least one of them.] 】

I closed the notebook in my hand.

Fang Chang was about to go offline, but for some reason, he suddenly had a faint intuition in his heart.

It's like you've been targeted by something.

Sticking the pen in his pocket, Fang Chang's hand unconsciously touched the mechanical compound bow leaning against the wall.

After awakening, he has 7 points of perception.

Although it is not high for a perceptual player, it is 140% intuitive for the average person.

Coupled with the experience accumulated in battle, his actual perception of danger is not weaker than that of a low-level perceptual system.

Noticing the movement of his hand, Luo Guang cast an inquiring look at him.

"Did you find anything?"

Fang Chang couldn't understand what he was asking, but he could guess by looking at his expression, so he nodded silently.

The three guards and Xu Shun on the side were immediately alert, and they all clenched the weapons in their hands, while Qian Lai hid in a safe place.

He was self-aware of his own combat power, and at the same time believed that these people would be able to take out the marauders without having to do it himself.

Everyone was quietly on guard.

And at this moment, Fang Chang's hand had already moved.

I saw him raise the mechanical compound bow, an explosive arrow buckled on the bowstring, and after a few silent seconds, he shot a clean arrow towards the window across the corridor.

Spanning a distance of dozens of meters, the moment the arrow shot out of the window, it exploded with a burst of fire, and the steel balls sandwiched in the paper shell whizzed and flew wildly, and soon there was a miserable wail outside the window and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.

"Enemy attack!"

"It's a marauder!"

Kaeya chased after the window directly opposite, while the other two watched the hallway and the door to the safe passage.

If you don't take the elevator, that's the only way up.

The marauders downstairs heard the firefight and immediately rushed down from below.

Luo Guang, who was standing at the entrance of the corridor, held a submachine gun in his hand, and fired at the marauders who rushed in, and the two were killed on the spot, and the other was lucky to hide behind the cover and tried to return fire, but before two shots were fired, an arrow was inserted in his forehead, and his pupils fell backwards with dilated.

Xu Shungang was about to shoot, and Fang Chang had already put away the compound bow.

The battle is over.

"There are still three little minions who haven't come up!"

Kaeya, who was standing by the window, set up the rifle in his hand and fired two shots at the fleeing figure, but when he saw that he couldn't shoot, he put the muzzle back and spat on it.

"Damn, let these dogs run away!"

Cautiously approaching the entrance and exit of the safe passage, Luo Guang confirmed that the raiders had retreated, and then squatted down to examine the corpse.

“…… I am afraid that it is the same people we met during the day, and they have been following us all the time. ”

Kaeya couldn't help but curse.

"What are these idiots trying to do?"

Wang Zhong laughed and teased: "Maybe I'm faint from hunger." ”

The crowd let out a few chuckles.

Although there was no danger, it still made everyone tense their nerves.

Luo Guang patted Kaeya on the shoulder.

"There's still some way to go tomorrow, and we'll be in Boulder City by noon. I'll sleep for a while, and then I'll come back in the middle of the night to change your shift. ”

Kaeya gave him a reliable look.

"Alright, sir."

Fang Chang returned to the window and sat down, and after confirming that the crisis was resolved, he calmly glanced at the small notebook, then stuffed it back into his pocket, closed his eyes and brewed sleep, and prepared to go offline.

Xu Shun walked over to Fang Chang and sat down.

Of course, the administrator had told him that while his inhabitants were sleeping, he was to keep a vigil and not let anyone approach.

Luo Guang glanced at Fang Chang, who had his eyes closed, and then at Xu Shun, who was sitting next to him, and asked in a low voice.

"Is he asleep?"

Xu Shun nodded and said.

"Yes."

According to the agreement, Fang Chang would come to change his shift around 3 o'clock in the morning, and he would not wake up during this time.

"Enviable psychological quality," Luo Guang grinned at the corners of his mouth and continued in a low voice, "I just wanted to tell him that those two arrows shot beautifully." ”

Among the mercenaries in Boulder City, if you have a choice, few will use bows and crossbows. After all, the output of this weapon is unstable, and it is much more difficult to maintain than a gun.

Only some Awakened, given their limits, will choose weapons that bring out more of their physical strengths.

However, most of these are also projectile-based.

For example, throwing knives and javelins, as well as grenades, these three are the most common.

Although he is not as wise as the captain Han Long, Luo Guang can already be sure in his heart that this master who has fallen asleep is the awakened one!

Xu Shun nodded and said.

"I'll pass it on when he wakes up."

Luo Guang made a gesture that was okay, then put his hat over his face, leaned against the wall, and snored after a while.

The room fell silent.

As if the previous battle didn't exist.

Xu Shun glanced at VM.

There is no signal when I walk here, and the only thing that can be retrieved is the short-range signal sent from Fang Chang's device.

"The edge of the Fourth Ring Road...... If you can walk to Boulder City tomorrow, you should be stuck right in the middle. ”

Xu Shun muttered in his heart and made a mark on the map.

The area around this area can be used as a transit point for signals, and caravans from the northern suburbs to Boulder City can also settle here.

However, there are marauders around, so you have to be cautious.

……

Nothing was said all night.

In the early morning of the next day, the group continued on the road.

As he got closer and closer to Boulder City, Fang Chang unconsciously quickened his pace, and the excitement in his heart was indescribable.

Boulder City, which has been living in the setting of the official website!

The largest survivor settlement in Kiyosen City!

Soon, he will confirm with his eyes what kind of surprise the game production team has in store for players!

Turning a street corner and standing on a straight twelve-lane viaduct, the excitement on Fang Chang's face was gradually replaced by shock.

A towering wall, twenty stories high, towers like a dam between two towering skyrockets.

The majesty of the giant came to the face.

Even if you are a kilometer away, you can feel it clearly!

"When you see that wall, you see Boulder City. The road ahead will be much easier," Qian Lai's face showed a relieved smile, "Finally, there is a warm mattress to sleep on, you can live in my house, although it is not big, but the environment is definitely much better than the hotel!" ”

Also shocked by the scene in front of him, Xu Shun couldn't help but speak.

"How many tons of cement does this need?"

Qian Lai said with a smile.

"Who knows, and it's not all cement, maybe mixed with some garbage or discarded concrete blocks, in short, some history. This giant wall is mainly to deal with the threat of xenomorphs and the 'Wave', but one thing to say, the Wave has not threatened the corners of Boulder City for a long time. ”

Xu Shun: "Incredible! ”

"It's incredible, but I've heard that this settlement was built in the aftermath of an ideal city...... But the specs are far behind. ”

Speaking of this, Qian Lai, who was squinting into the distance, paused for a moment, and there was a hint of yearning in his eyes when he looked at the giant wall.

"I hope to visit Ideal City one day."

Xu Shun: "...... Ideal City? ”

Qian Lai: "Well, our boss went there once and said it was the closest thing to a pre-war society in the entire wasteland...... Although I bet he didn't know what pre-war society was like. ”

Xu Shun didn't understand very well.

For him, who grew up in the northern suburbs, the pre-war era was a vague concept.

He only heard that the people of that era had endless honey, endless milk, and clean water that could even be drunk and thrown away.

And a series of treasures such as cans and glass bottles that they picked up from the wasteland were garbage that no one wanted at that time, and no one would look at them at all.

On the contrary, it is those daunting high-rise buildings that make them flock to treasures.

Everything about the Age of Prosperity seems to be completely reversed from this era.

Fang Chang didn't care about reading the subtitles anymore at this time, put the headphones given to him by the manager on his ears, and excitedly took a dozen photos of Boulder City.

It's out of range of communication, and the photos can't be sent back, but that's okay.

He can be stored in the VM's album first!

After all, this was an opportunity he had exchanged for 250 silver coins, and it couldn't be wasted.

When he gets back, he'll have to take these photos and make a good article!

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(It's a little late.,It's convenient to pick up the plot later.,Help me catch it if there's a typo.,I read both sides.,I really didn't find it and there's no way.,I'll have a meal first and then write tomorrow's update.。 Brothers, if you have a ticket, I hope to support it, I hope this point is not too late to ask for a vote QAQ)