As Miss Bella said, the situation in the city of Mammoth City is completely different from the "concession" of the Silvermoon Cultists, and it can even be said that there are two distinct worlds.

The latter has beautiful marble buildings and clean streets, and most of the pedestrians on the streets are well-dressed, almost indistinguishable from the Silver Moon Bay next door.

The former, however, is a mess all over the place, not to mention stone buildings, and there is nothing that can be called a street.

Most of the dirt roads were trodden by footprints, and only two open drainage ditches were dug on the side of the road.

On either side of the road are makeshift shacks made of wood, branches, or plastic sheets.

Locals call them terraced houses, and two or three families can often be crammed into a row house, so crowded that there is no place to put their feet, but they still have to be squeezed in.

After all, many families here are like the slums of the Nyhaq period in the Golden Gallen Harbor, and the family can't get together two clothes, and they can't always stand naked on the street.

As for the privacy between several families, they can only make a partition in the terraced house.

In addition, there are hardly any young men to be seen here.

The local young adults either went to serve as soldiers, or went to help in nearby factories or concessions, or they got on a labor export ship and went to the rebuilding North Island.

As for the old and weak women and children who remained, those who had clothes to wear sat at the door to work, and those who had no clothes to wear sat at home in a daze, waiting for the soup kitchen to start eating.

If you want to talk about bitterness, the people here are indeed bitter, but the authorities did not let them eat the soil, and still gave them some of the little food left.

After all, the authorities still need their men to do their jobs.

Sisi didn't go in to look at it, because the size of the flesh was really inconvenient, and he was afraid of scaring the people here, so he just glanced at the slum with no end in sight from a distance.

Rows of wooden planks stand next to the relief points, with scrawled slogans such as "Every family, every family, every family has enough."

“…… It's literally treating people like goods. Flesh's heart was faintly touched, and he couldn't help muttering.

She is a straightforward person, and she always says whatever she has, but she doesn't hide it in her heart.

She thought that Lassi might be a good person just now, but now she didn't think he was a good thing.

Sisi thought for a while and said.

“…… It's hard to say whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, but they have something to eat. ”

Bella didn't seem to want them to stay here longer, no one liked to be uncovered, so she hurriedly said.

"There's no road ahead, I'll take you to other places."

Sisi nodded.

"Well, I'm sorry for you."

The group returned to the main road and walked towards an industrial area near the sea.

This is probably one of the smoothest places in the whole of Mammoth City, where the reconstruction has begun, outside of the leased parish.

In particular, the Liszt Group factory and the surrounding area have almost no signs of disaster.

The tall factory sits on high ground on the seafront of Mammoth City, and a wide concrete road is closely connected to the port area, and there is also a railway line that has been opened to traffic.

Large and small processing plants and workshops surround the central factory building and stretch along the only road in the direction of the railway station.

Most of this is Liszt's industry, but some of it is done by the locals themselves, especially hardware and equipment, machinery repair, and even arms production.

Tail and Flesh were even surprised to find that there was a scrapped Conqueror 10 tank parked here!

"I'm giao! Tanks of the Legion! ”

"Good fellow...... Is this seized? ”

Looking at the yelling tail and flesh, Sisi said thoughtfully.

"Ninety percent of them were captured, and the legion wouldn't sell arms here...... I don't think the authorities have much dinars in foreign exchange reserves, which is not cheap. ”

The entire tank body structure is basically intact, except for two broken tracks.

It was clear that the tank had been stripped of its tracks at the front line, and the Imperial crew had abandoned the vehicle and fled, and then it was dragged back from the front by the partisans.

Two mechanics in exoskeletons were surrounding the tank, and next to it stood an officer of no lower rank, seemingly wondering how to fix it.

Although the layout of this area is somewhat sloppy, it already has some rudimentary forms of industrial areas.

On the periphery of the industrial zone, there are rows of "corn buildings" full of league flavor.

These prefabricated concrete slabs are arguably the most "luxurious" buildings in the area.

The locals were impressed not only by the sturdy roof, but also by the "extravagant" supporting facilities.

In addition to the smoothed concrete roads, every few buildings are equipped with boiler rooms, collective baths, communal canteens, and literacy schools for children during the day and adults at night.

The configuration here is completely copied from the dormitory building in the Boulder City Industrial Zone, and some local improvements have been made to the original one.

For example, the winter in Mammoth State is not as cold as in the River Valley Province, and the weather in December only requires a coat, so the dormitory building is not equipped with radiators, and the boiler room only boils bath water.

The workers who live here are the "upstarts" of Mammoth City.

To be able to get a job at the Liszt factory, even if it's just chopping vegetables in the staff cafeteria or working as a sorter on the assembly line, can be considered a decent person in the whole of Mammoth City.

Although the authorities have also spent money to build a number of affordable housing in the city, the supporting facilities are still much worse than the staff dormitories of the Liszt factory.

It is no exaggeration to say that the workers lived in even better places than the Resistance officers, not to mention the vast majority of the city's civilians who still lived in row huts and ate relief porridge.

I am afraid that Liszt himself did not expect that he would become a good man in the eyes of the locals here, after being regarded as a "flood beast" by the workers' union in the alliance.

The locals did not hesitate to praise him, and it was even rumored that if anyone could produce a worker who went to work in Liszt's factory, it would be a green smoke from his ancestors!

It is precisely for this reason that when Bella came here with Tail and introduced the situation here, the envy between the eyebrows could not be hidden.

“…… The entire site was Mr. Liszt's factory, and more than 10,000 people worked directly or indirectly for him. He introduced production lines for steel, aluminum, and solid-state hydrogen batteries to our settlement, but the only products available here are hydrogen ejectors, high-pressure storage tanks, and fuel electrodes. ”

Sisi glanced at the majestic factory and said with heartfelt emotion.

"You don't have any industrial facilities, so it's good to be able to produce these."

Recently, the electrification process of the alliance has been promoted from household appliances such as TVs, refrigerators, and air conditioners to the private car industry, and the South China Sea Alliance plans to rebuild large-scale ocean current power stations, both small and large-scale energy storage equipment have extremely strong demand.

Hydrogen ejectors, high-pressure storage tanks, and fuel electrodes are all key components of solid-state hydrogen batteries, and the latter is very marketable in both the alliance and the South China Sea alliance.

In particular, the Lister Group itself operates industries such as exoskeletons and new energy vehicles, and as long as the quality of the products produced is up to standard, there is no need to worry about no sales.

It can be seen that Liszt is indeed very optimistic about this market, otherwise he would not have put such a key thing here to produce.

"Indeed, the foundation here is so bad, thanks to that gentleman's help, we have been able to get to where we are today," Bella nodded, her eyes clearly grateful, and continued with a few treasures, "Before he came here, there wasn't a single factory in the entire Mammoth City. Now we not only have coal power stations, railways, roads, steel mills and aluminium factories, but also some export products. ”

"I heard that the monthly output value of this factory has reached 10 million silver coins, and the production capacity is still growing!"

"If this trend continues, it will grow to 30 million next year, which will be 300 million in our own currency! Mammoth State can get rid of poverty and become rich all thanks to it! ”

Looking at the radiant girl, Sisi couldn't help but smile.

"Don't be too presumptuous, the most we can do is bring some fire, and it's up to you to make it up. If one day you succeed in becoming rich, it will not only be because of our help, but also because of your own hard work. ”

In the process, the alliance is of course also profitable, after all, prosperity is something that will promote each other.

For example, the alliance and the South China Sea alliance.

Before entering Baiyue Province, the alliance's "Cockroach" engineering armor could only engage in shore engineering, but after absorbing the seabed construction technology in the southern sea and contracting the submarine freshwater pipeline project, it immediately evolved a series of models such as "crab type" and "king crab".

Nowadays, whether it is the coast of the Baiyue Strait or the islands in the southern seas, development is like a rocket.

Not to mention the earlier province of Luoxia, where the Union's fertilizers and seeds, as well as agricultural machinery, more than doubled food production. Not only did the residents of Luoxia Province live a better life, but the residents of River Valley Province also had a full meal.

If Mammoth and the entire province of Borneo, like the Golden Gallen Harbor, were to join the ranks of civilization, it would be a great benefit to both the locals and the Alliance itself.

If all the survivors of the wasteland are united, this era of suffering and death will surely come to an end.

Hopefully that day won't be too far away......

……

For a whole day, Si Si and Tail and the group were in the vicinity of the industrial area of Mammoth Continent.

In general, it is a thriving market, and many factories have the potential to grow bigger, but they lack the technology and capital, and the latter happens to be the least lacking in the alliance right now.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if you buy a few pieces of land here, you will definitely not lose money if you develop it into real estate and wait for appreciation.

The crowd walked until the sun went down before returning to the parish inn.

The trip was very rewarding.

The only regret is that until the end, the tail and flesh did not see the mammoth they had been thinking about......

As the night deepened, only the parish was lit up along the entire coastline.

And one of these lights belongs to the office of the General Administration of Customs.

Even though it was already time to get off work, Aki didn't leave here, but paced back and forth in front of her desk.

After waiting for a long time, he finally waited for the phone on the table to ring, hurriedly walked over and grabbed the receiver, and asked in a hurry without waiting for the other side to speak.

"How's it going? Are the guests from the Alliance still satisfied? ”

All day today, he was worried about this matter, for fear that something would go wrong.

The voice of answer soon came from the other end of the phone, and Bella, who was standing in the post office phone booth, reported meticulously.

“…… In general, they are quite satisfied, their evaluation of us is above neutral, and they are also very interested in the development potential of the local area. I heard from the lady named Sisi that they are going to invest in opening a branch with us to help us with the financial reform. ”

When Yaxi heard this, an expression of ecstasy suddenly appeared on his face, and he clenched his fists excitedly.

"Great!"

Although the influence of the White Bear Knights is far less than that of Baiyue Company, it is still a large bank.

It started in the fortress of Petra during the war in the province of Luoxia, and later established itself in Silvermoon Bay, and developed overseas along the trade routes of the Alliance, covering the coast of the Borneo Sea and even the southern seas, incubating many promising enterprises and merchant groups.

If the White Bear Knights Bank can be attracted here, it will be no less significant than successfully attracting another Liszt Group!

Listening to the surprise sound on the other end of the phone, Bella was silent for a while and continued to report.

"Also, there's one more thing. Although I advised them not to leave the parish as much as possible, they went to the nearby city. I couldn't refuse, so I took them on a tour of the industrial area and the nearby residential areas...... But on the way, they were able to see what was going on in the slums. ”

The slums of Mammoth City are like an ugly scar, and it is impossible for anyone to have any good feelings about the authorities after seeing them.

Although the authorities have made some efforts, it is not a problem that can be solved in a short time.

Hearing that the distinguished guests of the alliance had gone there, Yahi suddenly became nervous and asked cautiously.

"Did they say anything?"

Bella carefully recalled the previous events, then shook her head and said.

"Not really."

Actually, it wasn't that there was no at all, but they were speaking in a language she didn't understand, so she didn't understand what they were saying.

Yahi, who was standing at his desk, fell silent and finally let out a long sigh.

“…… We can only hope that they can understand our plight. ”

He could feel that the purpose of these distinguished guests coming to Mammoth City was not only a simple business inspection, but also with the tasks assigned by the alliance managers, such as researching whether the Mammoth State authorities were worthy of the alliance's investment.

It's hard to say, but the support of the alliance is so important to them.

He hoped that they would give a letter, even if it was a negative evaluation, he would be able to explain and explain, and he would be able to refer to the opinions to make changes.

Not a word, this is what worries him the most.

"Is there anything they don't like? Like complaining about something or something...... Whatever it is, tell me everything! ”

Bella paused, hesitated for a moment, and then said in an uncertain tone.

"Uh...... The lady named Tail seemed to regret not seeing the mammoth, as if that was all there was to it. ”

Can this be considered a complaint?

Just as she was confused, Ashie slapped her desk hard.

"Quick! Contact the Mammoth City militia and ask them to go to the north bank of the Tasan River to catch one - no, catch two and give it to them! I want a male and a female! ”

Hearing this vexatious order, Bella was stunned, and her mouth was wide open and froze in place.

"Send it, send two mammoths?"

Does this guy know how big that thing is?

However, Yahi didn't care, and said in a heartfelt voice.

"It's a necessary investment! Also for the future of Mammoth City! Do as I say, and you must not let the distinguished guests of the alliance leave regrets! ”

Seeing that this guy was not joking, Bella could only restrain her confused expression and cheer up her spirits.

"Yes!"

……

At the same time, on the border of Mammoth State, inside the military tent of the Imperial Gray Wolf Army.

General Alayan, who served as the commander-in-chief of the Gray Wolf Army, was looking at the list sent by the logistics officer, and his two thick eyebrows gradually twisted into two clumps of centipedes.

The logistics officer standing in front of him didn't dare to take a breath, so he could only stand there trembling.

However, what should come will come after all.

A sharp gaze shot at him, and Alayan slapped the list in his hand on the command table with a snap, staring at the logistics officer aggressively.

"What about tanks? Why hasn't the Conqueror 10 tank I wanted delivered yet? This batch of logistics supplies is full of light weapons and dry food! ”

When the logistics officer heard this, he was bitter in his heart, and quickly explained with a bitter face.

"Your Excellency, don't you know...... Recently, there was a sudden dispute between the Alliance and the Legion, and the Alliance withheld the arms that had promised to help the Legion send to the Falcon Kingdom. ”

Aryan was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his mouth was open for a long time.

"Weapons of the Legion...... Withheld by the Alliance? ”

The amount of information in this statement was too large, and he didn't understand it for a while.

How did the Legion's weapons end up with the Alliance? And it has to go through the alliance to get to him.

The problems caused by the information blockage were here, and he was on the front lines with no idea what agreement the Empire had reached with the Legion, nor what the Legion and the Alliance were arguing about at the Adhesive Community conference.

He had a faint feeling in his heart that he was like a chess piece, caught between two fists.

Not even him, but Lassi standing across from him.

They have been drawn into a new game from a pending victory.

His instincts told him that this war might not end so easily......

The logistics officer sighed and said helplessly.

"That's all I know...... Don't say it's you, Your Majesty is also in a hurry now, but we can't rush this matter. According to the Legion, if the Coalition knows that the arms have been transported here in a big circle, things will get troublesome. ”

In fact, he didn't need to be so polite with this Alayan. If it had been before, the latter would have said good things to his snort.

However, what is helpless is that now the local forces are becoming more and more disobedient, and the only thing that Tiandu can rely on is this central army that is suppressing bandits on the border.

Now that Alayan is in full swing in Xilan's court, both the emperor and the dukes and marquises regard him as a lifesaver.

Looking at the helpless logistics officer, Alayan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"So what now? Those rebels are holding the equipment of the alliance, and the defense line is like an iron bucket, and we can't fight without the support of heavy equipment! Even a strong attack will only send the soldiers to death in vain! ”

The logistics officer's eyes wandered for a while, and he hesitated for a moment and said.

"Not really...... It is not impossible for the offensive on the front to be slowed down. The message from the Legion is that they will find a way to solve the problem and let us calm down. ”

If the Coalition can't find the evidence they are looking for, they will eventually have to fulfill the contract and release the seized arms.

And even if they found evidence, it would be impossible to confiscate those arms, at most they would send them back to the Weifu Wasteland and let the legions solve it themselves.

It's not that the legion is without ships, and the equipment will still be delivered here sooner or later, but it will have to be delayed for a while...... At least that's what the Willantes told them.

"......Slow down," Alayan sneered, "Slow down, the rebels' railways will be repaired to the front line!" ”

I don't know where the poor guys got all this steel and cement.

The spies he sent into Mammoth City to find out the information so far have not found out why, but he has heard that some of the ships carrying building materials are from the port of Golden Gallen, and some are from the southern seas.

"If not...... It's okay like this," the logistics officer gritted his teeth and finally took out the last card, "Before leaving, His Majesty instructed me that if the battle situation is really difficult, the general can recruit troops and horses in the Mazhou and Bird Prefecture areas by himself. ”

Hearing this, Alayyan's eyes narrowed and stared at the logistics officer.

"Is this really what Your Majesty said?"

Sweating coldly from the gaze, the logistics officer said tremblingly.

"It's true! How dare I fool you about such a thing? ”

Alayan stared at him expressionlessly.

"Is there any paperwork to do so?"

The logistics officer hurriedly shook his head.

"No...... His Majesty only verbally instructed me. ”

Alayan stared at him meaningfully, then at the list in his hand.

No wonder so many rifles were sent, it turned out to be this meaning......

"I see, you go down."

"Yes, sir!" The logistics officer finally breathed a sigh of relief and respectfully retired.

Watching the logistics officer leave, Gopal, who had not spoken, looked at Alayan.

"Isn't it a good thing that Your Majesty allows you to recruit troops locally? Why is the general so sad. ”

"A good thing?"

A trace of complicated emotions appeared in Alayyan's eyes, and he said lightly after a moment.

"Can't you see that...... When this battle is over, we will be outcasts. ”

There is no document, only a verbal will, and when the time comes, it is a matter of whether His Majesty recognizes it or not.

If you admit it, it's fine.

If you don't admit it, even if you say it in a small way, it will drive the people to the front line to be cannon fodder.

And if His Majesty wants to dig deeper, it will be a capital crime of rebellion.

If you don't do it, you will have to trouble your family.

Seeing the concern in Alayyan's eyes, Gopal only smiled faintly.

"Whether it is an abandoned child or not, it is always in our hands that the soldiers are in our hands."

Alayyan's eyes narrowed, and there was a hint of danger in his gaze at Gopal.

"What do you want to do?"

Gopal continued without changing his face.

"The wolf people will not follow you, after all, their relatives are in the wolf state, but the horse people and bird people may not. In my opinion, you should not only obey the order, but also obey the order fiercely, but instead of using those horse people and bird people as cannon fodder, you should in turn cultivate a descendant who is truly loyal to you-"

"Enough! Say no more! Alayan interrupted him with an angry scold.

Gopal, who was interrupted, was not angry, but bowed respectfully.

"I'm just giving you a suggestion......"

"The empire is going to be in chaos, and good people can't live long in troubled times."

After saying that, he left Alayan, whose face was full of uncertainty, and turned around and left the military tent alone.

While the Empire's gray wolves were stalled due to a lack of heavy equipment to support them, the opposing Luna Resistance was busy sending men across the river overnight to catch mammoths.

Obviously, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and the authorities of Mammoth State, which is beautiful on the surface, are not having a good time.

At the same time, new changes are brewing in the wasteland.

The next day, as soon as the sun rose over the sea level in the southern seas, the Alliance's Conch submarine surfaced in the waters near Coral City.

At this time, a small transport plane from Ideal City flew far away and slowly landed on the tarmac on the deck of the Conch.

It was a model that Chu Guang had never seen, and it looked a bit like the viper of the alliance, and it was a new thing made by the company, and it was copied from the alliance.

But in fact, it doesn't matter, Chu Guang is very open-minded.

After all, the alliance did not lack the wool of the enterprise, and the engine of the "Overlord" transport plane was simply fished from the "killer whale" transport plane, so it was not a big deal to exchange gifts.

And what made Chu Guang quite relieved was that the dead houses in Ideal City had finally opened up recently.

The board of directors of the company must have finally realized that they are part of the wasteland, and that there are really crazy people who have made things bigger, and they will eventually have to come forward to clean up the mess.

That's exactly what happened to the Torch Church.

If they had intervened in the crisis of Singularity City early, things would have gone far beyond the situation that would have gotten out of control later.

Based on the reflection on their own problems, they have recently become more and more active in participating in the affairs of the wasteland, and various long-range, ultra-high-speed aircraft have sprung up like mushrooms.

Soon, a middle-aged man in a formal suit stepped out of the hatch.

With a sunny smile on his face, he stretched out his right hand towards Chu Guang, who was standing next to the tarmac, from afar.

"Dear Mr. Manager, it's a pleasure for us to meet again!"

(End of chapter)