Chapter 809 Good People Will Not Survive Long in Troubled Times (1/2)

As Miss Bella said, the situation in the urban area of ​​Mammoth City is completely different from the "concession" of the Silver Moon Sect. It can even be said that they are two distinct worlds.

The latter has beautiful marble buildings and clean streets. Most of the pedestrians on the streets are well-dressed, which is almost the same as the Silver Moon Bay next door.

However, the former is in a mess. Not to mention the stone buildings, there is nothing that can be called a street.

Most of the dirt roads are made by people's footprints, and there are only two open-air drainage ditches on the roadside.

On both sides of the road are temporary shacks made of wood, branches or plastic boards.

The locals call it a row house. Two or three families can often be squeezed into a row house. It is so crowded that there is no place to step, but they still have to squeeze in.

After all, many families here are like the slums in the Nihak period of Jingalon Port. A family can't get two pieces of clothes together, and they can't stand naked on the street.

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

In addition, there are almost no young men here.

The local young and strong men either joined the army, went to nearby factories or concessions to help, or boarded labor export ships to the reconstruction of Beidao.

As for the old, weak, women and children who stayed behind, 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 relief point to serve porridge.

To say that it was hard, the people here were indeed hard, but the authorities did not let them eat dirt, but still gave them some of the remaining food.

After all, the authorities still needed their men to work hard.

Sisi did not go in to see, because Rourou's size was really inconvenient, and she was afraid of scaring the people here, so she just took a look at the endless slums from a distance.

Next to the relief point, there were rows of wooden boards with some scribbled slogans on them, such as "Every family contributes one person, and every family is full."

"...This is simply treating people as goods." Rourou's heart was slightly touched, and she couldn't help muttering.

She is a straightforward person, always saying what she thinks, and never hiding it in her heart.

Just now she thought Laxi might be a good person, but now she feels that he is not a good person.

Sis thought for a while and said.

"...It is hard to judge whether it is a good thing or a bad thing to change from livestock to goods, but at least they have food to eat."

Bella didn't seem to want them to stay here for too long, no one likes to have their scars exposed, so she said quickly.

"There is no road ahead, I will take you to see other places."

Sis nodded.

"Well, thank you."

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

This is probably one of the places where the reconstruction work in the entire Mammoth City is carried out most smoothly, except for the leased parish.

Especially the factory of Lister Group and the surrounding area, there are almost no signs of disaster.

The tall factory building is located on a higher ground near the sea in Mammoth City. A wide cement road is closely connected to the port area, and there is also a railway transportation line that has been opened to traffic next to it.

Large and small processing plants and workshops surround the factory building in the center, extending along the only road towards the train station.

Most of them are Lister's industries, but some are also done by locals, especially hardware, machinery repair and even arms production.

Tail and Rourou were even surprised to find that there was a scrapped Conqueror No. 10 tank parked here!

"My giao! The tank of the legion!"

"Good guy... Is this captured?"

Looking at Tail and Rourou who were shouting, Sisi said thoughtfully.

"Ninety percent of it is captured, the legion will not sell arms here... I guess the authorities don't have much dinar in foreign exchange reserves, this thing is not cheap."

The entire tank body structure is basically intact, only two tracks are broken.

It is obvious that the track of this tank was broken on the front line, and the crew of the Empire abandoned the car and fled, and then was dragged back from the front line by the guerrillas.

Two repairmen wearing exoskeletons were standing next to the tank, and there was an officer of high rank standing next to them, seemingly thinking about how to repair this thing together.

Although the layout of this area was a bit sloppy, it already had some prototypes of an industrial zone.

And on the periphery of the industrial zone, there were rows of "corn buildings" with a strong sense of alliance.

These houses made of prefabricated concrete panels can be regarded as the most "luxurious" buildings in this area.

What impressed the locals was not only the solid roof, but also the "luxurious" supporting facilities.

In addition to the polished cement road, every few buildings were equipped with boiler rooms, collective bathrooms, public canteens, and literacy schools that taught children during the day and adults at night.

The configuration here was completely copied from the dormitory building in the Boulder City Industrial Zone, and some improvements were made to suit local conditions on the original basis.

For example, the winter in Mammoth State is not as cold as that in the Valley Province, and the weather in December only requires an extra coat, so there are no radiators installed in the dormitory building, and the boiler room only boils bath water.

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

If you can get a job at the Lister Factory, even if it's just cutting vegetables in the employee canteen or working as a sorter on the assembly line, you can be considered a respectable person in the entire Mammoth City.

Although the authorities have also spent money to build a number of affordable housing in the city, the supporting facilities are still far inferior to the employee dormitories of the Lister Factory.

It is no exaggeration to say that the place where these workers live is even better than that of the officers of the Resistance Army, not to mention the vast majority of civilians in the city who still live in row houses and eat relief porridge.

I'm afraid Liszt himself didn't expect that he, who was regarded as a "savage beast" by the Workers' Union in the Alliance, would actually become a good person in the eyes of the locals here.

The locals praised him without hesitation, and there was even a rumor that if someone's family could have a worker who worked in Liszt's factory, his ancestors would be in trouble!

It is precisely because of this that when Bella came here with Tails and the others and introduced the situation here, she could not hide the envy between her eyebrows.

"...This entire factory area is Mr. List's factory, with a total of more than 10,000 people working directly or indirectly for him. He has introduced production lines for steel, aluminum and solid-state hydrogen batteries to our settlement, but currently The only products available here are hydrogen ejector, high-pressure storage tank and fuel electrode.”

Sisi glanced at the majestic factory building and said with sincere emotion.

"You don't have any industrial supporting facilities. It's already great to be able to produce these."

Recently, the alliance's electrification process has advanced from household appliances such as TVs, refrigerators and air conditioners to the private car industry. The South China Sea Alliance plans to rebuild large-scale ocean current power stations. There is extremely strong demand for both small and large energy storage equipment.

Hydrogen ejector, high-pressure storage tank, and fuel electrode are all key parts of solid-state hydrogen batteries, and the latter has a market both in the Alliance and the South China Sea Alliance.

In particular, Lister Group itself operates industries such as exoskeletons and new energy vehicles. As long as the quality of the products it produces meets standards, there is no need to worry about lack of sales.

It can be seen that Liszt is really optimistic about this market, otherwise he would not put such a key product here for production.

"Indeed, the foundation here is too poor. Thanks to that gentleman's help, we were able to get where we are today." Bella nodded, with obvious gratitude in her eyes, and continued, "Before he came here, , there is not a single factory in Mammoth City, and now we not only have coal power stations, railways, roads, steel plants and aluminum plants, but we can also process 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 may grow to 30 million next year, which is 300 million converted into our own currency! The Mammoth State can rely entirely on it to get rid of poverty and become rich!"

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

"Don't be too arrogant about yourselves. The most we can do is to bring some fire. It is ultimately up to you to light the fire. If one day you succeed in becoming rich, it will not only be because of our help, but also because of our help." What matters most is your own hard work.”

In this process, the alliance is of course also profitable. After all, prosperity is something that promotes each other.

Just like the Alliance and the South China Sea Alliance.

Before entering Baiyue Province, the alliance's "蟞-type" engineering armor could only carry out onshore projects. However, after absorbing the submarine construction technology in the southern sea and contracting the project of submarine fresh water pipelines, it immediately evolved into " Crab style", "King crab" and a series of other models.

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 Luoxia Province, where the alliance's fertilizers, seeds, and agricultural machinery more than doubled the food production there. Not only did the residents of Luoxia Province live a better life, but the residents of River Valley Province also had enough to eat.

If Mammoth State and even the entire Borneo Province join the camp of the civilized world like Golden Gallen Port, it will be of great benefit to both the locals and the alliance itself.

If all the survivors in the wasteland unite, this wasteland era full of suffering and death will definitely end.

Hope that day is not too far away...

…

For a whole day, Sisi, Taiwei and the others were inspecting the industrial area of ​​Mammoth Continent.

Generally speaking, this is a booming market, and many factories have the potential to expand, but they lack technology and funds, and the latter happens to be the most lacking in the alliance right now.

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

Everyone wandered around until the sun went down before returning to the hotel in the parish.

This trip can be said to be fruitful.

The only regret is that Taitail and Rourou didn’t see the mammoth they were longing for until the end...

The night was getting darker, and only the parish lights were still on along the entire coastline.

One of the lights belongs to the office of the General Administration of Customs.

Although it was already time to get off work, Aki did not leave here, but paced back and forth in front of his desk.

After waiting for a long time, he finally waited when the phone on the table rang. He quickly walked over and grabbed the receiver. Before the other person could speak, he asked eagerly.

"How is the situation? Are the distinguished guests from the alliance satisfied?"

He had been thinking about this all day today, for fear that something would go wrong.

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

"...Generally speaking, they are quite satisfied. Their evaluation of us is above neutral, and they are also very interested in the local development potential. I heard from the lady named Sisi that they plan to invest in opening a branch here. Help us complete financial reform.”

When Axi heard this, an expression of ecstasy suddenly appeared on his face, and he clenched his fists in excitement.

"Very good!"

Although the influence of the White Bear Knights is far less than that of Baiyue Company, it can still be regarded as a large-scale bank.

It started in the Petra Fortress during the Sunset Province War, and later based itself in Silver Moon Bay, developing overseas along the alliance's trade routes. Its business scope covers the Borneo Sea coast and even the southern seas, and it has incubated many potential companies. and business groups.

If we can attract the White Bear Knights Bank here, it will be as significant as successfully attracting investment from another Lister Group!

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

"Also, there is one more thing. Although I persuaded them not to leave the parish as much as possible, they still went to the nearby city. I couldn't refuse, so I had to take them to visit the industrial area and nearby residential areas... But on the road At that time, they still saw the situation in the slums.”

The ghettos of Mammoth City are an ugly scar that makes it impossible for anyone to have any favorable impression of 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 where the distinguished guests from the alliance had gone, Ahi suddenly became nervous and asked cautiously.

"Did they say anything?"

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

"That's not true."

In fact, it can't be said that there was none at all, but they were speaking a language she didn't understand, so she didn't understand what they were saying.

Aki fell silent while standing in front of his desk, and finally let out a long sigh.

"...We can only hope that they can understand our difficulties."

He could feel that the purpose of these distinguished guests coming to Mammoth City was not just a simple business inspection, but they might also have carried out tasks assigned by the alliance managers, such as studying whether the Mammoth State authorities were worthy of the alliance's investment.

Although it is hard to say it, the support of the alliance is really important to them.

He hoped that they could give an accurate opinion, even if it was a negative evaluation, he would be able to explain it firstly, and secondly, he could make changes based on their opinions.

Not a word, which made him most uneasy.

"Are they dissatisfied with anything? For example, they are complaining or something... No matter what it is, tell me everything!"

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

"Well... the lady named Tails seems to be very sorry for not seeing the mammoth. That seems to be it."

Can this be considered a complaint?

Just when she was confused, Aki slapped the desk hard.

"Quick! Contact the Mammoth City Militia immediately and ask them to go to the north bank of the Tasang River to catch one - no, catch two and bring them back to them! One male and one female!"

Upon hearing this unreasonable order, Bella was completely stunned and stood there with her mouth wide open.

"Send, send two mammoths?"

Does this guy know how big that thing is?

However, Axi didn't take it seriously and said plausibly.

"This is a necessary investment! It is also for the future of Mammoth City! Do as I say, and we must not leave any regrets to the distinguished guests of the alliance!"

Seeing that this guy wasn't joking, Bella could only calm down her confused expression, cheer up and take the order.

"yes!"

…

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

General Alaya, who serves as the commander-in-chief of the Gray Wolf Army, is looking at the list sent by the logistics officer, his two thick eyebrows gradually twisted into two centipedes.

The logistics officer standing in front of him didn't dare to take a breath and could only stand there tremblingly.

However, what is supposed to come will eventually come.

A sharp gaze shot at him. Alaya slapped the list in his hand on the command table and stared at the logistics officer aggressively.

"Where are the tanks? Why haven't the Conqueror 10 tanks I wanted been delivered yet? Why are all the logistics supplies arriving in this batch filled with small weapons and dry food!"

The logistics officer complained bitterly when he heard this, and explained quickly with a grimace.

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

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

"The Legion's weapons...were seized by the Alliance?"

The amount of information contained in these words was so great that he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Why did the weapons of this legion end up with the Alliance? And it has to go through the alliance to get it to him.

The problem caused by the information blockage was here. He was on the front line and didn't know what agreement the Empire and the Legion had reached, nor what the Legion and the Alliance were arguing about at the Adhesive Community Conference.

There was a vague feeling in his heart that he was like a chess piece, sandwiched between two fists.

Not even just him, but Lacy standing opposite him as well.

From an undecided outcome, they were drawn into a new game.

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

The logistics officer sighed and said helplessly.

"That's all I know... Not to mention you, His Majesty is also very anxious now, but we can't push this matter. What I heard from the legion is that if the alliance knows that the arms have been transported in a big circle, This is where things get troublesome.”

In fact, there was no need for him to be so polite with Alaya. If it had been before, the latter would have been the one to say nice things to him.

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

Nowadays, Alaya is at the peak of his power in Xilan's court, and both the emperor and the dukes and marquises regard him as a life-saving straw.

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

"Then what should we do now? Those rebels took the alliance's equipment and built the defense line like an iron barrel. Without the support of heavy equipment, we can't defeat it! Even if we attack by force, the soldiers will die in vain!"

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

"It really can't be done... It's not impossible to slow down the frontline offensive. The news from the legion is that they will find a way to solve the problem and let us calm down."

If the alliance cannot find the evidence they are looking for, they will ultimately have no choice but to fulfill the contract and release the seized arms.

And even if they found evidence, they wouldn't be able to confiscate the arms. At most, they would send them back to the Wei Mansion wasteland and let the legion solve it on its own.

It's not that the legion doesn't have ships. The equipment will be delivered here sooner or later, but it will take a while... at least that's what the Wilantes told them.

"Slow down a moment..." Alaya sneered, "If we slow down any longer, the rebels' railway will be built to the front line!"

I don’t know where those poor people got so much steel and cement.

The spies he sent into Mammoth City to gather information have not found out the reason yet. They just heard that some of the ships transporting building materials came from Golden Gallon Port and some from the southern sea.

"If it doesn't work... you can still do this," the logistics officer gritted his teeth and finally took out the last card, "Before leaving, His Majesty told me that if the battle situation is really difficult, the general can stay in Mazhou and Niaozhou The area recruits its own troops.”

After hearing this, Alaya narrowed his eyes and stared at the logistics officer.

"Is this really what His Majesty said?"

Being stared at by that gaze, he broke into cold sweat, and the logistics officer said tremblingly.

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

Alaya stared at him expressionlessly.

"Are there any relevant documents?"

The logistics officer shook his head quickly.

"No... His Majesty just gave me verbal instructions."

Alaya stared at him meaningfully, and then looked at the list in his hand.

No wonder so many rifles were sent. It turned out to be this...

"I understand, go down."

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

Watching the logistics officer leave, staff officer Gopal, who had been silent, looked at Alaya.

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

"A good thing?"

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

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

There is no document, only a verbal decree. When the time comes, it will only be a matter of one sentence whether His Majesty will accept it or not.

It's okay if you admit defeat.

If you don't admit it, even if it is a small matter, it will drive the people to the front line to serve as cannon fodder.

And if Your Majesty wants to go deeper, it will be a capital crime for treason.

Maybe it will bring trouble to the family.

Seeing the concern in Alaya's eyes, Gopal just smiled faintly.

"Whether he is an abandoned son or not, we still have the soldiers in our hands."

Aryan's eyes narrowed, and there was a hint of danger in his eyes when he looked at Gopal.

"What do you want to do?"

Gopal continued without changing his expression.

"The wolf people will not follow you. After all, their relatives are in the Wolf State, but the horse people and the bird people may not. In my opinion, you should not only obey the order, but also obey it sternly. It's just that you don't want to compare those horse people and the bird people. The Bird people are used as cannon fodder, but in turn, they cultivate direct descendants who are truly loyal to them——"

"That's enough! Don't say this again!" Alaya yelled angrily, interrupting him.

Gopal was not angry at being interrupted, he just nodded respectfully.

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

"The empire is going to be in chaos, and good people will not survive long in troubled times."

After saying that, he left Alaya with a gloomy and uncertain face, turned around and left the military tent alone.

While the empire's gray wolves were stalling due to lack of heavy equipment support, the opposing Moon tribe resistance army was busy sending people across the river overnight to capture the mammoths.

Obviously, every family has problems that are difficult to recite, and the Mammoth State authorities, who appear to be prosperous on the surface, are also having a hard time.

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

The morning sun of the next day had just risen from the sea level in the southern waters, and the Alliance's Conch submarine surfaced in the waters near Coral City.

At this time, a small transport plane from Ideal City flew in from a distance and slowly landed on the apron on the deck of the Conch.

It was a model that Chu Guang had never seen before. It looked a bit like the Alliance's Viper. It was probably a new gadget created by the company, and it might have been copied from the Alliance.

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

After all, the alliance also has a lot of money to gain from enterprises. The engine of the "Overlord" transport aircraft was simply obtained from the "Orca" transport aircraft. It's not a big deal for people to reciprocate politely.

And what makes Chu Guang quite gratified is that the dead houses in Ideal City have finally come to their senses recently.

The company's board of directors probably finally realized that they were also a part of the wasteland. A madman really made things worse, and they had to step in to clean up the mess.

This is exactly the trouble with the Torch Church.

If they had intervened early in the crisis in Singularity City, things would have far more than spiraled out of control.

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

Soon, a middle-aged man in formal clothes walked out of the cabin door.

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

"Dear Mr. Manager, I'm glad we meet again!"