Doomsday foresight

Sure enough, the tsunami passed in half an hour. Jiang Chen left 100 people to guard the castle, and the others went to the beach to catch up with the sea. In fact, Jinxi has never understood why the tsunami landed so frequently. The sea is now like a bowl filled with water , the bowl is constantly turning and turning, and it may overflow at any time, so that the sea becomes an inaccessible place.

The tsunami caused great loss to human beings, and it was also very dangerous, but it also brought a lot of food. Every time the tide receded after the tsunami, it would leave a lot of seafood on the beach.Crabs, shrimps, conch, clams, fish, too many, the rich harvest makes everyone smile.

Jin Xi took a closer look, and found that the faces of the newcomers were much better than when they first arrived, and they all rushed to the sea with great interest.The situation is still good.

Everyone returned to the castle and started to prepare dinner bustlingly. Seafood is easy to sit up. Crab and shrimp can be boiled in water. Some squid and fish can be marinated for barbecue.

After the busy work was over, the sky also darkened. The weather was very cool today because of the tsunami, so everyone just gathered in the yard.

For the people in Yecheng, partying is already a very habitual thing, but for those newcomers, many of them are not very used to it. These people have just arrived in Yecheng, and most of them have no supplies when they first arrived in Yecheng. , and even some people don’t cover their clothes, and haven’t had enough to eat for a long time. When they arrive in Yecheng, they have food, clothing, and shelter from the rain. This is just like heaven.

But they were all alone, unlike those who dragged their families, they were quickly arranged and assigned tasks. After they helped build the house for a few days, they were gathered together and brought out.

Speaking of which, they were not happy in their hearts. The people in Yecheng said that they were taking them to the satellite base. , all make people desperate. When the relatives around them leave one by one, their desire for life becomes stronger. After finally finding such a safe place, they are unwilling to leave, and they dare not disobey the order of the ruler of Yecheng .Just wish that satellite base was better.

When they came over and saw the intruders, these people were somewhat frightened. It was obvious that the place was not so safe.

But after entering the castle, everyone has a stable place to live, and there is no problem in life. There is so much food by the sea, and they have aroused their confidence in survival.

Jinxi didn't think too much about the psychology of these people. Now that Zhang Yun came here, he didn't worry about the psychological problems of these people. Zhang Yun used to be a political commissar and was very good at it.

After the party, Jin Xi and Jiang Chen went back to rest. Jin Xi's nerves had been tense for many days, and today he finally relaxed. This sleep lasted until nine o'clock in the morning of the next day. When he opened his eyes, he found that there was no I don't know when a thick curtain was hung to block the darkness of the room. Before, Jinxi didn't think of hanging curtains, and she often got up as soon as it was dawn. This is probably Jiang Chen who got up in the morning and hung it up.

When I went downstairs, I found that the people in the castle had started to work, and those people were also divided into several groups to do things.But there are really not many people in the castle.After asking, Jin Xi found out that now there are only a few left in the castle who are drying salt on the top of the wall, and the others have all gone to the beach to catch the sea.

The tsunami just passed yesterday, so I should be fine today, and seeing Jinxi sleeping so soundly, I'm afraid he didn't have any nightmares, so he just asked people to go fishing on the beach to pick up seafood.

In the past, Jinxi and the others did not dare to go to the sea. Their people used to be farming or in the mountains. They were all landlubbers. I don't know how to go to the sea to get seafood.The most is to pick up some on the beach after the tsunami.

It's different now. People from Swordfish base came to attack them before and arrested many people. Some of these people are Zhang Fan's hardcore subordinates, and some are people who are attached to them. It doesn't matter what these people do Yes, but Jinxi and the others don't know how to beat them, they will be imprisoned directly in the beehive, which is a small black room, it's dark and silent inside, and it won't take long for anyone to be imprisoned in it.

The eldest granddaughter and son-in-law of the uncle’s family were originally the police, and they came here to take over from Jiang Chen to check on the safety issues here, but this happened to them. After those people reflected in the small dark room, he started to ask questions. It was the way of interrogation, and together with Jin Xin, a silent guy with a slightly dark heart, the two of them got the bottom of this group of people together.In the end, some twenty or so people who did not have a strong sense of belonging to Swordfish Base, who were not too dark in character, and who generally did not hate them so much were found, and these people were recruited.

These twenty or so people are all fishermen and are very familiar with life at sea. With these people leading them, they can also fish in the offshore.

Today, these twenty or so people will take the people from the castle to the beach to pick up seafood.There are still some who are going to pull salt mud, and the rest are carpenters who are ready to build ships.

Jinxi saw that Jiang Chen was discussing how to clean up the harbor base with a few people, and he was not interested, so he simply took Jinxin and Jinlin to the beach. These two people were asked by Jiang Chen to follow. Jiang Chen was concerned about Jinxi's safety. If it is possible, Jiang Chen doesn't want Jin Xi to leave his side, things are so strange, as long as Jin Xi leaves his side, Jin Xi will encounter trouble, Jiang Chen's luck for Jin Xi is already He gave up hope, and only asked Jinxi to take someone with him wherever he went.Judging from these two battles, the importance of Jinxi is no longer to avoid disaster.He can also prevent man-made disasters.Most people in the castle are well aware of the reasons for the two victories in the battle, and if it wasn't for Jinxi's prediction, the castle might not exist anymore.This makes people who know the truth look at Jinxi with worship and respect, and even some superstitious people regard Jinxi as the incarnation of gods.The most interesting thing is that two women who help in the kitchen set up a memorial tablet for Jinxi, and wake up every morning to worship, Jinxi can't laugh or cry when she sees it.Let them withdraw immediately.The tablet looked a little scary.

Jinxi doesn't care what others think of him anymore, as long as he can let the people he cares about live happily, whether he is a god or a monster, everything is acceptable.

The three of them came to the beach, but they didn't see anyone. They looked around along the coastline, only to find some figures working on the east coast.

Their coastline is very similar to a bay. There are mountains on both sides that go directly into the sea, isolating this beach from other beaches, and the coastline is not short. According to the captives, there are giant squids more than ten kilometers away from here. gathering place, so they gave up here completely, no one came here.

Jinxi and the others have also observed it. When the tide ebbs here, it is not too deep, it only looks like a few miles. After that, there is a very deep trench. That trench may be a huge deep pit. They took advantage of the low tide to observe it yesterday. , You can clearly see dark blue shadows in that sea area, and you don't know how deep it is.

Jinxi and the others didn't dare to take any risks, they directly designated that place as a restricted area, and restricted their activities to this distance from the sea.In fact, the sea food here is also very rich.

Come to the beach on the east side, where there are many sea rocks and reefs, and the sea water is deep and shallow. It is a reef area rich in seafood.

Those who can't swim should look for crabs, oysters, sea objects growing on reefs or under stones in the shallow sea. Those who can swim should go inward and touch conch and other sea objects at the bottom of the water.

The current sea is no longer as regularly distributed as before. Perhaps the tsunami rolled some sea creatures from one side to the other. These sea creatures are highly adaptable and take root. Gradually, the distribution of creatures in the sea also became chaotic.Jinxi once picked up tropical fish.

When Jinxi and the others arrived, they had already harvested a lot. The baskets of crabs, clams and oysters were not too small. A pergola was built on the shore, and there were cars to deliver the goods back and forth. They almost sent them back to the castle. There are a lot of sea vegetables, wakame or something, the quantity is very considerable, and he can see some people fishing in the sea from here.

"Send it back and let Gu Ma take a look, if there is time to make seaweed pancakes at noon." Jinxi saw that there was another cart loaded here and said to the person who brought the things back.

"Okay." The man responded happily.The seaweed pancakes made by Gu Ma are made of corn bread with bacon and seaweed. The golden taste is delicious.Looking at today's harvest, I can definitely make a seafood soup.

Jinxi looked at it and went to the sea to catch crabs. Now the crabs are very big. In the past, the crabs were already big when they weighed seven to eight taels. Now the average crab is more than one catty, but it is also fierce. If you are not careful, you will be caught. folder.

Jinxi is flipping over rocks by the sea, and he can catch one in a while. Most of them here are flower cap crabs. Jinxi likes to eat them very much, and Gu Ma's spicy crabs are also delicious.

Speaking of crabs, Jinxi thought of looking for forest frogs in the river by the forest before, and found some river crabs. The river crabs here were made when they imitated others to raise rice field crabs, and the results were not very good. They raised them for a year or two. They didn't raise any more, and many crab seedlings followed the water into the river. This time they found river crabs, and they also brought back some to be put in the pond in the village. They don't know how to raise them.Although the river crabs here are not as good as the southern hairy crabs, they taste good.

"Ouch——" Jinxi's mouth is watering thinking about the delicious food, but he doesn't expect to be caught by a crab if he doesn't pay attention.

After finally getting the crab off, a hole was caught in his hand.This crab claw is really strong.

Jinxi stayed at the beach for more than an hour, and took everyone back around 10:30. Now the sun is full, and it's almost noon, so I can't bask outside.

The harvest was good. Back at the castle, everyone was not idle. They sorted and processed the seafood. Now the sun is too strong, and the seafood cannot be exposed to the sun. A shelf is set up in the yard, and a reed curtain is placed on it to cover it. The weather is hot and dry with the sea breeze Gradually, the harvest in the morning will be ready when the sun goes down.

The smell of boiled crabs is already coming from the kitchen, and other seafood is easy to dry, just like drying Pippi shrimp, although it is troublesome, there is a lot of meat.But crabs are a bit troublesome to make and work, so the harvested crabs are eaten as soon as they can be eaten.

Jinxi thought that Jiang Chen brought a lot of soybeans over yesterday. The soybeans they planted last year were removed for oil extraction, and the rest were collectively made tofu or dried tofu. Whoever wants to eat can exchange them with contribution points. The quantity is limited and cannot Open to eat.There are a lot of plants this year, so when Jiang Chen came, he brought a few bags of what was left in the village.

Jinxi thought for a while, took a bucket to fetch water, and soaked some beans in it.I am going to get up tomorrow morning to make tofu, eat tofu nao, and make seafood tofu soup.It tastes absolutely delicious.

Jiang Chen walked in while he was brushing the millstone, "What are you bothering about, I've been looking for you everywhere."

"Wipe the millstone and make tofu tomorrow morning." Jinxi poured a ladle into the water. "How is your research going?"

Jiang Chen nodded, "The research is done. This time the seaport base must be destroyed. Otherwise, our base will not be safe."

"Well, just make up your mind." Jin Xi felt that he didn't like fighting at all, especially in these two battles, looking at those dead people, Jin Xi felt very uncomfortable.

Jiang Chen helped Jinxi push the millstone, knowing that Jinxi didn't want to talk about these things, so he didn't mention them anymore.

"By the way, what about those people who are locked up? They can't always be locked up." Jinxi was also worried, and more than 300 people have been locked up before and after, and they consume a lot of food every day. thing.

"Zhiguo has almost interrogated those people, and they will be released in batches at that time. But they can't be allowed to go back. The two small bases next to us will come directly. When the seaport base is cleaned up, I will let Ye Qiu come over. He is involved in internal affairs. He is a good player." Jiang Chen said, frowning here, "Hey, the two sides are far away, otherwise there is no need to worry so much."

"Can the people who are collected in this way do it? Don't let them bite us back."

Jiang Chen shook his head, "Zhiguo has figured out all these people. The people here are probably used to being oppressed by the seaport base. Everyone listens to the teacher, just like the Swordfish base. Except for Zhang Fan and his subordinates who are close to him, the others People are quite honest, they lived here for a few days with food and shelter, and everyone was very peaceful. Those people released today, I just asked, were very active when they went to sea, and they gained a lot. A few wives secretly asked someone to ask us to help bring their wives back from the seaport base. In fact, except for those who are ambitious, no one wants to live a stable life.”

Jin Xi nodded, thinking of those people who worked day and night in the seaport base, they must have no sense of belonging to the seaport base.

In fact, Jinxi doesn't know much about the outside situation. For these people who have no security in food and clothing, a stable life is what they pursue. If Ye Cheng can give them a stable life, they will be very honest.Just like those people Jiang Chen brought over, they were obviously unwilling to leave Yecheng, but they were also afraid that they would drive them out, so they were willing to obey.

And these people who live near the sea are also very hard. Not to mention how dangerous it is for them to go to the sea to beg for life, even the diet of these people is also a problem.What they usually eat most is the harvest from the sea. Seafood will only feel fresh if eaten a few times, but people will feel unbearable if they eat it every day, let alone the sea produce, most of them are cold food. Eating too much is bad for your health, especially the health of women in all bases is very poor, and even some nearby bases have fewer children.

These people will not resist if it can get them out of this kind of life.It's like the people who were released this morning had dinner with everyone. Apart from steamed buns and other food, they could also drink a glass of milk. It was this glass of milk that made these people almost cry. Everyone drank very carefully. It doesn't matter whether you like this taste or not before the end of the world, but now you only have a long-lost feeling when drinking it.

Not everyone is belligerent.

After lunch, Jinxi went to look at the vegetable garden. The plants transplanted yesterday were basically alive, only a few or three leaves turned yellow.It seems that the vitality of these vegetables is still very strong.

After returning from the vegetable garden, everyone in the castle began to take a nap, Jinxi Jiang Chen was sitting behind the desk writing something, Jinxi didn’t bother him, he didn’t take a nap after getting up late in the morning, after thinking about it Downstairs took a roll of reed curtains and went upstairs.

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Chen heard the movement, and quickly stood up to help him carry it. The reed curtain was very long, with a width of two meters and five.

"I want to hang it on the balcony, but the sun is too hot now, and I can't entertain people without covering the terrace." Their terrace is connected to the lower two floors, supported by six pillars with a diameter of [-] centimeters, and there is a roof on it, but now the sun The exposure was very powerful, and the heat did not dissipate for a long time after exposure.

Jiang Chen looked at it, "It's better to cover it up." After speaking, he will help him hang up the curtain.

Jin Xi nodded, "Okay, you can do your work, I will do it myself. It will be done in a while."

Jiang Chen smiled, "I'm fine, it's just that there's something wrong, I'll just have a small meeting with them when they get up." He was talking about the small team leader brought by Jin Qi and the others. Has experience, has experienced several battles, and has a lot of ideas.

Hearing what he said, Jinxi smiled, thinking not to disturb him, she still got into a toss.

The two got it right together in a short time.Jiang Chen looked at it and went to a few more curtains to cover the terrace, and even got some strings for pulling. If there is a heavy wind and rain, the curtains can be closed and tied, and they will not blow off.

After finishing it, Jinxi spread a reed mat on the floor of the terrace, sat on it, felt good, smiled, "You can also sleep outside at night."

Jiang Chen also sat down, "Well, try tonight." After speaking, he raised an eyebrow at Jin Xi.

Jin Xi gave him a blank look.

Around two o'clock, the castle became lively again. It was sunny at this point, and everyone didn't go outside to work. Some sat on the corridor under the city wall and weaved reeds.Some people chopped up the fresh reeds to feed the livestock, and some people dried the reeds and packed them for the next time they have a car to take back. The livestock like the reeds stored last winter, and the demand for reeds is more this year. Every time it takes more than an average bullock cart.

There are also special people on the top floor for drying. Shelves have been set up on the top floor. If the seafood cannot be exposed to the sun, they should be covered with curtains. Those who take care of it will observe the drying situation and turn over the ingredients.Everyone has their own work.A busy scene.

Jiang Chen went out with a few people, and Jin Xi didn't know if he was going to inquire about the news, but he always felt that he was confident.

Jinxi sits with a group of people on the porch weaving baskets for goods, everyone talks while working, and someone tells a joke from time to time, which makes everyone laugh. He always feels that such an afternoon is very peaceful and happy .

The next two weeks were very peaceful and peaceful, the sky was long, everyone got up early in the morning, and the people in the kitchen also got up early to make breakfast, and occasionally made tofu, so that in the morning, you can eat fragrant and smooth tofu nao Now, the cows have also adapted to the situation here, because they have fresh reeds to eat, and they produce more milk, which is enough for everyone in the castle to distribute, and some leftovers can be made into dairy products to improve everyone's food.

After breakfast, many people go to the sea to find seafood or go to the reeds to make salt mud and cut reeds. They are very busy. With Jinxi’s early warning, everyone does not have to worry about a sudden tsunami. Every time the harvest is rich, Because the tsunami can be accurately predicted, those fishermen will go out to sea after the boat is built. The sea is now a super treasure house.

Many varieties of sea fish were dried in the sun, and soon filled a warehouse, filled with straw baskets woven with reeds, which had already been transported back once.

Those newcomers and some fishermen who were caught have lost the anxiety they had when they first joined, and all of them seem to be energetic.Jinxi even heard that several middle-aged couples have established relationships and are preparing to form new families.

Compared with seafood, sun-dried salt has been going on, and the daily harvest is also huge. I originally wanted to expand the location of sun-dried salt after the stability here, so that more salt can be sun-dried, but after this period of time, the brocade Xi felt that the amount of salt was enough. Excluding their own use, the rest was enough for them to exchange for supplies. It was too bitter to dry the salt, because the sun was sufficient, and the salt crystallized very quickly, and there were people watching all the time. If there is no cover, even if there are clothes to cover, people can't stand the high temperature.Over the past few weeks, because of the salt rotation, the entire castle has been tanned, and they ate a lot but they didn't have any flesh.In the end, Jinxi still refused to expand the salt farm.That's enough.

Jiang Chen has been in and out for the past two weeks, and Jin Xi is busy with the production here, so he doesn't ask him much about the progress of the matter.All I know is that Jiang Chen took some hunting team members to the mountains for training, surveyed the surrounding terrain clearly, and even touched the bottom of the harbor base.

At first, Jiang Chen thought that the seaport base would come to retaliate, but after investigating, he found out that the seaport base is also producing seafood. Perhaps these people also want to take advantage of the warm weather to harvest more supplies.

He asked the people at the Swordfish base and they knew about this situation, but the seaport base was not like this before, as if it had to store a lot of supplies.

These people have no way to predict the tsunami, they can only go into the water after the tsunami, and then be careful, and go ashore to hide when they find the tsunami is coming.Although the weather has changed due to the arrival of the tsunami, these people are somewhat prepared, but many people are still swept away by the waves.

Jiang Chen once saw that the seaport base loaded some goods into a carriage and took them away. He didn't know where to send them, and the seaport base also began to dry salt, and they built salt ponds.Right by the sea, because of the occasional tsunami, their sun-dried salt is not much, and the sun-dried salt is also transported away.Jiang Chen has sent someone to follow the carriage to see where they sent the goods.

After inspecting the seaport base, Jiang Chen knew something. There were only 500 fighters left in the seaport base. You have to work together, and you can hear their dissatisfaction from some people.

After all, now is not the era of cold weapons in the past, and the end of the world is not very long. Many people still remember that in the past, everyone did not have too much blood. The large amount of prepared materials in the seaport base caused many people to die in the sea, which made all the people in the seaport base and those in the outer base feel unhappy.Jiang Chen thought that these people would not have much resistance when they attacked.

But it's not time to start yet, Jiang Chen doesn't want anyone under his command to die because of the war, he and Jin Xi agree on this point, you must know that people in Yecheng are all connected to each other, losing any one of them will make people sad , so Jiang Chen only hopes to win with the least sacrifice.

The people who went to investigate where the materials were delivered came back and brought back a bad news. Those people actually sent the materials to the West Beijing Base. Jiang Chen frowned when he heard the news.

The West Jing base has split into some small bases, and the situation is chaotic now. Many people who fled are because of their relationship. If Yecheng was not far away from the West Jing base, perhaps they would have fought together long ago.

What made Jiang Chen frown the most was that the base where they transported supplies was led by the person who wanted to capture Jinxi.At this moment, Jiang Chen had to think more, if they were in contact, would those people tell the people at the seaport base about Jinxi, and would it have anything to do with the fact that the seaport base stopped attacking?These are all problems.

And what Jiang Chen is more concerned about is that after the seaport base sent the sea salt and seafood over there, they got back a lot of supplies.These include some crossbows.Apparently the harbor base was preparing to attack them.

They can't let these crossbows enter the harbor base.