Doomsday foresight

This year has been a busy and peaceful year. Although the division of land in the first half of the year made Yecheng people worried for a while, with the formal establishment of the border, a large number of people came to Yecheng, and the arrival of people also accelerated the expansion of Yecheng.

Jiang Chen has gained a lot from going out this time. The group of them set off on horseback. Although the speed is not as fast as the previous trains and cars, they are not satisfied. They traveled to important places within the border for more than 20 days, and basically determined the future development direction. , Vic, who went with him, also made a map of the territory after he came back. This map marked one-third of the territory, and the other two-thirds were the territory that belonged to Koryo in the east. Because of the earthquake, the original Koryo The country was divided, and a large piece of mountain forest was divided to their side. Although they did not check in depth, according to the descriptions of some small base personnel, it was almost a wilderness. There were not many Koreans, or there were some. It's not a threat, so let's put that place first.

The other third is the forest to the north, which was originally a forest mountain range, which has expanded very rapidly in recent years. The original land is covered with grass and trees, and the city is also submerged by plants. Cold, the earliest migration to the north was where they started, and now it is basically in a virgin forest state. Anba and their base may be the last base there, and now they have come over.The forest is rich in resources, and there are also many dangers. If you want to explore, you have to wait for Yecheng to stabilize completely.

There are two key roads marked on the map, one of which is Qianbao Town, and the other is the southern seaport base. The situation at the seaport base is also very special. Because of the geographical location, foreign enemies can pass through the sea and appear on land. , so the defense there is very important. The only good thing is that there is only one port where large ships can pass through. Other places are full of hidden reefs due to earthquakes. If you don’t explore it, ships are easy to hit the rocks.However, the castle that Jinxi attached great importance to at the beginning has become a safe place. After the earthquake, the castle was arched into a high mountain due to the change of the earth's crust, and the sea level tens of miles in front of it has also become a wetland. Now it has been covered with reeds. Yes, but because of the uneven ground, the inside is also very dangerous. The most dangerous thing is that there is a huge trench there. Jiang Chen and the others just took a look carefully, not daring to get too close. They still remember the huge trench in the sea. Tentacles are sea beasts.It is not easy to explore that place clearly.But that place can't be given up either. Jiang Chen and the others found that the tsunami still exists after living by the sea for a while, but the tsunami has no effect on the castle.It is more convenient to get salt now than before, at least there is no need for Jinxi to foresee it.

Except for a few places that must be controlled, there are very rich grasslands in the border that evolved from the previous good fields, as well as forests and trees. It can be said that apart from the bad weather, this place is definitely very rich and suitable for survival.

Jiang Chen and the others found some small bases that were hidden relatively deep. The conditions of those small bases were not particularly good. In the first few years, when the population dropped sharply, many families were torn apart. Even the young and middle-aged people's lives are not very good, just like those refugees who came to Yecheng, all of them were very thin and weak.

They saw such a small base with more than a dozen people, the largest number was more than 400 people, and the few were only a dozen people. Jiang Chen thought about it and planned to bring the small base with a small number of people to Yecheng. Most of them will stay in the local area. Yecheng will provide some resources, and will also provide them with seeds next year. Everyone cannot be concentrated in Yecheng.

"Can't they come by themselves and we need to pick them up?" Zhang Cheng asked while eating the green fruit.They had just had dinner and Zhang Cheng came over to visit, and brought a bag of green fruits picked from the mountains.

Jiang Chen shook his head, "They can't make it by themselves. We saw a lot of wild animals along the way. Tigers, brown bears, wild boars and wild boars from the north moved south. They are weak and we don't know how many of them will be left along the way."

Jinxi handed a green fruit to Jiang Chen, "I will pick it up as soon as I pick it up. During this period of time, there will be losses on the way to our base in Yecheng."

"I thought I would take this opportunity to hunt together. There are a lot of prey in the grassland over there. When we came back, we encountered several waves of cattle and sheep. Unfortunately, there were few people, and only a small herd was caught. Then we brought a hunting net, otherwise there would be no such benefit."

"By the way, Brother Jiang, shall we share the beef tomorrow?" Zhang Cheng immediately perked up when he heard him talk about the cattle.

"Are you still short of meat?" Jin Xi said with a smile.

"That's different. We haven't eaten beef for a long time. Poor my daughter hasn't eaten beef since she was born."

"Come on, does your baby have teeth and still eat beef?" Jin Yang said with a smile.

"Why didn't it grow? Now there are all teeth in the mouth." Zhang Cheng hurriedly rectified his daughter's name.

"I think you want to eat it." Jin Yang licked his lips as he spoke, "We haven't eaten beef for a long time."

"Okay, later you go back and tell Ye Qiu to share the beef tomorrow." Jiang Chen smiled and said to Zhang Cheng, the front and back yards of Zhang Cheng's house and Ye Qiu's house.

"Why didn't you share the cows you caught before?" Jinxi was stunned for a moment. When they went to the rally, they found a herd of cows. They kept some for themselves to eat. Later, they left someone to report and some people caught hundreds of cows. Niu, he didn't even ask when he came back, thinking that the Yecheng people were divided.

"No, they were all caught alive. They were raised in captivity after they came back. Now they are all farm cattle, let alone edible." Zhang Cheng resented a little.

Now the breeding garden in Yecheng is very big, and it is no longer in the original place. They have enclosed a large piece of land in the northwest of the outer city and built a thick high wall. All the livestock in Yecheng are raised there, and there are a lot of them. There are more than 100 breeders alone.It's just that the old people in Yecheng are very precious to those livestock, and they won't slaughter them easily.

"I haven't seen it since I came back." Jin Xi didn't know much about it.However, it is also conceivable that this season happens to be the time when livestock grow fat. Even if they slaughter them, they will have to wait until the weather is cold. Now they have also built a winter storage cellar, which stores enough feed for livestock to survive the winter. Even if wild animals are everywhere now, livestock are still very important. H.

"There is nothing to see. The main breeding is cattle, alpaca, moose, deer and sled dogs, and pigs. Chickens, ducks and geese are no longer uniformly raised. They are all raised by each family. If newcomers want to raise them, they can exchange chickens. "Jinyang is quite familiar with the situation in the zoo.

"How many points does it cost to change chickens?" Jinxi asked.

"Two points for one, not expensive."

Jinxi felt that the price was not bad.The points here are different from the contribution value. The contribution value is exchanged for the contribution to the village. The points are distributed by oneself through labor. The original distribution amount is free of charge, which is a fair distribution in the village. Although this distribution amount is still there, it cannot be removed. Those who have no ability to work and others can’t get it for free. Those allocations are the most you can get, but now you need to exchange them with points, which is a bit similar to food stamps and money in the past. There is no way they have to control the outflow of materials.If there is no restriction, there will be a lot of people hoarding supplies, they are all hungry, and they have to find a way to hide the food.

Just like this, some people try to store food in every possible way. Some newcomers hide the food exchanged for points and only eat a very small part of each meal. Even those with children and the elderly at home can only drink rice soup every day. .

Jinxi and the others don't have much to do, they can only let the women in the village go out to enlighten them, at least to make themselves strong enough not to faint from hunger all the time.

It is not as easy to get the contribution value now as it used to be. Some people in the leadership even proposed to cancel the contribution value, but it was rejected in the end. This contribution value is also an incentive for everyone and some motivation for those who are capable, and now they can Those who get the contribution value are all capable, and they are also the top figures in Yecheng. They have the priority to allocate resources. It is also the contribution value that divides the people of Yecheng into several levels. Yecheng has no way to ensure that everyone is equal. At this time It is unrealistic for everyone to be equal, as if the original people in Yecheng had enough food and enough resources, which is much better than those later people, and even now two completely different distribution plans are implemented, the inner city The outer city is still two different worlds.But they can't break this boundary, this is doomed by interests and power, Jiang Chen and Jinxi and those original decision makers in Yecheng, they are not saints, they can't meet the standards of the Holy Father, in order to survive better, they will definitely not Will allow someone to challenge their authority.

The number of latecomers now exceeds the number of original Yecheng personnel. If they equalize their resources, it is foreseeable that their rights will be divided up in ten or a few years, and the future will not be dominated by them.

In this troubled world, only power can control everything.

When they came back this time, Jinxi and Jiang Chen had an in-depth discussion with several elders on future issues, and finally made some important decisions, which were to prepare for the future.

They still have some hole cards in their hands.

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Qiu found more than a dozen people and slaughtered some bison in the square by the lake. After removing a dozen or so cows from the bison, he chose a dozen or so stronger ones, and prepared to kill the rest. In order to eat meat, but this time only half of them were killed. Each person in the inner city was distributed according to one catty, and each person in the outer city was divided into four taels. Half of them have lost their families. For better management, everyone is in groups of ten and five groups, and meals are made in teams.

The potatoes in the field are already ripe. These potatoes are the same as the sweet potatoes planted together. After a winter of dormancy in the ground, they will mature in less than two months after the snowflakes. months.And it's much smaller than the former.

Because the beef was divided, people were organized to dig three acres of potatoes early in the morning, and I don’t know what special elements are contained in the water source on Dongshan Mountain. This year’s vegetables and grains are growing very well. Before, potatoes were usually the size of a child’s fist, but this year they all grew. Bigger, the biggest one weighs three or four catties, and the output has increased by a full third. When the specific data is obtained, the whole city is boiling.

The potatoes are also distributed. Today, the work is closed for half a day. Everyone has a rest during the holiday. A big pot is set up in front of the rows of houses in the outer city, and the aroma of beef stewed potatoes pervades immediately.

The Jinxi family also ate stewed potatoes with beef today, and it was rare for everyone to gather together today. Zhang Chengwei came with his wife and children, and Zhang Zhong and Zheng Yuan also brought their own fruit wine.

"Oh, let me see my little baby." When Jin Xi saw Zhang Cheng coming with his daughter in his arms, he hurried forward and hugged her.

"Father Jinxi, I miss you so much." The little girl said sweetly.The child's language ability is relatively strong, and he can speak fluently after a little over one year old.

"Really, Jinxi's father misses you too." Jinxi was delighted when he heard it.

"You two are so disgusting, you forgot that I brought you here before?" Zhang Cheng said a little jealously.

"You know what, our father and I don't see each other every day like three autumns. Don't you, baby." Jin Xi happily kissed the little one.

The little guy grinned happily, and said in a long voice, "Yes—" This girl didn't understand what he was talking about, but she always supported him.Zhang Cheng often eats acetic acid because of this.

"Be good, Jinxi's father will make you delicious sugar cakes later."

"Eat candy cakes." The little guy was so happy that his saliva was about to flow out.

"Ah-" Another child's voice came from the door, Jinxi turned around and saw Dabao walking into the room with Dongdong in his arms.

"This little guy gets anxious as soon as he hears about food." Zhang Cheng cheerfully walked over to hug him.

Dongdong is a few months younger than Niu Niu in Zhang Cheng's family, and now he is nine months old, and he is relatively strong. Speaking of which, he looks five points like Dabao and three points like Jinxi, but not much like Ye Zi.In other words, this child is a combination of grandparents and grandparents.Very flattering.

Perhaps knowing that Jinxi and Jiang Chen have no intention of adopting a child, Yezi doesn't repel Jinxi's contact with the child so much, Jinxi still feels that he can't get close to Yezi, everyone is busy on weekdays and there is almost no intersection, it doesn't matter As long as Ye Zi treats Dabao and the child well.