Chapter 731 Rotten Town
The cold wind was blowing, and a lot of snowflakes swept across the ground.
When blown by strong winds, these snowflakes are like fine blades. When they blow on the face or other exposed skin of the body, they will cause considerable pain.
This also means that no matter who wants to go out in this kind of weather, they must wrap themselves tightly and not let any air leak.
In addition to preventing snow from getting into the clothes, the more important thing is that the cold wind will invade the body along every gap in the clothes and take away every trace of heat.
In a blizzard with raging winds, hypothermia is very dangerous and may even lead to death.
Of course, in such a raging wind environment, not many people would leave shelters that can withstand the wind and snow and go out in the wind and snow.
Unless he has a reason to go out.
Henry is such a person, or an unlucky guy.
The settlement he was in was a small one and was only established after the Great Migration.
The so-called Great Migration refers to the migration of a large number of people from the mainland to the north after the empire announced the news of the doomsday natural disaster. This event is called the Great Migration among the people.
Because it was established relatively late, the settlement is very imperfect in terms of scale and supporting facilities.
After all, there were too many people migrating to the north from the empire at that time, and the original engineering construction team in the north was simply too busy. Many settlements were established under such conditions. It is easy to understand that there are some things missing. .
Of course, settlements like Henry's and theirs that don't even have energy towers are still in the minority.
Of course, the living conditions in their settlement are not very good.
Most of the people live in underground shelters. Fortunately, at least their settlements have not been compromised in this regard. The underground shelters can withstand the cold and wind and snow very well, allowing them to survive in the harsh environment of the north.
But compared to other settlements with energy towers, their living conditions are undoubtedly much worse.
This also means that the population of their settlement is not very large, and most of them come from irregular sources.
For the Northern Territory, this is somewhat unimaginable. After all, both the Empire and the Northern Territory have conducted large-scale reviews of the people who migrated to the Northern Territory.
Those who can reach the Northern Territory from the mainland of the empire through official channels are those with formal legal status. Those criminals, gang members, etc. were all part of the punishment camp when they first arrived in the Northern Territory.
However, even in Purficott's original world, smuggling and smuggling are a stubborn social disease that cannot be eliminated, let alone this comprehensively backward steam era.
A ship that could cross the ocean could transport people from the mainland of the empire to the north.
Although they have to face various difficulties and obstacles on the way, and may even face the threat of death, some people still come to the North in this way without hesitation.
And this settlement was established through such means.
At the same time, it is precisely for this reason that there is no energy tower in this settlement.
To simply build an underground shelter, you can also find a construction company to find a way to get a set of drawings or secretly give you a private job, but want to build an energy tower? Sorry, all links are strictly controlled by the Northern Territory officials. It can even be said that every part is registered to check whether there is any cutting corners or substandard quality.
Once an accident occurs, all production links of the part and the people handling it must be verified.
Therefore, everyone in the settlement where Henry lives is having a hard time.
It’s not that no one wants to go to other settlements to live a better life, but because they are all stowaways, and many of them have some criminal records on them, although it is not easy to check them in this era, these people themselves are still more or less A little scared.
So over time, the place gradually stabilized, and everyone's life was a bit harder, but at least they were still able to survive.
With the underground shelter, although the weather is a little colder, the days are still manageable.
Until a blizzard hits.
The main fuel for this settlement, called Langkeng Town, comes from a nearby small coal mine. When they established the settlement here, they discovered this small coal mine exposed on the surface. They mainly relied on manual excavation to obtain the fuel needed for the settlement. .
While production is low, the settlements themselves are also not in high demand.
But when a blizzard hits, they have no way to obtain fuel. Exposure to a blizzard can really freeze people to death.
However, it would not work without fuel, so people in the settlement got together and came up with a bad idea, which was to draw lots every day and select ten people to go to the coal mine to transport the coal dug out.
Please...you...collect 6...9...books...!
Because the coal mine is a mine, several mine shafts for habitation were excavated at the beginning of the excavation. Even if there is wind and snow, they will not feel cold. After all, the ground temperature is still very high.
As long as the entrance is blocked, you can basically guarantee a temperature that won't freeze anyone to death.
If you burn a little more charcoal fire for warmth, you can still live very comfortably.
But transportation... I'm sorry, since the snowstorm came, more than eighteen residents of Langkeng Town have died while transporting coal.
They were all frozen to death.
Although in order to transport coal, the town will give the people who transport coal a full hot meal and give them the thickest and best warm clothing, but the raging snowstorm still makes every transportation difficult. Dance with Death.
However, it seems that the wind and snow have reduced a bit today. At least when Henry and the others dragged a cart of coal back, only one of the ten people froze to death.
However, when they returned to the town, they found that the atmosphere in the town was quite wrong.
Because in an open space in the underground shelter, a steam knight that they had no chance to see was standing there, and a white bear head on the knight's breastplate was very conspicuous.
There is no doubt that this is a knight of the White Bear Knights, who represents the Lord of the North and the Regent of the Empire himself.
"In the name of the Lord of the North, to implement the imperial regency order, all residents of Lankeng Town will be moved to Kirk Town within a time limit. The settlement will be abandoned." The Steam Knight took out an order and looked at the mayor after reading it. : "Although you are all illegal immigrants, the Lord has kindly given you a chance to become official residents of the North. As long as you move to Kirk Town, you can all obtain legal status."
"Legal identity? Is this true? It's not a lie to us, right?" The residents of Shankeng Town whispered, and everyone had an unreal feeling.
Who would want to starve and freeze here if they could obtain legal status and live a good life?
(End of chapter)