For a soldier, it is absolutely a happy thing to be able to return to the profession he is most familiar with.
Eighty kilometers south and east of Hope Village.
In order to prevent the training recruits from running back to the village for a tooth ceremony, a new military camp was temporarily set up here.
The reason why it is temporary is because the terrain of the entire Tianyuan territory is simply too flat.
Not to mention the complicated hills and swamps, there is not even a decent big pit to be found.
An important military location like a military camp is naturally built on the basis of natural dangers.
On weekdays, it can be used as a training ground to challenge soldiers in complex terrain and enhance their combat experience.
At critical moments, we can also rely on natural defense to complete the miracle of defeating more with less.
In the ruins of the future.
The first alien war in the Tianyuan Territory was due to the terrain, which resulted in the territory being attacked by alien races from all directions.
Since then, Chen Shen has learned from the pain and continued to choose to expand to the coastline.
Although Somo is not missing now, there is no way to expand the territory or change the local terrain in a short period of time.
It makes no sense.
After all, the biggest enemies at the moment are still the gopher guys in Qinggang City.
Building a mountain under the opponent's nose is too eye-catching, and it might even have a counterproductive effect.
And if the military camp is stationed far away from the city, it will be difficult to provide quick support in the event of a battle.
After making a choice, the location of the military camp was set up here.
It is far away from the bustling Hope Village, but the distance to the warning wall and the distance to the Bone Village is actually closer.
At this time, it was almost late at night.
Under the illumination of eight high-power searchlights, the camp that had been built for half an afternoon was still busy with hundreds of people.
When you get closer, it's a bit surprising.
These busy people are not the construction team from the village, nor are they Tianyuan Army soldiers.
Instead, it was the residents of the nearby Bone Village and some unlucky wanderers who had been captured before.
Counting the days, it has been a while since I came to live in the Barren Bone Village from the sewers of Qinggang City.
What changes over time is not only this ever-changing village, but also the people who are tolerated and accepted by the village.
"Hey, come here and help me, brother, this wooden stake is too heavy!"
Ram wiped the sweat from his head in front of a huge wooden stake that was as tall as a person and as thick as a bucket. , yelled not far away.
Because he knew Osmond, he was also the first legionnaire to hand over information honestly.
Ram has been very lucky recently.
Under the careful care of the village chief Huangxiong, it took him less than a month to end his period of captivity and successfully obtained his first temporary citizen ID card.
Of course, they are only temporary citizens who have the qualifications to temporarily stay in Tianyuan territory.
In Desolate Bone Village, temporary residents are not eligible for task rewards, and they do not receive a single iron coin for their work.
Choose to work seriously. In addition to three meals a day, which will be provided regularly and rationed, the most is to distribute some ordinary daily necessities.
But this is already a wanderer’s dream life!
Work, exchange, reward.
It sounds like a very logical thing, even common sense.
For the homeless.
In the past, when they rummaged through garbage dumps in the city for food, they could only eat 30% full most of the time.
Even if there are gophers who hire them to work, they will eventually use various excuses to deduct the promised remuneration.
There is no way to protect my rights and no place to protect my rights.
The Gopher Man is also afraid that these wanderers will be too full, and in turn will be unwilling to continue working or causing trouble.
The Wanderer is also worried that if he continues to beg, he will be suppressed by soldiers sent by the Gopher Man.
But with this treatment, there are still a lot of homeless people who can't participate and can only run along silently.
But what now?
Ram was already drooling as he spoke.
He knew very well that as long as all the materials were transported and the land of the camp was leveled.
The canteen in the village will open its doors, serving mouth-watering white flour steamed buns and fresh stir-fried vegetables.
And because it is an extra late-night snack, the canteen will be open for them to eat, as long as they don't waste it, they can eat as much as they want.
And this is why working on the construction site is so tiring, and I almost lost my head when making the announcement.
“Okay, brother, wait for me, I’ll help right away!”
'Xia Zuo', who was still carrying the wooden plank, raised his head and responded, and his smile became even wider when he saw it was Ram.
As the unlucky guy who was also captured.
These people were captured during the invasion and were made prisoners from the beginning.
He was arrested in the Pumpkin Bunker and was later deported here. Fortunately, he got a temporary ID card.
Xia Zuo was a little disapproving at first, but after learning the specific inside story and what happened to these "comrades" before, he would lose sleep every night, worrying that his identity certificate would be taken away.
Fortunately, the city seems to have become more chaotic recently, and the manager who brought them back has no time to deal with it.
In order to preserve his identity, Xia Zuo rushes to the forefront in almost every job.
“Come on, work harder.”
“One, two, one.”
With help from others, the two of them struggled to lift the stake to the dug hole. Inside, I was panting from exhaustion.
But when he raised his head, he could see the smile in the other person's eyes.
"Brother, are you in good health?"
"Hahaha, luckily I ate more in the new city." Xia Zuo's face was full of motivation, He patted the wooden stake and said: "Have you heard that the military camp built here is. Do you think they will call us to join in later?"
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Ram was stunned: "Goodbye, I don't want to go to the battlefield and sacrifice my life for others"
But before he finished speaking, he quickly shook his head.
It’s just that this time he didn’t say anything, and the meaning of his lips moved twice was self-evident.
Compared with the treatment given to them by Qinggang New City, the Barren Bone Village now truly regards them as human beings.
If the enemy comes to defend this place, Ram thinks that he will definitely rush forward with weapons without hesitation.
But then again.
If he was really good enough to go on the battlefield, he wouldn't be reduced to being a prisoner here.
"Then you are willing to live with this temporary identity document?"
Xia Zuo asked cautiously in a low voice.
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Seeing the suspicion on Ram's face, Xia Zuo quickly explained with a smile: "What I mean is that if you want to obtain a real identity certificate, you must either follow the village rules Live and work for two years, or you must have meritorious service.”
"If those of us who obtained temporary certificates first don't work harder, those who are still labeled as prisoners will make meritorious services."
Prisoners?
Meritorious service? Ram frowned, this was a direction he didn't expect.
If they can obtain formal citizen status, they can receive normal wages for their work and can also open independent factories.
Yes.
Now they are employed in a construction factory opened by a lucky villager in Barren Bone Village.
It is not clear how much the territory will pay the factory director, but it must be a "huge amount" that they dare not think of.
"How to perform meritorious service? Even if the army allows us to join, it is impossible to perform meritorious service in a short time, right?"
"What's more, neither you nor I are expected to go to the battlefield. What if there is a deserter? Incident, I don’t want my current life to be ruined.”
It was unclear why Xia Zuo was captured, but Ram subconsciously regarded him as a defeated element on the battlefield.
The two deserters want to make meritorious deeds, but they are probably dreaming.
"No, listen to me, what I mean is"
Leaning sideways to Ram's ear, Xia Zuo whispered a few words quickly, which shocked the latter's face.
“You’re crazy. That’s Qinggang Shelter. Don’t tell me you’re going back to bring people here. How can you come out if you really go back?”
"If there's anything we can't get out of, don't say you don't know. As long as we give you something, the guards there will let us come in and out as we please."
Xia Zuo said nonchalantly.
If you want to make meritorious deeds, how can you make meritorious deeds with their status and strength as wanderers?
The only advantage I can say is that I have joined the Clear Harbor Refuge and served as a Clear Harbor soldier for a period of time.
“When I passed by the village chief’s office the day before yesterday, he sighed and said that the village was short of people, and no one was planting large tracts of land, so we could only look at it. It was such a pity.”
"You said, if we can bring more homeless people back to the new city, wouldn't it be regarded as a meritorious service?"
"Bring more?" Ram had a headache, but he was also moved: "Just tell me, How many people do you need to bring a meritorious service?”
“Three hundred?”
Xia Zuo mentioned the number and quickly asked when Ram didn’t speak.
< br>“Five hundred people is not a small number, and the guards will not agree with so many people leaving the city.”
"I won't agree."
Xia Zuo nodded.
It is not a problem to bribe the guards and occasionally go out to explore outside the city wall.
Even if there are more people and there is a reasonable excuse, the guards will turn a blind eye and let them out.
But five hundred people is a bit outrageous.
If the person released on the first day does not come back by the evening, the guards will never release anyone on the second day.
Although they want to earn some supplies, they don't have the courage to risk their lives to earn it.
As long as they are discovered by Commander Edmund, everyone will probably be pulled out and shot.
“So I have a way, but I need you.” Looking at Ram, Xia Zuo emphasized his tone: “I need your friend, yes, it’s Osmond. I need him to cooperate with me. !”
“Osmond?”
"Yes, he was once a plunderer, and he also participated in the invasion of Clear Harbor Sanctuary. If we want to make a contribution, we must have his participation. This is an important part of my plan."
Ram Shocked: "But he has a formal identity certificate and does not need to perform meritorious service."
"No, even if he is a formal citizen, they will want to perform meritorious service!"
Xia Zuo came out He interrupted with a loud voice and licked his lips at the worker who was still working next to him.
“Don’t say you haven’t noticed that the rich and poor have become divided in the village just now. Look, those factory owners not only have a small house of their own, but also a large piece of land. There is endless food. They even have money to hire workers and even servants to make money for themselves.”
"Why, just because they were lucky enough to join our Tianyuan Territory Institute first?"
"If we don't work hard now, their wealth will accumulate more and more, and the gap between them and us will be It’s getting bigger and bigger, and it’s impossible to catch up later.”
As a wanderer who likes reading, Xia Zuo’s hobby was always a joke among wanderers.
But recently I was hired several times by illiterate factory owners in the village to draw up work projects and regulations.
He suddenly discovered that these factory owners seemed to have no other advantages besides being lucky?
There is no culture, no vision, and even no pattern.
Understanding their past, they were just wanderers who were also looking for food in the city, or even eliminated by being driven to the periphery.
“Osmond will not give in. His ability is much stronger than those factory owners!”
“As long as he performs meritorious service, he can wash away the negative consequences of his previous identity. "The village is short of manpower for planting, doesn't Osmond want to expand the size of the security team?"
Ram's eyes widened when he heard the rough temptation.
As the saying goes, "Princes, generals, and ministers would rather have their own kind", in a sense, Xia Zuo is right.
Osmond and Huang Xiong were at odds with each other before. Although they later cleared up their feud, Huang Xionghai gave Osmond the identity of the security captain.
But as of now, the only people under him are those who are under the command of the plunderers.
Messages have circulated more than once that Huangxiong wants to follow the example of Chen Shen, the mayor of Hope Village, and establish a new organization besides the security team.
Roughly similar to the "Tian Yuan Army", as the village's violent organization, it is responsible for sharing the defensive pressure on the territory from outsiders during wartime.
This matter basically has nothing to do with Osmond, and it is foreseeable that once established, his security team will become a joke.
If the enemies outside can't come in, will there really be security incidents in the village?
They are all old wanderers. Who would not cherish their current life? The suffering life has softened their temperament.
There have only been three disputes in the entire Barren Bone Village in the past few months.
Two of them were solved by the villagers themselves before the security team arrived.
The third case was a land dispute. Osmond, the security captain, could not get a word in, and the dispute was finally resolved by Huang Xiong.
"Then you have to tell me your plan first, and I have to make sure it's feasible before I can take you to Osmunda."
After thinking about the rewards of success, Ram was moved.
As for whether the homeless people from Qinggang New City would come, he didn't consider it at all.
As long as these guys know how they are treated in the village, any sane person will go crazy.
"No problem, this is the plan."
Xia Zuo was overjoyed when Ram agreed, and the two quickly got together to talk furtively.
During this period, Ram made a sound of surprise from time to time, and was even startled sometimes.
But when it came to the end, his face lit up and he nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Okay, after we finish this, we'll go find Osmond right away!"
"Okay, see you later!"
Nodding, Xia Zuo disappeared with a happy face. among the workers.
As a lord, Sumo was naturally unaware that these captive wanderers were still plotting to bring back more people.
And it’s poaching from the Western Suburban League’s biggest rival.
But tonight, someone new is indeed joining the territory.
A "heavyweight" newcomer who in some sense can change the future of the territory!
"Huh? Have you come out of the shelter? Okay, use the airship to send her to the territory as soon as possible, don't let anyone find out."
"By the way, arrange for the kitchen to cook something The one you eat is our future treasure!”
(End of Chapter)