Chapter 191, Destroy the Jungle
After the wave of aberrations receded, the predicament of Crocker Manor was completely resolved.
Although the militia group suffered heavy losses; although the manor was badly bombarded by biological and chemical bombardment, and it was not clear how to solve the large areas of corrosion, at least the crisis of destruction had been lifted.
And in the evening of the next day, Major Purbeuf - oh, now a lieutenant colonel - led his Quenching Brigade and arrived at Crocker Manor.
Jason Morgan and Perbov were old acquaintances. Before moving east to liberate Garbage Town, when they were suppressing bandits in the more than two hundred kilometers between Fuxing City and Garbage Town, he and Perbov, who was still the major battalion commander at the time, There has been cooperation.
At that time, the status gap between the two was relatively large.
Of course, it's not that small now, but it's smaller than it was then. Although Perbov was promoted to commander of the most important Xifeng Brigade and his military rank was promoted one level, Jason Morgan's promotion was faster. Although his rank is not high and he is currently only a D4, he has become the main person in charge of the alliance's mutual aid association.
The Xifeng Brigade is rapidly marching forward this time, and the subsequent material support it needs will depend on him.
After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Perbov revealed his next plan: to attack the jungle.
This frightened Jason Morgan, and he only thought that Lieutenant Colonel Purbeuf had lost his mind and was having a dream.
The current main continent of the entire Raging Owl Star can be roughly divided into six major regions: the central region, the eastern provinces, the Northland, Qinggu, the Western Desert, and the western continent.
Among these six places, the Qinggu area is the most populous place, with a population of more than 10 million.
However, for this lush and vast land, the number of humans is still too small. They are far from the masters here, the vast jungle is.
Humans just opened plantations one after another in the open spaces between the jungles and connected them with roads.
The war between humans and the jungle has been going on for a long time in the Qinggu area.
The jungle breeds aberrant monsters. When there are too many of them in the jungle, they will rush out and attack humans in an attempt to expand their territory and expand the jungle. This is the wave of aberrant monsters in the Green Valley.
But when humans slow down, they will in turn reoccupy the areas that have not yet been forested.
In general, the jungle is extremely dangerous. There is nothing in it for human survival, but it is full of terrible monsters.
In the jungle, humans have no advantage. Countless thick trees, muddy ground, swamps... these natural environments have all formed obstacles for humans to conquer the jungle.
Not to mention, there are a huge number of monsters breeding in the jungle.
In the Qinggu area, entering the jungle is tantamount to seeking death.
This is a fact that everyone in Qinggu has been taught since childhood.
And now, Jason Morgan heard that Lieutenant Colonel Purbeuf was going to take his troops into the jungle to die.
Sensing Jason Morgan's surprise, Perbov just laughed after the other party said words of dissuasion.
"Of course, of course, I understand that the jungle in Qinggu is hell. But I have studied it for a long time before setting off. No one understands the jungle better than me."
After talking big words first, Purbov continued: "We have a secret weapon in our hands now."
Jason Morgan didn’t buy it: “What secret weapon can allow us to easily conquer the jungle?”
"This is arranged by the Governor."
Jason Morgan was immediately speechless.
However, Perbov also saw that Jason Morgan was not completely relieved.
He didn't explain any more, just patted the civil affairs officer on the shoulder and said, "You will see it with your own eyes soon, don't worry."
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It was said to be fast, but in fact Jason Morgan had to wait several days to see what the secret weapon was.
In fact, the Quenching Brigade started taking action early the next morning after arriving at Crocker Manor. The soldiers drove armored vehicles and tanks to the edge of the jungle and began to clear the jungle.
Yes, the clearing of the entire jungle.
Jason Morgan was curious and anxious, what should he do?
However, he still suppressed his curiosity.
He himself still has a lot of work to do.
Continuing the meetings of the Mutual Aid Association and providing supplies for the Xiefeng Brigade and other units of Army Group Center that will follow up later are his most important things.
At the same time, he also received a request from the Union Ministry of Civil Affairs to complete the reorganization work of the people in Qinggu area on the spot.
The historical mission of the mutual aid association has come to an end. The alliance system will be completely brought into the Qinggu area.
According to the guidance materials issued directly by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Jason Morgan knew what he should do.
He wants to transform the Mutual Aid Association into the alliance's management organization for the Qinggu region. This will be the fourth province directly managed by the alliance: Northern Qinggu Province.
The owners of each manor will become administrative officials in each place, just like the reorganization of the three central provinces. They will then enter the Xi Feng Zhongsi Academy in batches to study; at the same time, their respective manors have been confiscated in a sense. They no longer have ownership of their past properties, but It is only management rights.
Of course, this is not a radical reform and involves deep compromise. Alliance officials who have been transferred from manor owners will probably not see much change in the management of their original manors, nor will there be enough changes in the lives of the people.
It is even foreseeable that when the alliance turns the farmers in the manor into agricultural workers and provides ranks ranging from E5 to E7, can they really get the corresponding benefits? Will their dues not be deducted by the manor owners who have gained administrative power?
But those are solvable problems.
Anti-corruption, persistent propaganda to the people at the bottom, and giving them opportunities to rise. They will know how much stuff they should get at E5 or other levels. If the manor owner doesn't give it, they can report it.
That sounds easy, but it’s actually very difficult. Many people have never left the manor in their lives. Where can they report this? Will the route of reporting also be controlled by interest elements?
There are many questions.
But these essentially have to make way for another realistic factor-the league just can't afford to appoint enough officials to do this.
It's easy to say it's really cleaned up. Where can the league find so many suitable officials to take charge of this part of the work?
Administrative management is really not something you can just pull in someone and get things done.
If these native guys are allowed to do it, various problems may arise, but at least in the early stage, the operation of Beiqinggu Province can be maintained.
In fact, the alliance's strategies in the central province, central northern province, and high tower province are also consistent.
Let’s do it first. The league's disciplinary committee will play their role.
In the future, as more students from Chuji College and the School of Liberal Arts graduate, these problems will be alleviated.
It won't be long.
The Alliance Ministry of Education now receives very high investment, teachers can easily be promoted, and school buildings are given priority...
As for the schooling system, minors go to school properly; for adults, there is also accelerated education.
However, this so-called crash course is still different from the worker education conducted in Wei Xingcheng. No matter how quick it is, administrative officials are far less easy to teach than factory workers.
But in general, the alliance's educational undertakings have been carried out for some time now, and suitable students will graduate soon.
At that time, if these manor owners, including those old officials in the three central provinces, do not do well enough, they will be replaced if they should be replaced; the disciplinary committee will also conduct a major screening at that time, On the one hand, it is to purify the atmosphere; on the other hand, it is to make room for new officials who are relatively established and established.
However, it is relatively easy to deal with existing plantations that are still operating.
But the huge number of refugees who have lost their homes is even more troublesome.
The Twin Cities cannot absorb all two million people in one go. That would be unrealistic. Even if the Twin Cities metropolitan area will further expand and expand in the future, that is not now. The expansion of a city's scale still takes time. A large number of people poured in instantly, and even the expansion of the production line could not keep up. There was no job for the time being.
Of course, relocating residents is still a normal task that has to be done all the time. The excess population should first go to adult schools and night schools to learn some industrial skills and literacy, which also takes time. When they are trained in place and can initially become a qualified industrial population, and the corresponding production lines are expanded, they will be able to better seamlessly access.
As for the remaining population, they are also useful.
They are generally rated at E3 and E4 levels.
The lower levels actually need to be discussed.
In the Alliance, reaching E1 level means having citizenship rights. But at this level, there are no benefits. The alliance only recognizes you as a citizen.
E2 will provide half of the minimum living standard, which is generally given to children and disabled people who are completely unable to work as a government subsidy.
E3, on the other hand, has minimum living standards benefits, from food distribution to necessary medical assistance.
E4, there is a stipend starting, but it is not much, it belongs to interns.
Until E5 level, this is the level that most adults in the league get if they have a job. It can ensure that you can even save some money and do some things to improve your life while having enough food and clothing. You can also have money for some entertainment. An E5-level couple can support three or five children plus their parents, but life would be quite difficult.
Although the refugees are generally rated E3 or E4, this is still a joy for them.
And the alliance took these people down, and Cheng felt that being a member of the alliance had to bear a huge burden. As the civil affairs officer of the alliance and currently the actual person in charge of government affairs in Beiqinggu Province, he must get these people to move.
They have to work to find their own value; and the alliance also needs them to work hard to earn back the high investment as much as possible and turn the burden into positive benefits as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the most important thing in the Qinggu area is land.
A batch of high-yielding seeds obtained from interstellar trade were also sent from the alliance headquarters. It is autumn now, and we are taking advantage of this time to build new plantations one after another to house these refugees. After the construction work is completed, it is almost time to plant seeds.
In addition, a considerable number of people were sent to the army to follow the army.
Army Group Center needed a large number of workers accompanying the army, and the first to bear the brunt was Perbov's Wind-Destroying Brigade.
His troops have entered the jungle and have requested 30,000 young and middle-aged workers from him, the logistics manager.
Morgan has matched these people for him.
They were sent into the jungle and participated in the work of clearing the jungle.
Then, Jason Morgan started busy with his own affairs again.
Even though he tried his best to maintain the mutual aid association system, Jason Morgan was still too busy to complete the introduction of the alliance system on the spot.
There is no end to things for workers. In the first few days, he couldn't live without it at all, but after being busy for a while, he still took time out and ran to the edge of the jungle.
He really wanted to see what the secret weapon Perbov said was.
Then, he witnessed with his own eyes the disappearance of a large area of jungle.
The armored vehicle is equipped with something similar to a flamethrower, but the purple-red flames it spits out do not bring high temperatures or burning.
Trees and vegetation burned by purple fire will quickly wither and dehydrate.
This is much faster than actually burning it with flames.
After the armored vehicles sprayed over, after a short wait, the soldiers on foot and the conscripted migrant workers began to move forward.
The work they have to do is also very simple.
After the low shrubs dry up quickly, a few hits with a wooden stick will turn them into debris, providing fertilizer for the land; the tall trees will also become brittle. A strong man can knock him down with a few kicks.
After the tall trees fell down, they would be towed in batches to the vehicles behind them.
These things should not be wasted.
Tall timber can be used as building materials after dehydration. It is not particularly good, as it is not as good as wood that has been cut down and made with corresponding industrial techniques, but it is a material that can be obtained quickly when necessary.
As it happened, a large number of plantations in the rear needed new construction. Houses, walls...all need these building materials.
Of course, you won’t need that much. The worst thing is to build a synthetic starch factory nearby. These wood can still be used as raw materials for making synthetic starch.
There's a lot of economic value to this, and Jason Morgan, as a political officer, can see that.
But what he can see more is the path to completely solving the Qinggu problem.
He has been thinking about this issue since he came to the Qinggu area, but he never thought that the way to achieve it was to completely eliminate the existence of the 'jungle' itself!
If someone had told him this in the past, he would have thought it was a fantasy.
But now, it all came true before his eyes.
(End of chapter)