The afternoon sun was shining brightly, it had just rained a few times, and the sky was exceptionally clear and clean. Allen sat quietly on a lookout platform in the fortress, enjoying afternoon tea and some snacks. There were some on the table next to him.
Books, several relatives are talking about "god".
Now there are rumors all over the grassland about the god from the mountains, and what happened in the epidemic area a month ago. Allen has asked his men to inquire about it, and it is true.
But many people are skeptical. After all, the credibility of this matter is not high.
Allen looked at the books on the table and looked at a young nephew and said.
"Read more books if you have nothing to do."
Alan's nephew Nick said with some disdain.
"Uncle, what's the use of reading a book? It's better to seize the time and consolidate the fortress more quickly."
Allen smiled helplessly. Several other young people had the same attitude. They all carried weapons and trained every day to stand guard or go to the mountains and forests to help.
"Books are the most precious wealth of mankind in the world. Each of you will take one. I will test you in a few days. Take a look at it when you have nothing to do."
Several young people reluctantly selected books at random. Allen stood up and looked at the farmland in the distance. It was already winter, but it didn't feel like winter at all. Instead, it felt more like summer. The climate had completely changed.
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Allen asked as the sun's scorching heat made the crops on this grassland grow more abundantly.
"Are you sure that the scientists from the mountains really created the medicine?"
Nephew Nick said.
"Uncle, it's true. I asked people who had been sick and a doctor before and they all clearly told me the whole process. But God's words should be bragging."
Allen just smiled slightly. Although he didn't quite believe that the power beyond human understanding was real, he was certain that this incident was not groundless.
There are more and more people on the grassland, and people are still coming every day. After all, the people in the two cities below can't bear it anymore, and they still come up, including some gang members, but there are a few big ones nearby.
The gangs blocked the gang members.
Because the last time they sent people to the city to get supplies, these gang members ambushed them.
The battle just ended a few days ago, and the few groups that came up were all wiped out.
Looking at the dense crowds of people on the grassland, Allen felt that the worst era was not too far away. The sun was so intense and hot that it made Allen a little worried, because under normal circumstances, the distance had already fallen into darkness, so the sun
It should slowly disappear.
Allen looked at the sky. He didn't think this was the so-called miracle that many people said. It was most likely that people in the space station had artificial intervention.
Because Allen used to read some science-related things, he knew something about the Asgard space station floating in the sky, and he also imagined that it would be great if he could go up there.
But the space station only requires people with superior IQs or talents with very professional skills. Ordinary people are not qualified to set foot on it.
Everything today is too bad for human beings. Allen will be anxious for a while every day because he knows how bad the future will be, and the prosperity and hope in front of him are nothing but false.
Unless someone can control everything at this juncture and establish corresponding laws, this form of human society will collapse when the crisis comes.
Now that Allen has asked people to collect some metal, the wooden defensive barriers must be upgraded, otherwise a fire will destroy them.
The upgrade cannot be too fast, it must be reinforced step by step, with wood as the base, then adding metal to strengthen it, and finally pouring it with cement. Only in this way can we have a complete fortress.
As long as the fortress can be self-sufficient, the defenses near the water source must be more solidly strengthened.
Everything cannot go too fast. Firstly, there is a shortage of manpower. Secondly, there is not enough material. Thirdly, it is impossible to expand the number of people in a short time.
Everything must be done step by step. Allen can already imagine what it will be like in four or five years, because everything in this place has been settled a long time ago. From Allen's point of view, this place is more like a gladiatorial arena.
All the conditions in the huge arena have been met. Humanity not only needs to face a worse and harsher environment in the future, but also needs to deal with threats from other people.
And when one day, humans have to fight, then everything in the entire arena will be reduced to a tool for survival.
Human beings can do any cruel thing in order to survive. This is the innate instinct of animals.
"Time will tell."
Allen got up. He planned to go out for a walk and talk to a few gangs about supplies. They could exchange wood and some mountain goods with them for metal, but it was obvious that they wanted to raise the price, and Allen planned to jump.
I traded directly with one or two of them.
Metal is already a scarce resource on this grassland. Gangs have noticed it a long time ago, and then they started frantically sending people to the highway to dismantle cars and bring everything back.
Because these things will be of great use in the future, the weapons and ammunition in the hands of gangs that still hold modern weapons have almost bottomed out, and they do not have the conditions to make bullets, so the future will return to the era of cold weapons.
If you want to make cold weapons, metal is an extremely important material. Part of the metal that Allen hoarded has been used to make cold weapons. Because there are abundant wood resources in the mountains and forests, Allen makes spears. This is on the battlefield.
The best weapons for fighting are bows with metal arrows.
For close combat, the scimitar is a weapon that is very effective in actual combat. Allen plans to slowly equip everyone with it as much as possible and then train them so that they can respond at any time when a crisis occurs in the future.
This chapter is not over yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Soon Allen left the fortress with more than 30 men armed with weapons. They came to a farmland all the way, and soon found a group of
People, they are the small group closest to Allen and the others, with more than 100 people, and they have many metal objects in their hands.
"Alan, the price you gave us is too low. The metal can be used repeatedly as long as it is dissolved, but many of the things you gave us are consumables, so if you want them, the original transaction quantity is not applicable."
Allen nodded and said.
"It's useless for you to hold these metals now. We are currently thinking of ways to mine them."
The leader in front of him looked surprised and then asked.
"Have you discovered a mineral deposit?"
Allen nodded.
"It's just that we are lacking some materials now because we need to build some mining tools."
Allen's men also knew that Allen was just bluffing the other party, because none of them had the talent in this field. Although there may be mineral deposits in the mountains and forests, they were unable to find them.
"It's up to you whether to trade or not. You should stick to the original quantity. If you don't want to trade, forget it."
"etc."
The leader hesitated a little, because if he refused, if Allen and the others mined mineral deposits in the future, it would not be cost-effective if Allen and the others were stuck in what they wanted to trade.
"We can give you some metal, but there is a condition."
"When we mine ore in the future, we will trade with you on the same terms."
The leader nodded with satisfaction, and then said that he would send his men to the gate of the fortress later for face-to-face transactions.
Allen also nodded, and then Allen took people to the next place. Allen only planned to find two groups of people, because there were too many people, and such lies would be easily seen through, and then there would be trouble.
If you find two groups of people, many other people will probably be able to come to you after hearing about such things, because Allen knows very well that people don't want to suffer at all. Once they find a little opportunity,
I will definitely try my best to get it.
At that time, Allen only needs to continue to trade with these gangs. When he holds a large amount of metal objects, if they keep asking about the progress, Allen only needs to give them some dissolved metal objects, and they will naturally
Believed this lie.
Everything has been planned, and the negotiations between Allen and the second gang members went relatively smoothly. The other party expressed great interest and agreed to trade with them when the mineral deposits were mined. They could use some seeds or
Grain is traded.
"As expected of an uncle."
Nick said with a smile and Allen nodded. This kind of thing is very applicable in such an era, because in the past era when information technology was not very developed, many people used their left hand instead of their right hand to make themselves rich.
Allen was no exception, because he seemed to have great advantages, so others would naturally believe him. Then Allen led people all the way to a place eight kilometers away, where a medium-sized gang was located.
Allen came here for no other reason than to allow the gang to lend him a few civil engineers for his own use, because now Allen plans to build some grottoes on the mountain wall as shelters or residences, including some
Food storage room, but although he has people who know how to build it, many people don't dare to easily guarantee the structural engineering issues of civil engineering.
Because this requires extremely professional knowledge, Allen has talked with this heavy-duty gang several times, but the other party has always hung him up, and even asked Allen and the others to trade weapons.
Of course it is impossible for Allen to agree. After all, weapons are scarce now. Trading them would be equivalent to reducing his own strength. This is impossible for Allen. But today Allen prepared a reason that the other party absolutely cannot refuse.
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"Again, if you can get weapons, I can lend you two engineers. You also know how important engineers are in this era, right?"
Of course Allen knew that their houses were only three stories high, which was already the limit. Some houses were also beginning to have problems due to structural stress. Now they needed talents in this field.
Allen said with a smile.
"Can't we trade it for something else?"
"What?"
To be continued...