In the port area of Yongdong Port, the explosion two days ago had destroyed the once prosperous docks. Some of those docks were built during the development period of Datang Group. After so many years, they are still exerting their residual heat.
The dwarves did not fail to expand Everwinter Port. They built some larger docks and imported a large number of hoisting machinery from the Tang Empire.
After the expansion, Yongdong Port also ushered in several glories, making this huge port city the most prosperous area in the northern part of the Eastern Continent.
Looking around, the warehouses in the port are neat and orderly. The roads are smooth and well designed. Tang people are involved in many places here, so the performance in many aspects is naturally very good.
Once, two-thirds of the warehouses here were filled with goods to be exported to the Tang Empire, and the other third of the warehouses were filled with things imported from the Tang Empire. The prosperity of trade at that time made
Everyone in the port is looking forward to their brilliant future.
In that era, any stevedore on the dock could earn a lot of money. They missed the era of Bunas and the days when humans built ports with them, and looked forward to the return of everything.
But now, everything is different. The dwarves blew up the dock facilities in the port and set a fire in the empty warehouse area.
Although the fire did not completely destroy all the warehouses, it left a mess and covered this pearl on the Eastern Continent with thick dust.
It seems that those past glories are no longer possible to come back... Although humans are back, they bring jet fighters, large-caliber artillery, and terrorist bombs that can destroy a building in one go...
A dwarf civilian struggled to get through a collapsed ceiling, followed the triangular tunnel, and returned to his place of residence.
The space inside is quite large, but a little closed. The corner of the room is filled with garbage picked up everywhere, and there are some beddings on the floor. Two children and a woman are watching vigilantly in the corner as they go home.
the road.
In fact, there is a "skylight" above their heads. There is no so-called roof in this area. If it rains, there will actually be raindrops falling here immediately, but it also allows people hiding here not to worry about the roof being damaged at a certain moment.
Fall down.
"I found something to eat." The man took out some food from his arms like a treasure, but these things made the woman's face look ugly.
"Where did you find these things...over the Tang Dynasty? It's very dangerous over there." The woman was worried that something terrible would happen to her husband.
The man didn't take it seriously. His beard twitched when he spoke, which looked a little funny. He took out the food from his arms and explained with a smile: "There is no danger, they are very friendly.
You don’t know, many years ago, before I even met you, I worked for them for a year.”
"You're crazy! You know, if our soldiers see you coming back from that way, they will catch you, say you are a spy, beat you to death, and hang you from the street lamp outside!" Although the woman was very nervous
Not satisfied, but still reached out and took the food that looked good.
There were half-eaten cans, some soft bread, some compressed biscuits, jam and dry vegetable packets.
Finally, the man took out a shiny bottle from his side pocket. The bottle was soft and the crystal clear inside was not comparable to the common dwarf turbid tap water.
"What is this? Where did you get such a valuable thing... Oh my God, didn't you become a guide?" The woman was holding the bottle of mineral water, surprised and incoherent.
For commoners like them, such a beautiful bottle and such crystal clear drinking water are precious things that they would never dare to dream of.
"It's really random over there... They said that as long as you come over, they will arrange a room for us... and they also said that we can get so much food every day." The man excitedly talked about what he had seen, because
For a moment, he seemed to see again the bright future he had seen before.
The kind of future he had seen when he was young, he lived a very good life in those years. He worked on the dock helping the humans who came from afar, earning a salary that several people had earned in the past.
"They won't trick us... and then kill us, right? That's what the radio says." The woman still didn't believe that humans would be so kind to short and dwarf aliens like them.
"There are thousands of people over there, and I saw at least two hundred people queuing up to get food... I don't think they are going to lie to us, they are just here to get what belongs to them," the man explained.
"Take back their own things? You mean here?" The woman later moved to Everwinter City. She may have heard some stories, but these legends have been banned for a long time, and everyone talks about it.
Keep it secret.
"Yes, this place belonged to humans in the past." The man nodded affirmatively in a matter-of-fact tone: "It was better back then. There was no city lord's palace here, and there was no administrative court... and I didn't have to pay so much tax."
"You are crazy... We will be hanged for treason." The woman became even more frightened.
"I just took some food and found a safe place for my family...how could I be treasonous?" The man frowned, a little dissatisfied with the woman's statement. The woman closed her mouth knowingly and began to give
Prepare food for my two children.
They finally got through the crisis for the time being. If they save a little on the food, it would be enough for them to hide here for two days. As long as the war is over, they don't have to worry about a shell falling one day.
When the sky darkened and the children had fallen asleep, the dwarf once again discussed with his wife about going to the safe zone designated by the Tang people.
As long as they were careful and crossed the fire line, they could eat decent food every day and have a warmer house to live in.
Apparently the woman was also concerned. She was just worried about the safety of her family. But because the man had already walked through it once, she was convinced. The two decided to set off early tomorrow morning and take their children across the line of fire to a safer place.
place.
On this night, the Tang Army's attack on the port area began again, and the explosions of falling artillery shells continued here all night without stopping.