Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 668 668 Dried meat on the street lamp

Beiyuan City is being rebuilt. Civilians and troops who have come from all over the country to get high salaries are gathering here, making the place appear full of vitality.

 But in fact it is still full of ruins, and various corpses can be seen or dug up everywhere.

It’s no surprise that people dig out an arm while digging in the ruins with a shovel. Some people can even find some valuable things from these corpses and make a fortune.

 Some bomb craters have been utilized, directly excavating and laying pipes to complete the city's sewer system.

 In fact, other cities in Qi State are now similar to battlefields. There are dug trenches everywhere. Those who don’t know better think that war is still going on there.

The army is very busy. They also have to send manpower to clean up the rubble, and after receiving reports from workers, they also have to go to the site to check for dangerous items.

 There are ammunition hidden by the Mirage army in some places, most of which are bullets, of course there are also grenades and mines, and even some large-caliber artillery shells.

These things must be dealt with as soon as possible and properly - civilians have no experience, so the military can only send people to operate them.

All munitions must be transported to designated locations for blasting and disposal. The large holes created by the explosions are also convenient for burying pipelines, killing two birds with one stone.

As for the port area, the scene there is even busier - workers there are trying to repair at least one pier as soon as possible so that transport ships heading north can dock.

  No matter what era it is, shipping is the most powerful transportation capacity. A transport ship loaded with cement pipes docked is comparable to the transportation capacity of hundreds of cars.

 Another area being repaired is the train station and railway. As long as the railway is open to traffic, the reconstruction speed of Beiyuan City will immediately reach a new level.

There are construction sites everywhere, and workers pushing wheelbarrows and two-wheelers everywhere. They refilled the rubble into the large pit where the pipes had been laid, and then repeated the process back and forth.

What needs to be done on the other side of the city wall is much simpler. Workers must clean up all the garbage near the collapsed city wall.

 Huge stones and blue bricks will be sent to the port area to fill in the seawater to build larger and more advanced docks.

Several towering cranes have been erected in the city center to build the city's first high-rise buildings.

 Cement is sufficient. Datang Group has opened cement plants in many places, and the production technology used is very advanced.

These cement plants and steel mills provided raw materials for Tang State's rapid development and ensured Tang State's infrastructure needs - when Tang Mo wanted to build high-rise buildings, he always had cement and steel bars, which was already quite difficult.

　　It is hard to imagine that this is a city where the fighting has ended, because explosions still occur from time to time, and black smoke still billows up, making the construction workers nervous.

You can see parked military trucks in the streets and alleys, with grenadiers carrying submachine guns on both sides holding cigarettes to maintain order.

 They also have another task, which is to collect various weapons. Including pistols, rifles, bullets, cartridge cases...

Ten cartridge cases are one copper coin, one pistol is two silver coins, one rifle is three silver coins, and machine guns and gun parts are paid as appropriate.

 In short, civilians are very active. Children are looking for bullets and cartridge cases in the ruins, looking for broken gun parts, and even intact rifles.

Of course, they will also find adults and ask them to deal with the rotting corpses next to the weapons they found.

In addition to these light weapons, the Tang Army also had to allocate manpower to drag heavy weapons such as machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, and cannons.

 In addition, the remains of Binghan cars, Gobel cars, etc. that were damaged in the city must also be removed and recycled.

  It is a pity that these cars have now been dismantled to nothing but frames, and the small parts and less sturdy parts have been dismantled by civilians.

Carload after carload of rice, flour and canned vegetables were delivered to Bac Yuan City. Food sent from both directions of Pingning and Anpu can be directly sent to nearby areas for unloading via railway.

The Tang Kingdom has never been short of food, especially when the whole world was ready to spend money to buy aircraft technology, the food embargo became a complete joke.

Before the war, Tang Mo had hoarded a large amount of food in order to stabilize prices and appease people's hearts when he took over Qi.

 In fact, the situation was much better than Tang Mo expected: when the eldest prince was burning, killing, looting and collecting food in the southern part of Qi State, he completely forced the people of Qi State to side with Tang State.

The disaster in Beiyuan City once again stimulated the people of the surrounding Qi State, turning the Tang army from invaders to liberators.

Coupled with the violent redistribution of wealth carried out by the Tang army in Qi State, the people of Qi State have begun to accept the rule of Tang State. When the envoys from the Mirage Kingdom came to Beiyuan City in a small boat, they saw such a busy and fulfilling scene.

When they drove through the cleared main road, they saw carloads of the rotting corpses of Mirage soldiers being transported outside the city to be burned.

 From the corpse, you can clearly see the brown, shit-like military uniform of Mirage. These corpses were stacked together and looked like a small Jingguan.

"The warriors of the Mirage Kingdom should not be treated like this." In the car, an envoy from the Mirage Kingdom stared angrily out of the window at the car transporting the corpse and said through gritted teeth.

"Master Mirage Bunshin, now is not the time to consider these things..." The leading Mirage envoy spoke bitterly to reassure his deputy: "We should focus on the overall situation."

"Sir Mirage Wenyou... We, we have really let down so many warriors who fought desperately..." The minister of the Mirage Kingdom, named Mirage Wenxin, said to his chief officer, Mirage Wenxin, in pain.

Mirage Wenyou, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Mirage Kingdom, sighed and said: "The life and death of the kingdom is now in the hands of others. We must allow the Mirage Kingdom to continue at all costs. This...is the right thing to do to death." The best comfort for soldiers!"

"You...are right." Mirage Wenxin lowered his head slightly, and when he raised it again, he still looked reluctantly at the truck carrying the corpse that was traveling in the same direction as them.

The driver was also a Mirage man, otherwise they would not have dared to talk so unscrupulously in the car. The car they were riding in was purchased from the equipment captured by the Tang Army. The Binghan brand cars produced by these dwarves were more suitable for the goblins of the Mirage Kingdom.

While other races feel that the cab of the Ice-Cold car is somewhat cramped, the Mirage goblins feel that the interior space of the Ice-Card car is good, even a little too big...

 When they drive a normal car, they need to modify it and raise the brake accelerator before they can go on the road. Therefore, the Gobel cars purchased by Mirage come with a set of small parts that raise the brake accelerator and clutch.

These Binghan cars are Mirage equipment captured by the Tang Army. The Mirage also paid for them to purchase them from the Binghan Empire. Now they have to spend another amount of money to buy it from Tang Jun. It's really ironic - they actually spent money to buy the same car twice...

Because these mirage envoys came to seek peace, in other words, they came to send money, so the Tang State did not deliberately create difficulties.

Soon the car stopped next to a small square in the city center. The flower bed was filled with rubble and gravel, and the original appearance was basically unrecognizable.

When getting out of the car, the two envoys from the Mirage Kingdom were startled by the tall crane standing nearby. They had never seen such construction machinery before, so they looked up for a long time.

When they came to their senses and withdrew their gaze, they discovered that there was a body hanging next to the city hall where they were going.

The lower body of this corpse was burnt black, and the upper body was naked and covered with scars. The scary thing is that this corpse has a hideous appearance, and it was obvious that he was still alive when it was burned.

 “Mirage Wenxi!” Although his face was very distorted and had been roasted to the point of losing all moisture, making him no different from a mummy, Mirage Wenxin could still recognize his former colleague at a glance.

“These Tang people are really cruel!” He lowered his voice, fearing that he would be heard by the Tang officials who came out not far away to greet them.

At this moment, he only heard that Mirage Musaburo was dead, but did not know how Mirage Musaburo died by slicing.

"Welcome to the Tang Kingdom." The leading Tang official looked harmless, making it impossible to connect him with the half-cooked corpse not far behind him.

"Legal speaking, this is still a disputed area... Sir! We are here this time to discuss this issue." Mirage Wenyou emphasized.

"Oh?" The Tang official was not angry. Instead, he said, "Based on what you said, Mirage will get an extra 50,000 gold coins during the negotiation."

"You!" Mirage Wenxin wanted to step forward to argue, but was stopped by Mirage Wenxin: "Beiyuan City is already in your hands, and you are still so unwilling to give up. I don't think it's too ugly. Yet?"

“It doesn’t matter if you look ugly when you eat, the main thing is that you have to eat to be full.” The young official of the Tang Dynasty laughed.

"You have already swallowed it in your mouth, why are you in a hurry?" Mirage Wenyou frowned and continued to ask awkwardly.

“You haven’t swallowed it yet, have you?” The Tang official raised his eyebrows.

"Alas..." Looking at the confident Tang officials, Mirage literary friends had a strong premonition that this time the peace talks would cause a major hemorrhage in Mirage.

"Don't be so nervous. Differences are differences, and friendship is friendship... The dinner is very sumptuous. I am accompanying the special envoy of the Ice Empire. The dishes are very rich. The special envoy must enjoy himself." The Tang official made an invitation gesture. Behind it is a street lamp pendant that looks like beef jerky, which looks so weird.

 (End of this chapter)