If you don't farm, you will be smashed [End Times]

After the farewell, Xia Chen became concerned about the name of the city he just named.The name is all up, so I can't use it.

Between the hanging plaque and the engraving, Xia Chen hesitated for a long time, and finally, on a whim, asked his family, Zijian, if he could use a sword to engrave words on the stone.

After getting an affirmative answer, Xia Chen saw with his own eyes that Wen Shu was climbing the city wall with a sword in one hand and a sword in the other. While the sword light was swimming, his toes were touching the outer wall. He didn't even use a ladder. Big characters, so awesome that I have no friends.

This scene was seen from a distance by many residents of the outer city who had not been recruited. Afterwards, word of mouth spread, and many people went outside the city wall to look at the three big characters written with sharp strokes and awe-inspiring momentum.

Although the inner and outer cities used to be divided, the original villagers talked about Qinghe Village, but those residents of the outer city did not have a unified statement.

Now everyone knows that the city they are working hard to build is called Wangxiang City, and all of them will be citizens of Wangxiang City.

This raised their enthusiasm for work again, their restless hearts gradually settled down, and they gradually developed a stronger and stronger sense of belonging to this brand-new city.

At the end of May, the first batch of green bricks and tiles came out of the kiln. To Xia Chen’s surprise, the tiles were fired beautifully. After all, bricklayers have been short of tiles for decades, and the green bricks are unexpectedly very good. It is no worse than the high-quality blue bricks that their family bought to build the house.

When Xia Chen asked, the bricklayer explained to Xia Chen with some hidden pride that it turned out that his youngest son, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, was staring at the brick.

He originally had three sons, all of whom learned the skill of making tiles from him. The first two were all good at making tiles, but the youngest son had a bad heart and liked to run around, digging around in various workshops and kilns.

It's a pity that his two eldest sons died of starvation or illness one after another on the way to migrate with Colonel Luo and his party. Only such a young son who was not doing business was left by his side.

When Xia Chen recruited craftsmen, in order to earn more wages, the bricklayer also applied for his son, thinking that his son knew the basics, at worst, he would pay more attention to it, and then let his son learn quickly.

Unexpectedly, Xia Chen directly divided their father and son into one place, and asked them to try to build a brick kiln to burn bricks. The little bricklayer said that he had seen people burn bricks and wanted to try.

The bricklayer’s craft is passed down from generation to generation. I remember how to improve the tile-fired technique from a young age, and never paid attention to anything else. The youngest son wanted to try it, but he didn’t have any ideas, so he watched him tossing with anxiety.

It turned out that this kid probably has a bit of talent, and the soil in their place is also good, especially suitable for firing bricks.Therefore, although the blue bricks fired for the first time have a relatively high rejection rate due to insufficient technology, there are many good bricks and the quality is also very good.

Xia Chen generously rewarded the little bricklayer, no, it should be called the bricklayer now, the little boy jumped three feet high with joy, and swore to God that he would be able to produce more and better turning heads next time.

For energetic young people, Xia Chen is very supportive, and he can use the manpower and materials, only one, and try to burn out enough blue bricks with high quality and quantity as safely and quickly as possible.

Residents in the outer city worked hard and accumulated contribution points quickly. He had to arrange to build the house as soon as possible, lest people come in and have no place to live.

With Xia Chen's strong support, the little brickmaker had three brick kilns built in one go and fired bricks at the same time. The soil brought in was also used closely on his side first, and even his father was ranked behind. The demand is still less than that of turning heads.

Because the progress on his side suddenly accelerated, there was a sudden shortage of manpower. The work of making brick embryos was not particularly heavy, and weak women could barely do it, even if they did it slowly.

So the whole city started to function, except for the very young children and the elderly in particularly poor health - the older children all went to mow the grass to help Master Xia graze the horses, and basically everyone else had their own jobs.

During this period, Yi Shan came to find Xia Chen, and he asked Xia Chen whether the system that allowed the formation of search teams at will was still in effect some time ago, and whether residents in outer cities could also form search teams and enjoy the same privileges of renting pumpkin carriages and horses Welfare.

Xia Chen was quite surprised. He originally thought that after the death incident, no ordinary people would want to form a search team in a short time.

Especially the residents of the outer city, they have experienced it, so they should be more aware of how dangerous it is outside than the residents of the inner city.

And now that the city is short of manpower, the people who can form a search team to go out of the city are basically young men with strong martial arts. It is not a problem to earn more than ten or twenty white coins a day. It is safer than going out of the city to risk their lives. reliable.

With some curiosity, Xia Chen nodded. In his plan, the search team should be composed mainly of civilian personnel, and the guard team's job is to patrol and protect the city.

It's just that the overall force value of ordinary people can't increase now, so this is the current situation. In the situation he imagined, in the middle and late stages, ordinary people also have the ability to deal with low-level zombies, and it will become popular after adapting to the doomsday environment.

Yi Shan is a smart person, he took the initiative to mention this matter, presumably the pros and cons have already been thought through, so he doesn't need to say more.

Seeing Xia Chen nodding, Yi Shan hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We don't have enough money to pay the rent for the time being, can we owe it first, and deduct it from the income when we come back."

They were originally poor and broke, and they had to save a little money to maintain their lives, so they really couldn't make up the rent.

But time waits for no one, Xia Chen can find out the abnormal weather, and Yi Shan also found out, he wants to save a little more money before the weather gets worse.

"I didn't charge you a deposit. It's considered a benefit to you. I don't even pay rent. What if the people who go out can't come back?" Xia Chen was still very curious about his thoughts, and his words became more carefree. A bit tentative: "Now that there are so many job opportunities in the city, why do you want to risk going out of the city?"

Yi Shan has a calm face, obviously he has already thought up his words: "I will stay, if they don't come back, I will pay back all the money owed."

He is literate and has a strong working ability. Meng Mingjun praised him several times in front of Xia Chen, and among the few paperwork distributed to the juniors, he performed the most outstandingly. Xia Chen had already raised his salary once.

With the ability he has shown, he is indeed qualified to say such a thing.

He paused, and continued: "Compared to working hard to make money safely, there are always people who want to create greater value with their own abilities, even if it takes risks. Didn't you think so when you opened up this system? "

His brother Qi is a born fighter, but they came at an unfortunate time, and they have already missed the opportunity to recruit people for the guards, and they don't know when the next time will be.

The caravan going out is a good opportunity, but it's a pity that Xia Chen's selection criteria are harsh and cautious. Newcomers like them have not been tested for their loyalty. Even if they sign up, they probably won't pass.

Some time ago, before the young people in the inner city formed their own search team, Wu Qi had already had this idea. He even wanted to go alone, but was persuaded by Yi Shan.

Now Yi Shan finally gathered enough manpower and saved some money, so that Wu Qi would not go out of the city with an empty stomach and even a piece of dry food for adventure.

Xia Chen glanced at Yi Shan with a little surprise. He didn't expect him to say it so bluntly, but considering this young man's character, he did have a spirit that couldn't be concealed, so he wasn't surprised.

With Xia Chen's consent, the search team, composed of residents from the inner and outer cities of Wangxiang City, set off after a short period of preparatory work. In addition to Wu Qi, there were three other men from the outer city.

They also rented the smallest carriage. Seeing that the weapons they made up together were really ugly. They even had a sickle for harvesting wheat. They probably borrowed them from some inner city residents, so Xia Chen borrowed a few more weapons for them. .

Although the travel of this group of people also caused a lot of discussion, but not many people paid attention to it. The residents of the outer city were full of hard work and went to the inner city.

That night, the search team returned safely, with blood all over their bodies, and the taciturn Wu Qi looked murderous. It is said that they encountered a small wave of seven or eight zombies, and Wu Qi killed more than half of them by himself.

I suffered a small injury, and with my current physical fitness, it will heal in a short time. If I want to hurry up, I can apply some medicine, and if it is not enough, I can slowly heal by myself.

I don't know if it was Yi Shan who told them in advance, or they were careful enough to bring back a cart full of "valuable" things.

They brought back all the salt jars from other people's homes. Some of the salt was hollowed out, but there were still a lot of brine in it. It was very suitable to take it back without selling it to shops.

In addition, scissors, women's needles and threads, copper locks on the gate, and even copper coins accumulated by other people's homes, all can be taken back, as well as old clothes and bedding, vegetables and grains stored, oil lamps and dishes, etc., even if there is no way to exchange money , can also be used by yourself.

Because many of the materials they collect are old things in daily life, and the shops don’t accept them, so the money they get in the end is not much. After deducting the rental fee and the commission, if there is no one left, it will be divided into less than five. Ten white coins.

But these people are already very satisfied. With all the money, they can buy coarse grains and save some food, which can last for half a month.

Moreover, the materials brought back are all very scarce in life. Although the shops do not accept them, it is not a problem to exchange some other things with people in the outer city.

After returning with a full load, these people did not feel complacent. Afterwards, they stayed in the city to recuperate, and took on some lighter jobs to earn money slowly. Anyway, they did not let themselves relax.

When they recovered from their injuries, they came to Xia Chen again to rent the pumpkin carriage and horses. This time, they didn't have to owe the rental fee first. They had saved enough rental fees anyway, so they generously came to borrow the carriage.

During this period, the second firing of bricks was also a complete success. Three brick kilns were opened one after another, and the blue bricks in two of them were fired very beautifully and firmly.There is only one person who does not know whether the kiln is not built properly or the intermediate heat is not added enough. The bricks fired are mottled in color and brittle in quality. They are taken as defective products to expand the pigs that are urgently added due to the increase in the number of piglets. lock up.

With the most critical basic building materials, the construction of the two-story residential building can also be put on the agenda. Xia Chen asked the little bricklayer to continue burning bricks, and at the same time organized a construction team to start preparing for the construction of the house.

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