Section 171 Wind Power

A shout with intimidation alone cannot play any role.

The old man knew very well that with the current strength of the Fei family, revenge was just a empty talk.

Although the family armed forces once attacked Liujin City and relied on the newly developed anesthesia fog bomb to eliminate a large number of guard troops, they were killed and injured by the mercenaries led by the "Vulture Mercenary Group". The hundreds of armed personnel attacked with Fei Tu, and only sixteen survived. Such high combat losses far exceeded the limit that the Fei family could accept. In addition to the reserve armed forces used to defend the city, there are currently less than two hundred combat soldiers in Philadelphia, of which more than 80% were ordinary people without evolution or strengthening abilities.

The Fei family has been completely destroyed. If it weren't for the fact that the weapons and equipment were barely advantageous, the number of guards was even worse than the large group of refugees in the wilderness, let alone revenge.

On early winter nights, it is dark. Due to insufficient energy reserves, the power provided by the generator cannot be extravagant for heating, and the lighting time can only be maintained until two hours after nightfall.

A maid in a cotton robe walked into the room slowly with a lit candlestick. With the faint swaying light, she was surprised to find that Fei Shu, the head of the hometown who had always been calm, actually knelt down next to the coffin, hugged Fei Tu's cold body tightly in her arms, and sobbed silently like a helpless child.

"Qi Weina, go, invite Mr. Shen here-" Fei Shu took a deep breath, his eyes as sharp as a blade, but his voice was full of old age and sadness. Looking at the maid who put down the candlestick and left the room, the aging brain buried deep in his head had already developed a terrible decision that even he felt feared.

A few minutes later, under the guidance of the maid, a tall man in a black robe appeared at the door of the mourning hall.

His face was gloomy, and his eyes showed a cold look like a snake. Such behavior could not be said to be hostile, but it was definitely not kindness, but an instinct formed in countless killings.

"My son is dead." Fei Shu sat on the ground holding the body, not looking at the visitor walking in from the door, and said sadly.

"I heard about it."

The man in black responded coldly, walked forward slowly, slowly pulled down the mask on his head. Under the dim candlelight, a thin and cold face appeared, like a skeleton, with almost no muscle attached to it.

Fei Shu trembled and hugged his son's body tightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "I need your help."

"You don't have enough money."

The man in black obviously saw through Fei Shu's idea. He walked up from the shadows blocked by the closet and said lightly: "The Claws Company charges very expensive. For the sake of our understanding, I can give you a discount. Even so, you cannot pay so much money to pay the necessary reward for killing. I am bluntly speaking, even if you sell the entire Philadelphia, you will not be able to raise five million Sosbian dollars. Therefore, I can only express regret for your son's experience."

"Mr. Shen Peng, you seem to have forgotten a little bit - the killer of the Magic Claw Company is not only employed with money."

Fei Shu gritted his teeth hard, and driven by anger, his eyes became a little distracted: "As long as you help me kill those who killed my son, I am willing to accept any conditions for you."

The man in black looked at the old man with a sad and angry expression in surprise, and suddenly felt a layer of coldness passing through his body, as if the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees. For some reason, he felt a real danger from Fei Shu, an aura that only terrible creatures in the wilderness emitted, making people want to avoid it from far away.

This sounds ridiculous - Fei Shu is over 60 years old and only has a second-level reinforcement ability. However, the man in black... is a parasite with seven-star power.

"Have you considered it? Once you become the peripheral part of the Claws, the responsibilities and obligations you assume are not just as simple as it seems. Your other family members, property, and even the city will be implicated."

After hesitating for a while, Chen Peng reminded seriously: "You'd better think about it carefully."

"As long as you can take revenge, I will be willing to sell my soul to the devil-"

Fei Shu roared suddenly, his head full of white hair rose up, and his white teeth were exposed like the most terrifying mutant beast: "They, they killed my only son, I will put the heads of those guys in the mourning hall for blood sacrifice-"

Chen Peng frowned and carefully observed the ferocious expression on the old man's face. After a long time, he nodded slowly, took out a backup document from the inner bag of the black robe and handed it over, pointed to the blank in the right corner of the bottom of the page, and said in a cold tone without any emotion: "Since that's the case, then sign it."

...

The first snow that was falling in the sky covered the black earth with a loose and uneven white coat.

The sowing of winter wheat has long been completed. Most of the houses built by citizens in Yinyue City have been completed. The buildings in the planned area have gradually formed a scale. A considerable part of the mountains in the north of the city have also been hollowed out. In order to obtain more construction stone, the road connecting to the quarry has also extended unknowingly twice the length.

The hunting team led by Wang Biao had a brilliant victory. They hunted more than 43,000 large-horned sheep and two-headed cows. Although these huge animals were strongly aggressive, they could not resist the planned rounding of bullets and humans. Relying on the heavy machine guns equipped on the armored trucks, the frightened cattle herd could only run wildly in the reservation direction of the encirclement under the threat of death. This blind escape continued until the edge of the broken cliff, crowded, pushed, and inertia... Together, various factors, the hunting team spent only thousands of bullets and harvested tens of thousands of dead cows under the cliff.

Since all trucks were transferred to Liujincheng to ship supplies, the transportation work between the hunting ground and Yinyue City continued until Lin Xiang and others returned. Under the arrangement of Blanche and others, more than half of Yinyue citizens joined the transportation team. They used various homemade vehicles and tools to transport the cut meat pieces, leaving one third as their due remuneration, and the rest were handed over to the city management committee to handle it uniformly.

The colder weather made the meat less prone to rot, and the newly built warehouses in the city were soon filled with various meats marinated with salt. Among them, bacon and meat sausage made with some plant spices accounted for a considerable proportion. Despite this, there are still a large number of double-headed beef piled outside the warehouse, which has long been frozen naturally and become an indispensable meat this winter.

Every day, refugees appearing in the wilderness one after another request to join Yinyue City. Compared to before autumn, their number has increased significantly. In the severe winter, the biggest natural killer for refugees besides diseases. Without enough food and cold clothes, it is difficult to survive in the wilderness. In this case, Yinyue City is like an extremely huge magnet, firmly attracting them who are hungry and cold.

In less than two months, the population of Yinyue City has exceeded 90,000, and this number is still gradually expanding with climate change. According to the statistical results of the City Management Committee and relevant estimates, no later than December, the city's most basic "f"-level qualifications can exceed 100,000.

This is an extremely huge number. The population size of large cities established by the new generation of humans is mostly 30,000 to 50,000, and rarely exceeds 100,000 residents. Due to the different grain production capacity and water utilization around the city, as well as factors such as energy and electricity, urban managers usually maintain residents in a relatively balanced number. Take Emma City within the sphere of influence of Sosbia as an example. 50,000 is already the limit of the city's capacity to accommodate. Once it exceeds it, it will cause insufficient drinking water and food panic in a short period of time, and a series of terrible chaos will be generated.

Yinyue City has no concerns in this regard. The abundant groundwater is enough to maintain the consumption of millions of people. The bumper harvest in autumn and the just-concluded hunting have made the city's food reserves unprecedentedly sufficient. A series of labor such as arable land and newly built houses have made the refugees who have recently joined the city feel a sense of belonging. If the current state continues to develop steadily, Yinyue City will completely become the third largest force equal to Sosbia and Ferdinand, and jointly occupy the dominance of this area.

Maybe it was because he really felt Lin Xiang's strength! Solomon seemed unprecedentedly generous in paying remuneration. In addition to the necessary remuneration, he promised to send caravans to trade with Yinyue City on schedule. In terms of profits, Lin Xiang could get 30% of the profits. Of course, this money was not in vain - the "Vulture Mercenary Group" must send a certain number of troops to serve as the guardian force of Solomon's personal and city.

The huge city means that the defense line has also been dragged out in disguise. Compared with the upcoming 100,000 people, the number of guards in Yinyue City seems to be relatively thin. After discussing with Blanche, Wang Biao and others, and referring to the city's various economic indexes, Lin Xiang decided to use the existing strength of the "Vulture Mercenary Group" to achieve a total of 3,000 combatants. In addition, from citizens with a "d" level or above, 5,000 strong men of appropriate age were selected to be included in the reserve.

Arrangements are not simply distributing weapons. They need salaries, weapons, training and a large number of strengthening potions. Taking Sosbia as an example, although the Luton family ruled hundreds of thousands of people, the economic benefits generated were only enough to maintain a standing army of about 8,000. With the power of Yinyue Yicheng, it is obviously a bit unsatisfied to support an army of the same size.

However, Lin Xiang doesn't think so.

"We have enough food and water, and we can get support from the Skeleton Knights. Although the amount of ammunition produced by the self-produced ammunition is barely available for maintenance. As for the potions, the Joint Doctors Association has agreed to provide us with the lowest price. What's more, except for the official members of the mercenary group, the 5,000 reserves are only trained according to the militia specifications. As long as they accept tasks like mercenaries and fight in practice, they will soon become skilled veterans."

Blanche did not agree with Lin Xiang's statement: "Even if other problems can be solved, what should we do with salary? We have no output, no specialty products that can bring profits. It is impossible to maintain it for a long time by relying solely on mission income and trade in Liujincheng."

"Miss Blanche, you're wrong. We will soon have our own production. Moreover, the profit is very generous." Lin Xiang waved his hand with a smile.

"Apart from food, so far, I have not found anything of commodity value in Yinyue City." Blanche obviously didn't believe his words.

Lin Xiang just smiled and did not explain much.

...

On the hillside behind Yinyue City is a sparse woodland. It is far from the ruins of the old era and is a light radiation area with less impact from the nuclear explosion. The appearance of the vegetation is not much different from the original species a century ago. Despite this, due to the limitations of stone terrain, only a few hundred sparse cedars grow on the entire slope.

A gravel road split from the inner city ring road winds along the mountain to the side of the slope. Dozens of burly men wield axes and saws, cutting down these huge trees that were several times older than themselves, hanging them on special vehicles converted from trucks, and dragging them into the city along the mountain road.

Next to the bare stump, there are hundreds of rectangular boxes made of slatted wood stacked, some of which have been taken apart, revealing parts filled with foam and various soft materials. Among them, slender and shaped objects wrapped in plastic film can be vaguely seen.

With the hillside as the center, seven newly built reinforced concrete warning towers stand around. Unlike the protective settings outside Yinyue City, these towers are very similar to rocks, and the surface is also painted with camouflage consistent with the background of the mountain rocks. A large number of shrubs have even been transplanted in the gaps at the bottom of the tower and surrounding areas. From the appearance, they are no different from the overall mountain shape and are integrated.

This place has been included in the restricted area of ​​Yinyue City. Except for patrol members with special pass permits, anyone who dares to approach will be shot immediately.

"Are you sure this thing really works?" Wang Biao picked up a piece of utensils tightly wrapped in plastic film from the wooden box, and vigorously ripped open the surface and exposed an oblong-shaped object made of alloy material.

Lin Xiang smiled faintly: "From the time I realize it, when have I ever disappointed you?"

"That's right-"

He handed the thing in his hand to a technician next to him. Wang Biao patted the dust on his body, turned his head, looked at the busy crowd on the hillside in the distance, and clenched his fists excitedly: "I am becoming more and more confident in this city."

“Not just one, we will have more cities.”

Lin Xiang stretched out his hand and hooked Wang Biao's broad shoulders hard, and smiled and said, "This is not a fantasy without basis, but reality."

"Just a year ago, I never thought this would become a city."

Wang Biao's voice was filled with emotion: "This is just a wilderness, and everything in Yinyue Town is corn. Of course, compared with those refugees who are free of food and clothing, we can at least ensure the most basic food and clothing. To be honest, at that time, my greatest wish was to fill the cellar at home with corn, and then get a few giant rats and big loaches, and spend a warm winter with Nina."

Lin Xiang listened silently, without saying a word. He could understand Wang Biao’s thoughts.

"You changed all this. Or should I say, you gave us all this now."

Wang Biao's tone gradually became warm: "From medicines to weapons, and then to the city later, sometimes it's like a dream, but all of this is a reality. Haha! I really don't know why there are so many strange thoughts in your mind. According to the hunting method you mentioned, we can get so many double-headed cows, thousands of bullets, and tens of thousands of cows. It was simply unimaginable to replace them in the past. However, we succeeded, and the amazing amount of bacon in the warehouse is the best proof. This time, it's probably no exception!"

"I am not as great as you think. I am just like you, all ordinary people." Lin Xiang shook his head with a wry smile.

"You're a magic guy."

Wang Biao looked at him seriously, waved his arm with a frenzy look, turned his gaze back to the distant hillside, and murmured: "I will stay here and witness the miracle with you."

...

Trucks that followed the city brought various building materials including cement and grinded stones. Next to a pipe interface that had just been laid, a crane in the middle of the road raised a metal pole with a triangular propeller high. This seemingly simple project attracted everyone working on the hillside. They stopped their hands and gathered from all directions, staring at the fixed use of concrete piles with excitement and curiosity, as they were about to complete the fixing and buried metal poles.

This is a wind turbine and one of the spoils Lin Xiang obtained from the warehouse of Liujincheng Bank Building.

The rebels under Wang Yi did find many precious hidden objects from the ruins. In the warehouse on the fourth floor of the building, Lin Xiang found a total of 5,000 sets of wind power generation equipment. Most of these relics from the old era are well preserved, and the plastic film and foam waterproofing layer are basically undamaged. According to the average power of 30 kilowatts per wind rod, once they are put into use, they can release at least 150,000 kilowatts of electricity.
Chapter completed!