Chapter 19, the first batch of leading party members In a small valley at the foot of Arnus Hill, hundreds of tents were surrounded by barbed wire, forming a separate camp.
During the day, more than 800 local aborigines sheltered by Wang Qiu and others were temporarily resettled here.
And the young magician Lelai, who had just finished the inquiry and was allowed to come back to rest, was wearing a priest-like gray-white robe with a hood, looking at the various strange things appearing around her with curious and uneasy eyes.
"Are these humans from another world?
They are so powerful.
The empire actually wants to rob them."
Standing outside the door of the refugee camp, I looked at the "steel monsters" that were still rumbling even at night, and the "Tower of the Gods" illuminated by spotlights on the top of Arnus Hill in the distance.
"Door", Lelai, a young magician with short aqua hair, couldn't help but hug her Although she is only fifteen years old this year, compared to those villagers who have never left their hometown several times in their lives, she once traveled all over the Falmat continent as a magic apprentice.
Lelai, who lives in many cities, can definitely be said to be well-informed.
However, Lelai was deeply shocked by the human army from another world that appeared on the Arnus Hill.
In her memory, even the most prosperous imperial capital on the continent, Urabianca City, or the most academically atmosphere Rendel, a city rich in knowledge, does not have such bright lights at night.
Even in a majestic temple that spares no effort to light up everlasting lamps all day long, it is impossible to be like the Arnus Hill at this moment, which is as bright as day even in the middle of the night.
However, this place in front of us is so brightly lit and as bright as a sea of stars.
It's not a metropolis that took hundreds of years to be slowly built, but just a temporary camp that these aliens quickly built in less than a day.
What’s even more frightening is that for these humans from another world, such lights seem to be just a normal thing.
In addition, the abundant logistical supplies of this alien army also shocked Lelei, who was used to seeing the banditry of various armies on the Falmat continent.
On the Falmat continent, due to the low social productivity , due to insufficient material reserves, the daily supplies of most armies are in embarrassment.
Especially when going to war, because the logistics and transportation capabilities cannot keep up, even the regular armies of various countries often need to collect supplies by looting enemy civilians in order for the soldiers to eat rations on time.
Moreover, in order to march quickly, officers often issued orders to reduce food rations.
If unfortunately they reach barren mountains and ridges where there is no food to plunder, then the soldiers often have to go through the day hungry and full.
Even for the city defense troops stationed in the city, it is common for them to engage in petty theft to make extra money.
However, the alien army that appeared on Arnus Hill was so rich that it could be called wealthy.
Putting aside those things that even I can't understand, the metal consumed on a steel chariot like theirs is enough for the empire to build a legion of swords.
And those who roar and dig out earth and stone and lay the foundation The "Metal Golem" is a tough existence that Lelai can't understand at all.
Also, the food and clothing provided by this army to ordinary soldiers would make even a magician like her feel jealous.
Lelai had never seen many of the things that people from other worlds ate, so she couldn’t evaluate their quality for the time being.
But just the relief rations allocated to the refugees in Gota Village have already stunned the villagers in these remote areas: the staple food given to them by the outsiders is not the common hard semolina cake or black bread of the villagers, let alone that Barley porridge mixed with many wild grasses, and white bread that only nobles or wealthy families could afford.
The soft texture that they had never experienced before, and the sweet taste brought by a large amount of sugar and cream, made the refugees He couldn't help but let out an excited exclamation.
Next, each refugee was given a piece of fried salted fish and a large bowl of broth sprinkled with plenty of spices and salt, with a lot of unknown vegetable borscht added to the soup.
After dinner, the men in green from another world also distributed some crystal-pure sugar cubes to the children.
For the barren Gota Village, except for the lack of wine, such a meal It was already at the level of a festive feast.
Even Leilai, who had attended several noble banquets and dances, felt that these people in green clothes from another world were really particular about eating and drinking.
Although in the communication with these people from other worlds, the young magician Lelai already knew that opposite the "door" is a prosperous port in their country, so their current supply line is naturally very smooth, and there is no risk of lack of food and clothing.
But Lelai could also tell that even with the power of the empire, even in the imperial capital Ulabianca City, it would be very difficult to mobilize so many supplies and equipment in one go.
It can be seen from this that how powerful and wealthy the human country behind the "door" will be.
Although I have not actually seen this army fighting, it is difficult to measure its combat effectiveness, but just seeing that they can easily kill them is a recipe for disaster.
The thousand-year-old flame dragon on the Ermat continent, as well as so many gleaming metal equipment in the camp, and even being wealthy enough to use steel to support the tent, are enough to prove that their combat effectiveness is by no means weak.
Regardless of the era, there is some simple mathematical standard used to measure the strength of an army.
Although it is impossible to accurately display combat effectiveness every time, it is usually not too far off.
In the age of firearms, this standard was gunpowder consumption, in the age of mechanized warfare it was fuel consumption, in the age of nuclear warfare it was the total yield of strategic nuclear weapons, in the digital age it was the sum of total processor frequencies, and in the older Iron and Bronze Ages, measurement The most intuitive criterion for whether an armed force is strong or not is naturally the total weight of metal consumption.
Why do we need to consider magic?
The magicians of Falmat continent are not that powerful.
They do not possess the power to destroy the world.
They have not even developed teleportation and flying skills.
In terms of actual combat effectiveness, they are no more than the same at best.
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The British wizards in the Harry Potter story world are about the same, or even slightly worse.
Even the magicians who accompany the empire rarely directly fight with fireballs.
However, they are somewhat unique in logistics, communications and reconnaissance.
In terms of status in the army, they are probably equivalent to the senior craftsmen carried by ancient armies on earth. .
All in all, compared to most time-travel novels, those pauper protagonists usually only bring a backpack, or at most a "system", or even bare buttocks with nothing, so they have to go to other worlds alone to create an exciting life. , the Chinese alien advance team currently entrenched on the Arnus hills can be described as out-and-out super rich.
And the gold-earning cheating players who use cheat cheats: Not only do they have a large number of people and soldiers, but they also have a full set of mechanized equipment, from tanks and armored vehicles to drones, and there is an unobstructed path behind them.
Logistics and supply lines, as well as a large industrialized country with a population of more than one billion, can receive all-round support from material equipment to technical talents at any time.
In addition, considering that this is likely to be the last time to travel to another world in the foreseeable future, the relevant departments have not hesitated to take out almost all the remaining black technology props from the Doraemon plane.
Anyway, it has passed There is no chance to use it again this time.
Now, because the survey and mapping work of the terrain and soil has not been completed, and the large-scale construction project has not really started, the camp near Arnus Hill is a little "simple".
After the expert team comes up with the design and planning plan, relying on those completely unscientific Doraemon plane black technology props, even if they want to build a modern city directly around Arnus Hill, it will only take a few days.
Things done.
Refer to the Doraemon novel: In Doraemon and the Kingdom of Clouds, Nobita and his gang of elementary school students built a city on the clouds in just one or two weeks.
Therefore, in the following days, there will be more and more things that surprise the blue-haired magician Lelai and the local indigenous refugees.
In addition, what makes Lelai even more puzzled and puzzled is that the two headhunting rabbit priestesses who have sheltered the refugees for many days actually seem to be very familiar with the aliens from the other side of the "door".
Seeing There was no surprise at all about the strange things happening on the Arnus hill, and it was still happening.
Leilai couldn't help but secretly speculate that these humans who are said to be from another world have some unknown secret relationship with the headhunting rabbit clan on the northeastern grasslands of Falmat continent.
It will have some impact on the current situation in the Falmat continent.
Of course, the reason for such considerations does not mean that Lelai is worried about the country and the people.
In fact, the city she was born in was conquered by the empire by force only a few years ago.
Therefore, Lelai had no sense of belonging to the empire that claimed to have unified the Falmat continent.
But no matter what, she is also a pure-blooded human being, and she belongs to a different camp from the orc tribe like the Headhunter Rabbit.
But now she was living under someone else's roof, and she never thought she was obligated to be loyal to the empire.
Furthermore, the two headhunting rabbit priestesses who looked a little suspicious were the great benefactors who saved her and so many people in Gota Village.
With Lelai's moral quality, she could not do such crazy things to them as repaying kindness with enmity just based on an unreliable conjecture.
So in the face of all these shocking new experiences on Arnus Hill, Lelai didn't know how to deal with and judge for a while.
For the time being, it seemed that she could only take one step at a time.
Taking one last look at the Arnus hills, which were illuminated brightly by high-power iodine tungsten lamps, she sighed quietly, turned around and walked into the refugee camp.
At this moment, it was already the dead of night.
Hundreds of indigenous refugees, who had traveled long distances with their luggage and worked hard all day, were already exhausted from being frightened, not eating enough and sleeping well for so many days.
After eating, they got into their tents and wrapped themselves up.
He slept soundly on the blanket provided by the People's Liberation Army.
The entire refugee camp was filled with thunderous snoring.
Lelai originally planned to get into the tent allocated to her to rest, but she accidentally discovered that the old village chief of Gota Village was not sleeping.
Instead, he was sitting cross-legged outside the door of his tent, drinking a small silver flask from his collection.
While drinking wine, he looked worriedly at the spotlight lighting up the night sky not far away.
"Grandpa Village Chief, it's already so late, why don't you rest?"
After a moment of silence, Lelai greeted.
"Ahem, it turns out it's Lelai.
Ahem, I can't help it.
It's too bright outside.
I really can't sleep.
Ahem."
Because Lelai's footsteps were too light, the old village chief, who was thinking about something, didn't notice at all.
As a result, he was caught off guard and choked.
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After coughing for a while, the old village chief put down the silver wine flask beside his mouth, stopped coughing, wiped the wine stains around his mouth, and asked after regaining his breath, "That Leilai, why are you so attracted by those green clothes?"
They haven’t given you any trouble at this time since you’ve been here, right?”
"Nothing, they were very polite.
They just asked me a lot about this continent, and why the empire wanted to open a door to their harbor on the Arnus Hill.
Underwater, according to these different world green According to Yi Ren, the gate suddenly appeared in the water near the dock of a seaport city in their country, turning the entire harbor into a maelstrom and paralyzing it for four months. " Lelei replied, "Until recently, they finally built a dam to stop the seawater from leaking, and then sent people over to investigate."
Hearing these words, the old village chief suddenly felt very uncomfortable.
As a man whose home was washed away by this "big flood from another world" pouring out of the "door", his wife and two sons were also drowned, and the remaining A young son was also lost on the way to escape and his whereabouts were unknown, completely becoming a victim of the lonely old man.
It is impossible to say that the old village chief has no resentment towards these visitors from another world.
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that the people in green are not to blame for this matter.
After all, they did not open this "door".
From the perspective of these people in green, a door appeared inexplicably in their harbor. , causing shipping to be paralyzed, and maybe even sucking in the ships and swimmers.
This would be called a disaster from heaven.
Nowadays, these men in green from the other world opposite the "door" clearly have such powerful force that they can easily kill even beasts like the Flame Dragon.
However, they do not wantonly retaliate against their own imperial subjects, but instead treat them generously and diligently.
Taking care of her is already very polite.
What's more, the empire originally planned to send troops to plunder the wealth of the other world opposite the "door", but it turned out to be self-defeating and ended up like this.
It can only be said that it was self-destruction.
I can't blame others for thinking so carefully, brother.
The old village chief of Tacun found out helplessly that in the end, he, who had unfortunately suffered the disaster of destroying his family and destroying his family, seemed to have no choice but to blame the emperor and the Senate for this debt.
He couldn't help but burst into tears for a while.
"Ahem, then, Lelai, how did you answer those men in green?"
After sighing for a moment, the old village chief asked nervously.
"Of course I'm telling the truth.
It's impossible to hide such a big thing.
Not to mention the two Headhunting Rabbit Priests."
Lelai replied calmly, "I just told them all the news I know about the empire's expedition."
"I know this too.
Such a big thing must not be hidden, but if they know that the goal of opening the empire is to attack and plunder their world, then will they be angry with us, the subjects of the empire, and bring them to justice?"
We are being driven out.”
The old village chief sighed to Leilai with a worried look on his face, "The remaining people in the village have no way out now."
Although out of human beings' most basic vigilance, after this day's brief contact, they were still quite wary of these alien green-clothed people from the opposite side of the "door", and were quite wary of the huge flood pouring out of the "door".
For resentment.
But no matter what, it was these strange "men in green" who killed the flame dragon that threatened their lives when they were most desperate, and provided them with quite good shelter, food and safety.
For these hundreds of people No. has been having bad luck recently, and for the poor villagers who have narrowly escaped death several times in a row, this is already a paradise-like enjoyment.
In fact, according to the old village chief, the living conditions in this refugee camp today are even better than those in Gota Village.
Although I was sleeping in a tent now, it was far cleaner than the shabby rooms in the cottages that were full of bed bugs and fleas, and it didn't leak at all.
The man in green gave him a steel cup and bowl for eating and drinking.
It looked so smooth and shiny.
Even if it was placed in a big city like the Imperial Capital, only the upper class could afford it.
As for Gota Village Not to mention such a poor place.
The lavender blanket that he was wrapping around himself to keep out the cold was also very exquisite and of the highest quality.
Look at the workmanship, dyeing and pattern, as well as the silk wrapped around the edge of the blanket.
According to the experience of the old village chief, each blanket like this can be sold for at least four or five goats in the market, even if it is the richest in the village.
I'm afraid people are reluctant to buy it.
However, these men in green on the Arnus Hill nonchalantly provided each refugee with such a blanket, even children could receive it.
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In the industrial era and the pre-industrial era, the value of a seemingly similar daily commodity in the eyes of ordinary people was very different.
Hey, if possible, the old village chief really doesn't want to be forced to leave this good place where he has food, shelter and adequate clothing, because for the vast majority of refugees who have nothing, such an end is almost equivalent to death in the old village.
All the elders and children of the whole family have died recently.
Amidst a series of disasters, he became a loner.
He really didn’t want the few remaining people in the village to follow the same fate of death: the only problem was that refugees like himself were not the same as those on the opposite side of the "door".
The man in green is neither a relative nor an acquaintance, so why should he let him support him all the time?
"Grandpa Village Chief, please don't worry, those people in green are very generous.
They promised to continue providing relief to all of us."
Lelai comforted the old village chief dryly and said, "In addition, they also promised to build us a house near Arnus Hill."
"The man in green from another world promised to build us a house in the Arnus Hills."
The old village chief was not as optimistic as Lelai, but frowned and looked around, "This is good news, but even if we get the help of the man in green and rebuild the village here, we How will we make a living in the future?
The land near Arnus Hill is the most barren in this area, and there is no way to grow crops.
Now that it has been soaked in salt water, even grass will not grow in the future.
Moreover, almost all the strong men and young men in the village are dead, the livestock and farm tools are gone, the money and food have long been exhausted, and only a group of girls, widows, children and us old guys are left. , I still have money to buy seeds, and I don’t have the energy to open up wasteland.”
Regarding this, Lelai was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke, "Grandpa Village Chief, you should know that in some cases, the military itself is the most generous customer.
In a difficult world, even Women and children who have nothing can still find a way to survive by relying on the army.”
Although the above words of the young magician Lelei were very obscure, the old village chief understood her meaning in an instant.
To be honest, how could a person like him who has lived to this age not understand what those women who lost their homes and property during the war would do to the soldiers of the victorious side in order to keep themselves and their children alive?
Isn't your business just about selling your body to make money?
Although most women from good families would not be willing to do such a thing if they had a choice, once they are desperate, relying on selling their skin and flesh to make a living will become a natural choice for women: this is already the case in peacetime, This is especially true in years of war and disaster.
When your life is almost gone, how can you care about dignity and chastity?
Even in ancient China, which believed that "starving to death is a small matter but being dishonest is a big deal", whenever wars and famines came, many more women sold themselves to women than committed suicide.
Generally speaking, soldiers of the regular army are very generous high-rollers: first of all, in order to win the war, except for some professionals who commit suicide, most generals and kings will donate generously during the war, so that the soldiers can get generous benefits.
Military pay, bounties and trophies to stimulate their morale and Fighting spirit; secondly, because you need to face death at any time on the battlefield.
After today, you don’t know if there will be tomorrow.
Soldiers who have received coins rarely save them.
Instead, they prefer to seize every opportunity while they are still alive.
Spend money to enjoy, which is what is called drinking today and getting drunk tomorrow.
Therefore, despite the dangers on the battlefield and the risk of losing one's life at any time, there are still business groups and mobile merchants who are not afraid of death and follow the marching army for long distances.
They even rush to the place where the army is preparing to camp and set up their own stalls.
In order to make huge profits by doing business with soldiers, such as purchasing trophies and prisoners from soldiers at low prices, and then selling them drinks, meat, sex services, etc. at high prices.
However, the refugees who have nothing at present do not have any goods to sell.
The only thing they can sell is the women themselves.
Although the alien army of "men in green" currently stationed at Arnus Hill has not yet come into contact with any opponents, except for the defeated flame dragon, it is estimated that they have not obtained any trophies yet.
But even so, judging from the "generous luxury" of these "men in green" from the other world, there should be no worries that their soldiers will now have no money to pay prostitutes.
Even if the coins on both sides are not interchangeable, as long as these men in green are willing to give a few Metal bowls and plates, or a few blankets and clothes, can also be taken to the market in the city to exchange for money or barter.
In addition to the fact that the young girls in the village can wash and cook for the soldiers, accompany them to bed and sell meat.
Children may be able to earn a meager income by serving them, while the few surviving old people should be able to use their rich experience to serve as guides for these unfamiliar visitors from other worlds.
In short, according to the current situation Judging from the situation, as long as you can show off your shame, it shouldn't be difficult for the old, weak, women and children who have fled here to find a way to survive with the men in green from other worlds.
The only thing to worry about is the punishment and revenge from the imperial government and local nobles in the future.
"There is nothing we can do about it.
The empire doesn't care about our life or death at all, and it has brought disaster to our village.
And the lord who lives in the city really has no hope in this situation.
What's more, even Gotta is now The village is gone, and he is no longer our lord."
After a moment of silence, the old village chief raised his neck, drank the remaining wine in the flask, wiped his mouth with his greasy sleeve, and muttered, "Now if we still want to continue to live, , the only hope is these men in green on Arnus Hill.
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As for the future, I really can’t care about it so much for the time being.
I will talk to the girls and widows in the village tomorrow.
The family has fallen into this situation, and it is only thanks to these kind-hearted men in green that they can have food and shelter.
They must have realized something.
If those men in green can use my old bones, I can be their guide at any time.
There is nothing unfamiliar to me on every mountain, forest, or stream nearby.
Even if there is any danger, I am almost content to live to this age."
In a colored steel mobile house hundreds of meters away, Political Commissar Guo, who was sorting out inquiry records under a desk lamp, would never have thought that some discerning natives from other worlds would already be there before he even started soliciting.
I am determined to be their lackey and leader.
However, even if he knew it, he would probably just laugh it off and leave it to tomorrow because at this time, he was concentrating on typing on the keyboard and writing a work document on his laptop that he was going to submit to his superiors: About Another World preliminary investigation report. oshow7: