The internal struggle in Black Rock City has initially ended. Under the siege of the army, the axe-eater can only be killed. Then he was thrown into prison by the city lord.
Wu Hui withdrew with the members on the wilderness. He suggested that each camp send some people to form a joint force, so that they could respond quickly when a large number of monsters attacked the camp, or when bandits appeared nearby.
At the same time, everyone increases the volume of trade. The controllers of each camp can often come to participate in some meetings and exchange resources with each other to prevent the traveling merchants from making too much difference. You can negotiate the price collectively.
Cordell knew that Wu Hui wanted to expand his influence in the wilderness camp.
The total number of people in these wilderness camps is close to 20,000. It's just that it's too scattered, with the largest town having a population of just over a thousand. Wu Hui will take some time to catch up.
If there is no rush, other camps may also resist, but the people who have come to see the situation in the city this time also know that they must unite to protect themselves in the future.
Even if the city lord wins, Blackstone City will no longer be able to return to its previous stability.
However, what is important is that it seems that several members of the Blackstone Knights used the death potion prepared by the city lord in advance when they were in danger on the battlefield. This is a technology from the Revenant Sect, which is said to allow people to control the power of death.
But ordinary people died after using it. Perhaps only elite knights can bear the price of strength.
Therefore, the city lord decided to implement this technology within the investigation team first. He was very excited at the thought that he would have a group of powerful knights who were not afraid of death.
But it had to be hidden from the Old Church in the city.
The Old Church, a group of very stubborn guys, sticks to the moral bottom line of mankind. But it seems quite powerless when it is necessary to abandon the bottom line to survive.
They still worship several gods, and while gaining strength, they also hope that one day those dead gods will return.
Of course, the death of a god is what outsiders say. Internally, they all say that the god is just sleeping for some reason.
The New Sun Sect can still communicate or trade with darkness. The Old One is in conflict with all darkness and evil. They believe that it is this human presence that keeps the gods awake.
It's no wonder that they have a bad relationship with the Highland Chamber of Commerce, and they often prevent these guys from catching slaves. So when the slaves were robbed, the Old Church was Henry Goldtooth's first suspect.
After defeating the hostile faction, what was left to the city lord was a huge mess. If he didn't want Blackstone City to be destroyed like this, then he'd better have a good relationship with the Old Ones.
The old churches in the major territories were related to each other. Resources can be exchanged. As long as the Lord of Blackstone City expresses his support for them and fully supports the Old Church, the firewood problem can be solved.
Of course, it can be solved in the short term. He has another option.
That is to join the dark faction that no longer needs fuel.
The lords of the wilderness are two-faced. They can turn to the light or they can turn to the dark.
Wu Hui is actually the same. But those who are still too weak have no right to choose. So development is still the last word.
After this operation, the camp population absorbed a large number of merchants, craftsmen, and scholars who escaped from Blackstone City. and many more common slaves and citizens. Fortunately, the camp had built many empty houses and tents in advance to accommodate them.
A lot of firewood was obtained, and when the population reached 800, it could still be used for about a hundred days.
And Wu Hui also began to prepare for the next move.
One is to continue negotiating with other camp owners, provide them with help, and ask for rewards. Let everyone gradually become closer in mutual benefit and reciprocity.
People in the wilderness have a limited amount of firewood stored in the camp. Migration and merger should be considered a very common thing. No one will be too resistant.
It's just that they generally don't maintain too large a camp - they don't have that much firewood.
Just as Cordell was curious, everyone was speculating on how Wu Hui would solve this problem. It's just that Wu Hui has been unwilling to tell others.
Firewood is so important that once the news spreads, I won't be able to hold on to it now.
He's been working on some other stuff lately.
"You also built a steam engine... Is the seal reliable? Does it produce energy? How is the output?" Coder complained about Wu Hui's work. Some time ago, the bronze factory could not be completed, and recently it has not been completely transformed into an Iron Age camp. . It would be okay to just get the steam engine out. What a Roman act.
Well, the steam engine was the first industrial revolution. It is a representative of the fateful period, but it was improved by Watt. The prototype existed as early as ancient Rome.
The railcars of the Qin Dynasty, the steam engines of ancient Rome, vending machines, takeaways of the Song Dynasty... Many things that you think are only available in modern times were played by ancient people.
Wu Hui's steam engine is obviously not the garbage that the ancient Romans used to open doors. But Cordell's complaints were on point. The effort is okay, but a lot of magical power is used. Mass production is impossible.
Compared with the cost, it is not cost-effective. It can only be used as research material and will be gradually improved in the future.
In addition, Wu Hui has many inventions and creations. What ceramics, glass, blast furnace steelmaking. Some of them succeeded and some of them failed.
"Movable type printing...you want to start a newspaper? Isn't it a little early?" Cordell continued to evaluate Wu Hui's recent achievements.
Wu Hui: "First make a few bulletin boards and find someone to interpret them for residents. Put one in the military camp, one in the school, one next to the Tower of the Sun, and one in the factory area."
Cordell: "That's it. It's faster to find someone to copy it than to print it, right?"
"Indeed, but we must consider other camps." Wu Hui pushed up his glasses: "You have good abilities, but your vision is not long-term. We must regard everyone in the wilderness as our own strength."
"I can't compare to your lofty ambitions." Cordell shrugged.
People like Wu Hui can be understood as people who start thinking about becoming a company CEO when they earn 3,000 yuan a month. And he can move towards this goal step by step.
"We have to maintain a good relationship with Black Rock City, especially the Knights, for the time being. Let Lucas work as a non-staff member of the investigation team." Wu Hui pushed up his glasses: "It is unlikely that the entire Knights will be taken over in the future. , but it is still possible to dig out part of it.”
"I'm responsible for contacting the wilderness camps, Bill is going to train the militia, and Lucas is going to win over the knights. You are responsible for planning the camp's development direction or researching some technologies. What about Emily? Can't we really let her teach or work all the time?" Ke Del asked again.
Wu Hui: "What she said, I plan to..."
Let Emily go out and contact the Old Church. The new day and the old days of the Illuminati, the dead souls and dreams of the Dark sect. Wu Hui plans to get in touch with them all before deciding on the future route.
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