"I agree!" Queen Xia Qingge was the first to agree, and then reminded: "Well, we can't rob ordinary villages and camps."
Tang Wen nodded: "Of course, the poor don't have much food. Besides, we grab food to take care of the poor in our camp."
"When we get food, we can't just give it to them."
General Zhou was afraid that Tang Wen had no management experience and his ideas were too simple, so he reminded him.
"Uncle Zhou, don't worry. I came from hard times, so I understand the truth." Tang Wen continued: "After we get the food, we will work for relief. As long as you are willing to work, the camp can take care of the food. Well done. Eat more, and drive out those who cheat and act slippery."
General Zhou nodded in approval.
"It's about getting food." Tang Wen thought, "I want to make a plan."
Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, he added: "If it works, we can get food within a month."
One month.
Not too long.
Judging from the reserves of Heishan Camp and Wujiacheng, it is more than enough to last for a month.
Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
There seemed to be something extra in Tang Wen's eyes.
The problem of not having enough food to eat happens every winter.
The camp itself cannot solve the problem.
Outside there are threats from the Black Mountain Camp and alien beasts.
Every winter, there are inevitable conflicts with the Black Mountain camp.
Alien beasts attacking the city kept happening.
After the meeting, many commanders left.
Only the Queen, General Zhou, Zhou Bing and other core members were left in the house.
Tang Wen stated his plan: "There are two targets. The Huang family and the Boat Gang are both big forces. They each have their own grain-producing camps. Just go to their granaries and get it."
After speaking, he took out a scroll.
After unfolding, it is a simplified map of Qianshan City with a radius of thousands of miles.
It is densely marked with the camps of various major forces.
The Huang family's camp is marked with a yellow circle.
It says: soldiers, farmers, chickens and ducks... iron ore and other words.
These writings indicate the main business of this camp.
[Bing] is a pure martial arts talent training camp.
The Huang family has been able to dominate Ganshan City for many years, and strong family members emerge one after another. This has a lot to do with their emphasis on talent cultivation.
The camp with the character [Bing] trains orphans and children of the Huang family.
When a good seedling is found, it is immediately sent to the Huang family base camp to increase investment in resources.
Those with average understanding are left to be trained as ordinary guards.
[Nong] The word camp is, needless to say, farming.
Camps with the word "Nong" are often located in plains with water veins.
If you grow fruits and vegetables, then [Fruits] and [Vegetables] will also be marked on the map.
This map made everyone who grew up in the camp feel a little confused.
"The Huang family actually has so many resources!" "It should be said that the major forces in Qishancheng have a lot of territory below."
In addition to the Huang family, the map also shows the territory of the Chen family, the Lu family, the Blackwater Gang, the Giant Rock Martial Arts School and other forces.
Among them, the Chamber of Commerce, Boat Gang, and Caravan have the smallest number of camps, but their sphere of influence is very large.
The purple lines representing the Chamber of Commerce extend in all directions, perfectly connecting the various forces in Qishan City.
In addition to this, the lines extend outside the map.
The blue lines on the sides of the boats are not very conspicuous on the map, but all rivers and lakes where boats can run have their docks.
In addition to freight, the caravan also provides low-level war beasts to major families.
They are the strange beasts that go to the battlefield.
Their main territory is grassland, forest, and mountainous terrain.
These places are not suitable for growing any crops, but they are suitable for domesticating various large riding animals.
Tang Wen looked at this map many times. At this time, he was not very shocked and said with a smile:
"Our Flame Camp has also begun to develop, and now it has jurisdiction over Black Mountain, Northern Silver Wolf Forest, and Wujia City."
"How can it be the same? They are all reaching out for food."
"Take it easy."
General Zhou thought more and said solemnly: "Do you really want to provoke these two major forces?"
Tang Wen told Bai Youruo's experience.
General Zhou thought for a while and nodded: "The big forces are ruthless in their struggle. We must prepare a retreat."
Tang Wen strongly agreed: "For the time being, it is unlikely that another force from the Bai family will come to retaliate against us. But if someone comes to trouble us, we will retreat to the territory of the White Tiger Tribe."
The Bai family is more powerful than the Huang family.
But except for Bai Youruo and a few others, no one knew about the existence of the Flame Camp.
Even if you know it, you can't see it.
To take revenge on a force that doesn't even have a fifth-grade master, you have to travel tens of thousands of miles?
At the critical moment for the Bai family to seize the heir apparent, Bai Ningbing's faction didn't have much time to spare.
The Queen suddenly frowned and asked in front of everyone: "How did you become the guest elder of the White Tiger Tribe?"
Tang Wen glanced at Zhou Bing, held her hand, and said confidently:
"I have a good relationship with their saint."
The air became quiet for a moment, and everyone looked at him together.
A smile appeared on Zhou Bing's fair and pretty face.
General Zhou looked at his face and nodded suddenly.
Xia Qingge also understood. He reached out and patted Tang Wen on the shoulder with an expression like "Well done, kid."
Tang Wen thought of another question.
The White Tiger tribe must be hiding some unknown secrets.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be good for a powerful fourth-grade force to directly unify the entire northwest land?
What does it mean that the Huang family cannot leave the mountain city?
Could it be that the White Tiger Tribe has similar restrictions for unknown reasons?
Xia Qingge and General Zhou continued to look at the map.
Tang Wen smiled inwardly and clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention: "What I want to say next is more important and is an unsolved mystery."
General Xia, who was squinting at the map on the side, suddenly said: "Then don't talk here, just follow me."
Several people came underground along the secret passage.
Passing by the circular square, Tang Wen suddenly stopped and looked at the ring-shaped fireplace. Through the transparent glass, he could see the deep red burning charcoal inside.
The existence of the fireplace makes the underground palace warm.
Following his eyes, Mr. Xia explained casually: "I know what you want to ask. This was not made by our camp."
"Um?"
"Boy, think about it carefully. There are swamps, forests, mountains and large lakes near the camp. There are many dangers. Who would build a camp here?" Mr. Xia knocked on his pipe and asked.
Indeed, I have never thought about this issue before.
If you think about it carefully, you will realize that this place is actually not suitable for living.
For weak forces, it is best to settle in a terrain like Taoyuan Village, surrounded by mountains, completely hidden in the mountains, develop slowly, send people to explore, and train experts.
The Flame Camp is not close to a water source, and there is no river. The cultivated fields were originally mountainous and were not suitable for farming. It's not really a great place.
So why did the leader of the Flame Camp settle here?
Tang Wen understood and looked up at the old underground palace wall: "Did this place originally exist?"
"Yes, it's a ruin!"
Xia Qingge took a sip of wine and uttered a rarely heard word.
"My father told me that my hometown is in the far east."
Um?
Tang Wen's eyes were full of surprise.
Xia Qingge looked at him and said: "It is said that my ancestors were an exploration team from a certain big force. They went all the way west, as if they wanted to find out what happened in the world, but then they couldn't go back for some reason."
"You never thought about getting it back?" Tang Wen asked.
"Get it back?" Xia Qingge looked at him strangely: "How to find it? I don't want to run around all my life, well, I have to recognize my relatives everywhere."
"They didn't leave anything behind?"
"People of their generation have wanted to go back and have tried many times. Some people never came back after leaving. I don't know whether they found their way back or died outside. There are not many things left behind. Don't worry. Come to think of it, these are too far away from us.”
Gudong, gudong.
Xia Qingge raised her bright face and drank heavily.
Suddenly, her hand trembled imperceptibly, a trace of wine slipped from the corner of her pink lips, and a trace of water appeared on her slender neck.
Everyone was walking towards the secret room, and only Tang Wen beside her noticed this scene.
"What's wrong?"
the latter asked strangely.
"What's wrong? It's just that my hands are shaking. This wine doesn't taste good."
As he said that, Xia Qingge put the gourd in his hand in front of Tang Wen's nose.
It tastes like roasted sweet potatoes.
Tang Wen didn't think much and took out another wine jar from the empty stone.
"I knew you still had some in stock." Xia Qingge narrowed her beautiful eyes, took the wine jar, and looked at Tang Wen's neck.
There was a necklace hanging there. On the necklace, a small stone was wrapped in silver metal.
I just felt the fluctuation and knew that this wine was taken from this small stone.
"How many more are there, please take them out?" Her eyes burned and she swallowed.
It seemed that he was coveting Tang Wen's body.
"Haha, drink less." Tang Wen turned around, then suddenly turned back, stared into her eyes, and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, how did you become addicted to alcohol?"
It is difficult for an extraordinary master to get drunk.
With so many masters in the mountain city, except for the elderly, young people rarely carry a wine gourd with them to drink endlessly.
After all, wine has some influence on martial arts.
Just relax and drink some flower wine in the evening.
How can anyone carry a wine gourd and use it as water to drink all day long?
Xia Qingge blinked and said confidently: "It's a family tradition of alcoholism!"
"If you don't want to say it, don't say it." Tang Wen walked into the secret room first.
Xia Qingge raised her head and poured the turbid sweet potatoes from the gourd into her mouth.
Tang Wen stepped into the secret room.
Her hand shook again, and although she controlled it immediately, a trace of wine still spilled out and wet the red dress on her chest.
Everyone waited in the secret room for a few minutes before Xia Qingge strode in carrying a wine gourd filled with bamboo leaves and green leaves.
Look at how her cheeks are slightly red.
Everyone shook their heads.
Zhou Bingbing said in a low voice: "Why has your alcohol addiction become more and more serious recently?"
"It's getting louder and louder, which means I've mastered it. What does a kid know about wine!" Xia Qingge shook her head like a rattle, causing her upper body to also shake slightly.
The scenery is very attractive.
Well, of all the people present, only Tang Wen glanced twice.
Why is her chest wet?
The Queen is not afraid of cold or heat.
The red dress was very thin and was now wet with wine, making her skin as white as jade.
Tang Wen felt strange and took a second look.
"There is an underground demon cave in Qianshan City, which is very dangerous. It stands to reason that the environment is worse than the environment in our camp. But I don't know why, but they never seem to think about moving away."
Tang Wen also mentioned the issue of the underground before, but he was not as thorough as he was today:
"According to normal thinking, even if the demon cave needs to be suppressed, the entire clan, gang, men, women, old and children should not live together in Ganshan City. Otherwise, if one day it cannot be suppressed, it will be a disaster that destroys the gang and wipes out the clan."
"It's very strange." General Zhou thought about it in his busy schedule: "If I were to design it, I would build an inward-facing castle in Qianshan City. There is no need to send people to fight underground, just set up traps on the ground and wait for the enemies to come out. .”
Everyone nodded.
Tang Wen also agreed with his idea. It would be easier if he could get gunpowder weapons from Baishi City.
Just build a high wall and throw explosives.
At worst, build a few more layers of encirclement.
The lethality of gunpowder weapons is enough to be fatal to ordinary martial artists.
It’s impossible for all underground demons to be at the extraordinary level, right?
Even if the gunpowder explodes indiscriminately, it can still kill half of the extraordinary life.
Cover a few rounds with gunpowder first, and the rest will be easier to fight.
"What we can think of, they must have thought of it a long time ago. I asked the leader of the Blackwater Gang, my master. He just said that the water is very deep here, and the specific leaders are the three major families. It seems that they have to go down The reason to fight hard underground.”
Tang Wen has always had a hard time understanding this.
"Are there any unknown interests?" General Xia asked.
Tang Wen shook his head: "I thought the same way before. Maybe there are some rare martial arts resources that make the Huang family willing to fight for their lives. But they keep urging me to take the White Tiger tribe down to guard it. If it is really beneficial, they can hide it from the outer city. The five major forces cannot hide it from the fifth-grade white tiger, let alone the white tiger tribe."
There was silence for a while.
Tang Wen talked about the doubts in his heart again.
He was puzzled by the fact that the White Tiger tribe did not come out to dominate, but instead stayed in the Shiwan Mountains and lived a relatively poor life.
"Perhaps this is their belief and persistence, something similar to ancestral precepts?" General Zhou guessed.
"It's not quite right. There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people. The White Tiger tribe has tens of thousands at least. It's impossible for all of them to be willing to live in poverty and live happily, and stick to the ancestral precepts."
People's hearts are very complicated. Who can withstand the temptation of the prosperous world?
The White Tiger Tribe also has ordinary extraordinary and ordinary martial artists.
In the tribe, their status is not high, let alone enjoying any precious resources.
But once you come out, whether you join any force or go it alone, you will definitely be able to live freely and have fun every night!
Why didn't anyone leave?
"Don't rush to explore the truth." Mr. Xia coughed, glanced at Xia Qingge, and said in a serious tone: "You are still young, the most important thing is to improve your strength first. You must know that the answers to some things may change your life." lifetime."
Eh?
Tang Wen looked at the old man, who lit up his pipe and puffed away smoke.
Everyone, including Tang Wen, looked puzzled. Only the Queen continued to pick up the wine gourd and drink tons and tons of wine, seemingly not paying much attention to anything.
night.
Piles of bonfires were lit.
Accompanied by the brisk drumbeats, the young guards and warriors in the camp danced simple dances.
Young men and women enjoy the joy of the New Year.
Infected by the atmosphere, Zhou Bing pulled Tang Wen and danced for a while.
The two hugged and danced for a while, and Tang Wen went to pull Xia Qingge, who was drinking alone.
As soon as her hands touched each other, Xia Qingge suddenly retracted her arm: "Don't go, don't go, only children dance." With that, she turned around and went up to the roof.
Suddenly, a message rang in Tang Wen's ears: "There seems to be something wrong with your female leader!"
Like ice water being poured over your head.
He subconsciously looked in the direction of Hu Qi.
(End of chapter)
