In the afternoon, Zhang Tiecai followed this group of war zone scavengers to the actual control area of Karur City.
It's a bit ironic to say that when Zhang Tie came to the Karur War Zone for the first time, he was an imperial officer, but he left the war zone without even seeing the Karur City. Over a long period of time, he became a shadowy figure.
What he saw along the road from the abandoned town of Fogg to the current actual control area of Karur City gave Zhang Tie a more intuitive understanding of the war between the Sun God Dynasty and the Norman Empire. experience.
Along the way, the closer we get to the actual control area of Karur City, the more serious the confrontation between the Sun God Dynasty and the Norman Empire becomes. We only need to start from the strongholds and fortresses built by both sides around Karur. , and in terms of fortifications, we know that the legion battle involving hundreds of thousands of people between the Sun God Dynasty and the Norman Empire in the Karur area is destined to be a protracted wrestling match. Until this time, from the pile of scavengers After reading the words of the reporter, combined with what he had seen and heard in the army these days, Zhang Tiecai fully understood what the current situation in the Karur area was like.
In addition to the Sun Dynasty and the Norman Empire, in the entire Karur region, the one who has a say in this war is the machine city Karur, the former manufacturing center of the Andaman Alliance, which also triggered this war. The fat piece of war that is fought over by tigers and hungry wolves.
In the eyes of the Sun God Dynasty and the Norman Empire, the reason why fat meat can become fat meat is because it has the qualifications and oil to become fat meat. Compared with an emerging city like Black Flame City that only has a history of a few decades, the development history of Karur, the city of machines, for more than two hundred years has accumulated a solid foundation for this city. This heritage is reflected in Karur. every aspect—whether it’s the city’s population, its prosperity, its manufacturing strength. In terms of military equipment, as well as the actual radiation and control areas of the city, Karur's indicators were among the best in the entire former Andaman Alliance.
Until now, Karur still maintains a regular army of nearly 80,000 people. Karur's regular army, coupled with the tall city walls of Karur City and the terrifying city defense weapons that have been carefully developed for more than two hundred years, Such a force is still very important in the entire war zone and has the ability to affect the outcome of this war.
When Zhang Tie came to the actual control area of Karur City for the first time, he was shocked by the prosperity displayed by Karur City. Looking around, within a radius of more than ten kilometers, the city walls of Karur City were not visible. Zhang Tie's eyes were already obscured by huge chimneys as dense as a forest. Those chimneys. It comes from various factories in the area controlled by Karur. These factories have been connected into large industrial areas. There are also aerial transportation tracks and various large and small pipelines erected between many factories. Under the winter sunshine, The plumes of black smoke emitted by those chimneys almost dyed the entire sky gray-black, and the factories under the plumes of thick smoke. At this time, we are still producing all kinds of things in full swing, and there is no sign of depression at all.
Just compared with the factories in the control area outside Karur City, the factories in Black Flame City and perhaps the steelmaking plant are still a little bigger. Others are as simple as a small workshop of a rich country man.
And this was just a glimpse of what Zhang Tie saw in the north of the area controlled by Karur City.
The smoke from one factory chimney looks like pollution, while the smoke from hundreds of tall chimneys looks like pollution. When people look at it, they will definitely feel that they are very small.
it's here. For the first time, Zhang Tie felt the power brought by human industrial development.
The factory was in full swing, but outside the factory, the influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees from around Karur caused by the war made the entire area look a bit chaotic.
Walking on the streets, you can see refugees with ragged clothes and haggard faces queuing up outside the recruitment points of factories. More men and women are holding signs on the roadside. The signs usually read: Content:
—I am a tailor, and I used to work for food.
In the slightly more open places on the roadside, tents for refugees have been set up everywhere, and the cries of children can be heard from many tents. And on some clean walls on the roadside that are more eye-catching, Everywhere is plastered with notes and photos of people looking for their loved ones.
Since it was his first time here, Zhang Tie followed the principle of talking less and watching more. He followed the team of war zone scavengers with his head down and his belongings on his back. After the team arrived at the controlled area of Karur City, Fred, the leader of the team, put away the blue-green flag he was holding as if he breathed a sigh of relief.
Along the way, Zhang Tie heard various legends. In the past few months, many teams of war zone scavengers have never returned since entering that war zone. Some war zone scavengers have indeed discovered that I found some property somewhere in those abandoned towns and villages that no one else had time to take away. I even picked up some valuable trophies in some places where there were traces of fighting between the two sides, such as sophisticated weapons or Some corpses had gold coins or something on them, but there were also some unlucky guys who took their own lives in it.
It may be very exciting to search for property in the deserted villages and towns around Karur City, but this excitement also comes at the risk of life. For ordinary people, this business that came into being because of the war, What he really does is lick blood with the blade of a knife.
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"Have you seen my daughter? My daughter's name is Selena. This is her photo. She said she was going to school this morning, but she hasn't come back yet..."
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"Have you seen my daughter? My daughter's name is Selena. This is her photo. She said she was going to school this morning, but she hasn't come back yet..."
On the roadside, a woman in her fifties was holding a photo of a woman. Every person who passed by her was pulled by her to ask the same question, but although the woman was asking the question, her eyes were different. It has become empty as if there is no soul.
Zhang Tie walked past her silently.
"This woman is crazy. She came from the south. The situation in the north is a little better. I heard that in some places in the south, those beasts from the Sun God Dynasty rape women when they see them. From little girls of a few years old to those in their fifties and sixties. Even the old lady who was 20 years old was spared. The men over there were beheaded if they resisted at all, and many others were arrested to work, build roads, and move things..." Jerry, who was walking next to Zhang Tie, sighed. said in a tone. "The refugee wave in Karur started from the south. After hearing the news from the south, people from the north also ran away. Everyone wanted to go to Karur to seek some shelter. Who knew that the refugees in Karur One more. Everyone’s life is at a loss... "
Zhang Tie was silent and felt another kind of touch in his heart. This is the truly cruel side of war. A war does the greatest damage to the ordinary people caught in the war. Now a war involving hundreds of thousands of people in two countries will cause such a disaster. If a jihad breaks out in the future, what will the tragedy be like
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Less than twenty minutes after entering the controlled area of Karur, Zhang Tie followed these war zone scavengers to their camp. Their camp was located in a garbage dump behind a factory area. The dump area is huge. The ground is all dark. Although it is a garbage dump, it is because the waste piled and dumped here are coal gangue and other waste. The environment here is not absolutely unacceptable.
Garbage such as coal gangue and more than a hundred years old in Karur are piled here. You can imagine what the scene is like here.
In this garbage dump piled with coal gangue, thousands of tents of various sizes were pitched densely. At least 10,000 to 20,000 people lived here, even when Zhang Tie came here with the team. Those steam trucks pulling coal gangue were still dumping garbage here one after another. As soon as those trucks came, a lot of children began to run after the trucks, regardless of the possible danger. When the coal gangue that was so inefficient that it could not be used was dumped out, a group of children swarmed up, holding small buckets and baskets and the like, and began to dig up the few reusable coal gangue mixed in the garbage. Come coal.
Throughout the refugee camp, dust was flying everywhere, cars and people were rushing around, and men, women, old and young were all crowded together, making it a mess like a pot of porridge.
"Fred, what good things did you bring this time..." Soon after the group entered the tent area, an old man in his 60s came up to them.
"The harvest is average. I just went to Fogg Town today and got a few things for winter and some tableware. Please give me a fair price..."
"Many people don't know how to survive the winter now! These things came just in time!" The 60-year-old man looked at the things everyone was carrying and nodded. "You guys come with me..."
Zhang Tie also followed the others to the old man's tent. Zhang Tie was also carrying several bundled dusty quilts from Fogg Town. At this time, Zhang Tie, in addition to the original ones, In addition to the harvest, he also had a half-new and unmatched imitation fur coat. He looked like a refugee. When he saw him following the team, the old man just glanced at him and said nothing. Paying attention to him.
A group of people followed the old man to a tent. The tent was very large, with a lot of things piled around it. There were also several men who looked as strong as thugs patrolling here. This seemed to be one of the tent areas. Small center.
In front of what looked like a bulletin board on the road next to the tent, many people were surrounding it. When passing by the bulletin board, Zhang Tie saw his and Major Franka's faces. They were two wanted notices. Under these two wanted orders, although there are other wanted orders, because the bonuses on these two wanted orders are the highest, the wanted orders for Zhang Tie and Major Franka were placed At the top, the bonus for both people is 3,000 gold coins.
With just one glance, the contents of the two wanted notices came into Zhang Tie's mind.
Zhang Tie was shocked. Seeing the wanted notice from the Norman Empire in the refugee camp in Karur near the control area of the Norman Empire did not make Zhang Tie feel too strange. In addition to the absence of war, Zhang Tie was shocked. In addition, it is basically a gathering place of three religions and nine streams. It is not surprising to see a wanted notice from the Norman Empire. What really makes Zhang Tie strange is that Major Franca is also wanted? Major Franke was wanted by the Empire's Northern Xinjiang Military Region, and he was wanted by the Empire's Order Review Committee. The charges in both arrest warrants were murder, which gave Zhang Tie's Weibo a special flavor. For the sake of himself and Major Franke, the big shots above seemed to be involved in this matter.
This is good news for Zhang Tie. At least, Zhang Tie's heart, which was originally worried about his family in Hei Yancheng, suddenly fell into his stomach. With the Northern Xinjiang Military Region covering them, if something happened to my family again and the secret police did something wrong, wouldn't that mean they would slap the Northern Xinjiang Military Region and the Iron Horn Legion naked in the face
Because his age and appearance were far different from the image on the wanted poster, no one doubted that the man who looked like a scavenger at this moment was actually the guy worth 3,000 gold coins on the wanted poster.
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The things Zhang Tie brought eventually brought him an income of four silver coins and 37 copper coins.
Everyone in the team has gained something. According to the rules, everyone has to hand over 30% of their harvest to Fred as protection fee. After readily handing over 30% of their income today, this team of scavengers The boss, Fred, looked at Zhang Tie with softer eyes.
"How about it, I think you are brave enough, join us, let's work together from now on!" Fred invited Zhang Tie to join the team with the enthusiasm and tone of "creating great things together"...
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Of course Zhang Tie would not work in such a "promising career" here. After declining Fred's "invitation" with the excuse that he wanted to find a stable job in a factory, Zhang Tie touched the only thing in his pocket. A few silver coins and a pile of tinkling coppers left the refugee camp.
Although the power of the Norman Empire's secret police does not yet extend within the control area of Karur City, it does not mean that they are safe at the moment. The temptation of 3,000 gold coins is enough to make many people take risks. , the wanted notice in the refugee camp is the best illustration. There must be brave men under heavy rewards. If you are caught by others, those people will definitely be able to send you out of the Karur war zone. This short journey of more than 100 kilometers The distance is such that an airship as big as the Sun God can come over, let alone just one person. How difficult is it
Zhang Tie was thinking as he walked on the street. Similarly, even if he did not appear on the military's wanted notice, the army would definitely not be able to go back because if he went back, he would not be able to explain clearly the causes and consequences of the conflict with the secret police. , such a big thing cannot be fooled by thunder. So, how can I return to Black Flame City and find a way to contact my parents
Zhang Tie was thinking as he walked. He didn't know how long he had been walking. When a building on the street appeared in Zhang Tie's sight, Zhang Tie was suddenly shocked.
Above the main entrance of that building, there is a majestic relief of a huge four-winged golden roc...
By the way, Jinpeng Bank!
Thinking of the all-inclusive services provided by Jinpeng Bank in Black Flame City that he saw last time, Zhang Tie's eyes suddenly lit up...