[Territory public chat channel]

[March 5, Year 2 of the Wasteland Calendar]

[Today’s weather: light snow. Temperature: minus 5 degrees ~ minus 15 degrees]

[Updated activity scope: the entire territory (the three regular routes have free shuttle buses every morning, noon and evening, and the remaining routes can be chartered at your own expense); the western suburbs of Qinggang City (entering the area controlled by allies, please do not make noise and cause trouble, otherwise

Will be dealt with strictly in accordance with territorial laws); Qinggang City Fifth Ring Road (there are many mutated plants, or there may be attacks by radioactive beasts, please be careful when entering)]

[New exploration point: Red Core Sanctuary (now open, need to obtain approval before going)]

[Small speaker from the Territory: Coming from about 600 kilometers north, we have found 373 lucky people. We are now on the troop carrier returning to the territory. We will arrive at the territory in the evening. There are many professionals among the lucky people who are interested.

The boss can come to the General Work Administration in advance to check and make reservations.】

【Today’s recommended store:】

【Today’s recommended recipe:】

Just as the survivors were on their way back, a new day began in the territory.

Since most factories already have indoor factories, the impact of this light snow is actually not great. Only industries such as construction, agriculture, and mining that are already weak in winter have been affected.

Hope in the village.

The asphalt-paved central road had been cleared of snow by cleaning workers early on, and snowdrifts were piled on the roadside, waiting to be taken to the Bagua furnace for burning.

Although some cement roads were not separated in such a timely manner, there was only a thin layer of snow on them, as soft as cotton.

The transplanted saplings on both sides of the road had lost their leaves some time ago and were bare, looking a bit desolate.

But now with the decoration of snowflakes, it looks like the heavy snow is brewing with life.

The residential houses scattered among the roads have now reached a certain scale.

The prefabricated houses of the past have now all been eliminated and replaced with reinforced concrete earthquake-resistant structures.

The two-story buildings are connected in series from the street to the end of the street. Only one row can accommodate 80 upper and lower 80 independent rooms, a total of 160 independent rooms.

The accommodation in the room was not as tense as it was at the beginning, with dozens or hundreds of people crowded together.

This winter, the space of each room has increased to 20 square meters.

Entering it, there is a small living room of about five square meters, which can also be said to be a small public kitchen.

On both sides are bedrooms separated by simple board walls. Each bedroom can only accommodate up to four people.

Although it is still not possible for everyone to have an independent private space, it is much better than before.

At this time, the villagers holding hot breakfast in their hands were filing out of the house, laughing and chatting, while heading to the connection point between Hope Village and Longteng Village.

Living in Hope Village and working in Longteng Village has become the norm for most people.

The commute time on both sides is about forty minutes.

Taking advantage of this period of time, the villagers can just finish their breakfast and check the chat panel to see what new announcements there are today or what new news there is in other parts of the world.

What does that sentence mean? When you are in the wasteland, you need to broaden your horizons.

Otherwise, during the lunch break every day, when everyone gets together to brag, they won’t be able to find a place to say a few words.

"Hey, finally there are new survivors joining us. It's not easy in this snowy day."

"I heard that the territory has recently set up a search and rescue team. It should be that they took the initiative to search and rescue."

"This group of people is so lucky. It's 600 kilometers, and it won't take more than half a month to walk."

"That's the truth. When our Harvest Tribe came over, some of the people's feet had several layers of skin worn off."

“It’s good to have more people, but our factory is currently short of people, and it turns out we can’t find anyone.”

"My opponent, our mining site is also short of people now, but there is no place to look for these people, unless we go to those little fishmen."

"Forget it, it's okay for the little fish people to do construction, but mining should not harm others."

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Almost all villagers have a 100% friendly attitude toward new survivors.

This is related to the current environment and rules of the territory, as well as the extremely smooth development of the manufacturing industry.

The current manpower of each factory, let alone expanding production, requires overtime work to complete the existing production scale.

It's certainly a good thing for new people to come in.

For those factory owners, the new labor force will naturally make the development speed several times faster.

Including the owners of several shops, they even started to take action. After all, everyone knew that the labor force of newcomers was the cheapest, and it would definitely be several times cheaper than the old fried dough sticks in the village.

If you want to develop the store, you need a few more newcomers to take advantage of it.

Oh no, just bring in a few new people to help!

Of course, not everyone is so optimistic, and many people are worried.

The addition of new people means that the current competition will definitely become more intense.

Sitting on the wicker chair in front of the shop, the 'Youyou Fire King' was blowing the cold wind and stared at the shuttle buses filing out of the village entrance with a sad face.

It was obvious that he was one of the anxious people.

In terms of background, the bosses of the current factories in the territory are either some technical experts or have PhDs from some well-known universities. Occasionally, some of them even play mixed doubles.

In terms of ability, these people know a lot about astronomy and geography, they can talk about beauties and farming, and it's more than enough to beat him with one hand.

In terms of potential, learning is his biggest headache, but for those people, they wish they could study for twenty of the twenty-four hours a day.

How can humans compete with a bunch of lunatics?

As the first store in the territory recognized by the lord and granted loans, it is also the first star store opened in the core of Hope Village.

Moreover, as a big boss who sells tens of thousands of pieces of a single product (wolf crossbow), Yoyo Fire King is very sad.

His weapon shop lasts about four days, or five days?

Can't remember clearly.

Anyway, no one has come to pick out weapons for a long time.

Yes, it has deteriorated to the point where no one even goes in to take a look!

Since the Metal Sigh disaster ended, the villagers who were originally willing to come and see the wooden crossbows were no longer interested this time.

The further improvement of the industrial system has completely driven down the price of guns.

Now the price of a standard gentleman's pistol has plummeted to 25 copper coins, and half a month's salary is enough to buy one.

Although the retail price of bullets is slightly higher, they still cost 5 iron coins each.

But that thing is not really used for fighting. It is of little use if you buy it. It is enough to store a magazine.

What?

You said that to buy a gun, you need to go to the territory to apply for a gun license first. To apply for a gun license, you need to study a systematic shooting tutorial and participate in several shooting tests?

This is not a big problem, just treat it like taking a driver's license test.

Anyway, I came here and had nothing to do. I usually go to the shooting range to learn some shooting after work.

Then, if an enemy comes, you can pick up a gun and become a temporary soldier to protect your home!

With such a change in thinking, it is inevitable that the Wolf Crossbow will be disliked.

After all, no matter how powerful it is and how easy it is to use, how many people who are really willing to go out of the territory to fight don’t have guns?

"Hey, boss, why are you sitting outside?"

Not far from the weapons store, a girl with a plopped head came over, holding breakfast in her hand.

When he saw the Firepower King Youyou sitting at the door, he was immediately startled.

When the weapons store was doing its best business, the number of people including the owner and the owner's father expanded to ten.

The size of the weapon shop also tripled, with production capacity reaching fifty weapons per day at its peak.

However, now, the boss is depressed by the current situation. Dad was so busy some time ago that he went back to rest, and she is the only clerk left.

Is it possible?

"It's okay, I came here early, so I can blow in the cold air to wake myself up."

There was no mention of layoffs. Malan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took out the key from her bag and opened the door.

A dull smell of rotting wood came from inside, as some unprocessed wood was piled in the corner.

It seems to have been piled up for many days, right?

Since the order was so cold, the workers who processed the wood have not come again, and the boss has no time to care about it.

He glanced at Yoyo Fire King who was still sitting at the door in a daze.

Malan fetched a basin of water and began to diligently wipe the fly ash on the counter with a rag.

It's just that there are only so many jobs that can be done in the shop, and it can basically be done in less than half an hour.
To be continued...