Chapter 112: Depend on yourself

1,521 people, this is indeed a huge number for the current safety zone. This number makes everyone in the conference room feel the pressure is doubled. After all, the more people in the safety zone, the more difficult it is to manage it.

Xie Tian asked Shunzi: "What's the situation with those people?"

"It's quite honest, but everyone is covered in dust, and it seems that most people are hungry." Shunzi pursed her lips and said, "This time there are still many elderly people and children..."

"Old man and child?" Xie Tian was also stunned. These two groups are extremely rare since the end of the world. Because the resistance between the elderly and children is relatively weak, most of them were infected at the beginning of the outbreak of the zombie virus. Even if they survived without being infected, the pressure and difficulty of survival of these two groups is much greater than that of ordinary people because of their physical fitness and age.

Xie Tian frowned and said, "Shunzi, go and count all the elderly and children under the age of 15 and over 55."

Shunzi nodded and was about to turn around and leave, Xie Tian said again: "Come back, males are over 55 years old and females are over 50 years old."

"Okay." Shunzi hurriedly did it, but Xie Tian began to get into trouble. After a moment, Xie Tian raised his head and said to everyone: "The elderly and children cannot let them go out for adventure no matter what. Let's do this. All children under 15 years old will provide the food required for basic living in the safe area. As for the elderly, depending on the situation, some relatively relaxed work can be allocated. Regardless of the size of the workload, they must meet the food and clothing standards. What do you think?"

Everyone supported Xie Tian’s opinion, and Zhao Ziye said: “The elderly and children are vulnerable groups. Surviving in the end of the world is not easy. Of course, it is best to provide them with the food they need.”

Xie Tian nodded and said, "This is how we deal with this problem. Let's continue to discuss management issues."

"Old Song, you choose an office in the General Control Building and set up a public security department. You need to list it. Not only should you maintain public security and stability, but you should also accept survivors' reports. You should treat it as a police station. You are the minister."

"Good guy, ministerial level..." Song Hui laughed and said, "I didn't expect that the Provisional Military Commission would be exempted from my military rank. I'll thank you for being a minister, okay! I'll do this minister!"

Xie Tianxiao said, "Old Song, you are a real person and do things fairly, but your only disadvantage is that your wrists and heart are a little soft. If you let Lao Liu be the deputy minister, you learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and you must stabilize the order in the safe area."

"No problem." Liu Mu patted his arms and said, "Don't worry if you leave it to us."

Xie Tian smiled and said, "The other sections are also talked about by the department. After all the departments are determined, all the listings will be for the public. The material section is called the logistics department, the personnel section is called the human resources department, and the finance department is the Ministry of Finance."

Immediately, Xie Tian thought of the production problem and said, "Who do you have any knowledge of crops? I see a lot of farmland nearby. As for what is planted in it, I have never looked at it carefully."

"Rice." Lao Zheng said, "I have seen it once, but no one has taken care of the rice planted in these rice fields for more than three months. In addition, this summer was extremely dry and I have never seen much rain, so almost all of them have been abandoned. Even if we mobilize people to harvest, I estimate that one acre of land can harvest more than ten or twenty kilograms of rice that can be eaten by one acre of land. However, we are located south of the Yangtze River. Now is the time to plant medium rice."

"How much rice yield per mu?" Xie Tian asked.

Lao Zheng smiled and said, "This is not good, it is usually only a few hundred kilograms."

Xie Tian thought for a moment and said, "There are a lot of farmland nearby, but it is difficult for us to use it. If we can start sowing this year, the supplies for next year will not be so tight. It's just that we don't master the farming technology."

Xie Yufei said: "From the current environment, all survivors are in the pure consumption stage. I believe that under this situation, it will be difficult for the whole world to organize effective production activities, especially crops, with a long production cycle. However, at present, the amount of surplus materials is still very large. After all, I have worked at COFCO. It is said that the country has at least 200 million tons of grain reserves alone."

"This is not possible." Xie Tian shook his head and sighed: "All food supplies have a period of consumption. Rice and wheat cannot be eaten after a long time. Canned foods will basically be done in one year. If we calculate this way, we will not find canned foods that we can eat in spring next year. By then, we don't know where to supplement vitamins."

"Vegetables can be grown!" Lao Zheng said, "Many vegetables have very short growth cycles, such as oil-beef vegetables. If they are sown now, they can be eaten in autumn. If they can find seeds, we can try planting them."

"This is OK." Xie Tian nodded and said, "Everything has to be tried, otherwise if you wait for another year or two, there will be no food in the world that can be eaten. It is even more terrifying than a zombie virus."

Lao Zheng said again: "Since you talk about vitamin issues, I think we can also take time to find wild vegetables nearby. In addition, autumn is coming soon. After autumn, many plants will mature. Even if no one takes care of them, there will still be some fruits."

"Well, this will be implemented until around the Mid-Autumn Festival." Xie Tian paused and said, "We are just discussing a brief moment today. We need to improve further in the future. From now on, we will perform our duties. Xiaohe and Yufei. Come with me to the coal yard to see what the survivors are doing."

At this moment, hundreds of cars were parked on the large open space in the coal yard, and most of them were sitting in the car. Because of the guardians of soldiers, they were unable to move freely within the power plant. After Xie Tian arrived, these people heard that the leaders of the safety zone had arrived and walked out of the car. Xie Tian looked at them and saw that the more than 1,500 people were covered in dust and in a mess. Most of them seemed very uninspiring. It seemed that the journey was indeed difficult for them to survive.

Shunzi strode over and said to Xie Tian: "Brother Xie, there are 27 children under the age of 15, the youngest is only four years old, 22 men over 55 years old, 34 women over 50 years old, and 83 people in total."

Xie Tian nodded and thought in his heart that 83 people were acceptable. If there were too many people, the pressure to support them would be enough for them to bear. He said, "It's very good and straight. You go to the cooking side first and let them cook a meal. It means 83 elderly people and children, and they will be able to grasp the right measure."

"Okay." Shunzi turned around and left, Xie Tian simply climbed onto the coal mountain and said to everyone: "You should all come from Changsha, right?"

There was a positive answer below. Xie Tian nodded and said, "Welcome everyone first. It's really hard to have such a long journey. But when I get here, I can tell you responsibly that you are safe for the time being. When you enter the city, you also saw our army. There is a strong defensive force here, so everyone can rest assured."

Immediately, Xie Tian explained the situation and various policies in the safety zone to everyone. After he finished speaking, a few young men from below shouted loudly: "Why don't you give us food? Do you also sit idly by when you watch us starve to death?"

Xie Tian looked at the place where the sound came out, and saw a few young men in their twenties shouting to him below, and then said coldly: "Why do you want someone with hands and feet to give you food? I can tell you that all the food in this safe area was found by us at the risk of our lives. Why should we use it to support you? I tell you that in this safe area, it is impossible for people who are willing to work hard to enjoy their achievements here. If you are unwilling to work hard, as long as you obey the management of the safe area in the safe area, I will not drive you out, but when you starve to death, I will throw your body out and burn it out in a fire!"

The man was so scared by Xie Tian's strength that he did not dare to say anything again. Xie Tian immediately said: "A officer under my command has just counted your age. For children under 15 years old, men over 55 years old, women over 50 years old, please stand up."

No one knew what Xie Tian intended to separate the elderly and children, but since they were new to the city and were living under someone else's roof, they could only follow Xie Tian's instructions. Soon, the elderly and children stood on the far left of the survivors. Xie Tian counted the number of people, and it was indeed 83.

"You 83 elderly people and children will be provided with food in the safe zone in the future. Of course, it is only the amount of food required for daily survival. However, if the elderly among you have some specialties, they can also participate in the work in the safe zone according to their physical condition. Different jobs will be rewarded differently."

Immediately, Xie Tian said to Li Xiaohe: "Xiaohe, please register these 83 people. The food for these people will be the safe area to be responsible for the future food. Yufei, you will be responsible for the statistics of the materials. How much materials need to be allocated to them every day should be an estimate."

"Okay." The two women agreed, and then Xie Yufei helped Li Xiaohe to register 83 elderly children. A middle-aged man wearing glasses asked: "Leader, you said that the scale of your place is only 500. We have so many people at once. How can you provide each of us with a job? In other words, how should those who are not assigned to a job survive?"
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