novelaction Chapter 272 New Progress
Chapter 272 New Progress
Another week passed, and the Tianming position received new good news.
It was a new day. Zhang Qiang, who was at home in Atlanta, received Kate's message early and went to the airport for a meeting.
In the conference room, Kate took out a document with many place names marked on it.
"What is this?" Zhang Qiang asked puzzledly.
"As a result of the Carroll Act, many pioneer teams went to the West and North and developed new forces for the positions," Kate said.
A look of joy appeared on Zhang Qiang's face, which meant that the will of the Destiny Position could radiate to more land and more survivors.
He looked at the many names on the document. Although they looked like names of small towns, there were too many of them.
A single spark can start a prairie fire, and one day the beautiful country will completely look like my hometown.
"Have they all contacted the headquarters? Is there anyone who needs assistance? Is there anyone who is being bullied?" Zhang Qiang asked with concern.
Kate saw Zhang Qiang's face suddenly turned gloomy after he finished his last sentence. She immediately replied: "Don't worry, many pioneer teams are connected, and no predator dares to bully the people of the Tianming Front."
"Well, I hope there is no such blind person here." Zhang Qiang said coldly.
Those who left Zuozhou were his dearest ones, the ones who carried out his will. Zhang Qiang naturally did not want to see them suffer.
Kate couldn't help laughing nearby. She thought it was cute that Zhang was worried about the pioneers.
"What are you laughing at?" Zhang Qiang suddenly looked up, moved his eyes away from the documents, and looked at Kate in confusion.
"Nothing, I just thought of something funny." Kate said, covering her mouth.
Zhang Qiang, who always felt something was wrong, raised his eyebrows and returned the file to Kate.
"We should set up a department to be responsible for communicating with these teams that have already established their foothold, and then inspect them after a certain period of time." Zhang Qiang had a new idea.
"Oh?" Kate was a little surprised. She asked, "What do you mean?"
"It's just a necessary supervisory measure. The banner of the Tianming Front is very important. What if a small number of people are ambitious and want to be local tyrants?" Zhang Qiang thought of some things.
"I'll arrange this." Kate agreed with Zhang Qiang's idea.
Zhang Qiang nodded, stared into Kate's eyes and said, "Thank you, Kate, for your hard work."
After saying that, Zhang Qiang left the meeting room and ran away again.
Kate smiled and shook her head. She stood up from her chair and prepared to contact her subordinates to arrange work.
With the current scale of the Destiny Front, she could still handle all the work within a reasonable time frame. But if the Destiny Front expanded to cover several states, she would be powerless.
The mountaintop village at this time.
A yellow excavator drove up to the mountainside and was working on the terrain modification.
In the woods at the foot of the mountain, Sean, along with a few strong men and a few graduates who were almost adults, were cutting down trees with chainsaws.
According to Rick and Sean's idea, the scale of the hilltop village does not need to be too large. They decided to build some wooden houses from the top of the mountain all the way down and not expand the wall for the time being.
In the future plan envisioned by the two men, the wall of the mountaintop village will be expanded from the top of the mountain all the way down, and will not be expanded in the form of a circle, as that would consume too much construction resources.
The expanded wall will radiate from the top of the mountain to the bottom in a fan-shaped pattern, enclosing more land for building houses and constructing some terraces. This is a huge workload for the excavator, and Rick has decided to go to the surrounding towns to find another excavator.
As for the materials for expanding the wall, Sean decided to ask Macon for assistance and borrow a batch of HESCO explosion-proof walls and stack them with earthen building materials.
As for how to repay Macon, Sean said that it would be paid back with food in two years.
Hilltop Village now needs to take three measures at the same time: expand the wall, build houses, and open fields for farming. All three tasks require a lot of manpower, but even with the arrival of 20 new graduates, Rick and Sean still feel that they are not enough people.
The two discussed it and decided to borrow some people from the Alexandria community.
Although everyone was acquaintance, Maggie still handled things in a businesslike manner and asked Rick and Sean what they could give in return.
Sean gritted his teeth and used food as a bargaining chip again. He had already decided that once the land at the foot of the mountain was reclaimed, he would plant potatoes on it. By then, he would be able to pay back the resources he owed.
The yield of potatoes varies greatly. In modern agricultural environment, inferior land and technology can support a yield of 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms per mu, while better land and technology can reach 6,000 to 7,000 kilograms per mu, and there are even legendary yields of nearly 10,000 kilograms per mu.
As for the terraced fields in the mountaintop village, Sean decided to use them all to grow fast-maturing vegetables, such as lettuce and radishes, depending on the season.
As for the seeds of fast-maturing vegetables, Sean would undoubtedly have to borrow them from somewhere else. Of course, Rick had already gone to a nearby town, so if he could find the necessary supplies, then that wouldn't be a problem.
But this possibility is relatively small, because Negan has long ruled the area around Washington and required major communities to provide supplies, so the supplies in the towns around Washington are basically empty.
The Salvation Army doesn't understand what saving is, they are just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor and only ask people to contribute more and more.
As the exploited party, the major communities had no choice but to move towards the towns and empty out the remnants.
So, Sean wasn't too happy about Rick heading into town to plunder.
There might be some machinery in the town that the mountaintop village needs, but as for supplies related to food and drink, they are probably rare and hard to find.
"Guys! Speed up! The more wood we chop, the more our territory can expand!"
Putting aside the useless internal friction in his heart, Sean focused on the logging work while loudly encouraging the people around him.
"A good life starts tomorrow!"
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The men in the mountaintop village wielded electric saws and sawed the tree trunks more vigorously. You know, Gregory would never work with them before. The old man would only sit in the mansion and drink.
Now the new leader worked with everyone, and even though everyone had been busy all morning, everyone was still full of energy.
Suddenly, the intercom in Sean's arms rang.
"Zizi...Sean, there are zombies approaching, be careful." Alan's voice sounded.
Sean borrowed not only workers but also security personnel from Alexander. Alan and his companions patrolled the woods.
The sound of the chainsaw attracted some zombies, but Alan's team was not large. After discovering the zombies, she immediately asked Sean to pay attention to where they were, as there might be zombies approaching.
"Got it." Sean said into the intercom.
After stopping the communication, Sean turned off the chainsaw. He looked at the logging team and said, "Graduates, take a break first! Watch your butts! Don't let the zombies bite you! Everyone else, keep working!"
After Sean stopped the chainsaw, he pulled out his pistol and walked deeper into the woods where the logging team was, patrolling the surroundings for everyone.
Behind him, a group of boys and girls picked up rifles and short guns from the rest area and followed him into the woods.