"Oh oh oh! Is this the legendary Mengmao Prefecture?"
On the deck of the Rourou, a short-haired girl was holding a telescope, lying on the back of a big white bear, looking excitedly towards the land in the distance.
Rourou, who was being ridden, looked at the shore with excitement and shouted loudly.
"What a big port...and the church in Sesame Lake!"
"What does it have to do with me..." The cat ears on the top of his head swayed from side to side, Zhima Hu said in a dumbfounded voice.
Every time she feels embarrassed, the ears on the top of her head don't look like her own.
Looking curiously at the port that was getting closer and closer, Tai's mouth kept shouting excitedly.
"Giao! Speaking of which, this place is similar to Silver Moon Bay! It's like they were carved from the same mold!"
"Even the statues on the pier are!"
"That is actually Sesame Lake, right?"
"how could it be possible……"
Listening to everyone's noise, Si Si came down from the gangway on the side of the cockpit to the deck and smiled and said.
"Well, this can be considered a little cleverness of the locals."
From a high place just now, she had seen the entire Mengmao City port, which was almost exactly the same as the most prosperous area of Silver Moon Bay, and even more beautiful than the latter.
After all, the latter was built bit by bit by the believers in Silver Moon Bay through exploration, just like a building block that can be put together wherever one thinks.
The former is a work that draws on the experience and lessons of the latter and re-traces it on a blank canvas.
With the support of the Mengma Prefecture government, it not only absorbed the strengths of Silver Moon Bay, but also made up for its shortcomings.
Rourou tilted his head and looked at Sisi and asked curiously.
"Mortal wisdom?"
Si Si nodded and explained.
"Whether the merchant ships in Silver Moon Bay are going to Golden Gallon Port or the west of Central Continent, they will pass through the east coast of Borneo Province. No one will refuse an additional supply point on this route, not to mention that Mengmao Island itself has a huge
Population, and population itself is a resource.”
“The authorities gained the trust of the Silver Moon Bay believers through a series of measures, and then rented the land to them, and those believers also built churches, banks and ports here... which is equivalent to the Mengma Prefecture authorities not spending a single cent.
For money, I got a port for nothing.”
Before that, it was just a piece of bad land. No matter how you calculate it, the Mengma Prefecture authorities made a lot of money from this deal.
Si Si estimated that the Mengma Prefecture authorities should have referred to the experience of Jingallang Port. After all, the group of officers who "walked alone" all came from Jingallang Port. They had never eaten pork before and had seen pigs running away.
"I see...is this the legendary win-win situation?"
Rourou nodded in realization, while Tails lying on her back was thinking about other things.
“Will there be mammoths!”
After hearing that senseless speech, Rourou couldn't help but burst into tears.
"How can such a thing exist?"
Tails: "Yes! Then why is it called Mengmazhou?"
Listening to the conversation between the two, Sisi showed a subtle expression, coughed slightly and said.
"Actually... there are some."
"ah???"
Hearing this unexpected statement, Rourou and Zhima Hu both looked at her in surprise.
Tai Tai, in particular, was so excited that he almost jumped on her and asked with gleaming eyes.
"Really?!"
Looking at the expectant expression on his face, Sisi nodded slightly, and while recalling the clues he had seen in the documents, he spoke.
"I heard that because of their high popularity, the People's Federation's research institute resurrected the prehistoric Meng Mammoth through genetic engineering during the Prosperity Era, and helped them adapt to the environment of the new century... They usually live in Zhuobar, the northernmost part of Mengma Prefecture.
On the plateau under the mountains, I heard that people only live in the Tasang River area from the plateau in winter."
"It actually came back to life because of its popularity," Zhima Lake said with a dumbfounded expression, not knowing how to complain, "...the residents of the People's League really do whatever they want."
Rourou scratched his head and asked incomprehensibly.
"Wouldn't this affect the ecological environment on earth?"
Sisi thought for a while and said casually.
"The province of Borneo in the People's League era was probably a large zoo in itself... putting some strange things in it doesn't seem to have any impact."
What's more, Wasteland Era has fully proved that the adaptive ability of the ecological environment is actually stronger than human imagination.
Not to mention the mammoth, a prehistoric creature that once existed on the earth, even the death claws, monsters, multi-legged beasts, which are ruthless animals from head to toe, are just part of the food chain.
That’s all.
Rourou couldn't help but sigh.
"...It's such a crazy time."
Tai Tai touched his chin and thought for a long time, and suddenly he suppressed a question.
"We've already found the mammoths, why not the dinosaurs?"
Sisi: "Uh... maybe it's not too late?"
Just as the group of people were talking, the Rourou Horn sounded a long whistle.
The large cargo ship slowly approached the edge of the pier.
With the efforts of all the crew and sailors, the ship was finally docked and parked.
The actual situation here is completely different from the rumors.
The "Daily Survivor" of Golden Gallen Harbor said that the place was in ruins due to flooding by the river, but what they saw were smooth brick roads and marble-carved Silver Moon Bay buildings.
The urban area not far away was indeed hit by a disaster. Some construction debris and shacks could be seen in the distance, but some concrete houses were also built on top of the ruins.
Sharp-eyed Rourou soon discovered that those houses seemed to be made of prefabricated concrete panels, and the shape of those prefabricated concrete panels was exactly the same as that of Boulder City.
Some cranes can be seen at the construction site further away, and these engineering equipment further corroborate Rourou's conjecture.
Rourou estimated that the authorities used some foreign exchange reserves to import prefabricated concrete panel production equipment and lifting technology from the alliance, and then used cement and steel purchased from other places to complete these "corn buildings."
I heard that Mengma Prefecture has a population of tens of millions, and most of the people used to live worse than animals. Not long ago, they even suffered a flood that affected a third of the prefecture.
It is unrealistic to expect them to live in big houses as soon as they move out of the bullpen. The league spent a lot of effort just to provide food and clothing for 100,000 people.
But what is gratifying is that the situation here seems to be getting better little by little.
Just like Dawn City was back then.
I wasn't very optimistic about Lacy's fleshiness at first, but my thoughts suddenly changed slightly.
Perhaps the performance of these tough-minded officers was not as bad as she imagined?
It is indeed too early to talk about equality here. They must first bring the people here to eat...
After completing a series of procedures such as the cargo delivery form, the group was planning to walk around the dock and visit this developing settlement, when they suddenly bumped into an acquaintance.
I saw a man in a fancy robe, with a red face, arguing with several people in uniforms.
In other words, what are you quibbling about——
"What I sell is obviously frozen livestock! Why do you charge me tariffs on fur?"
"What are you talking about?" the man in uniform laughed and said unceremoniously, "mink skin grows on pigs? Find me a pig with mink skin!"
Mogavi blushed.
"You just haven't seen it! How dare you say that there aren't any in the wasteland? In Baiyue Province... there are many such strange things!"
The man in uniform rolled his eyes, with an expression that seemed to say, "You are simply insulting my intelligence."
At this moment, a pleasant voice jumped over from the side.
"Oh! Really? But why hasn't the tail been seen there for so long?"
"!
!”
"Do you have anything else to argue with?" The man in uniform looked at Mogavi with a mocking look, but the latter opened his eyes as if he had seen a ghost and looked at the three people in disbelief.
A weird combination of bears.
"...Sisi? Tail?"
Taiyi stared at him for a while, feeling that he looked familiar.
And at this moment, the distant memory suddenly caught up with her, and she cried out in surprise.
"Oh oh oh! You are the one selling your skin!"
This sentence made Lei feel charred on the outside and tender on the inside. Mogavi almost choked on his own saliva and coughed several times before he recovered.
"What do you mean by selling skins! I have my own name, okay!"
"Hey, I'm sorry I forgot!" Tai Tai scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
The men in uniforms immediately followed his gaze and were obviously nervous when they saw the big white bear, but they were just nervous.
Especially when they discovered that the white bear could talk, they relaxed their tense nerves.
Is there anything strange happening in the wasteland?
Not to mention this talking bear.
As long as you can communicate.
"Are you... people from the customs?" When he walked up to those people, Sisi glanced at their uniforms and asked curiously, "What are you arguing about? It's convenient for us to eat... uh, I
Is it convenient for us to know what you mean?"
The leading customs officer glanced at Mogavi next to him and said with a sneer.
"This guy wrapped the pork in mink skin and declared it as livestock products. He wanted to take advantage of the tax exemption for grain imports!"
Mengma Prefecture is in urgent need of foreign exchange, but these profiteers are trying to steal the silver coins earned by overseas workers frugally from their pockets!
If their superiors hadn't asked them to "be affectionate and rational" to these businessmen who do business outside, they would have been talking so much nonsense here, and they would have been serving them with rifle butts!
Rourou looked at the deflated Mogavi in surprise and couldn't help but say.
"Good guy, you are such a bitch."
Mogavi knew he was wrong, but he still defended himself.
"It's none of my business...it's because there are loopholes in the rules they designed themselves."
Si Si subtly averted his eyes.
"...Having said that, I think you are going a little too far."
By the way, shouldn’t we put some money aside for this kind of occasion?
But judging from the anxious look on this guy's face, he must have tried but was rejected.
The commotion near the pier quickly attracted the attention of others, and in just a few minutes, a large circle of people gathered on the street.
At this time, an old man who looked to be about forty or fifty years old came over with two young people. Just as he was about to ask what happened, he saw a few familiar faces from the crowd.
figure.
"What happened—Sisi?!"
Looking at the surprised old man, Si Si and the others also had unexpected expressions on their faces.
"...Are you Aki?"
"You still remember me!" The old man came forward excitedly and held her hands tightly, "Long time no see!"
Sisi smiled and shook his hand vigorously.
"Yeah, long time no see."
This man is one of the elders of the Yue Clan Resistance Army.
When the White Bear Knights made a big fuss in Golden Gallen Port, it was the old man named Aki and other Yue tribe members who resolutely stayed and gave the opportunity to escape by boat to the rescued women and children.
Then came the Yue Clan Resistance Army.
Although this resistance army fought a lot of stupid battles, and was later used by the warlords as an "experience package" for repeatedly spawning monsters, but objectively speaking, since they dared to stay and confront the regular army, it was a great achievement in itself.
It's over.
The old man was so excited that he burst into tears and all the new boys next to him were stunned.
"Everyone misses you so much... By the way, is Granny Sanru okay?"
"Oh! She's in good health! I saw her drinking a large bottle of beer last time!" Tails replied enthusiastically.
After hearing this, the old man showed a happy smile on his face.
"That's good...it seems like their lives are pretty good, so I feel relieved."
As he spoke, he looked at Mogavi standing aside, then looked at Sisi and asked.
"This...is your friend?"
There was a subtle expression on Sisi's face, and he ignored Mogave's pleading eyes and said.
"Let's forget it... But even so, I hope you won't be open to him because of our relationship. How to deal with it should be based on the rules you set before."
No matter what, robbing the poor is too much.
Seeing that this old friend didn't help him, Mogavi suddenly became anxious and began to play the emotional card.
"Oh! How could you do this... I helped you before! Have you forgotten it?"
Si Si looked at him indifferently and said.
"These are two different things...and even at that time, it was a transaction of paying the money and delivering the goods. Did we make you suffer?"
After hearing these words, Mogavi had a deflated expression on his face, and finally could no longer utter any excuses.
Seeing a pair of eyes looking at him, he raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and said in a self-defeating tone.
"Okay, I surrender, I pay... I'll pay the customs duties to the head office!"
The customs boy turned his attention to his immediate boss, Yaxi, who nodded solemnly.
"Give him a ticket and the fine will be waived for the first offense, but the tax that should be paid must be paid!"
"Yes!" The young man nodded, then pulled out a receipt and threw it into Mogavi's hand with a half-smile, "Thank our director, and remember not to be so clever next time."
Mogavi glared at him fiercely, took the receipt and hurried away without saying a word.
Seeing that there was no more excitement to be seen, the crowd gathered around to watch the excitement dispersed.
Looking at his benefactors whom he had not seen for many days, the serious look on Axi's face instantly disappeared and he spoke enthusiastically.
"What plans do you have next?"
Sis glanced around.
"We originally planned to walk around here to see if there were any investment opportunities... Ah, by the way, we also planned to go to the customs."
Axi's eyes lit up and he immediately suggested.
"That's good, you just follow me here! Mengma City has a tax-free policy for the import of production machinery, improved crop seeds, grain, medicine and other items. I am the person in charge of this, so I can give it to you.
introduce."
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Sisi readily accepted the old man's kindness. After all, she happened to also want to know the relevant information about this settlement.
On the one hand, this is her travel habit, and on the other hand, it is also a task assigned by the manager.
According to reliable information, the Legion is trying to use the powder keg of Mengmao State to put pressure on the Alliance and prevent the Alliance from advancing the space elevator-related agenda at the Adhesion Community meeting.
Of course, it is impossible for the Alliance to watch the Vaillante people make small moves under their noses.
However, before formulating specific countermeasures, the alliance must first understand the situation here in Mengma Prefecture.
And this glorious and easy task naturally fell to them who were engaged in commercial activities near Mengmo Prefecture.
Accompanied by Yaxi, the group went to the lounge of the Mengma City Port Customs Office.
It wasn't until the group sat down in the lounge that they learned that this old gentleman with a warm smile was actually the director of the General Administration of Customs of the Mengma Prefecture Government!
Tai Wei's eyes widened in surprise, and he looked at the old man in surprise and said.
"Good guy, you have become such a big official!"
Being stared at by that surprised look, Aki was a little embarrassed and quickly explained.
"I can't talk about being a high-ranking official. My position is not as exaggerated as you think... The port of Mengma City has just been opened to trade. The import and export volume per month is only about one million silver coins, and the entire General Administration of Customs adds up to only
There are more than forty people, not even enough to form a platoon."
When he said this, Axi also looked melancholy and shook his head.
"It turns out that I commanded a battalion anyway. If I hadn't been squeezed out by Lacy's gang, I wouldn't have been driven here to retire."
Hearing this sentence, Taiwei, Rourou and Zhimahu looked at each other in shock.
It’s okay to be pushed out to be the director of customs...
Can this be called exclusion?
Except for the fact that there are a few fewer people directing, this is considered a promotion no matter how you look at it!
Sisi's expression was also a little subtle, and he coughed slightly and changed the subject.
"I heard that there was a flood here before. We made a special trip here to bring some food and medicine... I wonder how the disaster situation is here?"
"The floods happened in the autumn. The empire was building walls and clearing fields in Mengma Prefecture and blew up the embankments of the Tasang River... Fortunately, the embankments were not high enough to begin with, so they did not cause too much damage. We will
I plan to build an irrigation system that has a wider range and can also generate electricity."
When talking about the flood disaster again, Yaxi's eyes flickered a little, and he seemed not to want to talk about this topic. He just focused on how smoothly the post-disaster reconstruction work was, but brushed off the losses caused by the disaster itself.
This should have been a good opportunity to sell out.
Although Sisi had some doubts in his heart, he didn't think too much and just continued to ask.
"Where's the plague? There's no plague, right?"
There will inevitably be a major epidemic after a major disaster, and this is what she is more worried about.
But Axi shook her head, dispelling her worries.
"No, we quickly brought the situation under control... Although there were some patients at first, we isolated them and almost cured them."
This is somewhat different from the report in "Daily Survivor", but it is inevitable that such a situation will occur.
After all, most of the residents of Golden Gallen Port are full of sympathy for the Yue Clan Resistance Army and full of hatred for the empire that oppresses people of all ethnic groups. They even spontaneously organized fundraisers for the Resistance Army.
In addition to fulfilling its obligation to report the truth, a regional media will also become a projection of the audience's ideology.
After all, objectivity is always a relative concept. Even Dawn City's "Daily Survivor" cannot be objective in an absolute sense.
Hearing that the local situation was relatively stable, Si Si finally nodded with relief.
"That's good...it seems our worries are unnecessary."
"How can it be redundant? It's just that things may not be as exaggerated as you think."
Axi smiled to adjust the atmosphere and continued.
"And thanks to your help, we were able to recover so quickly. Recently, many businessmen from the alliance came here to set up factories, especially Mr. Lister. I am envious of the houses he built for the workers!
I’m not afraid of your ridicule, but my house is still leaking, and the workers at the Liszt Factory have already moved into the building!"
There was a surprised expression on Zhizhihu's face.
"Did he build those houses we saw at the port?"
The same goes for Rourou, who let out a surprised sound.
"That guy is so kind."
Sisi didn't feel any surprise and said softly.
"The merchants who have completely experienced the great changes in Boulder City are more disciplined. There is nothing surprising about this."
Tails also nodded his head in a serious manner.
"After all, the unruly guys are either bankrupt or dead."
Looking at the three people and one bear who were communicating in a language he didn't understand, Aki cleared his throat and continued.
"Although I cannot represent the Mengma Prefecture authorities, as someone who has been helped by you, I sincerely hope that you can stay here longer and give us a chance to entertain you."
"However, during your stay, I suggest you stay in the parish of Silver Moon Church as much as possible. If you must leave here, try not to go southwest...especially near the front line.
In this area, the Gray Wolf Army has recently obtained a batch of weapons from unknown sources, and their offensive has become more and more fierce, and we have suffered a lot on the front line."
Rourou looked at him worriedly and asked.
"Is it really okay with you?"
Aki smiled kindly and said.
"Don't worry, we have survived the most difficult period! Now that we finally have our own base, it will never be more difficult than before."
When he said this, there was obvious hope and pride in his eyes.
obviously.
Even though he was dissatisfied with Lacy for "excluding" him from the military system, he could not find any fault with the development of Mengma Prefecture itself, and even expressed praise in his words.
Although Lacy looked down on the elders of the Resistance Army, he did not completely trample the latter after gaining power. Instead, he arranged them into the "cabinet".
Regardless of whether this is promotion or suppression, and regardless of whether he is trying to show off to the investors of Golden Gallon Port, French Fries Port or even the alliance behind them, at least he is relatively tolerant of opposition.
For this reason alone, this warlord is already much stronger than the warlords of Huzhou and Leopardzhou, who didn't even put on a show.
After thinking for a long time, Si Si also felt that another person might not be able to do better than them.
That night, three people and one bear stayed at a hotel near the General Administration of Customs.
Yaxi not only entertained them warmly, but also helped them solve all their food and lodging problems during their stay in Mengma Prefecture. He even politely arranged for four female soldiers to act as bodyguards and guides for them.
After going offline.
Sisi, who had just eaten a full meal online, didn't feel hungry at all, but she was a little hypoglycemic, so she went to the refrigerator and opened a can of Coke, then returned to the living room and picked up the laptop she had thrown on the sofa yesterday.
.
Sitting cross-legged in front of the coffee table, she bit her straw and thought about it while typing on the keyboard to complete the 2,000-word "investigation report" required by the manager.
This includes her observations on the local development potential and humanistic features, as well as her first impression of the Lasi authorities, etc.
[...It is difficult for me to evaluate whether the Mengma Prefecture authorities are a qualified governing authority. After all, they came here only a few months ago. Although the local people's evaluation of Lasi is not bad, it is difficult to say that this
Is it because their lives couldn't get any worse?
But objectively speaking, they are indeed doing something and are willing to use their few resources to help people here live a better life.
My report does not constitute investment advice, but I do consider expanding White Bear Knight Bank's operations here.
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Before I knew it, the report of two thousand words had turned into a long article of tens of thousands of words.
After realizing this, it was too late to change.
Sis read the report over and over several times, but couldn't figure out which line to delete, so he simply gave up on making changes and copied the report, which had tens of thousands of words, exactly.
Later, she will upload this report to the forum and share it with everyone who is interested.
"Finally done..."
When he was done, Sisi stretched out and leaned comfortably on the sofa. It was only then that he felt his stomach was empty and reached out to rub his already deflated belly.
This is what makes this game so frustrating.
I've obviously eaten it in the game, but I still have to eat it again when I'm offline.
Especially if you eat too much in the game and have no appetite at all when you are offline, this feeling of being hungry but not yet hungry is simply too torturous!
Although she knew that the dog planner would probably not be able to see it, and that the guy never responded to her emails, she still couldn't help sitting up again, and wrote two lines of "Private" under the report sent to the NPC.
goods".
[...If the respected planner can see it, could you please design a game cabin with a life-support device for "Wasteland OL"? I believe this should not be difficult for your company, and most of them
Players will definitely be willing to pay for it.】
[Eating two meals in a row is really too much. If this continues, I feel like I will starve to death in bed sooner or later...]