Li Keyi has been doing nothing recently because she suddenly can't find a research direction. Before, Li Keyi wanted to study how to make evolutionary crystals, but she had already accomplished this goal last year. Yes, I have no idea what I should study next.
Therefore, Li Keyi walked around the city every day when he had free time, and sometimes even took people to the south to observe the sowing situation.
Yuzhou's food has now become self-sufficient, thanks to the method of farming. There are also differences in farming. In the plains of Yuzhou, it is considered a military camp, while in the mountains, it is a civilian camp. In short, most of the food is It is in the hands of the city lord's palace, and the currency in Yuzhou is food stamps.
It happened that Xu Xing hadn't gone out recently, so Li Keyi took Xu Xing out by the way. He also wanted to care about Xu Xing's marriage. Xu Xing is now in her twenties and is an old girl. Now She was not married yet at this time, which was an abnormal thing, so many people speculated that Xu Xing was interested in Shen Feng.
Li Keyi and Xu Xing's outing did not alarm too many people. It was not that Li Keyi's status in Yuzhou was not important enough, but that the strength of these two people did not need others to worry about it. Xu Xing was now six years old. She is a level seven superpower, which is the pinnacle among superpowers, and Li Keyi is a seventh-level superpower. She is rare in the world. Her strength is unfathomable. She is the only one in Yuzhou besides Shen Feng. The two strongest superpowers travel together, and no one can hurt them at all.
"Xu Xing, you are a well-deserved Xingxian in the minds of many people. At this time, you are not married yet, but you will be criticized by many people. So at this time, while you are still young, It’s time to find a suitable husband as soon as possible. If you don’t believe it, take a look at Luo Qing. She is full of smiles every day after she got married.” While riding to the mountainous area in the south, Li Keyi couldn’t help but persuade Xu Xing. .
Xu Xing replied: "Well, I don't have any feelings for a group of stinky men. None of them are worthy of me, so I will never say such words again."
What Li Keyi didn't expect was that she would eventually get such an answer. The reason why Xu Xing did not marry for a long time was because there was no man she could like. But it is true that Xu Xing is a rare weirdo in the world. A capable person, this kind of person is naturally arrogant and arrogant, and there are always only a few men who can be in her eyes.
"Then you can't die alone, right? I remember that there are several young men in the special operations team you lead who are not married yet. They have been following you to suppress bandits for a long time. Aren't they very good?" Li Keyi Continue to ask.
Li Keyi replied: "Let's not talk about these people. Although they are my team members and are relatively good, I have no feelings for them. Instead, I like to be with girls. You don't understand this feeling. , many girls have delicate thoughts, they will care about your every move, and understand what you are thinking."
Li Keyi was shocked when she heard this description, because she felt that she knew something very remarkable. In these years, Xu Xing has never been married. Most people think that Xu Xing's eyes are higher than her head, or she likes her. Xu Xing actually had feelings for a girl.
"I didn't expect Xu Xing to be such a woman. I have to stay away from Xu Xing in the future, otherwise, she may want to attack me." Li Keyi suddenly thought to himself.
Xu Xing did have an admiration for girls before. This girl was none other than Qi Yunfang. When the two parted in Yanshan, they were still reluctant to part with each other. Xu Xing originally wanted to visit Qi Yunfang in the future, but
She never expected that Qi Yunfang would die at sea later, before the two of them even had time to maintain communication.
Xu Xing missed Qi Yunfang very much, and she always treasured the bunch of hair Qi Yunfang gave her and never gave it up.
After Li Keyi and Xu Xing entered the mountain, they quickly arrived at a village. After verifying their identities, the guards in the village quickly opened the gate of the village.
The styles in the mountains are completely different from those in the northern plains, because farming in the plains is protected by the army, while farming in the mountains relies solely on oneself. However, there are many mutant beasts in the mountains. These
The existence of mutated beasts is definitely a factor that threatens human survival, so over time, villages were formed one after another in the mountains. Actions in these villages were all regulated, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter these villages at all.
Yuzhou's attitude towards these villages is very simple, that is, as long as they can hand over food every year, it is enough. As for how to survive in the mountains, Yuzhou will not interfere at all. The people who originally farmed in the mountains are victims of disasters everywhere.
, these victims are united according to their regions, and only unity can deal with the threat of mutant beasts.
The appearance of Li Keyi and Xu Xing aroused a warm welcome from the village chief in the village. He brought the main management personnel of the village to welcome him and kept his posture very low. It was obvious that at this time,
They didn't dare to offend Xu Xing and Li Keyi at all.
"The goddess of light and the apricot fairy are here, and our place is full of glory. I wonder what business you two came to our village for? The wheat has not been harvested yet, and it seems that it is not the time to hand over the public grain.
"The village chief couldn't help but start asking at this time. He wanted to know what happened to these two important figures in Yuzhou.
Li Keyi explained: "We are not here to urge you to pay public rations, we are here to have fun. Remember, it is not an inspection, it is just for fun. Don't worry, we are just walking in the mountains to the south.
Enough."
Li Keyi said it very easily at this time, but no one dared to take it seriously at all, because the status of Li Keyi and Xu Xing is here. They can be casual, but the people in the village cannot
It's really casual, otherwise once these two people get serious, they will face disaster.
So Li Keyi and Xu Xing stayed in the village, preparing to continue walking in the mountains the next day. The village immediately presented them with various delicacies, and there were several female soldiers around them.
, the female soldiers tasted each dish first, and after half an hour, everyone sat down to eat together. This was to prevent anyone from poisoning.
While Li Keyi and Xu Xing were eating, they suddenly heard that someone was coming outside the stockade. The stockade has a defensive function, and there is a thick wall outside. Ordinary mutant beasts cannot enter the stockade at all, and once the wall is built,
If it is breached, everyone inside the stronghold will be in danger, so most people who want to enter the stronghold need to ask for their identity.
"Village chief, it's Mai Ke who's here. There are quite a lot of people here, more than a hundred people." The people on the tower then started to answer from behind.
The defensive function of the stockade has been clearly revealed at this time. If it were an ordinary village, more than a hundred people would have broken in even if they forced their way in. But with the walls of the stockade, it would not be that easy for ordinary people to get in.
.
When the village chief heard this answer, he immediately shouted loudly to the top of the tower: "The wheat is not yet mature. They are here early. It will take half a month to harvest. They are here early."
"Mike? There is a group of foreigners showing up?" Li Keyi was very confused when he heard this title. He couldn't help but look at Xu Xing and asked: "Do you know what this means?"
After all, Xu Xing has been working outside these years, and she also knows the meaning of this term, so she immediately replied: "It's not Mike, it's a guest who harvests wheat. This profession has been around for a long time. I just go to other places during the busy farming season."
Guests who help others harvest wheat in exchange for money, but this is not the name in many places. Judging from their current names, most of them are people from Hanzhong." "Hanzhong? It's hundreds of kilometers away from here, right? The road is also difficult to walk. They
It's strange that he came here to help harvest wheat." Li Keyi couldn't help but say.
The village chief asked people on top of the tower not to open the door. It will take a long time for the wheat fields to mature. During this time, it is impossible to feed these people in vain, so they must not open the door. If these people cannot come in, they will eventually have to
left.
Xu Xing didn't quite understand the reason why she asked a group of people to go to the mountains south of Yuzhou to help harvest wheat, so she waved to the village chief and said: "Village Chief, come here, we have a few questions to think about.
If you want to ask, please give me some advice."
"Don't you dare! We as a whole village depend on Master Fengshen for our survival. What advice do you have? If you two have anything you want to ask, just ask. If we know, we will definitely answer you."
The village chief immediately felt panic after hearing what Xu Xing said just now.
Xu Xing asked: "These people are here to help you harvest. What tools do they use? Harvesters?"
"What kind of harvester? They just rely on the sickle they carry with them. Some people don't even have a sickle, so they work with all their strength. If there was a harvester, I guess they wouldn't come all the way to beg for food from us.
." The village chief replied quickly.
Only then did Xu Xing realize that she had thought wrong. She was still misled by her naive thoughts. Many years ago, Xu Xing had heard that many people drove harvesters around the world, so she subconsciously
I think these people are the same as before, but if there were really harvesters, there wouldn't be more than a hundred people running to the mountains to harvest, right?
"Then why do these people come here?" Xu Xing continued to ask.
"Well, if it hadn't been for the disaster, who would be willing to leave their hometown? In previous years, although there was help from Mai Ke, after all, the harvest was to be harvested, and no one would refuse, but this year it was half a month earlier, and now there is no wheat.
By the time of harvest, these people had already arrived. I heard that locusts appeared in the north. They were not ordinary locusts. They were said to be mutated locusts. The wheat in the north matured later. As a result, once the locusts appeared, the wheat...
All of them were eaten, so there was a famine!" The village chief said with emotion when talking about this incident.
There are currently more than 10 million people in Yuzhou, most of whom are people who have fled from other places. In five or six years, the number of disaster victims that Yuzhou has received has reached saturation. Therefore, what will happen later?
When disaster victims appear, it will be impossible to recruit people to farm. If you want to survive, you have to find a way on your own.
The village chief also thought of his own experience. Fortunately, he fled early. Otherwise, he would have fled to Yuzhou now and would not even have the chance to farm.
"What? Mutated locusts have appeared? This is terrible!" Li Keyi was shocked when she heard this. Now she knew that a new disaster had appeared.
There have been no locust plagues in China for decades. This is thanks to the control of the source of the locust plague. When the upper reaches of the Yellow River have been controlled, the occurrence of locust plagues has been out of scale. Locust plagues are usually accompanied by
It occurs with drought because locusts don't like too much water. Once water conservancy facilities are fully constructed, locust plagues will not break out.
However, after the end of the world, humans have not built water conservancy facilities for more than ten years. Many reservoirs and dams have been abandoned. Coupled with successive years of drought in the north, the locust plague finally appeared, and these locusts are not ordinary locusts.
, but the mutated locust.
When he heard that there was a locust plague in the north, Li Keyi immediately realized that something was wrong. If the locust plague continued to appear, once the locusts appeared in the Yuzhou area, the food in Yuzhou would be completely gone.
"The intelligence team didn't report this important news at all. Lin Yue is really damned. We will rush back to Yuzhou immediately after dinner. We must go faster!" Li Keyi realized something was wrong, so he hurriedly faced Xu Xing