After half a month, Xiaoyun's mother was finally able to get out of bed and walk.
However, her leg has not fully recovered yet, so it is still very painful. It will take about one to two months to fully recover.
After all, human bones grow the slowest in the human body, and they recover in one to two months. This is the result of the efforts of President Wang Bingtian of Dorado First People's Hospital.
In order to treat Xiaoyun's mother's leg injury, Lin Xiao spent a total of more than 800,000 Chinese dollars.
But Lin Xiao didn't feel bad. On the one hand, he didn't care about the money, and on the other hand, because a large part of the assets owned by Zhao Heilong had been confiscated, and this part of the money was collected by the city defense army.
From the treasury, used as funds for the daily use of the city defense army, the money Lin Xiao spent on treating Xiaoyun’s mother could be reimbursed.
"Xiaoyun, your skills are getting better and better!"
Yuan Zheng ate the food cooked by Xiaoyun himself and kept giving thumbs up and praising it.
Xiaoyun's cheeks were slightly red. She lowered her head and looked at Lin Xiao secretly. Seeing Lin Xiao turning his head, she quickly withdrew her gaze shyly.
"What's going on in the slums now?" Lin Xiao asked.
Xiaoyun immediately replied: "The companies and factories in the slums have basically resumed operation now. Everyone with hands and feet has their own job, and life is not a problem. And now the Third People's Hospital is also working overtime.
It is under construction, and it is estimated that in a few months it will be able to start treating diseases like us poor people."
"That's great...is there anything else?" Lin Xiao asked with a smile.
Xiaoyun nodded and continued: "The Lord of the City has opened the West City Gate, allowing us people to go out through the West City Gate and cultivate fertile fields outside Dorodo City. Now we have sown food, and it is estimated that we can harvest it in the autumn.
At that time, the harvested food can be eaten by oneself, and the uneaten food can be sold to Dorado's granary, which is another large sum of money."
Cities in the city-state alliance are guarded by city walls, and Dorodo is no exception.
The city wall brings shelter to the city, but it also hinders the development of the city and makes it inconvenient for people inside and outside the city to enter and exit.
Dorado has four city gates, divided into east, west, north and south, and only the east gate is always open as the entrance and exit, and the other three gates are closed.
But now, the city lord Liu Qianxiong has opened the west city gate to facilitate the entry and exit of the poor in the west district, and has cultivated the west side of Dorodo's city for two days to expand the grain growing area, so that Dorodo can have more
The food also solved the problem of food and clothing for the poor.
This policy is really good, and it was something Lin Xiao didn’t think of, but Liu Qianxiong thought of it and implemented it.
It has to be said that although Liu Qianxiong has many shortcomings in managing Dorado, he also has many advantages.
"Your life will get better and better in the future. In a few years, there will be no such word as poor in Dorado." Lin Xiao said with a smile.
Xiaoyun was also very happy and gave a heavy sigh.
The next morning, Lin Xiao was handling official business in the commander-in-chief's office when Yuan Zheng suddenly hurried over.
"Commander, something serious has happened!"
Yuan Zheng said as soon as he came in, and his tone was very anxious.
"What happened?" Lin Xiao asked.
"This morning, the poor people from the West District went to the outside of Dorodo City through the West City Gate to work in the reclaimed fields. However, a wandering mercenary group - no, a wandering bandit group suddenly attacked and captured many people!
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"What!"
Lin Xiao was shocked and his face turned very ugly.
The order of the city-state alliance is very chaotic, and there are also a lot of wandering mercenary groups, ranging in size from large to small. Some mercenary groups are too small to receive enough tasks to support themselves, and sometimes they will appear as bandits.
Carry out robbery.
Lin Xiao also knew these things, but he didn't expect that someone would be so bold as to go outside the city of Dorodo to rob, and even kidnap the poor!
"Why hasn't Liu Qianxiong contacted me yet? Hasn't he--"
Before Lin Xiao finished speaking, the phone on the table suddenly rang loudly.
Needless to say, it must have been Liu Qianxiong who called.
Lin Xiao immediately answered the call, and then Liu Qianxiong's voice came out of the phone.
"Commander Lin, I don't know if you have heard that the poor people who went out to work in the city through the west gate were killed by a group-"
"I understand. I am preparing to send troops now. I will wipe out all the wandering mercenary groups near Dorodo - no, all the wandering bandit groups. I will also rescue all the poor people who were captured." Lin Xiao said heavily.
said.
Hearing Lin Xiao's promise, Liu Qianxiong on the other end of the phone breathed a sigh of relief, but then said: "The speed must be fast, Commander Lin, the speed must be fast! Those who work out of the city are basically women without formal jobs.
If they are taken away, the consequences will be disastrous over time."
"I know, I will hurry up."
Lin Xiao hung up the phone and ordered Yuan Zheng to summon the city defense soldiers.
According to the intelligence collected by Yuan Zheng, there were about twenty poor women who were captured, and the wandering bandit group numbered between forty and fifty, armed with weapons and fast horses.
Now that the west city gate has been closed, Lin Xiao led two hundred city defense soldiers out of the east city gate on fast horses, and then searched for traces of the wandering bandit group in the wilderness.
There are many horse hoof prints on the west side of Dorodo City. Following these horse hoof prints, it is not difficult to find the bandit group that kidnapped the poor girl.
"Let's go, let's chase!"
Lin Xiao waved his hand and ordered.
Two hundred city defense soldiers, following Lin Xiao and Yuan Zheng, galloped towards the direction where the bandit group left.
It only took about an hour for Lin Xiao and others to catch up with a mercenary group.
This wandering mercenary group is very small, with only about twenty people. It is obviously not the gang of thieves who kidnapped poor women.
Lin Xiao frowned, ignored the group of people, and continued to chase with the city defense soldiers.
While chasing, Lin Xiao asked Yuan Zheng to take out some beans from the bag and sprinkle them on the ground.
These beans are soaked in special potion, which emits a pungent smell that lasts for a long time.
This pungent smell can be found from a long distance by the specially trained hounds of the city defense army.
"It's getting dark..."
Looking at the top of his head, Yuan Zheng said to Lin Xiao helplessly.
"There's no time to rest, keep chasing! I don't believe I can't catch up with those damn bastards!"
Lin Xiao rarely used foul language, but this time he couldn't help it.
He felt very angry when he thought of the inhumane treatment those poor women would suffer if they fell into the hands of the bandits.
As the night grew darker, Lin Xiao and others saw a few bright fires far away.