The government announced the detonation of the volcano in advance, mainly to evacuate people and temporarily close some stores and infrastructure.
Of course, there is also the intention to solicit opinions from the society.
However, for the empire, directional detonation of volcanoes is also a fairly mature technology.
The situation in Qingyuan Star is relatively complicated now, and only the government can fully grasp the situation.
Therefore, this decision is basically an informational one, and no one has enough say in this aspect.
This time the people were evacuated within a radius of two hundred kilometers.
Within the radius, relevant evacuation costs will be borne by the government, including the daily living expenses of the evacuated people.
People who travel 200 kilometers to 500 kilometers can only pay out of their own pockets, and the government can provide appropriate help.
The Gustin family's fiefdom is more than a thousand kilometers away from Milais Volcano, and is not within the scope of the government's help at all.
However, when the volcano erupts, this distance will be affected to a considerable extent. It can only be said that the luck is really bad.
No one in the Gustin family had any plans to evacuate, but chose to stick to it.
Affected by the previous meteorite incident, the fiefdom's output this year is destined to be significantly reduced.
However, because it is far away from the place where the meteorite landed, the current situation of the fiefdom is better than the previous ones on Qingyuan Star.
But if you add the impact of this volcanic eruption, it will definitely be more miserable.
The employees of the fief planned to launch a defensive formation, and there happened to be family members there at this time.
The two sides bumped heads and then came to discuss with Qu Jianlei and his party.
The fiefdom's defensive formation was built by the Gustin family through several generations of talent, and then gradually improved bit by bit.
However, after the family left Qingyuan, there were still various small defensive formations, but the large defensive formation was basically just a decoration.
In normal times, employees would maintain basic maintenance on the array, but now many places are in dire condition.
Repairing the formation requires a lot of money, and its operation also consumes a lot of energy.
For the Gustin family, it is not a big problem to bite the bullet and repair the array. After all, they want to curry favor with good tenants.
But once the formation is launched, the daily cost is too high. The key is... we also need to consider the feelings of the VIPs, right?
Qu Jianlei had stayed in the fief for so long, and had also sensed this formation, and thought about it a little bit.
He believes that the formation can maintain basic operation, mainly to resist the cold in the future and protect the crops grown in the fiefdom.
The cost is definitely greater than the output. However, it is a pity that many plants that have existed for hundreds or thousands of years have been frozen to death.
After all, nobles also need to protect the environment of their fiefdoms to highlight their family heritage.
He came up with some suggestions for repairing the large formation - this is a defensive formation on the technological side, which is relatively simple.
The children of the Gustin family showed no surprise and praised him enthusiastically.
As for daily consumption, Qu Jianlei is willing to pay half of the cost, and the other party will handle the rest by themselves.
It's not that they can't afford it, but it's more than enough. As a tenant, their attitude is already very friendly. After all, they are not the owner's house.
Moreover, the main family has thousands of employees here. If they cover the expenses, it would feel like they are being taken advantage of.
It took five days to repair the formation and try to run it again. On the eighth day, the government began to detonate the volcano.
Nutrient even sneaked out specially to watch the explosion process.
After coming back, she was a little unhappy, "The direction of the volcanic eruption is actually towards our side."
This is definitely not a mistake. With the empire's current technology, it can carry out precise directional blasting on volcanoes.
Qu Jianlei was not surprised, "It should have been observed by the government when we were testing the defensive array."
These days, although no one from the government comes to visit, the number of satellites overhead has obviously increased.
Even the frequency of passing satellites is much more frequent than before.
Affected by the dust, the visibility above the territory was extremely poor, but it was obvious that the government would use a variety of observation instruments.
The volcanic ash must have a direction to vent. Since the Gustin family is testing the formation, it is normal for the government to follow suit.
Nutritional Agent is still a little aggrieved, "I think they are angry, so they try different ways to cause trouble for us."
Qu Jianlei nodded when he heard this, "We can arrange for someone to protest... It's actually a good thing for Senior Jia."
Protesting is of course useless, it has already been blown up, and it is too late to raise it now.
Changing the direction... is not completely impossible, but it would require a huge amount of money.
Sure enough, in the face of the Gustin family's protest, the government responded unabashedly: You have a defensive formation, don't you?
Now that Qingyuan Star is facing a huge environmental crisis, everyone must have the money and strength to protect their homeland together.
This tone was quite high-pitched, but it was generous to others, but Qu Jianlei was not angry.
"Actually, it's a good thing. The government obviously wants to consume some of the fiefdom's resources, but it shows that the probability of taking action next is not high."
In about two days, volcanic dust began to drift over, visibility continued to decrease, and the temperature gradually became lower.
Compared with the average temperature for the same period in previous years, it has been nearly 20 degrees lower.
This is because the fiefdom is far away from the impact point of the meteorite, and we don’t know how bad the situation around the impact point will be.
But Qu Jianlei and the others don't feel any guilt at all, and the meteorite was not made by them.
Since meteorites must have a landing point, why not move them farther away?
The fiefdom's defense formation was officially launched, and the lowest level of conventional defense was chosen.
This can basically only meet the minimum requirements, and the protection capability is almost zero.
But even so, because the land area is so large and the external environment is so harsh, tens of thousands of energy blocks are consumed every hour.
Taking into account the loss of some parts and components, if you persist endlessly for a year, the amount of energy consumed must be over 10 million.
However, for Qu Jianlei and others, there is not much pressure to bear half of the cost.
With the arrival of volcanic dust, the surrounding temperature is getting lower and lower, and from time to time it will snow heavily - a very dirty kind.
The fiefdom is full of greenery and looks a bit like a paradise.
Not surprisingly, some people still came to the fiefdom for help - there was no shortage of poor people on Fortune Planet.
Under normal circumstances, when employees encounter this kind of thing, they will usually provide some help depending on the situation.
Those who can come for help must be nearby residents. If it is further away, they will have other options.
Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. The Gustin family is a noble and has a natural separation from the common people, but this does not mean that they will ignore the life and death of the common people.
Nobles also want reputation. As long as they can ensure their own safety, they don't mind helping their neighbors who are stricken by disaster.
This time everyone encountered a "natural disaster", so it was not a big problem to lend a helping hand.
Because it lasts for a long time, fiefdoms can usually only provide relatively low living security.
At the same time, they have to arrange some simple tasks for each other to offset the cost of assistance.
It's a simple work-for-relief program. Compensation and profit are not important. The main purpose is to tell the other party: Don't think about getting something for nothing.
The nobles have a long enough heritage, and they know one thing very well: some bad guys cannot be opened casually.
This is the plan of the employees, but since someone from the main family is here, they must ask for permission.
The children of the Gustin family did not make any decisions. They made it clear: In fact, we are the guests now.
So they went to find the distinguished guests together, and Xiangxue was still in charge of communication.
However, there were more than one or two people who noticed this conversation.
Qu Jianlei used his spiritual consciousness to tell Xiangxue: Try not to help these outsiders.
It's not that he is hard-hearted, but that this period of time is just right for Jia Shuiqing to make a breakthrough, and strangers are suddenly added to the family, which is obviously inappropriate.
Xiangxue also wanted to get this, so she said that you can help each other with some supplies, and if you take them in... it's better to waive them.
She answered tactfully, and she was a woman, so the housekeeper hesitated and raised an objection carefully.
The conditions outside are really bad, and this disaster will not be over in three to five months. After all, we are neighbors who live not too far away.
If you are worried, we can confine them to the employee area.
Xiangxue was a little curious. Couldn't they be transported to the government's rescue center?
However, the problem ends with Cao Dan - the area where these people are located is not within the scope of rescue.
Moreover, some people with poorer conditions really don’t have much savings, and some even have mortgage and car loans.
In imperial society, larger families attach great importance to accumulation, but the Moonlight clan also exists objectively.
When these people go to the rescue center, they will hardly find any work and their life will be even harder.
But Xiangxue was no longer the young girl. She asked back: Who can guarantee that there are no government spies inside?
The housekeeper really couldn't guarantee this. In fact, he knew one thing very well: the government was even trying to bribe the family's employees.
There was no way, the distinguished guests were too mysterious and refused to entertain them or go out. The government could only collect information in this way.
The children of the Gustin family believe that if they are too careful, they will easily attract the attention of the government.
They proposed a compromise plan: set aside an area just for these people on the edge of the fiefdom and manage it uniformly.
After all, it involved humane considerations. After Xiangxue asked her boss for instructions, she gave her final answer.
Those who can be sent away will be sent away as much as possible. If there are really no conditions, we will manage them uniformly and warn them not to move around.
Next, the fiefdom began to take in the people, but the conditions were stricter and the requirements were many.
After the news spread, many people gave up the idea of defecting, but there were no serious consequences.
In the blink of an eye, another ten days passed.
On this day, Qu Jianlei was bored and was thinking about whether to risk taking out the Black Colt Tower to observe it, when his heart suddenly moved.
Then he flashed his body and came to the courtyard, looking thoughtfully at the courtyard where Mrs. Jia was retreating.
There was a slight fluctuation in the atmosphere there.
The next moment, Nutrients, Paranoid and others also came to the yard one after another.
"Is this... about to start?"
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