The patrol led Ren Xiaosu, Fang Zhi and others to the edge of the barrier. At this time, redundant residential buildings had been demolished and new fortifications were being built inside the barrier.
Originally, there were clean and tidy streets, with small shops and five- and six-story old residential buildings beside the road. But now, the residential buildings and shops are gone, replaced by dust all over the ground. , and half-built bunkers, as well as some simple machine gun commanding heights.
This kind of fortification is completely prepared for how to fight after the fortress wall is breached.
Moreover, the city gates have been sealed.
"Why are the gates sealed?" Fang Zhi said in surprise: "We came in through the east gate in the morning, and it wasn't sealed yet."
The place where they were located It is located on the north side of the barrier. There are four gates in the barrier. The north gate has been completely sealed by concrete or other materials. Ren Xiaosu took a look and saw that the material was not dry yet. It seemed that it had just been sealed in the past two days. .
No one from the patrol team nearby answered them, and Ren Xiaosu was thinking, I'm afraid this is really going to be a war, otherwise why would we seal the gate when we have nothing to do?
I am afraid that in the entire fortress, only the east gate is not sealed. It seems that the enemy is coming from the west? Therefore, only the east gate of Zhou's Barrier No. 74 remained.
When they arrived at the construction site, what Ren Xiaosu and the others did was to move bricks and assist the professional engineering corps in building fortifications.
While moving bricks, Ren Xiaosu observed what Zhou's troops were doing.
The first is to transport materials and put them under centralized supervision. Generally, when doing this, you are preparing for an arduous war.
The second is to place induction mines in the rivers passing through the barrier. It seems that they specially transported them from other barriers.
There are many rivers and lakes in the Zhou family, there are many plains in the Wang family, and the Kong family is connected to the sea. These are the landform characteristics of the three major consortiums, so the Zhou family has done a lot of research on weapons in the water.
To be honest, even after watching it for a long time, Ren Xiaosu didn’t understand what it was trying to prevent. The defense work was so strict. Ordinary troops shouldn’t be able to enter the barrier through water, right?
During the work, Ren Xiaosu was not tired at all. The intensity of the work was nothing compared to his physical fitness.
On the other hand, Fang Zhi and the others were so tired that they wanted to die. On the way to receive lunch at noon, Fang Zhi was holding the plastic dinner plate given by Zhou, his hands were shaking...
Fang Zhi Zhi complained: "Ren Xiaosu, can you do some personnel work, ah? Didn't you just sit in the car and smile? You didn't?! No, you also worked. Why don't you look tired at all?"
Ren Xiaosu glanced at him: "I usually don't do any work at all, but when danger comes, you people really can't run. It's for your own good that I let you exercise."
"Is this human talk?" Fang Zhi was speechless: "The Central Plains is so safe now. There are no wild beasts in the wilderness. Where can the danger come from?"
Ren Xiaosu pointed at his feet: "Isn't this barrier No. 74 in danger?"
Fang Zhi glanced at the dense defenses around him, and it seemed that this was really the case. He asked curiously: "This What's going on? Is the Qing family going to call?"
"I don't know," Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "I don't have enough information to judge."
The next moment. , someone in the crowd was suddenly picked out by the steward at the construction site, and the small filming equipment hidden in his pocket was snatched away: "What do you do?"
The guy who was picked out The person who came out said proudly: "I am an investigative reporter, here to record what you are doing. You are recruiting barrier residents as migrant workers, but you have no intention of settling the wages..."
At this point, then The manager at the construction site stopped the reporter and gave him a better meal in the pavilion. However, the reporter's filming equipment was taken away.
Ren Xiaosu and Fang Zhi watched from a distance, and saw that the steward actually sent someone to pick up a red envelope and handed it to the reporter. The reporter accepted it directly and never mentioned it again. things to investigate.
Fang Zhi adjusted his glasses: "This is definitely not an investigative reporter from Hope Media. He is not tough at all."
"Solved with a red envelope?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously .
"I'm afraid this reporter came here with the purpose of extorting money. There are many reporters like him in Zhongyuan. They went to investigate some of his chaos and just wanted to collect red envelopes," Fang Zhi explained.
"I see, what about Hope Media? I hear what you mean, Hope Media is different?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"Then the editor-in-chief of Hope Media was an investigative reporter before," Fang Zhi admired: "He hid in the coal mine of the Kong Group to record the treatment of coal miners, and was beaten several times because of this. After a while, when he escaped, he wanted to report what he saw and heard, but no newspaper company dared to take it. Until this time, he went to Xu Ke of Qinghe Group. At that time, Xu Ke had just taken over the Qinghe Group. , I heard that Xu Ke and the editor-in-chief hit it off immediately, and Xu Ke said, since no newspaper company dared to report it, then we will build a newspaper company to report it. This is how Hope Media came into being. "
Ren Xiaosu heard this. With relish, Fang Zhi on the side continued to sigh: "Of course, this is just a story that I don't know where it came from, but I hope the media will always be tough... Hey, I also have a press card!"
Fang Zhi When he came back to his senses, he had applied for a press pass before, but of course he was not to be a reporter, but to be an assistant to Li Ran. It would be easier to have a journalist identity on him. Many celebrities' assistants have a lot of identities. , all bought.
Fang Zhi rummaged around in his wallet. He wanted to show his press card, but he didn't have to work anymore.
Forgetting anything else, the most important thing is not having to work.
Fang Zhi took out a card with his photo on it from his wallet, and then shouted to the person in charge at the construction site: "IIt's also..."
As a result, before he could finish his words, Ren Xiaosu took away his press pass and broke it off: "No, you are not. "
Fang Zhi: "? ? ? "
Ren Xiaosu explained in a low voice: "Tonight I will take you back to the barrier to find Li Ran and the others. You are being taken away alone. When we leave, you will be left alone at the construction site. Come on, are you willing? ”
Fang Zhi was doubtful: “You want to take us to escape?” "
"You think I am willing to work here? Don't worry, the barrier is so big, even if we run away, Zhou will not have the energy to search the whole city for us." Ren Xiaosu glanced at him: "But before we leave, there is still something to do. ”
In Ren Xiaosu’s memory, the supplies brought by the tour team were enough for everyone to eat for two days at most. However, there was obviously going to be a war in Barrier 74. All the food was gathered in the hands of the troops. If they didn’t get some Supplies, I’m afraid the entire tour team will be hungry in two days.