Dawn of a New Era Chapter 173: : The Age of Steam
In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is gradually approaching.
Chen Shouyi walked out early in the morning.
Today's temperature is extremely cold. The door of the lobby of the residential building has been covered with long spear-like icy edges, nearly half a meter long.
When a cold wind blew, Chen Shouyi, who was dressed in thin clothes, couldn't help but give birth to a trace of goose bumps.
The sky is gray, full of dense mist, and there is a sour, pungent smell in the air.
The steam age!
Chen Shouyi sighed slightly,
Almost two months have passed since the last change. A large number of steam factories have sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain in Hedong City, and the chimneys are spewing white smoke day and night. Often after going out for an hour or two, clean clothes are completely covered with soot.
The high-rise buildings that used to be clean and shiny to show people's shadows have now become black, stained with stains, and completely lost their original luster.
Most of these office buildings are already in a semi-abandoned state, people go to empty buildings, and there is no property for cleaning.
Walking to the gate of the community, Chen Shouyi glanced at the notice board that was surrounded by people every day.
There are more recruitment notices posted above.
In the eye-catching place in the upper left corner, there is also a call-up notice for retired soldiers with the seal of the street office:
As of March 1, all veterans under the age of forty-five must report to the Hedong Military Region.
Twenty years of quasi-wartime conditions have kept the number of Daxia’s troops at six to seven million, and the number of retired soldiers is more than ten times the number of standing troops, and the number is close to 100 million.
With the population of Daxia Country of 1.7 billion, it means that out of every 17 people, one is a retired soldier.
At the same time, it is also increasing by two to three million per year.
Hedong City has a population of tens of millions, even if you exclude the over-aged veterans, you can easily recruit a soldier of three to four hundred thousand.
Chen Shouyi sighed. The situation hasn't improved much recently. Instead, all kinds of crazy news spread in Hedong City, panic.
It is said that the gods have begun to invade and some places have fallen. It is also said that the north is extremely cold, and a large number of people have been frozen to death.
For the latter, he doesn't know the specific situation, but for the former, there have been many more refugees from other places in Hedong City recently.
……
Chen Shouyi walked out of the community and turned into a barber shop.
He has been ignorant for almost two months, and his hair has almost covered half of his ear.
Because it was still early, except for the barber when Chen Shouyi went in.
No one, the barber is a young woman in her thirties. Seeing Chen Shouyi coming in, she immediately stood up and asked.
"What hairstyle do you want to treat?"
"Cinch, leave a half centimeter." Chen Shouyi said as he sat in the barber chair.
"Stay so short, it's colder in this weather!" The young woman picked up her head in her hand and said.
"It's okay, just follow that."
"Your hair is so hard!" After a while, the young woman complained.
There is no electric pusher now. They are all manual. As soon as the young woman has a haircut, she feels something wrong. It's too hard. It's almost like a steel wire. After just a few strokes, her hands are sore.
"I know in my heart that you won't lose your money then!" Chen Shouyi said.
His physique is more than 7.5 times that of an ordinary person. This physique represents not only physical strength, but also the strength and resilience of various tissues of the body, the sensitivity of the five senses, and all other aspects of the body.
Last month’s salary has been paid, nearly 100,000 in cash, in addition to leaving the family with 50,000, there is still 30,000, which makes my hands a lot more generous.
"This is what you said. I care about you. I'm more tired than talking about three or four. How long is your hair? Why is it so hard!" The young woman said quickly with joy.
"Born!"
Chen Shouyi and the young woman said nothing. The door suddenly opened and two people came in. Chen Shouyi glanced at him. One was a middle-aged fat man in his 30s and 40s, and the other was an old man in his 50s or 60s. .
As soon as they sat down, the two began to chat.
"What a mess recently? Have you heard that the whole mountain of Yunshan is now sealed off, and I don't know how many people have died." A middle-aged fat man whispered.
"If there is such a thing, Yunshan is in the urban area, will it spread here?" an old man asked.
"It shouldn't. After all, it's too far away. It takes more than an hour to ride a bicycle." The middle-aged fat man said.
"Oh, it's going to be messy, I don't know what to do in the future!" The old man sighed with a pessimistic look: "You said this alien creature, why is it so easy to bring to the earth?"
"All of them are full and holding on. If they had smashed him before putting them aside, wouldn't those invading gods have died too?" the middle-aged fat man said, then whispered: "Actually I don’t reject the savage gods in another world. As long as they are not evil gods and engage in evil blood sacrifices, their lives can be stable. Whoever believes does not believe!"
"Who said no!"
……
Chen Shouyi heard a little silence, after finishing sending out, he took out a piece of 100 from his wallet and handed it over: "No need to look for it."
The young woman looked happy after taking it. Now the Great Depression in Hedong City, the price of the service industry has dropped sharply. It used to be at least 20 or 30 yuan for a haircut. Now five yuan is enough, and one hundred yuan is 20. Double the price.
Chen Shouyi patted the broken hair on his shoulder, opened the door, and walked out of the barbershop.
The anti-aircraft guns rang out again in the distance, blowing up black smoke in mid-air, but the pedestrians on the road have long been accustomed to it, and not many people have raised their heads to pay attention. Now the number of fierce birds that have fallen to another world on earth Very much, almost every one or two days, the anti-aircraft guns will sound.
……
When he returned home, Chen Shouyi found that Bai Xiaoling was also there.
Looking at Chen Shouyili’s bald head, Bai Xiaoling forced a smile: "Mr. Chen, are you back?"
Chen Shouyi nodded, and saw a lot of things in the living room, a fan of pork, five or six chickens and ducks, and various fresh dried fruits. He couldn't help but wonder: "This is?"
Although the price of this item has dropped a lot in the urban area, it is estimated that it is not cheap. Some items are still not available in the market.
"This is the New Year's goods delivered by Police Officer Bai. In such a cold day, it's because of her that a little girl rode a tricycle to deliver it?" Mother Chen brought a cup of hot tea from the kitchen and said, "It's frozen, quickly Have a cup of hot tea."
Bai Xiaoling quickly took over: "Thank you, auntie, you are welcome, this is my job, and I am dedicated to serving Mr. Chen."
"Then you can't let a little girl do this kind of rough work~ IndoMTL.com~ next time you have something, tell Shouyi, he has a thick skin, just let him come." Mother Chen said.
Bai Xiaoling covered her mouth and smiled: "This can't work. If the leaders above blame me, I will lose my job. Auntie, you look a lot younger now?"
Mother Chen was happy and said: "Really?"
Since she started taking Shenxue, her face has become ruddy these days, her steps have become stronger, even the wrinkles around her eyes have disappeared a lot, and she looks five or six years younger.
……
Mother Chen and Bai Xiaoling continued to chat, and then gave the living room to Chen Shouyi.
"This is your house key and related documents." Bai Xiaoling handed Chen Shouyi a document.
After he took it, he found that it was a real estate certificate with the stamps of the military region and the city government on it.
"Villa 24!" Chen Shouyi said, wondering: "Has the safety zone been built?"
"It is already a rough house. The reason why we have to wait so long is that military defenses are needed. At that time, Jiangnan University, major research institutions, various key factories, and government agencies will all be relocated." Bai Xiaoling Explained.
Chen Shouyi nodded heavily in his heart.
The current megacities are no longer adapted to the changed environment. On the one hand, various logistics costs are high, which has a serious impact on both industry and life.
On the other hand, the decentralized layout is not conducive to concentrating forces and defending key strategic units.
And the safe zone is set up for the possible coming war.
"When can I relocate?"
"Seven days later at noon, there will be a steam truck coming by then. There is no need to take away the furniture. There are new ones."
ps: I'm sorry, I deleted a lot of words, it's a bit late.