Given that the temperature was as low as -70 degrees Celsius and the snow on the ground was more than ten meters deep, without tools, the people Chen Yu recruited could not go far at all.
Out of humanitarian spirit and in order to improve everyone's work efficiency, Chen Yu specially went out and brought out another truckload of sled shoes to distribute to everyone.
After finishing these tasks, it got dark, and Chen Yu and the other two returned to the RV campsite.
In the following days, Chen Yu recruited many people in the suburbs around Baqing City using the same method.
Wherever he went, Chen Yu would act like a savior, eliminating the local bullies and then recruiting people on a large scale under the name of the "anti-cold disaster relief militia." He would also assign them tasks, planning to use the countryside to surround the city and have a group of cheap laborers break into smaller groups to find people and supplies for him in the city.
This not only avoids putting oneself in danger, but also greatly improves efficiency due to the large number of people involved.
Over the course of a few days, Chen Yu recruited nearly 1,000 people to work for him.
A fixed daily expenditure of 2,000 catties of grain is an extremely large expense in this extremely cold and apocalyptic world.
However, it didn't matter to Chen Yu. The total amount of food in his other-dimensional space was at least 100 billion catties, so a mere 2,000 catties of grain was nothing to him.
However, although Chen Yu had issued the task, it was unrealistic to expect these people scattered across tens of thousands of square kilometers of Baqing to come to him every day to hand in their tasks and collect their food.
He still needs to drive his sled to every town every day to patrol, partly to distribute daily wages and rewards to everyone, and partly to reap the rewards.
That day, as usual, Chen Yu drove his sled, taking Lin Lele and Qiao Meng to tour the various towns.
The mercenaries he just inspected in that small town have had a good run of business these past two days, bringing back more than 50 people working in the technology industry.
After a rough screening, Chen Yu eliminated some mediocre people, and there were still more than 30 outstanding talents and two distinguished university professors.
After distributing the well-deserved rewards to everyone, Chen Yu arranged for them to take these people to a safe place in their area and arrange for someone to take care of them 24 hours a day.
Adding the cumulative achievements of the "militia" from more than 30 other towns on this day, he now has more than 800 high-quality scientific researchers under his control, including some big names.
As he approached the next town, Chen Yu couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation, wondering what surprises the "militia" of this town would bring him.
With this in mind, Chen Yu sped up the sled, stepped on the gas, and soon they arrived at a simple prefabricated house outside the town.
This prefab house was built by the town's militia, using materials provided by Chen Yu, as a temporary base for distributing wages and completing tasks.
Pushing open the door of the prefab house, you see three young people—two men and one woman—sitting together, seemingly discussing something.
Chen Yu greeted him with a smile: "Hehe, what are you guys talking about? You seem so serious."
Looking around, Chen Yu asked in confusion, "Huh? Lao Liu, haven't the other brothers come back yet? Why are there only a few of you?"
The town where Chen Yu is currently located is called Qingshan Town, which is a large town with a large population.
Most importantly, before Chen Yu arrived, the town had not been ravaged by thugs, and the people were relatively united. They were very enthusiastic about Chen Yu's recruitment notice, with more than 200 people responding to the call to arms.
Therefore, Chen Yu attached great importance to this town. He even made a special note of the names of several "militia" captains he appointed in the town, and this "Old Liu" was one of them.
The three men immediately came to greet Chen Yu when he arrived.
"Commander, something's happened!" the three said anxiously.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu immediately stopped smiling, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "What happened? Don't rush, tell me slowly."
The three men exchanged glances. Then, Lao Liu took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and said, "The day before yesterday, I took the brothers to the automotive industrial park. We had already found some experts to bring them out, but we felt it was a pity that the industrial equipment was buried in the snow, so we decided to 'rescue' some precious equipment."
Hearing this, Chen Yu was speechless. He had made it very clear to these "militiamen" that if they discovered large-scale scientific research equipment or industrial equipment, they only needed to report to him. They could still receive a high reward without having to bring it back.
After all, how many of them could they possibly carry back?
Having an alternate dimension allows one to collect a large area at once.
At this point, Lao Liu continued, "However, just as we were sweating profusely digging for equipment in the snow, a group of people calling themselves the 'Joint Defense Team' attacked us without any explanation. Several of our brothers died on the spot. Afterwards, they detained us on the pretext of stealing state assets and forced us to participate in labor reform to help them continue digging for equipment. The three of us managed to escape during the chaos."
"Commander, you must save us!" one of the female members of the group said, choking back tears.
"Another 'joint defense team'?" Chen Yu frowned.
"Commander, you also know about the 'Joint Defense Team'?" Old Liu asked.
Chen Yu nodded and said, "I've had some contact with them."
The residents of this small town are simple and honest, and have not experienced the dark and destructive aspects of human nature. Moreover, the residents of the town are quite united, and until Chen Yu arrived, they had not been infiltrated by those messy forces from the outside world. Therefore, Chen Yu did not mention to them what had happened in other small towns.
"What a load of bull! They're just a bunch of scoundrels. They keep saying that the equipment is state property, but then they take people to dig it up themselves. So it's legal for them to dig, but for us to dig it up is stealing state property?" another member said angrily.
Chen Yu pondered for a moment, then asked, "How many of them are there?"
“We saw about 70 of them,” Lao Liu replied. “Moreover, each of them was carrying weapons such as machetes and iron bars. Some of them were even equipped with composite bows. Several of our brothers were wounded by their arrows, and we don’t know if they are still in danger.”
"A compound bow?" Chen Yu narrowed his eyes. "Interesting."
Then, his face turned cold, and he said in a chilling voice, "However, you've messed with the wrong person! My men are not for you to touch!"
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