Chapter 120 Jinjiang Exclusive Release
The skinny arms were not only tanned, but also covered with small red spots, as well as many fine cracks and small bumps. The visual effect was very scary, and many people felt numb and had goose bumps when they saw it.
Miao An thought that his act of playing the victim might earn him another few bucks.
He never expected that the villagers were so busy being scared that he didn't end up like this that they didn't give him the reaction he wanted.
Lu Xuan, who seemed to be very wealthy and was actually very wealthy, had seen countless people in a worse situation in the apocalypse. However, their skin was tanned and rough, and they had no missing limbs, which did not arouse any sympathy in him at all.
Miao An could only silently comfort himself that there would be another chance in the future, then he put on a brave grin and said, "But at least I survived. Now that the drought is over, I believe the days ahead will definitely get better and better."
Li Tuo muttered quietly: "That's not necessarily true."
Miao An: “?”
Miao An asked uncertainly, "What?"
Li Tuo was unsure about what happened during the catastrophe, so he pursed his lips and said quickly, "Nothing, you heard it wrong."
Lu Xuan, however, didn't worry too much and said lightly, "Just because the drought is over doesn't mean there won't be other disasters. It's still too early to despair, so don't be too quick to celebrate."
Miao An: “???”
Audience in the live broadcast room: Phew.
[The host knows how to hurt people's hearts, hahaha.]
[Although it's true, please at least be more tactful. Is this human language?]
[This isn't the first time the anchor hasn't behaved like a human being. How ridiculous.]
[Anyway, this guy might not believe it even if I tell him. If he does, saving a life is a good deed anyway, so I might as well do a good deed today.]
The villagers also understood from Lu Xuan's attitude that he had no intention of hiding it.
Looking back, he didn't stop them and his in-laws from telling the people in the surrounding villages before the earthquake. Even Baisong Town had heard about it. It seemed that there was no need to hide it deliberately.
Lu Xuan didn't give Miao An a chance to ask further questions, and asked him: "What are the specific origins of the forces in the city you mentioned? Did the government interfere with the rise of civilian forces?"
Miao An let out an "ah", temporarily suppressing the doubts and distracted thoughts in his heart, and continued to explain.
"At first, the county government tried to contact the prefectural capital to see if they could send some aid, but they discovered that one of the two routes was blocked by an underground fissure, and the other required crossing a valley. During the earthquake, a large amount of boulders fell, completely burying the valley. After the news spread, some small forces in the city could no longer hold back and began to fight for supplies and power."
"There are currently four major forces. The first is headed by the County Magistrate, who has gathered the surviving officials and recruited a number of escorts. This is considered the government force.
The wealthy forces, mainly the landlords, wealthy merchants and their servants who survived in the east and south of the city;
The boss of Tianhai Casino brought with him many thugs, local ruffians and idle young men to form the gambling force;
Finally, there is the gentry power organized by the prestigious gentry elders in the city and some philanthropic officials.
The audience in the live broadcast room immediately started analyzing after listening to it.
[To put it bluntly, it is actually the power formed by different social classes.]
[Some of these factions have abundant resources, some have official backgrounds, some have strong military strength, and some have a good reputation and a popular base. Each has its own advantages and can check and balance each other, maintaining a delicate balance to maintain the stability of the county.]
[It's just superficial stability, but there can't be two tigers in one mountain. Now there are four tigers. Who knows what they'll be doing behind the scenes.]
【Hahaha, there’s a picture.】
【In fact, it's good to be able to maintain a superficial stability during the disaster period. 】
If the big and small forces rise and fall every few days, and change constantly, the lower-class disaster victims will have even more trouble surviving.
Miao An said, "The territories of the wealthy merchants and gambling houses are in the south of the city; the gentry are in the west, where most of the ordinary disaster victims are also located; the government's headquarters is the county government office, located halfway between the south and east sides of the city. They manage most of the east side."
Miao An glanced at the car and the people inside that were following silently behind him, and reminded them, "You caused quite a commotion when you entered the city, and these forces will definitely try to win you over.
If you don't want to be constantly harassed or even picked on, choose a faction to join. Even if you don't join, at least make friends with them, making it difficult for other factions to get involved."
Finally, he casually mentioned, "When the earthquake first happened, it was the county government and the gentry who organized people to burn the bodies of the dead.
Originally, the county government only wanted to contact the prefectural capital and was completely unwilling to deal with the bodies. It was the gentry who put in a lot of effort to convince them to hand over the bodies. The surviving residents of the city initially had some complaints, but later realized it was for our own good and they were very grateful to the elders.
Lu Xuan and the audience in the live broadcast room understood.
It seems that the support behind Miao An is the gentry power, and this bias is too obvious.
However, according to the specific composition of the four forces, if Miao An was just an ordinary person without any special skills, the gentry force would indeed be the most suitable for him.
Some viewers were puzzled: [If he was from the local gentry, why did he bring the anchor and others to the government's territory? ]
[What else? Is there a house in the civilian area that can accommodate the anchors and their group? ]
He earns his income from providing information and leading the way, and doesn't have to cover after-sales service. It's none of his business whether the anchor gets harassed by the county government because they were brought here by another faction.
After Miao An finished speaking, he saw that Lu Xuan and others had no reaction, and he became a little anxious.
He looked around and made sure no one was nearby before he whispered gossip to them, "Don't think the county government is trustworthy just because it's government. I won't say anything else, but let me just say that the head of the county government, the county magistrate who is over sixty years old, had only an old wife at home before the earthquake, and his only daughter was married far away.
After the earthquake, his wife died and he couldn't contact his daughter anymore. Guess what? Two months later, he had eight concubines in his backyard! Each one was no older than twenty, younger than his granddaughter! Some offered themselves up to survive, while others were forced into it!
Li Tiewucheng and others frowned instantly.
The audience in the live broadcast room even cursed loudly!
In ancient times, sixty years old was already considered an old man, but he still had so many young women, and he was not afraid of dying of a stroke! How shameless!
Miao An said, "Gambling houses are no good either. Tianhai Casino has ruined countless families in the past. They are all very vicious, and now that they have gained power, they are even more arrogant. Men who go there will be bullied by the thugs, and the women... In short, it won't be easy for them."
"The wealthy merchants and landlords are all profit-driven and are unlikely to be kind to ordinary disaster victims like us. They are used to exploiting us, and now that the imperial court can't take care of us, they just want to plunder all the supplies for themselves."
Although Miao An seemed to be speaking for his own faction, the points he raised were indeed true.
When ordinary disaster victims come to the county town for refuge, more than half of them will eventually join the gentry and receive their protection. Although their lives will not get much better, at least no one will make their lives worse.
Li Tie, Wu Cheng and the others also felt that among the four forces, only the gentry force was not something that could be resisted.
But... the old brothers exchanged glances, it seemed that they never said that they must join a certain force.
It’s even hard to say whether I should stay here for a long time.
So no matter what Miao An said, they just nodded to show that they understood, and there was no further response.
The gentry may sound powerful, but they lack the resources of the wealthy merchants, and their military might is no match for the gambling houses, so they can only barely compete with the government.
[One of the two factions only has the title of an official, so it should have the fewest people. The other has more people, but they are all ordinary people. They are actually useless in critical moments. Their overall strength should be the weakest.]
[So they're in urgent need of strong new blood, huh? What a coincidence, the anchor brought the villagers here.]
Why are you guys making it sound like the host is definitely joining the gentry faction?
I have a bold idea.
【What a coincidence, I have one too! 】
Rather than joining a faction that's already established and has already had its internal power distributed, why not start a new faction yourself?
[Then, once you have established your foothold, you can annex other powers and become the sole king of Yangshan County!]
[There was a loud bang in the sky, and the host made a brilliant appearance, right? 666.]
[Hahahahaha——The only king, are you trying to make me die of laughter so you can inherit my computer account?]
While the audience was racking their brains, the group finally arrived in the east of the city.
Miao An pointed to the large houses with closed gates on both sides of the street and said, "This is it. Both houses are empty. You can live in them, but you will need 20 kilograms of supplies every day as rent."
Seeing the empty doorway, Lei Yan asked in surprise, "Is there no one guarding it? Aren't you afraid someone else might secretly move in?"
"Someone is guarding it." Miao An blinked and said, "They must have heard about your situation and hid themselves in advance."
On the way from the city gate to the east of the city, many victims were frightened and fled everywhere, shouting and screaming. The people guarding the gate here were probably not in a much better situation either.
Miao An assured: "Don't worry, I will go and tell someone later, and they will come to collect the supplies tomorrow." No matter how worried about the 'monsters', they must collect the supplies.
After saying that, he looked expectantly at the quiet Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan was not stingy and gave Miao An a basket of food, which contained five two-grain steamed buns, five meat buns, and several big apples.
Miao An didn't expect Lu Xuan to be so generous. He almost smiled crookedly and said loudly: "Thank you, sir! If you need anything in the future, just come and find me. I usually guard the city gate, so I'm easy to find."
Lu Xuan remained silent.
On the other side, other people got off the car one after another.
Miao Jinfeng looked at the large house in front of her in amazement and said, "I have lived for so many years and never thought that I would be able to live in such a magnificent house one day."
"Haha, who said it wasn't? I don't know what it looks like inside." Aunt Zhang laughed heartily.
Wu Yinyin said excitedly, "We'll know once we go in. Mom, Aunt Zhang, let's go in quickly."
The others, both young and strong as well as women, could no longer wait.
"Wait, why is it so dark over there?" Lu Qing's gaze fell on the north side and she was the first to notice something was wrong.
The excited villagers followed her gaze and found that there was indeed a large area of black, but the distance was too far and they could not see clearly what it was.
Li Tie frowned and said, "Someone go up and see what that is? If there is any danger, it will be very unsafe to live here."
Ge Yuan happened to be nearby, and he said, "I'll go!", and with a quick run, he easily climbed over the two-meter-high wall of the house. Standing on top and looking over, he discovered that the black color was actually an extremely wide and narrow underground crack!
On the other side of the crack is a huge building.
Ge Yuan was shocked and immediately turned around to tell others.
The villagers were shocked. "How could this be? Is there also a county town on the other side of the crack?"
"Miao An! What's going on over there!?"
Miao An was excited about Lu Xuan's generosity and said without looking up, "After the earthquake, the entire northern part of the city, almost half of the county town, was separated by that underground crack. The houses and people who were originally on the crack line fell into it and disappeared."
For the sake of revenge, Miao An kindly warned: "Someone tried to throw a stone in there, but there was no sound of it hitting the ground. The crack is very deep, so you must not go there."
If the east side of the city wasn't next to the crack, many of the houses here would be well preserved, so how could other forces not move here?
Villagers:!!!
They are not stupid, so of course they won't get close to the crack.
No, this kid knew that the underground cracks were dangerous, but still brought them to live nearby?
At this moment, Zhang Chengming suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh no! Didn't Boss Chen say his family was in the north of the city?"
Others: ...
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