Once the decision was made, everyone proceeded in an orderly manner.
Xiao Qin has already started training the personnel recruited from the prison. Those with high combat skills and good character have also been incorporated into the original guard team.
Some of the lazier and less virtuous members were expelled from the guard team and reduced to ordinary people. To prevent them from causing trouble, they were assigned positions as security guards, gatekeepers, farmers, or workers according to their wishes.
Those security guards who already had families finally had homes of their own after receiving housing in the Happiness Community, and their family members also found suitable jobs in the community. As long as they work diligently, they can receive a fixed salary every month.
In particular, those who were originally treated like slaves are now respected here and have the same human rights as before. No one yells at them anymore, and they no longer have to eat their leftovers like dogs. Especially the pretty girls, they no longer have to live like prostitutes, relying on their charms to survive every day.
Everyone cherishes their time here, so they are all grateful and try their best to do what they can.
After Ye Yunyi returned, she visited them and saw that they were all living in peace and contentment, and no one had suffered any particularly serious psychological trauma, so she didn't say much.
Of course, some girls, used to a comfortable life, feel that it's better to sacrifice some dignity and live the same kind of life as before than to work hard for money. They might occasionally flirt with those who seem rich or powerful, looking for opportunities to get close. But they do it secretly, ultimately not daring to go too far.
The people who went with Ye Yunyi and the others to survey the route returned. Wang Zixiang and Xiao Fang posted recruitment information in the community and quickly organized 10 teams, 5 in each team, 3 technicians and 2 guards, just enough for one vehicle, to carry out power and network maintenance according to the route.
Since both the ambulance and the previous prison had electricity, they found the nearest location and gradually made repairs. Soon, the villa area also had electricity, and everyone was finally able to use electricity without having to plan ahead. The factory that had been planned to open was also ready to go.
Ye Yunyi and her team decided to keep control of some core industries, while letting others manage the rest. They would only need to pay a portion of their revenue to the community, which would be equivalent to the previous taxes, following the management model of the previous market.
Of course, everyone is still short of supplies. The 800-plus residents of Xingfu Community originally had no resources. Later, more than 100 people came from the prison, plus the nearly 200 people from the villa area. Currently, the community has more than 1,100 people, and more than 900 of them have no resources. Although some resources were found from the prison area, we still need to make a good plan to make it last until the harvest.
Ye Yunyi planned that when the grain from the more than 20 villages ripened, she would keep enough for their own consumption and also supply some to the community. However, she could exchange this for resources produced by the community, which would be fair.
Ye Yunyi also had people monitoring the prison. Perhaps it wasn't time to make the offering yet, so there was no news from there for the time being. The medical center hadn't discovered any problems in the prison area.
City C is the capital city of the province, and its economy ranks among the top in the country. Before the apocalypse, it had a population of over 20 million. Based on the villages and towns provided by Liu Da, it can be seen that he is mainly responsible for the south, and there should be similar forces in the other three regions. It's just that the rescue center hasn't allowed them to meet, so they don't know each other.
This also shows how clever the ambulance station is. In order to keep them under control, they prevented them from forming alliances and from knowing about each other's existence. Even someone as smart as Liu Da knew almost nothing about the ambulance station's secrets.
She'd leave those forces aside for now; she wouldn't bother them unless they bothered her. Even the ambulance station, as long as they didn't cause her trouble, she'd ignore them for the time being. The only thing missing was Liu Da's gang; they'd probably send someone to investigate. The ambulance station also had lists of people from the surrounding townships, but she needed to prevent them from verifying anything.
Of the 20 townships, Liu Er destroyed one and merged with a few others, leaving 15. Wangjiagou is not a concern for now; there are 14 left. We'll discuss with Zhao Yong later to select 14 people to form guard teams for each village.
The community actually has a surplus of 1,000 people. The surrounding farmland cannot be cultivated by so many people, and the factories built cannot absorb so many people. This group must be properly resettled.
When Xiaofang was compiling statistics and assigning personnel, she raised this issue, and Wang Zixiang suggested moving them to the countryside.
This suggestion is actually feasible because the community won't distribute supplies to them free of charge. Without work, there's no stable income, and creating too many positions would lead to financial losses, which is detrimental to healthy development. Ye Yunyi further proposed a policy of mutual assistance between rural areas and villages, building upon the original suggestion.
During the busy farming season, the community members go to the countryside to cultivate and harvest together, and they are all paid wages. In fact, the wages are in the form of points, which can be exchanged for various things, such as daily necessities and food.
Therefore, Ye Yunyi held a general meeting and proposed a policy that employees could voluntarily go to the countryside and help each other.
Some of the people who came from the prison area were originally kidnapped from various villages and towns. Hearing about this policy, they were happy and decided to go home to reunite with their families. They were escorted home by the guard team, but only 10 people went.
Another two weeks passed, and electricity and communication were finally available in the neighboring villages and towns. When the person in charge of bringing electricity and internet access was added to the group chat, everyone was overjoyed. To express their happiness at having internet access, everyone kept posting videos, sharing updates from their surroundings, and exchanging greetings. It was as if a child locked in darkness had finally seen the light of day again.
With the internet and electricity, communication has become much easier. Ye Yunyi instructed the heads of several villages and towns to inspect the existing village and town fences and install electric fences where possible, so as to protect against both zombies and people.
Another two weeks passed, and finally all 16 villages and towns had internet and electricity. It was mid-April, and the rapeseed was ready for harvest. Meanwhile, the medical center finally discovered the problem at the prison.
When the messenger arrived, he brought a video showing a military jeep. They arrived at the prison gate with weapons. After knocking and calling went unanswered, a nimble person climbed over the wall and entered the prison.
The man was dressed smartly, with a tall, slender build and well-defined muscles, seemingly possessing boundless explosive power. He remained vigilant upon entering the prison, not turning on the lights, and carefully explored the entire facility before discovering it was deserted.
His expression was very serious. After taking it out again, they quickly drove away.
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