Si Cheng didn't answer his question, but continued to inquire, "Can I choose these past candidates?"
"This isn't like picking and choosing things at a market. How can you be picky? It'll all be randomly assigned. Besides, you can only know a person's face, not their heart. Even if you're very selective, there's no guarantee that there won't be any disharmonious factors."
"Can I meet with the person in charge here?"
Ma Tao didn't expect Si Cheng to make this request, but he didn't refuse. "I'll have to ask them about it. It depends on whether they have time right now. Everyone's been incredibly busy these days, and they always have things to deal with."
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Ma, but don't worry, this is a good thing." Si Cheng gave him a little hint first.
Since it's a good thing, Ma Tao is even more willing to go.
When Si Cheng saw Chief Kuang and his men, he gave them a standard military salute.
"Ma Tao told me you have good news to share with us."
"Yes, please take a look." Si Cheng took out a topographical map from his pocket. He had asked Hou Yunyang to draw it after he returned to the village with Yun Qi.
Although it's just a simple sketch, it depicts that area very clearly, making it easy for people to understand at a glance.
"Where is this area?" Chief Kuang asked immediately upon seeing the drawing.
“This is a piece of land deep in the mountains, and the soil there, which I examined, should be suitable for growing crops if carefully prepared.”
"How big is this place? How many people can it hold?" Political Commissar Wang was also a little flustered as he took the drawing paper.
“That depends on who exactly went there. After all, this is deep in the mountains, and ordinary people might not be able to adapt.” Si Cheng pointed to the plain behind the map. “This area can also be developed for planting, but there are several areas here that are undefended. If wild animals attack, it will be very troublesome.”
Chief Kuang sized up the young man before him and asked, "How did you get in here? How did you know there would be wild animals here?"
Sicheng was not intimidated and recounted all the animals he had encountered on his way from his village to the back mountain.
"You also hunted tigers and wild boars there?" Political Commissar Wang felt the young man was exaggerating. "Did any of you get injured?"
"It's just a minor scratch, left when I was being chased by a tiger."
“I remember now, aren’t you the village chief next to Xin San Village?” a middle-aged soldier next to Political Commissar Wang exclaimed.
"Yes."
“No wonder,” he said to Political Commissar Wang and the others. “Didn’t Captain Liu, who was in charge of Xin San Village before, come back and say something? I don’t know if you remember.”
"There are so many things to do every day, you'll remember everything. Stop keeping me in suspense and just tell me." Chief Kuang really has too many things to do, and he forgets some things as soon as he hears them.
"Last time, Captain Liu brought that fellow from the digital village to the city. At that time, he told us about a village chief from next door who fought dozens of wolves by himself and was unharmed. This should be that village chief."
His words reminded Commander Kuang and the others of what had happened. Back then, they had suspected that Captain Liu was exaggerating, but the soldiers who had come with him all testified to it. If it really was the same person, then the story of dealing with tigers and wild boars should also be true.
"I was looking forward to meeting you, but I didn't expect to find you so unfamiliar. As the old saying goes, true masters are often found among ordinary people." Chief Kuang said, looking at the young man in front of him seriously once again. If one didn't know he had such high combat skills, he would look like just an ordinary young man.
"You flatter me. I'm just a little stronger than others, and I rely on weapons to deal with these beasts."
"You're being too modest. Back then, Captain Liu and his dozen or so guns couldn't compare to yours. Now that you've discovered that area on the mountain, you can treat it as your village's territory, and we'll give you priority in exchanging for supplies." Chief Kuang was quite lenient with capable people.
"Thank you so much, sir. I just don't know if we can choose the people ourselves." Si Cheng noticed the incredulous looks on everyone's faces as he said this, but he forced himself to continue. "After all, we're in the deep mountains. If we don't find some strong people, it will be very troublesome if something happens. We'll be going in and out of the mountains a lot in the future, and we definitely won't be able to do it without a certain level of combat ability."
Yes, that's deep in the mountains. They then realized that even from Pinghe Village, it would take several days to get there.
"A group of nomadic families just came from the north a few days ago. That place is the most suitable for them, but I don't know if they will agree." Commissar Wang thought of the large group of people who came over a few days ago, with a herd of skinny cattle and sheep, who were now grazing outside the city.
"If it's just them, I think it's probably going to be tough. They have more cattle and sheep than people there, and the area is so vast, they definitely can't defend it."
"Why are you so narrow-minded? How can such a large area be given only to them? What about the other refugees?"
Everyone was already having a headache, but now that they had such a large area, they started thinking about who would be suitable to go there. It was Political Commissar Wang who came to Sicheng.
"You said before that you wanted to choose the people who would move to the back mountain yourself, right?"
"Yes, after all, we'll all be neighbors in the future, and we can't just entrust our backs to anyone. Ideally, it would be someone capable of protecting the area and helping us in our time of need." Si Cheng didn't mince words and directly stated his request.
People who join the military are generally straightforward, and they all admire Sicheng's character, who is not only capable but also speaks his mind.
"Let's go, come with me to the outskirts of the city. We'll explain the conditions there, and if anyone signs up, we'll make a proper selection."
Everyone is eager to distribute the refugees surrounding the city as soon as possible, otherwise, as their numbers accumulate, they will definitely become difficult to control.
This was the first time Si Cheng had faced so many refugees since the disaster. In his previous life, he and Yun Qi had fled together and met many people, but none of them had gathered in such large numbers.
The ragged refugees, probably because they hadn't washed or groomed themselves in a long time, were all stuck there waiting for the latest news. Si Cheng and his group smelled a pungent stench even before they got close. They just held their breath for a moment because they couldn't stand it, and then continued walking forward.
As they approached from afar, all eyes were on them, but this time no one gathered around them. Instead, they looked expectantly at Political Commissar Wang and his group, hoping that luck would be on their side this time.
Seeing this scene, Si Cheng couldn't help but think of himself in his previous life, when his situation was not as good as these people's.
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