Chapter 753: Current Situation of French Fry Port and South Line
Chapter 753: The Current Situation of French Fries Port and the South Front
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[Progress of the “Battle of Heaven” Front: Important checkpoints on the North Front have been breached one after another, Shifeng Mountain is under the control of the coalition forces, and the gateway to Haiya Province has been opened! The
South Front battlefield is still in the southern sea area, players in the area are requested to continue their efforts, and the final reward settlement will be related to the progress of the front!
]
Soon after the announcement of the official forum was issued, the forum suddenly became lively.
Irena: “Good boy, it’s okay for a dog planner to urge for updates. (Funny)”
Elf King Fugui: “Other games reduce the strength of equipment to suppress the progress of players, for fear that players will clear the level too quickly, and dislike players for being too slow. This game is unique. (Funny)”
Canyon Fleeing Mole: “Fang Chang, can you do it? (Funny)”
Tail: “Dolly: Fang Chang, can you do it? (Shy)”
Sisi: “Awei, calm down, you are also on the southern line.”
Tail: “Oh! I forgot! °ロ°)!”
Makabazi: “Too stupid! (Funny)”
Fengqing: “There is no way, the W-2 has too low speed, it can’t break through the close defense firepower network of the federal destroyer, and the limit of the old propeller plane is too obvious. TT” Guigui
: “+10086, the southern line urgently needs supersonic fighters!”
There are really many mosquitoes in WC: “Well, that Kamikaze thing is too expensive. You should just make do with propellers first, or I’ll make you one without landing gear.”
Feng Qing: “!!!”
Gui Gui: “Fuck! Captain, are you still human?”
Irena: “This game is too real. (Funny)”
…
Looking at the complaints in the comment section of the official announcement post, Fang Chang couldn’t help but twitched his eyebrows, but finally held back and didn’t make a fuss.
This A Guang is really a bit unkind.
Can the slow progress on the southern line be the players’ problem?
Just the destroyers of the Northern Federation and the southern sea islands, any one of them can beat a group of “concept ships” in reality.
On the other hand, Baiyue Company only has a bunch of modified propeller planes.
To be honest, this thing is really good for ground attacks, with long air time, low cost and large number of advantages.
However, they were somewhat stretched when facing the point defense system with abundant firepower and high-precision guided weapons.
Especially in naval battles dominated by beyond-visual-range combat, the other side would have already targeted them not long after they took off from the airport.
Of course, the Alliance also had its own advantages, such as the combat effectiveness of the army and the equipment of individual soldiers were far ahead of the Northern Federation.
If they could pass through the maritime warning zone of the Federation Fleet and land directly on the island of the Federation, the battle would definitely be much smoother than it is now.
However, the key to the problem is that the other side clearly knows this, so the warning sonar and radar are all on standby 24 hours a day, and patrol boats carrying depth charges are constantly patrolling in uninhabited waters.
Not to mention landing, once approaching within 100 kilometers, there is a possibility of beyond-visual-range strikes.
Of course, this is true for both sides.
The Northern Federation is alert to the Alliance’s aircraft and airborne troops, and the Southern Islands Alliance is also alert to the Torch Church’s “frogman” troops. Various early warning and beyond-visual-range strike methods are on standby 24 hours a day.
Previously, several waves of mutants carrying professional underwater combat equipment tried to swim to Anle Island to launch a surprise attack. However, before they even reached Coral City, most of them were killed by several depth charges, and the remaining mutants who fled in all directions were buried in the belly of fish.
The alien species wandering in the ocean are much more terrifying than those on land, and their species are also more abundant.
Without the cover of “Ship Song”, it is impossible for a lone mutant to survive in the deep water for more than an hour.
Being wary of the submarines on Anle Island, the federal fleet did not dare to cross the warning area and go deep into the hinterland of the South Islands Alliance.
It was precisely because of this that the two sides fell into a strange state of war.
It was like two strong men with guns, each leaning against the bunker, 50 meters apart, occasionally firing one or two shots at the other side, and then immediately retreating behind the bunker.
No one could afford the cost of a mistake, so no one dared to step out of the bunker to attack.
However-
this does not mean that both sides will persist like this.
The Southern Islands Alliance is developing an “underwater submersible” with the support of the Alliance to prepare for landing on the North Island.
The Northern Federation is also obviously preparing its own trump card with the support of the Torch Church.
Both sides are very clear that this war will not drag on for long. Especially with the recent step-by-step pressure of the coalition forces in the north, it is urgent for the Torch Church to open up strategic space to the south.
Everyone is preparing for the upcoming decisive battle.
In this context, the player’s operating space is actually very small.
Including Fang Chang himself, apart from putting more effort in the infrastructure projects in the southern waters and the Baiyue Strait, and using economic and trade means to win over the islands on the side of the alliance, there seems to be nothing to do. After a
simple dinner, Fang Chang went downstairs for a late run, then put on his helmet and returned to the line.
A regular meeting will be held at the Governor’s Office in the French Fry Port City Hall at 10 am game time.
As the CEO and chairman of Baiyue Company, the Governor from Dawn City will exchange views with him on regional affairs and the next stage of development work, and convey the meaning of the manager by the way.
In fact, although he is called the governor, this governor is fundamentally different from the governor of the empire.
The latter represents the interests and authority of the emperor, which is equivalent to the local incarnation of the emperor, while the former represents the alliance and the constitution of the alliance.
From the perspective of rights and obligations, this position in the alliance is more like the role of a “city lord”.
That is, on behalf of the central government of the alliance, he exercises the power of supervision over local affairs, is responsible for the daily defense of the local area, and makes decisions on relevant matters related to the overall interests of the alliance from the standpoint of the alliance.
As for the specific affairs of the local area and the execution of public power, it is the responsibility of the city hall or more specific affairs agencies.
Only in extremely special circumstances, such as when the locals have no sense of self-management and the foundation in this regard, or when the alliance needs a place to accommodate such survivors, the city lord or governor will take charge of the specific affairs of the local area.
For example, Singularity City.
If the alliance does not send someone to manage it, the local survivors can treat the constitution of the alliance as toilet paper in a minute, and then set up a “Red River Alliance” in the local area that is a sheep’s head and a dog’s meat.
As for places like French Fries Port, players can develop well on their own, and managers are happy to let players and local people manage it themselves, so they just set up a governor’s office in the city hall.
When there is no work, the governor usually just drinks tea and reads newspapers, and then summarizes the local situation and reports it to the manager by telegram, and at the same time gives some instructions to local institutions based on the manager’s feedback…
if the manager has any opinions.
At least in the past few months, the manager’s reply has been “read”.
Obviously, even the meticulous manager is impeccable for their work results.
But this time is different.
Hearing that the manager has rarely made clear instructions this time, Fang Chang couldn’t help but feel a little curious about the meeting in a while.
There is still some time before the meeting, he did not rush to report to the city hall, but took a leisurely walk in this settlement they built with their own hands.
Perhaps when he walked to the city hall, he could guess what the manager’s instructions were without waiting for the governor from Dawn City to speak.
Now the time in the game has reached the beginning of August, and the Baiyue Strait is sunny and rainy during the rainy season.
Often the sun was shining brightly one second, and the next second it started to rain heavily.
But the rain was not annoying. The French Fries Port after the rain was like a polished glass, with a refreshing freshness inside and out.
After several months of development, the French Fries Port has taken shape.
With the completion of the port, a large amount of cement, steel, bricks and other building materials and construction equipment were left over. The Port City Hall simply signed a document to improve residents’ housing, and encouraged local residents to change those hand-built single-family cabins into three-story houses with concrete structures through active subsidies. On the one
hand, this is naturally for the appearance of the French Fries Port, and on the other hand, it is to prevent tsunamis and earthquakes. After all, the original wooden houses can only be used as they are, but more of it is to boost the local economy and fish for big fish.
After all, only when the survivors have their own houses can they rent out the unused floors, or use the first floor along the street to do some small business or something.
For the sparsely populated French Fries Port, land can be said to be the least valuable thing.
It is not only the homes of the local survivors that have changed, but also the roads in front of their homes. The
muddy roads that used to be muddy when it rained have now been replaced by clean and tidy cement roads.
Speaking of cement roads, there is also a lot to pay attention to.
Due to well-known reasons, the road maintenance cost of the Baiyue Strait is quite high, and strictly speaking, it is not suitable to apply the method of Shuguang City to build settlements.
However, not long ago, the research team of the Alliance Biological Research Institute developed a biomass material called “active cement” based on the research of biological samples collected locally and the mother nest of Qingquan City.
This material has a unique self-repairing property, which can absorb energy and nutrients from the biomass on the surface, and physically maintain the original form of the “structural material” as the base.
To make an image but inappropriate metaphor, the microorganisms attached to the material are like miniature hermit crabs, and the pores of the active cement are the “shells” on which they survive. In order to
protect their shells, they will take the initiative to fight against biological factors that try to destroy the stability of the concrete structure, and use themselves as adhesives to maintain the stability of the concrete structure.
The initiator of this project is Chen Yutong, the head of the French Fries Port Branch of the Alliance Biological Research Institute.
It is no exaggeration to say that this amazing technology is equivalent to directly removing the debuff of “industry and infrastructure costs +900%” in French Fries Port.
This “active cement” with self-repairing properties itself belongs to the category of living things. Not only will it not be eroded by the prosperous local species, it can even enjoy the bonus of the “luxuriant branches and leaves”, thereby reducing the maintenance cost of the road.
The only drawback is that this active material has one more process than traditional cement in both production and use.
However, compared with the positive impact brought by this material, the increased cost can be completely ignored.
Facts have proved that there are always more solutions than difficulties.
With the advancement of technology, things that were originally considered impossible have gradually become possible.
However, even if the debuff restricting industry is removed, Fang Chang does not plan to change the local development strategy of “primary industry as the main and tertiary industry as the auxiliary” for the time being, and the secondary industry is placed last.
After all, the buff of accelerated growth is simply too fragrant for crops!
The same crop can only be produced for one season in Dawn City, but here it can be produced for three seasons without the worry of fertility decline, and the production efficiency is even better than that of Luoxia Province.
It’s just that the scale and transportation capacity cannot be increased now. When the French Fry Port develops in the future, this place may become a larger granary than Luoxia Province!
As for the secondary industry, just leave it to Jinjialun Port to solve it.
Recently, a large number of immigrants have poured into the suburbs of Jinjialun Port along the Yongliu River. The huge young and middle-aged labor force is even about to exceed the bearing capacity of the local infrastructure.
There is no place more suitable for the development of secondary industry than there.
Finally, he walked slowly to the door of the city hall. Fang Chang squinted his eyes and looked at this brick and stone landmark building for a few times. Suddenly, he stopped the NPC who was coming out of the building and asked with a smile.
”Friend, where are you from?”
The man should be a recent immigrant and didn’t recognize his face. He was stunned for a moment when he heard this inexplicable question, and then he spoke.
”Silver Moon Bay…what’s wrong?”
Fang Chang continued to ask with a smile.
”What do you think of life in French Fries Port? Are you satisfied with it?”
Upon hearing this, the man’s face immediately showed an expression of emotion, and he praised sincerely.
”It’s a good place. I don’t know how to evaluate it other than that… But I can be sure that if there is a heaven, it must be like this.”
There is no king, no nobles, and no priests who need to be supported here. As long as you are diligent, you can get rich. This is the place that makes him most satisfied.
Of course, the bar on the coastal street is also what makes him linger the most.
At least one-third of the money he earned last month was spent there.
Listening to the bragging of those sailors and mercenaries is much more interesting than praying to the statue!
Looking at this guy who has completely forgotten the spirit of the sand sea and the goddess of silver moon, Fang Chang laughed and said.
”I also think that this is simply heaven… As long as you like it, it means that our trip is not in vain.”
After that, he walked towards the door of the city hall in the confused sight of the man.
…
When Fang Chang arrived at the meeting room, the Governor had almost arrived. He politely asked his secretary to make him a cup of tea.
There was not much small talk.
The Governor from Dawn City quickly got to the point and spoke sincerely.
”… French Fry Port has been developing very fast recently, and there are huge job vacancies in all walks of life. The City Hall has made a request to us, hoping to absorb more immigrants from outside the alliance, but we can’t let everyone in, which will impact our refugee shelter system. I would like to ask if you have any good ideas.”
Fang Chang asked.
”What is the administrator’s opinion?”
The Governor said seriously.
”The administrator asked me to ask for your opinion.”
Fang Chang said after thinking for a moment.
”This is very simple. Use the financial budget of French Fries Port or entrust a third-party enterprise to build some training institutions and schools that meet the standards in Golden Gallon Port, and then encourage employers who need labor to recruit graduates with professional skills certification from those schools. We only need to issue visas to those who have already obtained employment contracts, so that they can have jobs as soon as they land. With jobs and places to live, they can no longer be considered refugees.”
The governor’s eyes lit up and he gave a thumbs up.
”That’s a good idea!”
Fang Chang made a helpless expression.
Isn’t this basic operation?
However, considering that there should be no visas in the prosperous era, and the civilization inheritance of the wasteland era has been interrupted, it is understandable to throw away this fine tradition.
After all, Ideal City is a food desert without even “steamed dishes”. Compared with his hometown Shanghai, this kind of thing is simply unimaginable.
In fact, the “electronic pass” that their managers recently created through the sticky community has a little meaning of passports and visas.
Due to the existence of the electronic pass, the survivors who had closed their doors have opened their doors a little, and the survivors living in the member states of the Sticky Community have also obtained the right to “migrate freely within a limited range”, instead of having no choice most of the time as before.
In fact, to be honest, this is the most unreasonable thing.
The administrator from the Human Union era actually took out something that was not available in the Human Union era, and used it so handy.
Fang Chang sometimes couldn’t help but wonder if this guy was an NPC played by a real person.
Just when Fang Chang was thinking about it, the governor sitting opposite coughed lightly and continued.
”There is another thing, mainly about Baiyue Company.”
Fang Chang, who came back to his senses, nodded and said simply.
”You say.”
The governor said seriously.
”The administrator hopes that you will suspend the military conflict with the empire and focus more on the southern sea area.”
Although it was expected, Fang Chang couldn’t help but show a helpless expression on his face.
”We are already doing this, including the submarine power grid, fresh water pipeline, ocean current power station and the restart of Coral City. These infrastructure projects are subtly uniting the survivors in the southern seas to our side… But you also know that the impact of these works is difficult to be reflected immediately. The benefits of order need time to be reflected.”
After hearing this, the governor immediately realized that he had misunderstood his meaning and hurriedly explained.
”You misunderstood. The manager is not questioning your work. On the contrary, he thinks that you have done a good job. Whether it is the unity of the survivors in the southern seas or the handling of the expeditionary force, you have carefully considered the problems they encountered from the perspective of the “managed.”
”You are flattering us. We just did what we should do.” Fang Chang took a sip of the teacup and said modestly, but the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.
The guy’s affirmation was still very useful to him.
The governor nodded and said.
”It’s good that you can understand. In short, the manager did not urge you to gain an advantage on the front line immediately. What he meant was that he hoped that you could appropriately ease your attitude towards the empire.”
Fang Chang’s mouth twitched with a smile.
”Have we been very strict with the Empire?”
The embargo was clearly a unilateral act of the Empire. They had never restricted the flow of people and goods in Golden Gallon Port, and even acquiesced to the existence of shadow ports like Jiaotou Bay.
As for the warlords who appeared on the border, that was none of their business.
Because of the ceasefire negotiations, he even suspended contact with the rebels in the Empire.
The Governor made a helpless expression for Fang Chang’s “cry of injustice”.
”I don’t know much about your affairs on the other side of the sea. I just conveyed the administrator’s meaning. In addition, the Alliance is about to sign a formal ceasefire agreement with the Empire. Duke Galawa has made concessions on several key agreements. Mr. Administrator hopes that the Golden Gallon Port can release Governor Nihak as a show of sincerity from our side.” Fang
Chang was stunned for a moment.
”Just this matter?”
Governor: “Is it difficult?”
”No…it’s better to say it’s too simple.”
Fang Chang said with a smile, then opened the VM in front of him to edit a message, and then clicked send.
In a few minutes, the Golden Gallon City Hall will receive a telegram from French Fries Port, and the secretary he promoted will soon get everything done.
At the latest, by this time tomorrow, Governor Nihak will leave the prison and stand on the streets of Golden Gallon Port, which has undergone earth-shaking changes…
I hope that the governor will not be too surprised by the changes in the place he once governed.
If the empire is willing to regard this as a gesture of goodwill, it is not impossible to let the more than 10,000 prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp go home.
After sending the message, Fang Chang looked at the governor sitting opposite him and said calmly.
”It’s done.”
This is probably the fastest task he has completed.
The governor showed a surprised expression on his face, as if he was surprised at his speed.
Fang Chang looked at him and continued to ask.
”Is there anything else?”
Whether it is immigration management or showing sincerity in ceasefire, it seems to him that it is an insignificant matter.
If it is just this matter, there is no need to convey it to him through the governor, just add a sentence on the task bar and it will be done.
He is more inclined to think that there are more important things.
As expected, the Governor had more to say.
He cleared his throat and continued.
”In addition, Mr. Manager has discussed your request for Baiyue Company to go public with the experts of Camp 101, and he believes that your request is reasonable.”
”The residents of the Alliance should share the fruits of the development of the Baiyue Strait, which will inspire their enthusiasm for exploring the wasteland. For you, going public means more convenient access to funds, faster expansion of your business, and making the pie bigger.”
”But before that, you need to cooperate with the regulators entrusted by the Alliance Bank to audit and evaluate the business, funds, and assets under your name to ensure that the legitimate interests of investors and equity transactions are carried out under the premise of openness, fairness and justice.”
”If everything goes well, your listing will be a successful demonstration. Mr. Manager plans to set up a special stock exchange in Shuguang City to provide listing services for other companies with financing needs and good operating conditions.”
Fang Chang was stunned at first, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face when he came to his senses. He agreed without saying anything.
”Please rest assured, Mr. Manager! We will do our best to cooperate with the Alliance Bank to complete the financial audit!”
The Governor smiled and nodded.
”Compared to the previous two things, this is just a small matter, not worth mentioning, you just need to understand it.”
After hearing this, Fang Chang had a bright smile on his face, but he didn’t say anything.
Small matter?
If this is considered a small matter, then there is probably no bigger matter than this!
(End of this chapter)
