Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 894

Under the careful organization of the missionary group, this group of newly arrived survivors were settled in an open area outside the City of Seven Hills camp.

Missionaries in gray robes held alchemical lanterns that emitted soft light, and ran back and forth in the howling cold wind, guiding the tired refugees to their respective resettlement areas in steady voices.

The lime powder in their hands drew clear white lines on the frozen soil, soon outlining the overall outline of the temporary camp.

At the same time, Perfect quickly transferred a small energy tower from the floating city module.

As the mechanical device unfolded, a light blue energy barrier slowly rose, forming a constant temperature barrier around the camp.

Although the wind outside was still biting, the temperature inside the barrier was gradually rising, at least allowing these refugees who were suffering from the severe cold to temporarily escape from the biting cold.

Although this energy tower was small, it became the first shelter they gained in this strange land.

Under the coordination of the missionary group and the Steam Knights, the young and middle-aged refugees quickly took action.

They were divided into several teams and, under the guidance of the Steam Knights, built a simple frame structure using steel bars, wooden beams and metal sheets salvaged from the ruins.

Although these materials were twisted and deformed, after simple correction and reinforcement, they were still able to support the heavy canvas tents distributed by the mission.

Although these tents were crooked and leaked air at the seams, they were able to provide some warmth under the protection of the energy tower's constant temperature barrier, allowing the tired refugees to catch their breath.

Some handy refugees are not willing to rely solely on tents to keep warm.

They collected discarded iron sheets, wooden strips and plastic boards from the ruins, tied them together with thick iron wire and hemp ropes, and erected a simple windbreak wall outside the tent.

The gaps are stuffed with rags, hay and even mud. Although it looks crooked, it can indeed block some of the biting cold wind.

These spontaneous transformations have made the originally monotonous tents show a bit of resilience of life.

The food supply was also tight but orderly.

Every day at dawn and dusk, the deacons of the mission would set up two large iron pots on the open space next to the energy tower.

A steam pipe extending from the energy tower continuously provides heat to the bottom of the pot, cooking a starch paste mixed with dehydrated vegetables.

Although the soup is thin and tastes bland, there is at least a hint of saltiness in the hot steam.

The military compressed biscuits issued were as hard as rocks, but after being softened in hot soup, they were enough to fill my hungry stomach.

Several older missionaries specifically organized women among the refugees who were good at cooking and put them in charge of distributing and simply processing food.

They distribute the limited ingredients rationally, and sometimes add some wild roots or collected wild vegetables into the soup pot to make the food not too monotonous.

Although every meal had to be carefully calculated and the bottom of the pot had to be scraped clean, watching the refugees wolfing down the food from the stoneware bowls proved that they were at least temporarily free from the threat of starvation.

The entire camp was filled with embarrassment - the tents were not warm enough, the food was barely enough to fill the stomach, and the clothes were thin and worn.

But compared to waiting to die in despair in the wilderness, they now at least have a shelter from the wind and rain and hot food to sustain their lives.

With the support of the missionary group and the floating city, these refugees who survived the disaster finally saw hope of survival.

However, material shortage remains the most serious problem at present.

In temporary settlements, limited resources are simply not enough to meet the basic needs of all refugees.

Many families were forced to share a small tent that was supposed to accommodate two people, with five or six people sharing it, and could only use rags picked up from the ruins to create a little private space. The most distressing thing was the homeless single refugees, who had to huddle in a simple canvas tent temporarily built by the missionary group, relying on each other's body heat to resist the cold at night.

Among them, a young mother with a three-month-old baby was particularly pitiful.

Due to the chaos in the allocation of supplies, she was unable to get a tent for two consecutive nights. Finally, an elderly missionary could not bear it and voluntarily gave up his camp bed.

As for the camp on the other side, although some relief supplies were provided to them, the camp itself had just been attacked, with two-thirds of the buildings destroyed and the warehouse suffering heavy losses.

Under the circumstances, it was a decision they made at great risk to squeeze out some blankets and food to support this side.

Fortunately, the floating city modules hovering above their heads became a symbol of hope.

Under the personal supervision of Count Perfect, the automated factories in the floating city were producing tents, blankets and other urgently needed supplies day and night.

These supplies not only support the reconstruction of damaged camps, but also provide solid guarantees for the temporary resettlement of refugees.

However, while arranging the factories on the floating city modules to fully produce basic supplies such as tents, Perfectcot also made a more critical decision - to divert most of the productivity to the manufacture of core components of a large energy tower of standard specifications.

After all, those small mobile energy towers are just emergency equipment, originally designed to solve the temporary heating problem of nomadic tribes in the desert kingdom.

Although highly portable and able to be deployed quickly, their heating efficiency and coverage are quite limited.

If the heating system of the Seven Hills City is to be truly rebuilt, a standard energy tower that meets the city's specifications must be built. The heating capacity of a complete standard energy tower is equivalent to the sum of multiple small mobile energy towers, and the coverage of the constant temperature barrier can radiate the entire city.

However, building a standard energy tower is not easy.

In addition to the precision core components provided by the floating city factory, a large amount of basic building materials and a professional construction team are also required.

What the City of Seven Hills lacks the least right now is labor, and those refugees eager to work can form construction teams at any time.

But the problem is that these temporarily recruited workers lack the necessary professional skills.

They were not the skilled workers in the North who had been personally trained by Perfect, and had no idea of ​​the construction standards for precision engineering projects like energy towers.

“If the quality doesn’t meet the standards, the energy tower will become a safety hazard.” Perficot stood on the observation platform of the floating city, looking at the busy camp below and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, she suddenly remembered the Northern technicians who came here with the immigration team.

Although their number is small, at least they have all participated in the construction of the Northern Energy Tower.

Soon, a core team of more than thirty Northern technicians was assembled.

Perfect personally explained to them the importance of building the energy tower and gave them detailed instructions on the construction standards.

"You are responsible for training local workers and forming a construction team," she handed the design blueprint to the leading engineer. "Every link must be strictly controlled, especially the installation of core components."

These technicians from the North took immediate action.

They selected the more clever young and middle-aged people among the refugees and began to teach them basic construction techniques.

Although there were language barriers, we were able to establish a barely usable construction team through demonstrations and drawings.

With the continuous supply of supplies from the floating city, the foundation work of the energy tower was started.

(End of this chapter)