Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 180 Population growth, Hong Guang got into trouble [Long chapter, please vote and order]

The first year of Daxia, the first day of April, late at night.

In the valley, the construction of new wooden buildings is still in full swing.

Although only ten days have passed, the outline of the three floors of the new wooden building has begun to take shape, and people's construction focus has shifted from the exterior wall to the interior of the house.

Unlike the original one, the new wooden building's exterior walls are made of a lot of iron, and some key parts are even thicker and thicker. Just by looking at the naked eye, one can tell that the new building's defense capabilities are definitely several times higher than the original one.

At the entrance of the valley, a team of hundreds of people were walking in one after another.

Everyone in this team was wearing animal skin skirts, some of them even had tattered skirts, and some children were even wrapped in a piece of animal skin. It was obvious that they had walked a long way and their lips were blue from the cold.

After entering the valley, they all stopped in their tracks and looked around, their faces filled with amazement and excitement:
"We're here. This valley is where our Daxia is stationed."

"It's so warm. I didn't see a bonfire. How come the temperature is so high?"

"It's burning coal, look at the white smoke."

"There's so much wood. Both sides of the valley are almost full of wood!"

"What wood? Look at the ground over there. It's all iron and coal."

"Hiss... Look over there, there's cold beast meat, and so many animal skins, there must be thousands of them, just lying there randomly on the ground like this?"

“These two wooden houses are so big!”

"There are more than just these two buildings outside. Look inside, there are three more. The outer wall of that building that is being built uses so much iron?"

"Hiss... Not only the outer walls, but also a lot of iron is used inside."

"Are all these stones on the ground coal?"

………………

The wooden building is still under construction, and both temporary wooden houses will be used for living. Therefore, all the supplies obtained by the camp recently, whether wood, coal, iron, animal meat, blood, or animal skins, are basically piled on both sides of the valley.

The supplies collected and hunted for ten days or so were naturally sparse and normal for the people of Daxia, but it was different for others.

Zeng Fan, who was standing at the front of the crowd at this moment, looked at everything in the valley with disbelief in his eyes. He even couldn't help pinching himself, fearing that he was dreaming and hadn't woken up.

After confirming that everything he saw was real, his face suddenly showed ecstasy and excitement, and he almost couldn't help shouting out loud.

"It's true. Mr. Shi really didn't lie to me or us!"

Three days ago, after listening to Lord Shi Ping's exaggerated speech, he did not believe it at all. He thought that no matter how powerful the Great Xia he talked about was, it could not be compared to the Three Tigers Camp.

Having lived in the Five Ape Mountains for so many years, Zeng Fan could not imagine that there would be a camp stronger than theirs, due to the shadow cast by the Three Tigers Camp.

Zeng Fan had no choice but to take the risk and agree to join Daxia with more than 300 people.

Their Zengping camp was located at Siyuan Peak, very close to Sanhu Camp.

In recent years, as the atrocities of the Sanhu camp were exposed, although many small camps no longer fell for the scam, their lives are becoming more and more difficult.

The reason is that previously the Sanhu camp was hiding, resorting to deception and inducement, but now they don't even pretend to be doing so, and are just looking everywhere. Any small camp they found ended up in a miserable state.

A cold wave is approaching soon, and the Sanhu camp may be short of slave bait. The frequency of searches nearby is becoming higher and higher, and the risk of them going out to cut wood is also increasing.

There were two occasions in particular when the base location was almost discovered, and Zeng Fan was extremely nervous and frightened.

He had heard a lot from other people and knew that once they were discovered by the Three Tigers Camp, the fate of his group would be extremely miserable.

Zeng Fan had considered finding a medium-sized camp in Wuyuan Mountain and taking his people there. The problem was that he knew that the two medium-sized camps in Siyuan Peak were neither able nor willing to accommodate more than 300 people.

Apart from the Four Ape Peaks, he couldn't get to any further places, let alone find other camps to accommodate his group. Even if he took the risk to find a third medium-sized camp, the result would probably be the same as the two nearby ones.

At this critical juncture, Shi Ping's appearance was his last straw. He just didn't believe Shi Ping's description of the Daxia camp, and was even wary of him in his heart, but in the end he had no choice but to take a gamble.

Three days ago, after hesitating for a long time, he agreed to Shi Ping's request and agreed to go back to inform the people in the camp to pack up. Three days later at night, everyone followed Shi Ping and migrated to Daxia.

In fact, before nightfall last night, when he saw Shi Ping coming with nearly thirty fully armed men, saying that they were going to escort them to migrate, he was already a little shaken.

Just from their aura, he could tell that the nearly thirty people brought by Shi Ping were all at the Earth Digging Realm, not to mention the exquisite clothes they wore and the various iron weapons they carried. Zeng Fan had never even seen anything like them in all his years living in Five Ape Mountain.

Even if the strength of the Daxia camp is not as good as the Sanhu camp, the difference is probably not that big. This was Zeng Fan's thought before he set out last night.

At this moment, when he actually stepped into the Daxia Valley and saw everything in front of him, he realized how wrong his previous thoughts were.

Not to mention anything else, the mountains of wood, coal, iron ore, cold beast meat and various cold beast materials on both sides of the valley, as well as the huge bucket of red blood that he couldn't understand, were enough to prove that Da Xia's strength was far beyond that of the Three Tigers Camp.

Just in the wooden building under construction in the middle of the valley, the iron materials visible to the naked eye are estimated to weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds!
How many weapons does it take to make this?
Just like that, use it to build a house?
No, there are two buildings behind the wooden building, and a steady stream of iron materials are being carried out of the building on the right and sent to the wooden building.

He even saw batches of weapons being carried out.

What’s even more outrageous is that after the man took out the weapons, he threw them directly onto a wooden board on the south side of the valley.

And on that wooden board, there were already hundreds of swords and bows and arrows placed.

"Captain, clothes, see? Almost everyone in the Daxia camp is wearing a full set of clothes, even those..."

Hearing the words of the person next to him, Zeng Fan looked in the direction he was looking. His pupils suddenly shrank and his expression instantly became the same as that person's, frozen.

"Luo An, it's your turn to be the cold beast. I'm the captain today."

"Okay, I'm going to start, woooo..."

"Xiaoping, quickly grab the rope, and the rest of you come with me, kill them..."

………………

A group of twenty or thirty children, who looked to be only three or four years old, were playing with wooden sticks and swords on the south side of the valley, apparently playing some hunting game.

What stunned Zeng Fan and the others was that all the children were wearing full sets of animal skin jackets, which even came in five colors: black, blue, brown, green and white.

“Gudong…”

Zeng Fan swallowed his saliva. Most of the people who entered the valley with him had dull looks in their eyes, and were obviously shocked.

Some younger children, on the other hand, didn't have so many thoughts. They just looked at the clothes on Luo An's group of children with deep envy in their eyes.

"Lao Zeng, you're here too, hahahaha!"

Suddenly, a man who was carrying wood from the south side of the mountain wall seemed to have just discovered Zeng Fan. He approached and shouted, with a smile on his face.

Zeng Fan woke up from his trance, looked up and saw the man clearly, his expression was stunned.

"Lao Kong, why are you here?"

In addition to the two medium-sized camps, there are several small camps hidden in the Four Ape Peak. Zeng Fan is not sure about them, but he knows two of them that are adjacent to their Zeng Ping camp.

Konghe Camp is one of them, and Kong Ning in front of him is the leader of Konghe Camp. They had met before when logging and had a good relationship.

"You are allowed to come. Hehe, were you also brought here by Lord Shi Ping?"

"good."

Zeng Fan's already good mood became even better when he met an acquaintance in a strange camp. He quickly pulled Kong Ning over and started asking about the situation.

After seeing the situation in the valley, he was certain that Da Xia was stronger than the Sanhu Camp. The next step was to confirm whether the promises Shi Ping had made to him before were true.

As the two chatted, the expression on Zeng Fan's face became brighter and his look gradually became excited.

While they were talking, Meng Ao, Zhu Kang and Hong Yu, who were working on the top floor of the wooden building, also kept their eyes on them.

Zhu Kang's expression changed slightly: "This is the fourth batch, the people brought back by the Yunjiao team. They should be counted on Shi Ping's head."

Meng Ao nodded, looked at Hong Yu, and asked in a low voice: "The two families that Uncle Hong brought back don't seem to have many people. Xiaoyu, do you know the exact number?"

Hearing what the two said, Hong Yu retracted his gaze, his expression a little gloomy, and nodded and replied: "The two camps that Brother Tao and father brought back respectively have a total population of only 482. The Tiger and Leopard Squad of Luoyuan first brought back the Konghe Camp, which has a population of 329. This camp is estimated to have more than people. Shi Ping should be ahead at the moment."

When Meng Ao and Zhu Kang heard this, their expressions froze slightly.

The camp was competing for the position of the head of the pioneer department. Most of the loggers were certainly unaware of it, but the three of them, after all, were the sons of the person involved, and they knew it very clearly.

The three of them knew that the people currently competing seemed to be Hong Guang and Shi Ping, but in fact, they were Si Cheng Xia Chuan and Hunting Department Director Yu Wentao.

In theory, Shi Ping was not qualified to compete with Hong Guang. After all, he was just an ordinary member of the Yunjiao team, while Hong Guang was the captain of the Xuanwu team.

The problem is that Shi Ping has the support of Si Cheng Xia Chuan. Recently, Xia Chuan sent all seven hunting teams from Da Xia to the north bank. On the surface, they were going hunting, but everyone knew that it was to attract more people for Shi Ping.

Of course, Hong Guang was not to be outdone. In addition to his own Xuanwu team, he also brought in Yuwen Tao to support him, as well as Longwu, Shenwu, Zhenwu, Yingwu, and Xiongwu, a total of six teams. Almost all of them were dispatched, and they went to the north bank to look for people every night.

The current situation is that the team from Daxia found the camp, brought in people, and took the contribution points themselves, but the credit was credited to Shi Ping; and the same was true for Yuwen Tao, except that the credit was credited to Hong Guang.

Everything stems from what the leader Xia Hong said before: One month later, whoever brings more people to the camp will get the position of the head of the pioneer department.

"There are still twenty days left. Who can tell until the end? Although Shi Ping has a lot of people, their strength is far behind ours. I think Uncle Hong will definitely get the position in the end. Xiaoyu, don't worry!"

Seeing Hong Yu frowning, Zhu Kang quickly spoke to comfort him, thinking that he was worried that his father Hong Guang would not get the position.

Meng Ao also nodded and said, "My father also said that Lord Si Cheng is not as strong as Brother Tao. Among the sixty-seven Digging Realm people who helped Shi Ping, none of them had the limit of 30,000 jin. We have six of them here. Judging from the strength, Uncle Hong should not be able to lose."

Hearing the two people's persuasion, Hong Yu shook his head, a hint of hesitation appeared on his face, and then he slowly said: "You misunderstood, I am not worried that my father will lose to Shi Ping, I just think, is this position of Si Zheng really that important?

My father has been heading to the north bank at night lately, and he has brought his second uncle, Uncle Hong, Uncle Zhu and the others with him. He didn’t even return to the camp last night. I don’t think it’s worth it to go through so much trouble just for a position as a chief officer!"

Upon hearing this, Jumong and the other fell silent. Hong Guang's fight for the position of Si Zheng was, in fact, to allow them, the later Mirror Immortals, to have more say in Daxia.

In theory, they should all support it.

But in fact, after staying in Daxia for a period of time, the mentality of the three people has changed slightly, so when Hong Yu said this, the two could understand.

"Daxia's various resources are distributed according to individual contributions. Ultimately, it is linked to strength. The stronger the strength, the more contribution one can make.

The position of the Chief of Six Departments is, after all, a symbol of status. It is just a nice title and has no practical benefits. It will also take up a lot of training time due to trivial matters, which will have a great impact on improving one's strength.

The most important thing is that no matter the leader or the chief, they treat those of us who joined later the same as their own people. If that's the case, why bother with the position of chief? It's better to concentrate on improving your own strength. When your strength goes up, your status will naturally follow!"

Hong Yu's words were thought-provoking. Although Jumong and the other two did not speak, their faces were full of approval, and they obviously recognized what he said.

"Our voices are insignificant, and even if we have such ideas, no one will listen."

"There's nothing we can do if father and the others want to fight. Let's improve our own strength first. It will be better after we join the hunting department and have some say."

After hearing what his two friends said, Hong Yu nodded and said nothing more.

The three of them continued with the unfinished work at hand, but their eyes would occasionally glance towards the martial arts hall on the left side behind the wooden building, their faces full of desire.

………………

Having taken over three camps before, Da Xia was obviously very experienced. Zeng Fan's group of more than 300 people were quickly settled by the people sent by Lin Kai.

The loggers, adults, and children were all registered in an orderly manner.

Although Zeng Fan felt some emotion in his heart after being transformed from a leader into an ordinary member of Da Xia, he was more relieved. After all, his life as a leader was actually not as good as that of an ordinary member of Da Xia.

Walking out of the temporary wooden house on the right, he immediately found Kong Ning. When he was about to talk to him again, he was stopped by Shi Ping.

"Zeng Fan, Kong Ning, follow me!"

Both camps were led by Shi Ping. The two leaders were naturally very familiar with Shi Ping. Upon hearing the voice, they immediately followed him and walked towards the wooden house on the left.

"Sir, what do you want from us?"

It has been the third day since Kong Ning came to Daxia, and he has some understanding of the situation in the camp.

These newcomers were all placed in the wooden house on the right. Although he had never been to the wooden house on the left, he had heard that it was where some important people in the camp handled affairs. Shi Ping must have taken them there for something.

After being here for so many days, he suddenly came to find him today. Kong Ning was a little confused and felt uneasy.

Zeng Fan had just arrived and didn't know anything, so he could only follow behind. When he heard Kong Ning's question, he looked at Shi Ping curiously.

Shi Ping did not turn around, but just said: "Don't be nervous, it is the Lord Si Cheng who wants to see you. He should want to ask you about the situation of Wuyuan Mountain. Just tell us what you know, and don't hide anything."

"Yes, my lord!"

Hearing the words "Lord Si Cheng", Kong Ning's expression suddenly became excited.

Zeng Fan, who was standing by, was a little confused and could only continue to follow.

Soon, the two followed Shi Ping into the wooden house on the left, walked along the main hall to the depths, and stopped after passing a three-legged round tripod.

Behind the round tripod is a hall separated by wooden boards.

Right at the top of the hall, there was an empty chair covered with a thick layer of animal fur cushion; there were more than twenty chairs in the two rows below, but only six people sat on them, so most of the seats were empty.

Entering the hall, Zeng Fan's eyes immediately locked on the two people in the front.

The man on the left was wearing a black cloak and had a kind face. Although he was sitting, one could still tell that he was tall and slender. Although he looked young, his extraordinary demeanor was more outstanding than anyone he had ever seen before.

The man on the right was wearing a black tight-fitting suit. He looked the same as the man on the left, also very young, but his temperament was very sharp. Moreover, he seemed a little unhappy at the moment, and his face did not look very good. When he saw him come in, his eyes looked at him like sharp swords, which made Zeng Fan a little uneasy.

Zeng Fan had no time to observe the four people below, because Shi Ping had already walked to the person on the left and started talking.

"Master Si Cheng, Zeng Fan and Kong Ning are here."

Seeing Shi Ping's respectful attitude, Zeng Fan's heart was slightly shaken when he realized that the young man in front of him was the Lord Si Cheng he had just mentioned.

Shi Ping has the cultivation level of Digging Realm, and he can lead so many people to help them migrate their camp. Zeng Fan had always believed that even if his status in Daxia was not the highest, it would definitely not be low.

Unexpectedly, he was so humble in front of this young man.

"Si Cheng, could it be the meaning of leader? In Da Xia, the leader is called Si Cheng, so it must be like this."

Zeng Fan, who had just arrived, speculated in his mind based on his past experience that the young man in front of him must be the leader of Daxia.

"Zeng Fan, Kong Ning, I heard that both of your two families are stationed at Four Ape Peak, is that correct?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Yes, my lord."

As soon as the Minister of the Ministry on the left opened his mouth, Zeng Fan and Kong Ning quickly responded.

"Do you know the location of the Sanhu Camp?"

Hearing this question, both of them were slightly stunned.

"Sir, I only know that the Three Tigers Camp is located at Zhongyuan Peak, but I don't know exactly where it is. We usually don't have enough time to hide from them, so we don't dare to look for the location of their camp."

As soon as Kong Ning finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Zeng Fan's face.

Zeng Fan showed a hint of hesitation on his face and did not speak for a long time. Realizing that everyone was looking at him, he suddenly became more nervous and was speechless.

"Don't worry, just say whatever you want to say. It doesn't matter if you're wrong."

Seeing Zeng Fan's hesitation, Shi Ping immediately spoke up to comfort him.

With his assurance, Zeng Fan became bolder and nodded.
"Our base is in a cave at the foot of the Four Ape Peak. I once went out to cut wood and accidentally ran into the hunting team from the Three Tigers Camp. Although I dared to hide in the dark at the time, I heard them say that they were only five or six hundred meters away from the camp. I usually try to avoid them to avoid accidentally running into that place in the future, so I memorized that location!"

Snapped……

As soon as Zeng Fan finished speaking, he was frightened.

Because the young man on the right, wearing black tights and with a fierce face, stood up from his chair with a bang, as if he had been holding back for a long time.

"Sir, there is no time to lose. I will lead my men out now!"

Seeing Yuwen Tao's impatient expression, the young man on the left, Xia Chuan, shook his head slightly and asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure that Hong Guang had an accident?"

Yuwen Tao nodded heavily and said, "One hundred percent. Hong Guang has been with my father for many years. He won't be so careless. Even if there is something important that requires him to stay there, he will definitely send someone back to inform him. He won't stay out all night without any news."

Hearing Yuwen Tao's answer, Xia Chuan's expression suddenly became gloomy.

In the Ice Abyss world, human activities are limited. In addition to the dangers of unfamiliar environments, normal people will not stay outside overnight except in special circumstances.

Hong Guang is almost forty years old, which is considered an elderly person in the Bingyuan World. It is unlikely that he does not know such a small rule.

The key point is that he brought six members of the Xuanwu team with him. Even if there was something important that required them to stay outside overnight, the worst that could happen was that they could send someone back to notify them. Wuyuan Mountain was only ten kilometers away from Daxia, so it wouldn't take long to go back and forth.

"A few days ago, Lao Hong told me that there was news about a large camp. We can find it quickly by following the clues. As long as we negotiate well, we can bring them to Daxia. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now I think he must have got the news about the Sanhu camp from other places."

Among the four people in the hall, Meng Yi also stood up, looking extremely ugly. Zhu Ling, Zhu Yuan, and Hong Guang's younger brother Hong Tian, ​​who were sitting next to him, also had worried expressions on their faces.

"Sir, let's go look for it, it's going to be a problem later."

Hong Tian looked excited and asked Xia Chuan directly for help.

Although Yuwen Tao did not speak again, his eyes were full of requests. It was obvious that he was as worried about Hong Guang as Hong Tian.

Seeing the five people's expressions, Xia Chuan didn't know what to say.

"Okay, then you can go, but you must be prepared, bring everyone with you, and let Zeng Fan lead the way for you, go!"

"Thank you, sir. We'll be off now!"

Yuwen Tao nodded in agreement, gave Meng Yi and the other three a look, and immediately led the way out of the house.

Meng Yi and the other three didn't say anything. They pulled Zeng Fan, who hadn't reacted yet, and went out to notify people.

After everyone left, Shi Ping walked up to Xia Chuan and said in a deep voice:
"Sir, Hong Guang has been a little radical recently. Although the two leaders of the two camps he brought back did not say it explicitly, they were obviously coerced by him. It is not a good thing to increase the population of the camp in this way!"

Xia Chuan shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It's really not a good thing. It seems that he is determined to get the position of the chief of the pioneer department. He went straight to the Sanhu camp without knowing the situation clearly. It's better to let him suffer a loss this time. Yuwen Tao should not encounter any serious problems when he goes there. When he comes back this time, I will talk to him again!"

It's not just not a good thing, it's extremely bad.

Daxia has just gone through a merger and is not internally stable. Using force to force other camps to join will not only fail to enhance the strength of the camps, but will make the internal situation more and more complicated!
Xia Chuan is now the Chief Secretary, so how could he not understand this truth? Hong Guang had brought this upon himself. Fortunately, Zeng Fan, who was brought over by Shi Ping today, knew the approximate location of the Sanhu camp.

From what he had learned, although the Sanhu camp was not small in size, it was not very strong because it had adopted the wrong development method. It should not be difficult for Yuwen Tao to take so many people there, find the other side's base, and rescue Hong Guang.

"You should go there more often recently. If nothing unexpected happens, the Sanhu camp should be solved by Yuwen Tao. Get more people from other camps here. There are only 20 days left to settle the matter, so don't let them down."

"Yes, sir, I will try my best!"

Shi Ping looked excited and nodded heavily.

Xia Chuan remembered something and said, "Oh, go inform Qiu Peng and ask him to help me prepare 10,000 kilograms of iron ore, three long swords, and a 10-stone iron bow. Let me know when they are ready. I will go to the north bank again tonight."

Hearing that so many things were being prepared, Shi Ping was surprised at first, but soon realized something and asked, "Sir, are these things for the Xiaohe camp?"

Seeing that he had guessed it, Xia Chuan did not hide it, nodded and smiled: "This Xiao Kangcheng is too vigilant, we should show goodwill first, and let him understand the strength of our Great Xia Camp. This way, the talks should go much more smoothly."

(End of this chapter)