Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 222 Xiacheng Brothers’ Tacit Understanding
The big tree was only ten miles away from Mirror Valley. The group, traveling light, soon arrived at the northern entrance of Mirror Valley.

A square stone tablet stands at the north entrance.

The four characters "Daxia Jinggu" are engraved in large letters on the stone tablet.

"arrive!"

Seeing the stone tablet, Yue Feng immediately turned around and ordered: "Yuan Kun, you and the others take these three people back first, treat them first and then throw them into the mining area. I want to take this kid back to the city to see Si Cheng first."

Li Yuankun glanced at Luo Cheng, nodded, and took the rest of the group away.

Although Yue Feng is the captain of the Shanhe team, he has not had much energy to manage the team since he was appointed as the garrison commander of Jinggu by Xia Chuan, so he promoted Li Yuankun to be the deputy captain. He handles many matters of the team on weekdays.

"Come with me, we won't go into Mirror Valley, we'll go back to the city directly!"

Back to the city?

When Yue Feng was talking to Li Yuankun just now, Luo Cheng had already noticed the last two words he said. When he heard it again, he became even more confused.

Isn’t Daxia’s base in that valley?

Luo Cheng was already eight years old when he left the valley two years ago. He still had a deep impression of the environment of his own base, so when he heard Yue Feng talk about returning to the city, he was really confused.

But as he had just arrived, he did not ask many questions. He just followed Yue Feng, bypassed Jing Valley from one side, and walked towards the arrow bamboo forest on the south side.

Following Yue Feng around Jing Valley, Luo Cheng was stunned when he saw a three-meter-high and five-meter-wide tunnel built with green bamboo.

The tunnel was covered with snow and was level with the snow on the side. It was obvious that people first cleared a snow path, then drove piles into the ground on both sides, inserted green bamboo, sealed the top, and then covered it with snow to form a fully enclosed green bamboo tunnel.

"Stop being in a daze and follow me."

Hearing the sound, Luo Cheng hurriedly followed Yue Feng into the tunnel.

Seeing the situation inside the tunnel, Luo Cheng's face became even more shocked.

In the Qingzhu Tunnel, there is a torch every ten meters and an iron coal stove every hundred meters, so not only is the visibility very high, but it is not cold at all.

There are two deep trenches on both sides of the tunnel, which are obviously special wooden wheel carriageways; the green bamboo walls on both sides have also been added with a lot of iron materials, obviously to increase the bearing capacity in case the tunnel is crushed by the accumulated snow.

The tunnel was bottomless. Luo Cheng looked forward and saw only torches and coal stoves. He immediately realized that the length of this tunnel was probably far beyond his imagination.

"Boy, you've never seen a road like this, have you?"

Luo Cheng shook his head upon hearing this and praised: "Such a tunnel, whether it is construction or maintenance, consumes extremely terrifying manpower and material resources, but it must be said that the role it plays in the large-scale flow of personnel and materials is immeasurable. When I was in the Hive, I saw them transporting materials, and the efficiency was ridiculously low. But if there is a channel like this, the speed can be increased by ten or even a hundred times, I'm afraid it will be more than..."

Upon hearing this, Yue Feng immediately smiled.

"Sir, may I ask how long this passage is?"

"Sixteen kilometers in total, from the southern entrance of Jinggu through the bamboo forest, all the way to one kilometer outside Xiacheng."

The total length is 16 kilometers. Not to mention the 16 kilometers of ground piles that need to be driven to build this tunnel, there is a torch every ten meters and a coal stove every hundred meters. The amount of wood and coal that needs to be burned every day is also extremely astonishing.

Moreover, this tunnel crosses the arrow bamboo forest. Will there be few cold beasts in between?

If any accidents happen, they have to be repaired again, and even the cold beasts around the tunnel have to be cleared regularly...

How powerful is Daxia?

Luo Cheng got a glimpse of the whole situation and from the tunnel he had already figured out the strength of Da Xia, which was very different from what it used to be. He became more and more curious.

But Yue Feng didn't know that. Looking at Luo Cheng's face full of shock and emotion, he thought that he was shocked by the tunnel. The smile on his face suddenly became more proud.

the reason is simple.

This tunnel was built after he gave Xia Chuan advice!

There are two iron mines in Jing Valley and a coal mine in the Arrow Bamboo Forest. In addition, bamboo silk, cold beast prey and other supplies have to be transported to Xiacheng every once in a while. Each time, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources, and the process is not so smooth.

Transporting supplies is only one aspect. The last beast tide and the subsequent invasion of the beehive camp also reminded Yue Feng of the importance of rapid travel between the two places. They can't just hope that the leader will save them every time an accident happens. This is not realistic.

Yue Feng thought about it carefully before proposing the idea of ​​building an underground tunnel to Xia Chuan.

Unexpectedly, once proposed, it was quickly adopted by Xia Chuan.

Of course, there were many troubles during the construction process, such as piling, collecting materials, ventilation, torches, coal stoves... Fortunately, Daxia is now rich and powerful, and it took more than a month to build this tunnel.

Just as Luo Cheng said just now, because this tunnel passes through the arrow bamboo forest, the maintenance cost is not low. On weekdays, not only is there a special hunting team responsible for driving away and killing the cold beasts around the tunnel, but the craftsman workshop also regularly sends people to clean the snow above the tunnel and check each joint of the tunnel. Once there is a risk of collapse, it will be immediately reinforced and repaired.

"The only problem with this tunnel is probably the beast tide that occurs every four months. When that happens, the tunnel area in this part of the bamboo forest will definitely be trampled and damaged. However, it only happens three times a year. At most, we can just spend some time repairing and rebuilding it. Compared with the benefits this tunnel brings, it is completely acceptable!"

Yue Feng looked at the tunnel and began to think about what could be improved.

"We have no experience in building directly underground, and the manpower and material resources required will be several times that of building above ground, so it is definitely not realistic at the moment...

We can cut down all the trees around the tunnel to prevent the cold beasts from occupying it and reduce the maintenance costs..."

This tunnel was adopted by Xia Chuan and has a name, called "Xia Zhidao".

Now, the Xiazhi Road is not only being built in Jinggu, but construction has also started in Wuyuan, and several coal mines in Hongmuling have also started.

It is worth mentioning that Yue Feng was rewarded with 5000 contribution points for proposing the "Xia Zhidao" suggestion. If he can come up with better suggestions for improvement, I think the subsequent rewards will not be less.

Luo Cheng naturally had no idea what Yue Feng was thinking.

He observed the tunnel all the way, and after walking more than ten kilometers to the south, he found that the green bamboo walls on both sides had turned into red frost wood walls. He immediately realized that he should have left the arrow bamboo forest.

Obviously, when Daxia built the tunnel, they used nearby materials. The section from Jinggu to Jianzhulin was made of green bamboo, and the section from Jianzhulin to Daxia Valley was made of red frost trees.

"arrive!"

After walking another five or six kilometers south, following Yue Feng's instructions, Luo Cheng looked up at the end of the tunnel, and the light source had indeed ended.

At the end of the tunnel, there was a wooden house. Luo Cheng followed Yue Feng into the wooden house. The moment he walked out of the wooden house, the expression on his face froze instantly.

In front of the wooden house, about one kilometer away, a giant black wall with Shuanglong Mountain in the east and Hongmu Ridge in the west came into view. Although it was a bit far away, Luo Cheng could judge by visual observation that the height of the wall was at least ten meters.

"Sir, this... this... is this the city wall built by Daxia?"

"Follow me first, when you get closer, you can see more clearly!"

Luo Cheng's reaction was naturally within Yue Feng's expectations.

Not only Luo Cheng, but even he had seen this city wall countless times, but every time he came back from Mirror Valley and saw it again, his face would still reveal a deep sense of pride and reverence.

The giant city wall, which is fifteen meters high and stretches three kilometers across, can cause a huge impact on people just by looking at it, not to mention that it is only the north side.

As a member of the Daxia camp behind the city wall, and having personally participated in the construction of the city wall, Yue Feng naturally felt respect and pride in his heart.

Following Yue Feng, walking westwards along the northern city wall to the end, and then turning south, Luo Cheng saw the four-kilometer-long western city wall. The shock on his face became more and more intense, and his curiosity about Daxia reached its peak.

Yue Feng mentioned returning to the city three times, so this is what he meant!
It has only been two years since my father gave up the valley, and Daxia has developed it into a huge city. How many cold beasts and monsters can be blocked by such a magnificent city wall? How many people can the inner space of the city wall accommodate? To what extent has Daxia developed now...

Luo Cheng's mind was filled with confusion one after another. When he followed Yue Feng to the middle of the west city wall and saw the magnificent iron gate, his breathing suddenly stopped and all the confusion in his mind disappeared in an instant.

The city gate was fifteen meters high, parallel to the city wall, and eight meters wide. It was hung in the air with sixteen chains as thick as humans. No one knew how it was fixed. At this moment, it was half hanging and only half open.

Right above the city wall, there hangs a giant wooden plaque with two large golden characters "Daxia" inscribed on it, which shines brightly under the light of the furnaces hung on both sides.

There were people coming in and out under the city wall. Some were wearing black iron armor, some were wearing light golden armor like Yue Feng's men, some were wearing casual clothes like Yue Feng, and there were even women holding children and talking and laughing...

They all carried longbows and held sharp blades. Many of them had just returned from hunting, carrying huge prey. Luo Cheng even saw two or three prey, which were nearly ten meters in size. At first glance, they were obviously intermediate cold beasts.

"Yue Feng is back."

"My lord is back!"

"The garrison commander is back."

"I haven't seen you for many days. Why are you still bringing a child?"

"Isn't Yue Yuan only a year old? How come he has grown so big in the blink of an eye?"

………………

When they arrived at the city gate, many people greeted Yue Feng. Some of those who were close to him, when they saw Luo Cheng, started joking with him.

"Go away, I have something important to do and I don't have time to chat with you."

Yue Feng retorted with a smile, and thinking of his son whom he hadn't seen for many days, a smile appeared on his face. He pulled Luo Cheng and walked towards the city gate.

Of course, there were still some necessary steps. There was a team of people guarding the city gate. When they saw Yue Feng, they saluted first, then took out a piece of fire-condensing oil and tested it on the two men. After confirming that there was no problem, they smiled and let them pass.

"Sir, how many of these people wearing pale golden armor are there in Daxia?"

After entering the city gate, Luo Cheng finally couldn't help but ask this question.

Yue Feng's ten men were also wearing light gold armor, and they had all taken action when they killed Lu Sheng's five men just now. Just from the force of their arrows, Luo Cheng could guess that these people's basic strength was definitely above 20,000 pounds, or even higher.

He originally thought that these people wearing light golden armor must be the elite of Da Xia. Compared with the situation in the hive, there must not be too many of them in Da Xia.

But just now at the city gate, he saw at least sixty or seventy of them, including the team guarding the city gate, which made him even more curious.

"You mean the Lei Kui Jin Jia? There should be more than a thousand of them now!"

Gulp...

Yue Feng's answer made Luo Cheng swallow his saliva involuntarily. The shock in his heart reached its peak. He even felt that Yue Feng was bragging and intimidating him.

However, no matter how he thought about it, Yue Feng didn’t have this motive!

More than a thousand people, what does this mean?
There are only more than 700 people in the digging realm of the beehive!

There are more than a thousand people in Daxia whose basic strength is over 20,000 jin. So how many of them are at the Digging Realm?
Walking through the five-meter-wide city wall area and entering the interior, the surprise in Luo Cheng's eyes never stopped from beginning to end.

The land inside the city wall was completely different from the outside. The ground must have been treated in some special way. Not only was the snow very shallow, but it even felt warm when you stepped on it.

The road that leads directly from the city gate to the valley is ten meters wide. Both sides of the road are planted with blue, red, green, white... all kinds of trees whose species Luo Cheng doesn't know. The only one he knows is Bingshu. There is an average of one tree every thirty meters, planted all the way to the entrance of the valley.

On the side close to the city gate, there are no buildings on the land, but as you get closer to the valley side, you can see many buildings under construction on both sides of the avenue, as well as a lot of planned land with all kinds of building materials placed on it, which is obviously what they are planning to do.

After walking three kilometers, Luo Cheng, feeling deeply shocked, looked up and finally saw the familiar valley.

But when he lowered his head and saw that the valley entrance, which was previously made of broken wood and rotten stones, had been replaced by a giant iron gate that was 27 meters high and 12 meters wide, even more magnificent than the city gate outside, his eyes froze again and his expression was stunned for a moment.

"How about it, do you still recognize this place?"

Yue Feng also had an impression of Luo Ming's youngest son.

Seeing that Luo Cheng was frightened by the iron gate of the valley, he chuckled, pulled the still dazed Luo Cheng, and walked straight in.

The city wall has only been under construction for more than two months, and everything in the outer city area is still being planned. In addition, there is enough space in the valley, and many people have not moved outside, so the lack of popularity is inevitable.

On the other hand, the inner city of Daxia, that is, the valley, is much more lively.

The valley was filled with buildings, lights on the buildings, four broad main roads, fires on both sides of the main roads, people walking on the streets wearing all kinds of clothes, teenagers of similar age playing together, and groups of children playing...

Everything in the valley was completely different from what it was two years ago. Not only did it make Luo Cheng dazzled, it also made him realize more intuitively what a correct choice it was for him to return to Daxia.

Two months ago, when he saw those things from Uncle Yu, he could already feel the strength of Da Xia, but that was just a feeling. Everything he saw tonight following Yue Feng was a truly intuitive experience.

What I see with my own eyes cannot be compared to ten beehives.

"Father, Uncle He, Uncle Ping, Uncle Kang... I must practice even harder and get everyone to come back quickly and come to Da Xia!"

Luo Cheng clenched his fists, his expression full of determination.

Everything in the valley had changed. Luo Cheng could only follow Yue Feng along the main road. When they saw a quiet three-story building, Yue Feng stopped, and he also stopped.

"Come up with me!"

Following Yue Feng up to the third floor, he stepped into the magnificent gilded hall. Looking at the white sculptures of cold beasts on both sides of the hall and the golden beast chairs on the high platform of the hall, a majestic and oppressive feeling came over him. Luo Cheng dared not to look around anymore and could not help but lower his head.

That chair should be where leader Xia Hong sits!

How did that young leader develop Daxia to its current level in just two years!
Luo Cheng's mind resurfaced with his memories of Xia Hong from two years ago, and he became more curious and expectant.

"What's the matter? Why do you need to see me so urgently?"

Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded from above the hall. Luo Cheng couldn't help but raise his head and took a sneak peek. He saw that the man in black on the platform was not Xia Hong. He was stunned.

If I remember correctly, that man's name seemed to be Xia Chuan. He was the one who was kicked by Li Hu two years ago and was the younger brother of the leader Xia Hong.

Luo Cheng also had some impression of Xia Chuan.

Seeing Xia Chuan appear, Yue Feng immediately bowed and then took out the letter in his arms and the animal skin scroll given by Luo Ming.

"Greetings, Si Cheng. This is the letter Hong Yu sent back from the Hive."

Hearing the word "Hong Yu", Xia Chuan's expression on the podium changed immediately. Before Luo Cheng could even see clearly, he had already stood in front of Yue Feng, took the letter from his hand and started reading it directly.

Uncle Yu’s status in Daxia should not be low.

Xia Chuan's reaction caught Luo Cheng's eyes and naturally made him draw conclusions.

Meanwhile, Xia Chuan, looking at Xia Hong's letter, gradually calmed down from excitement at the beginning, and then a bright light appeared in his eyes, and his facial expression began to show some emotion.

After a long time, Xia Chuan finished reading the letter, with the light still in his eyes. He looked down at Luo Cheng, clapped his hands and said to the outside:
"Someone, take this kid to the quartermaster department for registration!"

A man immediately walked in from outside the hall and took Luo Cheng away.

"Yue Feng, go inform the six department directors and all the captains of the intermediate hunting teams in the valley to come over at dawn and prepare for the meeting!"

Luo Cheng, who had not yet walked out of the hall, was slightly moved when he heard Xia Chuan's words, and became more curious about Uncle Yu's identity.

The animal skin scroll that Yue Feng's father gave contained the specific location of the underground space of the beehive, as well as the defense map of the thirty-two passages.

Being young doesn't mean you know less.

Luo Cheng knew very well what his father was doing. He was curious about why Uncle Yu's letter had such a powerful force that not only allowed Xia Chuan to come forward in person to make arrangements for him, but also allowed him to immediately convene all the people of Da Xia to discuss the matter.

Luo Cheng, who was taken away, had no idea what happened in the hall.

At dawn, the main hall was brightly lit, and all the people notified by Yue Feng came over one by one.

In the hall, seats are arranged on both sides in a clear order.

Yuwen Tao, Luo Yuan, Yuan Cheng, Shi Ping, Qiu Peng, Mu Dong, Cheng Feng, Bai Yingdong, Zhu Yuan, the nine heads of the six ministries and their deputy heads sat in the front row;
Hong Guang, Zhu Ling, Zhao Long, Meng Yi, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, Huang Yong... a total of 17 captains of the intermediate hunting teams, were at the back;
Yue Feng was the last one to enter the hall. He bowed and said, "Si Cheng, there are still five hunting teams stationed in Jinggu and Wuyuan. The captains can't come. These are the only ones who can come!"

Xia Chuan stood at the bottom of the platform and nodded for Yue Feng to sit down first. Then he handed the letter and animal skin scroll in his hand to Yuwen Tao, indicating that he could pass it around after reading it.

Yuwen Tao took the letter and was immediately shocked when he saw the handwriting on it. After reading the content and seeing the animal skin scroll, his expression became more excited and he handed the thing to Luo Yuan beside him.

Luo Yuan took the letter and had the same reaction as him. He read it and passed it to the next person. Soon, everyone in the hall became excited.

"Beehive defense map, what are you waiting for?"

"Three cold-resistant level, the strongest is only eight manes, more than 30,000 people, and only more than 700 earth-digging level. My lord, what are you waiting for?"

"I've been displeased with those guys for a long time. Si Cheng, just hit them!"

"The leader has been in there for more than two months. With him here, what is there to be afraid of?"

………………

Hearing the noisy discussions in the hall, most of them were suggesting that he take his men and attack directly to destroy the hive. Xia Chuan immediately shook his head and laughed.

No wonder people reacted like this!
It has to be said that with the current strength of Daxia, based on the hive situation described by Xia Hongxin, it is really easy to destroy them.

"It seems you haven't understood the contents of the leader's letter yet!"

Xia Chuan interrupted everyone's discussion, with a hint of pride on his face, he slowly said: "A mere beehive is nothing, the twelve families in Longyou and even the entire Pingxi Plain are our targets!"

Everyone in the hall was shocked.

"If Longyou is a solid block, it won't be that easy for us to reach out to Pingxiyuan. But if they have problems of their own, then we can't be blamed!"

It might take some effort for others to understand Xia Hong's letter.

But Xiachuan is different.

Even though the letter did not explicitly state it, Xia Chuan could still read Xia Hong's bigger plans and intentions from it. This was the tacit understanding that was unique to the two brothers.

"Weren't Lu Sheng and the other four killed by Yue Feng? It just so happens that..."

Xia Chuan's expression flickered slightly. He asked Yue Feng a question, and after getting the answer, he began to make careful arrangements.

(End of this chapter)