Endless Winter: My Camp Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 85: Building a One-Man Authority

Several disasters occurred in succession, plus the Frostwolves we just encountered.

This gave Xia Hong a deeper understanding and thinking about the situation of humans in the Ice Abyss world and the organizational form of the camp.

Weird monsters, cold beasts, extreme weather, and even other human camps are full of dangers. In this hellish living environment, sacrifice is destined to be the main theme of all camps.

Even if he has the system, he is no exception.

Compared with the cold beasts and monsters, humans are too weak!

Especially camps like Daxia, which are at the bottom of the society, are as humble as ants.

A low-level monster and a group of low-level cold beasts are both fatal crises for Daxia.

Not to mention the Woodcutting Realm, even if he himself had the strength of the Digging Realm, it would be almost a life-or-death situation if he encountered these things;
Not to mention ordinary people, the only outcome is death.

Unity is the only way out for mankind.

Without a set of strict top-down management regulations to unite and rally the hearts and minds of the entire camp, even if it can survive for a short period of time, it will probably be destroyed in the end.

In Daxia, one person must have the final say.

In other words, Xia Hong must have the final say!

People's hearts are treacherous. Ten thousand people have ten thousand ideas. This is the case with the Daxia family. Now that the two families have merged, people's hearts will undoubtedly become even more complicated.

When they encountered a pack of frost wolves just now, he asked Li Baihe and the other five to give up rescuing ordinary people. The five of them hesitated for more than ten breaths before turning their arrows around.

In those ten breaths, the consequence this time might be just the deaths of a few more ordinary people, but what about next time?

At some critical moments of life and death, any moment of hesitation is likely to lead to irreversible serious consequences.

Xia Hong was not that confident. He felt that any decision he made would be 100% correct. However, at certain critical moments, especially when facing desperate situations, what the camp needed was a decision that everyone could believe in and execute.

As for this decision, whether it is right or not is not important at all.

One-man rule will lead to excessive concentration of personal authority, and ultimately deify the individual, creating a god out of thin air, which may not be desirable in a civilized society.

But in an environment like Bingyuan, it is definitely the best way to gather people's hearts and consolidate the collective.

I've heard from Shi Qing before that Yang and Li had an almost paranoid fanaticism and respect for the so-called great lord Yang Zun. At that time, Xia Hong was just curious, but to be honest, he didn't understand.

But now, he could understand.

Perhaps, if this method had not been used, the Beishuo Town would not have been able to develop to a huge scale of 100,000 people and would have been destroyed due to various accidents long ago.

In addition to uniting everyone, Xia Hong's second goal in creating a camp atmosphere where one person has the final say is to prepare for future resource collection.

To upgrade the wooden man to level 3000, you need 6000 wood and iron.
To upgrade the grinding stone to level 5000, you need 10000 coal and iron.
To upgrade the medicine pot to level 20000, you need 20000 wood, 10000 coal, iron, and generate ten types of recipes.

To upgrade the second-level iron smelting furnace to the third level, 2000 wood and 5000 iron are required.

The upgrade resources required for the four camp buildings that have been opened so far are simply an astronomical figure for Xia Hong.

One thousand kilograms of wood is exchanged for one point; twenty kilograms of coal is exchanged for one point; ten kilograms of iron is exchanged for one point. Xia Hong has calculated that even if all the nearly five hundred people in the camp break through the digging realm overnight, it will take at least several decades to gather enough resources to upgrade four buildings.

No, it’s impossible even for decades, they still need consumption.

So for resources, Xia Hong needs a large population.

This is also the reason why Xia Hong directly invited Huang Zhao and Dachuan’s two camps to join.

Although ordinary people are useless, without ordinary people, where would the Digging Realm come from?

For the humans in the Ice Abyss World, the only threshold between the two realms of logging and digging is the meat of cold beasts.

Xia Hong could already foresee that in order to obtain these resources in the future, the camp would definitely need a group of people who specialized in logging, mining and the like.

But once you have the ability, no one would be willing to do this all day long.

After all, even in large camps, those at the Logging and Digging levels are considered middle and high-level personnel in an absolute sense, and are considered to be the group of people who enjoy privileges.

Therefore, it is extremely important to have absolute right to speak. Xia Hong certainly did not think that he could have the final say with this question. This question was just the beginning.

Xia Hong could probably guess everyone's answers.

But he was not in a hurry, just waiting quietly for everyone to speak.

Perhaps it was because of the seriousness in Xia Hong's tone that the silence in the wooden house lasted for more than a hundred breaths.

"If the leader can successfully implement the four-level meat distribution rule I just mentioned in the camp, then I will give my life to the leader!"

Finally, an ordinary young man from the Rogue Camp spoke.

"I agree. If I can get a regular share of cold beast meat, I will give my life to the leader."

"I agree. Chief, if you can do it, I am willing to give you my life."

...............

With the first sound, there will be the second, the third...

Whether they were ordinary people or the fifteen people with cultivation, almost all of them spoke as time went by.

Without exception, their attitude was that as long as the distribution of cold beast meat was guaranteed to be sufficient, they would agree to the conditions proposed by Xia Hong.

Xia Hong naturally understood everyone's thoughts and did not explain anything. He just looked at everyone and said solemnly:

"Okay, I will make sure I do it, and you guys remember what I said today!"

No matter how much you say, it is not as useful as having the cold beast meat in front of you.

Xia Hong understood this principle, so he didn't explain much.

Suddenly, Yue Feng came jogging from outside the door and walked to Xia Hong's side.

"Leader, Luo Ming is calling you outside. He seems to be taking people away."

Xia Hong was stunned, nodded, and first instructed Xia Chuan next to him to take the people from the Daxia camp to settle down in the wooden house, and then walked out of the wooden house alone.

As soon as he walked out of the passage, Xia Hong saw Luo Ming and twelve others who were ready to go outside the valley.

"Captain Luo, are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Xia Hong actually understood Luo Ming. He had already brought the people from Da Xia here. It would be inappropriate for Luo Ming to continue staying here. Secondly, he might be afraid of seeing the more than one hundred people in the camp. After all, no matter what, he abandoned these people. It was a fact.

Luo Ming put his little son down on the ground, walked to Xia Hong, his face full of guilt, and bowed to him:
"Brother Xia Hong, thank you very much for what I just did. I am really ashamed!"

Xia Hong was stunned for a moment before he realized that Luo Ming was talking about how he had just spoken up for him in front of the people in Rogue Camp.

"Captain Luo, where are you going? Can you tell me?"

When Luo Ming heard this, a hint of hesitation suddenly appeared on his face.

"Don't worry, Chief Luo, I won't abandon these people and leave Hongmu Ridge. I'm just asking in advance. If there is a chance in the future, maybe you and I can meet again."

Seeing that Xia Hong saw through his thoughts at a glance, Luo Ming smiled bitterly.

“It’s Luo, the villain.

"Captain Xia, I won't hide it from you. This time I left, I took away half of the coal and iron stored in the camp. I hope you can understand that!"

Xia Hong looked up at the four bags behind Luo Ming, nodded and said nothing. It was normal to join another family with some financial resources.

"Also, I left two things for you, take a look!"

As Luo Ming spoke, he took out two scrolls made of cold beast fur from his arms.

Xia Hong took the scroll, opened the first page, and when he saw what was inside, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

(End of this chapter)