Chapter 307

"You have a problem, you're overly hyper!"

Zheng Xin stared at Zhang Su and said.

The corners of Zhang Su's mouth twitched slightly. He slanted a glance at Zheng Xinyu and said: "Can't a person be hyper after finding so many weapons? You're so cold..."

"Is that so... alright then."

Zheng Xinyu thought about it and felt Zhang Su's explanation was fine. She turned her head to look at the back seat, seeing Chen Hanzhou and Wu Lue studying the drone remote control. All five people in the car were core members, so she asked: "Husband, are you really planning to incorporate the people of Kuanzhuang?"

"That's right..."

Zhang Su slowed the car down slightly and said: "Our camp currently has a surplus of labor but insufficient combat power. My initial idea was to merge Kuanzhuang and then expand the combat troops. I didn't expect Lei Youliang to be so ambitious, actually beating me to the punch by snatching the Green Dragon Corps' equipment and then challenging me..."

Speaking of this, he sighed slightly. Even now, he still felt regret over the combat personnel lost in Kuanzhuang, even though it was a result he had brought about himself.

"Damn, that guy surnamed Lei is absolutely crazy. He thought that just by occupying the barracks' weapons he could do whatever he wanted, and he even dared to incite other forces to go against us. I think his brain is just like that, he doesn't even know what's most important. Idiot."

Zhao Dezhu complained with great disdain.

"Actually, I could feel that there were people in their team who didn't want to do that, but by then there was no chance for negotiation. Forget it, those people wouldn't be useful to bring over. As long as Lei Youliang didn't die, he would have kept causing trouble. But if I let them know I killed Lei Youliang, they would also hold a grudge. The operational difficulty is too high..."

Zhang Su shook his head and continued: "The remaining people in Kuanzhuang are much easier to handle. We just need to reveal Lei Youliang's ambition, and they will understand the truth of the matter!"

"I always feel uneasy. Can the remaining people in Kuanzhuang really understand?"

Zheng Xinyu had no confidence in Zhang Su's plan.

"I actually think Brother Su's arrangement is logical and well-founded."

Chen Hanzhou, who was studying the drone, looked up and said: "Lei Youliang's wrong decision led to the total annihilation of their combat force. Fortunately, this didn't happen in Kuanzhuang, otherwise, it might have dragged the entire village down with them! But those villagers, and some of the Kuanzhuang combat personnel, do they necessarily want to be our enemies?"

"I don't think so!"

Zhao Dezhu nodded repeatedly, highly agreeing with Chen Hanzhou's analysis.

"Exactly, that's what I mean. Let's put Kuanzhuang aside for a moment... hey, what do you all think of the people in Dashiqiao Township?"

Zhang Su said as he turned the car's heater up to twenty-two degrees.

"I think Meng Changwei is a pretty decent guy, and the team he leads has the same personality as him. But, big brother, you don't want to incorporate them, do you? I've inquired, Dashiqiao Township is really far from us. It's a full seventy-plus kilometers by the main road, and the small roads require crossing mountains and ridges. It's too much effort!"

Zhao Dezhu took out cigarettes and generously passed them around. He had found many cigarettes at the Green Dragon Corps today and was being very generous.

Zhang Su tilted his head to let Zheng Xinyu light his cigarette and said: "I also think the people in Dashiqiao Township are okay. I really do want to merge them in, it's just that I'm not clear on the specific situation over there. The north side can be forged into an iron plate. Come next spring, if we can make it to spring, we can fully build up Sky Ma Yu!"

The design blueprint was already being drawn up step by step. The space was there; they just needed to prepare in terms of manpower and material resources, and they could start construction when the climate was suitable.

"Can it work? Look at how miserable the Green Dragon Corps was. Having too many people will definitely attract large-scale zombie attacks. Can we control this ratio? By the way, does Dr. Fu have any reliable data on this?"

Zheng Xinyu shook her head repeatedly, feeling that having more people in the camp wasn't a good thing. The Green Dragon Corps was a living example.

Zhang Su smiled, exhaling smoke through a small crack in the window, and said: "I never said we'd all live together. Sky Ma Yu belongs only to our own people, the real 'own people.' Then, with Sky Ma Yu as the core, we build satellite villages around it. For example, the nearest Madian Village, we can arrange for thirty people to live there. The Tushan Village, right next to the south side of Madian Village, can also be cleared out. With seven or eight nearby villages, we can utilize them all. Living four or five hundred people is no problem at all, and it's much more dispersed than the Green Dragon Corps' population!"

"Yes, yes, big brother's idea is excellent. With the population not concentrated, large hordes of zombies won't be able to find us, and we can quickly support each other. Damn, the more I think about it, the more brilliant it is, haha."

Zhao Dezhu clapped his hands in approval.

"It is indeed quite good. When it slowly develops, it will be a new model of a town, hehe."

Zheng Xinyu modeled Zhang Su's concept in her mind and also felt the method was feasible. "Don't think so far ahead yet. Here, notify the others, we're going straight to Kuanzhuang to incorporate the remaining people!"

Zhang Su handed Zheng Xinyu a walkie-talkie.

The sky had already turned dark. The FJ Cruiser turned on its headlights and turned toward Kuanzhuang at a fork in the road.

At the same time, in the area where the Kuanzhuang villagers lived, it was a scene of gloom and misery. Almost everyone was gathered in the courtyard where Lei Youliang usually summoned combat personnel for meetings.

Now, the person sitting in the middle was naturally not Lei Youliang, who had sought his own death, but the stubbly-bearded Yang Liehuo.

Because he didn't approve of Lei Youliang's decision, Yang Liehuo didn't participate in this operation. As the muscle of the Kuanzhuang combat personnel, his absence from an important mission made Lei Youliang quite annoyed, but considering all aspects, he didn't say much. After all, leaving a capable person in the village was also fine.

"Liehuo... it's so late, why haven't Youliang and the others come back? Could something have happened?"

An old woman leaning on a cane asked Yang Liehuo with a face full of worry.

The people sitting around were either old people, women, or little brats with snot running down their noses. Two coal stoves were burning, the bottoms of the chimneys glowing red, so it wasn't cold in the room.

Yang Liehuo was the only able-bodied man in the room, though "able-bodied" wasn't precise, as he was already in his early fifties, which counted as middle-aged or elderly by age classification.

Hearing the elder's question, Yang Liehuo rubbed his hair somewhat irritably and said: "Aunt Yun, the situation outside is very complicated. It's not like before where they could always come home on time. A small problem can delay things. Everyone, don't worry, don't worry."

"Brother Huo."

At this moment, a woman around thirty years old stood up and said: "I don't think we can go on like this in the future. We all have hands and feet, why aren't we allowed to participate in training? Why did Lei Youliang make a special exception for Su Lei to participate in the field mission? We also want to train, we can also go out to scavenge for supplies. At the very least, after learning how to use a gun, we can protect ourselves in this kind of environment!"

"That's right, Sister Xia is right. We discussed this while we were working." Another village woman stood up and said: "Brother Huo, I remember you previously proposed that we women should all participate in training. Why wasn't it implemented later?"

Yang Liehuo looked at the woman who asked and spread his hands: "I'm not the one in charge of our village. I did indeed offer the suggestion before, but Youliang didn't agree. What's the use of asking me..."

About a month or so ago, Yang Liehuo had discussed this with people in the village. Like almost every survivor camp, Kuanzhuang also faced the dilemma of insufficient combat personnel, so he advocated for a "nation in arms."

He had thought that even the women would agree with this decision and that the leader wouldn't say anything, but he didn't expect Lei Youliang to veto his proposal on the grounds that equipment was insufficient and logistics were equally important.

"Besides, do you really not know why Su Lei went along on this mission? That's only because of her sister..."

Yang Liehuo scanned the room, feeling very annoyed. Having to deal with these young women and wives was very difficult.

"Fine, we won't talk about Xiao Lei's matter! I remember Youliang said at the time that our village didn't have enough weapons, so having more people train would be useless and would consume more food to maintain physical fitness. But later, weapons were sufficient and food reserves were very abundant, yet I never saw this matter brought up again!"

Another woman who hadn't spoken before spoke up.

"I really don't want to be like this in the future, where the men go out and we hide in the village like frightened little chicks. If you teach us to use guns, we can also play a role in battle, and the men who go out won't have to worry about home, right?"

"Tell Youliang, don't worry about the logistics work being too busy, we women aren't that useless!"

"If the men can hold guns, why can't we women? The old era has long passed, don't look down on women."

It was like the broken-window effect; once this topic was brought up, everyone had something to say. It was clear that the women of Kuanzhuang had a very high level of awareness, more eager for power than the village women of United Village and West Camp.

It wasn't that the women who just did their work were bad, it was just that in the apocalypse, everyone should cultivate the ability to protect themselves!

It was just a pity that they didn't understand Lei Youliang's thinking at all, and even Yang Liehuo couldn't see through it. If everyone had the ability to protect themselves, then when the leader made a mistake or was questioned, they could be overthrown by others.

This was definitely not a result Lei Youliang wanted to see. To consolidate his position, he spent a lot of effort on winning people's hearts, which was nothing more than satisfying his own selfishness.

If Zhang Su had known about these things in advance, he definitely wouldn't have talked so much with Lei Youliang. Unfortunately, Su Xiaoya didn't understand these things yet, and even if she did, she wouldn't have told him...

(End of chapter)