Chapter 288: Market Town Outside the City

The twilight in the sky dissipated, and the first ray of light between heaven and earth was shone by the dawn. The warm sunlight spread across the dark earth, bringing a ray of hope to the end of the world.

In the clouds that were illuminated by the morning light, a large black cloud that was out of place slowly descended, covering the earth that had just been illuminated by the morning sun, and plunged it into darkness again.

A closer look revealed that this large cloud was actually composed of huge flying monsters.

With a body of 100 meters in size, tentacles of 200 meters in length, and blood-red eyes all over the body, this monster looked hideous.

And there were as many as a thousand of these monster creatures floating in the sky, forming an overwhelming black cloud that frightened every mutant beastman who saw it.

This was naturally Wang Jin's host formation. The host group transported 50,000 humans and 50,000 Zergs, set out overnight, and finally arrived near the Lishan base at dawn.

"It's better to go to Lishan Base. That Lingnan Base is bigger in size and has a larger population, but it can't compare to our Lishan Base in other aspects."

On the host of Air Force One, He Youxi, who was accompanying Wang Jin back, had bright eyes. There was still some distance between here and Lishan Base, but he couldn't wait.

"I took you to fight, why do you look like you are not satisfied with the trip?"

Wang Jin sat next to He Youxi and knocked on He Youxi's head when he heard it, feeling quite amused.

"Uncle, Uncle He is disobedient, you should spank him, that's how my mother spanked me."

Wenwen, who was sitting on Wang Jin's thigh with a lollipop in her mouth, made a face and giggled at He Youxi.

He Youxi made a bitter face and repeatedly begged for mercy: "Little ancestor, spanking is your right as a child, but Uncle He is different."

"Same, same!" Wenwen stuck out her tongue, jumped on He Youxi, stretched out her little hand and said: "Uncle He, do you have any delicious food? If so, I will keep it a secret for you and not let the news of your spanking spread."

"Rainbow candy, you little greedy cat, take it and eat it." He Youxi smiled and took out a few rainbow candies.

The senior management of the Lishan base already knew Wenwen's temperament. She was usually naughty and mischievous, but as long as she was given delicious food, she would immediately obey. She was a real foodie.

"Oh, too!" Wenwen cheered happily, grabbed the rainbow candy in an instant, and ate it happily next to Wang Jin.

Wang Jin watched the two people, one big and one small, playing together, and his heart rarely calmed down. He watched all this with a smile on his face. Only close people could make Wang Jin show this smile.

After sending Wenwen away, He Youxi shook his head and complained: "Brother Wang, isn't that Lingnan base anything special? I originally thought that they had a population of 800,000 and the city must be very prosperous. Who knew that this was completely different. Their base is much worse than our Lishan base."

"What do you mean by their base? Now it's all ours." Wang Jin glared at He Youxi and said: "There are too few resources around the Lingnan base, and there are no villages on the plains, which leads to a shortage of goods in the city. In addition, the Lingnan base does not develop and support commerce, holding all resources in its hands. There are few shops and not many people who can consume, so this situation is caused. Most bases are like this now, and there is nothing strange about it."

"There is another reason. Goods need to be circulated. Lingnan base did not do this, so it is naturally difficult for business to develop. Although our Lishan base is still very simple, there are hosts who constantly trade with the Lishan base and exchange goods, so the business will be so prosperous, otherwise it will have to be discounted."

"Yeah, Brother Wang is right." He Youxi nodded repeatedly.

When the Ministry of Commerce was first established, many people were confused and thought that there was no need to develop business in the end times. Now they know that they were too superficial. Business is necessary at any time.

This not only can continuously obtain resources and wealth, but also can unite the hearts of survivors and increase their sense of identity with the base.

Wang Jin chatted with He Youxi, and time passed quickly.

Just as the host group approached the Lishan Base, Wang Jin's heart suddenly moved, his facial expression changed slightly, and he muttered to himself: "It's developing so fast, and the scale is already so large."

"Brother Wang, what are you talking about?" He Youxi was stunned, not understanding why Wang Jin was talking to himself.

"The place for the survivors of Lingnan Base to settle down has arrived!" Wang Jin smiled mysteriously.

"Settlement, haven't we reached the Lishan Base yet? Just now, a message came that it is still ten kilometers away from the city gate!" He Youxi scratched his head, not understanding why Wang Jin said that.

"Follow me." Wang Jin suddenly stood up, walked to the cabin door with the confused He Youxi, controlled Air Force One to open the cabin door, and looked down at the host.

At this time, the host group has lowered its altitude and is only more than a thousand meters from the ground, so that people can clearly see everything below.

Wooden houses appeared on the ground, and the area of ​​several miles was filled with wooden houses, forming a huge and extremely simple town.

Although the town is simple, it has complete roads, drainage, and public facilities. In the center of the town, there is also a bustling market.

The open-air market is crowded with people, including not only ordinary survivors, but also a few powerful mutants.

This is the market town that Wang Jin ordered to be built for commercial trade with Jiang Zhengqing, allowing survivors from both sides to trade freely here.

On the outskirts of this market town, there are more wooden houses rising from the ground.

Hundreds of thousands of strong laborers are working here, sweating profusely, constantly hammering logs into the foundation, surrounding a simple house, and then covering the roof with bamboo strips and thatch, and an extremely simple house has appeared.

Because this kind of house is really simple, it is built very quickly, and the whole town can be seen expanding with the naked eye, and the development speed is amazing.

"Brother Wang! What is this?" He Youxi looked at this scene in surprise.

He has been staying in Lingnan Base and didn't know that Wang Jin built a market.

Now he saw that a small town had sprung up in Lishan Base in just a week, which surprised him.

"This is a newly built market town, used as a trading place with the underground base, and it is also the residence of 600,000 migrants from Lingnan Base. Lishan Base is just a small county town, and there is not enough space to accommodate 600,000 people."

Wang Jin laughed and looked at the rapidly developing market town with a hint of pride on his face. I wonder how much tax revenue this market town can provide after it is built.

A market town is not just for living. When various shops are built and commercial circulation is carried out, the huge consumption power of 600,000 people, plus the business driven by trade with the underground base, will definitely bring huge tax revenue to Wang Jin.

"Brother Wang is far-sighted, foresighted, and strategic, and he actually came up with such a good solution." He Youxi flattered him and brought out his talent, but the flattery was still as corny as ever.

"Haha, stop flattering me, and go down."

Wang Jin laughed, and the huge host group began to slowly descend.