Chapter Thirty-Two Plans

  Twenty of the strongest men were selected to serve as guards, and Tang Tian assigned them weapons, all standard imitation Jin Yiwei Pei knives, which were obtained from hunting down all the zombies in Shi Jia Village.

  Actually, most of them were exploded by Zhao Daniu and Liu Qiang's zombie-killing, Tang Tian's level is higher than the zombies, and the probability of exploding things is much smaller. Even so, it's impossible to distribute all twenty people with fake Jin Yiwei Peidao, no way, mainly because the exploded weapons are not enough.

  Those who have not been assigned a long knife temporarily use other things as substitutes, such as steel picks and so on. These things are easy to find in Shijiazhuang Village, which specializes in collecting stones.

  Then Tang Tian made a series of arrangements, first letting Liu Qiang and Zhao Daniu lead their own people to go from door to door collecting grain. These things must be grasped in one's own hands first, only then can they be used as leverage against these people.

  It took some time to collect all the grain in the village, going from door to door, and finally gathering it all together. After counting, there was quite a bit of it.

  It's possible that rural areas have the habit of stockpiling food, and every household has enough grain to eat for more than half a year. Some have hundreds of kilograms, while others have thousands of kilograms.

  After collection, nearly 20,000 pounds of rice were obtained, more than 4,000 pounds of flour, more than 800 pounds of meat, and other miscellaneous grains such as potatoes also had 700-800 pounds. Vegetables were not much, only got more than 300 pounds.

  These grains can be said to have allowed the survivors of Shijiazhuang Village to eat for more than a year.

  In fact, these grains were collected by every household in the entire Shijia Village. The original food that could be consumed by the whole village for half a year was reduced to three-fifths of its population, so the remaining one hundred or so people can eat for a year, which is still a conservative estimate.

  Tang Tian didn't stand on ceremony and directly took two-thirds of the grain into his storage ring, it was safest to keep control of the grain that could be used to restrain people in his own hands.

  Although these people were puzzled by the sudden disappearance of so much grain, they did not dare to say anything in the face of Tang Tian's absolute authority.

  The remaining grain was uniformly placed in the basement of Wu Jun's house, the original village chief. Wu Jun died and his family had no one else, so all his houses naturally belonged to Tang Tian. He put the grain here and personally guarded against others having other ideas.

  It turns out that this Wu Jun, although only the village chief of this small village, is quite good at enjoying himself. His house is in the middle of the village, a two-story bungalow with an attached spacious basement, which was a bargain for Tang Tian.

  After the grain collection was done, Tang Tian had all the villagers move to the center of the village to live. It was inconvenient to manage if they were scattered and it was also very dangerous. Anyway, two-thirds of the people in the village had died, leaving a large number of empty houses, so there was no need to worry about finding a place for these people to settle.

  The villagers who originally lived in the middle area were also not idle, although they didn't need to move, Tang Tian also assigned them tasks, that is, to clear away the corpses of those zombies in the village, and burn them uniformly. On the one hand, they were afraid that the rotting zombies would cause diseases, and on the other hand, they were afraid that the bacteria emitted from the zombies' bodies would infect these survivors.

  After collecting grain, moving house and dealing with the zombies' bodies, it was already late afternoon. The villagers were asked to bring several large pots, cooked a few large pots of rice for everyone to eat, after dinner, arranged for a few people to patrol at night, and others went back home to rest.

  Actually arranging people to patrol is not because they are afraid of any unusual movements, but mainly to prevent the sudden attack of mutated beasts in the woods outside the village, which cannot be neglected.

  In this way, Tang Tian completely unified all the people in Shijia Village, firmly grasping power in his own hands. Although there were fewer people now, Tang Tian also had a small foundation of his own and was able to stand on his own slightly.

  However, although Tang Tian unified the Shi Jia Village, there is a fatal weakness, that is, Shi Jia Village is now completely surrounded by the jungle, limiting Tang Tian's development.

  At night, Wu Jun's original home was now where Tang Tian, Liu Qiang and his family, Zhao Daniu siblings, and Zhang Yu all lived. Fortunately, the house was big enough to barely accommodate everyone.

  At this time, Tang Tian, Liu Qiang and Zhao Daniu were all sitting in the middle of the house, discussing what to do next.

  "Now that Shijiazhuang is completely in our hands, what should we do next? Do you have any suggestions?" Tang Tian asked, looking at Liu Qiang and Zhao Daniu.

  "My old Liu is a rough man, I don't know how to deal with him, it's all up to Brother Tang's arrangement," Liu Qiang said calmly.

  Zhao Daniu was even more direct, laughing and saying: "I don't understand anything, whatever Tang brother says I'll do, haha, the stick in my hand isn't for show".

  These two people have no ambition, Tang Tian also knows that there is nothing to do about it. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Since you both don't say anything, I'll just say a few things."

  "Firstly, these people have already gathered completely. For everyone's safety, I suggest organizing those who are idle to build a wall around us, so as to prevent the sudden attack of mutated beasts in the jungle and being caught off guard."

  "Secondly, it's to quickly enhance the strength of these people and take them into the jungle to hunt mutated beasts. Since there are no other zombies around to hunt, they can only go into the jungle to hunt powerful mutated beasts. This is an unavoidable situation, but what I'm worried about is that the mutated beasts might be too strong, and I don't know how many of these people will survive after going in once."

  "Thirdly, when these people are strong enough, I plan to take them to Tianshui University, capture it, and recruit the people inside to expand our strength. Currently, this is the main plan in three points, what do you think?"

  Tang Tian has always been resentful about being forced to leave Tianshui University and has never forgotten the helplessness of being driven away.

  "I have no opinion, building a wall is a good thing, it's just that those people are idle anyway, finding something for them to do is also good. Moreover, most of these people are stonemasons, building a wall is not a big problem, and there are stones everywhere around us, it's not hard to find materials. As for going into the forest to hunt down mutated beasts, it's also an unavoidable thing, don't worry about casualties, so many people have already died, as long as we're careful, I think it's impossible that all the mutated beasts in the forest are high-level ones." Liu Qiang said after thinking for a moment.

  "Tang brothers, just give me orders, I, Big Cow, have no opinion at all," Zhao Big Cow said with a silly expression.

  Tang Tian nodded and said, "Alright, let's settle it for now. We'll start taking action tomorrow, so get ready early. Who knows what this damned world will turn into after a long time."

  Tang Tian slapped his thigh, and the plan was temporarily settled. At this time, Zhao Yue'er had also finished cooking dinner, and a group of people started eating dinner together.

  Tang Tian and others are still leaders after all, they will not go to eat big pot rice with those people, if there is no such privilege, what else is the meaning.

  After all, Tang Tian is not a saint, everything he does is for himself.

  At the dinner table, several people were eating with their heads down, no one spoke, but Zhao Yue's watery eyes kept stealing glances at Tang Tian, and she didn't know what was on her mind either.

  On the other side, Zhang Yu was secretly watching all of this, and for some reason, she felt a slight discomfort in her heart, a sour feeling, and also a bit of annoyance towards Zhao Yue'er. This Zhao Yue'er not only looked prettier than herself, but also knew how to cook delicious food, which made her feel somewhat defeated. However, as for why she felt this way, she herself didn't understand at all...

  Tang Tianzhen didn't notice any of this, now his heart is only thinking about how to make himself stronger...