Take Taobao with you to another world

Chapter 403

Ella walked around the long line with the tray, glanced at the crowd, and soon found her partner. They waved to him at a corner table. Ella walked quickly. The tray had just been placed on the Sitting up, a head stretched out.

"How many meals do you eat?"

Ella swallowed the pancake hard and answered him, "Number Three. Want eggs?" he asked.

"I'll give you the meat." The partner put the meat on his plate before taking away a piece of scrambled egg.The process of changing dishes was very fast, hunger made everyone have no time to look at others, they wolfed down the plate, and after sweeping the plate, they ran to the soup bucket to get a big bowl of egg soup each. The hot soup would not cool down for a while, and he Blow and drink and start chatting at the same time.

"Have you heard? Someone is coming again."

"who?"

"Who else is it? Of course it's the new students from Orbis and New Marci City."

"How many people will come this time?"

"I heard there were 200 people."

"There are so many people. Then are they training alone, or are they broken up and incorporated into the training team like before?"

"There are so many people, it must be an independent team. They have just arrived, and they must take a lot of time to adapt. Many people will find them troublesome." A fox clan said, "Since new students have come, some people have to leave the training camp. gone."

Together they looked at Ella.

"Are you leaving soon, Ella?" they said. "You're due a long time ago for your diploma. Where are you going next? Do you want to go to a factory, or do you want to be an instructor? If you want to be an officer, you have to go to school." .Or do you want to go back to the Horde?"

Ella put down the bowl and said hesitantly, "I... I'll go back to the tribe first."

"You really should go back and see," they said, "it's nothing to be afraid of, you did the right thing, and your tribe has no one to blame for having avoided a catastrophe and benefiting so much you."

"I didn't regret it," Ella said, "I just—"

Ella has been away from the Horde for a long time.Although in fact he had been in Industrial City for less than a year, the scene of his hometown had become a bit old in his memory.Since the tribe was forced to relocate, he hasn't visited the new place of residence, but he has seen the sand table countless times in the map room, and he can point out where they are now with his eyes closed.

It is also very easy for him to go back, as long as he boards the train, at most one day, he can cross mountains and rivers, arrive at the new residence near the railway, and witness the new life of the tribe with his own eyes.

But he always misses the opportunity to go back again and again, maybe because he still can't overcome the weakness in his heart, maybe because he still has some unspeakable confusions that he hasn't found the answers he wants in this city.But no matter what the reason was, he was about to end his training camp life and should not continue to escape.

The closing ceremony of the training camp was grand and concise. Ella and 250 other five trainees received their red certificates from the person in charge Takla under the witness of thousands of people. Their future is as bright as the clear sky in front of them. In this semi-enclosed camp, they adapted to the strict discipline of the industrial city and got used to different forms of teamwork. Sufficient food and exercise improved everyone's physique, and intensive study also made them get rid of ignorance. The relationship between people and between people and nature has new meaning in their eyes.

Learning from almost nothing is hard, but the hard work pays off.After the training camp life, they have many choices. Schools and factories have opened their doors to them. There are also many jobs in and around the industrial city waiting for these energetic young people to take their places. They can choose to further study or start a job right away. .

Before deciding on their own future, there are not many people like Ella who want to go back to the tribe first.

The orcs returning home could barely calm down in the carriages. They greeted their acquaintances loudly, communicated their destinations with the strangers next door, and then used this as a step to inquire about each other's identities and experiences in the industrial city. Here, this magnificent city presents different appearances in the eyes of different people.Above the heads and feet of these noisy people, bags of luggage are piled up on the shelves, squeezed out of the aisle under the seats, and occasionally stumble some passing passengers who don't pay attention to the road.Everyone wants to bring the most Industry City products back to their tribe, and Ella is no exception.Looking at the receding scenery outside the window, he felt the same expectation as other passengers, but also more apprehension than them. He was even worried about whether his people would accept the gift he brought back.Although deep down in his heart, he felt that if the clansman still blamed himself for that incident, it would be too harsh—too ignorant.

He had never been ashamed of denouncing the patriarch to the patrol.What the obnoxious old fat man did afterwards completely proved him right.But he wasn't sure his people would understand, because when he decided to do it, his father told him that he might be considered a traitor to the tribe and would never be able to return to his home.

The young and energetic Ella was willing to bear the price, but what happened after the report exceeded his expectations, and the patriarch was severely punished—it was a merciless humiliation, not that Ella thought that the old leopard should What respect, but the werewolf's approach will bring a lot of trouble to the next patriarch: the patriarch must maintain the dignity of the tribe, including the dignity of the previous patriarch, and he has to do something.But—whether Ella or all the Leopards in this tribe, no one thought that there would be no next patriarch.Orders from the City of Industry required all members of the Ela tribe to leave their settled valley and move to a new designated settlement.

Ella did not experience the process of tribal migration. After entering the training camp, he wanted to get outside news, but he could only get news from the newspapers and some people. Like him, no one knows what happened next.Although he finally got the news of the tribe through the manager of the reading room: the new residence moved by the Leopard tribe is an experimental area that has been valued. The new self-government mode of the Chinese tribes, and some achievements have been made.Several tribes who migrated to their new settlements have adapted to their new lives.

Ella was relieved by that.He didn't think the newspaper was lying.But his urgency to return to the clan faded away.

His attention to the tribe has not diminished, but there is not much news that he can get. The place where his tribe lives is designated as a production area, and most of the time there are only necessary personnel and material exchanges with the industrial city.While idly on duty in the map room, Ella and his companions' only form of diversion was to read the paper, which ranged from the pleasant little stories to the more difficult news and opinion articles placed in the first few pages, and they Actively absorbing this information with a research spirit, Ella not only indirectly learned about the process of the tribe’s landing in the new settlement in this way, but also actively pursued and learned about the waves caused by the dispatched detachment called the pioneers in the distant place like others , Under the comparison of many facts, they gradually understood the development process and direction of the industrial city and the industrial alliance.

The more they read, the more they think. The library in the activity center is also open to them. Instead of challenging the books that are difficult just by looking at the names, they first borrowed some textbooks.Although their mathematical foundation is not very good, but with these textbooks alone, the young orcs can draw a conclusion: if the way of survival of the tribe is to change, the patriarchs must give up their ruling power over the tribe. The tribal form will die out as the industrial confederation develops.

Contrary to this perception, the patriarchs who will be left behind by the wheels of Industry City squander their wealth in the center of activity, indulge in enjoyment, and are indifferent to what happens outside the Orc Empire.Although it is not that they do not discuss the future of the industrial alliance and the orc empire, what they care about is when and how the alliance will fight the orc royal court, how much effort they will contribute in the war, and how much benefit they will gain... Although they know that they are a little sober Most of the tribal and intelligent tribal leaders have joined the study class, but there are still a surprisingly large number of people hanging out in the activity center.

With the tolerance of the sorcerer, as long as these tribal leaders don't die like Ella's former patriarch, they will all get a good ending.After all, the things they squandered are hardly worth mentioning to the industrial city-the enjoyment without power is extremely limited, they can neither ask the central cafeteria to provide them with any food that is considered out of line, nor can they force anyone to give up their work For them to have fun, what they can enjoy is the room and public facilities of the activity center, and there are not many paid services.But it was these kinds of paid services that made Ella and the others see the speed at which human nature degenerated.

Industrial City not only has the power to lead people to light and freedom, but it can also make people fall into the bottomless abyss when it wants to.

The result was only a single thought, and Ella felt that the ex-patriarch who fled must have understood what it felt like.

He took down his backpack from the luggage rack, lifted the woven bag by his feet, walked through the car while avoiding others, and squeezed out the door. Just as his feet stepped on the platform, the wind with the smell of soot was blowing towards him. Come on, Ella looked out of the station, a wide field that was almost endless spread out in front of him, the mature gold was intertwined with the rich green, and occasionally there were some obviously harvested fields that revealed the true color of the land, forming a man-made huge tapestry.

Ella was shocked.

On the road, he has seen many mature agricultural lands called agricultural bases in writing, and only this one is special to him, because this land belongs to the No. [-] new residence, and his tribe is here.Even though the fields looked like the ones he had seen, it was a joyful sight to think that the tribe had only been in their new settlement for a year.Because this proves that Ella's tribe has fully adapted to the new life, otherwise it would be difficult for them to complete such a production.

Ella still has a lot of allowances left after buying the gifts he can carry. He wanted to rent a horse at the service point of the station. After listening to his request, the person at the service point advised him not to rent a horse. A convoy of empty cars was heading back to New Residence Three, and they wouldn't mind picking up another one of his.

Ella thanked them for their kindness, and found the convoy without much effort. They were about to set off. Ella walked over and found an acquaintance among the drivers before finding the captain to make his own request.Almost at the same time he saw that person, the other party also spotted him.

"Ella!"

The little leopard driver jumped out of the carriage and walked over quickly, grabbing Ella's arm with his strong hands, "It's you, Ella!"

His actions were almost fierce, but this fierce enthusiasm broke the barrier in Ella's heart, and he also grabbed the other's hand, "Hesa, it's me!"

"How long has it been since you came back?" Hesa ​​said, "I haven't seen anyone except writing letters. You are so cruel! Is the training camp a prison, and you are not even allowed to go home to see your relatives?"

"Of course not, I was fine there," Ella said, "but I don't know if the people want me back."

Hesa's eyes widened, and after a while he laughed, "Oh, brother, we did complain about you. But we didn't complain for a long time before we couldn't take care of it. Living in a new place has made us tormented. We will also miss you when we are tossing, and what we think at that time is not complaining, but even if there is one more man in the tribe-after all, you are so smart, and you must be good at work!"

While talking, they returned to Hesa's car arm in arm. The captain of the transportation team was a tiger. He only asked Ella's identity from a distance, and didn't even bother to look at the certificate he took out. The team set off .

Hesa’s car was just big enough for two people to sit in. The excitement of seeing an old friend drove away the sleepiness in the afternoon. While following the convoy, they talked enthusiastically and exchanged their different life experiences in the two places. Hesa ​​learned that Hesa La was not detained in the training camp all the time. In fact, because of his excellent academic and training performance and good looks, he not only entered the model class of the training camp, but also served as a guard at the venue several times. Witnessing the figure of the sorcerer—this can be regarded as a great honor, at least Hesa ​​made no secret of his envy and jealousy.

In contrast, the life of Hessa and the others in their new residence is somewhat ordinary.

Just like Ella didn't think her experience was worth boasting about (with the exception of the magician, of course), Hesa ​​also talked about the changes that took place in the tribe in a year, although they also believed that the tribe had been transformed from the inside out. The field has changed radically, but they still don't think that what happens to them has any special significance for anyone else but themselves.Because what happened to them happened to the other new settlements at the same time, like maybe the first hoe was made special, but soon there will be thousands of identical hoes, that" The name "first" will not turn iron into gold, and they are only "third" places of residence.

"I saw several news and reports about the third residence in the newspaper," Ella said.

"Really?" Hessa immediately raised his voice and asked, "When was it? What did the newspaper say?"

Ella told him in detail the content of the news and the topic of the report. Because it was related to his tribe, he found these materials, not only read them carefully, but also took notes.Hessa listened almost wholeheartedly, and only paid a little attention to driving the car. The road was wide and straight, and the speed of the convoy was not fast. Many feelings, because of the cases that appeared in the newspapers, it can be said that Hesa ​​has experienced each of them.

Of course, there are newspapers in the new residence, but not many people are able to read them. This difficulty only increases the authority of the newspapers among the people.Although the working group will also read newspapers to them regularly, due to time and other constraints, they often don't read them completely - at least they don't have the time to collect past content about the third residence like Ella.Observing the development process of the various ethnic groups in the third residence from the perspective of others and researching it made Hessa feel novel. Unexpected, reserved pride.

"We're not 'number one,'" he said, "but we've been doing a lot better than the selfish guys behind us!"

It may be because none of the migratory tribes in the new residences from the [-]th to the [-]th betrayed the former patriarch of the alliance.

Of course, Ella only dared to say this in her heart.

The way home seemed so short in the conversation, when Hessa said, "It's just up ahead. Look, this is our home now!"

Ella looked up to the front, crossing the convoy going straight on the road, a strange yet familiar village and town appeared in front of him.There is no doubt about the strangeness. This street is neatly drawn like a ruler, and the street leads to the distance. The same size and shape are arranged at the same distance along the street. There is a two-story brick and wood house in the yard surrounded by wooden fences. The dizzying settlements with identical white walls in the sun, how can they look like the tribes in Ella's memory?But Ella is no stranger to them, because although the appearance is slightly different, every corner of the streets and houses of this new residence shows a strong industrial city character:

Uniform, precise, clean, the simplest color, but gives people the strongest visual shock.

Hessa followed the convoy to the horse farm to store the vehicles, and Ella walked slowly down the street to find the new home for the family by herself.

Although the appearance of each yard and each house is the same, people have lived in these houses for a long time, leaving their unique traces of life in the yard and on the gate wall. Ella counted the house numbers one by one They passed by, and then stopped in front of a courtyard.

It was an ordinary wooden door with two black iron knockers nailed to it. Ella looked in from the wooden fence and saw that a simple shed had been built in the yard while a vegetable field was being reclaimed. The house is divided into two halves, a black-furred animal sleeps in the fenced half, and a two-wheeled cart sits in the shadow of the other half.He saw two black horns on the door of the house in the courtyard, and someone walked through the wide window.

He took a deep breath and knocked on the door knocker.

"Who?"

A woman opened the door and came out, and she saw Ella waving at her in the street behind the fence.

After a brief pause, she yelled, "Ella!" She ran across the yard, unlatched the gate, and hugged the sturdy young man.

"My son! It's really my son!" She cried and laughed, "Beast God! You're back!"

A wrinkled middle-aged leopard man also followed the sound and walked out of the house. The father and son looked at each other across the yard. Ella looked at him and whispered to him as well as her mother: "I'm back."

The news of Ella's return spread in the Leopard area of ​​the new residence before evening.Of course, one year is not enough for people to forget about him, not to mention that he is quite famous in the whole new residence. I don't know what went wrong in the process of spreading the rumors. People in other areas seem to think that it is because of this brave Leopard man After selling his patriarch, his clan can move into the new residence in this sequence.

Although their views cannot be said to be completely wrong...

All in all, Ella has returned to her own people, and she has not been blamed and made things difficult as imagined. If not all, at least most people can now fully understand his loyalty to the magician.Maybe he didn't get so much understanding when he came back half a year ago, but as his training camp buddies said, time will pass almost everything.

The people of the tribe are very interested in Ella's life in the industrial city. Although many of them have been to the industrial city, there is obviously a difference between going there and living in it.Ella had to spend a lot of time answering their questions. It was no surprise that he was able to face the magician directly as the guard of the venue, and even had a conversation with him, which aroused everyone's amazement.

In addition, people are most concerned about the entry conditions and training content of the training camp, because this is the only way to enter the factories, schools and troops in the industrial city, and because of the big mistakes made by the well-known former patriarch, except Ella and the previous members of the camp, and all the rest of the tribe must wait another year until they pay off all their debts before they can regain their places in the training camp.

At a time when the Horde was able to get these places without paying anything, many secretly speculated that Industry City was trying to demand their fealty to the Warlock or something by detaining their best young men, but when they all Told they would no longer have to pay tribute to the city, they panicked, fearing they would be abandoned by the Federation of Industry.While it turns out they weren't abandoned, and may even have been cared for a little, a return to their old "normal" status became a shared tribal aspiration this year.

This wish confuses Ella.

"What is normal?"

In Ella's view, the tribes behind the patriarchs who gambled, drank, listened to newspaper serials, watched theater rehearsals and harassed actors in the activity center on the riverside of Industrial City were obviously abnormal. They had sold a lot of tribal wealth In order to make the tribe less trouble for them and provide more livestock for sale, they even asked the industrial city to send a working group to manage their tribe; what about the tribe leaders in the school and factory study classes?They have found that the specific knowledge they have learned cannot be directly used to develop their own tribes. At most, they can only build some small blast furnaces with the assistance of the Industrial City. This means that the products they produce may never be able to compete with the Industrial City in terms of quality and price. If they are not willing to suffer, they will have to cooperate with the production plan formulated by the Industrial City, and the result will still be directly controlled by the Industrial City; Of course, there are also some tribes who want to be directly ruled by Industrial City, or like the tribe of Ella, are already completely ruled.

If you don't care about those old dignity and some "traditions", except for a defected patriarch, the tribe has almost lost nothing, no one died, and the tribe did not lose their territory. Even if they moved to a new place, their territory is still there There, Industrial City did not occupy or distribute the territory belonging to the Leopard tribe to others.Even though they have to bear a lot of debts because of moving to a new place of residence, more and more people nowadays think that this is just a means to let them adapt to the new life as soon as possible, and this means is very successful.

During her time back home, Ella met and talked to many people, re-friended some and talked deeply with them.He could feel the tribe's satisfaction and gratitude for the current life. No one resented the "punishment" the tribe had received. They didn't even care about the former patriarch anymore. The person who humiliated himself had already received his retribution.

But there is still a strong uneasiness that cannot be directly expressed in the hearts of the clansmen.

Where does this anxiety come from?