Chapter 1587: 1588 Civilians in the port
Chapter 1587 1588 Civilians in the port
In the port area of Everwinter Harbor, the explosion two days ago had destroyed the once bustling dock. Some of those terminals were built during the development period of Datang Group. After so many years, they are still exerting their residual heat.
The dwarves did not fail to expand Everwinter Port. They built some larger docks and imported a large number of hoisting machinery from the Tang Empire.
After the expansion, Everwinter Port also ushered in several glories, making this huge port city the most prosperous area in the northern part of the Eastern Continent.
Looking around, the warehouses in the port are neat and orderly. The roads are smooth and well designed. Tang people are involved in many places here, so the performance in many aspects is naturally very good.
At one time, two-thirds of the warehouses here were filled with goods to be exported to the Tang Empire, and the other third of the warehouses were filled with goods imported from the Tang Empire. The prosperity of trade at that time made everyone in the port look forward to their glorious future.
In that era, any stevedore on the dock could earn a lot of money. They missed the era of Bunas and the days when humans built ports with them, and looked forward to the return of everything.
But now, everything is different. The dwarves themselves blew up the dock facilities in the port and set a fire in the empty warehouse area.
Although the fire did not completely destroy all the warehouses, it left a mess and covered this pearl on the Eastern Continent with heavy dust.
It seems that those former glories are no longer possible to come back...Although humans are back, they bring jet fighters, large-caliber artillery, and terrorist bombs that can destroy a building in one fell swoop...
A dwarf civilian struggled to get through a collapsed ceiling, followed the triangular tunnel, and returned to his place of residence.
"Where did you find these things...over the Tang Dynasty? It's very dangerous over there." The woman was very worried that something terrible would happen to her husband.
"I found something to eat." The man took out some food from his arms like a treasure, but these things made the woman's face look ugly.
The man didn't take it seriously. His beard twitched when he spoke, which looked a little funny. While taking out the food from his arms, he explained with a smile: "It's not dangerous, they are very friendly, you don't know, many years ago, before I knew you, I did it for them years of work.”
The space inside is quite large, but a little cramped. The corner of the room was filled with garbage picked up everywhere. There were some quilts on the floor. Two children and a woman were watching the only way home vigilantly in the corner.
In fact, there is a "skylight" above their heads. There is no so-called roof in this area. If it rains. In fact, raindrops will fall here immediately, but it also allows people hiding here not to worry about the roof falling down at a certain moment.
"You're crazy! You know, if our soldiers see you coming back from there, they will catch you, say you are a spy, beat you to death, and hang you on the street lamp outside!" Although the woman was very angry Not satisfied, but still reached out and took the food that looked good.
There are half-eaten cans, some soft bread, some compressed biscuits, jam and dry vegetable packets.
Finally, the man took out a shiny bottle from his pocket. The bottle was soft and the crystal clear inside was not comparable to the common dwarf turbid tap water. "What is this? Where did you get such a valuable thing... My God, didn't you become a guide?" The woman was holding the bottle of mineral water, surprised and incoherent.
For commoners like them, such a beautiful bottle and such crystal clear drinking water are precious things that they would never dare to dream of.
"It's really random over there... They said that as long as you come over, they will arrange a room for us... They also said that we can get so much food every day." The man excitedly talked about what he had seen, because there was so much For a moment, he seemed to see the bright future again that he had seen before.
The kind of future he once saw when he was young, he lived a very good life in those years. He worked on the dock for the humans who came from afar, earning a salary that several people had earned in the past.
"They won't trick us... and then kill us, right? That's what the radio said." The woman still didn't believe that humans would be so kind to short aliens like them.
“There are thousands of people over there, and I saw at least two hundred people queuing up to get food... I don’t think they are going to lie to us, they are just here to get what belongs to them,” the man explained.
"Take back their own things? You mean here?" The woman later moved to Everwinter City. She may have heard some stories, but these legends have been banned for a long time, and everyone talks about it. Keep it secret.
"Yes, this place used to belong to humans." The man nodded affirmatively in a matter-of-fact tone: "It was good back then. There was no city lord's palace here, and there was no administrative court... and I didn't have to pay so much tax."
"You are crazy... We will be hanged for treason." The woman became even more frightened.
"I just took some food and found a safe place for my family...how could I be treason?" The man frowned, a little dissatisfied with the woman's statement. The woman wisely closed her mouth and began to prepare food for her two children.
They finally got through the crisis for the time being. If they save some food, it will be enough for them to hide here for two days. As long as the war is over, they don't have to worry about a shell falling one day.
When it got dark, the children had fallen asleep, and the dwarf once again discussed with his wife about going to the safe zone designated by the Tang people.
As long as they were careful and crossed the fire line, they could have decent food every day and a warmer house to live in.
Obviously the woman has also been moved, she is just worried about the safety of her family. But because the man had already gone through it once, she was convinced. The two decided to set out early tomorrow morning and take their children through the line of fire to a safer place.
On the night of this day, the Tang Army's attack on the port area began again, and the explosions of falling artillery shells continued here all night without stopping.
(End of this chapter)