Chapter 86 Cold Wave

August 19, 2143

4:00 in the morning

In a house located on the southern edge close to the old highway, a woman woke up from her sleep. As soon as she stretched out her hand, she felt the biting cold. She turned sideways and hugged her husband tightly.

But soon, the two of them just hugged each other and felt cold. The man had to get up and turn on the air conditioner. After a while, the room became warmer and the two continued to sleep.

But in less than a while, the two were woken up by the cold again. They found that the air conditioner had stopped working. After the man got up, he found that there was no electricity at home. He quickly put on his clothes and checked, but after opening the window, the man found that the town not far away was the same, dark.

Sure enough, the man saw that the water in the kitchen on the first floor was frozen. He hurriedly woke up his wife and quickly closed the window below. The two shivered and stayed close to each other in the house.

The place where they lived was behind the 15-meter-high windbreak wall, but it still felt very cold. The man could only wait for the day to get light, and then planned to take his wife back to the relatives' home in the town.

It was not the first time that the two had been awakened by the cold recently. It was even colder now than before. Some equipment would stop working because of the cold. Now they could only wait for the family in the town to send someone to inspect it.

After a while, the two went out. It was only 7 o'clock in the morning. Many people who lived near the windbreak came out. Now they could only go to the town to avoid the cold.

After approaching the town, the weather was indeed warmer, and many people gathered together to talk.

This is the territory of the Angus family. People here live a richer life and the society is relatively stable. Even though there are fights everywhere on the grassland now, this is the first choice for many people to live and work in peace.

Soon, several construction team cars entered the town. Many people went out and talked to the construction team members about when the power supply had problems.

The construction team members began to check everywhere. After a while, they found the cause. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the power supply was restored.

Many people cheered, and the engineering team members began to go to the edge to measure the current air temperature, because the temperature in the main town over there had dropped to 5 degrees, and the situation here must not be good.

Sure enough, the engineering team soon detected the temperature outside, which was already minus 11 degrees Celsius, and many places were frozen.

The engineering team began to record the data in detail. This is a place that needs to be paid attention to. Now some sheds outdoors, if the power is cut off for a few hours, the crops inside will soon be frozen to death.

Although there are food reserves, with the growth of population, the stored food is completely insufficient.

Soon the engineers began to explain some things, asking these people to watch some equipment at any time, and to call them as soon as there is a problem.

Soon the engineering team returned to the main town of the Angus family, reported the situation and went to the next town. Now the entire Angus family has 21 towns of various sizes, which is already the largest family in the south.

The Angus family also has its own army, nearly 50,000 troops, managing all its people, and there are some defense facilities on the edge. The number of mutants in the army exceeds 2,000.

The military strength of the Angus family has become the strongest on the grassland, so the Angus family is now extremely stable.

After a while, Rudy summoned everyone in the engineering department to the Angus family's office building. More than 30 engineering managers were watching the reports that were still coming back.

Rudy had already seen it in advance. He had discussed it with several people in the family. Now they had to find a way to prevent such low temperatures from causing an impact on their society.

Although Rudy had prepared the engineering team to deal with the low temperature, some equipment could not be in place in a short time, and the low temperature would destroy many things. If such low temperatures lasted for a month, many facilities in the town would have problems.

"Mayor Rudy, electricity is a big problem."

An engineer said, and Rudy nodded.

"If it doesn't work, I will summon mutants to provide you with stable and continuous electricity."

Mutants can control alienated cells to produce electricity after friction. Rudy also built facilities for mutants to generate electricity. In an emergency, they can only rely on mutants to generate electricity.

After a while of communication, the engineering team decided on a plan. Some equipment must be coated with a special grease to prevent these equipment from being corroded by low temperatures.

The meeting lasted until noon, and everything was settled. Rudy immediately ordered the army to send at least 10,000 people to assist the engineering team.

The current army is almost the same as the regular army of human society in the past, and the Angus family also has its own special weapons research arsenal.

The nationalization of the family is an inevitable trend in the future. Now the Angus family strictly controls the boundaries of the family and will not allow too many people to enter the territory of the Angus family.

Many people want to come in, but Rudy knows very well that the current population of more than 1 million in the territory of the Angus family is actually exceeded. The best population in the territory is 500,000.

The food production can barely keep up now, but once the cold wave comes, the food production will decrease, and no one can stand the hunger.

"I will tell you one thing."

Rudy has gathered more than a dozen young people from the Angus family. Their current main job is to conduct polls for the Angus family and announce some things in advance.

"You tell the people to be more frugal and frugal recently. The amount of food they eat every day must be strictly controlled. Even if they only eat half full, they must stick to it. Our Angus family is the same."

Rudy explained a lot of things. The Angus family is one of the few families that has established an early warning mechanism.

Many times when problems arise, the Angus family has issued warnings in advance, helping many people recover losses and avoid some risks.

Soon more than a dozen people began to study and discuss on their own. The Angus family adopted this kind of management model. Although the entire family was in key positions, they had to work hard for the prosperity of the town and the family.

Rudy will arrange all the people in the family in corresponding positions in order to train the younger generation of the Angus family, and Rudy will also fully give them the right to make their own decisions, and they must listen to the general direction. For the clan leader, they can adjust their plans in small directions.

Some families have begun to learn from the management model of the Angus family. This is also the reason why the Angus family is so powerful. This is what the previous generation of patriarch Jed was doing when he was still alive.

The entire Angus family recognizes this model, and there will be no disputes over wanting to get the upper hand. Many people perform their respective duties.

Rudy did not leave, but listened to the young people of the Angus family discussing the early warning plan. He would not interrupt them, but would just listen to their ideas. Rudy would stop them in time before problems occurred.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Rudy returned to where he lived. His family lived on the 13th floor. After returning home, only his wife was still teaching his little daughter something, and no one else was there.

"I'm back. Isn't it particularly cold today?"

Rudy hummed, and after interacting with his daughter for a while, he and his wife prepared dinner together.

"Don't make it so rich tonight, just keep it simple."

Rudy told his wife what happened today, and she understood immediately.

Soon at 5 p.m., the Angus family issued an early warning and began to regulate grain shipments on the market.

Many people are aware that problems may arise in the future, and some people are waiting outside food stores to buy food without even eating.

But soon some people discovered that each person could only buy a few hundred grams of grain per day and could not buy more.

It is true that everyone feels that it is getting colder and colder recently, and such temperatures make many people feel miserable.

In less than an hour, long queues had formed outside food stores in major towns. Some people simply ate some food sent by their families on the road and then waited.

Since the Angus family has issued an early warning, they must quickly stock up on food. The radio is still broadcasting asking people to save as much food as possible when eating every day.

Some factories have also announced relevant measures. Some factories will shorten working hours and wages will be paid as usual.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Rudy watched the news. In front of his children, he praised these young people for doing a good job.

The early warning did not cause any panic. Everything was going on in an orderly manner. Many people had begun to make simple food, and some experienced people were still promoting cooking methods that were delicious and filling.

Soon Rudy received a call from Su Hao, the patriarch of the Su family next door.

"Can you give us some food urgently?"

Su Hao's voice sounded a little calling, Rudy said after understanding the situation.

"The maximum we can give you is 50 tons. This is our limit, but we will have to replace it in the future."

Rudy quickly finalized it, and his eldest son said a little dissatisfied.

"Father, we have to start cutting down on food and drink now, and we have to give them food. In this case..."

Rudy said with a smile.

"I didn't give you food because of my friendship with the Su family. Once the weather gets colder, some clothes will be necessary, and the Su family has a large amount of clothing reserves."

When Rudy said this, his sons and daughters all understood.

After eating, Rudy looked at the documents in the bedroom. He looked at the lights outside the window and the lights in the distance. He felt that this cold wave was not simple. He knew that certain riots had already occurred in other towns, especially those near the edge. Some towns.

Rudy's guess was correct. Sure enough, a phone call came after a while. It was from the mayor of a town east of their Angus territory.

"Mr. Rudy, I hope you can lend us some soldiers, just 1,000 people. There is a riot here now."

After weighing it, Rudy shook his head.

"I'm sorry, the situation here is also very bad. Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to help."

Rudy did not intend to lend them the army, because they did not follow Rudy's advice and crazily squeezed some ordinary people. The result was obvious. Once problems arise, these dissatisfied emotions will definitely burst out.

And if something like this breaks out, then the territory of the Angus family can be expanded again. They mainly produce some materials. This is a very good opportunity for the Angus family who have been doing business with them for a long time.

After a while, another call came in. They were from a small town in the mountains. They hoped that Rudy could give them a batch of medicine urgently because some people were sick. This time Rudy agreed.

There are also mineral reserves in this town. As long as they are given medicine, they can use the reserve ore to subsidize the Angus family.

Throughout the night, Rudy received more than 20 calls and finalized many things. After the end, it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening, and his wife had fallen asleep.

Rudy also planned to go to bed. He was still a little worried, so he got up and gathered some important people in the family.

0 o'clock

Rudy told everyone about the content of the several telephone conversations he had just had. Everyone felt that Rudy did nothing wrong.

"The main purpose of my calling everyone here tonight is to discuss the pattern of the next few months. We have to make certain predictions in advance and then prepare. I hope everyone will speak freely."

Many people spoke up, and Rudy listened carefully and began to take minutes of the meeting.

Over the years, the relatives of the Angus family have also adapted to the practices of the Angus family. The entire Angus family is one, without any distinction between inside and outside.

Even some side branches, their opinions will be taken seriously by Rudy.

Rudy quickly sorted out everyone's conversation and began to talk about the future situation. Food must be guaranteed first, so we must act as soon as possible, communicate with the Chen family, a large household of physical reserves, and then get a batch of food from the Chen family.

The second point is the maintenance of equipment. Some equipment that may be damaged due to the coming of the cold wave must be listed in advance. If you have it, you should speed up production, and if you don't have it, you should negotiate to purchase it.

As long as these two points are ensured, even if the temperature is low for two or three months in the future, there will be no problems in the territory of the Angus family.

It was 2 o'clock in the morning when the discussion ended, and Rudy went back to sleep.

In fact, Rudy is a little tired now. Although his eldest son has done well, he still lacks some experience. Rudy has to continue to educate and train him. The next heir of the Angus family is extremely important.

Rudy is very hesitant about who to choose, because if he can't cross the next era, the Angus family will be destroyed, because Rudy already knows that the war is approaching quietly.

One of Rudy's two sons will be Angus's heir, but one is a little impatient and the other is too gentle.

"It's really difficult!"