第一百四十一章 山林开垦意见稿
Yuan Kun felt uneasy.
袁昆有点心慌。
In fact, he had already received the expanded model announcement, calling for a meeting of the heads of nearby medium and small shed zones.
实际上他刚才就收到那个扩散开的模型宣告了，要召集附近的中大小棚区的负责人开会。
The message was blunt: only those with authority. It named names and notified them. By now, those on the way included the representatives of the Song Shed Zone, Ning Yang Shed Zone, Lijiang Shed, and Wuyou Goods Trade Shed Zone.
人家说得很直接，要去说得上话的人，并点名告知，现在过去的已经有宋氏棚区、宁洋棚区，丽疆大棚、无忧货贸等棚区的负责人。
When Yuan Kun heard the name of the Dusk Shed Zone among them, he immediately felt moved and tried to slip away. But the shed master of Kongshan Shed Zone had been tipped off and intercepted him using a Mental Link.
当袁昆在其中听到黄昏大棚的名字时，立即意动，准备开溜，却被立马得知消息的箜山大棚棚主给发动心灵链接截住。
“Master Jiazi rarely convenes a assembly; he must have some new ideas to announce. That young man who previously kept a low profile is quite talented. You’ve had some association with him before. Go there, learn well, take detailed meeting minutes, and report back to me afterwards.”
{甲子间货队长难得召开一次大会，肯定是有什么新想法要宣布。这位之前不显山漏水的小子，是个人才。你们之前有点交情，去了好好学学，做好会议记录，回来后跟我报告。}
“Yes, shed master.”
“是，棚主。”
Yuan Kun felt a twinge of vexation. He had been dodging and avoiding for the past half month, never imagining this day would finally come.
袁昆感觉有点牙酸。这半个月他千躲万防，没想到这一天还是来了。
He never expected that the humble goods transport team, which he had dismissed as nothing, could attract so many people. Moreover, it had maintained order in the market, prevented chaos, and earned so many time-sequences, making his own shed master green with envy for a long time.
他万万没想到，当时看不上眼的穷酸货队，居然能吸引如此多的人前来，还将市场维持得井井有条，没有骚乱，还能赚那么多时序，早就让自己的棚主眼馋不已。
The shed master insisted that, leveraging his status as Master Jiazi’s first customer, he conduct trade here to rake in a huge profit.
棚主非要让自己借着跟甲子间的首位顾客身份在这里做贸易，以便大赚一笔。
“Captain Yuan Kun, so you’re here. Planning to head into the mountains?”
“袁昆队长，原来你在这里。是准备进山？”
A figure on horseback approached. It was Zhang Ao, looking gaunt and expressionless.
一个骑马的人影走过来，正是看上去消瘦，脸上没什么表情的张傲。
“Aren’t you going to check on your cousin?” Zhang Ao said.
“你不去看看你家老表吗？”张傲道。
“What cousin?”
“哪个老表？”
Riding on horseback, dressed in a snug outfit, Yuan Kun turned his head in bewilderment, looking at the man on the sorrel horse beside him.
骑在马上，衣装劲道的袁昆有点茫然的转头，看向旁边的枣红马儿上的人。
“The security captain of the Unworried Goods Team. You share the same surname—if you’re not cousins, what are you?”
“无忧货队的安保队长啊，你们都一个姓不是老表是什么。”
“……”
“……”
“Let’s go, to the meeting. If we’re late, we might not even get seats.”
“走吧，开会，去晚了恐怕没椅子坐。”
The two horsemen turned around and headed towards the stone house that had just appeared in the model announcement.
两道马匹的身影调转方向，往模型宣告中新出现的那座岩石房屋而去。
Outside the stone house’s gate, the crowd craned their necks to peer inside. Beside the main seat of the meeting hall, two exhaust fans of the Evil Nightmare Devices wheezed weakly, feebly proclaiming the meeting’s august nature.
岩石房屋的大门外，人群歪着脑袋往里看，会议厅主位旁的两个恶魇模器排风扇发出苟延残喘的嗡鸣，有气无力的彰显会议的尊贵性。
“Come, come, Captain Ma, please take a seat here.”
“来来来，马队长，请入座这边。”
“Peng Leader Zhang has arrived. This way, please.”
“张棚主来了，这边请。”
“I wouldn’t dare, wouldn’t dare. Here, I can hardly call myself a leader.”
“不敢不敢，在这里，我哪敢什么棚主。”
After being registered by Zuo Feixian, Teacher Chen, and a lady at the door, people of all shapes and sizes politely entered, guided to their seats by Wang Chong, Fan Xiuyun, and others.
经过门口左非闲、陈老师以及一位女士的登记后，高矮胖瘦的人们一个个客气的进入，被王翀与范修云等人引导入座。
Around the long table formed by three large square tables pushed together, people sat in layers three deep, with many others left standing.
三个大方桌拼凑成的长条桌两旁，里三层外三层的都陆续坐满了人，还站了不少。
“Is there anyone else?”
“还有没有人？”
“Yes, yes, yes. I’m from the Zhang shed beyond the mountain, attending the meeting on behalf of our Peng leader.”
“有有有，我是山那边的张家棚的人，我替我们棚主来开会。”
A dust-covered man hopped off a Evil Nightmare Motorcycle, which had small little eyes.
一个灰头土脸的人从长着只小眼睛的恶魇摩托上跳下来。
“Giddyup!” Two horses dashed up and quickly came to a halt at the gate.
“驾！”两匹马冲来，快速在门口停下。
Zhang Ao jumped down from his horse, handed the reins to the two who had just arrived, and strode forward.
马上的张傲跳下来，将缰绳交给刚刚赶到这里的两人，往前走去。
“Greetings. I am Zhang Ao, from the Kongshan shed.”
“您好，我是箜山大棚的人，我名张傲。”
Teacher Chen glanced at the man. Having seen him before but leaving no impression, he said to the lady taking notes beside him, “Zhang Ao, head of the Kongshan shed, enter.”
陈老师看了眼这人，自己见过但对他没什么印象，于是对着身旁做记录的女士道：“箜山大棚的负责人张傲，进去吧。”
Zhang Ao stepped across the threshold but then stopped and turned his head to look at Yuan Kun, still on his horse.
张傲跨过门槛，又手脚停住转头看向还在马上的袁昆。
“Come on over.”
“你过来啊。”
The horse let out a snort and shuffled its hooves before being reined in by Yuan Kun.
马儿打了个响鼻，蹄子动了两下，被袁昆拉住。
Zuo Feixian glanced at Yuan Kun and said to Zhang Ao, “He doesn’t need to go in.”
左非闲看了眼袁昆，对着张傲道：“他不用进去了。”
Zhang Ao looked at the noisy people inside the room, “Is it only one person per shed district?”
张傲看了眼闹哄哄的屋内之人，“每个棚区只能进一人吗？”
Zuo Feixian cleared his throat, imitating Mr. Chen’s demeanor as he tried to straighten his back with solemn effort, and said:
左非闲清了清嗓子，学着陈老师的气质努力郑重的挺直腰杆道：
“Well, in theory, it’s only one person, but since this is a respected guest from a shed district, yeah, I suppose you could bring an assistant along.”
“还好，理论上是只进一人，不过既然是大棚区，嗯，这种尊贵的客人，倒也能再带位助手。”
“I can be the assistant,” Zhang Ao said, then beckoned Yuan Kun.
“我可以是助手。”说罢，张傲对着袁昆招了招手。
By then, Yuan Kun had already dismounted, feeling embarrassed. He walked over, coughed lightly into his fist, and said:
此刻的袁昆已经拉不下脸的站下马来，他走了过来，握拳在嘴轻轻咳嗽了下，说道：
“I’m… um, from the Wu Liang Shed, Yuan Kun.”
“我嗯是呜陆嗯大棚，袁昆。”
“What?” Neither Mr. Chen nor the woman beside him recording heard him clearly.
“啥？”陈老师和他身旁执笔的女士都没听清。
“It’s the ‘Huanghun Rural-Yield Shed,’ Yuan Kun,” Zuo Feixian said. “But there are already two people inside, so you don’t need to go in.”
“是‘黄昏大棚’，袁昆。”左非闲道，“不过，里面已经有两位了，你就不用进去了。”
Instantly, the two who had already taken their seats at the table turned their heads to look at the doorway.
顿时，屋内已经在桌旁入座的两位，转头看向门口。
Zhang Ao narrowed his eyes immediately, a sharp gaze fixed on Yuan Kun’s guilty face.
张傲眼眸立即眯了眯，锐利的目光落在心虚的袁昆脸上。
“Three people… hmm, we can still squeeze in a few more,” Mr. Chen said, glancing around the room. “Better that he goes in.”
“三人…嗯，倒也能再塞进几个，”陈老师看了眼屋子里，“还是进去吧。”
The woman next to him raised her pen, intending to add Yuan Kun’s name after the Huanghun Rural-Yield Shed entry.
身旁女人提笔，打算在黄昏大棚后面添个袁昆的名讳。
Zhang Ao leaned in slightly and said in a low whisper, “I’m sorry, he got it wrong earlier. We’re from the Qiongshan Shed, not the Huanghun Rural-Yield Shed.”
张傲靠前一步轻声道，“不好意思，他刚刚没说清楚，我们是箜山大棚，不是黄昏大棚。”
“Uh… What?”
“呃…啊？”
Zuo Feixian tilted his head, bared his teeth, and squinted at Yuan Kun beside him, who was turning his head away.
左非闲歪头咧嘴，虚眼看向身旁将头扭向一旁的袁昆。
“He’s right. Let’s go in quickly,” Yuan Kun said hastily.
“他说得没错，我们快进去吧。”袁昆赶紧道。
As he spoke, he pushed Zhang Ao into the room. The two people from the small shed area who had come for the meeting and were waiting behind them looked on in confusion, then reported their names before entering.
说罢推着张傲就进了屋，等在他们后面的两个小棚区来开会的人不明所以的看了眼后，报上自己名字进入。
Inside the room, Wang Xin, now seated, let her gaze fall on Yuan Kun, who was standing by the table not far from the hillside.
屋子里，落座的王馨目光落在山旁不远处靠近桌子的袁昆身上。
“No wonder that rumor existed. I was wondering who was so bored as to fabricate such a flimsy lie that could be debunked with a single touch…”
“难怪有那种传言，我还在想谁那么无聊，造那种一戳就破的谣言…”
Her hands unconsciously clenched into fists.
她的手不由自主捏成了拳。
The room was small, so any sound from the door, however faint, could still be heard if one paid attention. Suddenly, she recalled a certain rumor from a few days ago: It was said that on the second day of the big client’s cargo team’s encampment, their own Evening Gang had come to collect protection money but was given a thorough beating by the captain of the Jia Interval cargo team.
屋子就这么大，门口的声音再怎么小只要注意还是能听到，顿时她就想到了前些日子的某个谣传：据说大甲方货队刚驻扎的第二天，自己的黄昏大棚就跑来收保护费，却被甲子间货队长给一通收拾。
As for this news, Wang Xin didn’t take it seriously after the first hearing.
关于这则消息，初听过后王馨就没怎么当回事儿。
After all, rumors like this had no real impact on either the big client side or her own sector, since both parties knew it was baseless.
反正这种谣言，不论是对大甲方还是自己棚区来说，根本没有任何杀伤力，因为当事双方都晓得这是无中生有的事。
“Why would Director Zuo mistake the goods from Kongshan for my Dusky Canopy people?”
“为什么左主任会把箜山那些货认为是我黄昏大棚的人…”
She glanced at Yang Zicang, who was walking out of a small side room with a stack of documents. The young man stood by the main seat facing the door, straightened the documents on the desk, and invited everyone to sit down and start the meeting.
她看了眼拿着叠文件从旁边小屋子中走出的杨子藏，青年站在靠内面对门的主位旁，在桌面齐了齐文件，招呼大家入座开始会议。
But at that moment, Wang Xin felt like sitting on needles.
但王馨此刻却如坐针毡。
Her unease grew, as the various somewhat harsh treatments her team had suffered in this temporary market over the past period continuously surfaced in her mind.
她心里越发不安，关于这段时间自己的队伍在这临时的集市内所受到的、种种略显苛刻的待遇，不断浮现脑海。
Wang Xin had only thought that the major client’s cargo team treated the shed area and the wanderers the same, and hadn’t taken it seriously, but at this moment…
王馨还只当是大甲方货队对大棚区和流浪之人一视同仁，也没当回事，但此刻…
“Could it be… not just a rumor!”
“难道…不是谣言！”
Her face paled again as she looked at Yuan Kun, catching him averting his guilty gaze from her.
她再次脸色难看的望向袁昆，恰好看到对方挪开望向自己的心虚目光。
“Damn!”
“靠！”
The woman’s face flushed red with faint anger.
女人的面容腾地就微怒发红。
Yang Zicang’s voice rang out: “Everyone, the reason we’re holding this meeting today is, first, to thank you all for your help and support during these days. Thank you.”
杨子藏的声音响起：“诸位，我们今天在这里召开这个会议，一是感谢这些日子大家的帮助与抬举，谢谢各位。”
The room buzzed with laughter and replies; everyone knew these were just polite words, and the real topic was yet to come.
屋内闹哄哄的笑声应答，大家都晓得这只是客气话，接下来的才是正题。
“Additionally, this is the draft ‘Opinion on Regulations for Mountain Reclamation and Resource Allocation,’ which I’ve hastily prepared after discussing with several shed masters.”
“另外，这是我刚刚跟几位大棚主商议后，赶出来的《山林开垦与资源分配守则意见稿》。”
Upon hearing this, the expressions of some large team leaders in the room shifted.
闻听此言，屋内一些大队伍的人面色一变。
“What does this mean?”
“这是什么意思？”
“Reclamation and resource allocation—are they trying to restrict our access to resources once we enter the forest?”
“开垦和资源分配，是要限制我们进入林区后的资源获取？”
“That’s not very upright, Captain Jia.”
“这不厚道吧，甲队长。”
Although the large teams were immediately dissatisfied, the small teams and those limited to only gathering wore delighted expressions.
虽然大队伍立即有了不满情绪，但屋内的小队伍和只能搞采集的人都面带喜色。
Was this about further subdividing the resource allocation in the mountains?
这是要更进一步细分山林里的资源分配？
For those of weaker strength, this was a good thing!
对实力底的人来说是件好事啊！
Yuan Kun sighed inwardly; only someone with strength like Jia’s could bring up such a proposal, otherwise, who would listen to your directives.
袁昆暗叹一声，也只有甲子间这种实力的人才能开这个口，否则谁会听你指派。
He glanced at Zhang Ao beside him. The guy had already laid out a model and was communicating with someone the moment he sat down. While thinking this fellow was rather impolite, he also felt a flicker of tension, hoping it wasn’t a live broadcast to the shed owner, though considering his relationship with the deputy shed owner, it probably wouldn’t be.
他瞟了眼身旁的张傲，这家伙居然一落座就展开了模型不知与谁通讯。想着这家伙真是不太礼貌的同时，也心中微紧，希望不是跟棚主转播，不过想着他跟副棚主的关系，也应该不会跟棚主转播。
He only needed to record the meeting content and relay it back later.
自己只需要记录好会议内容，回去转述就行了。
YangZicang said, “Well, that’s part of it, but the deeper meaning isn’t really that simple. You can all pass these around and take a look—the content is straightforward. Alternatively, would anyone like to read it out loud for me?”
杨子藏道：“嗯，有这个意思，但具体的深意并非如此。大家可以互相传阅一下，内容很简单，或者哪位帮我念一下。”
He handed over the paper in his hand. The several large shed owners who already knew what was on it understood its contents well, sitting in their seats without approval or objection, keeping their mouths shut and staying silent.
他递出手中的纸张，已经知晓内容的几位大棚主当然晓得这上面写的什么，他们没有同意也没有反对的坐在座位上，闭着嘴不发表看法。
“Let me do it.” One person stood up and said.
“我来吧。”一人起身道。
This was a deputy shed owner from a medium-sized shed area, his face covered in large acne like mold, perhaps from long-term consumption of toxic food.
这是个中型棚区的副棚主，不知是否长期吃有毒的食物，脸上满是黑痘痘，如同发霉了般。
He nonchalantly took the paper, unfolded it, glanced at it, and then his mouth hung open, unable to close as he stared.
他无所谓的接过后展开纸张，看了眼后嘴巴就张着合不拢了。
“Let me do it.”
“我来吧。”
The person beside him stood up, snatched the paper, unfolded it, took a look, and started coughing as if choked.
他身旁一个人起身夺过纸张，展开看了眼后，呛着般咳嗽了起来。
“This, what is this?!”
“这，这是啥啊！”
“What’s the matter?”
“什么啊？”
Those nearby, who had initially felt indifferent, were now drawn by curiosity. They stood up and craned their necks to get a closer look.
他们旁边本来还感觉没什么的人，此刻都被好奇所吸引，站起身凑着脑袋过来细看。
“Huh?”
“啊？”
“St-stabilized… Class A lost-frequency interlocks? Do they think this is still the city?”
“稳、稳定…A级失频交错地？当这儿还是城市呢？”
“No way, building a common shed district?”
“不会吧，建立共有棚区？”
As soon as these words were uttered, the entire table, and even the whole room, instantly erupted into commotion.
这声音一出，桌子对面乃至整个屋子里顿时骚动起来。
“What the hell, did I hear that right?”
“啥玩意儿，我没听错？”
“What are you guys looking at?”
“你们在看啥啊。”
The paper was passed around, and some people exchanged bewildered glances.
纸张被流传开来，一些人面面相觑。
“Does this mean… stabilizing those mountains?!”
“这意思，是要稳定那几座山？！”
Hearing the uproar, Yuanlong at the table glanced at YangZicang. After receiving a nod from him, he cleared his throat and spoke to those around him:
听到众人的哗然，桌子旁的元龙看了眼杨子藏，待对方点点头后，他清了清嗓子对着周围的人道：
“Everyone, someone said earlier that it would be great if this lively market could last forever.”
“诸位，之前有人说，这么热闹的集市要是能不消失该多好。”
The buzzing chatter subsided significantly, as dozens of gazes fell on the middle-aged man at the table. Those seated at the table were all heads of the greenhouse zones and major trading caravans. For this man to speak up, he was undoubtedly a discussant or even an initiator of this matter.
众人嗡嗡的议论声消减许多，数十道目光落在这桌子旁的中年人身上。能在桌旁入座的，都是大棚区与大贸易队的负责人，此人开口，肯定是这件事的商议者甚至是发起者之一。
“That’s true, but every scene in this land begins to decay after at most half a year, and will eventually vanish completely…”
“话是没错，可凡进入这片大地的幕景地，最多半年过后就会开始衰败，迟早会消失殆尽…”
“Stabilizing the mountains—so that’s the purpose of your meeting?!”
“稳定山林，难道那就是你们开会的目的？！”
Yuanlong smiled with an imposing demeanor and said, “Exactly. If we can stabilize an A-level frequency discordance zone, these mountains will endure forever in this fading frequency land. Imagine how beautiful that sight would be.”
元龙笑了笑，气度不凡的道：“正是如此。如果我们能稳定一片A级交错地，这片山林将在失频之地长存。想想，那样的景象该多美。”
The crowd was startled, and some even shuddered.
众人顿时心惊胆颤，有人甚至不寒而栗。
Indeed, it would be beautiful, but that beauty comes at a cost!
那的确很美，但这种美却是有代价的！
“Do you have any idea how many entropy models that would require?!”
“你知道，那需要多少失念模型吗！”
One person shouted angrily, followed by another.
一人愤怒出声，紧接着是另一人。