Chapter 181 Water Conservation(1/2)
Qifeng has never been idle since he came to St. Liwen City.
In addition to taking advantage of Xiao Yanyu's camera for comics, Qi Feng also always pays attention to the affairs of the officials in St. Liwen City.
Before coming, Qi Feng specially visited several large companies and families with manpower in St. Liwen City and asked for their help.
After Qi Feng's various requests, they finally agreed to send more manpower to St. Liwen City.
This alone is enough for Qifeng to be grateful.
Among them, the one that Qifeng has the highest expectations for is the famous Eternal Company.
It possesses almost all the weapons of the Highgate Kingdom, and this alone is enough for Qi Feng to have high hopes for it.
Qi Feng hopes that these weapons can help him repel those from the Ole Empire and return the city of St. Leven to his hands.
The boss of Eternal Company, Iverson, is a very knowledgeable businessman, and Qi Feng trusts him very much.
This is not only because Iverson gave him a lot of help during the election, but also because of Iverson's own daughter Amisha.
She is a female character who appears very frequently in comics.
Qi Feng naturally has a good impression of such a character who appears frequently.
He has been in contact with Iverson recently. Iverson gave him a lot of good weapons. Most of the weapons in the hands of soldiers in St. Liwen City are from their company. In order to repay Iverson, Qifeng
Naturally, he will also be given a large sum of money.
In addition, Qifeng will also agree to some less excessive requests.
For example...place some people from the Eternal Company in some locations in St. Leven City.
As long as these important people are taken care of, there will definitely be no problems.
Qi Feng forgot which senior official in the officialdom once told him - just take care of the people in key positions and don't make them feel dissatisfied.
In this way, his position can be secure, and as for other unimportant people... there is no point in pleasing those people.
Qifeng has always believed in this idea for so many years, and facts have proven that its success rate is indeed very good.
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"The most troublesome thing in St. Leven City these days is the refugees."
The biting cold wind of St. Liwen City was blowing by. Qi Feng and a fat official stood in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside the window from a distance.
That official was one of the people sent by Eternal Company, and he was on Qi Feng's priority list.
Because he is not only the current finance minister of St. Leven City, but also Iverson's biological brother.
Qi Feng has always respected him very much. This Minister of Finance is a very smart and capable person. He has been in office for such a long time, not to mention anything else. Speaking of military expenditure alone, Qi Feng has almost no money for such a long time.
How could it be missing?
Therefore, even though he had heard that the source of the finance minister's funds might not be so...legitimate, Qi Feng didn't care much.
The only thing he cares about is whether the Finance Minister will maintain his original efficiency and provide him with funds.
"Due to the invasion of the Orai Empire, many people in the Highgate Kingdom became refugees." The Finance Minister said slowly.
"Yes, some people are still in Highgate, and some are even trapped in the area occupied by the Ole Empire." Qi Feng said.
"They are currently strongly requesting that Highgate State send people to rescue them and find a place to resettle them properly."
"...Having said that, if those refugees are brought back again, they will definitely cause a lot of burdens."
Listening to the words of the Minister of Finance, Qi Feng had already vaguely guessed what he wanted to say. He asked tentatively, "Then what do you mean..."
"Those refugees, let them fend for themselves." Finally, the Finance Minister said what he had not said.
When Qi Feng heard this, he hesitated slightly.
Indeed, at present, giving up the refugees is indeed the best way for Highgate's domestic finances, but Qifeng has never done anything like this in so many years.
Every first time, it will make people hesitate.
"If we continue to cut off the situation, we will suffer chaos." The Finance Minister said softly: "Besides, what use are those refugees?"
"Most of them are just a group of people who were born in the slums and grew up in the slums. Even if some of them may be better than others, they are nothing compared to the people in the city."
"Those people in the three cities of Highgate are the ones we need to care about."
"There are geniuses with bright minds, descendants of big families with noble blood, great artists, and outstanding businessmen... Just protect them, they are the seeds of the fire."
"As for the rest, it doesn't matter."
The hesitant look on Qi Feng's face gradually faded away. After a while, he opened his eyes and nodded firmly.
Yes, that's right.
On this matter, Qi Feng finally agreed with the Minister of Finance.
And just a few days after the conversation between Qi Feng and the Minister of Finance——
In the old base of St. Liwen City.
A Daybreak member who was responsible for guarding the door looked at the refugees outside the window and rubbed his eyes again.
"Why are they here again?"
Recently, there are always groups of people appearing near the old base, and these people look very strange.
After they arrive, they often don't come near or leave, they just watch from a distance.
Look at this base that has regained its light.
The Dawn staff initially wanted to drive them away.
But then they thought about it, in such a garbage dump, who else could they expel?
In addition, their leader had warned them not to take any action against this group of refugees, so even though these people were an eyesore, Daybreak's staff did not do anything extra for the time being and just let them look at them.
Occasionally, they will observe these refugees and study their purpose.
But most of the time, these gatekeepers don't have that much time.
Everyone in the old base has been working in full swing recently, and everyone is working hard just to make the old base more comfortable.
After all, these members of Breaking Dawn have all come from hard times, so they cherish their current days especially.
Even Zhu Xianyue couldn't help feeling that these people from the slums were much better at work than those pampered guys in the city.
"Hurry up, maybe there will be a hot bath for you tonight."
Zhu Xianyue used this thing that is considered a luxury in St. Liwen City to seduce the members of Dawn.
The research speed in the slums is almost ridiculous.
Zhu Xianyue didn't know what kind of things her brother had left behind.
But it was obvious that her brother not only used his practical spirit in teaching and educating people, but also used it in other aspects.
When Zhu Xianyue found an almost complete floor plan of St. Liwen City's pipeline transportation system in the old base's information, she was speechless for a long time.
After a while, Zhu Xianyue looked up to the sky and sighed.
——Qifeng, Qifeng.
Her brother was really blind to put that information in your hands.
I wish Mingyue could use that information to do something else, such as joining the Ole Empire or something, and she would not end up like this.
This water comes from a river in a slum in Highgate Country, and it must have been five or six years since her brother started building these pipelines in St. Leven City.
Zhu Xianyue carefully led Dawn's people to repair the damaged pipes along the way, and tested it several times with Xiaobai.
Finally, when the clean water really flowed into St. Liwen City, Zhu Xianyue looked at the joyful Dawn members alone and remained silent for ten minutes.
No one knew why Wu Mian was in a bad mood. Zhu Xianyue only said that he was tired, but this reason was unanimously recognized by everyone at Daybreak.
They all felt that Wu Mian, who could come up with such a great idea, must be very tired, so they wanted to take a rest.
No one really noticed Zhu Xianyue's mood.
The water that was introduced into St. Leven City began to flow along the pipeline. If the pipeline is complete and not damaged, then the water will naturally flow into the homes of those along the way.
However, those pipes with faceless designs have been destroyed by the military and even the residents themselves, and now there is nothing left.
——So, in the end, there are probably only a few people who can enjoy this water source right now, including the old base.
"Did you hear that?" A slender man repaired a previously damaged instrument and turned to the people behind him and shouted, "As long as today's work is over, everyone will have a hot bath to take a shower!"
"Hahaha..." His words caused laughter from the group of people behind him.
Some people shouted loudly, "I'm afraid even some officials in St. Liwen City can't take hot baths every day, right?"
"No! St. Liwen City has been short of water since half a month ago! All the places used to draw water have been occupied by the Ole Empire!"
"Now those people outside have to wait for water to be brought from Highgate."
"Then the life we are living now is more prosperous than that of the official?"
Zhu Xianyue leaned on the rocking chair, closed her eyes and listened to the voices of those outside.
"There are so many people wandering around our base all the time. Didn't Qi Feng notice it?"
To be continued...