The wind picked up lightly, blowing a broken black plastic bag that floated from nowhere, higher and higher.
Li Yu stood on a high platform in the oil city. Standing next to him were Mr. Hu and Ding Jiu.
There were people standing under the high platform.
Among them, oil extraction workers, combatants, and cooperation personnel from the Da Zhangshu base to support construction are all here.
Looking at the bustling crowd, Li Yu said loudly:
"Everyone should already know about the construction of the trading market, so I won't introduce it further."
"Standing next to me are Mr. Hu from Southern Paradise. They will participate in the construction of the trading market project with us."
Everyone focused their attention on Master Hu, who waved to everyone.
Li Yu glanced at Master Hu and asked, "Do you want to say a few words?"
Master Hu shook his head and said, "No, haha."
Li Yu is also not a person who likes to do this kind of spectacle. He pays more attention to practical actions.
So he turned his head, pointed at Ding Jiu and said to everyone:
"This is Ding Jiu, the chief engineer in charge of the construction project."
"This is Xie Changshan, deputy chief engineer."
.....
"I announce that the construction of the trading market will start today. I hope everyone will work hard."
After saying that, he walked off the platform.
Mr. Hu and others followed Li Yu and walked down together.
Ju Tianrui contacted Ding Jiu, divided the manpower, and then brought some construction tools and equipment outside the Oil City.
After Li Yu and Mr. Hu came down from the high platform, they came to the tallest building in the center of the oil city and looked at the scene below.
The north and south gates of Oil City were open. I watched several excavators drive out of the gate of Oil City, and there were pile drivers and so on behind.
Looking at the busy people, Mr. Hu's heart was racing. This is the beginning.
I don’t know what the scene will be like after the trading market is built.
Seeing that construction has started here, the matters that Mr. Hu came to ask for during his trip were already settled with Li Yu yesterday.
So he said to Li Yu:
"City Lord Li, I'm going back as soon as possible. When the time comes, I will send my people here to support the construction. I will also work hard to find building materials at the same time."
Li Yu smiled and nodded:
"Thank you, but I think when your people go out to search for building materials, if they meet some groups of survivors, they can start promoting our trading bazaar."
"In addition, if we can attract them to come and participate in the construction, that would be better."
Li Yu's promise to the affiliated forces in the north was that as long as they came to participate in the construction, they would be exempted from protection fees and would also be provided with food.
Similarly, if more survivors can be attracted to participate in the construction, Li Yu would not mind giving them some food.
After all, hundreds of tons of food have just been obtained from the northern border. This part of the food should be kept. There is no shortage of food supply at the headquarters base.
What's more, looking at the current situation, Li Yu wants to build this trading market as soon as possible.
It can be regarded as exchanging a small amount of food for labor.
Hearing this, Mr. Hu nodded and said:
"Don't worry, I will definitely notify you of this matter."
"Hahaha, okay." Li Yu laughed.
He took the initiative to reach out his hand and shook Lord Hu's hand firmly.
“A pleasure to work with.”
“A pleasure to work with.”
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Later.
Li Yu sent Mr. Hu away from the oil city, and Mr. Hu also left with the long-wave ultra-long-distance radio given to him yesterday.
.......
Ding Jiu and Xie Changshan obtained the list of support personnel in the base the day before yesterday.
In these lists, the jobs and positions of these people before the end of the world are recorded.
They divided these people who had construction experience,
Carry out division of labor.
Fusheng and others directly brought the cement-making equipment from the Da Zhangshu Base to the Oil City to assemble and start production.
Reinforced steel materials are all stored in an abandoned factory near the southwest corner of Oil City.
Outside Oil City.
Xiaoliu held a land surveying instrument and stood at a location near the north, several hundred meters away from the Oil City, and planted a flag on the land.
Then he used a level to circle around the Oil City and marked out the place where the wall was to be built.
Since it is surrounded by flat land, the design is relatively regular.
The entire exterior wall presents a rectangle.
From ancient times to the present, we have always paid attention to "the sky is round and the square is square", so the walls are generally round or square.
In order to make it look more regular, a rectangular wall was adopted.
Rumble——
Excavator digs soil.
There are people in the back who are responsible for transporting the soil away, and there are people who are responsible for driving piles...
When everyone was at the Dazhangshu Base, most of them had participated in the construction of the Fourth Outer City, so there was still a degree of tacit cooperation.
The progress throughout the morning was quite obvious.
Hu Ye and others, who left Oil City, also arrived at Southern Paradise after several hours' drive.
As soon as he returned to Southern Paradise, Mr. Tiger found Wu Li.
"Tomorrow, you transport the people who cooperated with Oil City to participate in the construction, as I told you before, to Oil City."
"In addition, how is the collection of building materials going now?"
Wu Li looked a little embarrassed and said:
"There is no problem with personnel, and building materials can be found, but there is a big problem with transportation!"
Master Hu frowned and asked:
"what is the problem?"
Wu Li said with some embarrassment:
"Vehicles are needed to transport building materials, and fuel is required to operate the vehicles. So many building materials need to be transported, and the fuel consumption is too high. We have just made a transaction with Oil City."
"If it's all used for transportation, then we won't be able to use it elsewhere..."
When Mr. Hu heard this, his brows relaxed slightly.
He smiled slightly and said:
"You can rest assured about this. I made an agreement with City Master Li yesterday. We will be responsible for searching and transporting building materials, and they will be responsible for giving us the fuel we need."
"All of them?" Wu Li asked in surprise.
Mr. Hu nodded and said, "Well, City Lord Li is a man who does great things, and he is very courageous."
"call--"
After hearing Mr. Hu's affirmation, Wu Li breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that the trading bazaar jointly built with Oil City would directly hollow out their southern paradise.
In addition to a lot of people, energy, and building materials, there was also the search.
If you still have to use the little fuel, it will be a huge loss.
After all, they all used their own supplies to exchange for fuel.
In turn, they have to use the fuel they exchanged to do things for Oil City.
This is a bit...
"Do you have any other questions?" Master Hu looked at him and asked.
"No more for now." Wu Li said.
"Um."
Master Hu was about to leave when he stopped and explained again:
"This matter is very important. You must take it seriously. I don't want City Lord Li to be unhappy because something went wrong."
"The collection of building materials must also be accelerated, so as not to fail to keep up with their construction speed."
Wu Li quickly patted his chest and promised:
"Master Hu, don't worry, I know what's going on."
"good."
After Master Hu finished speaking, he walked towards his residence.
He was drunk last night and sat in a car for several hours this morning. He is already old and lacks energy.
I was extremely sleepy at this time and wanted to go to sleep quickly.
....
Northern Territory.
Since Li Yu left, some affiliated forces have returned to their respective bases one after another.
But there is one force that remains.
In the past two days, the leader of the He Gang has been asking Lao Xie about the construction of the trading market that Li Yu mentioned before.
"Are you sure that as long as we participate in the construction in the past, we will be given food, and will we be exempted from the protection fee?" The leader of the Crane Gang asked again.
Lao Xie said impatiently:
"Xiaohe, you have asked me this question almost three hundred times, and I tell you clearly, yes, yes, yes!"
"What our city lord Jinkou Yuyan said, can it be true?"
Hetian thought for a while and then said:
"I don't know where that oil city is? Could you please send someone to take us there?"
Lao Xie said helplessly: "Okay, if you really want to go, I will find two people to take you there. When will you go?"
Hetian gritted his teeth and said: "When I go back to clean up, I will bring people to the north first, in about three days. Is that okay?"
"Okay, then you can come back to me in three days. I will arrange for someone to take you there then," Lao Xie said.
He Tian nodded. Judging from the contacts in the past few days, he was keenly aware that this was an excellent opportunity.
It's free to lead your own team.
But the pressure is also great. There is a northern border on top, and protection fees have to be paid every three months. The pressure is huge.
Instead of doing this, it is better to join this trading bazaar directly and join this new northern force in disguise.
It's nice to enjoy the shade under the big tree and relax.
As far as he knew, after the meeting that day.
Tu Wentan from the Karst Cave and Tong Rugui from the Dawn Group returned directly to their bases, and then brought people over yesterday.
Lao Xie also sent two people to take them to Oil City.
Tu Wentan and Tong Rugui did not send all the people over, but only sent half of the people, but there were more than 500 people in total.
Now if this iron-blooded man also sent people there, there would probably be seven or eight hundred people there.
Having so many people go to Oil City to build the trading bazaar will definitely speed up the construction.
The third uncle has been managing the affairs of the Northern Territory these days, and there is one thing that gives him a headache.
That is the raw material for building a greenhouse, and there are not enough solar panels.
Polycarbonate, the raw material for producing solar panels, is also difficult to find.
A mission was released, but the affiliated forces were not willing to participate.
After all, the distance is too far and long-distance transportation is required, so the risk is too high.
The third uncle remembered the Southern Paradise not far from Zhejiang Province, so he simply told Li Yu about it.
After Li Yu learned about the situation on his third uncle's side, he tried to use radio to contact Mr. Tiger in Southern Paradise.
Sizzling——
"This is Li Yu from Oil City. Calling Southern Paradise. Please answer when you receive it."
Li Yu called three times in a row, but still no reply.
I thought to myself:
It shouldn't be. They tested it when they left today.
It shouldn't be useful.
Called a few more times.
Finally heard the answer.
"Hello City Master Li, I am Tang Ji from Southern Paradise. Master Hu has been sleeping and resting since he came back. I will call him now. Please wait a moment."
As he spoke, he said to Zhou Xing next to him:
"Go and call Master Hu quickly. City Lord Li is looking for him."
Zhou Xing hurriedly ran upstairs after hearing this.
This long-wave radio was given to Master Hu by Li Yu, and Master Hu valued it very much.
So I put this radio in the building where I live.
And they also sent someone to monitor and answer calls.
Tap tap tap——
Zhou Xing hurriedly ran upstairs and saw Master Hu's door tightly closed.
I was about to reach out and knock on the door, but stopped again.
When Mr. Hu first came back, his face was full of exhaustion. Now I asked him to rest... I'm afraid it wouldn't be good.
However, City Lord Li can't be kept waiting, just in case something big happens.
So, he gritted his teeth and knocked on the door.
Tuk Tuk——
After knocking several times, an old and tired voice finally came from inside.
"Who? What?"
Zhou Xing hurriedly said: "Chengdu Li from Oil City is looking for you and has something to tell you."
Wow——
Zhou Xing, who was outside, heard the sound of the quilt being lifted.
Da da da--
Squeak——
The door opened instantly, and Mr. Hu walked downstairs with messy hair and slippers on.
Seeing him like this, Zhou Xing thought to himself: It seems that what he did was right...
soon.
Mr. Hu came downstairs.
"City Lord Li, what do you want from me?"
After hearing Master Hu's voice, Li Yu said:
"I heard you were resting, I'm sorry to disturb you."
"But I really have something to do here. I need some raw materials for making solar panels, called polycarbonate, and some related production equipment. I wonder if you can help me find them."
"As far as I know, there is a large manufacturer in northern Zhejiang Province. You are also going to collect building materials. Help me find this factory and see if it is still available."
When Mr. Hu heard this, he was confused.
What is polycarbonate?
But that didn't stop him from understanding what Li Yu meant and asking him to help find something.
And it's not far from their southern paradise.
Since it was City Lord Li who spoke, he must agree.
So Lord Tiger said:
"No problem, I don't understand this very well, but I will ask the people below me later. They often go out to collect supplies, and maybe they have been to that place."
Li Yu felt happy when he heard Master Hu agreed.
He smiled and said:
"Thank you Mr. Hu, let's do this. As long as you help us find this raw material and equipment, I will reimburse you for the fuel, and I will compensate you for 50 tons of fuel."
Mr. Hu originally had no intention of asking for benefits, but after hearing that Li Yu would give him fuel, it was difficult for him to refuse.
After all, their southern paradise lacks two things the most.
Food and fuel.
Fifty tons is already a lot for them.
It already accounts for half of the fuel volume of a transaction with Oil City.
"City Master Li is so polite." Mr. Hu's lips raised slightly.
Oil City is clearly stronger than them and can be robbed, but it can trade with them fairly.
This made Mr. Hu very relieved.
After talking about this, Li Yu cut off the radio.
Look at the pile driver in the distance, hammering the ground one by one.
A strange feeling suddenly arose in my heart.
In the past, I had to collect things myself every time, but with a few words, I can get it done.
