Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2021: Eight Levels on the Construction Site
Construction sites are everywhere in and around the oil city, and the noise from the construction equipment is deafening.

A scene of bustling activity, presenting a thriving and prosperous picture.

The trading market was as bustling and crowded as ever.

Thanks to the continuous propaganda from the oil city, the survivors who flocked in each day learned about the trading market.

They all chose to stay here.

People from all walks of life flocked here, bringing vitality to the trading market.

As the central business district of the trading market, it has a strong commercial atmosphere, with new shops opening almost every week.

The third side street has fewer people compared to the main street.

One of the newly opened shops had a long queue outside.

Pedestrians passing by also curiously looked at the newly opened store.

"Why are there so many people? What kind of store is this?"

"Didn't you see the big characters written above? It's TCM Hall, that's all."

"Why are there so many people? It seems there are some skilled old doctors in this traditional Chinese medicine clinic."

The people in line overheard passersby talking about this and couldn't help but chime in:

"Let me tell you, Dr. Huang at this traditional Chinese medicine clinic is exceptionally skilled. I've heard that many people have been cured after seeing him."

Those around were surprised, "That's amazing."

The person in line to register replied:
"Of course, my uncle had previously injured his leg on a construction site when a steel bar fell on it, and he quickly healed it in a few strokes."

"My cousin had rhinitis for many years, and he cured her too. It's really amazing."

"Really? Then I'll come and take a look too."

What's wrong with you?

"Kidney deficiency."

In the Chinese Medicine Hall.

An elderly traditional Chinese medicine doctor, over seventy years old, sat upright in the hall, with a man in his thirties sitting next to him.

This old Chinese medicine doctor had white hair and beard and was very thin, but he looked quite energetic.

He was taking the pulse of the young man in front of him.

After taking the pulse for a while, the old Chinese medicine doctor Huang Zonghao said to the man in front of him:
"Open your mouth and look at your tongue."

Biaozi immediately opened his mouth.

"Okay, stick your tongue out."

Biaozi did as instructed immediately.

The old Chinese medicine doctor nodded and said, "You have a lot of dampness in your body and a weak spleen and stomach. Do you have diarrhea?"

Biaozi quickly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I've had diarrhea for almost a year, and my stools are loose. I feel weak all the time."

The traditional Chinese medicine doctor asked him to extend his right hand so he could continue taking his pulse.

After taking the pulse, the experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctor gave his diagnosis:
"You have kidney deficiency and liver qi stagnation. I guess you don't sleep very well either. Your spleen and stomach are weak. I guess you used to eat irregularly, which damaged your digestive system. So you get diarrhea no matter what you eat. This problem is very common in trading markets."

I'll prescribe some traditional Chinese medicine for you. You need to take it for four weeks. After you finish taking it, you'll feel much better.

Also, avoid eating raw or cold foods during this period.

After saying that, he picked up a pen and paper and began to write:
Astragalus membranaceus, Artemisia capillaris, Agrimonia pilosa, Spatholobus suberectus, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, stir-fried Spatholobus suberectus, stir-fried Atractylodes macrocephala, Lysimachia christinae root, Portulaca oleracea, Euphorbia humifusa
After writing down dozens of Chinese herbal medicines in a scattered manner, he handed the list to Biaozi.

"Take this prescription to get your medicine. I've prescribed four weeks' worth. You need to keep taking it."

"Thank you, Dr. Huang." Biaozi took the prescription and left the clinic.

I went to the pharmacy next door to pay and pick up my medicine.

One of the women inside received his prescription and glanced at it.

"That's 10 points in total. Give me the number card."

"10 points?" Biaozi was shocked; this price was not cheap.

A construction worker earns only one point a day, and a laborer earns only a few tenths of a point.

This is equivalent to ten days' or half a month's wages for a worker.

However, he had been suffering from diarrhea for many days, and he had also been experiencing severe insomnia recently. He wouldn't have the energy to do anything until he solved this problem.

He could also take out ten points, so he took out his number card without hesitation.

drop--

After deducting the corresponding points, the female staff member inside said:

"Come back in three hours to pick up your medicine. We'll cook it for you, and you'll have one packet per meal."

"Just bring your points number card to pick up your medicine when the time comes."

Biaozi took the number card handed to him and nodded, saying, "Okay, thank you."

He stretched his arms as he walked out of the traditional Chinese medicine clinic.

Despite the sweltering heat, there was still a long queue outside, and the people waiting in line were covered in sweat.

He couldn't help but feel a little fortunate that he had arrived early, otherwise he would have had to wait in line for several hours.

He and Chang Yichang both work on the construction site, but today they took a day off to see a doctor.

With an afternoon to spare and nothing to do, he returned to his dormitory to rest.

Headquarters Base of Dazhangshu.

After Ding Jiu handed over the construction of the headquarters base to his deputies Tao Yifeng and Xie Wen,

He then traveled to the oil city with several experts from the Disaster Research Institute on a sustainable helicopter.

Due to a shortage of manpower, neither the plantations outside the city nor the outlying cities have been able to operate.

So there's no rush for now.

But with new construction projects starting up one after another in the oil city, and all of them being large-scale projects, he had to go and inspect them.

In particular, the location of plantations outside the city is extremely important.

Choosing a good address can avoid a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, if they were to suffer from torrential rains and floods, all the plantations they had worked so hard to build would be submerged, which would be a huge loss.

After settling into his helicopter seat, Ding Jiu said to one of his accompanying subordinates beside him:
"Let the pilot take off, so he can return as soon as possible."

"Yes, Minister Li."

Soon, the helicopter took off and flew towards the oil city.

.........

at the same time.

At the military base in Wushi.

Yang Tianlong, Zhu Xiaoli, and their group, who arrived here yesterday, are also preparing to depart.

They rested here overnight and had a good rest, and are now preparing to board the vehicle.

Wang Cheng, the person in charge stationed here, saw that Yang Tianlong and his group were about to leave and quickly stepped forward to ask:

"Captain Yang, could you please ask the chairman when the support personnel from the military base will arrive after you return to headquarters?"

Yang Tianlong was somewhat surprised, "What support personnel?"

Wang Cheng and Luo Shizhang, the deputy director next to him, exchanged a glance.

After coughing twice, Wang Cheng said:
"Didn't we mention the transit station expansion plan at our previous headquarters meeting? We're going to expand the current transit station to form a small gathering point and build walls and buildings."

"It will be able to accommodate a larger population and attract survivors from the surrounding area."

Yang Tianlong remembered that he had indeed mentioned it during the previous meeting.

However, he was unclear about the specific arrangements made by his superiors.

So he replied:

"I'm not entirely sure about this either, but I'll ask Chairman Li when I get back."

in addition"

After pondering for a moment, Yang Tianlong said:

"Recently, both the headquarters base and the oil city have been busy with infrastructure construction, so the expansion plan for the Wushi military base will probably have to be postponed. I just came out of the oil city yesterday and chatted with Liu Jinglue, the person in charge of internal affairs. There is a shortage of vehicles in the oil city, the transportation capacity is limited, and the fuel consumption is too high."

This month, no fuel was delivered from the Northwest. The oil produced by the oil city alone not only has to meet the needs of the entire oil city, but also support the North and the headquarters base.

At this point, sending transport trucks and excavators is probably not realistic in the near future.

He glanced at Wang Cheng and Gao Zhongtian, and continued:

"You should wait patiently. The plans outlined at the third meeting are very clear. The plans for the Wushi military base will definitely be implemented."

Wang Cheng nodded and said:
"Okay, thank you, Captain Yang."

They remained at the Wushi military base and were not very familiar with the situation at the several branch bases in Dazhangshu.

Within the entire camphor tree region, the members of the transport brigade were relatively clear about the changes at the various bases in the camphor tree area.

Because they travel between several bases every month, they can see the changes in these places and make comparisons, comparing the differences in the construction progress of each base.

Yang Tianlong patted Wang Cheng's arm, then got into the armored vehicle. "Let's go."

The vehicle started and drove towards the headquarters base.

.........

While the Second Transport Brigade was heading to the headquarters base in Dazhangshu, the First Transport Brigade was also setting off from the Oil City for the Northern Territory.

The line of vehicles was extremely long.

Several armored vehicles were driving at the front, with Xiao Hu leading the way.

Following behind were tanker trucks, military trucks loaded with oil drums, and other vehicles.

The vehicles in the center of the column were not carrying fuel or other supplies; they were all filled with people.

These people were recruited from the Oil City campaign to support those heading to the North.

To encourage these people to leave Oil City for the North, both the North and Oil City offered numerous benefits, even directly giving away points.

You'll receive 10 points just for being willing to travel to the North.

The convoy only stopped twice on the road, each time for only 5 minutes.

The rest of the time was spent on the road, never stopping.

Although the convoy was long, it looked neat, orderly, and disciplined.

Anyone could tell at a glance that this was a battle-hardened and experienced team.

Time slipped by little by little, and before we knew it, it was noon.

Perhaps it's because it hasn't rained for too long, and the midday sun is quite strong.

The road surface was cracked by the sun, and some clods of soil even curled up.

The vehicles made a crisp, crunching sound as they rolled over the dried soil.

.........

In the convoy.

A medium-sized truck had a row of benches on both sides, filled with people supporting the North.

The roof of the vehicle was covered with a green tarpaulin to block out the sun, but it was still too hot inside the vehicle.

A man sitting near the middle was so hot that he took off his short-sleeved shirt, but he still felt unbearably hot, so he shouted to someone sitting at the very back:

"Xiao Zhuang, pull open that waterproof cloth in the front to let in some air! It's too stuffy inside this car."

Upon hearing this, the man sitting at the very back replied:

"it is good."

He untied the waterproof fabric rope inside, and rippled it open.
The wind blew in from outside.

Even though it's hot air, it's still air, and it creates convection, so there's no suffocating feeling of stuffiness.

The people in the carriage were all filled with emotion.

"Phew, it would have been so much better if the ropes had been untied sooner. It would have been so much more comfortable."

"Yeah, I was so stuffy just now I couldn't even breathe."

One of them was covered in a fine layer of sweat. He took off his gray vest, wrung it out with his hands, and the vest was soaked with sweat.

"Old Sparrow, do you think going to the North is the right decision? We've never been to the North before, and we don't know what it's like there."

The old sparrow wiped the sweat from his forehead with his short-sleeved shirt and said:

"No matter what, we'd be better off going to the North than staying in Oil City."

"There are many workers in Oil City, and the competition is fierce. If we stay in Oil City, we can only become a Level 2 intermediate worker. But now that we've gone to the North, we can be directly upgraded to a Level 3 master worker."

“If we perform well, we might be able to upgrade to Level 1 supervision very soon. If we upgrade to supervision, we won’t have to work as hard as before.”

The man in the vest nodded thoughtfully.

“That’s true. Oil City is too crowded. I heard that the North is sparsely populated and in need of reconstruction. It would definitely be better for us to develop there.”

Over the years of construction projects in Dazhangshu, a relatively mature hierarchical system has gradually developed.

Leaving aside the classification of various jobs on the construction site, if we only talk about the levels, there are several levels in total.

The lowest level is a laborer.

This is the starting point for physical labor and skill accumulation, mainly involving physical labor with no technical barriers.

The main basic tasks include transporting building materials, cleaning the site, and mixing concrete.

The next level up is Level 2 Intermediate Worker.

Intermediate workers fall between senior and junior workers. They can independently complete routine technical tasks, but need to deal with complex problems under the guidance of senior workers. They are semi-skilled technical executors who assist senior workers in supervising junior workers' operations to ensure that basic procedures meet the standards.

In addition, the skill level of intermediate workers directly affects construction efficiency. For example, a skilled intermediate worker can lay floor tiles more than 30% faster than a junior worker.

Then there's the Level 3 Master Craftsman (also known as the Master Craftsman on the construction site).

On the construction site, they are the core of technical leadership and management, and are the "master" level among skilled workers. They have the ability to solve complex problems independently, and they can even obtain relevant certificates at the base.

The requirements include the ability to accurately interpret construction drawings, develop construction plans, and lead complex processes such as water and electricity installation. In team management, this involves coordinating the division of labor between intermediate and junior workers, and supervising construction quality and progress. Furthermore, in terms of risk management, the ability to handle unexpected technical problems, such as troubleshooting electrical faults and calculating structural load-bearing capacity, is essential.

This is the classification of Level 1 junior worker, Level 2 intermediate worker, and Level 3 senior worker.

Above that are Level 1 supervisors, Level 2 supervisors, and Level 3 supervisors.

Above the supervisor is the chief project manager, who is in charge of the entire project.

Above all these is the chief engineer, who is responsible for the construction of all engineering projects across the entire faction.

For example, Ding Jiu is the chief engineer of the Great Camphor Tree faction, responsible for the construction of all engineering projects within the entire Great Camphor Tree faction.

Xie Changshan, from the oil city, is the deputy chief engineer in charge of engineering at the oil city branch base.

Further down the hierarchy, there are people like Tao Yifeng and Xie Wen from the Dazhangshu base, and Fang Jingxin, Ding Wu, and Liu Yu from the oil city, who are the chief managers.

They each took charge of a project.

For example, a plantation project, a project in a peripheral city, or a project to expand a stadium or residential building within the city.

The job level division is very clear.

In the oil city, survivors like Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahua, who joined relatively early, have survived for two years and have now been promoted from workers to supervisors.

Not only will you not have to work so hard, but you'll also get more points.

All the people in this vehicle were recruited from construction sites in the oil city.

There are also construction projects planned for the North, so a group of experienced and skilled workers were brought in in advance.

They had extensive engineering and construction experience in the oil city, and after arriving in the North, they recruited survivors from outside, and these skilled workers could also train the new workers.

In the car.

Even with the rain cover pulled back, the inside of the carriage was still unbearably hot.

They sat in the car, sweating profusely and dozing off as the vehicle swayed.

Two hours later...

The vehicle screeched to a halt.

A commotion arose around us, with one voice being the loudest:
"Park for five minutes, then get out and take care of your personal needs!"

Upon hearing the sound, everyone in the car immediately woke up and rushed to get out to find a nearby restroom.

(End of this chapter)