Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2023 Artificial Rainfall, Car Manufacturing Advancement
evening.

The second outer city of Dazhangshu, the administrative building.

Li Yu, along with his second uncle and other high-ranking officials, attended the meeting.

Ding Jiu, Kong Shuang, and his uncle were all there.

Ding Jiu spoke first:
"Lord, Minister, the highest temperature today reached 45 degrees Celsius. Two hundred people fainted from the heat at the construction site, and four workers died from the heat. The high temperature may continue tomorrow."

Although we used high-pressure spraying of cold water and provided ice water to cool down the workers, the heat was still unbearable and also affected the construction speed on the site.

I hope there can be more ways to cool things down, such as artificial rain!

Upon hearing this, Bai Jie asked:

"Minister Liu Jianwen, what's the status of the zombie horde around the headquarters?"

She worried that artificial rain would attract zombie attacks from the surrounding area.

After all, zombies love rain, so if it rains at the construction site, it will inevitably attract zombies.

In addition, the construction site is usually crowded and lively, which naturally attracts zombies.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Jianwen said:

"Within a radius of 30 kilometers around the Big Camphor Tree Base, we have identified four large zombie gathering areas. As long as these areas are sealed off, there will be no large-scale zombie attacks on the construction site, and if there are any, they will only be sporadic zombies."

Furthermore, as long as the scope and timing of artificial rainmaking can be controlled, there shouldn't be many zombies coming.

With his confirmation, Bai Jie said:
"Then I'm fine with it, as long as it doesn't attract a large number of zombies."

Liu Jianwen continued:

"If we really need to use artificial rain, tomorrow morning is definitely not an option. I need to make arrangements in advance for the combat battalion and the militia battalion to clear out the surrounding zombies and prepare for defense."

"In the afternoon? Is the afternoon okay?" Ding Jiu asked quickly.

He spent the whole day at several construction sites. Although he spent most of his time in the air-conditioned car, he still walked quite a distance after getting out of the car, and it was incredibly hot.

Now the color of his arms and neck is several shades different from the color of other parts of his body.

It was all done in just a few days.

Liu Jianwen nodded and said:

"The afternoon is fine. The sun is strong now, and the ultraviolet rays are intense, so fewer zombies are out and about. Around 2 pm is the best time."

Second Uncle looked at Kong Shuang, the head of the chemical department:

"Can the materials for artificial rainmaking be prepared tonight and tomorrow morning?"

Kong Shuang replied:
"No problem, but as Minister Liu just mentioned, the location and time of artificial rainmaking need to be precise, and the amount of catalysts such as dry ice, silver iodide, and salt powder to be released needs to be coordinated with the Institute of Natural Disaster Research."

“No problem, this part will be handled by the Disaster Research Institute.” Second Uncle looked at Song Zhihong.

Song Zhihong quickly said that it was no problem.

My second uncle continued:

"Alright, it's settled then. Kong Shuang will be in charge of producing the catalyst, Song Zhihong will be in charge of developing the deployment plan, and Minister Liu Jianwen will be in charge of the helicopter landing tomorrow, as well as monitoring and defending against zombies on the ground."

After speaking, he looked at Li Yu, "City Lord, do you have anything to add?"

Li Yu waved his hand and said:
"That's settled then. We'll record a video of the results after the launch tomorrow, which we can use for the oil city project."

People also fainted or died from the sun at the oil city construction site. That area is located in the Central Plains and has a large population, so the body surface temperature there is even hotter than at the Dazhangshu base.

After the matter was settled, my second uncle continued:
"In the past two weeks, the number of new residents in the oil city has remained stable, but the number of new residents in the Dazhangshu base has increased significantly, and today it officially exceeded 10."

The ever-increasing population is also increasing food consumption. Based on the current grain reserves and production situation, it is imperative to complete the construction of the plantation outside the city within three months.

They must reserve enough land for three months to plant and produce crops, otherwise the entire force will face a food shortage.

Is it alright to build the plantation outside the city in three months?

After a moment's hesitation, Ding Jiu said:
"This is half a month ahead of schedule, and I need more manpower."
Prioritizing the plantations outside the city, I had no choice but to draw manpower from construction sites in outlying cities.

"Will it be completed within three months? Are there any problems?" Uncle asked, needing a precise answer.

Ding Jiu gritted his teeth and said, "No problem!"

Second Uncle nodded. "Okay."

“Besides the need to speed up the out-of-town plantations at the camphor tree base, the ones in the oil city also need to be accelerated simultaneously. Ding Jiu, you go and talk to the relevant person in charge of the oil city about this.”

"Okay, but..."

Ding Jiu looked troubled and said:
"The oil city has no shortage of manpower, but it lacks transport vehicles, and there is also a shortage of fuel."

My second uncle also knew about the situation in the oil city.

The key to understanding vehicle and energy issues lies in the production of new energy electric vehicles.

Their base includes existing vehicle modification factories, as well as steel mills, mold factories, and battery factories.
The upstream and downstream factories for car manufacturing are still relatively complete.

Now all that's left is to build the car assembly plant, debug the equipment, and put it into production.

My second uncle countered, "The issue of transportation capacity still depends on the car factory starting production. How is the construction of the car factory going?"

Ding Jiu replied:
"The factory can be built in a week, or at most ten days."

Second Uncle looked at He Bing and asked:
"Zhu Xiao and Yang Tianlong brought back all the car manufacturing equipment today. The equipment is being repaired and tested simultaneously. How long will it take before it can be put into production?"

He Bing pondered for a moment, then did some calculations on the paper and said:
"About half a month."

As soon as he finished speaking, his second uncle said in a serious voice:

"Simultaneous progress! Factory construction and equipment debugging are proceeding at the same time. I hope to see the first batch of new energy electric vehicles roll off the water in half a month!"

He Bing looked troubled. "But generally speaking, equipment debugging can only be carried out after the factory building is completed."

His second uncle stared at him with great authority.

As his second uncle stared at him, He Bing's voice grew softer and softer until it was barely audible.

"Simultaneous operation is not out of the question. If that's not possible, we can temporarily use other vacant factory buildings."

Hearing him say that, my second uncle's expression softened considerably.

"If there's a solution, then it's settled."

"In addition, the oil shortage problem requires the second transport convoy to head to the Northwest as soon as possible to transport the oil produced there to the oil city and headquarters base."

As the influence of the Great Camphor Tree grows, their demands for transportation capacity are increasing. However, they currently only have two transportation teams. The first transportation team is somewhat better off, as both have a transport capacity of tens of thousands of tons.

However, the second transport fleet only has a carrying capacity of several thousand tons per trip.

Based on the current transportation capacity needs of Dazhangshu, at least two more transportation teams are needed to meet the demand.

However, it's impossible for the forces in Dazhangshu to gather that many vehicles in a short period of time.

Even though there are many scrapped vehicles on the road outside, these vehicles are completely unusable.

Having survived so many natural disasters, these vehicles are long gone, with their electronic components damaged by water or sun exposure.

Therefore, scrapped cars on the ground outdoors have very little value.

However, they often find cars that are not so badly damaged in some 4S stores or indoor parking lots in shopping malls, remove usable parts, and then bring them back to the base for reassembly.

These days, finding a perfectly good car that you can drive right away after filling up with gas is as difficult as winning the lottery.

Inside the meeting room, my second uncle quickly discussed and finalized each matter.

Li Yu, sitting in the center, only needed to offer his opinion during the final stage of the decision-making process.

In most cases, Li Yu makes decisions that are acceptable, only needing to offer supplementary suggestions on certain matters.

My second uncle has served as the chairman of the management committee of the camphor tree base for seven years since its establishment.

For the first three years at the Big Camphor Tree, Li Yu was in charge of all affairs at the Big Camphor Tree.

For the next four or five years, my second uncle was in charge of managing the affairs of the camphor tree base.

In the five years leading up to the apocalypse, Li Yu, with his precognitive abilities, would often issue seemingly inexplicable orders before natural disasters.

However, in the following two or three years, the camphor tree forces established a relatively comprehensive natural disaster defense system, as well as emergency response procedures.

In addition, these natural disasters have also honed a team capable of rapid response.

Therefore, even if Li Yu's foresight disappeared, the camphor tree forces were still able to respond promptly to the sudden threat.

During this process, my second uncle, eldest uncle, and third uncle played an extremely important leadership role.

After the meeting.

Zhu Xiao went downstairs with Li Qi and Yang Tianlong.

After spending these few days together, the two traveled to M City twice and then returned to the headquarters together.

Yang Tianlong and Zhu Xiao became much more familiar with each other.

In addition, both of them are tall, muscular men with similar physiques, so they have a lot in common.

The two of them walking together at this moment were like a wall.
Zhu Xiao is two meters tall and weighs 190 kilograms.

Yang Tianlong is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 180 kilograms.

This made Li Qi, who is not short at 1.65 meters tall, look extremely petite and delicate when she followed behind.

Yang Tianlong put his arm around Zhu Xiao's shoulder and laughed:

"Butcher, I was thinking of playing mahjong with you when we got back to headquarters. Looks like you won't have time."

The butcher said with a wry smile:

"I'm really impressed. I used to think being a transport convoy had it easy, but I never imagined it would be so tiring. In this sweltering heat, five trucks had flat tires on the road. I'll have to go check if they're fixed yet."

Yang Tianlong patted him on the shoulder.

"It's okay, we can make another appointment when you get back to headquarters."

"Okay." Zhu Xiao nodded and looked at Li Qi behind him.

"Li Qi, go check if the vehicle manufacturing equipment has been dismantled. I'll check on the repair status of those vehicles."

"Okay." Li Qi pushed the two away and left.

Yang Tianlong noticed that Li Qi's expression wasn't good, and scratched the back of his head:
"Did we offend her?"

The butcher was also completely baffled. "I don't know either. I didn't say anything to upset her, did I?"

"I don't recall mentioning her." Yang Tianlong didn't know either.

Butcher Zhu Xiao clicked his tongue twice, "Forget it, let's ignore her. She's probably in a bad mood because her period is here."

"I'm leaving."

"to make."

Yang Tianlong watched the two figures leave and smiled.

Looking towards the inner city, an expectant expression appeared on his face.

"Xue'er doesn't make people guess."

I just asked Liu Jianwen and found out that Shang Xueer isn't on the night shift today.

Shang Xueer is his girlfriend. She used to be with Lao Lü and came from the armed police force.

I am currently serving as a company commander in the Internal Security Brigade at the headquarters base.

Shang Xueer has a beautiful figure and used to be a host at the Spring Festival Gala at the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Perhaps because he came from the People's Armed Police Force, he has a straightforward and cheerful personality.

She usually doesn't get angry, and Yang Tianlong gets along with her quite harmoniously.

but
Although Shang Xue'er doesn't get angry for no reason and doesn't let people guess, when she is angry, she's the type who'd rather take action than talk.

In addition, Shang Xueer had previously won second place in a competition for the Armed Police Force.

Its close-combat ability is also quite formidable.

This leads to the occasional scene where Shang Xueer throws Yang Tianlong to the ground and puts him in a chokehold.

They used all sorts of techniques on Yang Tianlong, such as elbow and knee strikes, leg trips, kneeling strikes, and straight hooks.

Yang Tianlong has a physical advantage and is also very skilled in close combat, so he can defeat Shang Xueer.

But he didn't dare hit his girlfriend.
This resulted in him often being abused by Shang Xueer during fights.

(Three chapters today, one more later.)
(End of this chapter)