Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 802

"This is terrible! Is this how you idiots run a city?" Perfecto was furious in the office she had used before. Her voice echoed in the room like thunder, and the walls seemed to tremble slightly.

Her anger seemed to materialize, making the atmosphere in the entire room extremely depressing, as if even the air had frozen.

The wind and snow outside the window were howling and hitting the window, as if cheering on her anger.

In front of her, a group of officials from the Longton authorities were silent, not even daring to breathe loudly.

They lowered their heads, their faces were pale, and beads of sweat oozed from their foreheads, as if they were afraid that any small movement of theirs would bring down Perfectoct's even more violent wrath.

These officials were once the backbone of the empire, but under the ravages of the doomsday winter, their spirits had long been worn away, leaving only fatigue and fear.

"Although I know you are facing a lot of problems, it's not necessary to make Langton into this state, right? What on earth are you doing?" Perfectcot originally wanted to scold them more harshly, but looking at these officials who were obviously much more pale and thin than the last time she saw them, she still gave them some face.

She knew that these officials were also struggling to survive, but they clearly did not have enough wisdom and ability to deal with the crisis at hand.

The situation in Langdon has become extremely bad, with fuel shortages, scarcity of supplies, the rise of separatism, and even the activities of evil cults growing secretly.

These problems are intertwined, making this once glorious city precarious.

Perfect took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

She knew that now was not the time to vent her emotions, and the situation in Langton did not allow her to waste any more time.

She must act quickly, otherwise the city will really fall into an irreparable abyss.

She raised her head, her eyes swept across everyone present, and said coldly: "First, the fuel problem must be solved! I have brought a new energy technology from the North, which can alleviate the problem of fuel shortage to a certain extent.

But you have to make sure these resources are distributed fairly and not allow greedy people to hoard them.”

The officials nodded and said they would strictly follow her order.

There was a glimmer of hope in their eyes, as if Perfectocte's arrival had finally given them a chance to escape from their predicament.

However, Perfect did not let down his guard.

The fuel problem is just the tip of the iceberg, and the crisis at Longton is far more complicated than meets the eye.

"Secondly, the momentum of separatism must be curbed!" Perfect's voice suddenly rose, with unquestionable majesty in his tone, "I have sent floating cities to patrol various cities. Any attempt to split the empire will be severely punished.

What you have to do is to ensure the stability within Langton and never allow those evil sects and separatists to take advantage of the situation."

Her eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, as if she could see through everyone's heart.

The officials did not dare to look her in the eye and could only lower their heads and silently endure her scolding.

Perfect knew that the root of separatism was extreme scarcity of resources and people's despair about the future.

If these problems are not fundamentally resolved, the flames of separatism will only burn brighter.

"Finally," Perfect's voice softened a little, but still with unquestionable firmness, "I hope you remember that Langton is the core of the empire and the last bastion of the empire in the old world.

If we fail here, the Empire will lose its homeland in the Old World, which is absolutely unacceptable for the Empire!
Every one of you, every one of you in this city, even me, must fight for the survival of this city."

Her voice echoed in the room, as if carrying an invisible force, making everyone present feel the responsibility on their shoulders. The officials were silent for a moment, and then they expressed their willingness to do their best to support Perfect's plan.

Although many of them were exhausted, they seemed to have rekindled their fighting spirit under Perfecto's encouragement.

Perfect nodded. Although she did not have high hopes for the ability of these officials, at least they were willing to cooperate now.

She knew that the days ahead would be even more difficult, but as long as the people of Longton could unite, they would have hope of surviving this doomsday winter.

The sky over Longton remains gloomy, but under Perfectoct's leadership, the city seems to have finally seen a glimmer of hope.
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The first thing Perfectcote had to solve was, of course, the fuel problem.

The new energy technology she was talking about was naturally oil.

Although the empire does not have abundant coal resources, Langton is close to the sea, and the ocean often has quite rich oil resources.

As long as we find a suitable mineral vein and drill an oil well to extract oil, it will be enough to meet Langton's current demand for fuel.

The combustion efficiency of oil is much higher than that of coal, and its reserves are abundant. As long as it can be mined smoothly, Langton’s fuel crisis can be greatly alleviated.

As for finding oil fields, Perfecto was not impatient to conduct slow geological exploration.

She directly sent people to find the astrologers in the city of Langton and asked them to perform divination.

Although these astrologers are usually regarded as charlatans by many people, in Perfectcot's eyes, their abilities have unique value.

By observing the stars and performing complex rituals, the astrologers finally decided on a location on the coast not far from Langton, believing that what Perfectoct was looking for must be underneath it.

Perfect was very satisfied with this and immediately ordered the floating city to produce a large drilling rig.

This drilling rig uses the latest alchemical technology from the North and can operate efficiently in extremely cold environments.

At the location designated by the astrologers, the drilling rig began to drill the first oil well on the seabed.

Soon, an offshore drilling platform was quickly built.

Since there is no need to consider sea conditions, the foundation of the drilling platform can be directly driven into the ice layer that is more than ten meters thick, which makes the construction speed very fast.

It took less than half a month before the drilling platform was able to transport the extracted oil to Langton.

During the period of drilling wells and building drilling platforms, Perfect also had a set of oil processing equipment shipped from the north.

This equipment can fractionate the extracted crude oil, thereby improving its utilization rate and obtaining more usable materials.

The distillation products of petroleum can not only be used as fuel, but also can be used to make lubricants, asphalt and other chemical products, which provide important raw materials for the industrial recovery of Langton.

At the same time, the technical upgrades and renovations of facilities such as shelters and energy towers in the city of Langton were also being led by the technical team brought by Perfectcot.

These alchemists and engineers who followed the floating city conducted a comprehensive inspection of all shelters and energy towers in Langton.

In addition to technical upgrades and modifications, they also carried out repairs on some areas where it was obvious that they had failed.

Some asylums that had become overwhelmed were also expanded and maintained, allowing them to continue to serve the Empire.

(End of this chapter)