"No problem, of course no problem, I'll arrange your housing right now."

Lu Yuan quickly agreed, and Ma Hongyi had already started putting down his backpack.

He picked up a form, wrote something down on it, and handed it to Lu Yuan.

"These things are for refining the equipment and the technical facilities needed. If you can find them, try your best. If you can't find them, come back and tell me, and I'll try to find a solution."

Lu Yuan picked up the list and glanced at it. It listed dozens of different kinds of equipment and devices.

Lu Yuan nodded, then took the list and left the camp.

The items were handed over to the warehouse department, and the warehouse staff immediately took the list and began searching.

A large portion of the items inside were things that none of them possessed.

Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel sorry for them after seeing this; they were really lacking something.

He felt that he might not be able to gather everything that Ma Hongyi needed.

However, before leaving, Lu Yuan decided to go home first to let Xiao Shan know he was safe. After all, he had been gone for several days and Xiao Shan hadn't received any messages from him. It would be troublesome if she was anxiously waiting.

So when he went home, he saw Xiaoshan and Qiqi playing at the door.

Lu Yuan quickly called out, and Qi Qi clapped and laughed happily at Lu Yuan. Xiao Shan also ran over with a smile on her face. Lu Yuan picked up the mother and daughter and kissed them hard.

"Haha, I missed you so much."

Xiao Shan smiled, then looked at Lu Yuan's joyful expression and knew that the mission should be about to be completed.

"So, did you manage to settle things with that oil expert?"

"Yes, it's all taken care of. He's already at our camp!"

"Wow, that's impressive! They managed to bring everyone back. That's really something!"

“That’s right. With Ma Hongyi’s help, the oil in our camp should be ready to be produced soon. I’m really looking forward to seeing how the oil will be used!”

Lu Yuan rubbed his hands together and glanced in the direction of the oil well.

I can't wait to see how many barrels, hundreds, or even thousands of barrels of oil are extracted each day.

The industrial college in the camp and the way life seemed to have suddenly sprung up.

They are desperately short of electricity, and not only are the machines in the power industrial zone unable to operate.

Their car fuel systems are unusable, so much of their progress is stagnant, and they're living like they're in the Stone Age.

Next, Lu Yuan brought the list to Ma Hongyi and the others, listed everything on the list, and explained what wasn't on it.

Ma Hongyi wasn't surprised. After pondering for a while, he said, "It doesn't matter if you don't have it. Now we need to build our own distillation equipment. You should definitely have some of the things needed for the DC equipment, such as a foundry for high-temperature glass equipment. You should get those things done right away. Do you have any steel?"

After listening, Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly.

"We don't have any steel right now, but I can figure something out. Do you need anything else?"

"If we don't have steel, we'll use other parts for casting. I'm very knowledgeable about this. I'll draw up some blueprints for you, and you can find some craftsmen to do the finishing work. Then I can start production in the next couple of days. These things must be built as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan was overjoyed and quickly contacted the person who found all the items.

Since they had no steel, they could only dismantle other equipment and melt down the steel inside.

That would require a smelting furnace and a coal mine.

They don't lack coal now; they recently discovered a coalfield located some distance away.

However, the coal mine was quite far from them and there were no large transport ships, so the coal could only be left sitting there, and transporting it manually would be too ineffective.

However, in order to complete this task, they still managed to produce a batch of bamboo rafts, which were then propelled by a motorboat to transport the coal.

They built a casting plant near the oil well, which mainly produced fractionation equipment.

Ma Hongyi stated that once the first set of distillation equipment is produced, they will be able to produce more, such as a second, third, or even more distillation plants.

Hearing the empty promises the other party was making, Lu Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud, even though he already knew what they meant.

This was incredibly good news. He was glad he hadn't left immediately but had instead found the black market. He hadn't expected Lin Ailian to be so important to Ma Hongyi.

In the following period, the camp's demand for workers increased significantly due to the presence of Ma Hongyi.

To this end, Lu Yuan specially mobilized a group of workers to join the production of fractionated petroleum.

Ma Hongyi expressed great envy that Lu Yuan was able to command the workers in the camp with such ease.

Few leaders in their camps could command with such strength.

So during this period, the daily oil production was about 20 tons, which was a very small amount. This was mainly because their diversion equipment first separated gasoline of different grades, diesel of different grades, and byproducts.

For example, asphalt, lubricating oil, and engine oil were refined, and most of the equipment used in the process was put into use immediately.

With the availability of gasoline, they put their internal combustion engine ships into use, and through the transportation of these ships, coal production began to gradually increase.

The entire camp seemed to have regained its order and began to operate in an orderly manner, slowly resuming production, with thick smoke billowing from the camp's chimneys every day.

This means their new life is about to begin, and everyone in the camp is looking forward to how this change will transform their future.

With Ma Hongyi's arrival, the camp underwent many changes. With Ma Hongyi came oil, which allowed them to use their internal combustion engines, enabling them to transport large quantities of coal.

Moreover, they have successively discovered various mineral resources, such as iron ore and copper ore, etc., recently.

They could transport these people to various mining areas by large ships to mine, and the ore they brought would be processed locally and then shipped over.

Lu Yuan doesn't care whether those mines are in flooded areas or not. As long as their survival can be guaranteed, it's necessary to develop more of them.