Chapter 48: Working together to build infrastructure
After several people walked out of Villa No. 1, Yin Shan first raised his glass and said some polite words, welcoming everyone to the base, and then sat down.
Wang Qiang said, "Base Commander, I've roughly looked into their work experiences and specialties before the apocalypse. Ten of them are prison staff, but they mostly work in clerical jobs that don't involve contact with prisoners. Two are students from a health school; four are car salesmen; two are programmers; one is a chef; three are delivery drivers; four are students from an agricultural university; and the other ten are mostly involved in self-media."
Yin Shan's eyes lit up. "You're from the Agricultural University. What year are you in? What's your major?"
Wang Qiang: "Graduate student, studying agronomy"
Learning agriculture is good, learning agriculture is wonderful, knowing how to plant is great! Although you may not be able to practice, you will always learn it with practice!
Yin Shan raised her hand to signal everyone that she had something to say. After the crowd quieted down, Yin Shan said, "I know that you have done a lot of dirty and tiring work in Su Nianyi's base before, and some of you have even suffered inhuman abuse.
I can guarantee that you will not be abused or go hungry in the Longteng base, but we need to build a new home, which requires some sacrifice, so everyone has to work.
Everyone must participate in military training. You must strengthen yourselves. I only hope that you have the ability to protect yourself and escape when you encounter danger.
Every morning at 5 o'clock, everyone has to get up and participate in military training. After the military training, they will start to build the base.
According to the official base, after the extreme cold, there will be sustained high temperatures. We must try our best to obtain ice and store water resources before the high temperatures arrive. This is the current focus and everyone must participate.
Every time we go to get ice, there will be people with special abilities accompanying us, trying their best to protect everyone's safety.
We will continue to move into the city and search for available resources. If you have any good suggestions or need any materials, please tell me. As long as it is beneficial to the base, I will give you corresponding points as rewards.
Later I will post the details of the items that can be redeemed for points and how to obtain points on the bulletin board, and everyone can go and take a look.
Our clothing inventory is limited, so we can only guarantee two down jackets and two sets of thermal underwear per person. It's cold, so please stay warm when you're out getting ice. Also, please register your underwear size. If we have any in stock, we'll send it to you. If we don't have any, we'll go out and find them.
I will divide you into groups. The minimum monthly salary is 120 points. The points will increase based on work performance. You will need to pay 20 points in taxes every month.
Those who are lazy and enslave others will be expelled from the base, and those with serious circumstances will be shot.
Now, if you have any opinions, you can speak freely."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. What kind of magical base was this? They got paid every month, and from what Wang Qiang had told them, 100 points was enough to keep them from starving to death. As long as they worked hard, aside from the unbearable extreme weather, nothing else would have changed much from before the apocalypse!
Everyone is excited and full of longing for the future.
Yin Shan observed everyone's expressions. They were positive and optimistic, which was good, just what she wanted.
People must have hope to live. When they are sure that they will not die of hunger, everyone will yearn for a better life. This yearning will make them work harder.
"Base Director, my name is Zhou Xue. The four of us are graduate students from the Faculty of Agriculture at Kyoto University of Agriculture. We have been researching hydroponic vegetables, which require a temperature between 15°C and 25°C. The temperature at the base isn't a problem, but the nutrient solution is. We can mix it with fertilizer, but that takes time.
The Agricultural University has ready-made nutrient solution and some materials for mixing the nutrient solution. We can go and look for some. There is also an Agricultural University in City A, so they must have it there.
Another thing is the soil. There was acid rain before, and the exposed land has been corroded. With existing technology, it is difficult for us to restore the soil quality, but agricultural universities all have their own experimental fields, so there must be soil preservation, which is also what we urgently need.
As long as we can resume planting, we will have a steady supply of food and be completely self-sufficient."
Yin Shan said, "Tomorrow we'll go to the Agricultural University, but I'll need your expertise to help me determine what's usable and what's not. So two of you will go with me, and the other two will stay at the base to teach Wang Qiang how to arrange the rooms and plan the land. Can you do that?"
Zhou Xue nodded in agreement. After some discussion, the four of them decided that Zhou Xue, Li Xin, and Yin Shan would go. They had previously been primarily responsible for things like nutrient solution and soil, making them more specialized than the other two.
"Base Captain, my name is Li Wei. Before I started working in self-media, I worked at the water company. If extreme heat is coming, we need to build underground water reservoirs to prevent water evaporation. We need waterproofing materials, large machinery like excavators, and some detailed items. I can make a list. These things are readily available at the water company. As long as we can bring them back, we can use them."
"Base Commander, my name is Wan Daxin. I used to work in construction and renovation. If extreme heat follows, given that we've already experienced heavy rain, flooding, and severe cold, the subsequent extreme heat is likely to cause the house to collapse. I suggest reinforcing and renovating the house. I can give you a list of materials tomorrow morning."
Yin Shan was even more excited. The residents of the base had good ideas about the construction of the base. Everyone wanted their home to be better. It was full of positive energy!
"Ding! Detecting increased centripetal force among base residents, a bonus of 100 prosperity points is awarded. The current base prosperity point is 880 (large village). Reaching 800 prosperity points triggers a phased reward: a permanently unpolluted groundwater system. The host must construct their own water supply system. Once the system is completed, the groundwater system will automatically begin operating.
When prosperity reaches 1600, the next level of rewards will be triggered."
! ! A pillow for those who are sleepy! Long live the system! ! !
After eating and drinking, Yin Shan arranged for everyone to clean up, and then called Chen Feng and others to discuss the specific matters of finding supplies.
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