Under Huck's guidance, Li Lin visited several coasts on the upper level of the ditch, some of which had been built as harbors specifically for transporting raw ore.
Finally, he found a suitable site for building a tidal hydropower station on the coastline northeast of the ditch.
In addition to searching for these, Li Lin also made an unexpected discovery - an oil refinery that was suspected to be under construction by a certain alchemy baron.
This discovery made Li Lin quite excited, because it could prove that there was a resource like oil in Runeland!
On Earth, oil and gas can be regarded as high-quality energy and chemical materials.
The same is true in another world.
Piltover's hextech technology is almost inseparable from the expensive hextech crystals.
Even though it has been improved by Li Lin into a stable and powerful Hextech energy crystal, its price will not decrease.
And most importantly, if you want to develop Hextech, you must cooperate with the Philos family.
As a result, Piltover's means of production were monopolized by the top families, and productivity was greatly restricted.
But with oil resources, combined with electricity, it is enough to trigger changes in power, production methods, transportation, etc. in the two cities.
If ordinary people have the entrepreneurial mindset, even if they are not excellent technicians, they can still make a fortune and promote the development of productivity.
In other words, it is not a problem at all to bring the technology of Piltover and Zaun up to the modern level of Earth.
But the corrupt upper-class families that control the economic lifeline of Piltover are an obstacle...
This kind of thing can't be rushed, you can only do it slowly.
"By the way, Hake, do you know which alchemy baron funded this new factory?"
More than a hundred meters away from the gate of the refinery under construction, Li Lin came back to his senses from his thoughts and asked Hake beside him.
"Well... hehehe, although I came from the gutter, I'm not very clear about the division of power among the alchemist barons here, hehe."
Hake looked embarrassed. "For things like this, hehe, you'd have to ask Vander..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "But I heard from the residents here that a Mrs. Golask provided them with jobs."
They are actually willing to provide jobs for the poor people in the gutter...
Is there a "philanthropist" in Zaun who is so kind?
Or does she have other motives?
Li Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is Madam Golask the Alchemy Baron?"
Huck shook his head.
He only knew the name, and other aspects were beyond his knowledge.
Forget it, I'd better go ask Fandel.
Li Linmo sighed.
Even if he didn't know this "Mrs. Golask", there must be someone under his command who knew her.
If we can reach an agreement with this Lady Golask...
No, it's not possible.
This strategic resource must be in our own hands.
People in this world do not understand the importance of oil resources.
When new technologies develop in the future, more and more people will realize their importance and will definitely want to get involved and get a piece of the pie.
If you don't have a say in this kind of resources, your future development will definitely be frustrated.
Li Lin's heart sank.
Even in the future, the situation remains grim...
He withdrew his gaze from the distant refinery and said to Hake beside him, "Let's go back."
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After taking the elevator back to the middle square, Li Lin did not give Huck a chance to refuse and forced him to pay 1 gold coin as his guide fee.
Afterwards, he went to the Fulgrim Tavern to fulfill his promise to Boom, and asked Vandal about Mrs. Golask.
Li Lin learned from Van der Ley that Mrs. Golask's full name was Renata Golask, and she was an entrepreneur who had suddenly risen in recent years.
The information he knew was limited, and the rest was supplemented by Sevika, who happened to be drinking in Fugen's Tavern at the time.
The Golask family is a family-owned business that made its fortune from alchemical technology, and mainly relies on the research and development of alchemical technology potions to treat patients.
Sevika was also rescued free of charge by the Golasks when she was a child, so she was deeply impressed by them.
At that time, the Golasks lent a helping hand to any patient in need, and were called philanthropists, angels, and medical gods by the people of Dicheng...
However, all this was destroyed by a fire 20 years ago.
The Golasks perished in the fire along with their research results, leaving behind their only daughter, Renata, who also lost an arm in the fire.
According to rumors later spread among the citizens of the city, the fire at the Golask family's house was secretly set in the middle of the night by law enforcement officers disguised as Zaun people.
It was simply because the Golasks' superb medical skills affected the interests of the big families that monopolized the medical industry in Upper City.
Later, Renata established a cooperative relationship with several alchemy barons through dishonorable means and started a new business.
With her excellent economic acumen, she acquired the first factory in just a few years and eventually developed it into dozens of chain Golask Industries, mainly producing high-end chemical products.
In addition, Renata expanded Golask Enterprises' business to various fields throughout Zaun.
She even opened a dance hall in a dark alley.
Renata's current overall strength is much stronger than that of some alchemy barons.
If she had not had conflicts of interest with several tycoons in monopoly industries in the past two years and had not been busy negotiating with them, she would have become an Alchemy Baron long ago.
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