Chapter 162
There is still a long time until the next drought.
However, when he thought of the nearly two-month drought before the flood, Old Li felt that it was necessary to build such a reservoir.
After the flood, the residents who have become accustomed to the stable and safe life in their deserted homes will most likely not leave.
How to solve the water supply problem for so many people is an issue that requires long-term consideration.
Building reservoirs during floods is undoubtedly a very effective method, which is the original purpose of reservoirs.
"Grandpa, your suggestion is great!" Tang Yu'an couldn't help but say.
They were still worried last night about how to deliver the remaining 9,990 cubic meters of water to Corsona after the flood receded.
Now that Grandpa Li said this, Tang Yu'an felt that they could also build a small reservoir.
The height of the brick wall and the concrete wall are both 3 meters, so if we build a reservoir with a length and width of 60 meters, we can get a reservoir with a capacity of 10,800 cubic meters.
The reservoir has a side length of 60 meters and a perimeter of 240 meters. If you buy a brick wall, you will need 12,000 points, and a concrete wall will cost 24,000 points.
They now have more than 80,000 points, which is more than enough!
Moreover, they can connect the reservoir to the grocery store, so that the reservoir is part of the grocery store, and Tang Yu'an can also use the item list function to directly extract purified water.
This way we don’t have to go through so much trouble like last night!
Seeing that both teenagers agreed with his proposal, Old Li couldn't help but smile.
He said, "It's just right. The residents' kangs should all be ready today, and tomorrow we can start firing the bricks needed to build the reservoir, but..."
By letting residents make bricks and building kangs for them for free, No. 1 Store is not completely without income.
About 50 points can be obtained for every 300 bricks. Then, residents like the gold and wood types who do not participate in the brick burning need to pay the labor and material costs for making kangs, and can make another profit.
Therefore, even though the brickyard needs to provide meals every day, it basically maintains a balance between income and expenditure.
If we build a reservoir now, we may end up losing money in the short term.
Listening to Old Li's analysis, Tang Yu'an waved his hand and said, "This isn't a loss, just go for it!"
If he buys from the system himself, he also has to spend points, which is pure expenditure.
Now he only uses the crops produced by No. 1 Store itself as compensation, and when the residents deliver the bricks, he can also earn points. How can this be considered a loss?
You should know that the crops in No. 1 Store’s warehouse were also collected once when points were collected from the growers.
Since the food cannot be eaten up if stored in the warehouse, it is better to use it to employ the residents so that they can support themselves through labor, and No.1 Store can also add a lot of new infrastructure.
In this process, gaining experience points and points is naturally icing on the cake, but it doesn’t matter if you don’t have them.
After all, Tang Yu'an now has many more sources of points income.
Zhou Qi also said: "Grandpa, the initial construction of the deserted city home will definitely require investment, and we are mentally prepared for this."
In the middle and late stages, when there are more residents and more means of production, that is when the deserted city home will start to take off.
"Yes, if we can fill all 1,000 spots, we can earn hundreds or even thousands of experience points every day just from the residents buying salt!"
Tang Yu'an imagined the future and couldn't help but grin.
Just like Haijing’s village, although there are only 76 people, because they need to exchange rice with Haijing every day, Haijing can bring him 220+ experience points every day.
And the level of Haijing’s own employees is also constantly soaring.
"Well, then I'll listen to you." Old Li smiled again. He was very pleased that the two children were so far-sighted.
For such a beautiful idea, he is also willing to do his part.
Old Li then took another look at the layout of the swimming pool and said, "I saw that you had a glass wall in the room on the second floor?"
"Yes, grandpa, the golden head needs to bask in the sun to gain energy." Tang Yu'an replied.
Old Li said, "Can we build half a wall like that in this museum?"
He pointed to the wall and said, "I observed yesterday that if there was a half glass wall like this, sunlight could shine in from this side."
Today's swimming pools are too dark and damp, which is not conducive to the growth of these animals.
Especially since the two children are planting lotus flowers in the pond, without sufficient sunlight, these lotus flowers will not grow and may even die.
"Grandpa is right." Zhou Qi nodded. "Whether a hen lays eggs is also related to light. It's better to let in more natural light."
"Okay, let's make half a glass wall!"
Anyway, Store No. 3 will be closed for a long time, and the swimming pool will not be visible to the outside world. Of course, they can renovate it in any way they want.
In the end, they spent two thousand points to install half a glass wall in the swimming pool.
On the other two sides where sunlight cannot directly penetrate, they also opened a few more windows to facilitate ventilation.
Jin Naotou was left in the swimming pool to make clothes. They returned to Store No. 1 together, and Tang Yu'an handed the 18 fire stones he got from Gan Lin last night to Old Li.
Those residents who are unable to use fire stones can only use charcoal for the time being.
After the kang was built, Lan Lin no longer had to keep the room heated all night. To express their gratitude for his hard work, they brought him a piece of low-temperature cloth.
"Huh? No need to turn on the heat tonight?"
Looking at the two young men standing outside the door, Lan Lin looked a little confused.
Compared to the beginning when he had to stay up all night to generate heat, which caused severe dark circles under his eyes, Lan Lin is now in much better condition.
Because of such high-intensity training, he finally learned to absorb ice energy even during sleep.
After communicating with several residents with higher-level abilities, Lan Lin decided to call this state "meditation."
Maintaining meditation during sleep is very helpful in enhancing his supernatural powers.
So when Lan Lin heard that he was no longer needed to heat the room, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
"To express my gratitude, I give this piece of clothing to you." Tang Yu'an took out a piece of low-temperature cloth with a size of 2.4 meters * 2 meters.
The color of the low-temperature cloth is light blue, which looks icy blue. Lan Lin likes it very much when he sees it.
He took the cloth and immediately noticed the difference.
"This cloth..."
"This is made with a special process and can maintain a low temperature. It depends on your needs. If you want to process it into clothes, you can also go to Grandpa Li."
10 degrees is already very cold for ordinary people, but Lan Lin is an ice-type ability user, so this temperature may be just right for him?
Tang Yu'an wasn't quite sure either, so he didn't rush into making it into clothes, but let him choose for himself.
Lan Lin stroked the low-temperature cloth in his hand, but his expression was gloomy.
He pursed his lips and said, "That means the Deserted City Home doesn't need the ice I made anymore, right?"
Because he absorbed the ice energy in the building into his room every night, and there was plenty of water vapor now, a lot of ice condensed in his room.
Residents in the home who have refrigeration needs, such as the growers, will come to him to buy ice.
Since they had basically dealt with each other before, their transaction was very pleasant, and Lan Lin would not starve to death even if he did not go out to work.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have only charged two ice creams for the heating at night.
However, now that the low-temperature cloth came out, he immediately realized the function of this cloth. Whether in terms of durability or stability, this cloth is much better than ice.
Lan Lin could already imagine how popular this low-temperature cloth would be.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help scratching his head. He also realized this problem and didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
Lan Lin sighed and accepted the low-temperature sermon: "I understand. Is there anything else?"
In fact, the daytime temperature has begun to drop, and in a few days, his ice sales will probably decline.
He was just thinking that when the weather gets hotter, he might not be able to sell ice, so he felt a little depressed.
Seeing Tang Yu'an shaking his head, Lan Lin was about to go back to his room, but was stopped by the boy, who forced a few milk candies into his mouth.
"Thank you."
Lan Lin took the candy. Although his mood had not fully recovered, his expression did look better.
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi then said goodbye and left.
"Brother Xiaoqi, have we taken away Brother Lan Lin's business?" he said, scratching his head.
Unless they stop selling low-temperature cloths in their homes, it is inevitable that they will steal business, but it doesn't make sense for them to not bring out such a useful product...
"The improvement of productivity will inevitably lead to the elimination of old products. There is no way around it."
Zhou Qi said: "What we are doing, while saving lives, will inevitably infringe upon the interests of many people in the future."
For example, didn’t Jin Fu change his attitude towards them just because they bought cheap salt in Jufeng Town?
"After the flood, when the flow between Huangcheng and Jufeng Town is restored, more people will want to live in Huangcheng. We might even infringe on the interests of Hongli."
After all, the deserted city home has a powerful weapon like a protective barrier, which is attractive not only to ordinary people, but also to people with special abilities.
Just like Lan Lin, even if his business was taken away, he would just be depressed alone and remain calm towards them.
A big reason for this is that he lives in the deserted city home, and he wants to continue living there, so his interests are still consistent with theirs.
But red carp is different.
If all the superpowers she had painstakingly cultivated and recruited came to the deserted city, would she be able to sit still? It would be difficult not to regard them as enemies, right?
"I don't think Sister Hongli is that kind of person." Tang Yu'an muttered, "She definitely wouldn't be so short-sighted."
There are so many good things in the Deserted City Home, she should be willing to trade with them.
Zhou Qi couldn't help but sigh, "There are just too many good things..."
The protective barrier can only protect against natural disasters and dangerous creatures, and has no effect on customers.
Those who are not on the overnight stay list will not be bound by the overnight stay rules. In other words, these people can rob homes in the deserted city, or even burn it down like they did with the Jufeng Grocery Store.
Zhou Qi looked at the muddy yellow water outside and said, "The flood has now become a protective barrier for us."
Tang Yu opened his mouth slightly, but couldn't come up with a reason to refute.
The pleasant experience he had in the deserted city home during this period made him almost forget that this was the end of the world where people were evil, and the residents had become so docile because of the mandatory overnight rules.
The tone of this apocalypse hasn’t changed much.
"Then what should we do?" Tang Yu'an asked worriedly, "Will we have a head-on conflict with Sister Hongli in the future?"
For example, the guards of Jufeng Town came to attack the deserted city home?
Speaking of this, Tang Yu'an couldn't help feeling depressed, because he felt that he had established a good relationship with Hongli.
Since the first time she met Hongli, she has been helping them. Although they help each other, isn't the relationship built through interaction?
Seeing Tang Yu'an's sad look, Zhou Qi reached out and touched his cheek, saying, "This is just the worst guess. Even if it's not Hongli, there will be someone else."
In his spare time, he would use his portable warehouse to "chat privately" with Chi Hao.
Although Chi Hao was vague in his words, it was certain that he would return to the deserted city, and it was likely that there would be more than one person.
What if the people of Qingmu Fort discovered the deserted city? They wanted to recruit people from Jufeng Mountain. As the administrator supported by Qingmu Fort, could Hongli refuse?
"From a long-term perspective, we need to start making arrangements now," Zhou Qi said.
No one knows when the flood will recede, but fortunately, transportation is inconvenient in this world and information transmission is very slow.
The residents of the deserted city homes should no longer need to go to Jufeng Mountain to obtain supplies. What they need to guard against now are people who come to the deserted city from Jufeng Mountain to hunt.
However, due to the flood, the number of animals in Kyoho Mountain has increased, so there shouldn't be any major problems in the short term.
"How should we arrange it?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"It's best not to let outside customers see important things." Zhou Qi said, "We will build a small house outside to serve as a sales window."
The fields, fish ponds and brick kilns are all fine, because Jufeng Mountain is also now developing experimental fields, and making bricks does not require much technical skills, so these things can only attract ordinary people.
The residents wore uniform accommodation clothes, which was fine because they had already sold cotton cloth to Hongli, so these things were less attractive.
The most important thing is that the accommodation building serving as the center cannot be exposed.
There is also a protective barrier. As long as you don't encounter anyone at night, it is actually not that easy to be exposed. Then you can add a night-stay rule that the protective barrier cannot be revealed to non-overnight customers, which will be safer.
Listening to Zhou Qi's analysis, Tang Yu'an nodded, but he was not very optimistic about the last point.
Because of their experience in exploiting system loopholes, this overnight stay rule is unlikely to have a particularly significant effect.
For example, residents told others that they lived in a deserted city home and that it was safe at night and they did not have to worry about danger.
Is this considered a violation of the rules? Tang Yu'an estimated that this should not be considered a violation. If similar words were changed again, it might reveal the special nature of the deserted city home.
"At least it's better than being able to directly explain the function of the protective barrier."
"That's true." Tang Yu'an nodded, "Is there anything else?"
"Hmm." Zhou Qi mused, "Perhaps, we also need to form a guard."
"Establish a guard?" Tang Yu'an blinked. "Like the guard post at Jufeng Mountain?"
Zhou Qi shook his head and said, "Specifically, we still have to make plans based on the actual situation."
Because of the existence of protective barriers and overnight rules, the deserted city home does not usually need guards. They are only needed to stand up when the home is invaded.
"Can we first organize a team of people with special abilities and let them know that when danger occurs, they will immediately join the battle?"
Zhou Qi put forward his own preliminary idea.
"Yeah, I think so!" Tang Yu'an said, "So we have to keep a powerful psychic like Brother Lan Lin well."
"Let's go back and discuss with Grandpa Li to see how to set it up appropriately."
"good!"
Next, they went to deliver clothes to Jin Lili.
Tiejin was very happy, but did not accept it directly. Instead, he paid the fee readily and then gave it to his daughter to wear.
This set of clothes was made according to Jin Lili's previous size, and Tang Yu'an specially chose a loose version. Unexpectedly, it fit perfectly.
Looking at Jin Lili's little face which has become a little round, she has really grown a lot compared to before.
The most obvious change is probably that her baby teeth have finally started to develop. She originally had only two small teeth, but now there are three new ones.
When she saw Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi, she smiled and reached out for a hug.
Nourished by love, she was no longer as silent and timid as when they first met, and began to dare to express her needs.
"Lily is so cute!"
Tang Yu'an patted her little head, then said to Tie Jin and A Lian, "When your clothes no longer fit, go to Room 501 to find Grandpa Li. You only need to pay a small processing fee and you can exchange your old clothes for new ones."
After all, room temperature cloth can be reused, and the family will soon have two newborns, so these small clothes can be used for them.
"Okay, okay, this trade-in is great!"
Tiejin held his daughter in his arms and said with a smile, "Lily will have new clothes to wear in the future!"
Jin Lili clapped her hands and said, "Okay, okay!"
A-Lian was watching beside them, with a smile on her face and eyes full of tenderness and positive energy. She was in much better condition than when she first arrived.
Afterwards, they came to Grandma Guo's house, gave Kang Kang new clothes, and handed a bundle of room temperature cloth to Grandma Guo, and took back the thousand blue beard leaves.
Of course, Granny Guo wholeheartedly agreed with this.
These thousand blue beard leaves seemed too precious to her. If she kept them, she would have nightmares at night.
Now that I have changed to normal temperature cloth, it is much more ordinary.
"This cloth is great! It's even better than blue beard leaves!" Granny Guo stroked the room-temperature cloth, her eyes full of admiration. "How do I exchange it? Is it expensive?"
"You can ask Grandpa Li for details. He is in charge now." Tang Yu'an said, and revealed the existence of low-temperature cloth to her.
Granny Guo nodded repeatedly and said quickly, "Old Li is in Room 501, right?"
"That's right." Tang Yu'an said.
So, Grandma Guo handed Kang Kang to Lin Lu's care, then carried out a small bag and prepared to go downstairs to find Old Li to trade.
She also saw the great benefits of low-temperature cloth, so she prepared to change it as soon as possible to avoid missing out.
This small bundle contains the salt tickets she exchanged for potatoes from Old Li during this period. Others may not know, but for Grandma Guo, the salt tickets are very useful.
After all, she is old, and it must be tiring for her to carry so many potatoes up and down to trade them all day long.
It is much easier to exchange them for salt tickets. Just take the small bag and go to Old Li to exchange them for the necessary supplies. With the current development situation of Huangcheng Home, there is no need to worry about these salt tickets being wasted.
Moreover, this kind of salt ticket is particularly strong. As long as you leave enough food for your own consumption, you don’t have to worry about the extra potato rotting and spoiling.
When needed, she can go to Old Li to exchange for fresh food. For someone like her who has used paper money or even electronic currency, she doesn't have to be too quick to accept salt tickets after her credit is guaranteed.
Several other growers were still waiting and watching, but only Tiemuhua bought a batch under her influence.
Now it is much easier to use than hers.
After all, there are so many good things in Room 501. New products are launched almost every day, and the powdered sugar alone makes a lot of people greedy.
Not to mention clean cotton and linen cloth, quilts, various first aid medicines, and even fire stones produced by Yanlong Castle.
The stone is only the size of a fist. When thrown into the kang, it can generate heat continuously. It is much more stable and safer than burning wood and charcoal.
Although everyone was curious about where these supplies in the home came from, they only dared to guess privately. When facing Old Li, no one dared to ask.
Even the three young employees, Lin Zhen and Xiao Cao, were shown the greatest respect by everyone.
But when Granny Guo came to Room 501 with the small bundle, Old Li was not there. He had already gone to the brickyard and announced that the brickyard would continue to operate.
"Today we will try to build kangs for everyone. Starting tomorrow, some people will need to dig canals, while the rest of us will continue making bricks."
Old Li said, "We are going to build a reservoir to store water. This is also to prepare for droughts. I hope everyone can actively participate in it."
Those who were originally worried about the brickyard closing and going hungry suddenly became excited.
"So, will building the canal and making bricks also include meals?"
Old Li nodded, but he didn't let these people be happy for too long. Instead, he said, "The dining rules will be adjusted slightly from now on."
Because bricks were previously made for making kangs, which is of direct interest to everyone, the residents are very enthusiastic.
However, it is difficult to say what will happen next as the reservoir is built.
So in order to prevent people from working without putting in effort, Old Li made a new rule that only those who completed the minimum work targets would be able to eat.
If you exceed the task requirements, you will receive a reward.
Then the brickyard will no longer work non-stop like it does now, and those who complete the targets early can leave early to do their own things.
"Of course, while focusing on speed, we must also ensure quality, so I will select the right person as the team leader. The team leader can receive better treatment, but he must also be responsible for supervising the quality of the team's work..."
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi could hear Old Li's powerful voice even on the 9th floor.
Tang Yu'an couldn't help but sigh once again, "It's great to have grandpa around!"
Zhou Qi also nodded, and then the two of them went to Jufeng Town together to do their daily tasks.
After completing the task, Tang Yu'an couldn't wait to start drawing the lottery. After all, he hadn't won anything good for two consecutive days!
"This is actually normal." Zhou Qi comforted.
Then he heard Tang Yu'an cheering, "Brother Xiaoqi, I got another skill!"
[Congratulations! You've obtained the special skill "Wind Blade Level 1"]
Zhou Qi: ...:)
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