Chapter 471: Bisong Ridge
Xia Xiaoman was joking with Director Hou. She found it difficult enough to raise a pair of wolf eggs, so how could she have the energy to raise three wolf cubs?
She negotiated with Director Hou and decided to keep Nini in the science museum for the time being. She would take Nini away when the wolf cubs grew up and became independent.
Xia Xiaoman left Maodan behind, allowing the family of five to spend more time together, and then she left the science museum and went to the fourth floor to find Chen Peiqiong.
Xia Xiaoman had thought about letting Chen Peiqiong join the fleet before, but Chen Peiqiong was a soft-hearted person and she was worried that something bad would happen if she brought her along, so when forming the fleet, she did not put Chen Peiqiong on the list.
But now she plans to change the model to manage the fleet.
In the past, all the members of the fleet were soldiers, and there was no logistics. Everyone had to stand guard at night, and after standing guard, they had to cook food to fill their stomachs before they could rest and sleep.
When clothes got dirty or wet, there was no time to wash them, so they were just hung up somewhere. After waking up, they didn't care whether the clothes were dry or not, and they continued to stand guard outside. Over time, everyone's mental state was very poor.
This time the fleet is going to recruit a few new people, and she plans to arrange them in logistics, responsible for the hygiene on the ship and the food and drink of the crew.
Logistics is the most profitable and prone to accidents. If someone put drugs in their food, they might be wiped out. So she had to place a trusted person in the logistics department, and Chen Peiqiong was the best candidate.
Xia Xiaoman did not find Chen Peiqiong on the fourth floor. She heard from her roommates that Chen Peiqiong had signed up for the army after taking the meteorite liquid. After learning this, Xia Xiaoman sent a message to Lu Lanshan.
Yesterday, Yu Jie asked Lv Lanshan to pick a few people from the army to fill the vacancies left by Zhang Jiaming and others. When Xia Xiaoman sent a message to Lv Lanshan to find people in the army, he also asked Chen Peiqiong for her opinion. If she agreed, he would recruit her as well.
Lu Lanshan seemed very busy and replied to Xia Xiaoman half an hour later, saying that he would send her the list of other people in the evening.
After failing to find Chen Peiqiong, Xia Xiaoman returned to the Science Museum to build relationships with Nini and the three wolf cubs. Director Hou seemed to be afraid that she would kidnap the wolf cubs, and he kept an eye on her.
Xia Xiaoman stayed in the science museum until it closed at nine o'clock in the evening, and then she took Maodan home reluctantly.
When Xia Xiaoman returned to the door of the building where she lived, he saw Li Yu'e carrying a big bag and looking around, and asked casually, "Sister Yu'e, what are you looking at?"
Li Yu'e said, "I don't know who left this bag of stuff at my doorstep."
Xia Xiaoman stretched her head and took a look at the things in the bag. They were all good things. There was a small bag of eggs, a set of soft clothes, and vacuum-packed chicken and fish.
"Could it be that Wen Xu sent it?"
"How could that guy have the ability to get so many good things." Li Yu'e said this, but in her heart she also thought that these things were sent by Wen Xu, so she ran out to look for him.
Xia Xiaoman patted her arm and said, "No matter who sent it, it has already been dropped at your door. You can just take it back and use it. But you have to be careful with the food you eat and make sure there is nothing wrong with it before you eat it."
Li Yu'e nodded and said, "I know. These eggs should not be poisoned. Do you want to take two back to eat?" As she spoke, she reached out and opened the bag of eggs.
"No need, just take it back and eat it yourself!" Xia Xiaoman waved her hand and took the hairy egg home.
When Xia Xiaoman got home and was about to take a shower, she received a list of people from Lu Lanshan. She had never seen the other three people except Chen Peiqiong. But looking at the information of these three people, they were all rookies.
"No veterans?"
Lu Lanshan replied immediately, "The veterans all have missions, and the only ones who can spare time right now are the new recruits."
Xia Xiaoman was a little disappointed. The new recruits had just joined the army and were not very obedient. She might have to spend more time to train them. But Lu Lanshan had said that the veterans had missions, so she couldn't let them retire from their missions and join her fleet.
Moreover, the people recruited this time are all responsible for logistics. It doesn’t seem good to let the veterans be in charge of logistics, so we can only accept these three new recruits.
Xia Xiaoman sent the information of these three people and Chen Peiqiong to Sun Qing, and asked Sun Qing to take them to the shipyard for seasickness test tomorrow. Time was tight, and there were only a few days before the next departure, so they could only take the seasickness test first, and the other training contents would be slowly trained after they were on board.
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On the third day after returning to the underground city, Lu Lanshan sent a confession from Yuan Bing, which detailed the address of the mine that Yuan Bing knew.
"Yuan Bing said there are four mines in Bisongling, three iron mines and one copper mine. They are going to Bisongling to confirm whether these four mines really have ores."
"I interrogated Yuan Bing and the others separately, and the confessions we got were similar. There should be no problem with the addresses of these mines. But you still have to be careful. The terrain of Bisongling is complicated. Even before the natural disaster, it was not easy to enter."
"We will prepare three months' worth of supplies for you this time. When you come back, you can take a long vacation." After this trip, Xia Country should be entering a period of eternal night, and it would not be suitable to go out to look for mines.
After receiving the message, Xia Xiaoman immediately contacted Jiang Yue and asked Jiang Yue to find a way to get her a topographic map of Bisongling before the natural disaster.
Bisongling spans the three major cities of Jincheng, Yundu and Nanhuicheng, covers an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, and has a relatively high altitude. This means that Xia Xiaoman and his team are likely to hit the bottom when sailing in Bisongling, and it is also difficult to find these four mines.
It was no wonder that Lu Lanshan was so generous this time and prepared three months of supplies for them. It would take a month to sail back and forth to Bisongling, assuming everything went smoothly. Add to that the time it would take to find ore in Bisongling, and three months might not be enough.
Xia Xiaoman bargained with Lu Lanshan, "Bisongling is so dangerous, I'm going to apply for a boat with a higher safety factor and equipped with three times the number of guns, ammunition and oxygen cylinders."
Lu Lanshan replied: "We can provide you with guns and ammunition, but we don't have any ships for the time being."
Xia Xiaoman: "When I came back, I saw a new ship with the logo of the floating city."
Lu Lanshan: "That ship has other missions to perform and cannot be used by you."
Xia Xiaoman was silent for a while, "Then give us twice as many guns and ammunition!"
Lu Lanshan asked Yu Jie for instructions and only agreed to Xia Xiaoman's request after getting Yu Jie's permission.
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After staying in the underground city for five days, Lu Lanshan informed Xia Xiaoman that the ship had been repaired.
Xia Xiaoman went to the shipyard to check the ship. The dents caused by the sawfish had been repaired, and an observation room was built above the cabin. However, due to time constraints, the observation room was not large and could only accommodate three people.
Xia Xiaoman was very satisfied with this. With this observation room, they could see clearly what was happening outside even if they stayed indoors.
The day after the ship was repaired, Xia Xiaoman and others began to count the supplies and prepare to embark on the journey to find mines again.
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