Chapter 781: Digging Tunnel and Building Road
This unexpected reversal made Jingshu think that Jun Bao listened to his savior's advice and decided to be a good person, so he wanted more people to survive.
"Yes, even if he's not a good person, he can have other purposes to keep more people alive. If it were someone else, I would believe he was kind-hearted, doing his job, taking responsibility, but you..."
There is no benefit and it is thankless, so Jun Bao would never do it. People like him say that they want more people to survive, but who knows what they really want to do.
"Isn't it? I just want to show her that sometimes death is a relief, and life is suffering. Since she thinks so, I will try my best to let more people live. As for how they live, or whether they want to continue living, it's not my business. If it were you, what would you choose?"
"There is hope only when I'm alive. No matter what I go through, I want to live," said Jingshu.
"As expected." Jun Bao was somewhat relieved and continued, "So, in order to allow more people to survive, I plan to dig tunnels and build roads. Don't worry, I really don't ask you for food."
Jing Shu frowned. "If a large number of people, even those who are begging for money from the surrounding areas, sneak in, how much food will there be for so many people?"
"Digging tunnels and building roads is a massive undertaking, subject to various unforeseen circumstances, including weather, road conditions, and tools, and many people will die. If they go to build the road, the town government will provide them with two meals a day. If they're lucky, they can join Wucheng after the road is completed. If they're unlucky, they'll die along the way, but at least they'll have lived a little longer. If they don't want to work...then they'll just wait to die. No one will support idlers, so Wucheng will also recruit some people to work on the road and search for transit stations before the apocalypse along the way."
In ancient times, countless people died from forced labor to build roads. Now it is the end of the world, and there are certainly no such good technology and various materials as before. There may be professional tools for digging holes, but they will definitely replace a lot of labor.
According to this, there is really no need to collect additional grain. Many people may die. Half of the people died just by migrating. What about digging tunnels?
But now that the tunnel has been dug, not many people will have to die during the migration, and it won't be so tragic. Jun Bao...this is killing three birds with one stone, and he also saved the people under his name.
But there is no other way. Now more and more people are starving to death in other places. If we don’t build roads, we will die anyway.
Jingshu frowned, feeling something was wrong. There seemed to be no such thing as road repair in their past lives. They had all walked step by step, so they encountered many emergencies along the way, resulting in heavy casualties.
"Digging tunnels to build roads?"
"If you want to get rich, build roads first." Jun Bao smiled. Seeing Jing Shu's serious face, he said seriously, "We've received inside information that the weather in our area will continue to get colder, possibly breaking minus 70 degrees Celsius. However, the south is starting to warm up, and the world's weather is in chaos. We must be prepared to deal with this."
"Should we continue to defend Wucheng, or should we all migrate south? Will there be other natural disasters along the way, or will the temperature rise again?"
"Qian Duoduo's Xishan is a successful example. We began imitating it a long time ago, intending to build an underground city. Wucheng is rich in natural gas resources, various minerals, and oil. Even if we burn resources and use artificial suns to get some food and supplies, defending Wucheng means guarding the richest resource area in the three northwestern provinces."
The West-to-East Gas Pipeline project is about the Wucheng area before the end of the world, supplying natural gas to other parts of China. It is a pity that the resources are rich there. Unfortunately, the natural disasters after the end of the world and the constant artificial sun have made it impossible for Wucheng to supply enough.
"But if that doesn't work, it's better to dig a tunnel early and prepare to migrate with the whole family to save our lives. If we open up a trade route sooner, we can at least transport some goods from the outside world."
It is indeed different from the previous life. I actually started making such preparations in advance!
Yes, in the previous life, there was no food in Wucheng at this time, and many people starved to death. Jingshu's family had to move out of their villa. It was really like they were guarding an energy treasure that they couldn't do anything about. In this life, under Jingshu's butterfly effect, Wucheng barely avoided starvation, and Jun Bao's mind became active, and he began to plan bigger things.
Digging tunnels and building roads early on really coincided with Jingshu's idea! But now she also encountered a problem. The tunnels she dug with great effort always collapsed. This was not suitable for migration. Later, after checking the information, she found out that a tunnel required various technical support and material support.
The concrete and steel pillars are indispensable. If she simply digs it, it will easily collapse.
"Right now, resources and materials are in short supply, and the road is too long, so we build a buffer every mile we dig, so we don't need to reinforce it."
"We will go south along this railway, passing Xinlan, Shaanxi, Sichuan... If we come across extra maps, we will have people report the information and correct the maps, and then we can go around and dig in this area. It won't waste some time." Jun Bao's eyes flashed. He didn't know whether Jing Shu understood what he meant. Well, if they come across new plates, they will talk about it later. Well, talk to Yang Yang. He is still in the research stage on the energy issue.
Jingshu nodded frequently. She dug along the railway. That's what she did. So, does that mean her route is overlapping with theirs?
Jingshu suddenly looked up at Jun Bao. He wasn't asking her for food, he was...
Jun Bao said, "There's a savage leader in the south named Zhang Lang. He established an independent base. Initially, he had only a dozen people, but in just two years, he's grown to several thousand. Your friend Zhen Nantian took people to investigate the situation. They discovered that when Zhang Lang was a savage, he was so hungry that he ate flying cockroaches. The cockroaches laid eggs in his body. Later, somehow, he was able to spit out cockroaches from his mouth and control them. However, he also began to grow whiskers and assimilate like a cockroach."
"After research, it was discovered that he possessed new energy within his body. He was classified as a new human and is a key protected individual."
"Now Zhang Lang has joined Zhennantian's team, providing food and oil for the imperial capital. He's doing very well. You can meet him if you have the chance."
"I know you also know a new human, the one you provide giant bugs to on a regular basis. I have no intention of reporting this to the higher authorities or interfering in your dealings. If anything happens in the future, you will always be the middleman. You are from Wucheng, and the connections you have will also benefit Wucheng.
Today, I want to ask you to be one of the people responsible for the road construction. Your responsibility is to let the bugs be the pioneers in digging the tunnels."
Jingshu pondered for a moment, she had never expected this to happen.
Originally, she had planned to take the insect girl Xiaowei and her tribe and keep them far behind the team during the migration without interacting with anyone, but it was very likely that they would not be able to hide it at all. However, she was able to get so many big insects, so she didn't intend to hide it from the people in power.
What she wanted to hide was Xiaowei, who had an insect body. She was too surprised at the time and wondered what would happen if she was caught and studied as an alien?
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