After Lu Yuan had someone tidy things up a bit, he looked at the large area of land being planted and suddenly had an idea.
"Let's designate a planting area here and grow more of our grain crops!"
Chen Bin nodded as he took notes of Lu Yuan's words in his notebook. Soon, all the inventory was completed, and the entire base was clearly divided. At the handover point, Lu Yuan set up a barrier to prevent the other party from sneaking into his territory to steal things.
Several months have passed. There have been a few occasional earthquakes, but they were all small-scale and did not cause any major disasters. The coal mine that Lu Yuan discovered on the mountain is now gradually increasing its output. However, due to personnel issues and the high altitude, coal mining is quite difficult, and only two or three tons of coal are transported down the mountain every day.
However, the people on Lu Yuan's side did not lack food and clothing after planting a large area of grain. On the other hand, on Tan Qing's side, due to the great chaos a few months ago, the people there were in a state of panic, and the entire management team had great problems. Tan Qing's ruling power was also gradually weakening, and many people divided up their own areas for management.
Without Lu Yuan's food support, large-scale deaths began to occur on their side. Every day, many people tried to steal food from Lu Yuan's fields, but after being caught by Lu Yuan's men, they were all punished and sent back to their camp.
Soon, several junior managers requested to join Lu Yuan's camp, which annoyed Lu Yuan to no end.
On this day, Chen Bin, looking tired, came to the temporary office again with a small notebook in his hand.
"President Lu, another collapse occurred in the coal mine today. Three people died, and five or six are still buried inside!"
Upon hearing this news, Lu Yuan gritted his teeth in anger. He stared intently at Chen Bin and said, "Didn't we agree that safety was the top priority over there? How could such a serious accident at the coal mine happen?!"
Chen Bin sighed and said, "It's all because of this damn earthquake. Although our defense measures are quite comprehensive, every earthquake causes the supports to shake, making it extremely difficult to mine coal inside! And once an earthquake occurs, that place is definitely the most dangerous place!"
After pondering for a moment, Lu Yuan said, "If all else fails, we'll just reduce the amount of coal we're mining!"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan mention reducing coal mining, Chen Bin immediately shook his head.
"No, the temperature is dropping rapidly. If there's no coal mine, heating will become a major problem. And people don't have enough warm clothes right now. If coal production continues to decline, people will freeze to death!"
"We can't joke around with the lives of those miners. It's such a dangerous job. If people are dying every day now, who will want to mine coal in the future?"
After listening, Chen Bin remained silent. Suddenly, another burst of noise came from outside.
Wang Ming stood outside angrily, stopping someone who was about to enter Lu Yuan's tent.
"I've already told you, Mr. Lu is busy and can't receive guests. As for what you mentioned, Mr. Lu has already made it clear to you that he doesn't accept refugees from your area. You should go back now!"
However, the man outside still pleaded desperately: "Please, our people can do any kind of work. We'll take on any dangerous jobs you have, as long as we can have something to eat. So many people are dying there every day. If this continues, not one of us will survive. Please, for the sake of us being Chinese, help us out!"
Upon hearing the voices outside, Lu Yuan had an idea. He lifted the curtain and looked in from the outside: "Wang Ming, bring him in!"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's voice, the man outside was overjoyed and quickly walked into the tent.
The temperature was very low, around minus three or four degrees Celsius. Lu Yuan was wearing a cotton coat, but he still felt a bit cold. Because of the reduced amount of coal mined, the coal in the brazier was only used at night.
Upon seeing Lu Yuan, the man swallowed hard and pleaded, "Mr. Lu, please help us! Our people have no connection with Tan Qing anymore. Please let us join your camp and give us some food to save us!"
Lu Yuan looked up and glanced at the other person: "I just heard that people in your area are willing to do anything for food, is that right?"
Upon hearing this, the other person immediately nodded and said, "That's right, that's right, anything is fine, as long as you can get some food!"
Lu Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Go to the mountains to mine coal?"
Without a second thought, the other party nodded repeatedly: "Coal mining is fine too, anything that has food is fine!"
"Okay, then go back and tell them that I'm recruiting 300 people. Each coal miner will get two meals a day as long as they mine 200 kilograms. For every additional 100 kilograms, one more person will get a meal!"
After hearing this, the other party was overjoyed and thanked him profusely, saying, "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Lu. I will go back and tell our people right away. They will be very grateful to you!"
Lu Yuan waved his hand and said, "But let me make this clear first, mining coal in the mountains is very dangerous. There are earthquakes from time to time, and collapses happen frequently, so you'd better bring your own tools. If you have any skilled coal miners, it would be best to bring them along too!"
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