Taking advantage of the absence of others, Bai Shuang led Mr. Ling to the original planting area outside the base and released the well-preserved metal building materials from her space.
Mr. Ling advised her, "Try to use the scrap metal. The whole steel bar is very useful, and it's a pity to melt it down. Try to keep some of it."
Once the road leading to the ruins is repaired, try to use your points to buy scrap steel.
"But when the time comes, if you want to build houses, and I'm building cruise ships, it will take up some of your manpower. Won't the other people have objections?"
"It's okay, I'm not too busy right now, it won't affect anything."
Moreover, by doing this, you've put the freed-up manpower to good use, increasing the construction team's income and providing them with another source of livelihood.
When Bai Shuang returned home, Lu Yu had already left work. He knew that Bai Shuang and Mr. Ling had gone to check the metal.
"You've acknowledged Uncle Ling?"
"No."
"Qingyang called you 'sister,' and you responded. Why are you only missing Uncle Ling?"
“It’s not that I’m missing him, it’s that I just can’t bring myself to call him ‘Dad’.”
Lu Yu thought for a moment, "That's true. We didn't grow up together, so let's just let things take their course."
On June 10, the engineering department officially started construction on the cruise ship for Bai Shuang.
She told Ling Liyuan, "The design doesn't have to be fancy, as long as it's practical and durable."
Ling Yuan, the chief engineer of the cruise ship construction team, had already arranged one of Bai Shuang's deputies, surnamed Zhao, who was about the same age as Ling Liyuan.
Mr. Ling told Bai Shuang to call him Uncle Zhao, "Your Uncle Zhao is exceptionally skilled in shipbuilding."
When the engineers and technicians below heard that Boss Bai was going to build a ship, they all rushed to sign up.
Everyone knows that Boss Bai is very wealthy and never mistreats his employees. Not only are his wages and points high, but his meals are also very good. Former employees of the Bai family are an example of this.
Bai Shuang charged all the high-powered batteries at the construction site, leaving some anthracite coal for metal smelting.
Energy is scarce at the base, and helping Bai Shuang build ships would be considered taking on private work, which would be difficult to obtain approval for.
The work meals are similar to those in hospitals and pharmaceutical factories, except that this place is a heavy industry, so the proportion of staple food must be increased.
Bai Shuang built the cruise ship using the base's engineering team and didn't hide anyone, so naturally some people were dissatisfied.
Upon hearing this, Commander Wang felt envious and jealous. He accused the commander of abusing his power for personal gain and invited Commander Liu to go to the commander's office to argue with him.
But no matter what Commander Liu said, he wouldn't go with him.
"If you think it's unfair, go ahead and do it yourself. I'm busy."
He wouldn't dare offend the leader or Boss Bai.
Commander Wang was also uneasy because Commander Liu wasn't going. He subconsciously felt that he wouldn't get the better of the situation, but he couldn't help feeling angry if he didn't go.
I went in the end anyway.
But as soon as he brought it up, Old Lu said, "It's the engineering department's prerogative to take on private jobs in their spare time."
Otherwise, they're idle and have no income, are you going to feed them? If you have any side jobs, you can hire them too.
Commander Wang left in a huff.
As July arrived, the ruins leading from the base to the nearby city were finally repaired by the soldiers through a daring, dark raid.
The base began organizing scavengers to collect usable items.
With military escorts and heavy trucks deployed by the base, any useful items collected by survivors can be placed in military trucks and transported back to the base, where they will be weighed and exchanged for points.
After five or six years of wind and frost erosion, and the crushing impact of one disaster after another, the only usable things left in the city ruins are the steel bars that were once encased in cement.
Clothing and timber were looted during the extreme cold period, and food could not possibly have survived until now.
Nowadays, cement is loosened and crumbles easily when tapped, making it easier to find metal than before.
Another group of people started salvaging seafood from the lake.
After all, nobody wants to just sit around and do nothing.
Following Ling Liyuan's advice, Bai Shuang kept the best building steel for the space and used the scrap materials collected by scavengers instead.
Otherwise, it would be too wasteful.
The skyscrapers in the city are all made of reinforced concrete, so there are countless steel materials in the ruins of a big city.
Moreover, a city has all kinds of facilities, so it can be said that it has no shortage of all kinds of metals.
At first, the military trucks they scavenged yielded a bountiful harvest, but later, the harvest dwindled.
After asking around, Bai Shuang learned that it wasn't that there was a lack of metal, but rather that the further they went into the ruins, the more mutated giant rats they encountered.
Of the survivors who went there today, more than a dozen were bitten by rats, and two of them died from the bites.
Although the soldiers traveling with them had guns, rats are naturally cunning, agile, and very fast, so their accuracy was not high.
It's pitch black now, so it's like operating in complete darkness. Even with a flashlight, visibility is poor, so many people are unwilling to go, and no one wants to go inside.
The base finally managed to build a road, are we just going to give up like this?
Building houses at the base requires a lot of metal, and Bai Shuang is now building a large cruise ship, which also requires a lot of metal.
The ruins of big cities hold endless treasures; it would be a shame to give them up. Even Bai Shuang had to use the last reserves of her own space to build the grand cruise ship.
Upon returning that day, Bai Shuang went to the pharmaceutical factory and gave them a large quantity of mint leaves produced in her space, along with other auxiliary medicinal materials, so that they could rush to produce a batch of rat repellent.
Mice are very sensitive animals, and they are particularly sensitive to certain smells, such as mint.
The mint produced in the space has a particularly strong flavor, which should be effective against the mutated mice.
The next morning, Bai Shuang led Bai Jiu and the others to get there before the survivors set off.
Due to yesterday's injuries, there were fewer scavengers today than yesterday, but most people were still willing to go out.
Death is common in the end times, but if one only gives and does not take in, and runs out of resources, one will still die.
Bai Shuang asked Bai Jiu and the others to distribute the medicine to them for free so they could take it out and try it out.
"If any of you can bring back a few alive, we'll take them, 100 points each."
It's for use as a test subject; experts are researching vaccines.
After he finished speaking, many people began to rub their hands together in anticipation.
Bai Shuang asked Bai Jiu and the other person to distribute the prepared chili powder to them.
"This is chili powder with a sleeping potion added. If you want to catch someone alive, I'll sprinkle this on them."
Prepare a bag to put it in, be careful, and watch out for bites.
After those people left, Bai Jiu asked, "Miss, can that chili powder really catch mice?"
Bai Shuang nodded, "Chili powder can irritate a rat's eyes, making it unable to see, and I also added a small amount of sedative."
Bai Shuang did consider military dogs, but there were only a few left. If they were used to catch the mutated rats, would they contract the plague?
At the same time, Bai Shuang remembered the tigers at the base, which were still stored in the static warehouse. If they could be trained, the mutated rats in the ruins would not be a problem.
Tigers are the king of beasts, and they exert a blood-based pressure on other animals. Even if they do nothing, a single roar can drive them away.
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