Chapter 398 The Storm is Coming
Zhao Minggong contacted a large number of coal mine and mining experts through the Imperial Geological Association.
When they came to Jiuling Mountain to inspect the abandoned "coal mine", they were almost sent away by Lin Wen's three-kilometer-long mine tunnel entrance.
This passage, which extends downward at a 45-degree angle, looks like it leads directly to hell.
They initially thought it was 200 meters, but after walking 200 meters, they found that it was still pitch black ahead. Then they thought it was 500 meters, but after walking 500 meters, it was still pitch black.
When they felt something was wrong and wanted to turn back, a fat man behind them accidentally fell, and then he knocked everyone down like a bowling ball.
The 45-degree slope is actually a very steep angle. If someone hadn't cleverly grabbed the metal support column handmade by Lin Wen, they would have rolled the remaining 2,500 meters.
But the disaster was not over. When they climbed up, they found that climbing uphill at a 45-degree angle was a thousand times more tiring than climbing downhill.
And if you miss a step, you might fall directly into reincarnation.
The group held hands and moved slowly upwards in a group. They came down at seven in the morning and finally returned to the cave entrance at twelve in the morning.
When they breathed fresh air again, the tears of joy they felt were like a rebirth.
Afterwards, they finally picked up their lost IQ and used the instruments they carried to test the length of the passage. They were shocked to find that the passage was actually three thousand meters long.
A surge of rage surged from their rectums to their esophagus, and they rushed into Yang Shaohu's administrative office, making a big fuss inside, believing that Changshan County was committing murder. They said that if they were not compensated with one million each, they would go back to the Geological Association to accuse Changshan County of maliciously murdering the imperial experts, exploiting the imperial talents, and spreading the matter widely.
Lin Wen happened to come to see Yang Shaohu and became unhappy when he heard it.
"Are you guys mentally retarded? I was fine getting down there, but you guys can't do it when it's your turn?"
The leader, Triangle Eyes, was furious: "If you can hike down and back up, I'll call you dad right there and then."
Lin Wen glanced at him and said, "You don't deserve it."
Triangle Eyes' face flushed red as he shouted furiously, "What did you say? You young brat, do you know who I am? If I tell you, I'll scare the hell out of you and kill you right here!"
"……oh?"
"Listen carefully, my name is Bi Yuntao! Bi Yuntao, known as the Imperial Coal God!"
Lin Wen looked at him expressionlessly. Everything was quiet and no one was shocked or dead.
Instead, several female staff members came to their senses and screamed, "You rascal!" and threw several mineral water bottles at the back of the head of the man with triangular eyes.
The scene was extremely awkward for a moment. Lin Wen coughed and said, "Hey, uh, Brother Tao, how about we make a bet? If I go down and come back up, you guys will repair this mine for Changshan County for free."
Bi Yuntao sneered: "Do you think I'm a fool?"
The upper echelons of the empire know a little about biochemical transformation, unlike the lower echelons who are all making blind guesses based on hearsay.
What if there is something wrong with this guy of unknown origin? Wouldn’t that be a big trick?
The cost of this group of people is very high. Although Changshan County is rich, the upcoming major reforms will cost countless dollars, so it is better to save as much as possible. Lin Wen thought for a moment and asked, "How do you want to bet?"
Bi Yuntao's eyes turned. "Didn't you say there's a coal mine down there? Well, if you can lay a track down there within a day, I'll agree. If you can't, I'll consider you a fraud!"
Yang Shaohu and the others thought they were deliberately making things difficult for them. Just as they were about to retort, Lin Wen readily agreed: "Okay, it's a deal. Come for the inspection tomorrow."
the next day.
When Bi Yuntao led the expert team here, there was a new railway track in front of this unremarkable underground passage, extending from inside the passage to outside the passage.
Bi Yuntao almost thought he was hallucinating. Seeing that the railway tracks extended to a kilometer away, it seemed as if they really reached the bottom of the mine.
On the other side, Lin Wen had already slid over on a mine cart and said with a smile, "Brother Tao, come down with me to find out what's going on?"
Before Bi Yuntao could say anything, Lin Wen pulled him up and pushed the mine cart, which drove directly into the passage.
Bi Yuntao yelled, "What are you doing? Let me down!"
But it was too late.
The minecart was rapidly accelerating and sliding down the track.
The 45-degree slope and the smooth rails caused the speed to increase dramatically. The dark scene rushed into his vision, and the strong wind blowing in his face made his voice shatter.
“Ah ...
The rumbling sound of the mine carts resonated in the passage. Lin Wen turned on the light on the miner's helmet. The light dispelled the darkness, but it only brought greater terror. The support pillars in the mine tunnel, which were spaced every ten meters, came into his sight faster and faster, and the terrifying sound of the wind obscured all other sounds.
They seemed to be falling into an endless abyss, and the madman stood in front of the unprotected mine cart with his arms outstretched, as if embracing death.
“Mom! Mom!”
Bi Yuntao's face was covered with snot and tears. He hugged Lin Wen's waist for fear that he would be thrown out of the car by accident.
The minecart shook violently. This was not a problem with the flatness of the ground. The passage created by the spell was a completely precise square.
Lin Wen laid the rails himself, and even embedded the sleepers directly into the ground.
This is because its speed has reached its peak and the huge wind barrier caused vibrations.
"Hahahaha! I want to fly against the wind and soar to 90,000 miles!"
Lin Wen's blood boiled and he was full of passion. He wished he could go faster, ideally even faster than the speed of sound.
Bi Yuntao, who was standing behind him, was already seized by fear. He stopped hugging his waist and then knelt in the car, hugging his thighs, crying, "Please, please! Stop, stop! I promise, I promise!"
Sizzle!
With a huge and sharp brake sound, the mine cart slowed down rapidly, and sparks flew in the darkness, creating a gorgeous beauty.
Only when the speed dropped to an acceptable level did Bi Yuntao's expression finally improve a little.
But he still didn't dare to stand up, and he held on to the edge of the mine cart tightly until the feeling of falling disappeared and the mine cart came to a complete stop on a flat ground.
Bi Yuntao's hands and feet were weak, and it took him a lot of effort to climb out of the mine car.
Lin Wen smiled and said, "You must keep your word. You will not end well if you deceive me."
Bi Yuntao's face turned pale and blue, and finally he snorted coldly: "Don't worry, I, Yuntao, never break my promise."
Lin Wen nodded: "Very good, then I will take you to visit this coal mine."
Bi Yuntao originally felt contempt and considered himself unlucky, but he was soon shocked.
"What? This passage leads directly to this cave? Did you dig this out? Why is your geological survey so accurate?"
He took a look at the bottomless cave.
"It's perfect for drainage! All the water can be drained into here, and the channel is even inclined and sloped... Oh my god, there's no more perfect drainage system than this! It's a work of art!"
"Where is the coal seam...under our feet? Oh my God, we are standing on a coal seam?"
"This, such a high concentration... and such a vast space, isn't this an open-pit coal mine?"
"Oh my god, a two-thousand-meter-deep open-pit coal mine! I can't believe this mine is actually abandoned... Oh, you dug up the back."
"This digging is so precise! Your geological exploration is simply amazing!"
"Wow, this is an unprecedented miracle project. If I can complete it, I will definitely be included in today's selection and become a legend in the industry. With the support of my teacher, becoming an Imperial Academician is no problem!"
"This is the glory of my life!"
“Wahahahaha!”
Bi Yuntao suddenly burst into laughter and jumped as he laughed.
"Hey! I got it! I got it! I got it!"
Suddenly, he turned around and grabbed Lin Wen's hand, saying urgently, "Quick, take me upstairs. I need to fully prepare for the coal mine project."
Along the way, he was extremely excited and the CAD in his mind never stopped. He didn't realize how the mine cart went up without power.
Afterwards, Lin Wen handed over all the affairs here to Yang Shaohu, and ordered him to complete the work and start production as soon as possible.
He has completed the main part of the coal mine, and what remains are all the details of a coal mine, such as ventilation, drainage, security, transportation, power, etc.
Lin Wen didn't understand these things, so he asked professionals to do it.
He is mainly strong and more flexible than machines, but he does not have much advantage in doing the actual detailed work.
Yang Shaohu agreed and he had already established the Changshan County Coal Mine Company.
This is still an imperial company, affiliated with Changshan County Government, a local government enterprise, and managed by the Imperial Capital Office.
He has recruited 12,000 people from the refugees, including 10,000 miners, 2,000 logistics personnel, maintenance personnel, and security personnel.
Now in active training.
Lin Wen continued to deal with other matters.
During this period, the preparations for the first [Crossing the Eternal Ages] auction have been almost completed.
The main venue was a requisitioned auditorium that originally belonged to a religious tycoon. The religious tycoon had been shot by the Changshan County Forbidden Spell Mage Corps, and the auditorium became the private property of Changshan County.
The decoration of the auditorium is very sacred and solemn.
The decoration workers who were hired at a high price carried out renovations on this basis, making the auditorium more sacred, noble and magnificent.
But Lin Wen disliked its strong religious atmosphere, so he manually added some elements of Azathoth and the Old Ones into it. Unexpectedly, a violent chemical reaction occurred.
The monotonous and rigid feeling is gone. The sacred and the evil clash with each other, order and chaos oppose each other, light and darkness, wisdom and stupidity, resulting in the emergence of a philosophical atmosphere that quickly becomes richer.
Several sculptors and artists hired at high prices were suddenly filled with inspiration. They were freed from the boring work of making money, and the source of art gushed out of their brains.
They were wildly displaying their artistic talents in the auditorium, and their actions had deviated greatly from the plan, but Lin Wen did not restrict their freedom.
They improvised in the auditorium, adding their own art and occupying every reserved space. Old Xie was very dissatisfied with this, as it affected his overall layout.
But Lin Wen stopped him from interfering.
When they finished, the entire auditorium became a palace of art, and all the conflicting elements became harmonious under the mediation of art.
Architects then inserted various layouts to make them more reasonable and more in line with the building itself.
When all the work was completed, the entire auditorium no longer resembled its original appearance, with asymmetrical buildings, boxes, stages, and seating layouts everywhere.
There is freehand art everywhere, incomprehensible evil gods, holy and bright angels, and vague stories of the confrontation between light and darkness, all hidden in a large number of Ukiyo-e-like works of art.
Even people who don't understand art can feel its noble and extraordinary aura.
Lin Wen also found a large number of historical inventors and asked them to make up a long and inspiring story for each work of art. He put these stories together and required every staff member to recite them by heart.
At the same time, the publicity for the [Hengduan Wan Gu] auction house has been fully launched, and its date is set for five days later.
Huaizhen is also undergoing urgent renovations, at least to make the facade more beautiful. Although it will not be as good as Emperor Yang of Sui wrapping a tree with silk, it is at least suitable for hosting the G9.
After all, this means how much fatter the pockets of the people of Changshan County will be in the future, and how much good fortune Lin Wen will have.
at the same time.
The Nadao Grain Exchange has also been built, and the clay model will be completed in a few days. Changshan County is not high in any way, but it is efficient.
Lin Wen used the [Turn Earth into Stone] technique twice and the exchange was built.
All that remains is the decoration and installation of water, electricity and communications.
As a futures exchange, trading terminals are naturally indispensable, and online trading is also inevitable.
Changshan County has no problem with either of these.
However, the exchange's terminals were rejected by almost all places. No one wanted to offend the grain group, so they prepared 300 terminals, but only five were sent out.
There are three in the imperial capital, all of which were collected by Li Linyue.
There is one in Zhongzhou, which was collected by Wang Boan’s sister.
There is one in Yunzhou, and it was collected by Zhao Chaoyang.
But it doesn’t matter. The opening notice of Nadao has been released, and Xiao Xiao is gearing up to carry out the biggest operation in his life.
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Southwest District.
Supreme Command Headquarters.
Prince Jun made his final summary: "...With all of this, I bear primary responsibility for this defeat. Changshan Commandery has at least two armies that are now nearly frontline regular troops. From now on, 60,000 troops fighting 300,000 will never happen again. A one-to-two ratio or more will be considered a disadvantageous battle."
"Li Xueyou must lead 300,000 reorganized troops into battle as soon as possible."
"I have tacitly allowed the Gru people to enter Tianjiang from Lanshui and plunder and harass the occupied areas of Changshan County."
"In the next battle, we must ensure absolute air superiority."
“…………”
"at last."
Prince Jun paused for a moment, his expression becoming gloomy.
"The Council's giant troops will join us on the battlefield and attack Changshan County. We will cooperate if necessary."
Boom!
The entire conference room was in an uproar, and many generals and military leaders jumped up. They could not accept fighting together with the Council, and they could not accept fighting in conjunction with the Council's giant troops.
The trauma inflicted upon them by the Council's giant army will never be forgotten.
In the war with the Council, they did not gain the upper hand until the later stages when the High Command came up with a plan against the giant army.
But before that, countless of their brothers died at the hands of giants.
But when they collected the corpses, they discovered that the giants actually had a habit of eating corpses.
This is unbearable for military generals who regard honor as their life.
"This is the commander-in-chief's order."
Prince Jun calmed the quarrel and protest with just one word.
For a moment, the conference room was dead silent.
(End of this chapter)
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