Chapter 253 As Soon As Possible
This is a cave with perfect plane topology and spatial topology.
It maximizes the use of all spaces and planes, and is fully in line with human living habits. Although the outline is rough, the environment is dark, and the ground is full of mud and water, these are problems that can be completely overcome.
They even found caves in such a close environment that could be used as public toilets, public baths, and public canteens.
This is not a cave at all, but a new building with a perfect three-dimensional structure.
In the building, even holes for drainage, ventilation and wiring have been reserved.
As soon as he discovered something was wrong, Huang Mingxiao, who was experienced because he had been repeatedly cheated by County Magistrate Lin during the disaster relief period, immediately transferred a large number of staff from the Civil Affairs Department and cadres from the Refugee Management Committee.
It took more than 5,000 people more than an hour to explore this building embedded in the mountain.
The summarized news left everyone speechless.
"Is this really formed naturally?"
A cadre asked, and this was also the voice of everyone.
Even Yang Shaohu turned pale and felt unbelievable. The newcomer Xiao Zhang couldn't even stand up. He sat on the ground with his legs shaking.
Only Lian Mei was all smiles, not feeling the slightest bit afraid. She smiled and said to Huang Mingxiao, "What did County Magistrate Lin say?"
Huang Mingxiao suddenly came to his senses and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Miss Lian is right!"
He carefully recalled what Lin Wen had said to them at that time, and his expression suddenly brightened. He raised his hand and pressed it lightly a few times:
"Everyone, don't panic! County Chief Lin told us before we arrived that there's a habitable area at the foot of the Taixu Mountains. Let's clean it up."
Yang Shaohu suddenly understood. "That's right. Everyone, listen carefully. County Chief Lin's original words were, 'There's a habitable area beneath the Taixu Mountains.' What does this mean? It means it didn't exist before, but it exists now. It means it's man-made! It's not some superstitious thing about ghosts or gods, nor is it a monster's lair."
Huang Mingxiao praised repeatedly, "Right, right, right! Doesn't our county have a world-class Java engineering team? I haven't seen them for a long time recently. Perhaps this is their masterpiece! They have been working quietly in the mountains all this time."
The name of the Java Engineering Team is known to everyone in Changshan County. Thanks to the promotion of Chief Engineer Yang, its name has become well-known in the imperial engineering and construction industry.
Countless people wanted to contact the Java engineering team but could never find a way. They also wanted to find Java Country but couldn't find it, so they could only come to Changshan County.
Since the completion of the Changshan County Highway and the miraculous Tianmokeng Steel-Stone Bridge, seven out of ten outsiders who come to Changshan County come to find the Java Engineering Team.
They asked for information about the Java engineering team everywhere and were often generous. A few sentences repeated hundreds of times could earn them a tip of ten dollars.
As a result, the name of the Java Engineering Team spread like wildfire in Changshan County. Everyone here knew about the deeds of the Java Engineering Team, and everyone had different rumors. Some said that the engineering team flew into the sky, some hid underground, some carried mountains and crossed the sea, and some grew red hair. There were all kinds of strange stories.
However, when they spent a lot of money to find out the residence of this legendary engineering team, they were dumbfounded.
Because the compound and warehouse where the Java engineering team lived were guarded by Qin Luoshuang's agents, and no one could approach.
These loyal agents always strictly abide by Qin Luoshuang's orders, prohibiting anyone from approaching or spying on the mysterious engineering team, including themselves.
Therefore, when Huang Mingxiao said this, everyone believed it about 70% when they heard it involved the legendary engineering team.
But Xiao Zhang couldn't help but ask, "Can this be completed in a short time? It will take the construction team a long time. How did County Magistrate Lin know about taking in refugees?"
Lian Mei shouted, "County Magistrate Lin is a prophet. How could he not know?"
Not wanting to make County Magistrate Lin appear as a god-like figure, Yang Shaohu added, "The situation in the empire has always been very serious. Due to Western Continental provocations and our own problems, our relations with our neighbors have been extremely poor and tense. Many people predict war, but we don't know when or how it will be fought."
“Yes, yes, yes!”
This also reminded Huang Mingxiao, he said:
"Our environment is closed and surrounded by mountains, so we are unlikely to be threatened by war. If fighting breaks out outside, there is a high possibility that we can take in refugees."
"County Governor Lin must have seen through the fog of the empire's situation and foresaw the outbreak of war. That's why he ordered the Java engineering team to secretly come to the mountains to build this refuge that can accommodate so many people immediately after they finished building the road."
"I think what Director Huang said makes sense."
A cadre from the refugee management committee also stood up and spoke.
"I used to be a first-class construction engineer in the Empire. Let me share my opinion."
"This building seems like an incredible miracle, something that no human could have built, but our technology is developing, and no one knows what kind of technology will emerge in the future."
"We can assume there's a chemical solvent that dissolves the stone, turning it into muddy water. The Javanese engineering team used a special method to inject the solvent into the mountain. They then used a special method to control the direction of the chemical solvent, etching out the outline of the building according to their construction blueprint."
This explanation was very easy to understand and everyone present understood it immediately.
"So that's how it is!"
"No wonder there's so much mud and water on the ground!"
"Those holes for ventilation, drainage, and the remaining cables must be the channels they used to inject the chemical solution into the mountain!"
"Right, right, right! Now that you've said that, we understand!"
"Haha, you're just scaring yourself! It's clearly just a man-made miracle. It's childish to keep imagining ghosts and gods!"
Xiao Zhang argued again: "Then County Chief Lin must have the building blueprints. With the blueprints, our renovation work will be much easier!"
Huang Mingxiao smiled and said, "Xiao Zhang is right. I'll find out after asking."
He immediately picked up the phone and dialed County Chief Lin's exclusive number.
After a busy tone, County Chief Lin's slightly impatient voice was heard.
"Hello!"
Huang Mingxiao hurriedly said, "Chief Lin, do you have any architectural drawings? I think..."
"have."
Click, the phone hung up.
Huang Mingxiao was a little embarrassed and was about to say something to ease the atmosphere when he saw Lin Wen running out from the woods not far away from the corner of his eye.
"Head of County Lin! You, you are nearby..."
"Paper!"
Lian Mei quickly picked up a blank engineering drawing, squeezed aside the person who wanted to hand over the draft paper, and handed over the wide and large engineering paper.
Lin Wen picked up the pen and quickly started drawing on the paper.
No one spoke, the scene was very quiet, with only the rustling sound of pen hitting paper.
Everyone held their breath and watched Lin Wen perform. He wrote with such speed that he never paused for even a second, and even wrote left and right, which seemed too slow.
A moment later, Lin Wen threw down his pen and ran wildly into the woods and disappeared, but some sharp-eyed people saw that a white cloud seemed to rise from the woods and fly towards the Taixu Mountains in the south.
But most people were dumbfounded. On the drawing in front of them, a rigorous, detailed and well-labeled construction engineering drawing appeared.
The construction engineer reached out and touched it, but bounced back as if he had been electrocuted.
After a long while, someone finally sighed and said, "Chief Lin is truly a genius, there is no doubt about that."
Xiao Zhang moved his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.
Lian Mei said cautiously, "Everyone, please don't spread this! County Chief Lin must have secretly seen this from the Java Engineering Team. He wrote down the drawings not only to facilitate our work, but also to lay the foundation for our own engineering team in Changshan County in the future."
Everyone immediately came to their senses and said, "That's right, that's right. We must not spread this. Otherwise, County Magistrate Lin will be in trouble. The Java Engineering Team might get angry and run away!"
"Yes, that is a treasure that County Chief Lin spent a huge amount of money and many favors to obtain. We must not let County Chief Lin's painstaking efforts go to waste!"
"That's right! Anyone who dares to spread this information is a traitor! A spy, and an anti-human!"
Yang Shaohu said loudly, "Everyone present, come here. This is a strictly confidential matter. Just in case, please all press your fingerprints here. If there is any information leak in the future, I will have Director Qin press his fingerprints and investigate!"
"right!"
"good!"
"I'll go first!"
After a busy period, everyone began to study the blueprints. They were amazed at County Chief Lin's strong memory and flexible handwriting, and even more amazed at the ingenious design and perfect structure of the building. Almost all situations were taken into consideration, and there was room for improvement in almost every aspect. It was simply a genius design.
Afterwards, Huang Mingxiao quickly arranged the work, sending people to clean the cave and do basic tidying up, while also sending people to connect water and electricity and place necessary daily necessities.
Yang Shaohu quickly returned to the county government office to discuss the second phase of accepting refugees with Zhao Minggong of Wolong.
In fact, this matter is essentially no different from the first stage, but Yang Shaohu believes that there must be some deep meaning behind County Chief Lin's actions, and he wants to get advice from Mr. Zhao.
Wolong heard Yang Shaohu's confusion and said with a smile, "Shaohu, you haven't thought it through. The essence of County Magistrate Lin's policy is to use work instead of relief, to replace charity with mutual assistance, to give refugees personality and dignity, and to reduce our burden. Helping them is also helping ourselves."
"But," Yang Shaohu asked doubtfully, "Why is it divided into different phases? Is it because the mountain building isn't finished yet?"
Zhao Minggong smiled. His thin face was covered with deep wrinkles. Fatigue and weakness could no longer leave his body. The damage to his brainstem nerves had reached 10%. According to the previous standards, he would have died long ago.
Now it is all maintained by instruments.
Wolong's days are numbered.
"Shaohu, I don't know if it is true, but I know County Chief Lin definitely wants to save more refugees."
"You might as well change your mindset and think about what refugees need and want, and what we can do to allow us to accept more people and save more lives."
Yang Shaohu suddenly realized and nodded vigorously.
The two then discussed the details of the new stage of refugee resettlement for a while. Yang Shaohu benefited a lot and gained a lot of confidence. He believed that the reception of refugees would be faster and more stable.
About half an hour later, the dean rushed in: "The time is up, Mr. Zhao must rest!"
Yang Shaohu quickly stood up: "Mr. Zhao, you should have a good rest. I will definitely not make the same mistake again!"
Although Zhao Minggong was clearly very tired, he still managed a smile:
"Shaohu, you are very talented, but you have too little grassroots experience. You must go deeper into the civilian population, understand them better, and know what they say, think, do, and want. Only then can you do your job well."
"Okay, Mr. Zhao, stop talking." The dean wanted to put a breathing mask on him.
But Zhao Minggong stopped him with his hand and said the last words forcefully.
"Come on, young men! May you become the spark that pierces the long night and ignites the hope of the world."
The oxygen mask was put on, and sedative gas mixed with oxygen rushed in.
Zhao Minggong closed his eyes.
Yang Shaohu walked out of the door silently. Li Xiaoli was outside the door. There were obvious traces of tears on her face, but when she saw him, she still tried to smile.
Yang Shaohu's heart seemed to be stuck, and he suddenly ran, wanting to leave here as soon as possible and get back to work.
(End of this chapter)
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