Chapter 314 Qin Henghu's Decision
Su Han brought Lu Changshan to have a look at the underground tunnels linking Huiyuan City with South City, which were fifty meters deep, seven meters high, and fifteen meters wide, when displayed before his eyes.
The only thought in Lu Changshan's mind was: He, Lu Changshan, had invested in this project.
This was no longer merely a trading passage to avoid monster attacks, but a real retreat route.
To put it further, even if it weren't used for trading, if one day Linshui City was breached by monsters for some reason, this tunnel would become a survival route for two or three hundred thousand people.
Its importance was self-evident; regarding issues such as defense and anti-infiltration after the tunnel was connected, these were already minor details.
Without any hesitation, Lu Changshan set the trade volume between Linshui City and the Tree Domain.
The first was the construction and transformation of production lines. Lu Changshan dispatched Linshui City's existing technical staff, both military and civilian, to fully assist Huiyuan City in transforming and upgrading the entire industrial park's production lines.
Everything was based on the production of arms, cannons, and other equipment, including transport vehicles and modified armored vehicles.
The second was trading 300,000 tons of steel. Linshui City had its own Steel Transit Center, along with various abandoned vehicles and metal materials. Collecting 300,000 tons was not particularly difficult.
This batch of trade was to support the reconstruction of production in Huiyuan City, but there was also a minor condition that some of the produced arms and vehicles were reserved for Linshui City with a fixed trade quota.
The third was trading 1,000 Lamp Tree Crystals and 1,200 Spiritual Energy ores, all exchanged for Contribution Value, mainly to obtain Black Rock Tree Monster, Blood-winged Tiger, and Vine Giant Rat.
The three monster tribes each had their characteristics, especially the Black Rock Tree Monster, which Lu Changshan had been coveting for several days. Compared to their current use of the limited amount of concrete to cast walls, the efficiency was too slow, and it was not so easy to make the materials.
Blasting hills, crushing rocks, then using a mixing plant for the proportions, each of these processes was many times more difficult than before the apocalypse.
Then there were some trades for enhancement drugs and injection drugs, all generally set in the direction.
Once the direction of the trade was set, both sides quickly dispatched their respective administrative responsible persons and then began to fiercely debate the amount of Contribution Value, striving to obtain as many resources as possible for their own cities.
Meanwhile, Su Han directly mobilized two Tunnel Giant Worms and two major construction crews led by Nong Yun to a location west of Huiyuan City.
They were to build the entrance to the underground city here.
The so-called underground city was the intersection point of the external connecting underground tunnels, not only for Linshui City but also for many more counties and cities in the future.
In Su Han's vision, it was not possible for him to directly control every city, so a connected hub was very important to spread his influence through trade and gather more resources.
Zhou Shanying was sent by Lu Changshan to organize the engineers to set the route and continuously guide the Tunnel Giant Worms on the ground.
Nong Yun was following behind the Tunnel Giant Worms, section by section, using the rock and soil excavated by the Tunnel Giant Worms to reinforce the tunnel walls.
This time, the specification for the construction was basically based on the tunnel specifications between South City and Huiyuan City.
It can be said that the workload was not small.
When Zhou Shanying was dispatched to dig holes, he felt darkness before his eyes in an instant.
Damn it, Lu Changshan was screwing him over.
He, Zhou Shanying, a Third Rank Lower Class Contractor, almost medium.
An officer commanding a mobile battalion with more than three thousand people, and he was sent to dig holes?
Wasn't it just because the information was delayed a few times?
Initially, he purely wanted to curse, although he was at fault, it didn't warrant this.
However, when he saw those two seventy or eighty-meter-long giant Tunnel Giant Worms, and then followed a Tunnel Giant Worm for about twenty kilometers a day,
the only thing left in his mind was: Damn, the Tree Domain is awesome.
Zhou Shanying, who had been out in battle, knew too well the importance of speeding and securing supply lines; this tunnel was simply a cheat code.
Therefore, he began to work exceptionally hard.
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"It's preliminarily set at 3,000 Spiritual Energy rifles, 100,000 bullets, 500 Spiritual Energy shells. Three lower-class enhancement drugs, three injection drugs each, a total of 100 from the lower to middle-upper second grade. 200 Black Rock Tree Monsters, 100 Blood-winged Tigers, and 50 Vine Giant Rats."
Yan Meiyu, who was personally leading the team this time, was reporting some general trade quantities to Su Han; some miscellaneous medical and daily supplies were already omitted here.
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She smiled and said to Su Han, "The quartermaster over there also wanted a Tunnel Giant Worm, but without a newly advanced Third Order Contractor, it's impossible to contract one. However, the exchange rate this time is much more generous compared to the South City camp period."
This time the exchange entitlement was indeed higher; Yan Meiyu, although following Su Han's method and having improved under Li Ruikang's teachings, sensed deep intentions from Su Han but still had many doubts because she felt that the treatment of Linshui City seemed different from that of the South City camp.
"How much we give isn't important, here the resources are renewable, and the output is higher than it was in South City."
Su Han slowly stated his objective, "The greater the boost in Linshui City, the more potential spatial rifts they may explore and control. The more they produce, the more resources we naturally obtain. If too many spatial rifts go undiscovered or uncontrolled, then not only Linshui City will be impacted."