Chapter 206, Hidden Worries

After completely occupying a radius of more than 100 kilometers of land, with the help of various resources in it, Li Shunsheng's base officially entered a period of rapid development.

The rapid development of the base is naturally a great thing, but Li Shunsheng is very helpless to find that the development of the base does not need to interfere with himself now, he only needs to grasp the general direction of the development of the base, and he does not need to do superfluous things, but a hidden worry that has recently erupted is a headache for him.

Daily regular meetings......

Li Shunsheng sat bored in his place and listened to his subordinates arguing there because of their work, Li Shunsheng did not try to stop their quarrel, because he knew very well what kind of subordinates he needed.

With the development of the meeting, the original dispute has almost turned into a full martial arts, looking at the subordinates who have rolled up their sleeves, Li Shunsheng knows that he should end.

"Alright, alright. What kind of system is noisy and noisy. Li Shunsheng knocked on the table and motioned for everyone to be quiet and listen to him.

"I already have a rough idea of what you're trying to tell me, but I don't like to go around the bush, so I can just say it in a meeting." Li Shunsheng was a little helpless, there were still many of his subordinates who couldn't get rid of their former bad habits, and they had to beat around the bush even to report something.

"Yes, Master." The crowd of people who were bluntly rebuked couldn't help but be a little scolded.

"Okay, now that you know what you're trying to say, let's talk about your solution." Li Shunsheng didn't spend too much time on those things, after all, change is never achieved overnight.

"I hope that the Ministry of Construction can allocate 1,000 people to our Ministry of Mines." He Qiu, the minister of mines, said that because of the sudden increase in the number of minerals that need to be developed, his department is the most serious shortage of personnel.

"Lao He, you are embarrassing me. It's not that you don't know that our Ministry of Construction is also short of people. Wei Heng, the Minister of Construction, smiled helplessly and said that if he had more than enough manpower on hand, he would naturally not be pinched in his hands.

"Don't blame me if you talk like this again, I'll just replace someone else to take your place." Li Shunsheng's cold voice made several ministers completely give up the idea of ripping off.

"Master, a few of us have summed it up, and the current shortage of various departments is about 30,000, but judging from the development of the base, this gap will continue to expand, and it may reach 50,000 at most." He Qiu said honestly.

"Fifty thousand, ah......" Li Shunsheng frowned, fifty thousand people is not a small number: "Old Fang, how much do we still have in grain reserves?" ”

Hearing Li Shunsheng's roll call, Fang Qing stood up: "Master, we probably have about 3,000 tons of grain, enough for 50,000 people in the base to eat for about three months, if we add 50,000 people, we can only hold out for two months at most." ”

"Can you still buy food now?" Li Shunsheng's brow furrowed even deeper.

"It's hard." Fang Qing shook his head helplessly, food was more important than gold in this era of war and chaos, although he had enough money in his hands, but if he couldn't buy food, it would have no effect like waste paper.

Moreover, natural and man-made disasters continued this year, and the grain output in the two lakes and the Suzhou and Hangzhou regions, which are rich in grain, almost reached the lowest level in history, not to mention the Japanese looting like their lives.

"In this case...... Li Shunsheng made the final decision, although he was very unwilling, but he could not do anything: "The construction of the base will be slowed down for the time being." ”

"After all, the foundation is too weak." Li Shunsheng sighed leisurely.