Ten days later, the construction of the base officially began, and Cheng Lei stayed directly in the Silver Tower for several days waiting for Duke Duozan to raise funds for them. Within five days, Duke Dozan really made up an astronomical amount for him, 30,000 gold victors, and said that this was only Cheng Lei's income for half a year, and he would continue to raise money for them if he still needed it.

Cheng Lei proposed to Duke Duozan to find another place to build a cement factory, of course, it should not be close to the base, it is best to be in a place where there are no people, otherwise the pollution will be too serious. Duke Dozan promised to find a place for them to build a cement factory as soon as possible, and also gave Cheng Lei a suggestion.

He said that Cheng Lei: It is not advisable for them to use the methods in the original world to build the wall of the base with bricks and tiles. Because this base can also be said to be a small city, the bricks and tiles are not so strong at all, and it is almost the same for building houses, and it is not suitable for building city walls at all. He recommended Cheng Lei to use large stones to pile up, and then use rice slurry to fill the joints, so that the wall will be particularly strong.

He also gave an example, the main reason why the Silver Pagoda was only scratched a little bit of its surface after being bombarded by the rebels was due to the work of Ichi-Kami-yu.

Cheng Lei was slapped on the head by Duke Duozan, yes, why didn't he think of it. It turns out that the ancient city walls in the world are so strong, isn't the reason why they use strips of stone and rice soup? He knew that Duke Dozan would definitely not harm them, because Dozan was still counting on using them as a defense for Silver Tower City!

Just do it, Cheng Lei immediately went to Du Mo and asked him to help gather the people, and offered a very high salary. Of course, those people were very enthusiastic to sign up, they knew that this mercenary guard would not deceive people, and the food was fine, and there was meat to eat every day, so in less than a day, hundreds of people signed up.

Of course, Cheng Lei and Zheng Bin accepted them all, the more the merrier, recruiting more people can build the base a day earlier, what they want is to finish it as soon as possible. As for the stones, they are all transported from the mountains in the distance, and the price is not cheap, but Duke Duozan paid so much money, Cheng Lei didn't care too much about this, and as for rice soup or something, it was not a problem.

After the official construction of the base, Zheng Bin took the Night Lion Squad and the War Eagle Squad to supervise and protect the work there, and Cheng Lei was able to have time to coordinate and dispatch all aspects in Yinta City to run the construction of the base smoothly.

Cheng Lei's dozens of war horses left behind after capturing the Poison Fang Army came in handy, although these are all war horses, which are somewhat overkill as pack animals, but they will be used in this special period. All of them were hung up in carriages, and then they were driven by recruited people, and some of the team members escorted them, and went to a stone yard to the west to pull stones.

This quarry is the property of a large family in the western Mixc, who quarries stones from the mountains in the west and pulls stones here to sell. Every year, Vientiane City, Daheng City, and Yinta City will purchase some stones to repair the city walls and palaces, so that he can make a lot of money. Because it is not far away, each carriage of Zheng Bin's pack animal team can pull two round-trips a day, and the progress is not slow.

At this time, Cheng Lei was talking to Duke Dozan about the construction of the cement factory, and Cheng Lei felt that it was better to build in a place where there were raw materials, of course, it was best to have limestone mines. Coincidentally, there happened to be a limestone mine in the Gobi Desert facing the desert in the northwest of Yinta City, but the price of limestone was too low and was abandoned.

Cheng Lei and the high-achieving student named Qi Mi, who studied architecture, came to the edge of the Gobi Desert in the northwest together, and both of them were fully armed to prevent any accidents. The wind on the Gobi Desert was very strong, and the goggles they carried came in handy, but the two people who were fully armed with goggles were like people on a wilderness survival show.

"Qi Mi, what do you think of these mines?" Cheng Lei pinched a bit of limestone crushed ore with his hand and asked Qi Midao.

Qi Mi looked a little uncertain: "It stands to reason that the quality of this limestone mine is quite good, but the climatic conditions here are too poor. The proximity to the desert is particularly dry and often windy, which has a significant impact on cement production...... I think it's more reliable to build a cement plant in the mountains. ”

"The problem is that there are no mountains near this Silver Tower City, and the closest mountains to here are not the territory of Silver Tower City, we are okay in Silver Tower City, who will give us half of face when we get out of Silver Tower City? So you still want to be practical, think about how we should build this cement plant! The wind and sand gradually got bigger, and Cheng Lei spit out the sand scraped into his mouth while talking.

Qi Mi had no choice but to nod when he heard this, and said, "Okay, captain, it's me who didn't think it through." Well, I'll spend a few days designing a sketch when I get back, and we'll think about it carefully, okay? ”

Cheng Lei patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I knew that you were a kid, although you studied architecture, I didn't send you to the base to help the instructor, do you know why?" ”

Looking at Qi Mi shaking his head, Cheng Lei still said with a smile: "Because this cement plant is much more important than our base, the cement plant will be our stable source of wealth in the future, and it will be more stable than the income of Yinta City, because in this eastern country, there is almost no cement factory at all!" Got it? ”

Qi Mi was a little excited: "So if we can produce cement in large quantities, then we can monopolize the cement market in the entire Eastern World, and it will be a lot of money!" ”

"So, I'm sure you'll have a way to prevent the wind and sand and build a cement plant smoothly, Director Qi!" Cheng Lei patted him on the shoulder, and then took the lead in front.

"Director Qi......" Cheng Lei's last three words lingered in Qi Mi's mind, Qi Mi once wanted to be a perfect construction engineer, and later entered the army under pressure from his parents. Soon he really liked the life of the army, especially the time when he was a special forces, which was thrilling and exciting.

Later, because of that special incident, they traveled to this world together, and he actually got the qualifications to be a construction engineer and a soldier, and a factory director, which was really a bit overjoyed.

"Hey...... Captain, wait for me......" When he came back to his senses, Cheng Lei had already gotten into the car, he hurriedly ran in the direction of the chariot, and after getting into the car, the chariot rumbled towards the road back to Yinta City.

The next day, Qi Mi rushed into his barracks and didn't come out, and even the food was brought in by others. Cheng Lei was really impressed by his willingness to work hard, Cheng Lei hadn't discovered this kid's trait before, which was really a big mistake.

The craftsmen of the Nancheng Foundry Workshop were all invited by Cheng Lei, a total of more than 30 people, which means that there are more than 30 mouths for eating. Moreover, Cheng Lei also asked Duke Duozan for a few sets of machine tools and other casting tools, and he also planned to go to Xing's house again in the next few days, so that Xing Chenghui could help him bring back some machinery for casting shells and bullets from the West, after all, the machinery in the Nancheng Foundry Workshop was too old.

It would be nice if we could use this group of people and expand an arsenal by ourselves in the future! But now I just dare to fantasize about it, how much manpower, material and financial resources are needed in the arsenal, Cheng Lei of course understands it. The possibility of this is close to zero in the short term, but he believes that there will come a time.

Boss Xue of the Southern Dragon Society seems to be sincere in wanting to get close to Cheng Lei, after he heard that Cheng Lei and they were going to build a base, he specially brought two hundred gold victors as a gift, although in Cheng Lei's eyes, this money is not much, but no matter how small the fly is, it is meat. Besides, if these 200 gold coins are placed on ordinary rich households, all the net worth will add up to these, which is worthy of a small rich family.

Xue Chu's meaning Cheng Lei was actually very clear, and the three major gangs in their southern city were actually in a particularly awkward position in this Silver Tower City. Let's say that they are big gentry, and they don't have any serious property and land, they just rely on those indiscriminate means and force to accumulate wealth, and the underground order of Yinta City is in their hands.

However, after the counterinsurgency war, the Duke of Dozan made it clear that he would take action against some of those who sat back and enjoyed their success. They felt that Duke Duozan might be talking about them, they were not as good as the unity of the big families in Xicheng, they were not as rich as the gentry in Beicheng, and they were not as powerful as the Xing family in Dongcheng. To put it bluntly, if Duke Dozan wants to clean them up, they are just some clowns.

So the other two gangs extended their olive branches to Xicheng and Beicheng respectively, and Xue Chu also opened his arms to Cheng Lei, who was not a friend at all. To put it bluntly, it just depends on Cheng Lei's importance to Duke Duozan and his right to speak in the Silver Tower.

Of course, Cheng Lei knows this, but when people put their hot faces on him, he can't use a cold ass to face others. can only be warmly received, even if he has a little greasy in his heart, he can't show it on his face, not to mention that people also give him a gift that is not too heavy and not too light!

Xue Chu and Cheng Lei exchanged pleasantries a little and then got up to say goodbye, as the saying goes, once born and twice matured, he felt that if he moved around a lot, then he could still do it in the future if he wanted Cheng Lei to say something good in front of Duke Duozan. His idea is quite in line with Cheng Lei's character, even if he is unhappy in his heart, Cheng Lei will still give enough face to others, and leave a line for being a man to meet in the future.

This Xue Chu seems to be of some use to Cheng Lei, if the cement factory starts soon, they will be short of manpower. Cheng Lei wondered if he could let Xue Chu send some people over to help, if Xue Chu refused, Cheng Lei could only shift his attention to Xilin.