Chapter 16: The Lost Expedition and the Railcar
While the children were eating, Li Jianghao used his unskilled language skills to create a story of an ancient hero who drove flames to defeat demons and protect the tribe, and told the children that the muscular and intelligent hero in this story was called Shang. In the future, if you dream and meet nightmares, you can call this name, which will bring good luck.
At this time, Li Jianghao didn't know that just by mentioning some names, they would stir up huge waves in the "gaps" that did not exist between countless universes. Some beings from unknown lands are instinctively turning their gaze to see why the tide is stirring up. Those beings are so large that by the time they turn their heads, they may have forgotten why they had turned to look at a corner in the middle of nowhere.
In the afternoon, news came from the lighthouse that the personnel on duty had seen the returning scout party through binoculars, followed by many figures.
The expedition was supposed to reach the Energy Tower first, but they lost their way in the snowstorm, but fortunately they didn't travel far. Even if they are found after the plot begins, these people are still alive. Ten days ahead of schedule, 9 engineers, 22 workers and 4 children in the expedition for some unknown reason.
However, after having more labor, let these people rest for a day, and on the third day of the ten days of novice benefits, let the workers put their full work into their work, and finally collect all the resources within the scope of the energy tower within today's day. During this period, even a small resource reserve was set up to store the extra coal.
This coal is enough for the camp to be self-sufficient in coal by upgrading the heaters, steam hubs, and shearer buildings before the workstations arrive.
Li Jianghao announced the temporary resumption of normal work shifts, and everyone, including engineers, will not have to work overtime until 8 p.m. every day. The joyful reunion and the cessation of the delayed shifts, combined with the surplus resources to provide shelters for everyone, finally restored the hope value to 60%, and the dissatisfaction value to be controlled at about 5%.
After all, it is difficult to eliminate the negative emotions of human beings, and these emotions are not all dissatisfied with themselves, but more of a lack of understanding of the future. It's just that the repetitive work at the moment has given them the meaning to live, and they can still be fed and clothed for the time being.
For the code that can reduce the dissatisfaction value, Li Jianghao in the dueling arena was the first to die. These workers of the era of the Industrial Revolution obviously had no more amateur entertainment, and they actually liked to watch people duel, and there was a probability that they would be injured. In case of death, Li Jianghao really has nowhere to cry. So he bypassed the code of the dueling arena and promulgated the tavern code, and built the tavern next to the energy tower, next to the house.
In this way, after five tents, a quarter, an ambulance station, and a tavern, there are no vacancies in the inner ring of the Portal.
Because all the workers were working in the open air these days, no collection points were built, and everyone was more or less bruised. After all the resource points were exhausted, they lined up at the ambulance station to have their wounds bandaged, then turned around and went into the tavern after eating. The workers also talked to each other about what they would do tomorrow.
"Huck, I heard you've been with the engineers these days, do you have any inside information?"
The workers laughed and looked at Huck who was on crutches and was about to drink, and they deliberately asked to see what Huck could say. But the workers didn't expect to hear anything, they just secretly bet that if Huck didn't know anything, the loser would be a waiter for everyone here and pour wine one by one.
Huck saw the ridicule of his companions, but he did not rush to refute it, but slowly took a sip of hot wine, and said unhurriedly:
"Don't be scared when I say it, I heard the conversation between Mr. Mayor and Andrew in the afternoon, Mr. Mayor is going to lay a track on the road leading to the cemetery, which will cause us to not have enough resources to build a shearer, so we can only build a lumberjack to ensure the supply of timber. And the steel will also run out, alas ..."
Huck stopped suddenly, and as he spoke, the smiling workers quieted down, their faces nervous, and they forgot to swallow half of the wine in their mouths, waiting for Huck to finish.
"Huck, how did you kid become a half-talker? Let's go on! What are you sighing for? ”
"Yes, Hack, the resources we have collected in the past few days are obvious to all, why is it that we just lay a track, and we don't even have the resources to build a shearer?"
"What the hell is that track for? Prioritizing the construction of shearers to ensure the operation of the energy tower is the most important thing, what does Mr. Mayor think? ”
Huck waited for the people to express their doubts, then took another sip of wine before he spoke slowly:
"Mr. Mayor and Andrew have designed a small railcar that can travel on the tracks by steam, as if the engine is not inside the train, so the train will be much smaller than the steam locomotives we see in the Empire, starting from the ambulance station in the center of the Energy Tower all the way to the front of the cemetery. In the open space there, shearers were set up. As you know, the coal collected now has been blown up, and the shearer can be built later. When the rail car is built, what role it will play, then I don't know. ”
Huck pretended to explain mysteriously, and sighed at how ingeniously his mission had been accomplished. The workers quickly moved from the mayor's confusion that the shearer had not been built in the first place to the mysterious railcar, and began to discuss what the railcar could be used for.
And Huck, who had completed his mission, naturally finished drinking and prepared to go back to the ambulance station to rest.
That's right, the order to set up a tavern and have Huck spread the word among the workers was given by Li Jianghao. He knew that if he gave orders rigidly and did not explain anything, the dissatisfaction would grow very quickly.
But first set up a tavern for the workers to discuss, and then let Huck, who is also a worker, spread some true or false news in it, so that people can think about the problem in a tendentious way, instead of being stirred up by emotions to produce dissatisfaction, then the development of the matter is in his own hands.
After this set of preparations was completed, Li Jianghao felt that he had the talent to be a politician. During the day, he deliberately let Huck listen to his discussions with Andrew, and told Huck to remember to reveal some rumors to the workers at night.
Huck and Andrew may not have realized the deep meaning of Li Jianghao's actions, but Bernard, who was restricted from freedom, showed a little contempt after everyone left, and said:
"I thought you were so high, it turned out that you were just a politician who played with people's hearts."
Li Jianghao sighed and said, "Where is it, compared to what you deceived all the people here before, what I did is still far behind." ”