Time passed quickly, and the weather gradually warmed up.

On this day, under the warm sunshine, Zhang Lisheng was wearing a gray single coat, standing on the saline-alkali ground that had been tamped and laid with a thick layer of cement, and a white architect with a big nose wearing a hard hat pulled on both sides of a one-meter-square drawing, and listened to the architect's mouth foaming and saying: "Mr. Lisheng, again, thank you again for giving me this opportunity."

This slaughterhouse will be the most outstanding work of my life, and when it is completed, it will completely change the direction of the entire livestock industry in the United States!

Imagine a desolate land before our eyes where there will be an unconventional and intensive slaughterhouse, where those who look down on us as 'industrial architects' will boast of superiority..."

"Mr. Welling, don't imagine the future so long, it will take more than a billion meters to complete all your designs, which is a distant thing for me.

I have come to you today in the hope that you will design a direct pipeline to the sea for the trench where the ecological waste is stored in the factory before the completion of the first phase of the project, with a diameter of at least 20 meters. ”

"Oh, oh, this, this is a big change, Mr. Li Sheng, a big change..."Welling was stunned for a moment, and his face was cloudy.

"Just look at your appearance, I know that you have misunderstood," Zhang Lisheng said with a smile of understanding: "I didn't build this pipeline to discharge sewage into the Atlantic, but for other purposes."

Think about it, Mr. Welling, how heavily regulated a large livestock slaughterhouse no more than thirty kilometers from New York City and by the sea would be subject to EPA regulations.

What's more, the blood and water into the sea, you can easily see with the naked eye that I spent more than 40 million meters to build a factory, not to get a fine of hundreds of millions of meters, and then go to federal prison to squat for a while. ”

"That. So what are you for?"

"I'm sorry, but this involves the core secrets of the bioresearch company I opened...

Okay, you're a believer, Welling, and digging pipes to sift through some kind of bacteria in the seawater, and I can't explain any more, even for the reason you just told you, you must not reveal it.

This kind of thing sounds incredible, but it can be very informative to the ears of the insider. ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Li Sheng, please rest assured, I will never disclose this matter to anyone. Welling's fat face showed a look of satisfaction after being trusted, and he immediately reciprocated: "Although the workshop is much higher than the sea level, the deepest part of the underground storage tank is far below the sea level.

It's not difficult to design a pipe that goes straight to the ocean, wait for me to measure it. ”

As he spoke, he lay directly on the ground and laid out the drawings. He took out a protractor from his pocket and fiddled with it, "The pipe must be able to close and close, which requires mechanical control, if it is below sea level...", muttering to himself in deep thought.

Zhang Lisheng looked at the architect who was fascinated and smiled quietly, and patrolled the construction site.

At this time, dozens of interconnected square pits with a depth of forty or fifty meters and a side length of more than 100 meters have been dug on the saline-alkali land near the sea, and many workers are busy working in the pits. It looks like it was intended to fix the pit walls with cement.

An emaciated black man who was supervising the project on the ground saw Zhang Lisheng moving around from a distance, and immediately shouted unceremoniously: "Mr. Zhang Lisheng, I warned you last time that you must wear a hard hat when you walk into the construction site."

And also. You can't wander around here without my permission, this is not a playground, and you want to keep track of the progress of the project. I can give you detailed data, or I can take you with me according to the protocol..."

The black man walked quickly towards Zhang Lisheng with a certain hard hat while shouting, and at this moment, suddenly a large jeep stopped at the edge of the construction site, and two stout white men ran out of the car, put hard hats on their heads, and shouted as they walked: "Hey guys, which of you is the head here?"

"I'm the engineering manager, what's wrong?" asked the emaciated black man, turning to the two white men.

"Hello sir, we are from the Piward Construction Company's union, and we want to ask if there are any good restaurants in the neighborhood?"

"Find the 'union representatives' of the restaurant, these corrupt maggots...", the black man cursed in a low voice, and raised his voice and said, "It turns out that the Piward union is from the Pierward union, and there is a nice restaurant in the town of Datler, five kilometers to the west, are you going to come here to start work?"

"Not necessarily, we still have to bid, we just came to explore the way first, don't you know the road, this neighborhood is about to build New York New Harbor, it is said that it is afraid of the tragedy of Queens Port repeated, diverting freight out of New York City.

Speaking of which, the guy who built this construction site was lucky, and the value of the land skyrocketed by an unknown amount..."

When the black engineering manager heard this, his eyes couldn't help but turn to Zhang Lisheng not far away.

With abundant funds, Zhang Lisheng, who had already swallowed up all of Muteslo's saline-alkali land, which had an area of more than nine square kilometers, raised his foot and stepped on the gray land under his feet, and said with a smile: "Mr. Pinod, this is government public land, and it cannot be bought or sold for 15 years.

What's more, I invested tens of millions of yuan, I plan to do business, and it is impossible to sell the land, but it is close to the port, and it will be much more convenient in the future, regardless of transportation or business. ”

Glancing at the young man standing under the huge crane on the construction site, his body was getting shorter and shorter, and a guy from the Piward union was surprised and said: "God, the boss of such a large construction site is actually this little guy, these children of rich people are incredible...

Oh, oh, that's on the sea, what's that?"

"Fellow warship, what's there to stutter about, you're a shame, but it's rare to see so many warships cruising outside of New York in broad daylight. ”

"One aircraft carrier, six cruisers, destroyers to escort, two integrated supply ships," following the gaze of the two Piward union representatives, Zhang Lisheng turned his head to look at the fleet that had just appeared on the calm sea of the Atlantic Ocean, and muttered in a low voice: "It is really rare to send out an entire aircraft carrier formation to patrol today..."

Watching the fleet disappear in his own words, the young man unconsciously untied the jelly stone on his wrist, wrapped it around his fingers, pondered for a while, took out the phone, and dialed Maddie's number, "There are many warships cruising off the coast of New York today, you go to the Internet to search for the news and see what's going on?"

"Isn't it faster for you to search on your own, I'm really in a hurry to prepare for my homework..."

"Hurry up and do what I tell you, and then you will naturally have time to continue to do your own thing, I will wait for your news. Zhang Lisheng said and hung up the phone.

Putting his phone in his pocket, he walked over to Pinod, who had just sent away the two union representatives of the Piward Construction Company, "Mr. Pinold, I just asked Mr. Welling to make a little change to the design drawings.

You communicate with him and work according to the new design drawings. ”

"What, are you kidding, Mr. Zhang, the first phase of the project will be completed in half a month at most..."

"I can overpay, and it's just a small change. ”

"You know that our company undertakes this project for you, and there is no profit at all...

Okay, okay, who let you know our big boss, I can make an exception to agree to your request, but only this once, we said okay, only this once, not for example. ”

"OK, don't take it as an example. Zhang Lisheng said that he brought the black project manager to the architect, left the two to discuss the method of digging the pipe, and drove to New York City.

Halfway through, the boy received a brief message from Maddie, "The warship was not cruising off the coast of New York, but the Navy fleet had suddenly withdrawn from New York Harbor." ”

After reading the information twice, Zhang Lisheng felt inexplicably relaxed, parked the car on the side of the road, and hurriedly used the on-board computer of 'Explorer' to search for keywords such as 'New York Navy Evacuation'.

Soon things like, "After 100 days, calm was restored to New York";

"Never again, dear 'Kitty Hawk'";

News with strange headlines such as "The military slackened its responsibilities for unknown reasons and abandoned the security of the 'Shilu Financial Center'" appeared on the screen.

After hastily browsing through a few news articles, he saw that although the news had different intentions, there was only one fact stated, and the military forces of the United States had withdrawn from New York.

In other words, there will no longer be regular warships cruising off the coast of New York every few days, and there will no longer be professional soldiers with loaded guns and armed armored vehicles on the streets.

"Dodge," Zhang Lichang breathed a sigh of relief after reading the news, and put his hand in the air behind the car with a smile, "Next time, I won't use you so recklessly..."

As his voice came out, the slender and slender black-scaled monitor lizard curled up in the back seat of the carriage in a circle in the void flashed under his palm and then disappeared.

Zhang Lisheng happily muttered a few words to himself, continued to drive on the road, and after more than an hour, he turned to an open-air restaurant on Fifth Avenue, the most prosperous area in New York.

Stopping the car, opening the window and poking his head out, he heard a surprised voice shouting, "Li Sheng, we are here." ”

Following the direction from which the voice came from, he made an 'OK' gesture to Tina, who was waving, Zhang Lisheng got out of the car, stuffed five meters of cash to the young waiter who came up to park, and came to the 'Three Sisters of Fordali' sitting under a huge beige parasol.

"Sit down and take a breath Li Sheng, I didn't expect you to come so soon, how is the construction site, is the progress going well?"

"It's going well, Tracey, Silia.

Congratulations on your successful weight loss and return to your attractive figure. Zhang Lisheng sat down on a chair next to Tina and beckoned to a waitress in a smart white suit and black pants, "Please give me a glass of Coke, thank you." ”

"Thank you for complimenting Li Sheng," Xie Liya said in a smug tone, "How are you doing lately, I heard Tina say that it has been very difficult to negotiate with the 'turtles' in those small towns near New York City these days..." )