DipNovel Chapter 109 Funding, Colds, and Heating Systems 5
Chapter 109 Funding, Colds, and Heating Systems 5
Chapter 109 Funding, Colds and Heating Systems (Part 5)
"Make that friend clarify the identity of the person who needs our protection."
Lu Sheng neither refused nor agreed: "We're doing business, not helping each other. Let's clarify the terms of the transaction first, then we can consider the rest—never mind, just give me your contact information and I'll talk to him."
Cheng Qiushui thought that it was a good idea for Lu Sheng to take on this matter, and it could even be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
On the one hand, he no longer has to take responsibility for the various things his old friend might cause.
On the other hand, it is not a safe thing for oneself to maintain long-term contact with the other party.
After all, the Golden Sunflower had been keeping an eye on them.
Although on the surface, I get along fairly well with the Golden Sunflower organization, if I show any signs of starting another uprising, they might do something drastic.
Cheng Qiushui naturally didn't want to go through that ordeal again.
But he was afraid that Jin Kuihua would think he was still ambitious and had not lost his will to live.
"Boss, this man is called Xu Gui. He's a traveling merchant who works in the wilderness."
He moved among various factions, responsible for selling all kinds of medium and large-sized weapons, mainly dealing in city defense.
The partners are all the city-guarding forces of various major powers.
So you need to be mentally prepared for some of the things he says, and don't be scared by them.
Lu Sheng nodded: "Don't worry, I'm doing business with him. If he offers too high a price, I'll give up. If he offers too low a price, I'll buy more. It's that simple."
The group then left the bathhouse. After testing it, they determined that the bathhouse was fairly well-constructed.
There were no problems with the basic facilities, and many things were even beyond their expectations.
For example, a temperature-controlled water valve can effectively bring the water temperature to the desired level.
For example, the floor has anti-slip textures, which can ensure that even if it is soaked in water, you will not easily slip and fall on the ground.
For example, the sound insulation and ventilation are excellent, so you won't feel stuffy or cold inside.
Although there are no traditional heating facilities, the interior temperature is not low because there is a large, steaming bath.
Moreover, the building was constructed with excellent insulation, so although the heat inside dissipates outwards through ventilation, the overall temperature remains comfortable.
Lu Sheng then broadcast the bathhouse's usage time to the communications group, and many people rushed to the bathhouse to check it out.
Some people also asked when mainland students could buy their own clothes.
To motivate everyone, Lu Sheng distributed a somewhat special subsidy based on the number of people who had already started working: a shopping subsidy.
They can submit their shopping requests in a centralized manner, and mainland students can purchase them directly from nearby warehouses via remote delivery services.
And this time, it was the mainland student who paid the bill.
Those who are unemployed can only make purchases using their own savings or by requesting advance payments from mainland students.
Although they don't have positions, Lu Sheng believes they will eventually get one, so he's willing to give them an advance on their income.
To his surprise, these family members who were sent over were indeed truly destitute in the literal sense. They didn't even have a few coins in their pockets, and most of them were penniless.
"You're being a bit too optimistic about their situation; their accounts are under the family's surveillance."
Their original account funds must have been transferred elsewhere when they opened the new account, making them unusable.
After hearing that the bathhouse was under construction, Lu Zheng came to see what was going on and happened to run into Lu Sheng, who was collecting opinions from the side.
After collecting opinions, Lu Sheng kept his cousin behind because he had not yet heard Lu Zheng's reply.
"Lu Zheng, you should remember what I told you before. There's still one day left until the deadline. Have you thought it through?"
Lu Zheng did not answer, but simply nodded.
"You should be more direct. I don't want to play games with you. After all, this matter is very important, you know that."
If you're willing to stay here, then you'll be part of the camp from now on, and I'll arrange a position for you, so you won't have such an easy job as a supervisor anymore.
If you'd like to go back, you can contact the person coming to pick you up now.
Upon hearing Lu Sheng's words, Lu Zheng crossed his arms in front of his chest, striking a pose as if he had expected this all along.
"From what you're saying, it seems I won't be the foreman at the camp anymore."
In short, this project isn't overseen by the Lu family; it's entirely yours alone, right?
Lu Sheng was too lazy to continue the act with him, so he simply nodded in agreement.
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng couldn't help but chuckle.
"You just took such a large sum of money from the family, and now you want to sever ties with them?"
Lu Sheng shook his head: "Let's make this clear first, let's draw a line. I'm not taking the family's money, I'm taking my sister's money."
"So she's your sister now?"
I've heard that your relationship has never been very good.
"That's just your wild guess. Even ten thousand years from now, she'll still be my sister. It's just that our relationship is bad for a while, but we can fix it anytime."
After all, blood ties cannot be severed; you understand that better than I do.
Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng couldn't help but click his tongue.
He really disliked this statement because, to him, it implied another layer of meaning: that blood ties cannot be established out of thin air either.
She doesn't have the blood of the Lu family, so she's destined not to be a member of the Lu family, no matter how much she contributes.
He felt that making this decision would be the biggest choice he would ever make in his life.
Choosing to stay in the camp would almost certainly mean parting ways with the Lu family.
If I choose to leave now, what kind of treatment will I, a member of the Lu family without Lu family blood, receive after entering the rock mass?
He wanted to elevate his status within the family through merit, but he failed to manage the camp and Lu Sheng well. He feared he wouldn't have a good outcome when he returned.
After much deliberation, Lu Zheng finally decided to take a do-or-die move.
"Okay, cousin."
From now on, you are no longer my cousin, you are my older cousin.
I've decided to stay at the camp and work with you.
Hearing Lu Zheng finally express his opinion, Lu Sheng nodded and took out the bracelet to show it to him.
He had just activated the recording function and recorded Lu Zheng's declaration of loyalty.
Seeing this, Lu Zheng's face darkened: "Do you really have to be like this?"
"After all, I'm a little worried. I think with your intelligence, you might be thinking of a roundabout way to achieve your goal."
As long as you say those words, I can send the message to the family in advance to ensure that they don't mistake your betrayal for your own forbearance.
You should know what the family does. Even if the betrayal is fake, after seeing this recording, they will think that even if you return to the family in the future, you should never be trusted or relied upon.
Lu Zheng looked at Lu Sheng, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
If you had to describe his expression in three words, it would be "so angry he laughed."
He never expected Lu Sheng to be so wary of him.
"Fine, fine, I surrender, okay?"
He let his arms hang down naturally, and then raised them again.
"I, Lu Zheng, surrender to your great camp leader, Lu Sheng. Please grant me a job so that I can have a hot meal in this place."
Is that enough?
Was that message recorded?
Lu Sheng nodded: "It's been recorded."
I'll edit it later.
As for your accommodation, the gas station is your responsibility. You'll be in charge of refueling for passersby.
You can switch the terminal device there to your own account; I hardly ever use mine anyway.
Hearing this, Lu Zheng was silent for a while, then walked closer to Lu Sheng and said in a low voice, "I don't know what it is about that woman named Lin Ran that attracts you. She is somewhat attractive, but she can't be described as stunningly beautiful."
If you achieve something with a woman like that, you can gain a lot from the Lu family.
But the fact that you've chosen to entrust your entire fortune and life to the idea that this woman won't betray you seems incredibly risky to me.
Lu Sheng raised his hand and patted his shoulder: "It was indeed very risky, even she herself doesn't understand, but you have to know that there are very, very few people in this world that I can trust."
Of all the people I can trust, she's the one I trust the most, you understand?
Lu Zheng couldn't understand: "Shouldn't it be me?"
At least we share the same surname, Lu.
Lu Sheng shook his head: "What I hate most is that my surname is Lu."
These words were actually just said in anger, or rather, as a metaphor, but Lu Sheng felt that Lu Zheng should be able to understand what he meant.
He didn't say anything more and turned to leave.
After the bathhouse was completed, Lu Sheng built a garbage disposal station over the next few days using the materials that were continuously delivered.
It's called a processing station, but it's actually just a square area where garbage can be temporarily stored so that garbage trucks from outside can collect it completely. It's like an oversized garbage bin.
The waste is still being collected by the same biomass power plant that we contacted before.
The other party also does waste recycling, but previously they recycled excrement and fermented it into biogas to generate electricity. After careful calculation, they decided not to pay or charge them.
However, this time, garbage disposal and recycling became a service that they required mainland students to pay for.
However, the monthly cost of 500 points is not a big expense for mainland students.
At the same time, Lu Sheng also confirmed one thing: the railway route extending outward from the interior of the ruins was actually connected to this biomass recycling plant.
When the eternal night falls, once the railway is restored, excess excrement and camp garbage can still be transported there by train for disposal.
Lu Sheng also shared this idea with the other party's salesperson, and the other party responded decisively.
"Stationmaster Lu, to be honest, I don't believe you can restart that train station."
But even if we take a step back, you've already accomplished many amazing things.
If you do restart it, I can give you a definite answer: even if eternal night falls, even if this land experiences hurricanes, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions at the same time, the biomass recycling plant will still continue to operate.
That's our confidence; as long as you can bring the goods over, we'll handle it for you.
I can even make a bold claim: by then, we won't even charge you for shipping; we might even give you a rebate.
Because of your railway system, we can expand many of our businesses.
Lu Sheng was very satisfied with the result.
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed, and the entire campsite is much cleaner than before.
With public toilets, bathhouses, and centralized garbage disposal regulations, people also got new clothes after fully adapting to their new lives.
The filth and stench completely disappeared from the entire camp, and even the restless family members calmed down, because they had indeed witnessed Lu Sheng bring about a great change to the camp in a short period of time.
Some of them even took on the role of camp cleaners to further ensure the cleanliness and beauty of the entire camp.
During this period, the number of pedestrians and vehicles coming from the road increased day by day, and the daily traffic flow even increased to 2.
It has increased to 10,000, double the initial amount.
However, Lu Sheng also noticed that many of these people were not truck drivers, but rather refugees fleeing with a lot of belongings. Some of them even wanted to talk to Jiang Shutong.
What they wanted to discuss was whether they could stay at the camp for an extended period.
After communicating with Lu Sheng, Jiang Shutong decided to temporarily refuse these people because the camp had not yet been built to the point where there was enough space to accommodate these refugees.
At this time, some wise people had already learned that the eternal night was coming, and they wanted to find a stable place of refuge.
However, all the major powers were actively preparing for the disaster and did not have the extra resources to take in these refugees who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
Soon, another week had passed.
During this period, truckloads of building materials piled up on the wasteland next to the camp.
These items are sometimes transported by truck, and sometimes dropped by air transport planes.
They all come from golden sunflowers and are an important building material used to construct a power plant.
On the agreed-upon 15th day, Lu Sheng saw one huge wind turbine blade after another being transported over.
However, just as agreed, Golden Sunflower did not provide any installation services; they simply abandoned the wind turbine components and left.
The amount of these building materials was so great that they formed a hill of steel in the wilderness.
However, in Lu Sheng's eyes, this was a super-large power generation facility that was about to be completed and could provide ample electricity to the entire camp.
The camp's energy and food supplies were the two biggest headaches, but now one of them will no longer be a problem for a long time.