"The currently explored rich mining area has approximately close to twenty thousand parent-child matrices, with a 24-hour extraction volu of about one thousand units?"
In the command room.
Lin Li looked at the mining report sent back by Lei Wenjun, quickly calculating in his mind:
"Assuming each parent-child matrix produces two Spirit Stones... then it’s two thousand Spirit Stones per day, right.
The total price for two thousand is about twelve million. According to the agreent we signed with the Wei Mansion, after converting resources, we split thirty to seventy...
This ans our daily revenue is... less than nine million Huaxia currency?
Given the basic camp setup, it’s still too little."
Shi Zehong, who was beside him, showed a trace of helplessness and said:
"There’s no way around it. Currently, we are short of professional miners, and inside the mine pit, only two groups can work simultaneously, extracting approximately every ten minutes.
And due to the passage capacity of the portal, we can only bring in one to two pieces of equipnt above thirty ters each day.
Additionally, each extraction raises concerns about potential damage to the parent-child matrices, forcing us to adopt a very conservative semi-chanized extraction thod temporarily, which can keep the efficiency only at this level."
On hearing this, Lin Li regrettably sighed inwardly.
As Shi Zehong ntioned.
Transporting large mining facilities is indeed a very troubleso task.
Take the super-sized hydraulic excavator of the Sany Heavy Industry Group as an example.
This hydraulic excavator weighs over 500 tons, with a height of more than fifteen ters, and, including the matching mining truck, a standard mining module weighs over twenty-four hundred tons.
Coordinating this kind of equipnt is all well and good.
After all, the project in Damo Realm is arguably the most important one right now. A directive from the head departnt can coordinate everything within minutes.
But transporting this equipnt is quite the headache — although Modu has the renowned Baosteel Group, Baosteel primarily focuses on steel slting. Mining facilities, while they do exist due to the steady nature of the bunnies, are actually not plentiful.
As it stands, these facilities are located in the central or western parts of the country.
After all, our country’s resource layout is typically rich in the west, scarce in the east, affluent in the north, and impoverished in the south.
These facilities need to be transported from outside areas to reach the portal, and considering the confidential nature, they cannot all be passed through at once—a module of more than two thousand tons must be divided into dozens of containers at least.
Furthermore, due to the impending battle of capturing the double-headed bull, dostic logistics have reached a limit.
For example, military supplies, living supplies, various resources for laboratories, etc...
Therefore, while the Spirit Stone mine is important, other projects cannot easily yield.
For instance, a large amount of jade and servers required for talisman developnt are the highest priority, and the precision calibration of weapons at the military base is of utmost importance, with daily consumption at a significant volu.
If supplies to Chixian City were to decrease, the hard-won public support and reputation would be damaged.
In conclusion.
Modu needs to consider the bigger picture, so allocating a fifth of the transportation capacity to the mine each day is already comndable.
After thinking about all this, Lin Li set the mining report down and took a sip of water from his teacup.
Then he asked Shi Zehong:
"Director Shi, what brings you back today?
Could it be that there’s so issue with the second recruitnt?"
Though the distance between the camp and Chixian City is only eighteen kiloters.
As the current person in charge stationed in Chixian City.
Many matters need his approval to proceed to the next step, and his functions limit his movent.
In other words, sothing significant must have brought him back to the camp.
And given that the key focus these days is the comncent of the second recruitnt, Lin Li couldn’t help but speculate on so potentially unfavorable scenarios...
However, Shi Zehong’s response relieved him as Shi Zehong shook his head and said:
"Captain Lin, the second recruitnt is progressing very smoothly.
This ti, we recruited over fourteen hundred workers, covering more than eighty percent of the healthy male refugees in the city, and even so unstable-living civilians joined.
Luckily, the six dormitory buildings we built earlier are spacious enough; otherwise, many refugees would have had to sleep in tents for at least one or two nights."
Hearing about the massive increase in recruitnt numbers, Lin Li imdiately expressed a hint of joy:
"It’s going well, that’s good to hear.
If the dormitories are tight, we’ll just build more. Once the city’s refugees gradually stabilize, the number for the next recruitnt batch will certainly be higher.
Quantity is never an issue; we can handle however many co. I’ll coordinate this with Chief Engineer Ye Jinyan over it."
Shi Zehong nodded and continued:
"Captain Lin, the main reason I returned to the camp is to report sothing to you in person — the Wei Mansion plans to dispatch a trading convoy to a major city for a significant comrcial trade."
Lin Li exclaid in surprise, "Comrcial trade?"
Shi Zehong handed him a materials statistics sheet and explained:
"That’s right, comrcial trade.
During the previous siege battle, we annihilated most of the beast tide, but considering how Chixian City also killed nurous beasts while defending the city, suffering significant casualties as a result.
We allocated about thirty-five percent of the beast carcasses to them when we cleared the battlefield — however, due to the damage many beasts suffered during the cleanup, this so-called thirty-five percent of beast carcasses actually accounts for less than twenty percent of the beast tide in numbers.
The Wei Mansion processed these carcasses, extracting valuable materials, and plans to send a trading team to trade them far away.
This is a common way to handle beast tides; many families rely on this for the Spirit Stones they need for cultivation."
Then Shi Zehong paused briefly before continuing:
"This ti, the Wei Family Trading Team is planning to head to a major city over two thousand miles away, where a Seventh-Layer Core Formation Realm cultivator is stationed, and the city’s population exceeds two million.
According to the agreent signed between Chixian City and us, the Spirit Stones are distributed as annual dividends, so the Wei Mansion did not request an advance from us.
They plan to engage in pure barter, trading beast materials for talismans, pills, and array resources to compensate for the losses suffered during the city’s defense."
Lin Li picked up on his implication:
"Director Shi, are you suggesting... we send a group to purchase things as well?"
Shi Zehong nodded affirmatively, making his intentions clear, and said:
"The trading convoy from the Wei Mansion is set to depart in ten days. By then, we will have around ten thousand parent-child matrices extracted.
If we ramp up our efforts in the next ten days, extracting twelve to thirteen thousand is entirely feasible.
Assuming an average of two Spirit Stones per matrix.
That amounts to approximately twenty-five thousand Spirit Stones, enough for us to buy so good things.
For example, as far as I know.
The Damo Realm has a special Sword Qi Talisman that can be used by soone at the First-Layer Qi Cultivation, potent enough to harm a mid-stage Foundation Establishnt cultivator — though the price is overwhelmingly expensive."
Lin Li quietly listened and pondered.
As Shi Zehong ntioned, this trading convoy expedition is a great opportunity.
Firstly, it allows us to see other cities in this world and broaden our horizons, enabling us to gather so information about the Damo Realm.
After all... Chixian City is indeed too small.
Secondly, we can purchase potent talismans, pills, and array resources.
According to our plan, in due ti, the camp will launch an attack on Xiaolianzi Mountain.
If we have a batch of array talismans to aid us by then, the campaign will be much easier.
Despite the restriction of cultivation levels, so items are temporarily unusable by our warriors.
But the bunnies can undoubtedly request the assistance of the Wei Mansion’s cultivators.
For instance, a talisman requiring activation by a high-level Foundation Establishnt cultivator, capable of incapacitating a Core Formation Realm cultivator.
Wouldn’t Patriarch Wei be glad to help a bit?
You know, that small warrior standing guard at the Happiness Supermarket entrance is nad Wei Siyuan...
Ahem.
Overall, the proposal that Shi Zehong suggested is indeed quite enticing.
Of course, executing it poses significant challenges.
The first issue to consider is the problem of signal transmission.
The city that the Wei Family Trading Team plans to visit is over two thousand miles away from Chixian City, about a thousand kiloters away.
But the problem is...
This is the Damo Realm.
While the Wei Mansion Trading Team may have their own ans of getting around, possibly even the flying ship in their mansion.
But in terms of communication, the Damo Realm lacks any ground signal stations or terrestrial relay equipnt.
The inability to communicate is sothing the bunnies absolutely cannot accept.
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