#434 - Chapter 434: Thoughts
"Good!"
The Green Source team members present didn't mind standing outdoors, and many cheered.
The airship was not only repaired, but its performance parameters were no worse than expected!
"I'm not sure about the specific load and other parameters yet, because the airship hasn't been completely repaired. Plus, there are some things inside that are for comfort and useless to us, which can be completely discarded. I suggest we do the testing after we return to the base and repair it further. It will be more accurate then."
Once Xu Gong started talking about these things, he was like a different person, completely lacking his usual bookish temperament and instead revealing the aura of a strong person.
Team Leader Li and the others nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
These issues could all be resolved once they returned to the base.
The base had more and better materials, and many professional welders and repairmen would step in to restore this new treasure to its beautiful condition.
Having confirmed this, everyone stopped chatting and discussing. They could chat later when they returned to their residences.
For now, they would store the airship and test it around the area again tomorrow morning to see if they could find the location of the other airship, and then fly back.
They would need to split into two groups to return to the base tomorrow.
The speed of the vehicles simply couldn't keep up with the airship flying in the sky.
Moreover, it wasn't safe for the airship to fly too low. It was better for this type of vehicle with low external protection to fly higher and not be discovered by too many people.
It wouldn't matter if the ground convoy returned a day later; it wasn't a big deal.
It was enough to find the most important thing on this trip and bring it back to the base.
"Keep up the good work! We can go home soon!"
Li Bowen encouraged everyone again, and they quickly took action.
Hopefully, the return journey would be smooth.
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Night.
Inside the main base leader's office.
Qin Jin was hunched over his desk, reviewing the reports constantly being sent back from outside.
Some were about the cleanup operations Zhong Yu carried out today, some were about the cleanup of the small residential areas, and some were the personnel information that Wang Yang had people analyze and evaluate during this period.
There were many reports, and he had been reviewing them for quite a while.
"Hoo--"
After an unknown amount of time, Qin Jin let out a long breath.
The central air conditioning was on in the office, but his back was still covered in a thin layer of sweat.
That was the heat consumption and dissipation generated by the high-speed operation and analysis of problems.
After reading the materials submitted by his subordinates, he basically understood the situation regarding today's major adjustment operation.
It was basically as expected.
Starting tomorrow.
Level 1 personnel would uniformly live in the 20 small residential areas.
Level 2 personnel would be arranged to live in the 3 large residential areas.
Only personnel of Level 3 and above could live in the branch bases.
He had finally initially sorted out all the personnel of the entire Green Source Base.
There were about 1,500 people in total.
The base would not be able to continue to maintain its rapid development without these personnel.
But it wasn't necessarily set in stone.
Once someone made a mistake, they would still be demoted or even expelled from the base. (Those who have held important positions cannot leave.)
People from outside would still have the opportunity to enter the new Green Source Zone and branch bases after being screened and reviewed.
Tomorrow, Level 1 personnel would first stay in the small residential areas and directly receive materials to start building walls. With everything in place, he believed that the 20 small residential areas would be able to raise walls over 10 meters high in no time.
As for the large residential areas where Level 2 personnel were located, they had already been built, so there was no need to spend more time. They could continue to build the Life Zone.
The same went for Level 3 personnel.
In addition to working in the branch bases, others could go out and do other jobs.
There were too many places in the entire Green Source that needed manpower.
There would be no situation where personnel had nothing to do in the short term.
"Now, I basically support the personnel above Level 1. The base doesn't lack food, and it should be able to sustain itself after the new super crops are found."
Qin Jin leaned back in his chair, resting his hands behind his head, staring at the lights on the ceiling, constantly thinking in his mind.
The base warehouse had stockpiled thousands of tons of grain during peacetime.
In addition, they had been constantly searching for supplies after the apocalypse, initially focusing on finding the most important materials such as food and weapons, and then slowly shifting to other less important things.
They had scoured countless grain and oil stores, supermarkets, restaurants, and large shopping malls.
The amount of grain in the base had long exceeded 100,000 tons.
Otherwise, relying solely on the newly grown grain would not be able to sustain the current consumption.
In addition to supporting these people, more survivors outside the Green Source Zone were still trading with Green Source after finding supplies.
Qin Jin was still willing to accept the exchange, despite the current harsh exchange ratio.
Because grain was something he could grow, while some of the supplies outside were non-renewable resources that would decrease with use.
So they could continue to trade.
However, if this continued, the places near the Green Source would sooner or later run out of things to exchange.
Now those survivors were about to scavenge Fenghe County clean and would have to run to farther places to find items to exchange.
At that time, there would definitely be a large-scale exodus from Fenghe County.
It didn't matter.
This was exactly what Qin Jin needed.
He would naturally have new plans to revitalize the entire Green Source Zone later.
"Speaking of which, the oil base on Wang Bin's side has been quite strong recently. The output of fuel has been steadily increasing. It seems that the talent I exchanged for last time is indeed useful."
He touched his chin, his thoughts falling on the oil base in Zhushi.
To his satisfaction, Wang Bin, the cadre he had previously assigned, had unexpectedly made the oil base thrive.
Not only had he completed the fuel quota he had requested, but he had also come up with a way to trade grain for talent with other forces some time ago, exchanging for several talents who understood oil refining technology.
After running tests and making adjustments, the fuel output has been increasing recently.
"Wang Bin and Tian Kai have indeed worked hard over there. I'll see when I can let them return to the base for a visit."
Thinking of this, he also thought of the geomagnetic variation problem. He didn't know how long this disaster would last. Now that helicopters couldn't fly long distances, he hadn't been able to inspect the oil base in Zhushi for a long time.
"It depends on whether Bowen can find the airship as soon as possible this time. This way, not only can I go to the Sea Island Province in the future, but I can also travel back and forth to Zhushi again."
Qin Jin lit a Zhonghua cigarette and puffed away.
His thoughts drifted to Li Bowen and the others who had gone to Jiangcheng.
They had been out for several days, and he didn't know the specific situation.
He wondered if they had found the airship.
If they couldn't find it, he would have to find another province to search.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter. By July, humans would basically be unable to go out, so he wouldn't have to think about going out to find things.
Hopefully, they could find it in Jiangcheng this time.
(End of this chapter)
[Thank you to Boss Jueying for the update request~ ~ ~ and Boss Hejing's third big health care ~ ~ ~ and the power generation of all the little friends ~ ~ ~ continue to update three times to speed up ~ ~ ~
The framework and foundation of the base have been re-sorted out, and the plot will continue to advance later ~ ~ ~]
