She Came to Heal, Stayed to Conquer

At this moment, Ping Chuan pushed open the study door and walked in with large strides.

”Sir, how is it? Can you hear me?”

”Yes, yes. I can hear very clearly.” Luo Hai nodded continuously, ”But how do I respond to you?”

”Come, I’ll teach you. The Princess Consort said, you need to test the maximum transmission distance of the walkie-talkie yourself, sir. With the walkie-talkie, you don’t have to personally go to the wasteland every day anymore, and you can direct them to work from different places.”

Saying this, Ping Chuan began teaching Luo Hai how to use the walkie-talkie and how to charge it with a solar charger.

Once he learned to use the walkie-talkie, coupled with that mysterious weapon that kills invisibly, Luo Hai’s confidence increased greatly. He even took the initiative to discuss the details of Zhao Zun’s plans with Ping Chuan.

After discussing various details, Ping Chuan handed over the remaining walkie-talkies to Luo Hai, thus completing his mission this trip.

After dinner, Ping Chuan took some trusted aides and hurried on to the next mission point under the cover of darkness.

... Robbery on the road, voting, commenting, collecting ...

The cement factory in Fufeng County is situated at the foot of an open mountain.

The weather in mid-April is gradually getting hot, a warm breeze blows, carrying a hint of earthy fragrance.

The cement factory, despite having the word ”factory” in its name, is actually just a simple cement workshop. It’s small in scale, lacking any kind of standard equipment.

However, it is this seemingly insignificant and even humble place that holds the dreams and efforts of Han Lei and Zhao Zun.

Han Lei had never personally visited a real modern cement factory; her understanding of cement production entirely comes from computer data in the system.

She spent a significant amount of time checking, organizing, and eventually handed this data over to Zhao Zun.

Zhao Zun used this data, planning and constructing step by step, preparing this cement factory from scratch.

Zhao Zun also borrowed Han Lei’s operational methods from the wasteland project in Qingshui County, adopting closed management and promising twice the wages when recruiting craftsmen and laborers.

Furthermore, he built two extra-large grass sheds and stoves for people to rest and eat in the enclosed area. He recruited people responsible for cooking to improve everyone’s work efficiency.

As the weather warmed up, everyone worked during the day and slept under the grass shed at night without changing clothes, saving the effort of traveling back and forth.

Although the conditions were tough, Zhao Zun offered double wages, and everyone worked with great enthusiasm.

The craftsman bustled around various places, with sweat soaking their clothes, yet each face lit with an energetic smile.

The head bricklayer Yang Qi Quan stood aside, his eyes bright and commanding everyone.

He stooped, his skin tan, his hands full of calluses, clearly traces of years dealing with earth and bricks.

Under his leadership, the craftsmen had already built the framework of the cement factory.

On a row of vacant land by the mountains, five kilns were beginning to take shape.

These kilns were rushed out over several nights by Yang Qi Quan and the craftsmen taking shifts. Although rough in appearance, their structure was sturdy, entirely able to meet the needs of cement firing.

Beside the kilns, piles of limestone and bauxite gathered, all raw materials collected from nearby mountains.

The labor recruited locally in Fufeng County continuously used baskets and bamboo carriers to transport these materials here.

Sweat beads hung on their foreheads, but each worked tirelessly, as if tending to their family’s fields.

Zhao Zun took Han Lei for a round of inspections in the cement factory, with Han Lei observing everything quietly.

The cement firing method she chose was the simplest yet the most practical.

Mixing ground limestone powder and clay powder in different ratios, then adding a proper amount of bauxite or kaolin.

The mixed raw materials are sent into the kiln for sintering; the high-temperature calcined materials become cement clinkers.

Finally, these clinkers are ground into powder and mixed with an appropriate amount of gypsum to make cement.

Although the cement factory already possesses the conditions for starting work, faced with enormous production volumes, relying solely on laborers carrying and transporting raw and finished materials with baskets and bamboo carriers results in extremely low efficiency.

With such work efficiency, who knows when Zhao Zun’s grand plan will be realized.

Han Lei’s mouth slightly twitched, lightly shaking her head.

Zhao Zun noticed her expression and asked with concern, ”What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell anywhere?”