After all these things, a lot of points have been spent and are about to bottom out. Now Liao Mingyu has less than 20,000 points in his hand. It's like the dream of getting rich overnight that he just enjoyed has suddenly been knocked back to its original form.
But it's all worth it. The benefits brought by the base area can make the troops make a qualitative leap. This is something that no amount of points can buy.
However, there is good news in the past two days. The system scanned the local geological structure by operating the main control room and discovered that there is an iron ore resource here. The location is located among the mountains in the west. It is initially estimated that its ore output is about 200-300 million. tons, only ten kilometers away from the main base.
Although it is only a small vein, it is a rare rich iron ore. The iron content of the iron-containing quartz stone is as high as about 60%, and it can be mined in the open pit.
This is a major discovery. You must know that iron ore deposits are usually accompanied by veins, such as titanium, cobalt, copper, nickel, lead-zinc, tin, molybdenum, aluminum, etc. If you are lucky, there may also be rare earths, so this Wouldn’t it solve the urgent need?
After system calculations, due to the extremely high iron content in this mining area, the mined iron ore can be redeemed for about 200 points per ton. If other rare minerals can be found, the income should be even higher.
Although the exchange ratio is not high, the mining base station built by the system can guarantee a monthly output of 1,000-1,500 tons. This does not include other rare minerals, which is equivalent to earning about 200,000-250,000 points for Liao Mingyu in a month.
The excited Liao immediately started arranging mining matters, preparing to build a mining base station and lay a transportation route first. However, when he saw the points required for the construction of the base station, the fire that had just been ignited in his heart was instantly extinguished.
"Two hundred thousand points? Why is a broken mining area so expensive!? System uncle, aren't you trying to trick me?" Liao Mingyu was about to cry but could only roar in his heart.
"Ding...Host, don't underestimate the mining base station. It contains dozens of mine carts, bulldozers, large cone crushers, small jaw crushers, segmented conveyor tables and other equipment. It will also be equipped with a hundred people Miners, and the host can increase the number of miners and mining vehicles on its own, thereby increasing the mining volume." The system immediately explained.
"What do you mean? What the hell is self-increasing?" Liao Mingyu was confused.
"Ding... In layman's terms, the host can arrange for normal humans to work in the mining area, increase the number of mining workers and vehicles, and then achieve the purpose of increasing production. Moreover, base workers and equipment can be exchanged for points, and the future expansion is very impressive." The system explained again.
Liao Mingyu basically understood what he said, which meant that he could exchange more absenteeism for work and increase output and efficiency. Then the monthly output might be more than 400 tons.
You can even bring those thousands of Japanese prisoners to work. Anyway, the free labor is not used in vain. They are kept in the concentration camps and do nothing but waste food. It is really better to let them go to the mining area for labor reform. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.
"That system man... can you apply for a loan? I only have less than 20,000 yuan in hand, and I can't build it even if I want to. How about you help me with the cushion first, and I will pay it back when the mining business starts. At the worst, I'll pay some interest..." Liao Mingyu begged with a shy face and a bitter look on his face.
"Ding... you think this is a bank? You don't have any money and you want me to advance money for free? You can imagine... stop! I know what you want to say. To tell you the truth, there is no extra reserve energy in the system. , even if you kill Hirohito and Mustache now, I won’t be able to get points to reward you."
Originally, Liao Mingyu wanted to launch a few more battles to fight the Japs south, and he would be rewarded with points when he won. However, the system's answer completely blocked his last hope.
"Then what the hell are you going to do? Now there are no rewards for fighting the Japanese, and I can't build a mining station. I only have more than 10,000 yuan left. Isn't this just waiting to die?"
In fact, since the main base was built, the system has converted all its remaining energy into points for Liao Mingyu to use. In the future, no matter whether he wins or loses in the war, no point rewards will be issued. Only by continuously acquiring resources and converting energy can we continue to obtain construction production. Points required.
So now even the system itself can't get any points, or it has no extra energy for materialization conversion. If it cannot be replenished with resources and energy for a long time, the base will be paralyzed and the system will enter a dormant state. risks of.
"Ding... there must be a way. A base miner gets 200 points, a handheld crusher 15, a trolley 2... without the help of trucks, large equipment and conveyor belts, each worker can produce about 3 tons per month. The host can exchange part Single person mining rigs and miners, starting with a small amount of mining work.”
The system's answer made Liao Mingyu fall into deep thought. Although the output was a little less, it was better than nothing. Thinking about it, there was no other better way, so he had to do this. After a while, he immediately made a decision: "Okay! Then first exchange for 50 miners, 50 sets of corresponding equipment, and another 30 ten-wheel heavy trucks, um... let’s do that for now.”
This set cost more than 17,000 points, and there were not many points left in the end. However, according to normal data, 50 miners can bring in 30,000 points per month. At least the money was not wasted. When the points slowly come up, you can directly build a base station. At that time, you can just sit back and collect money.
Liao Mingyu, who was sitting in front of the console, frowned and kept tapping the table with his fingers. After thinking about it, he still felt that this speed was a bit slow. At this rate, it would take more than six months to collect 200,000? By that time, the Yankees have finished conquering Iwo Jima and they haven't built a mining station yet. Isn't this a fool's errand?
No, it can't be like this...
Liao Mingyu couldn't sit still any longer, so he stood up and strode outside.
There is an ordinary office above the underground main control room. There are several high-power radio stations here. As soon as you enter the door, you can hear the beeping of telegraphs. Seven or eight communication soldiers are wearing headphones and working.
"Junzuo?"
Ding Xiaoer saw Liao Mingyu come in and hurried up to say hello. There were few people now, and as the latter's adjutant, he was also responsible for the daily affairs of the Communications Department, so he was extremely busy.
"Immediately send a report to Long Wenwen and ask him to escort the more than a thousand Japanese prisoners in the Mandalay Concentration Camp to me as quickly as possible. There are also those local indigenous people who have nothing to do. They said that they can now provide them with job opportunities. Food, accommodation and wages are included."
Liao Mingyu didn't talk nonsense and gave the order in a straight and serious manner:
"In addition, tell him to die, no matter how he coaxes or coerces him, no matter what method he uses, I will definitely ask him to bring at least 3,000 workers here within half a month. There must be no mistake!"
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