Captain Liu personally led a large group over to help Zhang Chen patch up and clear out the huge warehouse. Zhang Chen and Bai Ziling also moved their luggage in and settled into their new rooms.
The two chose adjoining rooms. So-called adjoining rooms shared one door and one stove, but were divided into an east room and a west room.
Captain Liu personally brought over a cartload of firewood, helped them repair the drafty doors and windows, then directed the people in the enclosure to transport over all kinds of daily necessities, along with damaged farming tools and machinery.
"Take a look. Is there anything else you need?" After looking over the cleaned-up courtyard and hanging up a simple Agricultural Machinery Station sign, Captain Liu asked Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen smiled. "If we could build a small blast furnace to smelt scrap iron, that would be even better. But I can handle that myself. I just need you to approve the paperwork."
"You know how to make steel too?" Captain Liu stared at Zhang Chen in shock. He dearly wanted to crack open the kid's head and see what else he could do.
Zhang Chen smiled. "Making steel isn't hard. The hard part is getting the paperwork approved."
"Here, the paperwork is actually the easiest part. We're deep in the mountains, cut off entirely from the outside world. No one usually comes here. Whatever you want to set up, just treat it like your own home. As long as I approve the procedure for you, it's settled," Captain Liu said.
Hearing Captain Liu's words, Zhang Chen smiled. "Then I'll have to trouble Captain Liu to put more thought into it."
For Zhang Chen, who possessed the Five Elements Authority, wasn't steelmaking simply a matter of a thought?
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