Ji Jue began to sweat.
Come to think of it, Coast and Heavenly Gate really did have a partnership, and they would certainly have plenty of dealings in the future. Having passed the most primitive "handicraft workshop" era, Coast had now gained a firm foothold in the Wilderness. If it wanted to grow further, it had to expand further along its original track.
A small amount of military industry could only serve as bargaining chips in trade. In the end, it could not see the light of day.
And the simplest way to develop was to follow behind Tide Sound Military Industry, picking up all the tracks they did not want and refining them in an instant.
Therefore, beyond Small Three-Wheelers, generators, and tractors, they would inevitably have to develop more products, enter more fields, and establish more sales channels.
Then, relying on Coast's own advantages and the abundant cheap labor in the Wilderness, they could launch a counterattack on the markets within the city!
And to achieve that, they needed people.
A great many people.
Beyond assembly-line workers and the oxen and horses being modified in the underground workshops, technical personnel were indispensable as well. Yet if they were truly technical talents, how could they possibly have fallen into the Wilderness outside the city?
Education, experience, environment—none of those were things available outside the city. They could only find a way from within it.
After all, Yan Jian was getting old. He was taking more and more supplements, losing more and more hair, and his energy was gradually no longer as abundant.
At an age when he was practically about to be optimized away, if he really charged onto the front lines like a young man and worked overtime day and night, sooner or later he would croak at