Chapter 2543 - 2542: Preparing the Hydropower Station
As soon as Ling Feng spoke, the other party was dumbfounded on the spot!
They obviously know that this opium is not a good thing, so no one would dare to touch this stuff at all!
Even though it can bring huge profits, these people didn’t dare to try it, fearing they would fall into the quagmire of drugs and be unable to extricate themselves!
Seeing them dumbfounded, Ling Feng sneered, "Since you don’t dare to try, then there’s nothing more to say. Please help yourselves!"
"You!"
The bearded leader was instantly displeased upon hearing this and stood up, saying loudly, "Sir, we are here to discuss business with the emperor of the Li Dynasty. Since you are irrelevant, what gives you the right to make decisions for him!"
Li Huang didn’t understand and glanced at the translator.
The translator was in a bit of an awkward position but dared not avoid translating, so he conveyed the original words to Li Huang.
Hearing the words of the bearded man, Li Huang smiled slightly and said to the translator, "Tell him that although Mr. Ling is not an official of our Li Dynasty, he is our most important person. I will certainly adopt his words!"
"Okay..."
The translator awkwardly conveyed Li Huang’s words to the bearded man.
Upon hearing this, the other party’s expression turned very unpleasant.
But Li Huang didn’t care about these merchants’ thoughts. At this point, he suddenly stood up and said sternly, "That’s all for today’s meeting. See the guests out!"
As soon as he said this, palace attendants immediately came forward to escort the bearded man and his translator out.
However, as they were leaving, the bearded man glanced back at Ling Feng, "You’ll regret this!"
Ling Feng merely sneered and couldn’t be bothered to respond.
After these people were driven away, he told Li Huang about events in his own world from over a hundred years ago.
After hearing this, Li Huang’s eyes widened, "So dangerous! If we let these people sell their goods in our country, wouldn’t it bring about national calamity?"
"Exactly!"
Ling Feng nodded, "These people would do anything for profit. Having had the experience on our end, we naturally can’t let the Li Dynasty fall into the same situation as before."
"Thank you, Mr. Ling. If not for you, I might have agreed to their request!" Li Huang’s forehead was sweating coldly, showing he truly was a bit scared.
Ling Feng just smiled and said nothing. This was an unexpected occurrence that turned into a significant event. It could be said that the Li Dynasty’s fortune was strong, ensuring that nothing happened.
Though it was still early, Ling Feng quickly expressed his intention to leave to Li Huang.
Li Huang knew he was preoccupied with the progress of engineering projects, so he didn’t try hard to persuade him to stay.
After all, a hydropower station needs to be built later.
And there’s a teleportation array to Shiliu Village now, making it easy to go there, isn’t it?
However, before Ling Feng left, he had someone inform Li Chunxi in the back palace.
As a result, the young girl came with a bundle.
Seeing her like this, Ling Feng knew she intended to leave with him.
But he didn’t say anything, just smiled, took Li Chunxi along, and boarded the ship together, then returned to where the Lingyun was located.
The Lingyun vessel has specialized living facilities, with places for eating, sleeping, and washing up. Li Chunxi had an eye on these conveniences and brought her clothes over.
After letting her settle in, Ling Feng said, "I won’t be able to accompany you, I’ll first go back to check on the hydropower station preparations and come to see you when I have time!"
"Alright, you go!"
Li Chunxi merely nodded without saying much.
Ling Feng left and directly returned to Lingyun Island.
Upon consulting with Gu Li, he said to Ling Feng, "Boss, the construction of the hydropower station isn’t that simple!"
"Why?" Ling Feng asked.
"The raw materials!"
Gu Li shrugged, "I’ve inquired. There’s no problem getting the machinery, just costs some money, but the infrastructure? It takes a lot of machinery to build a dam for a hydropower station, not to mention the difficulties with the concrete structure!"
"Just transport the reinforced concrete there, right?" Ling Feng asked.
"The amount needed is too large; our cargo ship can only supply one-tenth of the demand, maybe even less!"
Gu Li looked at Ling Feng and said with a bitter smile, "Boss, you’ve really given me a challenging task!"
"Does it really require that much reinforced concrete?"
Ling Feng was a bit confused and asked after some thought, "Is there no other way?"
"There’s another way unless Miss Ling Yao goes there and uses her mountain-moving and sea-filling abilities, which might shorten the construction time." Gu Li said.
Ling Feng understood at once and said after a moment of thought, "I’ve already promised Li Huang, going back to say we can’t do it would seem like we want to extort something. I’ll go talk to Ling Yao instead!"
"Alright, then boss, you go ahead. I wouldn’t dare to handle this." Gu Li laughed.
Ling Feng understood what he meant and smiled without saying anything, then left Lingyun Island directly.
Nowadays, Ling Yao is stationed on Shallow Blue Star, living leisurely with Li Shiyun and Mo Jiaolan, taking care of their children.
When Ling Feng arrived and explained his request, Ling Yao didn’t hesitate and nodded, "Sure, when do we leave? Now?"
"Just come with me, and we’ll decide when we get there," Ling Feng nodded.
"Alright!"
Ling Yao smiled, got up, and left with him.
After the two returned to Lingyun Island, Gu Li, seeing they had summoned her, immediately began preparing the next steps, organizing various supplies and personnel.
Ling Feng and Ling Yao went directly to the Li Dynasty side, not alerting anyone and arriving at the river north of the Capital City.
Seeing the terrain and topography here, Ling Yao turned to Ling Feng and said, "So, first divert the river to create a tributary, and then build a dam on the original riverbed, right?"
"Yes, that’s basically it!" Ling Feng nodded.
"This is easy, hardly a challenge for me!"
Ling Yao remarked, then flew above the river without further action, and Ling Feng noticed a sudden subsidence in the forest by the river!
In just a moment, the sunken area formed a continuous piece.
The front end quickly reached above the riverbed, then towering rocks of dozens of meters collapsed, creating an opening.
The terrain immediately became the lowest point, and the river water was directly diverted into the newly sunken tributary area.
Thus, the original riverbed immediately dried up.
Countless fish struggled in the remaining shallow water, and upon seeing this, Ling Feng said, "It’s a shame to let these fish die like this. Hold on, I’ll go notify Li Huang to send people out to catch the fish!"