Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry

Below the cliff behind the mountain.

Ren Zhong described his needs to the old kiln worker, Lao Li, making it clear what he wanted to achieve.

Ren Zhong didn't have high requirements for the earthen kiln. The main thing was that it could fire six cylindrical tanks, each taller than a person, at once. It should be like stacking four water tanks on top of each other to form a tall tower, with ceramic pipes connecting the five tower tanks in the middle.

In the future, these towers would be distillation columns for the sulfuric acid production line. Utilizing the robustness, fire resistance, high-temperature resistance, and acid corrosion resistance of ceramics, they would become a critical piece of equipment for sulfuric acid production.

Therefore, the internal space of the earthen kiln needed to be relatively large.

"I don't see a big problem," Lao Li, the kiln worker, nodded after listening. "There's a ready-made cave right here. We can clean it up, spread some dry grass, and make it our living quarters, setting up a large stove for boiling water and cooking."

"As for food, the two officers will have to arrange for someone to transport some grain over, and then we can start work directly."

They were all locals from near the base and knew that the Eighth Route Army wouldn't default on payments. Everyone agreed with the wages Li Yunlong had negotiated and didn't say much, bringing hoes, shovels, scrapers, winnows, and other tools.

"No problem. I'll have someone send the hay over later. Also, I'll have someone send a few cotton quilts. It's cold at night now, and we can't let the villagers freeze," Ren Zhong said to Lao Li.

After speaking, he turned to Li Yunlong, who was standing to the side, and said, "Old Li, consider the quilts my treat. I'll give you another hundred silver dollars when I get back. The grain and quilts will be paid for from these hundred silver dollars. Let me know when you run out."

"Hehe, how can I accept Brother Ren's generosity? Forget about the money for the quilts. Our clothing factory has a quota for grain, but we really can't afford it. We need to buy it from outside. Brother Ren knows that Old Li's pockets are cleaner than his face, so Old Li will shamelessly accept this money," Even Li Yunlong, with his thick skin and lack of understanding of politeness, felt a little embarrassed at this moment.

Because this earthen kiln, and even the future chemical factory, were being built for the base, and Ren Zhong hadn't mentioned charging for the products. Yet, Ren Zhong was paying for everything involved in building this chemical factory.

"Oh, I didn't expect Old Li to have learned to be polite. Rare, rare indeed," Ren Zhong joked with a smile.

"Don't worry, I'll have another batch of amoxicillin arriving in a few days. Then I'll be able to earn a fortune from Old Zhang."

Ren Zhong was, of course, very clear about the current situation of the base.

After earning these silver dollars, besides selecting special types to return to the main plane to maintain his own life, he had some other plans that would cost a lot of money, so he had to rely on trade to sustain them.

Furthermore, from the system's perspective, this kind of transaction seemed to generate points. As for what the points were for, he didn't know yet, but he guessed that they should be beneficial in some way.

Most importantly, if he wanted to do things in the Bright Sword world, he couldn't just rely on talking; he had to spend money. Without money, many of the things he was planning were just empty talk and couldn't be implemented.

After transmigrating, being able to find Li Yunlong, who shared his temperament, and having him run around with him was already a stroke of good luck. Ren Zhong didn't think that others would also bow down to him.

To be honest, he didn't have that protagonist halo.

If he were simply a pharmaceutical merchant, Ren Zhong would just be a plane middleman earning a small profit. Not to mention the commander, even Li Yunlong might not look at him differently.

Just like now, Ren Zhong knew that Yang Village was going to be attacked by the Japanese, but he didn't dare to be the one to blow the whistle.

His relationship hadn't reached that point. For military matters like this, Ren Zhong wanted to participate as little as possible, especially since he hadn't completely cleared himself of suspicion of being an enemy agent.

After busily dealing with the initial stages of things in the Bright Sword world, Ren Zhong's return time was almost up again.

Jincheng. Returning to the main plane, Ren Zhong thought about it and finally decided to sell off the remaining Yuan Datou silver dollars in one go. Although he would earn a little less, saving nearly ten thousand, it would save him from having to run around antique markets to sell them piecemeal. He didn't have enough time now, and Ren Zhong didn't want to waste any more.

Not only that, but Ren Zhong also found a reliable auction house in Jincheng for the few remaining rare silver coins he had on hand, put them up for auction, and stopped worrying about how to sell them himself.

After selling the Yuan Datou silver dollars, he suddenly increased his cash on hand to more than 200,000. Ren Zhong took a trip to the second-hand market and directly bought a Wuling Hongguang minivan in good condition. It wasn't that he couldn't afford a better car, but this car was low-key and very suitable for him at this stage. Moreover, it was really economical and affordable at just over 20,000, and he wouldn't lose much money if he wanted to change it later.

He could earn money by crossing planes now, but he couldn't spend money recklessly. After setting up the 81 Chemical Factory, Ren Zhong felt that the money he earned was simply not enough to spend.

In order to ensure that the technology from the Bright Sword plane could be quickly applied, Ren Zhong realized that he had to set up a similar laboratory in the main plane to first verify the reliability of the information.

This caused Ren Zhong's expenses to rise sharply.

He really had to save the money he had on hand.

Ren Zhong drove for more than forty minutes and came to a rural suburb of Jincheng. Last time he came with a friend for a fireside tea, Ren Zhong learned that in this rural area, many rural homeowners rented out their rural residences because they had mostly bought houses in the city, and these houses were idle and uninhabited.

Some commercially sensitive people saw the demand from city people who wanted to come to the countryside for weekends and began to find places in the suburbs within an hour's drive that had smooth roads, ponds for fishing, and vegetable gardens for planting to develop suburban leisure projects. The most common was fireside tea.

"Brother Liu," Ren Zhong came to the place where he had fireside tea last time, stopped the car, and enthusiastically called out when he saw the owner, Lao Liu.

"Oh, Little Ren, are you here for tea alone today?" Lao Liu had a good memory. Almost half a month had passed, and he still remembered Ren Zhong, whom he had only met once.

"No, Brother Liu, I have something to ask you today. I want to inquire if there are any empty houses nearby recently that I can rent. I want to rent one to live in and simply use as a warehouse to temporarily store some bulky goods," Ren Zhong said straightforwardly.

The farmers in this area originally built their houses in a single-family style, with hundreds of meters to several kilometers between each other. Although there were continuous hills in this area, they were not high, only a few tens of meters high.

"If it's something that doesn't need to be developed commercially, I've really heard of one family. Here, I'll give you a phone number. You can contact him and ask about the situation yourself."

Lao Liu didn't decline and quickly gave Ren Zhong a clue with contact information and an address. Ren Zhong thanked him and returned to the car, exported Lao Liu's courtyard, and then drove towards the farmer recommended by Lao Liu.

Ren Zhong made a few turns, and when he arrived at that house, he saw that the location was really good!

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