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However, a simple plan is no longer enough to support the development of Changshan County.

After Lin Wen had the environment and capital for industrial development in Changshan County, he decided to implement his long-planned transportation plan.

Also known as the plagiarism plan, the twisted plan, the plan that allows me to copy you but not vice versa, and the Changshan County industrial plan, among others.

And he also had an ace up his sleeve.

Seeking the answer from heaven and earth.

[Asking the Dao from Heaven]

Technology is the primary productive force.

Using spells to obtain technology is his offensive route!

Of course, the limitation of this route is still the primordial spirit.

Only through sleep and meditation can the primordial spirit be restored.

With the primordial spirit, one can use spells.

With spells, one can obtain technology.

Therefore.

Sleep is the primary productive force.

However, regardless of which route, steelmaking is not included.

High cost, thin profit, low technological content.

However, since Changshan County already has it, let's try to salvage it with the attitude of waste utilization.

So, Lin Wen took Fang Weiwei and a group of four people and quickly arrived at a large mountain in the middle of Changshan County.

The Changshan Steel Plant is located on this mountain.

It was built here because it used to be the Changshan Iron Mine.

The grade of the Changshan Iron Mine is still acceptable, but due to transportation difficulties and high logistics costs, coupled with the oversupply of iron ore in the western part of the empire, no one in the industry is interested.

The former Sheriff Zhao, in a fit of anger, gambled away all his savings and built a steel plant.

Unfortunately, gamblers always end up losing everything.

The Changshan Steel Plant still looks clean on the outside, covering an area of about 180 hectares, which is not small.

At the forefront of the factory area is the warehouse, followed by the rolling mill, steelmaking plant, ironmaking plant, and the iron ore field at the innermost part.

There are also office buildings, power plants, machine repair shops, and maintenance shops on both sides.

The facilities are decent.

Zhang Xiaoda led them into the steelmaking plant. In the large workshop, most of the facilities were cold gray, with only a small part emitting heat. The workers were concentrated there.

Only hearing the shouts of the workers, a steel ladle emitting heat was turned over, and the red-hot molten steel formed a solid band-like flow into the steel trough, sparks flying everywhere. The workers were operating nervously.

The steelmaking plant is the most prone to production accidents. If one is not careful, the steel at thousands of degrees will scald or even kill.

Lin Wen said to Fang Weiwei, "Wash off your makeup, put on a safety helmet, and change into work clothes. Go among the workers and find out about their recent situation."

Fang Weiwei nodded and went to the restroom.

Lin Wen said to Zhao Pengyuan and Zhang Xiaoda, "Take me to see the scrapped steel furnace."

The group of people arrived in front of a cold equipment. Zhang Xiaoda pointed to a steel furnace about three stories high embedded in numerous complex steel pipelines.

"This is the advanced composite oxygen-blowing converter currently used in the empire, with a capacity of 70 tons."

Lin Wen climbed up the scaffolding next to the furnace and took a look. The entire furnace was filled with gray steel, already fused with the furnace wall.

From a human perspective, it was no longer worth repairing.

Lin Wen jumped into the steelmaking furnace, circled inside, and carefully examined the solidified steel and the connection points of the equipment. He had an idea in his mind.

He climbed down and asked, "Do you have all the necessary facilities now? Will there be any more power outages or other low-level mistakes?"

Zhang Xiaoda replied, "They are basically complete, but we are still lacking in this area of the scrapped furnace."

Zhao Pengyuan quickly asked, "Sheriff Lin, are you planning to replace the furnace?"

Lin Wen said, "I know a top-notch steel furnace repair team that specializes in repairing situations where the steel solidifies in the furnace. I will have them come and fix the furnace."

Zhao Pengyuan and Zhang Xiaoda looked at each other, unable to believe it.

Zhao Pengyuan asked cautiously, "Sheriff Lin, I have never heard of a situation where solidified steel in the furnace can be repaired. Are they not just using destructive cutting to scrap the furnace as well?"

Lin Wen shook his head, "They will remove the solidified steel without damaging the furnace wall."

Zhao Pengyuan and Zhang Xiaoda exchanged glances and saw disbelief in each other's eyes.

Zhang Xiaoda said, "Sheriff Lin, theoretically it should be possible, but the cost of doing so may even exceed buying a new steel furnace."

Lin Wen said, "Don't worry, it's free."

"Zhao Pengyuan, quickly make a list of all the missing equipment, especially safety and protective equipment. Submit it to the finance department for procurement as soon as possible, and deliver it as soon as possible. Ensure quick and safe debugging and resume production as soon as possible. I don't want to see any more losses."

Zhao Pengyuan was stunned and quickly said, "Yes, Sheriff Lin!"

Zhang Xiaoda still found it hard to believe and asked, "Sheriff Lin, where is this engineering team from? What's their name?"

Lin Wen casually replied, "The Mariana Java Engineering Team from abroad."

Zhang Xiaoda exclaimed, "Why don't they charge for their services?"

"The boss is my close brother."

Lin Wen couldn't be bothered to waste any more words. He called Fang Weiwei over and left Zhang Xiaoda and Zhao Pengyuan dumbfounded, quickly returning to the car.

Fang Weiwei was still wearing the worker's clothes. She was about to change, but Lin Wen held her hand.

"Don't take off your clothes in front of me."

Fang Weiwei's face quickly turned red, and she said softly, "But, I look so ugly in these clothes."Lin Wen said, "What's wrong with the workers' clothes? I quite liked them when I was in the physical world."

Although Fang Weiwei didn't understand what the physical world meant, she still put down her hand.

"Do you know about the workers' salary and working conditions?"

Fang Weiwei nodded gently, "750 yuan per month, with basic guarantees and free meals and accommodation. However, the factory is in a loss state and only pays 150 yuan. They work in shifts, with one day off per month. The environment is not good, especially for the workers in front of the furnace. They face the molten steel directly, which is very dangerous."

Lin Wen said, "Take note of this. Inform the factory manager later that the salary will be increased to 800 yuan, starting from tomorrow, with full payment. There will be 4 days off per month, and labor protection clothing and safety measures will be provided. The workers in front of the furnace will receive subsidies."

"The engineering team will come to repair the furnace tonight. The top international engineering team doesn't like to be disturbed. Let the workers on the night shift hold their positions and not come to watch. Otherwise, they will bear the consequences."

"Tell the factory manager to be prepared. We will resume full production tomorrow."

"Also, after you go back, investigate the economic, commercial, production relations, and political status of Changshan County. Write a report called 'Investigation of Changshan County' for me."

He saw Fang Weiwei's hesitant expression and added, "You can ask someone to help you. This is my order. If anyone refuses to help you, you can deal with them. If you can't handle it, call me."

"With me, your grandpa, supporting you from behind, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity to gain some power, I won't even look at you. Do you understand?"

"Uh."

A barely audible response. Fang Weiwei almost wanted to shrink into the ground.

In the middle of the night, Lin Wen rented a bus and drove to the steel factory.

Since Lin Wen's driving skills were terrible, he carried the bus to the factory gate and then got on.

The gatekeeper saw that Sheriff Lin personally brought the engineering team, so he quickly opened the gate.

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Lin Wen stepped on the gas pedal, and the bus rushed into the factory area, then a dragon-like tail swung and flew into the parking lot behind the building, crashing into the wall with a bang.

While the gatekeeper was closing the gate, Lin Wen manually pushed the bus into the parking space and carefully adjusted its position to ensure accuracy.

Just as he finished parking, the gatekeeper came over, "Ah, Sheriff Lin, what was that sound just now? I heard something bang."

Lin Wen said, "You heard wrong. Go back to your post."

Although the gatekeeper wanted to witness the engineering team that came to solve the nightmare that had troubled them for a year, he couldn't disobey Sheriff Lin's orders and could only turn around and leave.

Lin Wen looked around to make sure no one was nearby and out of the surveillance range before returning to the bus and unloading 22 straw men dressed in work clothes, their faces covered.

Then he took out a stack of paper dolls.

[Paper Doll Puppet]

A green Qi Refining stage spell that consumes 10% of the primordial spirit, giving the paper dolls intelligence and the ability to control puppets. They can understand simple commands and complete simple tasks. The duration is 16 hours in this world's time and can be interrupted. Higher work intensity and stronger puppets will greatly accelerate the consumption of time. The number of paper dolls with intelligence is related to the total amount of primordial spirit.

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This is a simple spell of the Qi Refining stage, with very low consumption and a duration that can be saved. It can be said to be very cheap.

However, its effect is also very poor. Even a wooden puppet belongs to a stronger puppet that will accelerate the consumption of time. Moving a brick is an extremely high work intensity, and it will be gone in half an hour.

It is just a spell for making servants who can serve tea and sweep the floor. It is a prerequisite spell for the Golden Elixir stage's [Puppet Empowerment Technique] and one of the prerequisites for the Nascent Soul stage's [Body Outside the Body] and [External Incarnation].

Lin Wen happened to use this spell to cover up his true abilities, so as not to surprise friendly forces and make it difficult to explain.

With a thought, 5% of his primordial spirit turned into nothingness.

A ball of green light sank from his hand and instantly soaked the 22 paper dolls. His current total primordial spirit was 112.71%, and each 5% of primordial spirit could soak one paper doll, exactly 22 with a little extra.

Lin Wen stuck the paper dolls onto the puppets, and with a flash of green light, the puppets came to life. They stood up and bowed slightly to Lin Wen.

The time for each paper doll is calculated separately. When interrupted, only the mana on the paper doll is taken back, and when restored, the mana is returned to the paper doll until it is depleted.

The paper dolls cannot be replaced, and if they are damaged, the spell will fail.

Lin Wen stuck the 22 paper dolls onto the 22 straw men and gave the first command, "Follow me."

He picked up the toolbox that had been prepared long ago and led the way to the steel factory.

Although Factory Manager Zhang Xiaoda had already issued strict orders not to watch, human curiosity cannot be easily suppressed.

Especially when it was made so mysterious.

Moreover, this matter also concerned the future and fate of the factory. Who wouldn't care? Many people who were originally resting even came to work the night shift.

So, when Lin Wen entered the steel factory, although he didn't encounter anyone, he was already being watched by countless pairs of eyes in secret.

In their eyes, this was an extremely strange scene. More than 20 people, including Sheriff Lin, walked in with exactly the same footsteps, silently entering the gate.

"Are these robots?"

Xiao Liu couldn't help but ask, only to be fiercely knocked on the head by the old squad leader.

"I told you to watch silently! Didn't you listen? Didn't you listen? Didn't you listen?"

"Yes, yes, it's always Xiao Liu who speaks first, but he has no knowledge.""What do you mean, 'unseen'?" Little Liu retorted, his face flushing red as he blocked the old squad leader's finger, "Who walks like that? Even robots are better. What I saw was more like a monstrous puppet!"

The old squad leader pounded on the table, shouting angrily, "What's wrong with being strict? What's wrong with having serious discipline like a soldier? They are an internationally top-notch engineering team, do you think they are like you, a street loafer?"

"Right, what Xu Ban said is correct."

Factory Director Zhang Xiaoda suddenly emerged from the darkness, nodding his agreement.

"I also agree, they are not ordinary people."

Zhao Pengyuan, the person in charge of the Imperial Capital Office, also echoed his agreement.

Everyone quieted down, and the old squad leader was tongue-tied, "Zhang... Director Zhang, why are you here?"

Zhang Xiaoda said, "I'm just concerned. The future of the steel factory depends on tonight. I couldn't sleep, so I decided to come and see."

"But, but Sheriff Lin gave an order..."

"He told us not to watch, but we're not crowding around, so how can it be called watching?"

"We're just observing from a distance."

"Right, right!"

The old squad leader suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly.

"Let's go in and observe from a distance."

Lin Wen ignored the peeping from the dark. He led the straw man to the front of the steel furnace. This steel furnace, which had not been used for a year, looked as shiny as new from the outside, without a speck of dust or a trace of rust. It must have been urgently cleaned by them.

Lin Wen climbed the scaffold with the straw man, jumped into the furnace, threw the empty toolbox into the corner, and activated the spell he had prepared long ago.

[Air Ban Divine Power]

[Spirit Cat's Agility]

In addition to the previously used [Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers] and [Paper Man Puppet], a total of 60% of the primordial spirit was needed.

But the natural Dao recovers at five times the speed at night, reaching its peak state in a total of 2 days and 3 hours.

So the spell consumption is halved, and Lin Wen actually only consumed 30% of his primordial spirit.

There is still 18% of the primordial spirit left.

That's enough.

Lin Wen squatted down, his fingers lightly touching the steel water condensed in the steel furnace.

This oxygen converter mainly relies on chemical reactions for heating. When the hot molten iron is poured into the steel furnace, pure oxygen is blown into the molten iron, causing it to directly react with the hot molten iron to remove impurities and achieve the effect of steelmaking.

If the steel water solidifies in the furnace, it cannot be reheated and melted. The only solution is to cut and clean it, but it was later found that the cost is even higher than buying a new steel furnace, so it can only be scrapped.

Therefore, the steel factory must not lose power, even if the power is cut off, the backup power supply must be used to pour out the steel water.

Such a low-level mistake rarely happens in Changshan Iron and Steel Factory.

Crack.

Lin Wen's fingers directly rubbed into the steel surface, digging out a piece.

Under the state of [Air Ban Divine Power] and [Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers], he can insert his fingers into ordinary carbon steel, and it is not difficult to dig it out.

But the furnace wall of the steelmaking furnace is made of fireproof material. Although it is heat-resistant, it is not so sturdy, so [Spirit Cat's Agility] must be activated to control the force and avoid damaging the fireproof material on the wall.

Due to the limited time of the spell, Lin Wen quickly increased his speed after initial adaptation.

In a moment, the sound of steel twisting that drove people mad kept ringing, and large pieces of steel were directly thrown out by Lin Wen, and the small fragments were picked up and thrown out by the straw man.

This is a 70-ton furnace, and the steel water inside is about 50 tons. Lin Wen emptied it in 20 minutes, leaving only about half a finger thick steel sticking to the furnace wall.

But it doesn't matter anymore, the space inside is already enough for new molten iron to come in and melt them.

Time was pressing, and Lin Wen immediately went to the second steel furnace.

This steel furnace is a bit more complicated, it is in the state before the steel is produced, the steel water has been smelted, and the hardness is higher.

It took Lin Wen 40 minutes to clean it up. The spell time of one hour had ended, and he had to open another [Air Ban Divine Power].

Remaining primordial spirit: 10%

Fortunately, the next three converters are just in the state of entering the molten iron. Lin Wen cleaned them all in one hour.

A total of 5 steel furnaces, all completed, saving at least 100 million in funds.

And Lin Wen only consumed 38% of his primordial spirit, and it only took 2 hours, which is a hundred times stronger than robbing 120% of his primordial spirit in Longzhou for 5 days and only getting 60 million.

Moreover, after the Changshan Iron and Steel Factory resumes normal operation, according to the original budget, it will produce 275,000 tons of hot-rolled strip steel every month, with a net profit of 120 yuan per ton of hot-rolled strip steel, realizing a turnover of 495 million and a net profit of 33 million.

From losing 100 million every month to making a profit of 33 million every month.

All this, only took 2 hours and 38% of the primordial spirit!!

Even robbing gold can't match this efficiency!

Damn it!

Lin Wen, who had just calculated the result, wished he could kill himself.

Why didn't I discover this earlier!

I've wasted my primordial spirit.

Indeed, industry is the king's way, and robbery can only make quick money.

It's not sustainable.

Indeed, it's not enough to be big and hard, endurance is the king's way.

Good!

Lin Wen made up his mind.

Changshan County.

Starting today, I will come to supplement your yang every night.

You must rise up quickly.

There are many wolves outside.