Soon, the super empire system in Zhu Long's mind spoke again.
"Ding-dong. Sixth side mission released: Build a brick factory and use advanced brick firing technology to produce 500,000 bricks!”
"Reward for completing the mission: A blueprint for the construction of an intelligent city!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Long's expression changed!
what？
Five hundred thousand bricks?
Although Zhu Long had mastered very advanced brick firing technology, it was not possible to fire bricks just because of the technology!
If 500,000 hollow bricks were piled up together, they could probably fill up the entire Lake Baikal. It was an astronomical figure!
With such a large number of bricks, the amount of brick kilns, raw materials, transportation tools, and coal needed was definitely massive.
It was possible to increase the labor force by another 4,000 people, but it was impossible with just the current number of people.
Moreover, coal and iron ore were essential materials for refining steel. Stopping mining meant that steel could not be refined either.
There were many uses for steel, and the demand for it was naturally great. It was definitely not the right choice to stop it rashly!
"500,000 Hollow Bricks is indeed a huge number, and the difficulty of completing it is very high. However, since it is a mission issued by the system, it will definitely be useful for the next side mission.”
"Looks like I have to think of a way to get more labor.”
"No matter how advanced the technology is, it still needs people to implement it before it can become a real product.”
Zhu Long made up his mind. He felt that he had to increase the labor force on the current basis. The number of people would be at least 4,000!
Previously, Zhu Long had sent six Russians to other parts of Siberia to look for Russians. They had yet to return.
If they returned to their base, they should be able to bring back a lot of Russians. However, the entire Siberian region was 12 million square kilometers, which was larger than the land area of China in the 21st century. They definitely wouldn't be able to return in a short period of time!
Even if he returned, it was still unknown how many people he could bring with him!
Therefore, Zhu Long could not place his hopes on these Russians.
As for the five thousand soldiers under Zhu Long, Zhu Long did not want them to do such manual labor.
They only had one thing to do, and that was to train their combat ability!
As for the Han people, they only needed to take care of the children, fish, and cook. Zhu Long had never wanted them to do such manual labor.
After much thought, Zhu Long felt that it was best to trade with the Menggu people of the Cong Mountains in the Western Regions for prisoners. It was convenient, safe, and the price was the lowest!
Zhu Long found Li Hu and asked him about it. Li Hu told him that the Menggu people in the north of the desert had obtained the support of the Qing Dynasty and had given them many weapons. The Menggu people in the Cong Mountains of the Western Regions could not defeat them and did not dare to fight!
"No wonder there was no news of the captives.”Zhu Long nodded and came to a realization." It seems like I have to think of a way to make both sides fight. Although it's a little unkind, I'm too short of people now!”
Zhu Long couldn't help but think.
To him, the Menggu people of the Western Regions and the Menggu people of the Northern Desert had nothing to do with the Han people, nor did they have any hatred. It did not matter if they fought or not, who won or lost, or how many people died. He did not care at all!
He only knew that only if the two sides continued to fight would there be prisoners of war!
He just wanted labor.
Zhu Long frowned as he pondered. After pondering for a while, his eyes lit up and he suddenly stood up from his chair. He had finally thought of a perfect plan!
"Haha, this plan of mine will definitely make them fight!”
Actually, his plan was very simple!
That was to provide weapons!
By providing sufficient weapons to the Menggu people in the Cong Mountains of the Western Regions and increasing their strength, the two sides would naturally fight again!
In the 21st century, the American imperials had played this trick to perfection. If they didn't like that country, they would provide weapons to the opposition and successfully overthrow many political powers!
In this era, although hot weapons had already been produced, cold weapons were the most effective on the battlefield.
Bows and arrows, sabers, armor, and so on were all cold weapons.
"As the saying goes, every man for himself. Let's learn from the Americans!”
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