Four Concerns

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Li Ming gradually opened his eyes while letting out a soft moan.

"Hmm…"

"It's been a while since I've gone to this world." Li Ming muttered inwardly while rising from his bed. "I have never thought that I would be transported to another world. Then again, after a few days, I have grown accustomed to it. I'm still not that good with their cultures, especially using chopsticks, but I'm learning so that I look natural in this world."

"The task of bringing ten billion oil doesn't look like that big if I can create enough oil fields since I can monopolize everything in this world. But the lack of technology in this world is simply too much. I can still cope with the daily necessities, but the problem is that I can't have a lot of modern technologies to dig up the oil."

"That's probably my biggest hurdle in this mission. In that case, Eyses has suggested finding anything related to the water pump and steam engine. Eyses can give me the concept and blueprints for them, but if I rapidly progress the world's technology, there are bound to be a lot of problems in the future. Well, I'll ask about these to Li Xuan."

Li Ming completed his morning routine and opened the door, finding a woman kneeling in his garden. She was smiling as if she was enjoying the flower in the garden.

Once she heard the door's sound, she turned around and smiled brightly at him. Her beauty naturally blended with the scenery. Without even using modern makeup or skincare, she managed to look that good.

Li Ming was just a normal person, who had feeling. He certainly acknowledged that she was attractive. But Li Ming did his best to refrain himself by thinking everything that would happen to him on Earth. He didn't want to be attached to this world, so he maintained his poker face most of the time and focused on his task.

"Good morning. Have you slept well?"

"Yeah. You're early again today." Li Ming scratched the back of his head. "Should I come out earlier than this tomorrow…"

"Hahaha." Li Xuan chuckled. "You don't have to. I'm simply here because I'm excited. I've been learning a lot from you in the past few days, so I can't help but wonder what kind of things will I learn today."

Li Ming sighed. If someone like her was on Earth, she would definitely go far. Unfortunately, this world wasn't so fair.

However, that was exactly the reason why he was glad that they let someone like her become his assistant. Not only was she extremely intelligent, but she was also strong enough to protect him or herself.

"Today is a bit special. There are a few things that I want to address before leaving." Li Ming raised four fingers.

"Please do."

"First of all, I'm in need of a lot of this resource, so I'm going to expand it. Hence, we need a lot more people who understand this kind of work. We have to train them from early on."

"I can take care of that." Li Xuan waved her hand as if it was not a big deal. "My Father granted me the worker houses yesterday. We could take advantage of them for our work. Of course, our Worker Houses are a bit different. In the Worker Houses, we taught them a lot of basic things and knowledge, allowing them to be better than rough guys who could only handle physical work. That was why teaching them would be a good idea."

"I see. Since that has been taken care of, we should focus on the second one. Since we need to extract the oil soon, we have to begin creating more tools to extract oil from the hole. Do you have any pump in this area?"

"A pump? A water pump?" Li Xuan tilted her head in confusion. "If I'm not wrong, there is something like that far in the north. It's a new invention that even shocks the emperor."

"Is it possible to acquire one?"

Li Xuan thought for a moment. "I can't say for sure, considering it's been in high demand from the nearby areas. If we pay a lot more, then we could probably acquire one or two. More than that is not possible, I think."

"Hmm…" Li Ming let out a long sigh. "I guess I should be satisfied with a pumpjack for the time being."

"Pumpjack? Pump? Do you have something similar?"

"Yeah. It should be similar which should solve our needs for a while at a far cheaper cost. Then again, I need a kind of wheel made of iron. I have put a lot of requests on Elder Han, so I doubt he will be able to work on this one."

"I've told my father about it and he said he will try to gather craftsmen from other cities. We should be able to gain a lot more craftsmen in four days."

"I see. That's a relief." Li Ming nodded. "Then, the third matter is about the storage. I'll be drawing a blueprint later on how to build the storage for different types of oil. Then again, it will be a big project, which is related to the fourth request.

"The fourth request is about the refining process. Since we have to connect everything if we want to utilize this resource to the fullest, it's better if we create the facility outside this city. It'll be better if a remote location is built so that the costs of transporting them won't be too much."

"I see… My Li Clan is the one possessing this vast land. So, that's our decision to make. Still, creating a facility outside the city is prone to attack and all other things. So, there are a lot to consider. For now, I can only tell my father."

"Well…" Li Ming raised his five fingers. "I'm willing to put fifty percent of my profit to build this area. This is extremely important, so as its leader, I shouldn't just enjoy the profits but also invest in it to make it bigger."

"!!!" Li Xuan was surprised and nodded furiously. "I will do my best to convince my father."

"Since I've said everything, let's take a look around. We have to check the progress of that hole as well as Elder Han's creation."

"Yes."