But looking at his appearance, it was obvious that he had no intention of informing the territory, but had compromised on this insipid reality!

"Hey, I'll tell you"

Sabio shrugged, not surprised.

But after lowering his head, he muttered in a voice that only he could hear:

"But it's weird."

"If this river is so important, Ji Wuming is so confident in arranging for us to garrison it?"

The next day.

When Liu Zhi woke up from his sleep, the fleet was less than 400 kilometers away from the Honghua Gang.

Compared with the embarrassment of unpowered boats on the river.

The fleet equipped with energy stone engines seemed to be teleporting, traveling nearly a thousand kilometers in one night.

"Brother Liu is awake. Go and wash up quickly. We have all finished breakfast."

After Liu Zhi regained consciousness for a while, he pushed the door open and went up to the first deck.

Song Chunrui, Wang Bi, and Pang Pangyuan were already chatting by the guardrail while enjoying the river breeze.

"You guys got up so early?"

"It's not too early." Pang Pangyuan smiled and replied: "It's almost eleven o'clock. Brother Liu seems to have slept late last night, right?"

"Eleven o'clock?"

Liu Zhi shook his heavy head and quickly opened the game panel to confirm the time.

"Damn, I obviously went to bed very early, why did I sleep until now?"

It was clear that I was still having sweet dreams when I first fell asleep, but in the second half of the night, nightmares came one after another.

I always remember what seemed to happen in the middle, but when I think about it carefully, it seems that it was all a fantasy in a dream.

Realizing that there were less than four hours left before returning to the territory, Liu Zhi quickly went to the cabin to wash up.

As soon as I finished washing, I was just in time to catch the fleet's lunch.

"Hey, Lord Liu didn't come over this morning. Does that mean he has no appetite?"

Cui Lu walked in after washing his hands, glanced at Liu Zhi who had two huge dark circles under his eyes, and said with some surprise:

"I've always heard people say that people are timid when they are close to home. It seems that Lord Liu is not immune to this."

Liu Zhi stood up with an embarrassed look on his face, shook his head quickly and said:

"Maybe, I don't know what happened. I fell asleep last night and it's up to now."

"Hey, this is..."

Seeing the unfamiliar face standing behind Cui Lu, Liu Zhi pretended to be surprised and quickly changed the topic:

"Just call me Ben. I am the maintenance master of this fleet. But young man, I have to give you a piece of advice. A gentleman should be cautious. Remember to exercise restraint when you are alone in a room."

Ben is a middle-aged man with an unattractive appearance, and his squinting smile makes people feel quite friendly.

Hearing the word "moderate", Liu Zhi couldn't help but feel more embarrassed:

"You misunderstood, I didn't"

"I don't think Brother Liu should explain this matter, hahaha." Song Chunrui joked, and the atmosphere was awkward and lively for a while.

But when they sat down, everyone realized that this old man could actually sit with the captain Cui Lu.

This status is not low.

Even though they were just maintenance engineers of the fleet, the four of them still wanted to make friends.

"Old Ben, I'd better call you Uncle Ben."

Liu Zhi put down his chopsticks with an eager expression on his face: "It's not easy to repair a ship. It's convenient to reveal. Where is Uncle Ben's career on earth?"

"To tell you the truth, I have an old uncle who works at China's No. 1 Shipyard. Maybe you guys know him."

The old man chuckled: "The First Shipyard? I can't afford to go to that place. I'm just an ordinary person. I just opened a small shipyard at home. I rely on self-study for repairs and other things."

"Small shipyard?"

Liu Zhi suddenly became interested:

"To tell you the truth, I am planning to open a shipyard when I return to the territory this time."

There are many ways to make money.

But if you want to make money easily, you have to find a business that can be easily monopolized.

Liu Zhi has no intention of getting involved in businesses that are in the basic production direction, such as iron-making or small industrial products.

Once those industries expand in scale, there will inevitably be fierce competition.

As for shipbuilding, a group of people will be screened out because of technical barriers, plus he has the advantage of going to Tianyuan first for inspection.

As long as cooperation can be formed and scaled up, it will soon form a high threshold that ordinary people cannot enter.

"If you have an idea, why don't we cooperate?"

"cooperate?"

Old Ben put down the chopsticks in his hand, glanced at Cui Lu who was calm next to him, and couldn't help shaking his head: "You little guy is poaching people in front of our captain, are you really not afraid that you will be thrown off the ship now?"

"Hey, let's cooperate. Uncle Ben can invest in technology and receive dividends on a regular basis."

Knowing Cui Lu's bottom line and principles, Liu Zhi smiled and continued to talk with a smile on his face:

"Our territory of the Honghua Gang is close to this giant dragon fairy river, so we have a huge advantage. In my vision, if we can build our territory into a transfer station that spans the entire river and radiates nearly a thousand kilometers around,

The development speed will definitely be much easier than the current situation of fighting inland and fighting for territory with the dwarves."

"What you are thinking about is long-term cooperation. Besides, I don't need money anywhere."

Lao Ben didn't show any sign of being moved.

Liu Zhi was not discouraged and changed the subject with a smile:

"It is necessary to take the long term, our Lord Ji often said. In the wasteland, you have to take one step at a time and look at ten steps. The current situation may be very complicated, but as long as you make the right choice, the road ahead will be ten times easier."

"So Lord Ji is leading people to fight against the dwarves like crazy to pave the way for him in the future?" Wang Bi asked curiously.

"Who can know this?"

Liu Zhi sighed: "But don't tell me, my Lord Ji is indeed not an ordinary person. As early as when the disaster just opened up this big river, he ordered the territory to prepare. Once the disaster is over, he will immediately send

Let’s go down the river to Tianyuan!”

"Think about it. What was the scale when I set out, and what scale was it when you set out."

When talking about this matter, Liu Zhi couldn't help but feel proud.

However, from an angle that he didn't notice, Captain Cui Lu and Lao Ben looked at each other calmly.

The two nodded slightly, as if they were confirming some idea.
Chapter completed!