Tomorrow's Ark is too real

Chapter 1169 The Best of Both Worlds
In the park at night, Xia Feng and Wei Yanwu walked side by side under the dim street lights without haste.

Zhou Liang cautiously followed behind a few steps away.

To be honest, he didn't expect to meet Wei Yanwu here, but since he "encountered by chance", he can still say something, even if it's just a test.

While walking, Xia Feng was the first to break the silence.

"Mr. Wei, I'm fairly well-informed. To be honest, although this is not the first time I've come to Longmen, I still can't help being amazed whenever I'm in the bustling Longmen."

Faced with this polite sentence, Wei Yanwu also responded skillfully.

"Governor Xia, you and I are at the same level, so you don't need to call me sir. As far as I know, Yandong is developing rapidly. I believe there will be many opportunities for you and me to work together in the future."

Xia Feng let out a chuckle.

"Oh, okay, actually, I hate the fake politeness in the officialdom the most. Since you are also informal, I'll just call you Old Wei."

Hearing the name "Old Wei", Wei Yanwu was obviously a little embarrassed.

"Cough, whatever you want."

Afterwards, Xia Feng changed the subject and jumped directly from small talk to a sensitive topic.

"Old Wei, I would like to ask, how does your Longmen treat infected people?"

Wei Yanwu replied truthfully without hesitation.

"Longmen is relatively friendly to the infected, and has built a slum for the infected to live in. There, the infected can move around at will, but the infected without permission are not allowed to enter the urban area."

Xia Feng snorted slightly ironically.

"Exclude the infected people from the urban area, and even call the place where they live in a slum. Is this considered friendly?"

Wei Yanwu knew Xia Feng's background very well, facing the ridicule, he replied in a deep voice.

"There is no way around this. Longmen can be said to be an important international trade hub, and the flow of people is extremely high. We not only have to limit the infected people, but also have very strict screening of outsiders."

After saying this sentence, Wei Yanwu answered another sentence.

"If Longmen is as vast as Yandong, I won't be ridiculed by people like you, Governor Xia, and I will be thankless."

This sentence was regarded as a counterattack, and it was obvious that Wei Yanwu's temper was not very good.

But Xia Feng wasn't in the mood to continue arguing with him, instead he changed his face and his tone became cheerful.

"It seems that you, Wei, have been troubled by the problem of infection."

Wei Yanwu snorted coldly.

"Among the five governors of Yan Kingdom, you are probably the only one who treats infected people differently."

"Haha, there is no way, after all, I am also an infected person."

Back to the topic, Xia Feng asked again.

"Based on what you mean, infected people seem to be a burden to the development of Longmen."

"if not?"

Xia Feng showed doubts.

"Don't Longmen need the cheap labor provided by the infected?"

Wei Yanwu's answer made Xia Feng feel that he was asking nonsense.

"Did you see many large factories in Longmen that require a lot of labor?"

"Huh? It seems that there really isn't one."

"Longmen is just a mobile city, and there are almost no natural resources that can be developed. The major families and world consortiums do not value the land of Longmen, but the information collected here. If you want to build a factory, it is cheaper and more suitable than Longmen. There are many places."

Xia Feng understands in this way, the land of Longmen is very expensive, and the labor force is needed, but there is not so much.

And because of the particularity of the infected, they are also unable to work in the service industry in urban areas, or even sweep the streets.

Of course, there are not many infected people in Longmen. Most of them are foreigners who accidentally contracted ore disease and were rejected.

However, for the fast-growing Longmen, the existence of infected people is useless and a complete burden.

Not only will it consume financial resources, manpower, and police force, but it is even an extremely unstable security risk.

Speaking of this, Wei Yanwu sighed.

"Most of the infected people are emotionally unstable. Many people seem humble, but they have violent tendencies in their hearts. At the same time, the average lifespan of the infected people is very short. Every time there is a death, it takes a lot of energy to dispose of the corpse, otherwise It is likely to turn into a large-scale contagion event."

Xia Feng and Wei Yanwu walked side by side, in the silence, a sentence popped up suddenly.

"Old Wei, do you want the slums in Longmen to disappear?"

Wei Yanwu stopped suddenly.

Squinting his eyes slightly, he stared deeply at Xia Feng's back.

"I am the ruler of Longmen, Governor Xia, please don't talk nonsense."

Xia Feng was taken aback by Wei Yanwu's strong reaction.

"Don't get excited, I'm just asking casually."

At the same time, he seemed to understand something from Wei Yanwu's reaction.

The questioner had no intention, but the answerer meant it. If he guessed right, Wei Yanwu really wanted to clear the slums of Longmen in his heart.

Putting on a relaxed tone, Xia Feng turned around and faced him.

"Old Wei, I know you are an excellent ruler. I have no other intentions. I just want to say that for the sake of Longmen's development, I might be able to help you get rid of the slums."

"What did you say!"

Seeing Wei Yanwu's excited eyes stare, Xia Feng immediately changed his words.

"Oh, you misunderstood, bah bah bah, I said something wrong, it's not about dealing with it, it's about placement, placement."

"Placement?"

"Yes."

Xia Feng spread his palms and said confidently.

"You also know that Yandong has just been established, and the construction project is huge. For this, I need a lot of cheap labor. You don't need it. I just need it. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

Wei Yanwu was stunned.

"You want me to transfer the infected people from the Longmen slum to Yandong?"

Xia Feng nodded.

"It can also be said that it is the territory of the Yan Kingdom anyway, and the infected can be completely voluntary."

Wei Yanwu was obviously not interested in this proposal.

"Don't be naive, why do infected people leave Longmen and move to Yanlong, just because you will pay them cheap wages?"

"No no no."

Xia Feng corrected.

"If you support Old Wei, the infected people will definitely be willing, because I will not only pay them wages, but also provide free suppression of ore disease."

"what?"

Xia Feng raised the corner of his mouth.

"In the next three months, I will build the world's largest hospital for infected people in Yandong."

Seeing Wei Yanwu's bewildered expression, Xia Feng also added later.

"If I can return to Yandong alive from Fengyang City."

He raised his wrist and glanced at the time on the bracelet.

Xia Feng made a pompous salute to his colleague, Governor Wei of Longmen.

"Let's stop here first, Old Wei. My helicopter is coming soon, so I'll be leaving first. We can talk about this matter later. See you in the capital in a week."

Say hello to Zhou Liang.

"Old Zhou, go out and call a car, let's go out of town."

"Yes, my lord."

Leaving Wei Yanwu with a complicated expression behind, Xia Feng led Zhou Liang to the exit of the park.

(End of this chapter)