Chapter 802
"It's just terrible! Is this how you idiots manage the city?" Perficott was furious in the office she had used before. Her voice echoed in the room like thunder, making the walls tremble slightly.
Her anger seemed to have become substantial, making the atmosphere in the whole room extremely depressing, as if even the air had solidified.
The wind and snow outside the window whistled and slapped the window, as if cheering for her anger.
In front of her, a group of officials from the Langton authorities were silent and did not even dare to breathe loudly.
They lowered their heads, their faces pale, and fine beads of sweat oozing from their foreheads, as if they were afraid that any of their small moves would attract Perficote's even more violent anger.
These officials were once the mainstay of the empire, but under the destruction of the cold winter of the doomsday, their aura had long been smoothed out, leaving only fatigue and panic.
"Although I know you are facing many problems, it's not like this, right? What are you doing?" Perficott originally wanted to curse a little bit, but looking at these officials who were obviously much pale and thinner than when she saw them last time, she still gave them some face.
She knew that these officials were also struggling to survive, but they obviously did not have enough intelligence and ability to deal with the immediate crisis.
Langton's situation has been extremely bad, with fuel shortages, material shortages, separatism rising, and even the activities of the evil god sects are growing secretly.
These problems intertwined, making this once glorious city at risk.
Perficote took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
She knew that now was not the time to vent her emotions, and Langdon's situation no longer allowed her to waste her time.
She must act as soon as possible or the city will really fall into an irreversible abyss.
She raised her head, her eyes swept over everyone present like a knife, and said coldly: "First of all, the fuel problem must be solved! I have brought new energy technology from the North to a certain extent to alleviate the fuel shortage problem.
But you must make sure that these resources are distributed fairly and that you must not let those greedy guys take the opportunity to hoard. "
Officers nodded, saying they would strictly enforce her orders.
Their eyes were filled with hope, as if Perficote's arrival finally gave them a chance to get out of the situation.
However, Perficote did not relax his vigilance.
The fuel problem is just the tip of the iceberg, and Langton's crisis is far more complicated than what is seen on the surface.
"Secondly, the momentum of separatism must be curbed!" Perficot's voice suddenly increased, with an unquestionable majesty in his tone. "I have sent a floating city to patrol various cities. Any attempt to split the empire will be severely punished.
What you need to do is to ensure the stability within Langton, and never give those evil gods and separatists the opportunity to take advantage of it."
Her eyes were as sharp as a hawk, as if they could see through everyone's heart.
The officials did not dare to look at her, so they could only lower their heads and silently endure her scolding.
Perficot knows that the roots of separatism lie in the extreme scarcity of resources and people's despair about the future.
If these problems cannot be fundamentally solved, the flame of separatism will only burn more and more.
"Finally," Perficote's voice eased a little, but still had unquestionable firmness, "I hope you remember that Langton is the core of the empire's homeland and the last fortress of the empire in the old world.
If we fail here, the empire will lose its homeland in the old world, which is absolutely not allowed for the empire!
Each of you, everyone in this city, and even myself, must fight for the survival of the city."
Her voice echoed in the room, as if with an invisible force, allowing everyone present to feel the responsibility on their shoulders. The officials were silent for a moment, and then expressed their opinions that they would do their best to support Perficote's plan.
While many of them were exhausted, they seemed to have rekindled a trace of fighting spirit with Perficote's inspiration.
Perfico nodded. Although she did not have much hope for the abilities of these officials, at least they were willing to cooperate now.
She knew that the days ahead would be more difficult, but as long as the people of Langton could unite, they would have hope of surviving this doomsday winter.
Langton's sky was still gloomy, but under Perficott's leadership, the city seemed to finally see a glimmer of light.
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Perficot's first thing to solve is of course the fuel problem.
The new energy technology she mentioned is naturally oil.
Although the local coal resources in the empire are not abundant, Langton is near the sea, and the ocean often has quite rich oil resources.
Just find the right vein and drill an oil well to mine oil, it will be enough to meet Langton's current fuel demand.
Oil's combustion efficiency is much higher than that of coal and has abundant reserves. As long as it can be exploited smoothly, Langton's fuel crisis can be greatly alleviated.
As for finding oil fields, Perficote is impatient to carry out geological exploration slowly.
She directly sent someone to find the astrologers in Langton City and asked them to do divination.
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Although these astrologers are usually regarded as charlatans by many people, their abilities have unique value in Perficote's eyes.
By observing astrological signs and performing complex rituals, the astrologers finally finalized a coastal location not far from Langton, believing that there must be something Perficote was looking for underneath.
Perficot was very satisfied with this and immediately let the Floating City produce a large drilling rig.
This drill rig uses the latest alchemy technology in the North and can operate efficiently in extremely cold environments.
At the location designated by the astrologers, the rig began to drill the first well on the seabed.
Soon, an offshore drilling platform was quickly built.
Since sea conditions are not required, the foundation of the drilling platform can be directly laid on ice layer more than ten meters thick, which makes the construction speed very fast.
It took almost less than half a month for the drilling platform to transport the mined oil to Langton.
During the time when drilling wells and building drilling platforms, Perficot also brought a set of oil treatment equipment from the North.
This equipment can fractionate the mined crude oil, thereby increasing its utilization rate and obtaining more available materials.
The fractionation products of petroleum can be used not only as fuel, but also as a production of lubricating oils, asphalt and other chemical products, which provide important raw materials for Langton's industrial recovery.
At the same time, the technical upgrade and transformation of facilities such as shelters and energy towers in Langton City were also under the leadership of the technical team brought by Perficote.
The alchemists and engineers who followed the Floating City conducted a comprehensive inspection of all Langton's shelters and energy towers.
In addition to technical upgrades and transformations, they also repaired some areas that had obviously failed.
Some of the already overwhelmed shelters have also been expanded and maintained to allow them to continue serving the Empire.
(This chapter ends)