Starting from the office buildings we kept passing through

Chapter 29 Silence, Divide the Force

"Isn't this a bit too little?"

Among the four, a fat man with beady green eyes glanced at the fish being processed behind Chen Hao, a greedy glint flashing in his eyes.

"Yes, yes, you have so many fish, at least several hundred pounds, and you're only giving us a hundred pounds? That's a bit unreasonable."

"There's still water, only a hundred liters. How much could that be? I used to use more than a hundred liters of water for a single shower."

Next to the fat man, a man as thin as a monkey chimed in.

"Do others feel the same way?"

Chen Hao ignored the two men and looked at the other two.

One of the two remained silent, seemingly acknowledging that what the other said made sense.

One of them thought for a moment and said, "One hundred and fifty liters of water, one hundred and twenty catties of fish."

"make a deal."

Chen Hao nodded and made the decision.

"Alright, you three can leave now."

"What do you mean? You've made this decision so hastily?"

"Yes, how can we be so hasty? We can discuss the price too."

However, Chen Hao only said one sentence to this: "Zhao Long, see the guest out."

Zhao Long, standing behind Chen Hao, stepped forward, carrying a knife.

His 1.9-meter height and fierce eyes gave these people a powerful sense of oppression.

"Please."

The three men's expressions changed, and their eyes filled with panic as they looked at Zhao Long. They didn't dare to say anything more and quickly left.

"What's your name?"

"Silence."

"Okay, Shenmo, it's a pleasure doing business with you."

Chen Hao extended his hand.

Shen Mo grasped it, the two looked at each other, and smiled.

Then, Shen Mo went up to call for help. Chen Hao watched his retreating figure and commented, "Interesting."

"Brother Chen, do you think Shen Mo is a good candidate?"

Qin Feng couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Not bad," Chen Hao nodded. "This person is sensible and knows when to advance and retreat. As long as he doesn't fall from grace, he might be able to build a formidable team."

Not long after, Shen Mo came down with a group of young men.

Together they lifted the waterwheel, which weighed just over a ton, and carried it up to the second floor.

Then, Chen Hao went upstairs, took a dozen fish, and weighed them, finding they totaled 125 jin (62.5 catties).

"The extra 5 jin is a gift from me."

Chen Hao addressed Shen Mo and the thirty-odd people from their company.

"Thank you, Brother Chen."

Shen Mo was very accommodating and quickly thanked him.

The thirty people behind him, looking at the dozen or so fish, couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Great, finally we can have a full meal."

"Yeah, it feels like it was a long time ago that I had a full meal."

These people spoke with smiles on their faces, their expressions full of hope.

Behind Chen Hao, however, was a crowd of onlookers, watching the scene with envy.

They were all from other companies on the second floor.

"There are still 150 liters of water left."

As he spoke, Chen Hao had someone open the water outlet of the waterwheel, and Shen Mo quickly had someone fill buckets with water to collect it.

The water buckets are those blue plastic buckets, the kind that sit upside down on the water dispenser. Each company has a dozen or so of these buckets.

Basically, water is only delivered every now and then, when the supply is almost gone.

After filling several buckets with water, Chen Hao had someone plug the spout and then cover it with tape.

Even the water inlet was covered with a layer of tape.

This is naturally to prevent the other party from stealing water.

Of course, the tape is actually useless. If Shen Mo insists on stealing water, he can just tear off the tape.

And once he does that, then don't blame Chen Hao for being impolite.

Chen Hao had told Shen Mo all of this.

"Alright, let's go."

With that, Chen Hao led a group of people away.

After they left, people from other companies immediately wanted to flock in.

"Brother, give me a glass of water, I'm so thirsty."

"Give us a fish, I haven't tasted fish in so long."

Faced with these somewhat crazed people, Shen Mo quickly shouted, "Quick, close the door!"

Shen Mo's men suddenly realized what was happening, and with great difficulty, they closed the door and pushed the table over to block it.

Those outside, unable to get in, began to curse and hurl the most offensive insults imaginable.

Shen Mo's men were furious upon hearing this and wanted to settle accounts with the outsiders, but Shen Mo stopped them.

"Do you think you can take on so many of them by yourself? There are no laws or police here."

Shen Mo's words silenced everyone.

It wasn't until the people outside got tired of yelling that they finally quieted down.

"Alright, now that everyone's gone, let's start grilling the fish. We also need to boil the water we're drinking. Wild water often has a lot of parasites; drinking it directly can easily make you sick, which could mean death."

"clear."

As Shen Mo watched everyone start a fire, grill fish, and boil water, looking quite happy, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

"Why does this water smell fishy?"

"It's normal for the water to have a fishy smell if there are fish in it."

"Too."

Shen Mo leaned against the waterwheel, listening to the sound of fish swimming inside and the words of these people, and couldn't help but twitch his lips.

"What a bunch of idiots! It's clearly because there are fish in the waterwheel that the water smells fishy."

He shook his head, but didn't say anything.

At the same time, he couldn't help but think of Chen Hao: "That Chen Hao is no ordinary person. Everyone transmigrated at the same time, but he was able to achieve this in such a short time. It's simply unbelievable."

Before he could think further, someone called out to him, "Brother Shen, it's time to eat grilled fish."

"They're here."

Shen Mo responded, took the grilled fish that the other person had prepared, and began to eat.

On the eighteenth floor, in Chen Hao's office, everyone was gathered around the blacksmith shop, watching the spectacle.

"They're out, they're out."

When they saw four standard long swords appear out of thin air at the blacksmith's shop's tool-making outlet, everyone exclaimed in surprise.

This scene amazed everyone.

Liu Zhan, who was closest to the outlet, picked up a long knife and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, it's no wonder it's fresh out of the furnace; it's still warm!"

"Really? Let me touch it, let me touch it."

Immediately, someone reached out and touched it.

"It really does retain heat; it's amazing."

The four knives were passed around among the people until Chen Hao stepped in.

"alright."

With just one sentence, everyone immediately fell silent and dared not act recklessly. The four knives were then placed in front of Chen Hao.

In addition, there was an axe, which was also made in the blacksmith's shop.

As for the spears and wooden clubs, they are still under production.

Chen Hao was satisfied with everything else about the blacksmith shop, except for one thing: the same type of weapon had to be made completely before it could be served.

For example, the three spears that Chen Hao requested to be made took 3 hours to make one spear, so 9 hours for all three.

Instead of spitting out a spear every 3 hours, it takes 9 hours to spit out three spears at once.

"Liu Wei".

"arrive."

Upon hearing his own name, Liu Wei instinctively called out.

"Here, take this axe. This way, you can chop down trees and also use it for self-defense."

As Chen Hao spoke, he handed him the only axe he had.

Upon hearing this, Liu Wei excitedly stepped forward and carefully took the axe from Chen Hao's hand.

He felt the weight of the axe sink into his hands, giving him a unique sense of security.

"Thank you, Brother Chen. I promise I'll try my best to cut down more trees and collect more firewood."

Liu Wei said loudly.

"Good job, keep it up."

Chen Hao was satisfied with Liu Wei's attitude and patted him on the shoulder.

Seeing this, many people looked on with envy.

"Xue Ming, Qin Feng, Ma Tao, Xu Zhen."

"You four, come here."

Upon hearing their names called, the four quickly stepped out of the line.

"These four long swords are for you."

"You must shoulder the responsibility of protecting your own people and safeguarding our property, do you understand?"

"clear."

The four shouted in unison.

Then, he happily took the four long swords from Chen Hao's hands.

Among them, Xu Zhen was the one who stayed on the eighteenth floor. He and two others stayed there to protect everyone's property.

Resources include firewood, water, and food.

Today alone, they have scared off three waves of people who came up to them.

Therefore, their responsibility is not small.

"Don't worry about the others either. With this blacksmith shop, we'll have more and more weapons in the future. Everyone will have one, no problem."

Chen Hao addressed the crowd.

"Great, Brother Chen, long live!"

Upon hearing this, everyone exclaimed in delight.

In an instant, Chen Hao's prestige soared once again.