"Boss, she's fine now. I reckon she'll be alright after soaking in the life support pod for a day," Song Peng reported Li Lu's condition to Feng Jun as he approached. By this time, Feng Jun had returned to Longmen Town, and Li Lu had also been arranged to be sent for treatment.
Originally, Feng Jun wanted to go straight back to his residence to rest, but after hearing about the life support pod, he became interested. Was it the kind of high-tech medical equipment from the movies? Intrigued, Feng Jun asked Song Peng to lead the way to take a look.
In the wasteland world, it was naturally impossible to have places like hospitals or clinics. If people in the wasteland got sick or injured, they usually chose to tough it out. Of course, those who could afford it could choose to use a life support pod to heal their wounds.
From the outside, the so-called life support pod looked a bit like a large massage chair, but the place used to house the injured had been replaced with a transparent glass cabin cover. When using it, the injured only needed to enter the warehouse cover, and once the cabin cover was closed, it would be filled with a light yellow life support fluid. This liquid was harmless to the human body and could promote the healing of wound cells and sterilize. There were also several miniature robotic arms inside the cabin that could perform some surgical suturing operations. However, the mouth and lower body still needed to be connected to separate breathing and feeding tubes and excretion tubes. Although it couldn't cure 100% of diseases and injuries, the life support pod was still very useful for external injuries and promoting wound healing.
This life support pod actually also had the function of soothing and relaxing. Before the Doomsday, wealthier families would generally have one at home. If they were tired or had bad skin, they only needed to lie down in it for a while, and when they came out, they would feel completely refreshed.
Feng Jun walked up to the life support pod and curiously sized it up. This thing wasn't very big, just like a large massage chair with a cabin cover. When he walked to the front of the cabin door, Feng Jun was stunned by the scene in front of him. Li Lu was lying naked in the life support pod, the wounds on her chest and abdomen had mostly healed, and some smaller wounds on her body had already healed.
He hadn't known Li Lu for very long. Usually, the impression Li Lu gave Feng Jun was that of a wild tomboy. But now, Li Lu, soaking in the life support pod, had beautiful hair floating in the liquid, a beautiful and delicate face, her eyes tightly closed, her complexion like jade, her skin as white as snow, and a graceful figure. Her round arms and slender thighs, although she still had two huge wounds on her body, her perfect body still deeply attracted Feng Jun.
"This figure is not bad, just the breasts are a little small, but these legs are not bad," Feng Jun thoroughly admired her in front of the glass cabin cover.
Li Lu, lying in the life support pod, had already regained consciousness and opened her eyes in the life support fluid.
People can open their eyes and move freely in the life support fluid, but their vision in the water isn't that clear. After regaining consciousness, Li Lu realized that she was lying in the life support pod. The pain in her chest and abdomen was severe, but it was already much better. Realizing that she had been rescued, Li Lu first reached out and touched her neck, which was empty and hadn't been fitted with a slave collar. Only then did Li Lu feel relieved. It was good as long as she hadn't been captured and turned into a slave.
In a blur, she saw a person standing in front of the glass cabin cover, so she leaned forward, wanting to see the person outside clearly. When she got to the cabin cover, she finally saw clearly that the person standing outside was none other than Feng Jun.
At this time, Feng Jun, standing outside the cabin, didn't notice that Li Lu had already woken up. He saw that Li Lu's wounds were perfectly flawless after being healed, like the skin of a newborn baby. He could take the life support pod back to the modern world and directly start a medical company. He could first create a low-end version and, under the guise of beauty and health, he would definitely make a fortune. By then, even if he topped the Forbes rich list, it would be possible, after all, the rich and wealthy cared a lot about their health and appearance. At the thought of this, Feng Jun couldn't help but smile, but in Li Lu's eyes in the life support pod, it looked like Feng Jun was standing outside the life support pod, looking at her body with a lewd expression.
Bang ~ Bang ~ Li Lu was a little angry when she saw Feng Jun's lewd smile, and tapped the cabin cover twice, which brought Feng Jun's attention back to reality.
Seeing Li Lu lying on the glass of the cabin cover with a gloomy face, Feng Jun realized that he had just been smiling lewdly at Li Lu's body, and quickly shook his head and explained outside. But after explaining for a long time, Li Lu in the cabin still frowned, staring at Feng Jun with sharp eyes, staring at Feng Jun like she was looking at a pervert. Realizing that it was useless to continue explaining, Feng Jun could only smile apologetically and retreat. It seemed that he would have to avoid this she-devil for the next few days.
Longmen Town had now completed the construction of its outer walls, and the entire town had a new look. Under Feng Jun's arrangement, the construction within the town had also begun. Living in houses made of iron sheets all the time was too uncomfortable. Moreover, Feng Jun's enticement plan was very successful. The number of soldiers had doubled. In addition to the slaves gradually exchanged through trade, some of the original townspeople and nearby wandering groups had also joined, but most of them joined as freemen. Although there was the temptation of food, there were still very few people willing to become slaves. However, the population of Longmen Town had increased from five thousand to more than six thousand, and most of the increased population was young and middle-aged.
"Boss, you're back after watching," Song Peng stood at the door with a cheap smile, waiting for Feng Jun. He didn't know that Feng Jun had never seen a life support pod before, and thought that Feng Jun had gone for Li Lu.
When Feng Jun saw Song Peng's smirk, he knew what he was thinking. These two brothers were thinking the same thing.
"This is the recent trade and town income and expenditure. I've already sorted it out, and there are some things that need you to decide," Song Peng handed over a tablet. The technology on the Doomsday side was uneven, but personal computers were exceptionally developed. The tablet Song Peng handed over was no different from an A4 folder, but after opening it, it would project a virtual screen, allowing people to turn pages like reading a book.
Feng Jun roughly looked at it. The most expensive thing these days was the expenditure on building the city walls and buying equipment, which cost about 10,000 helium crystal points. However, compared with the income, it was completely a drop in the bucket. The trade with Huaicheng District alone brought in 50,000 helium crystal. This didn't include the income within Longmen Town. Before, the entrance fee to enter Iron Nail Town was 4 helium crystal points. After Feng Jun occupied it, although it was renamed Longmen Town, the price of the entrance fee hadn't been changed, but the income from the entrance fee had increased a lot recently.
Feng Jun flipped through the data for the past few months. Before this month, the income from the entrance fee was only seven or eight hundred to one thousand helium crystal points a month, and sometimes only four hundred helium crystal points a month, but in this month, the entrance fee suddenly increased, reaching three thousand helium crystal points.
Feng Jun also thought about it at this time. When he was walking on the street today, the number of pedestrians on the road had obviously increased, and many of them looked like members of merchant groups.
"Have many merchants come to the town?" Feng Jun asked.
"Indeed, some traveling merchant groups have come, as well as some small survivor groups nearby. According to your instructions, we mixed flour with mutant beast meat to make dry food for sale. Although it's not as good as the food we supply to the soldiers, it's still very popular among ordinary people outside. One helium crystal can buy two catties of dry food. If you take it outside the town, it's said that you can sell it at a higher price. Many people come here just to buy food. Moreover, several merchant groups have come recently, buying several catties at a time, and some are out of stock. See if you want to raise the price."
Feng Jun pondered for a while. He didn't expect the influence of food to be so great, and he didn't want to become famous so quickly now. Because compared to the real big forces in the wasteland, such as the Blackwater Merchant Guild and Red Hand Mercenary Group, Feng Jun was still too weak. If he didn't have enough strength, he could easily be targeted by people with ulterior motives.
"Appropriately increase the price of food. Our prices with the Blackwater Merchant Guild will remain the same for the time being. But for those outsiders who are unwilling to join us, the price will be doubled. In addition, continue to increase the treatment of the soldiers. If those merchant groups affect our plan, then temporarily don't sell to them. You can decide the method yourself."
Song Peng nodded, indicating his agreement. "By the way, people from the Blood Bell Gang and Liyuan Merchant Guild came to you yesterday, saying they wanted to talk about food trade."
Feng Jun knew about the Blood Bell Gang. Like the Blackwater Merchant Guild, it was one of the five major forces in Huaicheng District, but he had never heard of this Liyuan Merchant Guild.
"What kind of force is the Liyuan Merchant Guild?"
"The Liyuan Merchant Guild can't be considered a big force. Its headquarters should be in Wei City. But it's far from Shangqing City there. Not only is there a shortage of supplies, but also a small population. But it can be regarded as a first-class force in Wei City. They should have come to Huaicheng District to do business and happened to hear about the food situation, so they came to discuss it with you."
Feng Jun tapped his fingers on the table a few times and said. "The food business in Huaicheng District has already been handed over to the Blackwater Merchant Guild. We can't possibly break the contract on this matter. You can tell the Blood Bell Gang that they can also have food if they want, but they can only sell it outside of Huaicheng District. After all, I promised the Blackwater Merchant Guild, but there's no business outside of Huaicheng District. The settlement method is still to exchange helium crystal or weapons, but it's best to have slaves with combat experience. We still lack manpower."
"As for this Liyuan Merchant Guild, you can politely decline them for me. Just say that we don't have any plans to expand our business for the time being."
"Also, I'm going to leave for a few days. Take good care of the house these few days while I'm gone."
The Doomsday side had already begun to get on the right track. Since that was the case, Feng Jun planned to go back to the modern world for a few days. First, he had spent a lot of money buying food a few days ago. After collecting it continuously for a few days, Feng Jun had already accumulated tons of gold, so he had to go back and cash it out as soon as possible. Second, he had to find a way to start his own company as soon as possible, otherwise it wouldn't be a good idea for him to keep selling gold. He might even be targeted by the relevant departments.