Two Cities: I am building a mecha in Pi City

Under Huck's guidance, Li Lin visited several coasts on the upper level of the trench, many of which had been built to transport raw ore.

Eventually, he found a suitable site for a tidal hydropower station on the coastline northeast of the trench.

In addition to searching for these, Li Lin also found an unexpected gain - an oil refinery that was suspected to be built by a certain alchemist baron.

This discovery made Li Lin quite excited, because it could prove that there is a resource like oil in Runeland!

On Earth, oil and gas can be described as high-quality energy and chemical materials.

The same is true in another world.

Almost all of Piltover's hextech is inseparable from expensive hextech crystals.

Even if it has been improved by Li Lin into a stable and powerful Hex energy crystal, its price will not decrease.

And the most important thing is that if you want to develop Hex Technology, you must cooperate with the Philos family.

As a result, Piltover's means of production are monopolized by the top families, and productivity is greatly restricted.

But with oil resources, combined with electricity, it is enough to trigger changes in power, production methods, transportation, etc. in the twin cities.

If ordinary people have the acumen for entrepreneurship and development, even if they are not excellent technicians, they can still make a fortune and promote the development of productivity.

In other words, it would be no problem to bring the technology of Piltover and Zaun to the modern level of Earth.

It's just that the decadent upper-class families who control Piltover's economic lifeline are obstacles...

You can't rush this kind of thing, you can only do it slowly.

"Huck, do you know which alchemist baron funded this newly built factory?"

More than a hundred meters away from the gate of the oil refinery under construction, Li Lin came back from his thoughts and asked Huck beside him.

"Well...hehehe, although I am from Diggou, I am not very clear about the power division of the Alchemist Baron here, hehehe."

Huck looked embarrassed, "For this kind of thing, hehe, you have to ask Fandel..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked like he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly added: "But I heard from the residents here that, hey, there is a Mrs. Gorask who provided them with a job."

He is actually willing to provide jobs to the poor people in the ditch...

Are there any "philanthropists" in Zaun who are so kind?

Or does she have another purpose?

Li Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is Mrs. Gorask the Alchemist Baron?"

Huck shook his head.

He only knew the name, and other aspects were beyond his knowledge.

Forget it, let’s ask Fander.

Li Linmo sighed.

Even if he doesn't know about this "Mrs. Gorask", there must be someone under his command who does.

If we could reach an agreement with Mrs. Gorask...

No, it can't be done.

This kind of strategic resource still has to be in your own hands.

People in this world do not understand the importance of oil resources.

When new technologies develop in the future, more and more people will discover its importance and will definitely want to get involved and get a share of the pie.

If you don't have a say in this kind of resources, your future development will definitely be frustrated at every turn.

Li Lin's heart sank.

Even in the future, the situation is still not optimistic...

He looked back at the oil refinery and said to Huck beside him, "Let's go back."

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After taking the elevator back to the middle square, Li Lin did not give Huck a chance to shirk and forced him to give him 1 gold sea as his guide fee.

After that, he went to Fulgen's Tavern to fulfill his agreement with Blast, and asked Fandel about Mrs. Gorask.

Li Lin learned from Fandel that Mrs. Gorask's full name was Lenata Gorask, and she was an entrepreneur who had suddenly risen in recent years.

The information he knew was limited, and the rest was added by Sevika, who happened to be drinking at Forgan's Tavern at the time.

The Gorask family is a family-owned company that made its fortune in alchemy technology. It mainly relies on the research and development of alchemy technology medicines to treat patients.

Sevika was also rescued free of charge by the Gorasks when she was a child, so she was very impressed by them.

At that time, the Gorask couple offered help to any patient in need and were called philanthropists, angels, and medical gods by the people of Dicheng...

However, all this disappeared in a fire 20 years ago.

The Gorasks perished in the fire along with their research results, leaving only their only daughter Lenata, who also lost an arm in the fire.

According to later rumors from the citizens of the Undercity, the fire at Gorask's house was set off secretly in the middle of the night by law enforcement officers disguised as Zaunites.

Just because the Gorask couple's superb medical treatment touches the interests of the big families who monopolize the medical industry in the upper city.

Later, Lenata established a cooperative relationship with several alchemy barons through dishonorable means, and then re-established her fortune.

With her excellent economic acumen, she acquired the first factory in just a few years and eventually developed it into a chain of dozens of Gorask Industries, mainly producing high-end chemicals.

In addition, Lenata also expanded the business of Gorask Enterprises to various areas throughout Zaun.

There was even a dance club run by her in the dark alley.

Lenata's current overall strength is much stronger than some of the Alchemy Barons.

If she hadn't had conflicts of interest with several tycoons in monopolistic industries in the past two years, and was negotiating with them and unable to get away, she would have become an alchemist baron long ago.

Li Lin, who learned the information at that time, was silent for a long time.

Invest in talent among the poor, support the down and out, provide people with jobs, grant loans...

According to Sevika, Lenata doesn't seem to value monetary rewards.

If you can pay back the money, pay it back as much as possible. If you can't pay it back, you need to pay off the debt with loyalty.

In short, she uses money to win people's hearts.

If Lenata really had such a blood feud with the people from the upper city, her thoughts would definitely not be so simple.

But for now, she doesn't seem to show any hostility to Shangcheng.

But Li Lin was worried about this.

It's not that he doesn't believe in people's hearts.

But in an environment like Zaun, it is not easy to produce Ekko, a "son of Zaun" who can always maintain his original intention.

What's more, he has both parents and has no direct conflict or hatred with Pi Cheng.

It's hard not to make Li Lin suspicious of Lenata's actions. She was accumulating her own strength to start a war with Piltover at some point.

He must find a time to pay a visit to Mrs. Gorask and see what her attitude was toward Piltover.

On the road of construction and development of the twin cities, there is no room for any mistakes.

It's dusk.

Li Lin said goodbye to Fandel and Baobao, and stopped by Bensuo's grocery store to visit Ike.

During this period of time, Li Lin sent people to send him many books on machinery for him to study.

Recent events put too much pressure on Li Lin, so he prepared to solve the problem of Alchemy Baron and wait for the Twin Cities to stabilize before taking Ike to Pi City.

Because he was afraid that the little guy would be snatched away by Lenata, Li Lin gave him another bag of silver wheels and told him that Bensuo was not stable recently and should pay more attention to him.

Things went relatively smoothly today, and the tasks that took two or three days were completed in one day.

In the next time, apart from going to Piltover University to help Jess and Victor, all that was left was to wait for the materials for the power armor to be available and upgrade them.

In the next chapter, the power armor will be improved and upgraded to a new combat mecha. There are reference pictures in the comment area.

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