Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 618 New Challenges of Population Pressure

After seeing Zhou Heng off, Chu Chen returned to his top floor.

Chu Yi was already waiting on the side: "Godfather, what should we do with the royal ships?"

"Let them stay put, we have many more people coming later."

"Okay, Chu Yi will take care of it right away!"

Chu Chen's idea regarding the Royal Fleet was to keep it as far away from him as possible.

For no particular reason, I just don't want to get involved with them.

Otherwise, Zhou Heng would come looking for him every few days, which would be incredibly annoying.

The next day, Chu Chen remained in a lying position, while Chen Qingxuan, having nothing to do, wandered around and spotted a girl in the crowd who caught his eye.

In a short period of time, Chen Qingxuan has already raised several!

In his words, since that idiot has plenty of stuff, there's no harm in not using it.

He seemed to have opened a door to a new world and was having a great time.

Chu Chen knew about these things, but he didn't care. As far as he was concerned, as long as the man didn't pester him for Hong Langman, he would let him be.

Moreover, it seems that Chen Qingxuan is bullying them, but then again, isn't Chen Qingxuan's behavior a way of indirectly saving one poor family after another?

Chu Chen knew that although Chen Qingxuan was a scoundrel, he would never force anyone to do anything.

If he were to force others, with his power, wouldn't the world descend into chaos?

After so many days of rising water levels, the sea has gradually calmed down.

People seem to have gotten used to life on the ship.

Moreover, the gathering place in Qingyun City is growing larger and larger.

Many small boats belonging to the locals would approach them whenever they saw them passing by.

Therefore, Zhou Heng simply had the flag representing the Great Xia Dynasty raised on the transport ship to try to bring the survivors together.

Three more days passed. On this day, Chu Yi held a telescope and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Brother, you must be from Pearl City!"

Chu Er put down his binoculars and asked Chu Yi.

"It should be right. Let's go and meet them, and direct them to anchor."

A few days later, all the transport ships returned to the same place, not one more and not one less.

This also means that all of Chu Chen's more than twenty children have returned.

This brought Zhou Heng back a great many people.

And for the first time, the entire Chu Family Chamber of Commerce officially gathered together.

Chu Yi and Chu Er sat opposite Chu Chen, reporting to him on the matters concerning the fleets returning from all the cities.

How many people are in the Chu Family Chamber of Commerce right now?

Chu Chen, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, took notes with pen and paper as he asked questions.

"Godfather, the count is complete. There are a total of 12,372 people in the entire Chu Family Chamber of Commerce who are involved!"

"Among them, there are 2,354 core members!"

"The rest of the people are some peripheral gang members and those who helped us. Oh, and their families too."

Chu Chen nodded after listening, thinking to himself that it was alright, the number wasn't as huge as he had imagined.

Chu Chen wasn't afraid of having too few people, but rather too many. Apart from the core members, he made the rest of them do manual labor.

These two thousand-plus people were scattered and assigned to various transport ships to engage in tasks such as fund collection and jade collection.

"How many transport ships are there in total? Have they all been numbered?"

"Godfather, there are seventy-two ships in total. The Royal Family has taken two, leaving seventy more."

When Chu Chen heard this number, his heart tightened, and he thought to himself that he had put in a lot of effort.

You know, this thing isn't cheap. Luckily, my family is wealthy and powerful. If it were any other owner of this space, they would have gone bankrupt.

This operation was solely for the purpose of saving lives, and there was no clear price tag for the space, not even how much jade essence it cost per ship.

So right now, I'm just feeling my way across the river.

However, judging from the current situation, it seems that this little bit of stuff is of no use to the space.

But considering that before finding land, they would have to exchange grain for jade and gold, there were more than seventy ships. Based on the previous situation where as long as the ships could fit, they would be able to accommodate everyone.

Even a conservative estimate puts the population at over 600,000.

Eating so many people is no small feat.

Therefore, once your business is established, you must go out and find land.

Of the seventy-two transport ships, the one Chu Chen took out was about three hundred meters long and sixty meters wide.

So a ship occupies approximately 18000 square meters of floor space, or about 27 acres.

Seventy-two ships, which is less than two thousand mu of land, totaling over 1900 mu.

Gathering hundreds of thousands of people in such a small area is incredibly cramped.

Fortunately, there was a huge cabin; otherwise, people would only be able to stand on their own small space of a little over one square meter.

So, Chu Chen thought of the cruise ships in the space, but then dismissed the idea.

We can't offer anything too fancy, so for now, we'll continue using containers.

Containers can be stacked, and aside from slightly poor sewage discharge, it's still usable.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen called Feng Wu up again and assigned them tasks.

That means modifying every transport ship to accommodate as many people as possible.

There are plenty of containers; you can get a lot for each ship by just going out for a stroll at night.

There are still so many wooden boats in the future. If they are washed away, we can't just watch these people die.

After receiving the task, Feng Wu looked troubled: "Chuwazi, this is not something that can be done in a day or two, and we don't have that many laborers!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Feng, Chu Yi and Chu Er will help you solve the labor issue!"

"I believe there are plenty of people willing to exchange grain for labor!"

"No problem. Actually, this thing is very simple. One craftsman can lead at least dozens of people to work. If there is labor, then things can be done!"

"Alright, now I'll assign the tasks!"

Half an hour later, the group left Chu Chen's room and gave instructions to their subordinates to head towards the various transport ships.

They needed to get everyone moving quickly to assemble the container houses.

These huts were not given away for free, but were sold in exchange for money and jade.

In this way, the wealthy can live in comfortable shipping containers, while the poor can only survive in the concentration camps arranged by Zhou Heng.

Chu Chen expressed his helplessness regarding this model, saying that reality is just that cruel.

No matter where you are or what world you're in, it's all the same!

He couldn't change anything himself, but the greatest ability he could was to provide them with a job so they could survive!

After arranging all these things, Chu Chen lay down on the bed, looking slightly tired, and then, clutching a soft object, fell into a deep sleep.