Lin Fan looked at the two people in front of him with some confusion.

After all, how precious are steel resources, especially twenty billion meters!

Moreover, at this critical moment when the Descent of the Gods is imminent, steel resources are even more invaluable.

It can be said that at such a time, steel resources mean life or death for a country!

In his previous life, although Lin Fan didn't know exactly how Shang Weitian managed to gather enough steel resources, he could roughly guess.

Because the skyscrapers painstakingly built by the people of Great Xia were toppled one by one, the shelves in supermarkets, along with the pots, pans, and bowls on them, as well as chairs, even iron cups and thermos flasks, had disappeared!

Even private cars owned by citizens became particularly rare.

Those were essential tools for escaping danger and evacuating quickly!

In the end, even ordinary household items like kitchen knives, iron basins, and screws on tables vanished. Several families had to share a single iron pot, and cooking required waiting in line.

At that time, many people cursed Shang Weitian.

But one cannot deny Shang Weitian's contributions. Under his tough measures, the twenty billion meters of steel were finally gathered, which allowed for the urgent construction of the Iron Great Wall.

Subsequently, these steel materials were reclaimed and used to build various facilities.

The Underground Forge, with a core temperature of ten thousand degrees, allowed the people of Great Xia to withstand the cold of the God of Winter.

The thirteen underground survival zones opened up by steel allowed billions of Great Xia citizens to avoid the steel falcons that roamed the skies.

And so on.

At that time, it wasn't really Shang Weitian's fault for being so tough.

Great Xia had no other choice.

They sacrificed the living standards of the Great Xia people just to survive!

Lin Fan still remembered the moment when winter had arrived, and the citizens of Great Xia huddled in underground survival points, swallowing mouthfuls of dry, cold fried rice.

Shang Weitian's measures were really out of necessity. Even if Lin Fan were in his place, he would have done the same.

In fact, those seemingly unilateral tough measures by Shang Weitian were actually the result of multiple discussions and ultimately received the secret approval of the National Leader of Great Xia, Zhang Maoyuan.

However, it was only Shang Weitian who bore the brunt of the citizens' curses.

In that history that Lin Fan personally experienced, Shang Weitian was a highly controversial figure. On one hand, his methods were tough, compressing the quality of life for the citizens. But one cannot deny that his methods indeed allowed the people of Great Xia to survive.

Of course, compared to other countries, Great Xia had already done quite well.

At least, they survived.

Even if it meant sacrificing the quality of life for the people of Great Xia, they ultimately lived to see the end.

The citizens may not have said much.

But those scenes of citizens swallowing fried rice were a sharp pain in Lin Fan's heart.

Lin Fan returned this time to change history!

Not only to change the outcome for Great Xia but also to change the entire process!

He wanted the people of Great Xia to peacefully enjoy the roaring waves, to eat hotpot and sing songs in warm rooms during the winter, and to admire the snow through the windows!

Why was Lin Fan in such a hurry to gather twenty billion meters of steel?

Because, after the Descent of the Gods, steel became extremely scarce!

Other countries strictly controlled steel resources.

At that time, Great Xia could only beg for steel from its citizens!

Lin Fan absolutely refused to see this happen.

He wanted to change history!

To ensure that the quality of life for the people of Great Xia would not decline!

Not only to survive but to live comfortably!

Lin Fan looked at the two people who were visibly pleased and said expressionlessly, "Do you have a solution?"

"We do, we do!" Chen Yan laughed, "As expected of the Commander-in-Chief, you guessed it right away... I was planning to keep it a secret!"

"Heh." Lin Fan's face darkened, "I can guess your method, but I won't allow it."

"The lives of the people of Great Xia cannot be compromised!"

"Great Xia is vast, and although twenty billion meters of steel is a lot, if everyone pitches in, it can be done. You were just thinking about the private cars citizens have, the steel in buildings, the steel in bridges, the pots, pans, and kitchen knives..."

"But I will never allow this!"

"I asked you to find a solution, not to target the citizens of Great Xia. Otherwise, what do I need you for?"

"I want you to find other ways to get the steel!"

Lin Fan's words were powerful and resonant.

But Mr. Chen and Shang Weitian were stunned.

"Uh... you misunderstood." Shang Weitian said dumbfoundedly, "That was indeed my worst-case plan, but... now, things have changed."

"Hmm?" Lin Fan was taken aback, then burst into laughter, "Sorry, sorry, I misunderstood."

"Quick, tell me, what's the plan?"

Shang Weitian looked speechless, but he admired Lin Fan even more in his heart. Without saying much, he straightforwardly said, "Just now, I tentatively sent emails to other countries in the name of the Ministry of Commerce of Great Xia, hoping to purchase their steel resources at international market prices."

"Initially, I didn't hold much hope, given the current situation where steel resources are extremely critical."

"But... unexpectedly, they all agreed!"

"What?!" Lin Fan was also incredulous upon hearing this, frowning, "They agreed?"

"That's right!" Shang Weitian recalled, still looking incredulous, scratching his head, "I could understand if countries with good relations with us, like the Bear Nation, agreed."

"But I didn't expect even countries that were once tense and vaguely hostile with us, like the Free Nation and Gui Tian Country, to agree."

"They didn't even object to the quantities we proposed, which I estimated to be their conservative stockpile... Even if there's some discrepancy, it wouldn't be much!"

"This is equivalent to them giving us their steel resources wholeheartedly!"

"And, at a time like this! When the Descent of the Gods is imminent!"

Shang Weitian's expression was complex as he spoke.

This kind of action was truly hard to comprehend.

Even Great Xia wouldn't sell steel resources to other countries at this time.

After all, with the Descent of the Gods imminent, the importance of steel resources is self-evident.

Yet those countries... were so selflessly helping Great Xia?

This must be a life-and-death friendship!!

Even blood brothers wouldn't do more than this.

"I didn't expect these countries to be so kind." Mr. Chen said complexly, "It's hard to believe, but it turns out they are all good people!"

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Lin Fan scratched his head, still finding it hard to believe, "Is the news true?"

"It's true." Shang Weitian said solemnly, "Our people just replied from the Free Nation, and they are already at the port conducting clearance work."

"The same goes for Gui Tian Country."

"Other countries have also started sending goods, and our people stationed there are conducting inventory work."