The protected ancient water conservancy project in front of Youqi of the Yangtze River Water Affairs General Office.
"Your Highness, this is the Forest of Steles in Baiheliang. Water conservancy officials of all dynasties have clearly marked the water level of the Yangtze River at that time.
It can be seen that the Yangtze River is a large river prone to frequent floods.
Building water conservancy projects in the Yangtze River can not only use water conservancy projects to generate electricity and store water.
The most critical point is that water conservancy projects can open gates and release water when there is water shortage to alleviate droughts downstream.
When a flood is imminent, release the water from the reservoir in an orderly manner and keep a good stock to prepare for the coming flood.
The downstream areas will not be affected by floods, and the downstream areas will not be flooded for thousands of miles.
The empire attaches great importance to water conservancy construction. Since dozens of large-scale water conservancy projects were built in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, even if the Yangtze River floods, there will be no large-scale floods that affect tens of millions of people and span several provinces."
You Qi has a clear attitude and supports the construction of more hydropower stations and other water conservancy facilities.
He is the Yangtze River Water Affairs General Office, responsible for the water resources regulation of the Yangtze River and flood prevention and drought relief work in the Yangtze River Basin.
There are not enough reservoirs along the Yangtze River, so his work is impossible.
When a major flood occurred in the Yangtze River Basin, he was the first official to be dealt with.
Prince Su Shu knew the reason for You Qi's somewhat anxious explanation.
Not far from the Baiheliang Hydropower Station, the imperial court planned to build the Three Gorges Dam.
Let the naturally dangerous section of the Yangtze River from Chongqing to Hubei become a real thoroughfare.
The Three Gorges Dam has a large height, which means that the hydropower station can generate more electricity, which will bring huge economic benefits.
Chongqing and Hunan and Hubei will have booming industries because of cheap electricity.
No matter how far away you are, you will not be able to enjoy the convenience of generating electricity from the Three Gorges Dam.
During the power transmission process, some electrical energy will be lost.
Current transmission technology can only ensure that transmission losses are within an acceptable range within a range of 500 kilometers.
After the Three Gorges Dam was built, its impact on the Yangtze River was very obvious.
The lower reaches of the Yangtze River did not benefit, but were affected by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, and the provinces downstream had some complaints.
The construction of the Three Gorges Dam will also require the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people in the affected areas.
These are people who are unable to leave their homeland. The imperial court has mobilized immigrants many times, but they have remained indifferent.
If you want to immigrate these people, there is no other way except to use force.
This will be an extremely difficult problem and the cabinet has not yet made up its mind.
There is another unexplainable reason, which is the safety issue of the Three Gorges Dam.
On the surface, it is the impact on water temperature and climate after the establishment of the Three Gorges Dam.
Will changing the topography cause heavy rains or droughts in some places?
The real safety impact is that after the Three Gorges Dam is built, it will be an extremely dangerous facility.
Once this facility is controlled by rebel forces and the Three Gorges Dam is blown up, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will be flooded.
The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were the most elite areas of the empire.
The empire's main grain-producing areas, the main gathering place of the Han people, and the Yangtze River Delta industrial zone cannot be destroyed.
It is for these reasons that the Three Gorges Dam has always been a paper project and has not been advanced.
Prince Su Shu is a force that supports the construction of the Three Gorges Dam.
He is confident that the country will be governed well and that the Three Gorges Dam, a key facility located in the core area of Sichuan and Chongqing, will not fall into the hands of the rebels.
Once this happens, it will definitely be the end of the dynasty and the court will no longer be able to control the local area.
Qianlong, who has the ability to compete for the world, will not dig his own grave and choose to blow up the Three Gorges Dam, an action that offended nearly half of the empire's population.
Building the Three Gorges Dam can bring tangible benefits to the empire.
On the contrary, there are some worries, all of which are illusory worries.
Prince Su Shu said with emotion: "The industrial level of Sichuan and Chongqing regions lags behind other regions of the empire.
The main reason is the inconvenience of transportation.
The freight volume that railways can carry is limited, and the price is much higher than water transportation.
If the natural barrier of the Three Gorges can be opened up, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the middle and lower reaches will be completely connected.
The advantages of Yangtze River water transportation will be fully brought into play, which will greatly promote the development of the empire's industry."
When You Qi heard what Prince Su Shu said, he knew that Prince Su Shu supported the construction of water conservancy projects in the Yangtze River.
Especially regarding the currently controversial Three Gorges Dam water conservancy project, Prince Su Shu's attitude is very clear.
You Qi was very excited. With the support of Prince Su Shu in the court, the possibility of constructing the Three Gorges Dam had increased several times.
Prince Su Shu visited the Baiheliang Hydropower Station, which is very different from the Sanlitun Hydropower Station in Sichuan.
An industrial zone has been built around the Sanlitun Hydropower Station to utilize the efficiency of the hydropower station more efficiently.
The electric energy generated by Baiheliang Hydropower Station is only supplied to surrounding areas for industrial production and people's lives.
It positions itself as just a factory that produces electrical energy.
Prince Su Shu did not complain about the short-sightedness of local officials.
There are many similarities between Sichuan and Chongqing, but the differences between the two places are also huge.
Sichuan is a basin surrounded by mountains and has a large number of plains.
It is just because of transportation difficulties that industrial development cannot develop.
Chongqing is a mountainous place, and the city of Chongqing is built on the mountains.
Building roads on rooftops is a scene that can only be seen in the mountain city of Chongqing.
It is much more difficult to develop industry in such mountainous areas than in other areas.
After Prince Su Shu visited the Forest of Steles, he took a boat down the river, and his next destination was the Yangtze River Delta Industrial Zone.
Among the three major industrial zones in the empire, the Bohai Rim Industrial Zone has the strongest research and development capabilities because of the major scientific research institutes and universities in the capital.
The industry is mainly heavy industry dominated by government-owned companies.
The Yangtze River Delta Industrial Zone has both heavy and light industries.
The heavy industry in the Pearl River Delta Industrial Zone is the leader of the imperial industry, but the more developed light industry there is dominated by private companies.
Prince Su Shu was in the north, where it was difficult to see overly active private companies. He wanted to go to the Yangtze River Delta to see the impact of private companies on the imperial industry.
The group of them took a boat to Fengjie County, and You Qi suggested: "Your Royal Highness, I suggest that we use other ways to cross the Three Gorges.
We have dredged the Yangtze River channel in the Three Gorges area many times, but in some places there is a drop of hundreds of meters.
If the ship rushes down directly, otherwise the ship will be destroyed and people will be killed."
Prince Su Shu just sighed. He also understood the dangers of the Three Gorges.
When my father led his army out of Sichuan, there were no roads or railways at that time, so we had to rely on the Yangtze River to transport logistics supplies.
The officers and soldiers of the Yangtze River Fleet bravely rushed down from the Three Gorges, and there were many cases of shipwrecks and casualties.
Prince Su Shu chose to take a car, but the Yangtze River drove downstream along the winding mountain road.
He listened to the rumbling sound of the Yangtze River and watched the water of the Yangtze River swooping down from high places and making huge splashes.
Prince Su Shu clenched his fists, he would definitely turn this chasm into a thoroughfare.
The car drove for a day and a night before we walked out of the Three Gorges area and arrived in Hubei.
Prince Su Shu continued to boat down the river.
After the Yangtze River crosses the mountain gorge, it becomes much gentler and there are no longer any places with huge drops.
Prince Su Shu passed by Hubei, Jiangxi and Anhui by boat.
These are common inland provinces in the empire, and Hubei is an important transportation hub in the empire.
However, their industrial development is very average. They have not developed a complete industrial system, but only focus on certain fields.
These provinces only share a bit of the pie of the empire's industrial development, but no matter what happens to them, the impact on the empire's industry will be minimal.
The role of these inland provinces is to provide sufficient labor and markets for industrially developed provinces.
Prince Su Shu knew that this would inevitably lead to conflicts among various places.
But the court had no good solution to this situation.
Industry must develop in clusters to achieve scale effects.
The imperial court mandated that each province arrange several companies to specialize in developing a certain industry.
This situation will cause the industry to regress.
In this current situation, the impact is very limited.
Regarding the development of industry, the imperial court will only make in-depth adjustments to the industrial layout if there is an economic crisis, which leads to a comprehensive decline in industry.
Prince Su Shu mainly inspected the effects of the New Deal this time. He was not very interested in these areas that were basically not affected by the New Deal.
The boat went down the river very fast.
Prince Su Shu disembarked from the ship at Jinling Pier and observed the Yangtze River Delta Industrial Zone, one of the four major industrial towns.
The most developed place in the Yangtze River Delta Industrial Zone is Songjiang Prefecture, located at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
The other three major regions, Jinling Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Hangzhou Prefecture, are equally comparable.
As the most core place in the Jiangnan region, their development speed is far faster than other areas in Jiangnan.
At the pier of Jinling, there are long queues of passenger ships and cargo ships.
The docks are extremely busy with cranes and porters.
Standard containers are unloaded from cargo ships and quickly hoisted onto heavy-duty trucks.
Cars also pulled containers and lined up in an orderly manner to the dock to load the goods they transported into the cabin of the cargo ship.
The pedestrians on Jinling Street were all in a hurry, as if they had something important to do.
When Prince Su Shu saw the busy people, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
People are busy, which is a good thing.
This means that they have work to do and can receive wages.
If there are too many people wandering the streets with nothing to do, that would be a huge problem.
While Prince Su Shu was observing the situation in Jinling, Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui immediately brought people to meet with His Royal Highness.
Prince Su Shu did not make any big noise in Hanzhong County or Sichuan and Chongqing.
He quickly passed through the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and his goal was very clear. Prince Su Shu's next goal was the Jiangnan area.
Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui was not worried about the arrival of Prince Su Shu. He never reached out where he shouldn't.
Chen Zhenhui's official career is relatively smooth, and he also has lofty goals.
Before he takes office, he is expected to become a cabinet minister.
This clear prospect is his motivation to move forward.
Chen Zhenhui has a bright future, and he cannot behave like a bureaucrat with no way to advance.
Jiangsu is a truly large province in the empire, and holding the position of governor of Jiangsu is an extremely outstanding qualification.
Governor Chen Zhenhui showed a normal mind and could not resist the requests of other officials.
After learning that Prince Su Shu had arrived in Jinling, he immediately paid a visit to Prince Su Shu.
Prince Su Shu was not surprised at all by the arrival of Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui.
He did not hide his identity and visited Jinling City for so long.
As the governor of a province, Chen Zhenhui was derelict in his duty if he did not know that Prince Su Shu had arrived in Jinling.
"I, the Governor of Jiangsu, Chen Zhenhui, pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Governor Chen, you're welcome. I came to Jiangsu this time to disturb your governor's office work.
The purpose of my inspection of this place has already been publicized.
That is to examine the situation of the New Deal in various places.
There are too many companies in Jinling Prefecture, and I don’t know much about Jinling Prefecture.
Then please ask Governor Chen to take me to visit the main companies in Jinling Mansion."
When Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui heard this simple request from Prince Su Shu, he readily agreed to it.
He also has some understanding of the situation in Jinling City.
Let him lead the way, and this can also take the opportunity to demonstrate the results of his governance.
The imperial court attached great importance to the results of the New Deal.
If Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui can stand out this time, he will be able to defeat many competitors and gain further opportunities.
Prince Su Shu and his party took a car and rushed directly to the industrial zone.
Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui was in the car. He lowered his voice and introduced: "His Royal Highness.
Business competition here in Jiangsu is extremely fierce, and the local government also enjoys the benefits of industrial development.
Officials here in Jiangsu often resort to all kinds of tactics to compete for new projects.
In order to balance the internal forces in Jiangsu and prevent other prefectures from rising too fast, even Jinling cannot suppress them."
Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui was very confused when he mentioned this.
The clan atmosphere here in Jiangsu is strong, and regional cliques occur frequently.
The conflicts between various governments are very sharp.
Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui often needs to deal with conflicts between various governments in Jiangsu.
In order to balance the power of various places and prevent one family from becoming dominant, each government develops different industries and all have a share.
This will prevent vicious competition and prevent one family from becoming dominant and affecting the power of the governor.
Even so, Suzhou Prefecture relies on its unique geographical location and the courageous character of local officials.
It still stands out and even ranks alongside Jinling as one of the four major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region.
It is impossible for Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui to say these things.
If he, the governor, cannot even control the prefects under his jurisdiction, his ability will be questioned.
Jiangsu Governor Chen Zhenhui was stunned for a moment, and then he continued: "We in Jinling Prefecture use our own advantages to vigorously develop the mechanical processing industry.
Among the projects related to the imperial New Deal, the project undertaken by Jinling Mansion was machine tools.
Our Jinling Machine Tool Factory, their products are sold all over the country, and their quality has been recognized by countless buyers."
Prince Su Shu was very aware of the importance of machine tools in industry.
To process parts in a factory, machine tools must be used.
The parts processed by the machine tool have uniform standards and are relatively easy to install and disassemble.
Prince Su Shu walked into the Jinling Machine Tool Factory, and the employees here were all in a hurry.