The huge steel beams are put together like building blocks.
The weight of all the steel is concentrated on the thick cement piers.
The heavy train was running on it without even a trace of shaking.
After crossing the Yellow River, the train soon entered Shandong.
A large lake suddenly appeared in the view to the right of the train.
Lu Shun knew this was Weishan Lake.
Weishan Lake at this time was much larger than that of later generations. Every year, water that could not be contained in Heze was transferred to Weishan Lake.
Although there is less farmland around, people have found that mining natural sand and gravel in the lake during the dry season can completely make up for the loss of this part of farmland.
At this time, we have entered the spring flood period.
The blue waves are rippling on the lake, stretching as far as the eye can see.
Occasionally, fishing boats can be seen wandering on the lake.
The place where the train passes is not far from the new river embankment.
Lu Shun has not heard news about the Yellow River flooding for many years.
The Yellow River originally flooded every year, but due to the emergence of two large lakes, it has become much tamer.
Coupled with the relocation of residents on both sides of the upper reaches, the work of returning farmland to forest is advancing.
According to monitoring, the sediment content of the Yellow River is decreasing every year.
These two lakes not only regulate the water volume in the Yellow River, but also intercept a large amount of sediment.
After the silt was mined, the space in the lake was left empty the next year.
The scenery of the lake and wetland is very beautiful.
In the vast mist, groups of migratory birds heading north took off and landed in groups on the lake.
This makes the vast lake look like a huge airport.
Lu Shun is a native southerner.
According to the information he obtained from hearsay, the north is more mountainous and less watery, and the people's customs are fierce.
However, the scenery in front of me is full of dynamic mountains and rivers, like a fairyland.
Lu Shun could even see boats floating on the lake.
This was originally a scenery that could only be seen on the West Lake.
Not long after passing Weishan Lake, the train passed by Heze again.
It's even bigger here, and the entire lake area was originally a state.
Some small islands can be seen in the distance in the lake.
Some people have built temples and Taoist temples on the islands, and they seem to regard these islands as fairy islands.
As everyone knows, these small islands were originally just local islands. They were relatively dry and were basically the settlements of poor people. Or because of the dangerous terrain, they became the lair of bandits and thieves.
Now because of the emergence of this big lake, the fate of these Guzi has also changed.
Just like Lu Shun, he went from a knight-errant and a playboy to the person he is now, who controls the destiny of the land and water.
All these changes were brought about by the Fuxing Army, or in other words, Dong Shuheng fanned them out through his wings.
Of course, Dong Shuheng's changes were more than just that.
Although there is a vassal state conference to be held.
Dong Shuheng would not spend all his time socializing with these people.
He actually doesn't like socializing. If it weren't for his current status, he would have been a homebody.
Instead of dealing with these politicians, he preferred to stay with people like Xu Shou and Schönbai.
In a large research institute in Maple Valley, a discussion meeting is being held.
Looking at the scene at the venue, you can tell that these people are the kind of casual people.
There was even lunch on the conference table, because it was already dinner time.
And these people don't want to waste time eating.
There was also a lunch box placed in front of Dong Shuheng.
He is here today to attend this seminar at the Electric Power Research Institute.
Xu Shou has been doing battery research recently and encountered some bottlenecks.
So the chemistry guru Schönbai was invited to discuss it together.
Because the battery materials involve chemical issues.
Dong Shuheng is a jack of all trades. He knows a little bit about everything and can always give them some useful suggestions.
So it is also included in the invitation.
Dong Shuheng always has to consider invitations from others, but he will attend Xu Shou's invitation no matter how busy he is.
Because what Xu Shou did was related to the future he envisioned.
A clean future.
"President, I heard that you are about to be crowned. Is this true?" Schoenby didn't know that the Chinese would be taboo when discussing these issues.
After discussing the problem of battery electrolyte all morning, he didn't have time to ask.
Now that everyone is having lunch together, we have time to ask.
The Chinese researchers next to me also listened with their ears pricked up.
They didn't dare to ask, but they were all very curious.
"Haha, everyone is interested. Let me tell you the truth. Such a thing does exist."
"President, I support you." Xu Shou said with a smile first.
Everyone also expressed their support for Dong Shuheng.
"But, I don't want to do it. You can all do research and do what you like. Why should I be bound by those red tapes for the rest of my life?" Dong Shuheng suddenly made a 180-degree turn.
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Everyone was stunned. They did not expect Dong Shuheng to complain like this.
Ordinary people will also decline, but they will only decline symbolically.
Three recommendations, three recommendations, this rule has been going on for thousands of years, and everyone naturally knows it.
But under normal circumstances, one would just say that one's moral character is not enough, or that one's abilities are lacking.
This is called humility. There is no one like Dong Shuheng who directly complains that it is too hard and has no freedom after becoming a co-owner.
"President, you can't think like this. You have to know that if someone else comes up, who can support us in continuing our research?" Xu Shou said.
His worries are not unreasonable. Research is the most expensive. If this money is used for infrastructure construction, there is no telling how many roads can be built in a year.
If we use it to make weapons, we don't know how many warships and cannons we can build, and how many armies we can assemble.
If someone else takes over, the research funding of the institute may really be reduced.
Scientific research sometimes seems very wasteful.
Because most of the time, they are doing trial and error.
As long as they don't achieve final success, everything they do seems like a waste.
Why was the Renaissance Army able to overtake technologically in a short period of time?
Not only because of his knowledge that was far ahead of his time. The most important thing is that he was willing to spend money on these seemingly ineffective scientific research.
Scientific research requires a lot of manpower and material support.
He not only recruited many researchers from abroad, but also put a large part of the valuable talents he cultivated in the laboratory.
Dong Shuheng set the salary of these people quite high.
Otherwise, why would so many foreigners be unwilling to leave after arriving?
Even if Dong Shuheng does not restrict them, these people are not willing to return to Europa.
Here they can not only obtain high amounts of scientific research funding, but also have diligent assistants.
Even the living environment is hundreds of times better than in Europa.
Compared to here, their previous life was like the life of savages.
What Xu Shou said represents the thoughts of most people. The treatment they received was all given by Dong Shuheng.
If it were a different person, it wouldn't necessarily continue like this.
In traditional concepts, these people should be classified as craftsmen.
If the status of craftsmen were pushed forward for another ten years, they would still be at the bottom.
"Mr. Xu, their thoughts are the same as yours. You are all afraid of change, so you have to sacrifice my personal interests. This is also unfair to me." Dong Shuheng said.
Xu Shou chuckled. He rarely spoke with his face like this: "President, can you do more work? Besides, if you become the co-owner in the future, wouldn't you be able to integrate the scientific research resources of all countries in the Greater China Circle? I think that would be the case.
, our research progress will definitely be faster. In this way, your wish can be realized earlier."
"Okay, don't worry, the minority will obey the majority. I won't refuse when the time comes. I also have a lot of things to do and need such an identity, but don't worry, my position is different from those of those in history."
Dong Shuheng feels that it is better to be more direct when talking to these scientific researchers. Most of them are just the same.
"Wow, that's great. Your Excellency, President, can you give me a knighthood? You know that our Schoenbach family has always been craftsmen. If you can change your identity from me, in your words, it will be
The ancestors have been honored." Lao Sheenbai said with longing.
Most people who grew up in an environment like Europe have this kind of aristocratic plot.
"No problem. In fact, I plan to establish a Royal Academy of Sciences. Doesn't it sound very noble? Anyone who has made outstanding contributions in a certain field can become an academician of the Academy of Sciences. I will also use some knighthoods to do the same.
Reward your contributions.”
"However, these titles are only honors, but there is no fiefdom." Dong Shuheng said.
"It's enough to have a title, and my children and grandchildren will be able to show it off in the future." Sheenbai was very excited.
He knew that the Chinese people had a Royal Academy of Sciences, and as long as you entered it, you would get a title of nobility.
I am not short of money now, and my children are well settled.
But he still doesn't have much reputation in Europe.
Although many research results have been achieved, Schönbai's vanity has not been satisfied.
Now, as long as the person next to him is crowned, Dong Shuheng will definitely not be stingy with a vain person based on his own importance.
"President, this is a good thing. If you don't like the false courtesy outside, just come to our Academy of Sciences when you have nothing to do." Xu Shou said.
He has become very familiar with Dong Shuheng.
The kind that you can joke about casually.
"Well, if I get bored in the future, I will hide here with you."
"Speaking of which, how is your high-voltage transmission research going?" Dong Shuheng asked.
Dong Shuheng knows that the higher the voltage, the smaller the power loss during transmission.
Therefore, high-voltage transmission has always been a research direction of Xu Shou.
"Alas! It is difficult to break through this matter for the time being. One is the problem of transmission materials. We do not have suitable cables. The second is that the cost is too high. The price of steel is too expensive now, and it is not enough in other fields. If it is used for power transmission
It’s such a waste.”
"Another one is the control system. Power transmission must have a transmission and control system. Our current efficiency is too low. If it is transmitted over long distances, the load on the entire system will be too large and it cannot be effectively controlled."
In a power system, power generation and power consumption losses should be basically equal.
Otherwise, excess power will overload the wires and even burn the cables.
Xu Shou had developed instruments for measuring current and voltage.
Alternating current was even made.
However, the efficiency of manual monitoring is too low and the cost is too high.
Now the FNA can only build a local power grid covering one city.
This actually creates a lot of waste.
Because some places have abundant electricity resources, but they don’t use much electricity.
But some places need to consume a lot of electricity, but water energy and wind energy are relatively small.
Coal can only be transported from elsewhere to generate electricity.
Then Dong Shuheng’s desire to promote clean energy will be difficult to realize.
"Mr. Xu, please do it at your own pace. Anyway, if you need anyone's cooperation, just ask."
"President, I think we should first build a machine that can help people calculate. I have some ideas. If this idea can be realized, then our calculation efficiency will be accelerated thousands of times."
Computer? Dong Shuheng thought he heard it wrong.
Xu Shou actually wanted to build computers.
"Computer, if you think it's feasible, just do it." Dong Shuheng said.
"Well, President, when I was in the Republic of China, I saw a computational analysis machine. This analytical machine uses wheels engraved with numbers to store data, and performs calculations through the rotation of gears. It uses a device composed of a set of gears and levers.
Transmit data, use punch cards to enter programs and data, and use punch cards and printers to output calculation results.”
"At that time, I didn't use much calculation in my research, so I didn't care about it. But now that we are encountering more and more calculations in our research, I want to take some time to improve it."
Dong Shuheng did not know that the Analytical Engine that Xu Shou mentioned was a machine conceived by the Chinese Charles Babbage in 1833 and gradually built later.
However, Dong Shuheng knew that this computer must be studied as it would be very useful in the future.
Even though it is just a mechanical device now and not an electronic product, the rules can be discovered through research.
Only then can we create conditions for the emergence of real computers.
"President, our current lead-zinc battery research is basically mature, and the lithium battery you mentioned will have to wait for Mr. Schoenby to make a breakthrough before we can continue to study it."
After the meal was over, everyone began to discuss the research issues again.
Schoenby explained: "President, our research on these new elements is indeed insufficient. We can already produce metallic lithium using electrolysis. But the lithium salt to extract this thing is difficult to obtain."
"Also, President, many metal ions can be used as batteries, why does it have to be lithium?"
"Mr. Schoenby, let me answer your question. The president asked us to study this element because it is the lightest metal. And our battery is smaller and lighter, and the larger the power storage, the better." Xu Shou explained.
road.
"Okay, I understand, but we need to send an exploration team out. Without a large source of ore, even if our manufacturing process is perfected, it will be useless."
Dong Shuheng knew that the discovery of lithium metal was an accidental opportunity.
At this time, people did not know how and where lithium existed on a large scale in nature.
But he knows.
"Okay, let's let the exploration team go to Donghua. They have the largest and most complete range of minerals. I think there will definitely be something to gain there."