In the industrial zone across the Wenlan River, thick smoke is rising from the chimneys - with the development of industry, there are more chimneys, and these chimneys are spewing black smoke into the blue sky, announcing the progress of industrialization for travelers.
But this industrialization is still in its infancy, Ma Qianxu thought.
After D-Day, they fought, built, and engaged in diplomacy, and finally gained a firm foothold. The Executive Committee insisted on giving travelers a better living environment from the beginning. Although it was ridiculed as "tourism" before the time travel,
But in the past few months, they have been able to persevere in this alienated environment without any large-scale mood swings, and it is entirely due to the high standard of living conditions - not to mention, Ma Qianzhu himself has also
I thought: If he had to live in a tent, drink smelly water, defecate in the grass, and bathe in the river after working for the Executive Committee for a day, there would be a group of vicious natives outside, brandishing knives and guns, ready to chop them down.
If his head is broken, he will most likely have a mental breakdown.
The so-called original wild survival only caters to the cultural life requirements of the petty bourgeoisie who show off their professional equipment after dinner. They express appropriate indignation towards industrial civilization to show their love for the original ecology of nature... But if
If you ask them to live in a place without flush toilets or hot water for bathing for three days, they will cry and shit in their crotches...
However, the industrial civilization of the Time Travel Group is too fragile. All the items of modern life enjoyed by the Time Travel Group make the natives of this time and space tremble with fear. The machines and weapons that are as revered as ghosts and gods are all based on the items brought by the building from another time and space.
As time goes by, they are gradually losing these reserves. Wen Desi clearly pointed out at an executive committee meeting that the current status quo of the Chuan regime's prosperity is false, because the reality is: "We are slowly losing blood."
What is lost is the blood of modern industrial civilization. Those scrapped parts, burned gasoline, lost motorcycle hours, mechanical life, aging rubber, plastic parts... Every time Ma Qianzhu sees the report of the Planning Commission,
From time to time, there will be a feeling of urgency.
If a minimum self-sufficiency system cannot be established before the life of these devices is exhausted, the time traveler's plan to control East Asia and colonize Australia within a generation will completely go bankrupt.
The key is that even the most knowledgeable people among them about the industrial system have no way of knowing which kind of materials will cause the industrial upgrading of the Crossing Group to reach a bottleneck when they are exhausted. Therefore, it must be done while various materials and equipment are still in high demand.
Start the industrialization process when there is sufficient supply.
How should the modern industrial system, the biggest killer of time travel, be planned?
He thought for a long time, took out a leather-bound notebook from the drawer of his "Holy Ship" brand white wood desk, and opened it. It was an essay about his thoughts and plans on how to build an industrial system.
What the time traveler has to do is to rebuild a complete industrial system. In his opinion, this system must:
The area should be as small as possible and the distribution should be as concentrated as possible. The fewer the number of major industrial areas, the better. However, there are no restrictions on pure mining sites and mineral processing sites.
Provide all the industrial products that the industrial society of the 19th century could produce, from machine guns to condoms to cars. Of course, it doesn't have to be exactly the same, as long as the performance and operating mechanism are similar.
It can be self-sufficient, without inputting any components from the outside. It can feed itself with knowledge, update equipment, and maintain operations. It can develop and continue to improve scale, processing accuracy, and even change direction. For example, after a few generations, it will switch from fossil energy to nuclear fusion.
energy.
There should be a large seaport or a large inland port based on a large river as a logistics center. It should connect mining sites around the world, a Three Gorges-level water conservancy hub, and take into account the organization of irrigation, flood control and clean energy. A processing and R&D center, and a height with enough margin.
Developed agricultural areas
Next to the logistics center is the petrochemical industrial zone. Taking into account the location of the hydropower hub and the main iron ore area, determine the artesian irrigation area and processing center, especially the metal smelting industry. Moreover, since the whole world is at your disposal, it should be transported by pipeline as much as possible. Coal should be transported by pipeline as much as possible.
Railway transportation should be minimized and coal slurry pipelines or pit-head power stations should be used to solve the problem.
If the terrain is not limited, it is best to place it in multiple ring-shaped areas in a rice shape on the plain. Different divisions of labor such as scientific research, life, production, entertainment and raw materials are divided into several according to the needs of raw materials in industrial categories.
A small cross ring area is connected to the demand level of the product (environmental protection must also be considered). The living area, entertainment area and science and education area are in the shape of a tripod in the center of the entire large circle. Raw materials should be passed through underground pipelines and load-carrying railway lines as much as possible (similar to Daqin
railway level), and personnel transportation is realized through an elevated light rail system. Industrial areas and production areas are best located close to the 10,000-ton deep-water ice-free port and railway hub area that connect to the sea. Far enough away from the entire city
There are several Xiaolangdi-level hydropower stations distributed in spots, which serve as part-time flood control, irrigation water for agricultural areas and urban domestic water (backup desalination plants must also be considered). Several small experimental reactors can be installed in the scientific research area as appropriate.
When he saw the word reactor, Ma Qianzhu realized how far-fetched and idealistic he was thinking. Although he was a senior technician at Nuclear 405 Company among many people, he still couldn't expect this thing within the next two or three generations.
——The premise is that they can pass on their knowledge, experience, and ideas to the next generation...
In the conference room of the Executive Committee building, a meeting on the next development plan is being held. This is an enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee, and the participants include not only the executive committee members, but also the main leaders of various subordinate departments.
The theme of the meeting was future development planning. Most of the leaders of these departments were promoted during the recent organizational restructuring. They were all very proud and ready to show off their full economic capabilities. Each department put forward their own ideas.
own construction plan.
"Our current top priority is to complete the second phase of the Bairentan Hydropower Station," said Chang Kaishen, general manager and chief engineer of Lingao Electric Power Company.
“The reason why this project could not be completed in the past was largely due to our lack of labor force. Now that there is so much labor force and there is no shortage of cement, masonry, bamboo reinforced concrete supply, it should be completed as soon as possible.
"
“Can the safety of bamboo-reinforced concrete dams be guaranteed?”
"The Japanese used bamboo reinforced concrete to build water conservancy facilities during World War II. According to their experience, bamboo reinforced concrete is more reliable than using it to make prefabricated building parts." Mei Wan said, "We really need to investigate the issue of reliability.
, our current small vertical kiln cement itself is not up to standard.”
"It's just that the structural strength is poorer and the lifespan is shorter. Besides, the rolling dam of Bairentan Hydropower Station in the 20th century was mainly made of stone. We can follow suit. If it doesn't work, we can also make do with a turf-earth dam."
Zhan Wuya nodded repeatedly: "I agree with the expansion of power facilities as soon as possible. With the current power supply level, the operating rate of the machinery department is too low." Many machine tools in the machinery factory have not yet been opened - Hainan has high humidity, so the opening rate is too low.
After sealing, the maintenance work is heavy, and the traverser also lacks enough grease.
"The chemical industry department also has the same opinion!" Ji Situi said, "If it weren't for the lack of electricity, our home-made electrolyzers would have been put into operation long ago. Caustic soda, bleaching powder, etc., would be able to be produced immediately - these things are so useful.
"
"Can the power transmission and distribution problem be solved?" Ma Qianxu asked.
"It can be solved." Chang Kaishen said confidently, "We have a complete set of equipment and can set up the Bairen-Bopu 110 kV line - this way the transmission loss will be smaller. Since the Executive Committee regards both sides of the Wenlan River as its main base,
The equipment brought from the original time and space will be mainly used here. I believe that we will be able to produce simple power transmission and distribution equipment in the future."
"If it is decided to build the second phase of the Bairen Hydropower Station, it will not only be a problem of a hydropower station, but also a part of the comprehensive management project of the Wenlan River Basin." Ma Qianxu said.
He then unfolded his vision. This is a quite complex project. In addition to expanding the Bairen Hydropower Station, it is also necessary to build a sluice downstream of Bobu, repair the revetments, and dredge the river to adjust the water level of the Wenlan River. To ensure that
There is enough water during the dry season.
Ma Qianzhu said: "Ensuring the water level of the Wenlan River has two main benefits."
First, it is conducive to inland river navigation. Although the Wenlan River is the largest river in Lingao, the water level difference between rainy and dry seasons is too large, so that inland river navigation can only stay at the level of small rowing boats. In the driest season, some river sections
A large number of rocks on the river bottom are exposed. Although the flow is not cut off, shipping is no longer possible. With the Bopu sluice, the water level in the river can be maintained at a basic depth.
Ma Qianzhu is a person who is extremely interested in canals. He has worked on a large number of canal projects in his spare time. The most ambitious one is naturally the inland shipping line of the Songliao Canal-Luanhai Canal-Beijing-Hangzhou Canal that he envisioned.
.Of course, before the Travelers conquer all of China, this plan can only stay in his notebook, but it is possible to canalize the Wenlan River.
Second, it is conducive to adjusting the water storage capacity and is conducive to industrial and agricultural production. At present, the irrigation benefits of the Wenlan River are far from being fully realized. There are basically no canals in the large fields along the river. Irrigation relies on manpower and water trucks, which is extremely inefficient.
.The modern agriculture and industry that Traverser will promote will consume a lot of water. With the sluice gate, industrial and agricultural water use in the dry season can be guaranteed.
Everyone at the meeting was excited by the wonderful prospects outlined by Ma Qianxu. What Wu Nanhai saw was the criss-crossing irrigation canals; what Wen Desi saw was the fleet of barges on the canal; what Zhan Wuya saw was the
Countless water turbines and power stations; what Xiao Zishan saw were families of thru-hikers rafting on the river on weekends...