Wasteland Development Diary

"Please, take a look. This is a normal natural water supply situation in a region."

Gongsun Bao pointed to his hand-drawn map.

It was a large parchment scroll, on which a piece of land was drawn with ink, with mountains, forests, plains, and rivers marked on it.

"The land water supply mainly relies on natural rivers or lakes. Here, I mainly talk about rivers that pass through a part or the entire land."

He pointed to the map with his finger: "After the water in the Dead Sea enters the land, it will precipitate in the soil environment and become drinkable. Generally speaking, the more inland and away from the Dead Sea, the higher the purity of the water and the safer it is to drink."

"Water near the Dead Sea is somewhat harmful, at least to humans. Drinking it can cause various diseases or abnormalities."

"So, our general practice is to fetch water back and use water tanks or pits for secondary precipitation, and then drink the clean water from the upper part. A better way is to boil the water on this basis, but this consumes a lot of fuel. Fortunately, a large number of residents have now purchased flame cups, which has greatly alleviated the water diversion problem."

Zhou Yi listened carefully.

"Except for some suitable areas where fish, shrimp, aquatic plants, water chestnuts, and other aquatic species can be raised, most water resources are difficult to utilize. On the one hand, it is a water quality problem, and on the other hand, the water flow is severely affected by the Dead Sea."

When Gongsun Bao talked about water conservancy projects, his whole person exuded a kind of confidence from the inside out, and his buck-toothed ugly face seemed to have a different kind of charm.

"The flow of water, normally speaking, flows from high to low, but under the action of the Dead Sea, it is not like this."

He drew a circle with his finger on the Dead Sea area on the parchment scroll.

There were vortices representing rapids, high-pressure areas with a large number of downward arrows, and light burst icons of explosive scattering.

"Mr. Zhou, you see, in fact, the rapids are dominating the water flow, making the water flow from high to low, and from low to high."

"This is particularly obvious on the Steel Smelting City side. In spring and summer, the river flows from north to south, but in autumn and winter, it will flow from south to north."

"The reason is that the rapids entering and leaving the area change in different seasons."

This was the first time Zhou Yi had heard of this.

He usually either drank beverages or underground water extracted and filtered from Emerald City, and he had not paid attention to the direction of river flow at all.

"But no matter how it changes, the rapids will generate enough strong thrust to the water flow, which constitutes the river passing through the land. This is also the natural force I want to borrow."

Gongsun Bao pointed to a coastal area on the land, where a ring-shaped ditch was drawn, one end connected to the Dead Sea, and the other end winding around the land, outlining an arc and then returning to the Dead Sea.

"Dig a ditch on the coast to introduce the power of the Dead Sea. It will push the river at the entrance to surge faster and enter the channel for circulation."

"Next to this ditch, Guangtai Port can be built, and collecting tools can be invested in the ditch in a step-by-step manner. Using the natural thrust of the Dead Sea, the Guangtai sand in the Dead Sea can be collected and turned into easier semi-automatic collection."

"This is one thing."

He said confidently: "Then build a water wheel. When the Dead Sea pushes water into the trough of the water wheel, the water power will drive the wheel to rotate, and the wheel will drive the water pump to work through a transmission device."

"Then the water pump can pump water and irrigate it from low to high, all the way into those higher terrains, greatly reducing the cost of irrigation and completing multi-site water storage. Even if it is as hot as this summer for so long, there is a large amount of clean water that can be directly drunk."

"Although the cost of this project will be very high, if the time is extended and viewed as ten or twenty years, it will definitely be profitable."

"It is more beneficial to build canals in Shagang, because there are a large number of farmland and farming needs there, as well as the kind of land that can be supported in the air, and they also need water to be transported from the bottom up."

Zhou Yi listened carefully.

Although this idea sounded bold, it was indeed feasible to a certain extent.

He asked, "Gongsun Bao, what do you think is the cost of such a ring-shaped Dead Sea canal?"

"I have conducted experiments at the river mouth. According to the proportional calculation, if a ditch of 4 kilometers long and 8 meters wide is built, it will work. However, considering the harm and destructive power of the Dead Sea, in addition to using a large number of bricks and stones, it also needs to be seepage-proof, leak-proof, and earthquake-resistant. The cost should be 300 light seeds per kilometer, which is about 1200 light seeds for the first phase of the project."

"However, if you want to ensure that the project is safer and more stable, you need to hire professional electromechanical life, and the budget needs to be increased. But overall, as long as it is a water conservancy electromechanical life, this small project can be completed."

Gongsun Bao said: "I have also calculated the income. If the income can be sustained in Guangtai sand, according to the Guangtai port model, this length of canal can earn back the cost in about 15 years. After that, it is all pure profit."

Zhou Yi did not speak for a while.

Gongsun Bao waited nervously.

At this time, Zhou Yi's mind was full of thoughts.

Gongsun Bao's idea does not bring high direct benefits. It belongs to the field of people's livelihood infrastructure. It can complete long-term water storage and irrigation, which can play a huge role for farms.

Especially since the number of suspended layers is constantly increasing, these farmlands that are higher from the ground need to be diverted. It is too cumbersome and laborious to rely on manual methods. Using light-printed equipment will become more and more expensive.

As long as the Dead Sea Canal is repaired and water pumps and canals are installed, continuous water supply can be completed at extremely low cost.

This is a good direction.

Zhou Yi came back to his senses and saw Gongsun Bao's nervous look.

He immediately smiled: "Good design. Our company has a lot of farmland, and the Dead Sea Canal can solve the irrigation problem. This one is worth it."

"Gongsun Bao, I formally invite you to join our Wasteland Development Company to be the chief designer of the Dead Sea Canal to carry out this project. Are you willing?"

The other party froze for a moment, and then was overjoyed: "I am very willing, willing!"

Zhou Yi shook hands with him and found that Gongsun Bao's palms were sweaty.

"The sooner the better, let's go back now and discuss the details of building the Dead Sea Canal. The sooner this water conservancy project is completed, the better water supply our farmland will get."

Zhou Yi bid farewell to Steel Smelting Announcement and took Gongsun Bao back to Emerald City, flying towards Shagang.

……

Gongsun Bao walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the clouds outside and the ground below getting smaller and smaller, wondering what he was thinking.

Assistant Yuanxiao took a cup of tea and handed it to this guest - although it was just pouring iced black tea into a paper cup.

"Please drink."

"Thank you."

Gongsun Bao took it somewhat apprehensively.

Zhou Yi said to the death angel: "You go do your work, I'll chat with him."

"Yes."

Yuanxiao returned to the study and gently closed the door.

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Zhou Yi also walked to Gongsun Bao's side: "Have you been in Steel Smelting City all the time?"

"No, Chairman."

Gongsun Bao took a small sip of tea: "This is really delicious... I come from Fanyun City."

"Our place has a very high altitude, and it is actually a land full of many high mountains. It is cold in winter and cool in summer, and is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, so it has such a name."

"The houses in Fanyun City are built on the mountainside and cliffs, because there is no particularly flat open space available. I work there as an architect, helping everyone design and build houses. There is no shortage of local stones and trees, and various building materials."

"It's just that there are few people in our area, and the houses can be lived in for a long time, so our architects need to go to other places to find work more often. I saw the mushroom house for the first time in Steel Smelting City. I was both surprised and scared."

Gongsun Bao held the paper cup with both hands, with a look of confusion and loss on his face: "As long as you plant mushrooms, use wooden strips to help them grow naturally and straight, and then do some post-decoration, it is a breathable and solid house."

"Such houses can be placed on any land, mountains, canyons, cliffs, and there is no need for any clever thoughts. It will firmly grasp the earth by itself, more firmly than the foundation of any house."

He said somewhat desolately: "The design drawings I have mastered, as well as the experience of geographical survey and architectural construction... are completely useless."

Zhou Yi comforted: "Technological innovation is something that everyone has to accept. What we can do is learn to change and strive to lead the change."

"You are right."

Gongsun Bao nodded: "Architects must learn to adapt to the environment in order to build the houses they need. We can't choose the place ourselves, but have to build corresponding houses according to different places."

"But it is also because I know too much about houses, so when I saw the mushroom house, I was greatly shocked. It turns out that the final competition between architects is not about materials and design structure, but about planting technology."

The architect showed a bitter smile.

Zhou Yi also opened a bottle of oolong tea and took a sip: "How did you think of the Dead Sea Canal?"

"At first, I thought that Steel Smelting City was going to smelt steel, right? If we build an inner canal, we can send the ore from the mining area all the way to the steel factory by boat, and then return to the mining area through an inner bend."

"But I didn't expect that as soon as my design drawings came out, I learned that Steel Smelting City was sanctioned and steel production was reduced... I had to change the drawings. But the idea of using the Dead Sea actually existed when I was in Fanyun City, and even some architects had succeeded before."

He said: "There used to be an architect in Fanyun City who changed the river crossing the mountains in the Dead Sea there into a spiral structure surrounding a large mountain. After this transformation, not only could the settlers on each floor of the mountain easily fetch water, but also these waters could be used to release a kind of raft, which could easily send many heavy objects and stone materials to the foot of the mountain."

"This is also the source of my inspiration."

"Inland transportation of materials can also be sent to different areas in this way."

Zhou Yi suddenly understood.

It turns out that there was already successful experience.

"Unfortunately, the Dead Sea Canal on that mountain had an accident and many people died... so it was completely abandoned."

"Something happened?"

"Yes. The ring-shaped Dead Sea Canal will form a strange pressure, causing people living nearby to vomit blood, their ears to buzz, and they are prone to dizziness and weakness. Many people's internal organs ruptured and bled, and more than a dozen people died."

Zhou Yi immediately realized: "High-pressure field?"

He had clearly experienced a similar squeezing sensation when he entered the high-pressure area in the Dead Sea before.

"The electromechanical life who came to investigate also said that, because the ring-shaped canal formed a directional ring flow of the dead light of the Dead Sea, causing high pressure around the ring-shaped area. Its intensity is much, much lower than that in the Dead Sea, but it still has a great impact on the internal organs of every human being and cannot be used."

"Even if the Dead Sea Canal is narrower, it will be harmful to the human body. If the width increases... the sense of oppression and heaviness will be particularly obvious, even making birds unable to fly."

Gongsun Bao said: "So a complete ring cannot be formed, and this risk must be avoided. This is also the reason why there are few Dead Sea Canals used on the ground, because it is indeed risky and must be kept away from the crowd."

Zhou Yi listened and fell into deep thought.

Man-made high-pressure area, there is a place where it can be used...