Chapter 1469 Possibility of the development of the Shaliuhou State Railway

  In the early morning of March 8th, the fifteenth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao, Liu Qianhui and Li Xiang, escorted by 100 fourth-rank camel riders, set out for Shaliu City.

After staying in Iron Mine City for another two days and two nights, Qu Mao personally accompanied Tie Buchan and Li Xiang to select the locations for the iron smelting company's branch factory and the rail foundry, and planned the specific factory building together with these two. construction.

  Liu Qianhui also personally supervised Ayu Peacock and the city owner of the iron mine city, and immediately called the residents to carry out construction and construction for the branch factory of the Iron Smelting Company and the basic workshop of the rail foundry.

  Li Xiang and Tie Buxuan personally went to Qu Mao to get 2 tons of camel pasture seeds, which were to be sown in an area of ​​250,000 square meters between the two factories. After the start of production, there was industrial wastewater, and they were responsible for watering the pasture.

On this 250,000-square-meter open space, Tie Buchan reported to Qu Mao that he only planned to dig a 100-square-meter wellhead, because Tie Buchan judged that the iron ore city might need to dig deeper to find groundwater, and this The 100-square-meter deep well has to wait until the camel pasture in this open space grows to a height of 10 centimeters before digging.

However, in order to cooperate with other reservoirs in the Iron Ore City, Tiebujian also said that four diversion ditches with a width of 1 meter and a depth of 7 meters will be excavated around this deep well, which will be integrated with other reservoirs that have been excavated in the Iron Ore City. The pool is connected.

Qu Mao agreed, and before leaving Iron Mine City, he personally planned 25 square meters of grassland, deep wells, diversion ditches, etc. with Li Xiang and Tie Buchan. Inspection work.

   Between the three towns in the mining area, Qu Mao spent a total of about two weeks, which was about the same as the time spent in Yuexia City in charge of planting grass in the Gobi pasture.

  Before the morning sun appeared on the horizon of the desert, Qu Mao, Liu Qianhui and Li Xiang rode on camels and walked slowly towards Shaliu City.

  There is nothing wrong with the left and right, and driving in the desert is quite boring, so Qu Mao smiled and said to Li Xiang: "Li Xiang, you are not only an expert in road construction, but also the minister of the Ministry of Iron and Fire.

  There is a rail foundry in Iron Mine City, which is an enterprise directly under your Ministry of Iron and Fire. I always feel that transporting and traveling in the desert is a very troublesome thing. I think it will be more troublesome to transport finished rails in the future.

  Have you ever considered building a railway in the territory of the Marquis of Shaliu? Once the railway is repaired, the impact of the extreme weather in the desert on the travel of soldiers and civilians in the Marquis of Shaliu will be minimized.

  In my impression, there are railways in the desert in another world, so building a railway in the desert should not be a particularly big problem. "

  Li Xiang shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "My lord, maybe there are no technical problems in building a railway in the desert, or it can be realized in the end.

  But the subordinates believe that at least the current technology and capabilities of our Yidi territory are definitely not enough for us to build a railway in the desert.

  Even if we can build a good railway, I am afraid we will have a hard time maintaining railway transportation.

  Let’s not say that the roadbed in the desert is sand, which has the characteristics of fluidity and instability. Because of this problem, we are determined that it can also be solved by curing the roadbed with reinforced concrete.

  The difficulties that my subordinates can think of at present include: after the railroad tracks are laid, a storm of sand can almost bury all the railroad tracks we laid.

   If this problem is to be solved, it is necessary to plant trees with a height of no less than 6 meters within 3 meters of the outer rails, and the trees must be planted in more than one row, at least 200 meters thick.

  If this forest is successfully planted, then we can no longer call it a desert area.

  It takes such a huge investment of resources, if you are willing, we will organize tens of millions of residents to do this, as long as you are willing..."

   Qu Mao hurriedly waved his hand and interrupted: "Okay, okay, needless to say."

However, Liu Qianhui took up the conversation and said: "Our Shaliuhou Kingdom will first transform the current 15 towns into place, and then push the green areas outward along the walls of the 15 towns. I believe that the Gobi outside the city under the moon will be realized soon. The size of a ranch.

  You can also research more advanced railway laying technology, which can always solve the problem of railways in the desert. "

  Li Xiang continued to smile wryly, and said: "Master Liu, you are right, given enough time for the Ministry of Iron and Fire, the territory of Shaliu Hou Kingdom will definitely be full of railways, but it may not be possible in the short term.

The input and output do not match at all. The subordinates would rather equip enough camels and use the sand sled craft as a means of transportation to transport the rails produced in Iron Ore City back to Xirong City, rather than spend a lot of resources and manpower at this stage And it took too much energy to build a railway in the territory of Shaliu Hou. "

   Qu Mao laughed awkwardly, and said, "Hey, I just said it casually, and discussed with you the possibility of building a railway in the desert. I didn't say that the railway must be built in the desert now."

  Liu Qianhui quickly changed the subject and said, "Qu Mao, I went to see the livable transformation results of the Metal City you mentioned, and I am very satisfied.

  Now Shaliuhou Kingdom is among the four towns with the first priority in livable transformation. Xirong City and Metal City have almost completed the livable transformation, and they only need to further maintain the current results.

  If the four towns with the second priority can reach the level of Xirong City and Metal City, will the climate of the entire Shaliuhou Kingdom change?

  Last year, there was not a drop of rain in the entire Shaliuhou Kingdom, including Yuexia City. "

   Qu Mao thought for a while, and said: "If all 15 towns are remodeled to be livable, and they all look like metal cities, I think the climate of the Marquis of Shaliu will definitely change.

  Even if there is only 100,000 square meters of green area in each town, the 15 towns add up to 1.5 million square meters of green area, which can fix sand and soil, conserve fresh water sources, and promote rainfall at the same time. "

Li Xiang said: "My lord, my lord Liu, forgive my subordinates for speaking bluntly: At present, the livable transformation of the 15 towns in Shaliuhou Kingdom has just started. There is no need to look forward to changes so early. With the development of the current conditions, climate change will only be a matter of course. thing."

  Liu Qianhui nodded and said, "Grandma, it's my mother who is in a hurry.

  Let’s persevere in livable transformation first, and see how far the groundwater in other towns is. You can see the groundwater when you dig 16 meters in Metal City, and other towns can also dig out groundwater, at least for fresh water internal circulation.

  The fresh water supplied by the Holy Land is getting less and less. "

  Qu Mao said: "Now the fresh water for the Holy Land has to be mobilized from the independent territories of the Eastern Continent, let's go ahead like this.

  Iron Mining City will excavate fresh water again, and it can consider digging deep wells in various towns. "

  (end of this chapter)