Chapter 584： Construction of Dry Island Reservoir begins

  Chapter 584 Construction of Dry Island Reservoir begins

After the inspection of the outlying island textile factory, Qu Mao and Kong Ming did not separate. It was still on September 24, the third year of Tianxuan. In the morning, Qu Mao and Kong Ming visited the outlying island textile factory under construction and encouraged them to take charge of the construction Huang Po.

At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Sylvia Ocean personally sent a remote communication to Qu Mao. In the sea area about 500 kilometers away from the territory of Yi Town, the main naval force of the territory of Yi Town led by Sylvia Ocean had encountered To the invasion fleet of the Mughal Empire from Black Harbor.

Sylvia Ocean, Fur Swamp, and Christine Sirian each led more than 100 warships, from three directions, about 20 kilometers away from each other, launched an attack on the invasion fleet of the Mughal Empire. In a sneak attack, the main force of the Yizhen Territory Navy formally engaged in battle with the Mughal Empire's invasion fleet.

The first battle started during the day, and each had casualties. However, only a few warships with prisoners of war were sunk in the territory of Yi Town. However, the Mughal Empire’s invasion fleet stopped as a whole after being attacked, but Sylvia Ocean He has already led the main navy team of Yizhen Territory to flee, and is waiting to continue the sneak attack at night.

Qu Mao and Kong Ming shared the naval battle report sent by Sylvia Ocean, but did not decide to change the itinerary, and took Kong Ming to continue walking north to the small village. According to Qu Mao's idea, he wanted to go to other islands to inspect the prisoners of war. situation and state of development.

Kong Ming rode on a war horse and followed Qu Mao to the north to the small village, waving a goose feather fan and said, "My lord, I feel that the general's orders are not acceptable, so there is no need to pay attention to Sylvia Ocean's main naval force. It doesn't help that you're paying attention to the battle against the Mughal Empire's invasion fleet.

  My subordinates feel that we can devote all our energy to the development of the territory of Yi Town. Under your guidance, my lord, I invented the monocular and visited the outlying island textile factory today. My subordinates are actually very excited.

My lord, although the handloom loom is Huang Po's invention and the original drawing of my subordinates, my subordinates feel that the optimization suggestions put forward by my lord are very feasible. Although these things are small, but they are put into practice. The impact is very far-reaching.

  For example, the monocular can expand the field of vision of naval and army heroes. Coupled with the modified shipboard ballista of our Yizhen Territory Navy, it is simply an existence that is invincible in naval battles.

   Let’s talk about the textile factory, not to mention that the products of the textile factory have improved the clothes of the residents, but the resettlement of countless prisoners of war has also contributed a lot.

  So my lord, my subordinates feel that if we can further conquer the invention of water-powered looms instead of manual hand-operated looms, it means that the efficiency of our looms will increase to the point where each machine can produce 20 feet of 2-meter-wide cloth a day..."

  Kong Ming said, but he was still on horseback, so he took out the paper and pen from his backpack and began to draw pictures.

   Qu Mao said: "Kong Ming, put it away and talk about your ideas directly. After we arrive at Gandao, I will draw your ideas."

Kong Ming waved his hand and said, "My lord, what I want to talk to you about now is not about the transformation of machines. The Outlying Islands Textile Factory is just the beginning. One machine spins 20 pieces of cloth one meter and two meters wide in one day. There are 1,000 machines, and the consumption of raw yarn is even greater.

The subordinates are thinking, since the adults have developed Gan Island, Bo Island, Green Island and Lian Island as the industrialized basic areas of Yi Town's territory, there must be many places that need to be applied to power in factories and raw material factories. At present, we can The power used is hydraulic power, but none of the four southern islands has corresponding water conservancy projects, which means that even if we carry out our industrial development on these islands, there is a high probability that factories will be piled up on these four islands inefficiently. "

   Qu Mao stopped the horse, looked at Kong Ming, and asked, "Kong Ming, what do you mean?"

Kong Ming patted Qu Mao's war horse's buttocks, let the war horse move forward again, and said, "My lord, the main driving force for the industrialization of Yi Town's territory is water power. Although Bo Island, Green Island and Gan Island have vegetation The islands also have fixed fresh water resources, but there is no decent water flow.

  Since this is the case, the subordinates feel that we can only create some water conservancy projects artificially, just like we built Lihe reservoirs and Lihe dams on outlying islands.

However, there are no rivers like outlying islands and outlying rivers on Gan Island, Bo Island, and Green Island. Therefore, if we want to carry out water conservancy construction, there is a high probability that we will have to build reservoirs and excavate artificial rivers. Only rivers that form reservoirs and pass through artificial excavation regularly Release water into the sea to form a current that can generate power.

  Our hydropower facilities can generate power, transmit it to our factory, and provide power for the factory. "

   Qu Mao said: "I am not very familiar with the terrain of the four southern islands, but I know that the highest point of Dry Island is not far from Dry Town, and now Dry Island is the island with the most complete preservation of original vegetation.

   If we want to build reservoirs and excavate rivers, the amount of work will be very large. "

  Kong Ming smiled and said, "My lord, don't be afraid of the large amount of work. Back then, the outlying island reservoir was not small, and my subordinates found it difficult. It is estimated that the construction of the outlying island reservoir alone will take three to five years.

   Not to mention that there was still a Lihe embankment project to be built at the same time, and we finally finished it without even using half a year.

  Now we have millions of prisoners of war, and there is no shortage of labor force. Are we afraid of the large amount of water conservancy projects in Gandao?

  Master, please take a look at the topographic map of Dry Island first. "

Kong Ming pinched the horse's belly, stood side by side with Qu Mao's horse, handed a map to Qu Mao, and said, "My lord, my subordinates think that the dry island water conservancy system can be developed at the same time. The first project is dry land." For the excavation of the Island Reservoir, select favorable terrain at the highest point of the dry island, and build the dam while excavating. The scale does not need to be as large as the Outlying Island Reservoir, but it must not be too small.

The second engineer is to excavate an artificial river five meters wide and three meters deep to connect the four walled villages on the east side of Gandao, pass through the four villages and flow eastward into the sea. Then these four villages can Used as an industrial village.

In the future, if Dry Island develops well, or our water conservancy engineering personnel spare time and energy, we can excavate the second phase of Dry Island Water Conservancy Project, and continue to excavate villages of the same size on the west side of Dry Island to connect the five villages in the west , These five villages were also developed into industrial villages and towns. "

   Qu Mao looked at the map, thought for a while, and said: "Okay, Kong Ming, we will go to Gandao later to look at the specific terrain, anyway, we have a monocular.

  Follow-up, I will draw the construction drawings, and you will directly organize the excavation by the prisoners of war. "

  Kong Ming nodded and said, "Yes, my lord! Let's visit the four southern islands in the past few days."

  (end of this chapter)