Vientiane Throne of Civilization

The most important thing in Chapter 1843 is the thought process.
Looking at the railway planning map in front of him, if possible, Zhou Xu even thought of laying the railway directly up the mountain, all the way from Tonglubao to Pingyuan City in the New North District.

Unfortunately, this is not realistic.

On the outer side of Tonglubao, the mountain road is still very steep, which is not conducive to the laying of railway.

Given this premise, if the option is to build a tunnel and lay a railway at the foot of the mountain...

With current technology, it is actually possible to do this, but the cost would undoubtedly be too high, and the risks would also be too great.

Zhou Xu has no such plans for the time being.

He now prefers to extend another railway line from the Rakshasa district in a few years, all the way to the intersection of the Saint Laurent region and Copperfort.

Build a train transfer station here, or even a small town.

In this way, this entire region can be completely connected by railway, and at the same time, their Great Zhou's territories on the mainland will also be completely connected by railway!

After spending some time, Zhou Xu explained his railway planning ideas to the director of the railway bureau.

In this process, the thought process is the most important. You need to understand why I need this railway and what effect I want this railway to achieve.

Because during the actual construction of railways, various problems will inevitably be encountered, and it is highly unlikely that the route will be laid exactly as initially planned, and adjustments will be necessary along the way.

You can make adjustments directly, but once the railway is laid, you have to meet my requirements and desired results.

The director of the railway bureau had been working under Zhou Xu for a long time, and it wasn't the first time he had laid railways. He was naturally well aware of His Majesty's requirements.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured! Your humble servant guarantees to complete the mission!"

After arranging the railway construction and having Song Jinyu set aside this portion of the financial funds, Zhou Xu reviewed the funding applications, selected a few suitable ones, and allocated some funds to them.

After a series of arrangements, the money was basically all allocated.

Sitting in Zhou Xu's position, he could basically spend any amount of money he had; it was just a matter of a few words for him.

However, you definitely need to keep some money on hand. You can't spend every last penny. If an emergency occurs during the development period and you don't even have emergency funds, wouldn't that ruin everything?

After the arrangements were made, Huo Qubing, as the governor of the Saint Laurent region, quickly received the relevant news and was immediately delighted.

He was well aware of the immense development advantages that this project held.

It is no exaggeration to say that once this railway is completed, the economic development of the Saint Laurent region will be elevated to a new level!
The development of the new Saint Laurent district will take away a certain amount of the economy and labor force from the old district, and will also have some impact on development.

But we have to look at this in the long run. The impact on the economy and labor force is only temporary. In ten or eight years, when the new district is fully built, the Saint Laurent region will be able to form a larger economic entity.

"Notify all relevant departments to fully cooperate with the railway bureau in carrying out its work."

While preparations for railway construction were in full swing in the Saint Laurent region, on the Russian border, their work on combating desertification continued...

"Come on, everyone, listen to my chant! One, two! Pull!!"

"One, two! Pull!!"

Accompanied by synchronized slogans, on the Russian border, a group of desert control workers were working together to pull up huge objects resembling barbed wire and erect them on the border line using ropes.

These objects, which appear to be barbed wire, are clearly quite heavy, and they've been doing this kind of work all morning.

The border between Russia and Russia is right next to the desert, and the temperature gets hotter as noon approaches. After another barbed wire fence was erected, a young man wearing work gloves felt so tired that his limbs went weak and his vision blurred. Eventually, he collapsed to the ground, panting and unable to speak.

Seeing this, the senior member of the department, who was in charge of training the new recruits, chuckled and picked up a water bottle and walked over.

"Come on, have some water to calm down. Take small sips and don't drink too fast."

But the young man, who was hot, tired, dizzy, and had a sore throat, couldn't listen to any of this.
He took the water bottle and started gulping it down, as if he wanted to gulp down all the water in the bottle in one go.

"Ugh! Ugh—"

Suddenly, perhaps because he drank the water too quickly, the young man felt a tightness in his chest and shortness of breath, and almost vomited until he passed out.

This made the team captain next to him laugh in exasperation. After helping the other person calm down, he said something rather irritating...

"When I was telling you guys about the things to be careful about, you weren't listening at all!"

As the captain spoke, he reluctantly picked up the water bottle, which had run dry.

Fresh water is a precious resource on the Russian border.

Seeing this, the young man knew he had made a mistake and could only manage a couple of dry laughs...

"Am I just delirious from the heat?"

The captain rolled his eyes at this and didn't pursue the matter further.

After all, their working conditions here are really bad, and it's already good enough that they can get new people to come. They can't just drive them away.

During this time, the young man also took the opportunity to change the subject.

"Speaking of which, Captain, isn't our job to prevent sandstorms? Why are we building a wall here as soon as we arrive?"

Although that thing was hollow, it was incredibly heavy, almost as heavy as a wall.

The young people felt that tasks like deployment should be done by the garrison, so why did it fall to them?

The captain listened and pointed to the net wall in the distance.

"Who says this isn't desertification control work?"

While the young man was still in a daze, the captain casually explained...

"You should know that there is moisture in the air, even in the desert."

"The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is extreme. When it gets cold or hot, the moisture in the air will condense on these nets and form water droplets."

As the team leader spoke, he explained the function of these net walls to the newcomers, including the young people.

"The water droplets will flow down these nets and eventually fall into the pipes below. These pipes are connected to our water storage tank. In other words, this water will eventually flow into our water storage tank and become the precious fresh water we use every day."

"Due to the terrain here, transporting fresh water is extremely difficult and costly. We can't expect it to rain every day in the desert, so we have to rely on the moisture in the air. And this net wall is the most crucial device for collecting fresh water!"

(End of this chapter)