Rebirth of Hong Kong Island, leading the technology war

Chapter 198 Water, there is fresh water on the island!

On this day, Hu Jiangshan got up early.

After washing up, Hu Jiangshan went downstairs to have breakfast, then drove to the Baisha Bay Yacht Club Pier.

The next step, of course, is to go out to sea.

Tenglong Island is closer to Hong Kong Island than Jiangjun Island. In about twenty minutes, Tenglong Island will be right in front of you.

Hu Jiangshan had only been to Tenglong Island five or six times, and the novelty had not yet worn off.

Every time he came here, Hu Jiangshan would sigh that this Tenglong Island was really extraordinary big.

Looking from a distance, although it is not as good as large outlying islands such as Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island, the difference is not that big.

Simply put, if people were to live on General Island, they could only build a village.

And on Tenglong Island, it is entirely possible to build a town.

It’s a bit like the difference between Tyrande’s Big PP and Small PP Island, and the difference is even greater.

Looking back, it was really a bargain to take over Tenglong Island for only two or three hundred million Hong Kong dollars.

Moreover, Hu Jiangshan took advantage of Bill Gates. This kind of opportunity is not common and is very rare.

When Hu Jiangshan bought Tenglong Island, Bill Gates' agent, the beautiful lady Zhou Ling, mentioned that Bill Gates might come to meet Hu Jiangshan.

It's been such a long time and there's still no news. I guess Mr. Gass was just talking casually.

Bill Gates should be fine now. He is a carefree former richest man on Blue Planet. He has more money than he can spend in his lifetime. I guess he is on vacation in a big villa on some private island now.

As we all know, Bill Gates loves the ocean more than most wealthy people, so he bought a lot of islands.

Including Tenglong Island, which is very close to Hong Kong Island, it was originally a favorite of Gus. However, Tenglong Island has a huge flaw, that is, there is no fresh water.

You know, for an island, the lack of fresh water is a very serious problem, which is equivalent to being unable to live there for a long time.

Of course, fresh water can also be transported from islands with fresh water or the main island. After all, Hong Kong Island is not far from Tenglong Road, and a 20-minute sailing distance is acceptable.

But doing so is neither convenient nor environmentally friendly, and it is both troublesome and unpleasant, which hits Mr. Bill Gates' pain point.

At least from the outside world's perspective, Bill Gates is very environmentally conscious.

In fact, this is true. Apart from anything else, the money Bill Gates spends on environmental protection is real, even more than more than 99% of the richest people on the blue planet.

After all, Gus is a person who loves the sea and has sentimental feelings, which is understandable.

So after finding out that there was no fresh water on Tenglong Island, only one idea flashed through Bill Gates's shrewd mind, which was to transfer it instead of continuing to hold it.

Bill Gates is rich, but he has so much money definitely not by squandering it.

Of course, it cannot be said that it was saved.

Instead, you should save money when you should save, and spend money when you should spend. This is called financial management.

Anyway, after more than half a year, Bill Gates finally sold the Tenglong Island, and Hu Jiangshan became the buyer.

Bill Gates may still be secretly happy now, but the Chinese man named Hu must be regretting that he bought a deserted island where he can only use it to experience survival on a deserted island.

However, Bill Gates doesn't know yet that he has made a mistake.

Hu Jiangshan would never regret it. Even if there was no fresh water on Tenglong Island, he could still produce fresh water. It would just require some initial investment.

Moreover, this investment is actually equivalent to nothing, a drop in the bucket, not worth mentioning, and it is completely under control.

In a blink of an eye, Hu Jiangshan drove the Seahorse yacht into Tenglong Bay.

The situation on the sea changed suddenly.

The wind was calm, but the sea was grey.

Hu Jiangshan drove to the middle of Tenglong Bay, stopped the engine, then walked to the deck and looked at the situation on the sea.

The water in Tenglong Bay doesn't seem to have changed much, but you can vaguely see the seabed.

I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but the water quality and clarity may have indeed changed a little.

There are now twenty seawater purification robots working on Tenglong Island.

It's been half a month now, so it should have some effect.

When talking about the ecological restoration of Tenglong Island, we have to mention Zhang Wen'an.

Zhang Wen'an is indeed an excellent student in oceanography and is quite professional in ecological restoration. He is much better than Hu Jiangshan, who just changed his career path.

Hu Jiangshan and Zhang Wen'an have communicated several times, and Zhang Wen'an submitted a complete ecological restoration plan.

In addition to seawater purification, some compounds should be added appropriately.

The function of these compounds is to fertilize the seawater in Tenglong Bay, so that the underwater coral ecology of Tenglong Bay can recover faster.

If the corals are alive, there will be more anemones.

With the presence of sea anemones, more creatures will migrate here, eventually forming an ecological balance.

Hu Jiangshan has adopted Zhang Wen'an's plan and has begun producing the necessary compounds in the chemical synthesis factory.

A batch of them was delivered two days ago and should have been put into Tenglong Bay.

Hu Jiangshan couldn't clearly say when the ecology of Tenglong Bay would be restored to its perfect state, and Zhang Wen'an was unable to make an accurate estimate.

But he has to do this, and normally, it shouldn't take too long for the results to show up.

Hu Jiangshan returned to the cockpit, restarted the engine of the Seahorse, and soon docked at the dock.

The dock was very simple and Hu Jiangshan was not very satisfied with it.

Tenglong Bay is so big that the draft is not shallow. According to measurements, it can even berth large transport ships, but it has such a small dock.

It's just a small pier, but it's in a shabby state and the design is very unreasonable.

When Bill Gates bought the island, he must have had the idea of ​​rebuilding the pier, as he had the money.

Unfortunately, he soon found out that there was no fresh water resource on Tenglong Island and it was not habitable, so there was no need to invest further.

Hu Jiangshan will definitely upgrade the dock.

Not only the pier, but other facilities on Tenglong Island can also be built.

After everything else is arranged, Hu Jiangshan’s infrastructure must be unified.

The wharf needs to be extensively renovated and expanded. In addition, the roads on Tenglong Island must be built according to the standards of Jiangjun Island until they are well connected.

Of course, this is another considerable investment, several times larger than the investment in General Island.

But the same thing goes, the money that should be spent must be spent, otherwise it will greatly affect subsequent development.

Fortunately, Hu Gongshan's chips are selling more and more, Huayao's orders have never been interrupted, and the production line's capacity utilization rate is close to 100%.

To put it bluntly, the gears are about to smoke.

There are also more and more customers for semiconductor materials.

In the past, Hu Jiangshan’s sales of semiconductor materials were just small-scale businesses. Now, in addition to Huaxin International and Juxing Technology, he has a few more customers.

Hu Jiangshan later calculated and found that the profit he earned was not as low as he had imagined.

The important thing is that this is a consumable material that needs to be used for a long time, and the cash flow is very stable.

Hu Jiangshan did not go to look for Yu Sheng and Awang, but went straight to the other side of Tenglong Island.

We also passed a tidal power station on the way.

Hu Jiangshan went to the control center of the tidal power station to check the situation.

The power station is in very good operating condition.

It really is worthy of being an intermediate tidal power station. Its power generation capacity is much stronger than that of the primary one. Now the load is less than 10%, so there is no problem in driving the entire Tenglong Island.

Hu Jiangshan came out of the tidal power station and continued walking along the coastline.

Sure enough, new buildings appeared ahead, with several spires sticking out from the sea.

That was the desalination facility that had just been built.

As mentioned earlier, the entrance to the desalination facility is quite special. It is on the cliff and is very hidden.

It’s really hard to find people who don’t understand.

Hu Jiangshan came to the entrance and scanned his fingerprints.

With a "swish", the automatic door opened.

Hu Jiangshan walked in.

The structure of the desalination facility is similar to that of General Island, the only difference is the scale.

The control room alone is more than twice the size of the one on General Island, and it also has a lounge suite.

Furniture such as beds, sofas, tea tables, and various electrical appliances are all available.

There are even projection windows that change the scenery.

The lounge is decorated very luxuriously, not inferior to a suite in a five-star hotel.

Hu Jiangshan felt that living here was not that difficult anymore.

Hu Jiangshan came to the central control console of the seawater desalination facility and skillfully found the start button.

The electrical connection is OK.

Self-test completed, everything is normal.

At the same time as the facility was successfully launched, Hu Jiangshan also completed the facility acceptance.

At this time, Hu Jiangshan looked at the big screen, which showed the working status of the seawater desalination facilities.

A large amount of seawater was seen pouring into the desalination tank, entering the desalination process, and then flowing into the fresh water storage tank.

This is also different from Jiangjun Island. The freshwater storage pool on Tenglong Island is not on the ground, but inside the rock wall, extending all the way to the underground cave.

Because there are many natural caves on Tenglong Island, which are very large and interconnected, and can store a large amount of fresh water resources.

This design has many advantages.

The first advantage is that it is less conspicuous. People outside cannot see the changes in Tenglong Island even if they are flying in a helicopter at high altitude.

What's more important is that the caves on Tenglong Island are interconnected, and fresh water will soon flow through these caves to all parts of the island, and may even form underground rivers.

This is not only a benefit of convenient access to fresh water, but will also change the ecological environment of Tenglong Island, thereby attracting animals and plants from outside to migrate here.

Hu Jiangshan switched the screen again, and a dense network of pipelines appeared.

These pipeline networks transport fresh water and are now spread throughout Tenglong Island.

This is the same as a tidal power station. After the facility is built, there will be power supply piles everywhere.

After the desalination facilities are completed, fresh water pipelines will be spread throughout the island, and fresh water will be available everywhere.

Hu Jiangshan looked at the pipeline and saw that it was filled with fresh water. The efficiency was extremely high and he was in a good mood.

Now that it has water and electricity, the value of this Canglong Island can be said to have appreciated.

To say it is priceless is an understatement.

If you want to transfer it now, you can at least increase it tenfold.

At the same time, Yusheng was packing up in the house and was about to go patrol the island.

As an island patroller, you have to walk around the island at least twice a day so that you can detect abnormalities in time.

Cui Xiuqin was also there at this time, she was cleaning.

Cui Xiuqin is a very hardworking person. She cleans every day and keeps the house spotless.

This was not easy as there was no fresh water at home.

If you use sea water to clean the table or the floor, it would be a disaster and will quickly ruin things in your home.

Cui Xiuqin wrung out the spatula, folded it, and then walked to the corner of the room.

There is a large water tank there, which is a container for storing fresh water.

Cui Xiuqin opened the lid of the large water tank, looked inside the tank, and said, "Honey, the water tank is empty. There will be no water tomorrow. We have to go and refill it quickly."

Yusheng sighed: "Gone again? It's only been a few days, isn't it a waste of water?"

Cui Xiuqin was unhappy when she heard this: "Who wasted it? I can guarantee that not a single drop of water was wasted. I just gave the child a bath yesterday. I can't not give the child a bath, right? I can't let the child be dirty and smelly all day long."

Yusheng sighed again: "Yes, yes, it should be washed. The child cannot be left dirty. I will go with Awang to replenish water tomorrow."

Cui Xiuqin rolled her eyes at Yusheng and said, "That's more like it."

The impact of not having fresh water on life is huge, several times greater than that of electricity.

Not to mention taking a shower, there are not even flush toilets on Tenglong Island now, only dry toilets.

Of course, electricity is now freely available on the island, but you can purchase a small desalination plant.

But firstly, the equipment is too expensive, and secondly, the quality of the desalinated water is not very good.

Yu Sheng and Awang discussed it and decided not to buy it for the time being and wait and see how the situation develops.

Anyway, it's been almost a year now and I can get by.

Suddenly, Ah Hong rushed in.

Ah Hong is Awang's daughter-in-law. Her appearance at this time scared Yu Sheng and Cui Xiuqin.

Kehong's eyes were wide open, his face was red, and his temples were bulging, as if he had encountered something exciting, or as if he was having a seizure.

Cui Xiuqin and Ah Hong have a very good relationship and they always chat together.

"Ah Hong, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"...No, no! I, I'm fine! Xiuqin! You know what? It's a big deal!"

Cui Xiuqin was startled.

Yusheng jumped up all of a sudden: "What happened? An unknown person came to the island!?"

As he said that, Yu Sheng went to the inner room to find a rubber stick.

Ah Hong waved her hands quickly: "No, no, you misunderstood! This is a good thing! This is a good thing! We...we have water on our island!"

"……what?"

"What? What water?"

Yu Sheng and Cui Xiuqin didn't react for a moment and were confused by Ah Hong's unreasonable words.

“It’s fresh water!”

"...Huh? What do you mean? Your house was flooded? Did Awang fix it? Why didn't you invite our Yusheng? Really!"

"no!"

Ah Hong couldn't explain it clearly for a moment, so she took Cui Xiuqin's hand and walked out.

Yusheng was confused and hurried to catch up.

Ah Hong took the two to the back of the house and pointed to something in front and said, "There! There is water! I tasted it, it's fresh water!"

I saw something that looked like a fire hydrant over there.

Yu Sheng and Cui Xiuqin felt strange because they had never seen such a thing behind the house before.

When was it available?
Yusheng walked over and saw a valve on it. He turned it and was stunned.

Water is coming out!
(End of this chapter)