Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 346: Floods

On May 20, 1976, Zhao Mancang arrived at the Shaya laboratory area.

“This is the drone you produced, right?”

In the blink of an eye, the Shaya Laboratory area is no longer the uninhabited desert area, but a scientific research base with a population of hundreds of thousands.

Many green plants have been planted throughout the laboratory area, and the oasis area is expanding every year, and it seems that the groundwater is inexhaustible.

According to drilling technology, there are indeed a large amount of water resources hidden deep underground in the Taklamakan Desert, more than 200 to 400 meters.

These water resources are all melted snow from the surrounding icebergs.

In the Shaya laboratory area, there is no need to dig so deep, only a few dozen meters underground is enough, and the groundwater here is purer and sweeter.

Having so much groundwater is a godsend for the Shaya Laboratory area.

Therefore, the oasis here is developing very rapidly. We only need to continuously pump groundwater from the ground to irrigate these green plants.

The rapid development of Oasis is just a corner of the Shaya Laboratory area, and the development in science and technology is what is truly amazing.

The reason why Zhao Mancang came to Shaya Laboratory to inspect their drones at this time was to prepare for the upcoming disaster.

He has been in Beijiang City for nearly two years, both in 1974 and 1975, and rarely went out to perform other tasks.

The city of Beijiang today is completely different from before.

The Beijiang Wharf has expanded nearly twenty-five times in size, and the warehouses at the wharf alone are so densely packed that there seems to be no end in sight.

Just because Zhao Mancang transported a huge amount of resources to this port.

If a city wants to develop, it naturally needs to allocate a large amount of resources.

Although the city of Beijiang is currently only building airports, highways, hydropower plants, etc., two film and television bases are already under construction.

The central avenue has been planned, the first 30-story office building has begun construction, and the Beijiang Private Museum is also under construction.

Various buildings are already under construction, and the population of Beijiang City is also increasing rapidly.

In 1974, when Zhao Mancang first arrived, the population of the old city of Beijiang was at most a few tens of thousands, which was very sparse.

But now?

The population of the old city has increased rapidly and now exceeds 200,000.

New buildings have also appeared one after another in other places such as film and television bases. They are all planned residential communities and have also increased the population significantly.

For example, at the Yuwan Town Film and Television Base, two classical-style residential areas were planned and built, which were initially used as housing for construction workers.

On the other side, hotels and villa communities have been developed and built, although these places are still empty and there are not many people.

But it won't be long before people start coming here to film.

At this time, the city of Beijiang was already heading towards its goal of a population of 500,000.

In fact, if the construction workers were included, the population of Beijiang City must have exceeded 500,000.

However, these construction workers will not stay here forever, so they are not considered local population for the time being.

In addition to Central Avenue, several new city roads are under planning, and two residential areas and schools have already begun construction.

Once the community is completed, it will be sold as soon as possible.

I believe it will be 1978 by then, and the house can be sold at that time or directly distributed to employees by the company.

The thermal power plant has been built, but the second and third thermal power plants are also under construction.

Urban development requires a large amount of energy, and electricity is just one of the energy sources.

There are also cement plants, sand plants, and other factories that are under construction.

These units all need a large number of workers, so they are directly allowed to build their own communities, but these communities must be in the new city.

The expressway is still under construction, but once the airport runway is built, the airport will be almost completed.

Because the current airport is just like a passenger station, it is not very big.

The second phase of the airport project is already under development, and things will definitely be different by then.

In short, after more than two years, Beijiang City has changed a lot, but overall, the city is still under construction, and many places are still in the planning stage, and have not yet truly become a big city.

"Yes, Leader Zhao, this is the drone developed by our project team."

Yang Jihui said respectfully.

Like Chai Yunzhen, Li Weihan and others, he was among the first group of college students sent to the Shaya Laboratory area in 1963.

There were a total of eighty college students in this batch at that time. Now, all of these eighty college students have become the backbone of the team or hold important positions.

Yang Jihui became the leader of the UAV project team, but even so, he was respectful in front of Zhao Mancang and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

This is not only because Zhao Mancang is not only the leader of Shaya Laboratory, but also because all the technical drawings, R&D equipment, etc. of the drone in front of him were provided by Zhao Mancang.

In other words, the drone was not developed by Yang Jihui and his team themselves; they were merely the executors.

"Okay, let's start the test."

Zhao Mancang nodded and gave the order.

This drone is more advanced than the previous generations of drones. Not to mention the advanced technologies such as the remote control system and the more powerful gyroscope technology, the battery alone is already far ahead.

Because this battery is not a lead-acid battery, nor a lithium-ion battery, but a lithium-air battery.

Lithium-air battery is a product that was finally realized by another battery research and development team after five years of precipitation and hard work.

Of course, the lithium-air battery, as an extremely advanced black technology battery, also owes its emergence to Zhao Mancang.

This technical team not only has three college students of the same period as Yang Jihui as technical backbones, but the other members are also outstanding graduates from Jiaolong School.

The entire team consisted of sixty-seven people, and the research and development took five years. Finally, with the help of relevant laboratory data, technical drawings, etc. provided by Zhao Mancang, the product was finally developed.

Otherwise, even if they were given another ten years, they might not be able to develop it.

Because lithium-air batteries are so advanced, the theoretical development alone will take a lot of time, not to mention other aspects.

This drone, named Eagle 7, is equipped with a lithium-air battery that is enough to allow it to fly continuously for 300 kilometers when fully loaded.

The Eagle 7 UAV has a weight of 32 kilograms and a payload capacity of 50 kilograms, which is indeed very powerful.

After half a day of testing, Zhao Mancang also saw the powerful performance of this drone.

So he gave orders without hesitation, immediately arranged production tasks, hurried to debug the production line, prepared raw materials, and started production as soon as possible.

Others didn't know what would happen next, but Zhao Mancang knew it very well. Therefore, he had to be prepared.

In the Shaya laboratory area, Zhao Mancang also inspected it again, confirmed the black technology that could be used, and then arranged production without hesitation.

Two days later, Zhao Mancang returned to Beijiang City.

After landing in Beijiang City, he asked Hong Kong Island to transport a large amount of supplies back.

Tents, instant noodles, mineral water, etc., these are the supplies currently needed in Beijiang City.

After all, there are many projects waiting to be developed in Beijiang City, and many construction workers sleep directly on the construction site. If there are not enough tents or the like, they cannot get a good rest.

Summer is coming soon and there are more and more mosquitoes. It would be much better if we had a tent.

The most important thing is that when summer comes, the demand for electricity will increase.

At this time, Beijiang City must be able to provide sufficient electricity.

Several coal-fired power plants had to run at full capacity, and power demand had to be determined.

Therefore, the reserve and demand for power talents are also soaring.

With the arrival of June, several transport planes arrived at the apron of Meiziba Airport.

The workers working on the highway saw the plane overhead and heard the huge roar, and they all talked about it.

“If you don’t know, you’d think we’re going to fight.”

As the person in charge of Beijiang City, Hong Xuanji stood next to Zhao Mancang and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the latter shook his head and said:

"If we want Beijiang City to develop, this amount of supplies is definitely not enough. In the future, our passenger flights will definitely be more frequent than this. Only in this way can we truly develop."

One of Zhao Mancang's positioning of Beijiang City is a tourist city, so if more tourists cannot be transported in from outside, the city will definitely not be able to develop.

Simply relying on siphoning the population from surrounding urban areas is definitely not enough.

The film and television bases, power plants, cement plants, etc. currently built in Beijiang City are definitely not enough.

More factories need to be built, but for now, Zhao Mancang has not really used any big moves.

For example, investing in the construction of a large automobile processing plant, or investing in a computer processing plant.

Whether it is Causeway Bay Automotive Group or Robot Computer Company, these two multinational companies are labor-intensive high-tech giants.

If these two companies plan to build new factories and Beijiang City "strives" to acquire these two factories, then it will definitely provide two major development engines for the city of Beijiang.

But now is not the time for reform and opening up, so Zhao Mancang is not in a hurry at all, and there is no need to be in a hurry.

In the blink of an eye, it was July.

The closer it got to this time, the more anxious and nervous Zhao Mancang became.

He could obviously make arrangements in advance, but he didn't dare and couldn't do so.

Some things are just like that. Once he really does this, something bad is bound to happen.

On July 2nd, heavy rain fell in the area near Beijiang City, and the garden in front of the Limidong Villa was in a mess.

Under the strong wind and heavy rain, the blooming flowers were all blown to and fro, and the petals fell all over the ground.

There is a sense of defeat as the chrysanthemums are scattered all over the ground.

Zhao Mancang did not take care of the garden because the heavy rain was still continuing.

"Hey, Xiaohong? Listen up! The heavy rain is still continuing. Send someone to monitor the water level in the Beijiang River. If it reaches the warning line, immediately proceed according to the original plan. Also, contact the leaders of Baiyun City and other downstream cities immediately."

Looking at the heavy rain outside the window, Zhao Mancang picked up the satellite phone and called Hong Xuanji directly.

As the top leader of Beijiang City, the latter certainly understood the importance of this matter, so he nodded very seriously.

Due to its geographical location, the city of Beijiang must always pay attention to weather conditions after entering spring and summer every year. Once it encounters heavy rain, it must make relevant arrangements in advance.

Nowadays, there are several hydropower stations in Beijiang City.

In addition, dozens of medium and large reservoirs have been built in the Beijiang City, which play an extremely important role in regulating natural disasters such as floods and droughts.

Qujiang in the upstream area also benefited from this.

However, under such heavy rainfall, even with the help of hydropower stations and reservoirs, it still cannot be stopped.

So arrangements must be made in advance.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Mancang looked gloomy, still worried about the situation in the north.

After all, flood disasters are just minor problems. After all, he has made so many arrangements. The heavy rain in Beijiang City this time will definitely not cause any major problems.

You should know that before the heavy rain came, major hydropower stations had already begun releasing water on a large scale to generate electricity.

Even the reservoirs have begun to release some water in preparation for the coming heavy rain.

On the other hand, after the heavy rain lasted for three hours, a large number of drones began to take off, monitoring the rainfall conditions in various parts of Beijiang in real time in places such as Yuwan, Meiziba, Qingxi, and Dayuan.

Qujiang in the upstream area is also under surveillance.

Once there is continuous rainfall, such as heavy rain lasting five hours or even longer, other measures will inevitably be taken.

There are many preventive measures, and Zhao Mancang does not believe that Beijiang City cannot cope with such a flood disaster.

On the contrary, the situation in the north is even more disheartening, and its destructive power is also very strong.

Three days later, the rain finally stopped in Beijiang City.

According to the weather forecast, even if it rains in the next few days, it will be light rain or drizzle.

Zhao Mancang looked at the fallen flowers in the garden, picked up a broom and started working.

After finishing the work, I looked at the tidy garden and finally smiled.

In the afternoon, Hong Xuanji, Lu Shengwen and others came to the Limidong Villa and reported to Zhao Mancang about the current situation in Beijiang City.

The losses are not serious and everything is still under control.

"Very good, then keep the relevant records. For the personnel from various departments involved in this operation, reward those who deserve it and punish those who deserve it."

After saying this, Zhao Mancang announced that he would be returning to the capital soon.

(End of this chapter)