Homo sapiens

January 15th.

The middle reaches of the Nile.

Kom Ombo is a big city along the river not far from the Aswan Dam.

Thousands of local residents stood on the heights of the buildings to the east, looking out at the khaki desert to the east.

In the early morning sunshine, a huge creature was slowly advancing towards Kom Ombo City.

The person who arrived was the canal vessel Juxi No. 1. Thirteen days ago, Juxi No. 1 advanced all the way from the inland of Hongku Port, using four shifts to dig in the direction of Kom Ombo day and night.

After 13 days of hard work, the 315-kilometer-long canal finally arrived near Kom Ombo.

Captain Lin Shengbin looked at the planning map in his hand, compared the satellite positioning with the map, and quickly shouted: "Start turning around, turning 90 degrees to the south."

"receive."

In the cockpit, everyone was busy in an orderly manner.

Juxi No. 1 turned around 3.4 kilometers east of Kom Ombu City, preparing to dig a double line of the canal back to Hongku Port.

Right now.

A 5,000-ton passenger ship also came to the corner from Hongku Port. The special iron bridge slowly stretched out and was placed on the relatively solid ground on the shore.

The local management staff of Kom Ombo, who had received the notice early, had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as they saw the iron bridge extending over, they rushed over in a swarm.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a clean and simple mustache and a slicked back hair. His eyes were full of complexity and envy.

After a while, the passengers on the passenger ship also walked off the iron bridge carrying large and small bags of luggage.

A reluctant smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face: "Welcome to all guests of Homo Sapiens Company to Kom Ombo. I am Sabu, the person in charge here."

Hu Mingliang (Orang Huk), the manager sent by Coral Construction Group to set up a branch here, smiled and stretched out his hand: "Hello, I am Hu Mingliang, the branch manager of Coral Construction Group stationed in Aswan."

The two chatted for a while.

There are a total of 1,200 construction teams and management personnel sent here.

They will be responsible for planning the intersection of the southern canal and the Nile River, as well as improving the infrastructure of the Port of Kom Ombo.

"Mr. Sabu, our company needs to recruit about 3,000 temporary workers locally. Is there any wasteland nearby the city? Deserts are also fine."

Sabu took out a local map and pointed to several areas: "These are wastelands relatively close to the city. There is a Gobi Desert on the east side."

Hu Mingliang looked at the location on the map, then picked up the telescope and looked into the distance.

This is a Gobi desert with an area of ​​4.7 square kilometers. To be precise, it is a rocky weathered area. Apart from some stones and sand, there are not even a few weeds on it.

Hu Mingliang turned to the leader of the planning team and asked: "Beiyang, where is the Gobi Desert?"

Kamijou Hokuyo was also checking the map, but he was looking at the satellite topographic map provided by the company. This topographic map with an accuracy of 0.2 meters has already marked contours.

He looked at the location and altitude of the Gobi Desert: "The average altitude of the Gobi Desert is about 72 meters. There is a low-lying salt marsh area on one side with an average altitude of 26 meters. We can consider digging the salt marsh deeper and turning it into a An artificial lake.”

"How much is the project volume?" Hu Mingliang asked.

Kamijou Hokuyo calculated: "The area is 7.6 square kilometers. If we need to dig down to 45 meters below sea level, it will take about 6 days to complete it by bringing in a giant rhinoceros-type ditching ship."

Hearing this, Hu Mingliang shook his head helplessly: "There are two giant rhinoceros canal vessels on the Suez side. Haitian Agriculture has borrowed one vessel, and the other vessel is digging a double line for the canal and cannot be transferred temporarily."

"Where's the new ship?"

"The headquarters is urging the shipyard to build, and it is estimated that the next batch of five canal vessels will be put into service, but they will not be available until May."

Kamijou Beiyang scratched his head: "This Gobi Desert is the most suitable. Other places are either wheat fields or cotton fields."

After thinking for a while, Hu Mingliang decided: "Then let's do it here! Let's do other construction first."

Sabu on the side reminded: "Manager Hu, there are no roads in this Gobi Desert, and there are no running water pipes around it. Life may be very inconvenient."

Hu Mingliang waved his hand: "Don't worry, we will solve it ourselves."

Although he didn't know how the other party would solve the problem, Sabu also knew that it was best not to inquire about such things casually. He continued to introduce the customs and customs around Kom Ombo.

The two sides chatted for more than half an hour, and finally Hu Mingliang sent the person in charge of the personnel team to follow Sabu to Kom Ombo City to prepare for the job fair.

Hu Mingliang began to prepare for the construction of the Gobi Desert New Area.

A number of armored vehicles, pickup trucks and engineering equipment were unloaded from the passenger ship's cargo bay.

The first is to build a temporary dock to facilitate the unloading of subsequent transport ships.

Although the canal currently only has a single line, with a width of 120 to 130 meters and some lake areas formed in low-lying areas, two-way transportation can be achieved as long as the scheduling of transportation tasks is well controlled and the lake area is used as an intersection area.

As for the canal with an average depth of 20 to 45 meters, transport ships of the 50,000-ton deadweight class can easily pass through.

However, considering that the width of the canal is still insufficient at this time, the Hongku Port Management Company only allows transport ships of 10,000 tons and below to sail in the canal.

Some pillars were first built on the temporary pier to enhance the stability of the strata in the area to prevent them from being collapsed by sea water.

At the same time, a water purification truck is used to pump seawater from the canal and pass through the biological nano-unidirectional permeability layer to produce about 50 tons of pure water every day.

The power generation truck provided electricity to the temporary camp, the water purification truck provided drinking water, and the satellite communication truck provided network services.

At noon that day.

A 10,000-ton bulk carrier arrived at the temporary dock.

There are self-unloading equipment on the bulk carrier, and the transported engineering vehicles, mechanical equipment, and raw materials will be unloaded on the temporary dock.

Various modular equipment were quickly used to build a navigation lighthouse and shipping dispatch center on the temporary dock.

Various supporting facilities in the temporary dock area are increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than three days, equipment and materials were continuously supplied through transport ships with an eight-hour shift. Not only was the temporary dock built in style, but also a dock that could accommodate 3,000 people appeared in the Gobi Desert New Area. Temporary employee town.

Sabu, who has been paying attention here, is also very shocked by the construction speed of the Homo sapiens company.

In fact, during these three days, the temporary terminal also supplied 2,000 tons of prepared flour and 200 tons of palm oil to Kom Ombu City to alleviate the local food shortage problem.

At the same time, it is also to win people's hearts and facilitate the next job fair.

The emergence of this new canal means that materials transported from the Red Sea to the Aswan region do not need to detour through Cairo, reducing the transportation distance by nearly two-thirds.

Why did the Homo sapiens company build the canal?

The purpose is to facilitate the transportation of bulk commodities.

The cost-effectiveness of the railway in the Suez area is too low, or in other words, the cost-effectiveness of the railway in the entire Sahara Desert is very low.

The main reason is that the desert climate here can easily damage the railways. In addition, many areas are no-man's land. The passenger transportation value of the railways is not high and can only be used to transport materials such as minerals and food.

For example, the economic core area of ​​the Suez region is the Nile Delta and the narrow Nile Valley plain. There is no need to build railways in other areas.

But canals are different. Canals can revitalize coastal areas.

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