Genshin Impact, the new God of Grass, makes Xumi great again

Well, Liyue is a good choice. It has money and resources, and most importantly, it doesn’t have any industry. It is really a good partner.

As for what to exchange, Nashida certainly had some preparations.

For example, helping Liyue solve the pollution problem in the Chasm, or the demon residues everywhere.

In order to solve the problem of dangerous substances that have plagued Liyue for thousands of years, Liyue will naturally have to pay a sufficient price.

Of course, it’s not impossible for Nashida to help Zhongli with his strategy for governing the country.

As long as Zhongli is willing, he can send some young talents from Liyue to Xumi to study, learn what it means to seek truth from facts and what class theory is.

All in all, in the foreseeable future, Liyue and Xumi will definitely establish a fairly friendly partnership.

The friendship between Li and Xu will last forever!

Chapter 157 Heavy Industrial Base

Ormos Port Coastal Industrial Development Zone

With the smooth progress of the first five-year plan, a brand new building complex sprang up on the outskirts of the port of Ormos, bringing a different new look to this ancient port.

Unlike some assembly plants previously established by Zhidong and Fontaine Capital near the Port of Omos, this new cluster of factories is almost entirely composed of different heavy industrial enterprises.

Here, you can find a variety of industrial sectors such as steel, metallurgy, chemical industry, machinery, etc.

It can even be said that as long as it is a basic industrial sector you can think of, you can find the corresponding factory enterprise here.

The level of development of a country's light industry largely represents the quality of life of its people.

Then the level of development of a country's heavy industry is an important indicator to measure whether a country's comprehensive national strength is strong.

Because light industry is only responsible for producing social consumer goods, but heavy industry is the source of social material production materials.

To put it in simple terms, light industry is the industry responsible for producing goods for everyone on the shelves, and heavy industry is the industry that produces machines for light industry to produce goods.

It can be said that for a country that wants to move towards independence, it can do without developed light industry, but it must not be without heavy industry as the cornerstone of the country.

Without an independent heavy industrial base, no matter how high the living standards of a country are, it will be like a rootless duckweed and will be restricted by others in every way.

Therefore, in order to make the country truly strong, the development of heavy industry is of utmost importance. This is why this industrial park must be built even if so many trees near the port of Omos have to be cut down.

The purpose is to strengthen Xumi's comprehensive national strength and prepare for the subsequent industrialization of Xumi.

After all, before the construction of this large industrial park, Xumi could make tables and chairs, but it could not even produce a decent industrial product. The manufacturing industry of the entire country was still at a rather primitive level.

Therefore, in order to complete the country's industrialization as soon as possible and to make up for the lack of technical reserves and practical experience, a large amount of technical and financial assistance from Zhidong was inevitably used when building this industrial zone.

Fortunately, due to Xumi's tough attitude in this cooperation, and the fact that Zhidong's weak point is still in Xumi's hands, these companies are all firmly controlled by Xumi people without exception.

In other words, these enterprises are all state-owned enterprises of Xumi, and all their production activities will be subject to the constraints of the Xumi State Planning Commission.

Moreover, these enterprises are fundamentally different from the public-private partnerships and private enterprises that still exist in large numbers in Xumi, both in terms of their ownership form and distribution system.

This also leads to the fact that the fundamental purpose of these companies is not to make profits, but to assume social responsibilities to the greatest extent possible and contribute to the development of the Xumi country.

With their joint efforts, Xumi's industrialization is progressing rapidly, and from time to time it can provide corresponding materials for certain special projects.

For example, the reason why Tifa came here today was to pick up a batch of specially customized experimental products.

"Comrade Tifa, we have already completed the production of the targets previously issued by the Planning Commission, and we are just waiting for you to come and pick up the goods."

Next to Tifa, a middle-aged bald man was reporting to him on the completion of this special production task.

From his shiny hair and factory director's uniform, it is not difficult to tell that he should be the person in charge of this steel company.

Therefore, when Tifa came to pick up the goods on behalf of Xumi City, it was natural for him to come out and introduce them to Tifa.

"Although the requirements were strange and we had never manufactured long steel products of this shape before, we still completed the task on time under the leadership of our technical backbones and the workers who worked day and night to solve the problem."

At this point, the person in charge was obviously very proud, and even his words carried a hint of "taking credit".

But once you understand the difficulty of their mission, you will know that it is very normal for him to have such thoughts.

Because the order given to this steel company this time is really a difficult task to accomplish.

After all, looking at the entire Teyvat, there probably wouldn't be anyone else who would need such a large and strange amount of steel components.

I don’t know why Xumi City needs so many I-shaped steel bars. The requirements are so high, and they must be both pressure-resistant and heat-resistant.

As a result, for many days, except for eating and sleeping, they had been working with Zhidonglai's technical consultant to solve the problem of manufacturing this special steel component.

Finally, after a long period of research and development, one after another steel structures that met the standards were produced and piled up one by one at the port of the industrial zone.

Next, they will be loaded onto ships here and transported from the Port of Omos Industrial Zone to Xumi City, where they will play their true role.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will report your excellent performance to my superiors, but now please load all these rails onto the ship and then transport them to Xumi City."

Facing the almost explicit meaning of the person in charge, Tifa was neither happy nor sad. While she expressed appreciation with words, her tone was very calm.

After so much experience, Tifa has grown from a young boy to a capable manager.

You know, he was already dealing with workers during the war, and even after the war, he still knew how to deal with workers.

Therefore, when faced with such unplanned requirements, he handled them very skillfully, ensuring the interests of all parties without crossing the bottom line.

"Well, I'll arrange for the workers to lift them all onto the ship."

After getting the answer he wanted, the person in charge did not continue to procrastinate and went directly to the workers to arrange work.

Afterwards, one steel piece after another was lifted up by the port's large cranes and piled onto the ships at the port, and would soon be transported to Xumi City.

This is also the reason why Xumi’s first industrial base was chosen to be built in Port Omos instead of Xumi City.

Because of sea transportation, the industrial base of the Port of Omos can obtain a large amount of raw materials at a very low cost, and can also quickly ship the products away by sea.

This is a locational advantage that Xumi City, which is deep inland and only has inland shipping, does not have.

"By the way, how is the collection of other materials going?"

Looking at the steel parts being continuously lifted onto the ship, Tifa asked the secretary behind her about the progress of the transportation of other materials.

"They are already being loaded onto the ship, and we expect that they will soon be able to meet Xumi City's needs."

After getting the expected answer, Tifa nodded, and then left the port without looking back.

In addition to the long steel strips called "railroad tracks", there are also rectangular hardwood items called "sleepers" and standard long spikes called "railway spikes", which are all items that Tifa is going to deliver to Xumi City on this mission.

But as for what these things are used for after they are made, that is none of Tifa's business.

Chapter 158: The Prototype of a Train

"Lord Grass God, distinguished guests, this is the latest technological achievement of our Xumi."

With her back to the locomotive with billowing steam behind her, Falushan, the chief engineer of the steam engine and power project, is introducing its performance and design indicators to the guests.

Since Falushan took office, as a direct subordinate of Cao Shen and also responsible for the research and development of cutting-edge technology, this is not the first time she has done this kind of introduction work, and her every word and action seems to be done with ease.

Whenever she introduced something new, what she enjoyed most was the curious and surprised expressions on the visitors' faces after listening to her introduction, and this time was no exception.

"Through long-term testing on vehicles and ship platforms, coupled with the technical guidance of Mr. Cao Shen, we have successfully overcome technical difficulties one after another and realized this new power configuration."

After the iteration of small-scale car-mounted steam engines and large-scale ship-mounted steam engines, and the initial establishment of the Xumi steel and metallurgical industry, the shortage of steel was alleviated, and Xumi's scientific researchers began further research on new power sources.

As the research continued to deepen, combined with the information previously provided by Nashida, they eventually developed a new means of transportation.

It is a unique vehicle that uses a steam engine as power and runs on two rows of parallel steel tracks.

This vehicle is similar to the capstan minecarts commonly seen in mines, but it has its own power and its tracks have a much greater carrying capacity.

Of course, due to the immaturity of technology, the performance of the small motorcycle behind Falushan is not very good, and its horsepower and carrying capacity are very limited.

But this was enough to attract Nashida's attention. After learning that Falushan and others had created the prototype of the train, she almost immediately expressed her support.

Because with the gradual development of Xumi's economy, the connections between various parts of Xumi have become increasingly close, and the demand for cargo transportation has naturally increased sharply.

However, with the increase in demand for cargo transportation, the transportation capacity in various parts of Xumi has not increased significantly. Even though state-owned transportation companies have been established and can make overall plans with the highest efficiency, they seem to be unable to cope with the explosive growth in transportation capacity demand.

Especially after the establishment of many modern industrial and mining enterprises, the severity of this problem has become more and more serious.

After all, unlike agriculture, industry is all about efficiency. If a factory wants to operate well, it must maintain sufficient throughput, whether in or out. Only when it exceeds a certain limit can it snowball.

Under such circumstances, Xumi's original land and inland river transportation seemed inadequate.

Therefore, in order to solve the problems of slow inland waterway shipping and limited road transport capacity, it is necessary to develop a new type of transportation.

Trains, a mode of transportation with large capacity and much faster speed than inland waterway transportation, are very suitable to solve the current rapidly growing transportation capacity demand in Xumi.

Therefore, after comprehensively considering the current situation of Xumi, Nashida decided to open up a piece of vacant land on the outskirts of Xumi and build an experimental railway to test the locomotive.

If the test results are good, we can continue to increase investment and strive to allow Xumi to use real trains as soon as possible.

So when this short section of railway was completed, in order to show support, Nashida brought a large group of New Xumi executives and reporters including Elhaisen to the platform where the locomotive was parked.

The purpose is to affirm this at the official level and let the world know how much she values ​​it.

"In the future, we will also develop more efficient and cleaner locomotives to better serve the people of Xumi."

After finishing the introduction and waiting for the reporters to record this historic moment with their cameras, Falushan led everyone to the carriage behind the locomotive.

"The train is about to depart. Please pack your belongings and be careful of the shaking of the carriage."

After everyone took their seats curiously, the order to depart was conveyed to the driver in front.

Woo~

Then, a long whistle sounded throughout the station, accompanied by the sound of "Kuang Kuang Kuang", the train slowly left the platform and rushed forward.

"The entire train journey takes about 30 minutes, so please enjoy it."

Amid the rumble of the train, Falushan finally finished her tour guide duties for the day and found an opportunity to sit next to Nashida.

Compared with her verbal introduction, this train trip undoubtedly left a more profound impression on everyone through their personal experience.

"Faroshan, you did a great job this time and deserve praise." Nashida did not hesitate to praise Farusan, asking Elhaisen beside her to make way for Farusan.

This time, Falushan really gave her a big surprise. She did not expect that after all the previous academic cliques were overthrown, the enthusiasm of these scholars would be so high that they were producing results almost day and night.

Even many of the things that existed only in her information, they had achieved a lot, truly worthy of the title of Sumeru, the Kingdom of Wisdom.

"But judging from your behavior, you seem to have something on your mind?"

She smiled gently at Falushan. Even without using telepathy, she could tell something was wrong from Falushan's hesitant expression.

It seems that the chief technical master of Xumi and his technical boys have some unique ideas.

"Yes, Lord Grass God, I can't hide it from you." Falushan felt a little embarrassed when Nashida revealed her little thoughts.

Even though she likes to think of herself as a senior and usually treats everyone as a junior, she still can't help but feel a little nervous when facing the God of Grass.

For the native people of Teyvat, even if they have experienced the baptism of equal rights ideas, their respect for gods will not change.

However, she quickly adjusted her mood and began to express the thoughts that had been in her heart for a long time.

"Lord Grass God, regarding the matter of the train, my juniors and I would like to make a request to you."

Falushan's tone was very sincere, and it was obvious that she also realized that she was acting without prior consultation and that she lacked confidence.

But for her own and everyone's pursuit of scientific research, she still mustered up the courage to continue speaking.

"We would like to ask you to give up and further develop the steam locomotive."

After these words were spoken, even Elhaisen, who was reading a book nearby, looked over and felt a little curious.

In this situation, when Nashida had expressed clear support, these researchers wanted to stop the development of steam locomotives. What on earth did they want to do?

"Oh, can you tell me why?" But Nashida was not surprised by this. Instead, she gave Falushan an encouraging look.

Chapter 159: The Concept of the Suli Community

"Oh, can you tell me why?"

Nashida's tone was very gentle, and her eyes with green four-leaf seal were curved like crescent moons, revealing encouragement.

Based on her understanding of Falushan, since the other party would make this request, it must be for a reason. She might as well listen to the other party's explanation.

"Lord Grass God, this is what happened..." Under Nashida's encouraging gaze, Falushan gradually explained the whole story.

It turned out that after making several steam locomotive prototypes, a group of researchers had a discussion about whether to continue improving the steam locomotive.

Because in the view of many researchers, steam locomotives have many inherent defects that are difficult to overcome since their birth.

For example, there are a series of problems such as low thermal efficiency, dependence on water sources, severe environmental pollution, and unstable power output.