After Zhao Yi arrived in Korla City, the weather in the past few days did not meet the conditions for large-scale artificial rainfall. According to the weather forecast, high-altitude cloudy weather will appear in three days, and then it will be the time to implement artificial rainfall.
It was impossible for him to stay here for three days, so he took advantage of this opportunity to take a helicopter trip to Lop Nur to see the construction situation on site.
The last time I came here, many projects here have not started because the mechanical equipment that can be transferred is very limited, and it is impossible to complete such a large-scale construction task solely by manpower.
Compared with cars, helicopters are obviously much faster. In order to facilitate contact, Yaoguang Environmental Management Company purchased 10 civilian version helicopters from China Military Industrial Company.
Compared with the helicopters of Tianshu Machinery Company, the helicopters of Huaxia Military Industry Company fly faster, have better stability, and can transport larger tonnage of goods.
In this vast Gobi area, it is a very good means of transportation, and it is very necessary for such a large and sparsely populated place.
When the helicopter reaches the sky above Lop Nur, you can see the dense crowds and various working tools below, which is very spectacular.
In particular, the super excavator customized and produced by Tianshu Machinery Company stands like a super cylindrical building at the work site, and the connected earth conveyor belts spread around like the tentacles of an octopus.
In order to allow the transmission device to adapt to more terrains, it adopts a power-separated structure, which can realize quick splicing and random combination, and a lot of optimization has been carried out in terms of directional adjustment such as turning.
This allows for the completion of on-site earthmoving operations and the transfer to nearby operations. There is no need to move the previously laid conveyor device, and it is enough to directly reduce or add new conveyor devices.
In addition to the super excavators showing off their skills on site, there are also many conventional excavators and an equally large number of transport vehicles, busy operating in various places in Lop Nur.
There are 200,000 workers at the construction site, nearly half of whom are recruited from the local area. The masters will be familiar with the mechanical operations and train operators for the subsequent arrival of more mechanical equipment.
After inspecting the work from the air and checking the overall work situation here, Zhao got off the plane and stood on the construction site in person. It was a different scene.
The scene was buzzing with people, and the roaring sound of machines could be heard. The sound of ordinary excavators and cars was already loud. Unexpectedly, the sound of super excavators was even louder.
Especially the sound of the reamer grinding the stone was really harsh. He glanced at the staff on site. Most of them wore headphones and communicated through wireless communication.
Because being in this environment for a long time without taking protective measures will really damage people's hearing. After standing here for a while, he felt that his ears were not his own, and it was basically difficult to hear clearly the conversations of the people around him.
Fortunately, after a while, the staff brought over a pair of electronic earplugs. After putting them on, although I could still hear the outside sounds, it was much better. Personnel communication was completely completed by such electronic earplugs, and the sound was very clear.
After walking around and looking around, he was quite satisfied with the working conditions at the work site. Everyone was working hard at their jobs, and it was much better than he imagined.
Generally, the most difficult thing about such a super project is the management of personnel. How to enable everyone to complete their tasks without perfunctory superiors is a very difficult task.
After years of practice, Yaoguang Environmental Management Company has summarized its own method, which can effectively mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to work at the same time, and each staff member can clearly understand what they want to do.
We also have our own set of supervision methods for homework results to ensure that all links can be completed according to quality and quantity. Otherwise, if everyone is perfunctory, the results will be very different.
The construction site is to the north of the old Lop Nur site, close to the Tarim River. We are the first to carry out deep excavation work in this area to facilitate the inflow of water from the Tarim River in the future.
After walking around the construction site, he wanted to see how the logistics support was done. Knowing that with so many people working, the logistics support work would definitely be very difficult.
As a boss, and a boss who is not responsible for specific affairs, he rarely pays attention to the logistics support work. Even when he went to inspect before, he rarely paid special attention to the logistics arrangements.
Compared with places such as the Badan Desert in Jilin, the climate here is harsher and the working environment is very difficult. Just standing here for a while, he felt that his face was covered with sand, and his mouth was extremely dry.
In addition, it is now the hottest period. If the logistics support cannot be done well, then big problems are likely to occur. It also made him realize that for a super project like this, logistics support is one of the keys to success. .
Find the director of the Lop Nur Project Logistics Department, accompany him to review the logistics arrangements here, and act as an explainer to let him understand the guarantee situation here.
This is a vast desert and Gobi. It is impossible to build concrete houses, and it cannot be built in a short time. Therefore, the staff still live in houses built with modular boards.
However, these houses are obviously very different from those used in the mainland. They pay more attention to firmness and thermal insulation, and the cost is naturally higher, but Zhao Yi doesn't care about this.
He entered a simple workshop. Compared with the outside, the temperature inside dropped significantly. Although it was still a little hot, it was not that uncomfortable.
"Don't you have air conditioning?" Zhao Yi asked.
Although it is not as hot as outside, it is still quite difficult to get a good sleep. In addition, since these are dormitories, the smell is naturally not very good, and the quality of sleep is naturally difficult to imagine.
"Instead of purchasing independent air conditioners, we purchased movable collective air conditioning and ventilation equipment specially developed and produced by Polaris Company. In this way, the overall cost will be reduced and the effect will be much better." asked the logistics director.
Hearing what he said, Zhao Yi also became interested and said, "Take me to see it."
The houses here are built in circles, with large circles inside small circles. The number of houses in a settlement is 1,000, which can provide accommodation for 4,000 workers in total.
In the center of the circle, there are public facilities, such as kitchens, bathhouses, and warehouses. The movable central air-conditioning and ventilation equipment that the logistics director said are also arranged here.
When Zhao Yi saw it, he was also frightened by this big guy. It was said that the central air conditioner was actually modified from the fresh air system of Polaris Company. It not only has the function of adjusting the temperature, but also has the function of ventilation, sterilization and clean air.
The height of the equipment reaches 15 meters, and the diameter reaches 20 meters. Standing here, it is obviously smaller. Even Zhao Yi did not expect that there is such a huge mobile air conditioner.
"How did it come here?" Zhao Yi asked curiously.
Conventional means of transportation will definitely not be able to transport it. Not only is it huge in size, but it is certainly not light in weight. There is a weight limit for running on the highway, and if we don't use the highway here, it will be very difficult to pull it over.
"This big thing seems to be one piece. Mr. Zhao, take a closer look. There are splicing gaps here. When they were transported, they were all parts and components, and they were assembled here.
In order to facilitate disassembly and assembly, this mobile central air conditioner from Polaris Company does not require the use of a single screw. It is all designed using mechanical techniques, making assembly and disassembly very convenient.
Even though the whole thing is so big, it only took three days to assemble it. But disassembly is faster and can be completed in one and a half days.
The air circulation and temperature adjustment of the surrounding rooms all rely on this equipment, and we have more than 50 such equipment here. "said the logistics director.
"How much does one cost?" Zhao Yi asked.
"The price of giant equipment like this is not cheap. The price of one unit is as high as 2 million yuan. On average, each equipment can supply 4,000 rooms, which is equivalent to spending 500 yuan to install air conditioners in each room.
However, this equipment has more functions and better effects than a stand-alone air conditioner. It is also more energy-saving overall. This is the main reason why we purchase this equipment. "Logistics replied.
The price cannot be said to be expensive. Now the price of independent air conditioners has dropped a lot. You can buy it for more than 200 yuan, which is even cheaper than that.
However, conventional air conditioners are not very easy to use in this place. First, the wind and sand are strong, and the sand particles can easily block the air ducts or enter the equipment, making it very easy to be damaged.
Second, the independent air conditioner has poor air filtration effect. It is likely that sand will fly all over the sky when it is blown, let alone ventilation and other functions.
Third, this centralized central air-conditioning equipment has a humidification function, which is particularly suitable for the northwest climate and can create a more comfortable environment for employees.
Large-scale central air-conditioning equipment like this naturally has many more functions, and it has a very good effect on improving the living environment of workers. Although the average price per household is a bit high, it is still acceptable.
Moreover, such equipment was obviously specially developed by Polaris Company. Such equipment is not used in ordinary venues. Moreover, looking at the surroundings, it is obviously designed to prevent the intrusion of northwest wind and sand.
There are dense pipes connected to this central air conditioner, and the other end of these pipes is connected to the room where the workers live. Now the workers are going to work, so this equipment is currently only using part of its functions.
This has to be said about the structure inside this device. Although it looks like a whole from the outside, it is actually composed of relatively independent functional areas. These functional areas can work independently or as a whole.
In this situation, basically all the workers have gone to work, but the logistics staff need to be busy here, and they also need to use air conditioners to cool down.
This functional combination design is to solve this problem. If all functions are turned on, the energy consumption will naturally be very large, but if all functions are turned off, it is naturally not in line with the actual situation.
Nowadays, some functions of this central air conditioner are enabled in the logistics kitchen and other places, which can effectively solve the actual application scenarios, ensure the normal use of the logistics side, and at the same time, greatly save the cost of use.
There are many centralized equipment like this, such as centralized laundry equipment, which can provide laundry operations for thousands of people at the same time. Especially in the case of water shortage in the northwest, water resources can be recycled.
This equipment was developed by Fluctlight Environmental Management Company and uses many of their own technologies. The effect is naturally more resource-saving than a separate washing machine, and the results are much cleaner than a stand-alone washing machine.
Zhao Yi then checked the centralized laundry equipment, centralized bathing equipment, etc. These equipment were large in size and exquisitely designed, which surprised him, a well-informed person.
This shows that its technical staff are still very talented and can rely on their unique technical advantages to develop equipment that is suitable for use in scenarios.
The use scenarios of these equipment are not only found here. In fact, there are large construction sites all over the country. With these equipment, we can better provide logistical support for the staff.
In order to capture this part of the market, his companies must have developed related equipment suitable for various scenarios, and the market size is still very considerable.
The purchase price of centralized central air-conditioning here alone is as high as more than 100 million yuan, and it is available in so many construction sites across the country, and the market size is tens of billions of yuan.
Moreover, the automation of these equipment is very high, which can greatly reduce the pressure on logistics support and save logistics human resources. For example, centralized laundry equipment basically does not require manual operation.
The staff only need to change their clothes and put them into the grid with the same number as themselves, and the equipment will automatically clean it. After washing, it will automatically put it into the corresponding grid, and it also provides a drying function.
However, like in the northwest, there is no need to dry it. You can put it directly on the clothes drying rack to dry for a while. But in other places, especially the south, the drying function is very useful.
Even in the kitchen here, many of the equipment are automated. Otherwise, how could such a difficult logistical work be completed with so few logistical staff.
For a camp with more than 4,000 people like this, there are only 100 logistics staff in total, 10 of whom are responsible for overall planning, and the remaining 90 are responsible for handling specific affairs.
Zhao Yi also went to their cold storage to take a look and found that the supplies were quite sufficient, which meant that the material passage here was very smooth and there was no big problem in the transportation of materials.
In fact, things are not as simple as Zhao Yi imagined. Some storable materials cannot be transported by land, but they require a lot of time and energy.
Many materials that cannot withstand storage are transported directly by air via large transport aircraft. However, this method is not only costly, but also has a limited amount of material transportation.
Therefore, it is relatively rare to eat good food here. Basically, one meal a week is very good, and most of the food eaten is shelf-stable food.
Moreover, the airport here has not been built, and the air transport is just to drop the supplies directly by airdrop, which is very troublesome.
However, the project here will be a long-term one. A little further away, a simple airport is being built to park transport aircraft for easy use in emergencies.
For example, in the treatment of serious illnesses, the health system here has little problem in treating minor illnesses such as fevers and colds. However, if a serious illness occurs, you must go to a specialized hospital for treatment.
Obviously, land transportation is not only slow, but also very bumpy. Regardless of whether the patient can persist until that time, even the bumps may turn a minor illness into a serious one.
Building an airstrip here is a necessary investment and a task for the logistics department. However, this place is too remote, the basic conditions are relatively poor, and a lot of materials need to be transported.
Therefore, even if it is a simple airstrip, it is not easy to complete the construction. According to the report of the logistics department, it will not be until October that a simple runway can be built.
The hospital's health logistics system here only has 10 people, and the staff is still relatively tight. However, it has a complete range of medicines and is also equipped with equipment and facilities such as the intelligent diagnosis system of a Chinese medical company.
Although major treatments such as surgery are not possible, there are basically no major problems with common diseases and diseases that can be treated with drugs, which makes him quite satisfied.
Then I went to the kitchen to take a look. The kitchen facilities here are all automated equipment. Although the meals prepared are slightly different from those prepared manually, there is no problem in terms of cleanliness and hygiene.
He also took a look at the vegetable cleaning process, which requires a lot of labor. If it were not for the use of equipment, it would be difficult for so many people to complete meals for more than 4,000 people.
Then there is the protection of water resources. Located in a desert area, water resources are priority resources to ensure before any other resources. With more than 200,000 people gathered, the consumption of water resources is very huge.
The groundwater here is basically alkaline water. Not to mention the difficulty of obtaining water, the cost is relatively high to meet drinking water standards. Moreover, it is also very difficult for so many people to rely solely on groundwater supply.
This is not a matter of a day or two. The long-term water source problem must be solved, so the only way is to build a water pipeline and draw water from Yuli County in the north.
Not only that, a pipeline has also been built to reach Lake Tema. If water is only taken from one place, it is likely to cause water shortages in the local area, and water must be taken from multiple places.
In this way, the cost will be very high, but this is a necessary process. Only after a large amount of water is injected into Lop Nur in the future and a desalination plant is built, can the problem of water shortage in this area be fundamentally solved.
After going around in this way, I found that if I want to work in this vast desert area, the problems that need to be solved and considered are far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Especially for such large-scale construction projects, there are a large number of people, huge logistical support pressure, very difficult input of water resources and other resources, and the cost is also very high.
This made him even doubt that the previously calculated 2.5 trillion yuan was probably not enough. Nearly 1 trillion yuan was spent on machinery and equipment alone. Including the construction of auxiliary facilities, the scale of funds was also not small.
Artificial rainfall and other operations have not yet been implemented. Even if the funds spent on these fixed investments will be relatively reduced in the future, other investments will increase accordingly as the plan is fully implemented.
Therefore, his previous estimate of 2.5 trillion yuan seems optimistic. Not to mention doubling it, it is estimated that the investment of 4 trillion yuan will not be able to escape.
It's just that Zhao Yi doesn't care about this. If there is insufficient funds, it can only be extended a little longer. It is impossible to stop work, and the prospect of good governance is really attractive, so he has to work hard. .
Thinking back, maybe the government had a more realistic estimate of this matter than I did, so it gave him this task without hesitation, and his requirements were basically met.
From this point of view, he looks like a fool, but it doesn't matter if you think about it. Anyway, he is determined to do this. No matter how big the difficulties are, nothing can stop him. (End of chapter)