According to his plan, the main task this year is to complete basic earthwork operations, and at the same time carry out hydrogel experiments and the construction of related facilities. Of course, necessary terrain modification will also be carried out in the second half of this year.
This progress is much faster than previously expected, which is also the main reason why he is now facing increased financial pressure. If he had followed the previous plan, he would have invested up to 200 billion yuan this year.
But now the investment in machinery and equipment alone is already very huge, and there is also the explosives that China Military Industrial Company is constantly producing. At this rate, 100 billion yuan will be spent on explosives alone this year.
It's not that he can't make money, it's that the speed of making money can't keep up with the speed of spending money. Especially this year, the investment in machinery and equipment and related infrastructure construction has been concentrated, and too much money has been spent.
If the timeline is extended, Xuantian Technology Company can definitely cope with it with its earning power. Even if there is a gap, it will not be too big.
Therefore, part of the current funding gap can only be filled through bank loans, and at the same time, the income from Tianji Agricultural Company's Shuangshencao business can be used to fill the current funding gap.
According to his latest plan, the previously set 10-year goal can be completed in 5 years. The speed will at least double, and the money will naturally be spent even faster.
No matter what, he himself is relatively optimistic about the financial problem. Anyway, he has a huge gold reserve, so he won't panic.
Then he asked the logistics supervisor to accompany him to visit several other stations to check whether the situation was consistent. The results were similar, and there was no special arrangement because he came to inspect.
Zhao Yi spent the night here, staying in a room similar to that of a worker. Due to the central air conditioning, the temperature was controlled just right, allowing him to sleep well. Except for the bed being a bit small, there were no other major problems.
The next day he went to check the water pipeline. Due to time constraints, it was too late to build high-quality pipelines. The current water pipeline uses hoses as an alternative to temporarily solve the water shortage.
When using a hose to deliver water, you must pressurize the water suction end to open the originally dry hose. Fortunately, the water source is higher than the terrain here in Lop Nur. After pressurization, the effect is quite obvious.
Another is that if the hose encounters windy and sandy weather, it will easily be covered by gravel, forming a strong external pressure, causing the water resources to be unable to be transported smoothly. This is also a purpose of pressurized transportation, but at the same time, staff need to be dispatched to inspect and find problems in time. .
As for the fixed pipeline facilities, they have not been built, because according to the plan, after the hydrogel rainfall experiment is passed, large-scale artificial rainfall operations will be carried out.
By then, the amount of water resources flowing into Lop Nur from the Tarim River will increase significantly. The total amount may not be comparable to that at full power, but at least it will be able to bring a lot of water resources to Lop Nur.
As long as there are water resources, no matter what the water quality is, there is always a way to turn the water into drinkable water. It doesn't matter if it is more expensive, it is always much more cost-effective than building pipelines.
In the afternoon, Zhao Yi took a helicopter back to Korla City and arrived in the evening. The environment here was not a bit better than Lop Nur, at least the air was much better than there.
After resting here for a night, he got up at dawn and took the security personnel to follow the staff of Fluclight Environmental Management Company to the top of Tianshan Mountain to check the details of the outlet for releasing hydrogel.
Due to the short time, there are not many release pipelines and outlets completed so far, only 10. Other hydrogel production plants and release pipelines are still under construction. Basically, all such facilities will be constructed before this year. Finish.
Compared with the mountains below, the temperature above the Tianshan Mountains is very pleasant. Especially in summer, you need to wear thick clothes, otherwise you will feel obviously cold.
After Zhao Yi took a look at the situation at the scene, he took a helicopter and flew along the foothills of Tianshan Mountain to check the construction status of various release points. The day passed in this way.
After returning to Korla City to rest for a night, it was just dawn and Zhao Yi had just woken up when someone from the Fluctlight Environmental Management Company came over and told him that he would start releasing hydrogel particles soon.
Because according to the weather forecast, a large number of clouds will pass by in the early morning, which is the best time to release hydrogel particles. The hydrogel factory has begun to inject the produced hydrogel particles into the transportation pipeline. Released after half an hour.
According to computational simulations, you can basically see raindrops falling half an hour after releasing the hydrogel particles. It will take about an hour to see heavy rain fall.
Observers are now in place at various observation points. Many of these people got up early in the morning and rushed to the observation points because they currently do not know the specific conditions of the rain. There are many observation points set up and the range is very large.
After hearing what the staff said, Zhao quickly got up and rushed to the hydrogel factory without even having time to wash up, hoping to see the status of this "great" experiment as soon as possible.
If the hydrogel is not ideal, it will not prevent the plan from continuing, but it will definitely have twists and turns. It will probably take a month or two to adjust. If this happens repeatedly, it will be even more troublesome.
Therefore, he sincerely hopes that the hydrogel rainfall experiment can be a success so that other plans can proceed with peace of mind and the cost will not increase unnecessarily.
Although he has many alternatives at hand, the results are better than hydrogel, but the cost is much higher. The cost is about the same, but the effect is also much worse. Hydrogel has been his carefully selected product.
When he rushed to the hydrogel factory, Wei Donglai, the president of Fluolight Environmental Management Company, also rushed over. He also arrived by helicopter early this morning.
Originally, he was focusing on the Loess Plateau reconstruction project, but only one project manager was left in charge here. Compared to the situation on the Loess Plateau, it was not that important here.
Wei Donglai also realized that the effectiveness of hydrogel is the key to determining the future climate transformation of the Tarim Basin, but after taking a look, he was really worried.
When Zhao Yi arrived at the scene, the staff were all busy. Only Wei Dong came over to greet him and briefly introduced the situation here.
Hydrogel particles have begun to be added to the delivery pipeline. The site can also see the situation of the release port on the top of the mountain in real time, and can understand the release status of the release point in real time.
The weight of the hydrogel particles used in the experiment this time reached 1 million tons, and the scale is still quite large. If they all work, it will bring at least 1,000 times the rainfall, which is 1 billion tons of rainfall, which is approximately equal to 1 billion cubic meters of rainfall.
If the quantity is too small, there may be no obvious feeling even if it is sprinkled on the vast land, so simply increase the quantity used to make the effect more obvious.
There are only 10 release points connected to this hydrogel factory. On average, each release point needs to release 100,000 tons of hydrogel, which is very stressful.
Because high-altitude clouds are driven by high-altitude winds and move very fast. If the release is not completed within a short period of time, the clouds may have passed later, and the release will be of little significance.
Therefore, these 1 million tons of hydrogel must be released within half an hour. The earlier the better, so when releasing, it needs to be pressurized to speed up the release of the hydrogel.
In fact, the working environment on site became uncomfortable due to the noise produced by several very large blowers. At least Zhao Yi felt some discomfort in his ears after listening here for a long time.
So he simply went back to the monitoring room and sat down. Anyway, he could understand the data above. Sitting here, he could have a good understanding of the specific situation without having to stay in such a noisy place.
These 1 million tons of hydrogel particles only take about 20 minutes to complete. In another 10 minutes, they will basically come out of the release port and release the hydrogel particles into the sky.
The release process lasts for 20 minutes. At this time, high-altitude clouds just pass by the Tianshan Mountains and will basically meet the hydrogel particles. The water vapor is absorbed by the hydrogel particles, forming raindrops and falling down.
At this time, Wei Donglai also came to the monitoring room, sat with Zhao Yi, and looked at the monitoring screen quietly. He made the atmosphere a little tense.
"There is no need to be so nervous, things are often not that bad." Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"I'm a little nervous. If the effect is not good, then several months of time will be wasted." Wei Donglai responded with a smile.
These words made Zhao Yi want to roll his eyes. Although he knew it was not directed at him, there was a hint of distrust in his words.
Speaking of which, I have given Yaoguang Environmental Management Company so many good things, but what kind of results are not good? Although there may be cases where the hydrogel is not effective, it is impossible to have no effect at all.
It's just that Zhao Yi is not a fussy person. Wei Donglai has been working in the field all year round, and he is not as diplomatic as before. I don't know whether this is good or bad.
Time passed quietly. When he saw the hydrogel particles spurting out of the release port, Zhao Yi couldn't help but sit up straight and look at the surveillance screen.
Although the hydrogel is a transparent particle, but so many are gathered together and released together, some can still be vaguely seen on the monitoring screen, and the uploaded data shows that the release port is indeed releasing the hydrogel.
At this time, the project manager also arrived at the monitoring room. He simply said hello to Wei Donglai and Zhao Yi, then directly picked up the communication equipment and reported the situation to colleagues at each monitoring point to prepare for data collection.
When hydrogel particles are released into the air, it is basically difficult to have an effective method to monitor them. The only way to get an approximate data is through software simulation based on wind speed and air flow.
Then combined with the satellite cloud images transmitted by meteorological satellites, a rough estimate of the possible rainfall conditions and the number of rainfall directions can be obtained. Although it is not completely accurate, it is also an effective reference data.
Half an hour later, some monitoring points sent an abnormal report, showing that raindrops were falling. Although they were not large, after collecting them, they found that there were hydrogel particles in the raindrops.
This shows that the hydrogel particles have combined with high-altitude water vapor. If the amount of rain increases subsequently, it means that the effect of the hydrogel has been initially verified. Subsequently, it is necessary to evaluate the total amount of rain to finally form a more accurate conclusion.
Subsequently, various reports of rain came from various detection points, which showed that the hydrogel had fully spread and had relatively intensive contact with high-altitude water vapor.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Subsequently reported data showed that the rainfall at various monitoring points gradually increased, and some monitoring points were even experiencing heavy rainfall.
In desert areas, it is basically impossible to see heavy rain. A small amount of rainfall is possible. This shows that the effect of hydrogel is very good, and only hydrogel can promote the formation of heavy rain.
The rain began to form in the Heshuo area, and gradually spread south-east, crossing the Daxihaizi Reservoir, and reaching Yingsu as far away as possible. Although the rain became smaller as it went back, it showed that the hydrogel particles were in the air. The spread is very good.
The latest satellite cloud images transmitted also show that through artificial rainfall operations using hydrogel particles, the thickness of the cloud layer has been significantly reduced, and a large part of the cloud water vapor has turned into raindrops and fallen on the dry land.
The entire raining process lasted for 3 hours, and then it stopped raining completely. Then the data from various monitoring points was collected to calculate the total amount of rain this time.
According to calculations based on the data, the total amount of rain exceeded 1 billion cubic meters, which was larger than the theoretical data of hydrogel. This shows that in the process of hydrogel particles absorbing water vapor to form raindrops, it also promotes in disguise the originally unavailable raindrops. Raindrops are formed from water vapor that forms raindrops.
As a result, the actual rainfall is greater than the theoretically calculated rainfall. However, due to the large area, it is impossible to obtain accurate data. However, judging from this calculated data, the effect of the hydrogel is fully reflected.
This experiment proved that hydrogel has a very obvious effect on high-altitude artificial rainfall. The conditions for large-scale high-altitude artificial rainfall operations have been met, and subsequent work can be carried out with peace of mind.
After the relevant data came out, the scene suddenly burst into warm applause. Their hard work over the past few months was finally in vain. Everyone on the scene, including workers, engineers and managers, had expressions of excitement on their faces.
Even though their jobs are mediocre, they all understand that the hydrogel factory will be an important part of transforming the climate of the Northwest and the key to turning hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of desert into fertile farmland.
Not to mention them, even Zhao Yi, who was originally full of confidence, couldn't help but stand up and applauded fiercely with everyone present for this successful experiment. He was also quite excited inside.
I even couldn't help but want to give them bonuses to release my inner excitement, but after thinking about it, I suppressed my emotions rationally and did not do anything extraordinary.
Because bonuses have been paid here, the staff who are still working on Lop Nur and other projects must also receive bonuses. After all, their work is also work, and it is even much harder than here.
Moreover, such an impromptu decision he made might disrupt the management system of Yaoguang Environmental Management Company and bring some trouble to Wei Donglai, so he suppressed the thought that had just arisen.
Not long after the excitement at the scene passed, the leader of the National Meteorological Administration also called and sent a congratulatory letter to the project team here. The leader's face also flushed, and he was obviously very excited about this matter.
I originally thought that the call from the leader of the Meteorological Bureau would be over, but I didn’t expect that just as the phone was put down, the top leadership of the central government actually called and congratulated the experimental project team on their outstanding achievements.
Seeing that Zhao Yi was also at the scene, he even encouraged him alone, because he was the one who took out the hydrogel particles, so naturally he deserves the most credit.
After hanging up the phone with the leader, Zhao Yi was in a good mood, but his feelings were not that deep. After all, there have been too many leaders who have interacted with him over the years, and he has passed the stage of being easily excited.
For many staff at the scene, it was the first time to receive congratulations from the top leader in person, and their mood was naturally different. Even Wei Donglai was much happier than usual.
At lunch, the food was obviously much better than the previous few days. This was a special extra meal for the success of this experiment. Even Zhao Yi felt that it tasted very good after eating it.
While eating, the TV actually directly reported the situation of this hydrogel high-altitude artificial rainfall experiment. When the host announced this news, he also announced it in an excited tone.
"This morning, the hydrogel factory in Korla City released 1 million tons of hydrogel particles based on weather satellite cloud image data.
At around 8 o'clock today, the hydrogel particles floating high in the sky combined with the water vapor in the high-altitude clouds to form raindrops. At around 8:10, the ground began to receive raindrops from high altitudes.
This high-altitude artificial rainfall lasted for 3 hours, the rainfall area reached 50,000 square kilometers, and the total rainfall exceeded 1 billion cubic meters.
Through this experiment, it is fully proved that hydrogel particles have a very obvious effect on high-altitude artificial rainfall operations, making artificial rainfall no longer difficult and the cost of rainfall further reduced. "The hostess said excitedly.
Then the male host next to him introduced in detail what hydrogel particles are, what characteristics they have, whether they are harmful, etc. It was the first time to popularize the science of hydrogel particles to the domestic public.
Maybe ordinary people don't have a very clear concept of 1 billion cubic meters of water, but professionals know it very well, and they can also feel the power of hydrogel particles from these data.
We must know that the volume of Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in my country, is only about 27 billion cubic meters. With 1 million tons of hydrogel particles, one-twenty-seventh of the volume of Poyang Lake falls from the sky.
If about 1 billion tons of hydrogel are released, the upper-altitude rainfall can theoretically reach 1 trillion cubic meters, while my country's total annual rainfall is only about 6 trillion cubic meters.
Our country has a land area of more than 9.6 million square kilometers, while the Tarim Basin covers an area of only more than 400,000 square kilometers. Based on this area, the Tarim Basin will be the area with the highest rainfall in our country.
Originally, they had many doubts about changing the climate of the Northwest. Now after seeing this news, many people know why the government must resolutely implement this plan.
Because this key technology is in hand, the Tarim Basin will not be short of water, and many transformation activities can be carried out. Not to mention, in a few years, the Tarim Basin will naturally be covered with green decoration.
And they don’t believe that the Fluclight Environmental Management Company has no back-ups. Just like the hydrogel particles, it has not been disclosed to the outside world at all before. This news broadcast is the first time that the existence of such a magical product has been announced to the outside world.
According to the efficiency of the Fluolight Environmental Management Company, it may not take five years for the Tarim Basin to become Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall, and the climate of Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Qinghai will benefit from this and will also undergo huge changes. . (End of chapter)