Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 18 Xiao Qi, who is good at drawing cakes

Ma Qing couldn't help but sigh, "Siheyuan novels have misled me too much. The plot of fighting for housing has been played out too many times. But think about it, it's really illogical. Anyone can get injured at work. If you get injured at work, your property can be easily taken away by others. Who dares to work hard? The cornerstone of social stability will no longer exist. (I grew up in a factory compound and have never seen anyone dare to bully the orphans of workers, let alone the orphans of martyrs in other novels. There is always a group of authors who extremely slander that generation and must portray that generation as stupid, cold-blooded, short-sighted, and utilitarian. Sometimes I wonder if they are writing books to make money or if they are paid to write books.)
Ma Qing naturally gave a commercial compliment, which made the old men feel very comfortable. As they were worried about Xiao Qi's space, they hurried back home. An old man looked at Ma Qing's back and sighed, "Good boy, it's not easy."

Ma Qing couldn't wait to enter the house, closed the door, bolted it from the inside, opened his own closet, placed the space door on the surface of the closet backboard, waited for about a minute, and then got in impatiently.

Ma Qing felt a sudden whiteness in front of his eyes. When he regained his vision, he found himself standing on a circular platform with a diameter of about seventy to eighty meters. No one knew what material the platform was made of. It was neither gold nor stone, and the overall color was dark gray. In the middle of the circular platform was a large pillar with a diameter of about 15 meters, extending all the way to the sky. Ma Qing looked up and felt that it was about two hundred meters high. A white light ball was hanging in the air on the top of the pillar, emitting white light that illuminated the entire space.

Ma Qing also remembered Xiao Qi's voice in his mind, "Welcome to my world. The world in your eyes is a sphere with a diameter of about 1 kilometer. The lower half of the sphere is mainly composed of Sidman metal. It is this metal that stabilizes the entire space. On the metal layer is a 10-meter-thick soil layer, which I brought in in the past to create the Earth's civilization ecosystem. Do you see the pillars next to it? I call them space pillars. They are connected to the Sidman metal layer and provide strong support for the air layer in the space. The pillars originally housed energy reactors, 666 universal robots, 1314520 nano information collectors, material manufacturers, and a complete set of interstellar pioneering and reconnaissance equipment. But now there is nothing but energy reactors, 20 universal robots, and material manufacturers. The space-time storm consumed too much of my energy. Everything in the original space was converted into energy by me into the energy reactor."

"Fortunately, the energy reactor is running normally now. You don't have to worry about all the energy needed for this space. One kilogram of real matter can provide the energy needed to open and close the space channel once. The matter maker can create all non-living things. Of course, the premise is that you provide enough elemental matter and I know how to make it. For example, if you provide enough iron, copper, silicon and other elements, I can make a computer for you. In addition, using the matter maker will consume a huge amount of energy, so you'd better be mentally prepared."

"What materials are needed to make a nano information collector? Let's make this first. Knowing ourselves and the enemy, we can fight a hundred battles without defeat. Information is king." Ma Qing felt that he was very wise.

"Unfortunately, I don't have the production data for the nano information collector. As an interstellar pioneer scout, I am not omniscient and omnipotent. First of all, I don't have scientific research capabilities. My database contains no information about my native civilization. The nano information collector is a technological creation of the same level as me, so I can't create it out of thin air. What I can make is basically what existed in the original universe before 2026 on Earth civilization, because I have their data."

Ma Qing couldn't help but have his eyes light up. Couldn't he replicate his previous life in this space?

"So I hope you can collect as many materials as possible, no matter what they are, especially metal materials, which are in great demand in making modern products."

Xiao Qi continued, "The artificial sun in the space, that is, the white light ball on the space column, provides energy for the ecological cycle of the space. You can turn this space into a portable farm to meet your future life needs. I must remind you that I have successfully planted all the trees we collected on the West Mountain this afternoon. According to the photosynthesis of the trees, they can fully meet your oxygen needs, but the space is in urgent need of water now. You'd better provide enough water within three days."

"No problem, I'll think about it carefully. Water, grain seeds, chickens, ducks, geese, fish fry, pigs, cattle, sheep, and donkeys, all of which will be used to build a villa in the space. Hehe." Ma Qing imagined a beautiful tomorrow and wandered around in the space. The next day, Ma Qing didn't listen to the class at all. He was thinking about how to build his own paradise. After discussing with Xiao Qi, Ma Qing planned to let the universal robot dig a 3-meter-wide and 2-meter-deep canal along the edge of the space to prepare for the next water diversion. Then Ma Qing began to use school time to ask classmates where the water source in Beijing was good. After all, you can't be careless about what you prepare for yourself. After chatting with classmates, Ma Qing found that things were not that simple. Beijing has five major rivers, Yongding River, Chaobai River, Beiyun River, Juma River, and Beihe River, but they are all a bit far from Nanluoguxiang. The moat, Beihai, and Shichahai are close, but on the one hand, the water quality is poor, and on the other hand, there are many people. It will be difficult to deal with the noise.

When it was time to go home from school, Ma Qing made a decision. He would go to Shichahai to get some water first, and then go to Chaobai River to fill up the tank on the weekend.

There is water in the capital city, which originates from the Baifu Spring, flows into the Wengshan Lake, passes through the old Gaoliang Road, and accumulates to form a pool, which is the Shichahai.

Shichahai is located in the northwest of Xicheng District, Beijing. It is adjacent to Nanluoguxiang where Ma Qing lives now. It is composed of three connected lakes: Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai, which are historically known as the "Hou Sanhai". Together with the "Qian Sanhai (Nanhai, Zhonghai and Beihai)", it forms the six sea water system of the inner city of Beijing.

Shichahai in May is a great place to go, with warm breezes, fresh green like smoke, and tender willows swaying gracefully. Ma Qing felt a little tricky when he first entered Shichahai, as there were too many people and it was difficult to deal with. Ma Qing looked around while turning on the Xiaoqi radar. It was almost dark when he found an opportunity. In a secluded place, he opened the space channel in Shichahai Lake. After a while, a large vortex appeared on the lake. Ma Qing was so scared that he quickly closed the channel and pretended to know nothing and walked towards the Red Star Factory cafeteria.

At home in the evening, Ma Qing was attacked by Xiao Qi again. In order to completely abandon the fantasy aspect of this book, the space does not have the small function of time acceleration. Food crops can be harvested three times a year at most in the space. Ma Qing calculated on paper and it is basically certain that if Ma Qing cannot find a large amount of rice or wheat seeds, the space will be of limited help to him within a year, and he will not be able to gain freedom in staple food until a year later.

But if he plants potatoes and corn, then after four months he can start raising chickens, ducks, geese and fish, and after eight months he can raise pigs, cattle, sheep and donkeys, and after a year he will have freedom to eat meat.

"Damn, I had enough of pancakes in my previous life, and I have to continue eating them in this life." Ma Qing thought angrily.

(End of this chapter)