Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 138: Ten Days Across the Sky
"Thank you all for your kindness, Li Weidong is grateful for it." Li Weidong said.

"Weidong, um, you mentioned these small projects, but why do I feel that this project is not small at all? Then can you tell us about the big project in your mind, so that we old guys can listen and see it!" The shopkeeper said in a joking tone.

"It's not a big project, Sir. It's a branch of our controlled nuclear fusion project. The controlled nuclear fusion we are using now is thermonuclear fusion. The next step is to develop cold nuclear fusion, that is, to carry out nuclear fusion reaction under normal temperature conditions through some means and conditions. After all, thermonuclear fusion is too large, so we can only shrink a part of it to be installed on warships, and it can't be used in other aspects at all. So I plan to develop cold nuclear fusion. When the cold nuclear fusion is controllable and then shrink it, it can be used in many aspects, such as airplanes, tanks, exoskeleton armor, oh, maybe it can be called mecha, machine armor. However, this cold nuclear fusion may have to be experimented slowly, and the experiment may not be successful so quickly." Li Weidong said.

"Haha, Comrade Li Weidong, we all understand that scientific and technological progress comes step by step. There are no shortcuts. We still have confidence in you." The leader said to Li Weidong kindly and amiably.

"Regarding Comrade Li Weidong's 011 Institute, its level has been upgraded by one level, and it will still be under the joint jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and the Military. Comrade Li Weidong's military rank has been upgraded, and all departments of the 011 Institute have been upgraded by one level. In terms of security, one regiment is not enough. The Military Department should send a brigade to be responsible for the security of the 011 Institute's nuclear power plant!" said the chief shopkeeper seriously.

"Yes, we will ensure that the mission is completed!" Chief Yang of the military said loudly.

"Comrade Li Weidong, prepare personnel to go to various provinces to build nuclear power plants. Make sure that after the location of the nuclear power plant is determined, the personnel will immediately go to the designated location to help local staff build a controlled nuclear fusion power plant." The shopkeeper continued.

"Yes, I will ensure that the task is completed!" Li Weidong also stood up and said loudly.

"Okay, then let's go back and study the locations of nuclear power plants in various provinces. Comrade Li Weidong, keep up the hard work. I'm looking forward to seeing your new results." said the chief.

"Yes, Chief!" said Li Weidong.

The chief manager stood up and walked towards the vehicle with many leaders. When Minister Wang of the Ministry of Industry and Commander Yang of the Military Department passed by Li Weidong, they patted him on the shoulder, nodded, and followed the chief manager's pace.

Li Weidong and others also followed the shopkeeper and walked towards the car.

"Okay, Weidong, you don't have to see us off. You go back and continue to keep an eye on it. We'll leave first." The head shopkeeper said, and then he took many leaders to the car, started the car and went back.

Li Weidong watched the car carrying the chief manager and other leaders go away, and only after they disappeared did he lead everyone back to the nuclear power plant to continue observing its operation.

By the end of the shift, the equipment hadn't experienced any issues and continued to operate. Li Weidong assigned a few people to take over the night shift, then drove back home with Zhou Xiaolin and the other girls.

Along the way, the girls chattered and Li Weidong did not interrupt.

After returning home, they made a simple meal and ate together. Before they even washed the dishes, Li Weidong was pushed into the bedroom by the girls.

"Are you coming again?"

"Well, I'm happy today."

"No, we are both pregnant, shouldn't we be more careful?"

"Stop talking nonsense and get to work!"

"That's right, you're still ungrateful after getting such an advantage!"

After a while, the temperature in the room gradually grew hotter, and a thrilling sound could be heard. ...

The next day, Li Weidong drove Wang Xinyi to the nuclear power plant.

As soon as Li Weidong arrived at the nuclear power plant, he received a call from above.

After the meeting, Comrade Li Weidong was appointed as the general person in charge and chief engineer of the "Ten Days Across the Sky" plan, in charge of all matters. The military will coordinate with all parties and mobilize human and material resources for support.

This plan will be carried out with the highest level of confidentiality. The details of the plan will only be known to Li Weidong and several leaders. As for the detailed process after the plan is implemented, only Li Weidong will know it.

The various military departments only carry out tasks and have no right to know the content of the plan. All plan goals are carried out separately by the military, various units and localities, and they cannot establish any contact with each other.

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After receiving the appointment, Li Weidong went to the military headquarters.

In the afternoon, numerous experts and staff in geology, meteorology, surface engineering, hydrology, civil engineering, electricity and other related fields rushed to various parts of the country to conduct in-depth investigations and research, and sent back detailed data of the investigation sites to Beijing.

The construction site of a controlled nuclear fusion power station. In addition to considering the electricity consumption of each province, safety is of paramount importance, so the site selection and construction are absolutely very particular.

For example, in a nuclear power plant, there must be no crustal fracture activity within tens of kilometers underground, and even no earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above must occur within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.
This is a factor that needs to be carefully considered!
In addition, various issues such as material transportation and road construction all require a lot of coordination.

Fortunately, the military leaders helped Li Weidong coordinate these tasks. Apart from rice paper and technical support, Li Weidong did not need to worry about other engineering and construction matters.

While all this was proceeding smoothly, Li Weidong was also selecting technicians from the nuclear power plant to be deployed to various parts of the country to build controlled nuclear fusion power plants. Three days later, the technicians were escorted to their respective destinations by military guards.

A week later, Li Weidong completed the construction drawings of the controlled nuclear fusion reactor for the first "Ten Suns Across the Sky" site design, and the first Golden Crow in the "Ten Suns Across the Sky" officially started construction.

Due to the terrain and the need to adapt to local conditions, even if the technology is the same, the specific construction and design drawings of each project are different.

A month later, the designs for the ten Golden Crows were finally completed and construction began.

With the military's coordination, such a huge project is expected to be completed in six months, before this year's Chinese New Year, and will officially start generating electricity to transmit electricity to various provinces across the country.

While the construction of the controlled nuclear fusion power station was proceeding in an orderly manner, Li Weidong was conducting research and development of energy weapons such as electromagnetic guns and laser weapons in the nuclear power plant of the 011 Institute.

Because of Li Weidong's work, the military moved the command center of the "Ten Days Across the Sky" plan to the nuclear power plant of the 011 Institute. In case of an emergency, Li Weidong can be notified at any time.

(End of this chapter)