Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 343, Energy Issues (Subscribe)
October 1, 1974, in front of the flag-raising platform in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

Zhao Mancang brought Zhao Huijun and several other children here to watch the national flag-raising ceremony.

In addition to them, Zhao Mancang also asked Liu Baochan to bring her children back to the capital.

Liu Baochan knew that Zhao Mancang was patriotic, so she also brought her children to watch the flag-raising ceremony, but today was National Day and there were a lot of people, so they didn't meet any.

Even though Liu Baochan consciously wanted to find someone, she just didn't meet him.

After watching the national flag-raising ceremony, Zhao Mancang let Zhao Huijun take her younger brothers and sisters to play by themselves, while he went to find Liu Baochan and the others.

Hearing about such a good thing, Zhao Huijun naturally agreed happily.

When she was in Hong Kong Island, she was easily recognized when she went out because she had become a singing star.

At first, she was complacent and very happy.

After a long time, she was no longer happy, but unhappy.

Every time she ate or played outside, there were always a bunch of people surrounding her, disturbing her daily life. Only then did she realize that she had lost her freedom to go out and play.

It's just that she can no longer play however she wants like ordinary people do before.

After returning to the capital, things are very different.

Because no one in Beijing knew her, even her former friends were strangers to her.

Girls change a lot when they grow up, and Zhao Huijun has changed a lot now. Her temperament is even more different. How could her former friends dare to recognize her when they see her?

Little Baozi, Little Taozi and other younger brothers and sisters also like to play with their older sister.

On the other hand, they have all grown up and naturally don’t want their parents to be around them anymore.

The public security in the capital is still very good, and Zhao Mancang has nothing to worry about.

Besides, Xiao Shitou and the others have learned some self-defense martial arts and their physical fitness is also pretty good, so Zhao Mancang is naturally not too worried.

After finding Liu Baochan, Zhao Mancang took Zhao Zhicheng and others to visit the Forbidden City.

"Mancang, I want to go to Huaishu Village to see my father and the others tomorrow."

"You can go if you want."

Zhao Mancang glanced at her and found that Liu Baochan was staring at him straight: "I want to go with you, can you promise me?"

"I'm afraid your father will beat me to death."

We won’t talk about what happened back then, but it has been twelve years since Liu Baochan left Huaishu Village and finally left the capital, from 1962 to now.

Liu Dazhu naturally knew who arranged this, so how could Zhao Mancang dare to go to Huaishu Village?

Over the years, Liu Baochan wrote letters to Liu Dazhu and others, and also sent photos of Zhao Zhicheng and his children in the letters.

He lured Liu Baochan to Hong Kong Island, and their life seemed to be pretty good. Moreover, they had so many children. Liu Dazhu and the others must be happy.

But in reality it is not like that.

In short, even if Zhao Mancang was upset, he would not go to Huaishu Village to suffer.

He was willing to bring Liu Baochan and the children back to the capital, which was very good. If they wanted to do something else, he could not agree for the time being.

"My father is very old, what are you afraid of?"

Liu Baochan suddenly said pitifully:

"I've already met my dad and his family. They're all very old. They just want to meet you."

Zhao Mancang heard this and shook his head decisively:
"No, I really don't have time to go to Huaishu Village. And if I go there, I'm afraid it will cause other problems. Let's wait a few years."

Haha, Zhao Mancang still knows Liu Dazhu’s physical condition.

So Liu Baochan’s trick is useless!
Her little trick was simple. She wanted to let the people in Huaishu Village know that she, Liu Baochan, was living well outside. She was not looking for some so-called wild man, but was married to someone.

Seeing that Zhao Mancang refused, Liu Baochan had no choice but to give the children a look.

Zhao Zhicheng, Zhao Zhirui, Zhao Jinxi, Zhao Sihui and other children immediately surrounded their father, but Zhao Mancang quickly resolved the situation one by one and promised other conditions to the children, but he did not agree to go to Huaishu Village.

Seeing this scene, Liu Baochan immediately became angry.

Even so, Zhao Mancang did not agree to her, but just coaxed her.

After staying in the capital for more than a week, Zhao Mancang returned to Beijiang City again, and this time he brought Lin Wan with him.

"Is this the house you live in here? This is great, isn't it?"

Following Zhao Mancang to the entrance of Limidong Villa, Lin Wan was stunned when she saw the house in front of her that looked like a garden.

Her face was full of disbelief, not exaggeration, but surprise.

Let’s not talk about the house in front of us, just look at the garden at the door. It is indeed picturesque and even more beautiful than a park.

Limidong is a small hill in the new urban area of ​​Beijiang City. Behind the villa is Limidong Mountain, in front of the door is a small garden, and next to it is a lake of about one square meter.

Surrounding the lake is a huge park with many trees, flowers and plants.

It is October now, and the entire park is already covered with various small wild flowers, red, pink, white, yellow, etc., with all kinds of colors, it is really a hundred flowers competing for beauty.

If someone who is allergic to pollen sees this scene, they will naturally run away quickly.

But Lin Wan is not allergic to pollen. On the contrary, when she sees such a garden, she can't move away.

"Not bad, the future Beijiang City will be built according to this model."

Zhao Mancang laughed and said:
"But Beijiang City is still under construction and won't be completed soon. This is where I live, and it can be considered a model for Beijiang City."

"If you do something special like this, won't your boss scold you?"

Lin Wan asked a little worriedly.

"What did you say about me? Who dares to say that about me?"

Zhao Mancang knew this better than anyone else. He was upright and not afraid of others reporting him.

What's more, these flowers and plants in front of him were all cultivated by Zhao Mancang himself at his own expense.

After all, he has been staying in Beijiang City for more than half a year. Apart from directing the work, he is also bored and cannot leave, so he can only cultivate some flowers and plants to pass the time.

Winter is coming soon, but Lin Wan did not leave Beijiang City, but stayed here.

She and Zhao Mancang worked together to tend to the flowers and plants every day, which was quite interesting. In September of this year, after the fall semester started, except for the youngest, Zhao Yuechan, the other two children, Xiao Pangdun and Zhao Siyu, were also sent to study in Hong Kong Island.

After all, after the fat boy came to Hong Kong to study, Zhao Siyu was the only one left in Beijing.

So they simply sent her to Hong Kong Island and asked her father-in-law and mother-in-law to help take care of her. Now that Zhao Huijun was already working, Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan were free.

Of course, the two of them still brought their youngest child, Zhao Yuechan, to Beijiang City.

The scenery in Beijiang City at this time is not very good, but the air quality is still very good, at least much better than that in Hong Kong Island.

Zhao Mancang and his family live in Limidong, far away from the old city. The new city is still in the planning stage, the road surface is still being leveled, and large-scale construction has not yet begun.

Why hasn't it been built yet?

Because electricity, cement plants, roads, waterways, etc. are not yet fully supplied, the conditions for large-scale construction are not yet in place.

Take the construction of a highway as an example. It also requires a lot of construction materials. How can it be so easy?

Cement, sand, steel bars, asphalt and other construction materials all need to be transported from outside. How can it be so easy?

That day, in Dayuan Town, Zhao Mancang walked into a coal-fired power plant to guide their work.

"Now that you're here, Leader, we really don't know what we should do to meet the standards you set."

Li Weixin, the person in charge of the power plant, said with a sad face.

There is no way, it’s just because Zhao Mancang’s requirements are too high.

It is inevitable that the electricity demand in Beijiang City will be very high in the future.

Beijiang New City, which is about to be built, already requires a lot of electricity.

Relying solely on the Beijiang Hydropower Station to generate electricity is simply not enough.

Therefore, it is necessary to assist other power plants to meet the current electricity demand of Beijiang City.

Although the West-to-East Power Transmission Project has begun construction, it does not include Baiyun City, Beijiang City and other places, but instead transmits electricity to the plain areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Just because there are more cities over there.

So now the Beijiang City can only rely on itself to find a solution.

Previously, in the Lingjing Hutong compound in Beijing, Zhao Mancang assured his leaders that he could meet the electricity needs of Beijiang City.

As a result, he has planned more than ten coal-fired power plants in the surrounding areas of Beijiang City.

There is no way around it.

However, coal-fired power plants are not an easy problem to solve.

The first is how to transport cheap coal from outside, the second is how to use these coal resources more efficiently, and the third is the pollution problem.

The greenhouse gas effect has not yet appeared, but it has almost begun in the West.

Beijiang City is surrounded by mountains. In the future, if the number of coal-fired power plants increases, the entire Beijiang City may become a foggy city.

So, this issue must be addressed from the outset.

Zhao Mancang has very high requirements for the environment. He does not want the city of Beijiang to be polluted because of his development.

Just like the cement factories, from the very beginning, Zhao Mancang put a tight rein on these cement factories.

The same is true for power plants, the technical requirements have always been very high.

"I'm here to help you solve your problem. Sit down and let's talk about the relevant technology."

Seeing Li Weixin and others, Zhao Mancang laughed and said:

"What are your current problems? What are your technical pain points and difficulties? Tell me everything. I'm listening."

Seeing that Zhao Mancang said this, Li Weixin and the others did not hesitate and immediately told him all the difficulties they were facing.

After they finished speaking, Zhao Mancang began to speak:
"Okay, I understand your request. It's actually very simple, but it will still take time and effort to achieve it."

"As for the so-called clean energy, you all know it, including hydropower, solar power, wind power, tidal power, etc. However, here in Beijiang City, we can only use hydropower, not solar power or wind power."

"So if we want to develop electricity, we have to find ways to open up new clean energy sources. Otherwise, we can only burn coal or transport electricity from outside to supply it."

"Developing new clean energy technologies and relying on external power supply are both currently impossible because the technical requirements are too high."

In Zhao Mancang's view, the new clean energy technology is nothing more than controlled nuclear fusion, but how can this thing be developed?
Zhao Mancang can exchange it from the system, but the problem is that after the exchange, the relevant material issues also need to be resolved.

The technology in this area involves a very large engineering and technical system, which is far beyond the current domestic solution.

So Zhao Mancang was not in a hurry to take it out.

If it is to transmit electricity from west to east, it will involve high-voltage transmission line projects, which involve many technologies, such as ultra-high voltage transmission technology, etc. At present, Zhao Mancang has not come up with much.

On the other hand, there are not many power equipment developed in the west, and related projects such as the 43 Project also require electricity.

What's more, it is definitely not possible to build a transmission line that consumes a lot of manpower and material resources just for Beijiang City.

Zhao Mancang would definitely not do a business that would lose money!
Therefore, in the early stages, it is better to directly use coal-fired power plants. Only in this way can we achieve sustainable development.

"I have several new technologies here."

Zhao Mancang's voice echoed in the conference room.

Upon hearing this, Li Weixin and others immediately listened attentively because it had reached a critical point.

Regarding how to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants, Zhao Mancang has proposed several solutions, all of which are new technologies and are very effective.

The first is the power generation technology that can make coal-fired units such as generators and steam turbines more efficient. For example, the technology can make an engine generate one kilowatt-hour of electricity with only 256 grams of coal, which is the weight of half a bottle of mineral water.

The second is the flue gas emitted from burning coal. It can be separated and purified to obtain food-grade carbon dioxide, or it can be collected and directly injected into the ground. While sealing the flue gas, it can also "drive" the oil in the rock formation out.

These are extremely advanced technologies, which make people like Li Weixin fascinated.

The entire meeting lasted more than three hours, and for the following period of time, Zhao Mancang was unable to leave because he had to guide them.

Improving power generation efficiency is not just talk.

As time passed, 1974 seemed to be almost over.

Just as the end of the year was approaching, Zhao Mancang suddenly received a phone call. The arrival of this call shocked Zhao Mancang.

(End of this chapter)