Start with a blacksmith shop.

Although he didn't understand why Wang Yuesheng would ask such a question at this time, he still pondered it carefully in his mind. At the current manufacturing progress, it would take at least thirteen to fourteen months for the aerospace fighter to be completely completed.

As for when the energy core will be needed, it will take at least eight to ten months. So, if we need to use the solar energy core, it will be eight months from now.

"Boss, I just did the calculations. If the progress is fast, we will need the solar energy core in eight months. If there are any problems in the process, it will take ten months. There is a two-month buffer in between."

Why are you asking again? I remember submitting the progress time before.

"Is the country in dire need of aerospace fighters right now? If it's particularly urgent, then I'll work overtime and send some of the blueprints to Sifang in Qingdao so they can speed up production!"

Li Zhenhua never understood why Wang Yuesheng asked him this question. He could only think of it as the country urgently needing aerospace fighters for deterrence. So, after answering about the construction period of the aerospace fighters, he asked this question again.

Upon hearing Li Zhenhua's slightly anxious question, Wang Yuesheng, sitting opposite him, immediately smiled with satisfaction, clearly pleased with Li Zhenhua's tense demeanor.

"Haha, Li boy, don't worry. We are such a big country, we can afford to wait. Besides, we haven't reached that point yet."

You need to have confidence in us! And you also need to have confidence in your own product, the spaceplane! Okay, let's get back to this matter, or I'm afraid you'll steer the conversation away from here again.

That's how it is. As you know, ever since your super graphene battery was developed, our electricity consumption in Kyushu has been increasing dramatically.

Previously, it was mainly residential and industrial electricity, but now we have added automotive electricity as another factor, so when we combine these factors, we are facing an energy shortage.

Moreover, due to the changeable weather in recent years, especially this year, which has been particularly hot and dry, there has been a shortage of water in the Yangtze River. As a result, the output in the Three Gorges area has also decreased.

so……"

"So you want to ask when I will need to use the Sun Star, and you also want to ask if, if the Sun Star is not needed in the near future, it can be used to make up for the energy gap, right?"

My answer is yes, I do have that much awareness. We've always believed that the people's affairs are of paramount importance.

Although I am not a high-ranking official in Kyushu, I am a party leader, and I fully agree to use the ten sun stars for energy production first!

Before Wang Yuesheng could even ask a question, Li Zhenhua answered directly: of course, it was possible.

The old man sitting in his office in Beiping smiled even more broadly after hearing Li Zhenhua's quick answer; clearly, Li Zhenhua's response pleased him greatly.

Now that those ten sun stars can be used, another problem has arisen before them.

So how exactly do we convert the energy of the sun into electricity? What should we do, and what kind of equipment should we use? These are all questions that need to be addressed right now.

"Alright, kid Li, your awareness has really improved!"

However, there is a problem that is troubling us: the energy conversion of the sun. How can we convert the enormous energy inside the sun into electricity that can be used by the general public?

This is a problem that our scientists currently cannot solve, because this is something you created, and none of us have done any research on the energy core of the sun.

So, when it comes to energy conversion, we still need you to handle it, or you can show us a way to convert it!

Wang Yuesheng first praised him a few times, and then brought up the problems that were currently in front of him, or rather, put the pressure on Li Zhenhua directly.

Upon understanding the old man's question, Li Zhenhua didn't hesitate at all; without even thinking, the three words slipped out of his mouth.

"Boil the water!"

"What?" When Wang Yuesheng heard these three words, he thought he had misheard. Such a serious question was summarized in just three words?

The solar energy core—in his eyes, it was such a high-tech piece of equipment. How did it end up back on the old path of boiling water?

"Sir, what I mean is that boiling water is the easiest way to achieve this right now."

Hehehe, isn't there a joke that's often circulating online? The ultimate way to convert energy is by boiling water!

While that statement was somewhat biased, it is indeed correct for the time being.

Li Zhenhua immediately explained to the old man over the phone why they still needed to use boiling water for energy conversion, giving a thorough explanation!

On the other end of the phone, Wang Yuesheng was speechless. He hadn't expected that it would actually be the same old story of boiling water.

"Commander, there's another reason why I'm telling you this method. When the Sun Star was first designed, I considered its applications in other directions."

My initial target was aircraft carriers. I always thought that the energy cores on aircraft carriers were too huge. Compared to using my solar system, that would save a lot of internal space on the aircraft carriers.

So, based on the nuclear power boiler on the aircraft carrier, I specially designed an outlet for the internal heat to flow outward on the Sun Star.

This time you will use it to alleviate the energy shortage. I just need to send you the control program for the Sun Star, and you can directly find the largest boiler in all of Kyushu, use the Sun Star to boil water, and then drive the generator set to operate.

Although such an energy conversion rate is indeed a bit low, don't we have ten solar stars?

Anyway, the Sun is reacting inside, and it can't be stopped in the middle. So what if it's inefficient? So what if it's wasteful? It's not like much is being wasted.

We can now confidently say that Kyushu is the most professional at wasting energy!

Li Zhenhua then told Wang Yuesheng the real reason, leaving the old man speechless with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. It turned out that there was such a thing about the core energy of the Sun Star!

It really gave him the feeling that the sun star had been pulled down from its pedestal by Li Zhenhua, the designer. What was that trendy saying again?

Official criticism is the most lethal!

"Kid, you're something else. I'm really impressed. Alright, since you've designed a backdoor for the Sun Star, then send me the control level of that backdoor!"

No, don't send it. I'll send troops to your location right now. You hand over the control program to the receiving soldiers.

I'm not going to chat with you anymore. I'm going to find the biggest boiler in Kyushu right now and use the Sun Star to boil water!

I never imagined that I'd be working as a boiler operator/dispatcher so late in life!

Wang Yuesheng explained everything clearly to Li Zhenhua, then made a humorous remark before hanging up the call.

Hearing the busy tone on his phone, Li Zhenhua couldn't help but smile mischievously. Boiling water! No one can escape the fate of boiling water, not even the Sun Star, which currently has a very high energy level.

After hanging up the phone, Li Zhenhua returned to his office, where a brand-new solid-state portable hard drive was installed with the control program for boiling water on the Sun Star. Then he waited for the soldiers to come and take over.

After preparing the program, he carried the hard drive with him. After Wang Yuesheng hung up the phone, he immediately called the Quancheng Military Region and asked them to send two squadrons of elite soldiers from their direct special forces to Li Zhenhua to receive the control program.

After arranging the reception, he immediately went to the office of the Premier. When he met the Premier, he explained the whole story.

After listening to Wang Yuesheng's story, the dean immediately became excited, slapped his desk in front of him, and picked up a red telephone.

The conversation was very simple; he just told the dean's secretary to have the Minister of Energy, the Minister of Industry, and the Director General of the Electricity Authority come to his office.

After the three arrived, they started working shortly afterward, and everyone in the office began to think about the largest boiler currently existing in Kyushu.

The problem they face now is no longer energy shortage, but how to find large boilers to convert their sufficient high-grade energy into low-grade electricity for their use!

These people racked their brains but couldn't find a suitable one. In the end, the Minister of Works came up with a solution: since there was no suitable boiler, they would use countless small boilers to create the effect of a large boiler.

The next step is to establish a very simple refractory heat channel to transfer heat to each boiler. The boiler boils water to produce steam, which drives the generator set to generate electricity.

As long as the desired effect is achieved, whether or not the water is boiled, or whether it's considered low-class or not, none of these matters. As the chief architect once said, "It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat."

After devising a solution, the relevant leaders who had attended the meeting immediately took action after leaving the dean's office, demonstrating the full extent of Kyushu's speed.

Don't assume that the Kyushu government is inefficient. In fact, Kyushu's efficiency is very high. Compared with other countries, it can leave them far behind, making them unable to even see its taillights.

Subsequently, the State Electric Power Administration sent an official letter to its subordinate units, and all the old-fashioned thermal power generator sets that had been thrown into the warehouse to gather dust were replaced.

All these old generator sets, regardless of their current condition, are being urgently inspected by workers. Once the inspections are completed, they are loaded onto trucks, trains, and other means of transportation and headed to the designated location.

Each of the ten solar power units was assigned to a power hub in Kyushu. In each of these locations, large-scale construction was underway, and some extremely heat-resistant heat transmission pipelines were built.

When the construction is completed, the solar energy core will be placed in the center, and the solar star will release a huge amount of heat. This heat will then be transmitted through pipes to the boiler at the end of the pipes to boil water.

Once the water is boiled, the rest will fall into place naturally, and the energy for the general public will be available.

The construction progress in various places was extremely fast. The project did not hire people from the outside world, but directly brought in engineers from various places. It took even longer than building the two mountains of Vulcan and Thor to build all ten such places in the entire Kyushu.

During its construction, all the infrastructure prowess of Kyushu over the years was unleashed!

In just six days, these buildings were completed in various locations.

However, it has not yet been put into use, not because of any error, but because the thermal power units transported from various places are still being installed, and some are even still en route.

By the eighth day, a considerable number of thermal power units had arrived, and the higher authorities immediately decided to start firing the boilers. Initially, only those units that had been installed were fired. Later, as each unit was installed, a heat pipe was opened.

Kyushu acted exceptionally quickly this time. From the decision to use the Sun Star to solve the problem to the final power generation of all the generator units, only eleven days had passed in total.

When the solar thermal power units in various locations began to operate, it was exactly the twelfth day, and the electricity generated by these units truly saved lives.

The power generation of these units greatly alleviated the energy shortage in various parts of Kyushu, and the effect was immediate.

Don't underestimate the power capacity of a single thermal generator unit; it may not seem like much individually. However, when these units are grouped together, the total installed capacity becomes considerable.

Kyushu used the most advanced energy and the most basic technology to alleviate the most serious livelihood problems it faced.

With these energy sources in place, factories that had suspended operations across the country began to resume production. The entire Kyushu region was as if it had been injected with tremendous power, and this power came from the energy brought by the Sun Star.

Kyushu's large-scale actions this time have startled other countries. In the early stages, these people did not understand what Kyushu was building all over the country.

But after the energy problem was solved, they realized that all their big fuss and all-out efforts were just to solve the people's energy problem.

This really challenged their thinking. Countries led by the United States were all wondering why Kyushu would do this. Wasn't it just because the people didn't have energy? What was the big deal?

They wanted the general public to overcome this hurdle, but Kyushu's approach was completely different from their expectations. Kyushu actually went to great lengths to develop ten things that they couldn't understand, and just like that, they solved the energy problem.

This is truly different from their values. When they first started, their primary consideration was how much profit they could gain. Kyushu, on the other hand, was concerned with how to ensure that the general public could have access to sufficient energy as soon as possible.

One prioritizes the interests of capitalists above all else; the other prioritizes the interests of the people above all else. This is the difference between China and the US! The US will never understand this!