Chapter 518: Gathering momentum in the Nine Dragons and making trouble
Mai Ke finished his meeting with Wu Wenrong, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and returned to the big ship, the sky was already bright, and the framework for the governance of the northern part of the Mekong River had been basically established, and the specific work was perfected by the officials of the Heavenly Kingdom at all levels from Feng Yunshan onwards.
Mai Ke sent the two mayors and the special experts of the Savage Special Zone back to their territories, and the big ship turned around and went downstream, this time with a smooth wind, the wind and water, and in a blink of an eye, the middle line was reached, and then Mai Ke took care of the waterway and supporting facilities to the south.
Compared with the four east-west rivers in the north, the southern rivers were easily established, and in a short time, all the supporting facilities were built, and finally reached the Lower Khmer Sea.
This is the original estuary of the Mekong River, there are nine estuaries in total, so it is called the Kowloon River, and now these nine estuaries have not increased, but the flow of water has more than doubled!
The main reason for this is that the Mekong River runs through the entire land region of Southeast Asia and merges into the Mekong River, and the Mekong River itself is unobstructed, without the same twists and obstacles as before, which also increases the speed of the river and pours down the sea more quickly.
Due to the erosion of the river and the sediment precipitation over the years, a vast delta has been formed here, commonly known as the Mekong Delta, with a total area of about 44,000 square kilometers, which is the largest plain in the whole Southeast Asia.
Relying on such unique conditions, this was originally a famous land of fish and rice, and now Mai Ke's task is to carry it forward.
As soon as Mai Ke arrived in the Mekong Delta, he brought in Khmer Mayor Zhang Jie and the former acting mayor Wormhole who helped Zhang Bei familiarize himself with the work, and asked them to participate in the planning and transformation of the Jiulong River.
After another collective inspection of the nine outlets. Mai Ke decided to keep the nine dragons, but to further process them so that they were the same width and depth, maintaining the same transportation capacity, and at the same time, controlling and adjusting the speed of the flowing water to facilitate water transportation and protect the river.
When widening the river, Mai Ke noticed the distance between the original rivers, and no longer expanded in that direction for the originally narrow spacing.
The original river channel with a relatively large bend. Mai Ke is widening at the same time. Necessary adjustments and alterations were made to maintain the straight shape of the nine new channels.
After the nine north-south rivers were smoothed out, Mai Ke began to regulate the horizontal channels again, and because the original water network was very dense, Mai Ke directly gave up tinkering with them. Rather, it directly creates a horizontal river channel from east to west.
After there was a new transverse channel. Then go and tidy up the original water network. Anything that is not within the newly opened river channel shall be filled in and restored to cultivated land.
How to use this plain. In view of the fact that all kinds of grains and fruits were originally abundant here, Mai Ke decided to move all these original varieties to the Jinou Peninsula and let them continue to grow there.
In the rest of the world, as in other areas, all fruit trees are replaced with the four seasons fruit trees of the kingdom of heaven, and all rice fields are used rice varieties provided by Maike.
The varieties of fruits and grains that remained on the Jinou Peninsula were replaced after three years by the varieties determined by the Kingdom of Heaven.
Close to the coastline, Maike built a horizontal waterway, which not only connected the nine outlets together, but was also responsible for the transportation between the nine outlets.
At the same time, this waterway also re-planned and built a new coastline, flattening the original curved and uneven coastline neatly and digging to the same depth - all of which could directly enter and exit the 10,000-ton ship.
Out of this horizontal channel, Mai Ke built nine huge deep-water port piers, above which only a huge arched gatehouse covered the entire pier.
Nine arched gatehouses lined up to send huge ships out of the sea to welcome the returning fleet.
Thanks to the standardization of the entire river, ships of any type can go directly to sea through these ports, enter the port, and sail to any port, as long as it is located along the main trunk of the Mekong River.
In the design and construction of Mai Ke, Mai Ke paid special attention to the fact that these ports could meet both military and civilian needs, and could make way for military needs without any change of functions, and they could serve civilian use at any time when there were no military needs in peacetime.
All of these buildings and facilities also have a function that cannot be seen on the outside, that is, the defensive function, which not only has a defensive function, but also a super strong defense.
The waterway, the embankment on the coastal side, was made of a special material, the same material used in the northernmost river at the border with the Qing Dynasty, which the enemy could not break through even with advanced artillery.
Of course, this embankment is not only not afraid of bombing, but also aggressive. It hides a large number of artillery pieces in its foundations, the kind of heavy artillery that can be transferred to the ground when needed, or still hidden underground, and open fire on enemy ships by surprise.
The tower above the pier for better defense and attack is not only equipped with a super-large telescope that can automatically monitor enemy ships within 100 kilometers on the opposite side and issue the necessary alarms, but also has an automatic feedback system, which will return fire with four or five times more powerful fire as long as the enemy dares to fire at him.
This conning tower can also command the open ships standing by in the middle of the dock and on both sides of the dock to sneak out according to the enemy's situation. Especially those submarines that never show their faces, are almost invincible against enemy ships that are defenseless against them.
In addition to these routine preparations and responses, the conning tower is also a center for organizing and commanding a variety of marine animals. Little John has subdued all the aquatic animals in the nearby seas, not to mention the creatures in the river, and as soon as the sound waves here are released, the catfish army at Kong Falls will be in urgent need of orders.
Sea creatures of all sizes, including whales, are all spread all over the near and far oceans, extending the scope of reconnaissance and attack to all sea areas that can be reached, of course, their task is mainly to monitor the enemy, send to the abnormality, and report quickly; not attack, the attack is naturally done by Mai Ke and others.
However, this does not prohibit the need for these sea creatures to launch a full range of attacks on enemy ships.
In addition to the aquatic animals, the nearby land animals are also governed by the chain of command of this conning tower, and the defense and attack of the entire heavenly kingdom make a whole, only in cooperation with each other, and there is no absolute disconnection.
Especially when it is necessary to report the situation to humans, these friends who walk on land are obviously much more convenient than those who can only move in the water.
Birds in the air are another force, especially all kinds of birds at sea, all of which have taken on their own responsibilities, whether it is reconnaissance or messenger delivery, their special abilities cannot be replaced, so the conning tower has incorporated them into this three-dimensional defense system.
As a result, the entire Mekong Treaty will be a flagship of the development of the Kingdom of Heaven and will play a unique role in the future development of the Kingdom of Heaven (to be continued......