Chapter 17 Construction of the Hutuo River Reservoir Red Lady Soldiers

In order to discuss the construction of the Hutuo River Reservoir at the meeting of the kiln gang cadres, Zhang Zhimu invited Li Di and Li Yunhe over and asked them how much of a single power hydroelectric generator could be produced with the current technical level of the kiln.

Li Di replied: "Mr. Zhang, it just so happens that I also have something to tell you." The generators we are building in Niutoushan are 10 megawatts. This generator was originally intended to be built on the side of the smelting plant, but later it was built in Niutoushan for the convenience of future management. Niutoushan originally wanted to wait for the 10-megawatt unit to succeed and directly put on the 100-megawatt generator. Now that the 10-megawatt generator has not yet been built, the company is in a hurry to use electricity, so it decided to build another 10-megawatt unit. The people below us have some ideas. ”

"Oh! Let's talk about it. "Zhang Zhimu most wants them to have their own opinions.

"After we designed our 10-megawatt unit, everyone was working on a 100-megawatt unit. Through analysis, everyone believes that a 100-megawatt unit and a 10-megawatt unit seem to be a lot larger, but from a technical level, there is not much difference. Our turbine technologies and materials are designed to meet the needs of a 100-megawatt unit. We don't need to build another 10 megawatt unit, we recommend just going for a 100 megawatt generator set. Li Di said with confidence.

Without waiting for Zhang Zhimu to speak, Li Yunhe was happy, and poked Li Di and said, "If you really have you, it will be a hundred megawatts all of a sudden." ”

"Of course it would be nice if it could go up to a 100-megawatt unit!" Zhang Zhimu said, "Even if it is a little bit of a technical risk, it is worth taking." ”

"There won't be much of a problem, we've studied it carefully." Li Di said confidently.

"Okay, I support. We're on a 100-megawatt unit. Zhang Zhimu said.

"As for Mr. Zhang, what you just said about the hydropower generator set, we have been studying it since the power generation of Xishan Baozi began. Because you said at that time that you would build a dam on the Hutuo River and engage in hydropower generation. Li Di said, "We think that with our current strength, in terms of generators, it is no problem to build as big as possible, and from the water turbines, if we engage in funnel efficiency, the efficiency will be much higher than that of Xishan bubbles, and it should be no problem to make 50 megawatts." However, our computing power is not enough, and it can only be a conservative estimate. But we can increase the power reserved for the generator a little bit more, to 100 megawatts. We can control the speed of the turbine by controlling the flow rate and blade angle, but we can control the power generation by controlling the excitation current of the motor. In addition, the water level is different during the dry and flood seasons, and the power generation will also change. ”

"Fifty megawatts, that's 50,000 kilowatts. That's a big deal. Zhang Zhimu said, "The top of our Hutuo River dam is more than 1,000 meters long, but four or five hundred meters and more than 60 meters high, and both sides are built on the slopes of the mountains. The place suitable for building a large generator is more than 400 meters, and I think we will build five generators there. During the flood season, they can generate electricity together, and some units can be stopped for maintenance during the dry season. However, the project of designing such a generator and the combination of the dam is completely different from that of the Nishiyama Bubble, and the generator is completely built inside the dam body. There are many security measures that need to be considered comprehensively. Mr. Lo Bingyi will personally participate in this matter. However, Mr. Lu had never built such a power generation facility before. I can only give you a few suggestions. ”

In fact, Zhang Zhimu has only visited the Xiaolangdi Reservoir for these things, and then he has seen some of them on TV. I can only know a rough idea. The dam and the generator set had to be renovated as they worked. But dam design needs to come first. In this matter, Lu Bingyi will mobilize all his disciples and all the forces that can be mobilized in the kiln gang to participate in the design. For a dam more than 60 meters high, the pressure at the bottom is a terrifying number. Zhang Zhimu felt that such a dam construction was a bit risky, but Zhang Zhimu had to try to do it even if he took risks.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Zhimu specially organized the leaders of the kiln gang to discuss it together.

First of all, please Tang Jingyao to give you a detailed introduction. Since he had already made a report to Zhang Zhimu, according to Zhang Zhimu's question, Tang Jingyao knew that those were the key points, and Tang Jingyao's explanation this time was more organized.

It quickly gave everyone an overall impression. The dam is actually not far from Xiurong, less than 100 kilometers. It's just that because it is separated by several mountains, people don't often mention it.

It takes four or five years to complete the project, and it is the first time that the kiln gang people have built such a long construction period and a huge scale project. Everyone couldn't come up with any opinions at once, but Lu Chengxiang was most concerned about how much money he needed to spend.

Lu Bingyi and Tang Jingyao made a preliminary estimate with Lu Chengxiang on the spot, and this project and the supporting projects could not hold 20 million taels of silver, but at most it could not exceed 25 million taels.

Now. Lu Chengxiang's round face also grew, "Mr. Zhang, we can't afford so much silver now." We still have an army of more than 200,000 people and hundreds of thousands of workers. All need silver. ”

"Huh! Such a project is rolling with money. It's not like you need to take out so much at once. We can still make money in the past few years. Zhang Zhimu said.

"You can't take the money you don't earn. Let's calculate the flowers first? Lu Chengxiang didn't let go.

"Huh! You may be thinking about the silver, but in fact, I am thinking about the technical risks of this project. Zhang Zhimu said, "If you talk about economic accounts, I will tell you that this is a profitable business." Now we have no charge for electricity, and we don't have a cost. This year, we will install electricity meters in every household, and then everyone will know that electricity is also a commodity. Let's do the math. Let's say our five generator sets generate an average of 300 days of electricity per year. The power generation capacity of one of our units in one day is 50,000 times 24 kWh, which is 1.2 million kWh, and 300 days is 36 million kWh. Suppose we calculate one copper coin at one time, then it is 360,000 taels of silver. Then what about the five units, it is 18 million taels of silver. You may not have any idea of one kilowatt of electricity, but I'll tell you that ten 100-watt light bulbs consume electricity for an hour. ”

This time, everyone understood what was going on with one kilowatt-hour of electricity. Lu Chengxiang was the first to say: "Ten 100-watt light bulbs can't be lit for an hour, how can you ask for a copper plate." That's the same as a 100-watt light bulb for 10 hours. It is the electricity consumption of a family for two days. According to this calculation, the electricity consumption of a family is fifteen copper plates a month. Isn't that a joke? ”

"We don't need to count too much, just calculate it according to two copper plates per kilowatt-hour, that is, 36 million taels of silver a year. That is to say, it will take less than a year to recover the cost and turn the corner. Do you think we have built a machine for making silver? Zhang Zhimu said.

"If we count it, we might as well build this project even if we print money!" Lu Chengxiang said: "However, we send so many calls, who will buy them?" ”

"With so much electricity, we can build a large aluminum factory, and all that comes out of the aluminum factory is silver. I can build large steel mills, textile mills, etc., and we can solve the problems of our development due to power constraints. Besides, there are many places in Shanxi that don't use electricity. When we have electricity, we can pump out the groundwater and turn all the land into water, do you think electricity is useful? Zhang Zhimu continued to explain, "This electricity looks like a lot, but it is not much for the whole of Shanxi." In the future, we will use air conditioners and refrigerators in every home, and then electricity will be tight again. Hehe! ”

When everyone heard Zhang Zhimu say this, they all nodded and discussed. Tang Jingyao breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that there was a door to this matter.

Zhang Zhimu added: "We haven't calculated yet, how much more water will be added to our reservoir when the water level is raised. And how much more grain can be fought? How much can it play a role in flood control downstream? ”

Or Lu Chengxiang said: "I will understand this calculation, and we will bet this treasure." Even if all the gold is sold, the dam of this reservoir will be built. I'll figure out how to deal with the silver. Mr. Lu and Mr. Tang, you are responsible for managing the project well. I'll take care of all the food you eat on the construction site. If you start construction on the site, it will cost at least hundreds of thousands of people. This food is indispensable. ”

Hearing Lu Chengxiang say this, everyone applauded.

Yan Boju also squeezed his eyes and said, "I will send 5,000 policemen to stand guard for you." If there aren't enough people, we can send people. We fully support this. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Organizing such a project is not easier than fighting a big battle. Your organizational leadership is very important, and all of you have to do your part. I suggest that in this matter, the company is still responsible for coordinating all aspects of the matter. Others are not strong enough and easy to rip off. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay! Mr. Tang, you are the forward, and I will be your backing. I am personally responsible for coordinating things, and we need a team on our side of the company to keep in touch with you and provide you with support. ”

Tang Jingyao said excitedly.

The leaders of Yaogang unanimously agreed to start the construction of this great project immediately this year. Tang Jingyao set up a preparatory committee and immediately started work.

After fifteen, Li Mao went back to Yangzhou first. Fan Song still has to wait for the river to open, and then leave with the goods. Li Mao left first to prepare some of the goods that Fan Song brought back to Nanyang for him. Before the beginning of spring, construction began on several railway construction sites. However, the railway section from Hukou to Dongshengzhou and Baotou has not yet started. However, many road construction workers have already been transported to Dongshengzhou and Baotou through the ice surface of the Yellow River. They are waiting for the beginning of spring to start construction on all sections of the road at the same time. Fortunately, now the telephone lines are connected, and it is very convenient to connect everywhere.

Just after the end of the New Year, another incident happened. More than 1,000 of the female soldiers of the Red Lady found the kiln.

It turned out that after Li Yan and the Red Lady were rescued from Tongguan by the Yaogang people, Li Yan's and the Red Lady's subordinates, and all the generals who had a good relationship with them were killed by Li Zicheng. The rest of the soldiers were also assigned to the battalions. The Red Lady had more than 5,000 female soldiers, and the leaders were all killed. The remaining female soldiers were also assigned to the women's barracks. Originally, there was not enough food in Li Zicheng's team, and these female soldiers who were later divided couldn't eat. Many of the female soldiers died of starvation. The news they know is that Li Yan and the Red Lady have defected and have been killed. Many of them were implicated in this and killed. So the female soldiers had to be patient. But after all, the lie was exposed, and they later learned by chance that Li Yan and the Red Lady were rescued by the people of Yaogang, and now they are in Yaogang and they are mixing very well. The female soldiers secretly told each other, and they all felt that there was finally hope. Now they still have more than 3,000 people in this women's barracks, and they took advantage of the chaos of the New Year to escape from the barracks at night and go straight to Tongguan. When the barracks found that the female soldiers of the Red Lady had run away, the generals of the barracks were afraid of being punished, so they didn't dare to report it immediately, so they organized the female soldiers to go out to chase after them. But the female soldiers had already run away, and by the time they reported to their superiors, the female soldiers had already run through Weinan. That is, they are all female soldiers and have caught up with the Chinese New Year, Li Zicheng's guards are also very lax, and the female soldiers told them that there is really no food in the army now, so they dismissed them and let them go home. In this way, most of the female soldiers fled to Tongguan. As soon as they contacted the kiln guards in Tongguan, the kiln guards in Tongguan took them in and entertained them with delicious food and drink. At the same time, I called home and told me about it. As soon as the red lady heard that her female soldiers had run out, she immediately ran to the command center, and after talking to a few female soldiers she was familiar with on the phone, she cried on both sides of the phone. The red lady told them that they don't have to worry when they get to Tongguan, cultivate for a while, and I will send someone to take you back to the kiln.

Originally, the red lady wanted to wait for the Fenhe River to be civilized, and then pick them up by boat, but some of them were in good health, and they couldn't wait after a few full meals, so they brought dry food and rushed directly to Yaogang.

Yang Yulin couldn't stay at home when she heard this, she and Mrs. Zhou Yuji accompanied the red lady to arrange the female soldiers in the barracks of the female soldiers, although there were more crowds. However, the female soldiers of the kiln gang heard about the experience of the female soldiers of the Red Lady, and gave them great sympathy and care.

However, the red lady and their female soldiers made Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He a little embarrassed. Now the cost of raising each soldier in the kiln gang is not low, and it is impossible for the kiln gang to let these female soldiers charge into battle now, and it is enough for Yang Yulin to raise some female soldiers to stand guard in Fangcheng in the kiln gang. Li Yan and the red lady also felt embarrassed about this matter, they couldn't leave these female soldiers alone, but they couldn't say anything.

After Zhang Zhimu knew about this, he went directly to Li Yan's office and brought Li Yan to find the matchmaker.

Seeing the red lady, Zhang Zhimu said: "Congratulations! So many of your sisters are back. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang," the red lady said, "Hey! It's only half of the people. I thought I'd never see them again. ”

After speaking, the red lady lowered her head again. She's worried about these female soldiers.

"What's the matter, the famous red lady also has a time to worry?" Zhang Zhimu joked, "This is a good thing, don't worry about their affairs." I learned that most of your female soldiers are from poor backgrounds. They're pretty much going to follow you for their lives. You should be responsible for them to the end. ”

When the red lady heard Zhang Zhimu say this, she knew in her heart that Zhang Zhimu would definitely help her arrange this matter.

Zhang Zhimu saw that the red lady looked up, her face was a little better, and she said: "Among your female soldiers, many of them are not young, and some are too young. My advice is that you can't let them stay in the team for the rest of their lives, because it will delay them for the rest of their lives. The older ones should be arranged with a suitable job in the kiln gang, they have been in the team for a long time, and they are disciplined, and they should be trained well, which is the material for cadres. If you are young, you should let them study first, otherwise it will delay them even more. Those who are in the prime of life, we can't let them go into battle to kill the enemy. Unless all the men in our kiln are gone. ”

The red lady smiled when she heard it and said, "My soldiers can go into battle!" But she also knew that Zhang Zhimu was telling the truth.

"In this way, you can ask them for their opinions, and if they are willing to participate in other jobs, you can arrange other jobs for them. If we have to work in the army, we will soon build several war-ready hospitals. They can be trained to bandage and rescue on the battlefield, and in the future, when they go to the battlefield, our two stretcher bearers can be paired with a female soldier for battlefield rescue. So that your people will be well arranged. Zhang Zhimu suggested.

Li Yan said: "I think so, if you let them leave the army now, none of them will be willing." Something will happen if you don't get it right. You still don't talk about it, but you take them on a tour of the factory, so that they can have more contact with the workers and understand their lives. This will make them envious to death. They all became soldiers when they were cornered, otherwise which woman would not want to live a down-to-earth life. When they join the work, let everyone introduce a man to those who are older as soon as possible, otherwise it will really delay them for a lifetime. ”

"That's more than 2,000 people?" The red lady also knows that this is a burden.

"I'm not afraid of more people, the more the better." Zhang Zhimu said, "You don't know, there are more men and fewer women in our kilns. They can solve a lot of problems when they come. ”

"Huh! Hehe! Li Yan and the red lady are relieved this time. If these sisters can arrange work and start a family in the kiln, it will be their best home.

The red lady said sincerely: "It is estimated that the sisters will feel it after a while, and they never dreamed that there would be such a good thing waiting for them." I'm relieved that they can have such an arrangement. They weren't supposed to go to war in the first place. ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu came to the command center to talk about this, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were also very satisfied with Zhang Zhimu's arrangement.

Ouyang He said: "For this matter, I am in a dilemma with Mr. Chen. ”

"Let's just forget about it." Chen Yufeng asked: "Zhimu, I heard that this year we will not only build a military building, but also build a military cultural palace?" ”

"Yes! Our army needs a place to represent its own image, and I asked Lu Bingyi and Liu Bensheng to design a few plans, and then you can take a look. This army edifice should be mighty and imposing, and it should also be practical. The Military Cultural Palace can be used for both military and civilian purposes in peacetime, for some performances, and for military meetings. In addition, we will build a second hospital this year, and I think it is better to build a military hospital. Dual-use in peacetime, military in wartime. In peacetime, it can be used not only to treat diseases, but also to do some military research. It's okay to keep it confidential. ”

Ouyang He smiled and said, "Hehe! Our army not only has a cultural troupe, its own hospital, but also its own cultural palace. It's an independent kingdom. ”

"It's not an independent kingdom, it's a self-contained system. In this way, the army itself has its own independence. This is also the direction of the future. In the future, the armed forces should not participate in local politics, and it is best not to have other contacts with the localities as much as possible, otherwise everything will be mixed up with the localities and it will be impossible to separate them. But there is no way to do it now, and this matter will not be considered until we unify the whole country. However, laying some groundwork for the army now will be beneficial for the future. Zhang Zhimu explained.

Ouyang He praised: "Mr. Zhang thinks about things in the long run, and we always have the feeling that we can't keep up. Hehe! ”

"I don't care about the specifics, I just have time to think about it." Zhang Zhimu said, "Li Zhi and the others got news that Sun Chuanting was not dead, and he seemed to have fled to the west of Shaanxi with some people." We will have to face them after we conquer Shaanxi, so we must have a number in our hearts. If he comes back, what are we going to do with them? ”

Chen Yufeng said: "This matter really needs to be considered. ”

"Humph! What to consider, we welcome if you want to cooperate. If you don't cooperate, just disarm and say, we won't kill him, just give it to the emperor. However, we try our best to persuade each other, I think that with Sun Chuanting's person, he will know the current affairs. But do we Ningde people have to think about it? In this way, is it still appropriate for Ningde to be in charge of all the way? Ouyang He said.

"I'll talk to Ningde about this matter once in person to see Ningde's reaction. But I think Ningde is a person who understands the general situation, and he won't do anything to embarrass us. Zhang Zhimu said.

At this time, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He didn't speak, and Zhang Zhimu knew that they didn't agree to let Ning De be in charge of the road alone. Their worries are reasonable, Ning De is Sun Chuanting's old subordinate, once Sun Chuanting has any ideas, I am afraid that Ning De will not be able to stop that feeling, and it is easy to have problems. The big war was imminent, and they couldn't help but worry. However, Zhang Zhimu felt that the problem was not so serious. Sun Chuanting is just an old bureaucrat who is struggling to survive, and he has long been unable to become a climate. Besides, Ning De also knew what the consequences of betraying Yaogang would be. In addition, the relationship between Ningde and the people of Yaogang is not something that Sun Chuanting can easily break, as long as you say hello in advance and remind Ningde.

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The Song army occupied Hokkaido, and Yuankou landed on the island of Kyushu. Opening up the Japanese battlefield. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".