Chapter Eighty-Three: Reservoir Blasting The Manchu Qing Dynasty Changes

Zhang Zhimu understood that after the war, it was necessary to commend the officers and men, so as to boost morale. However, it is impossible for the officers and men who are now stationed in various places to gather together to commend them.

"The commendation of the officers and soldiers, you have come up with a plan. The opinions of the officers below should be solicited on the commendation of junior officers and soldiers. Implement it as soon as possible, and don't delay it too long. Zhang Zhimu said.

"We have sorted out the plan, let's take time to take a look at it tomorrow." Ouyang He said.

Only with clear rewards and punishments can officers and soldiers be convinced, and this is also the minimum requirement for administering the army. The kiln people have been doing very well in this regard.

After Li Wei returned to Yaogang, after arranging his own affairs, especially the production of 203 caliber cannon shooting watches, he invited Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe to come to the construction site of Tangjingyao and their Hutuo River Reservoir.

Three people were in the same car. On the way, they saw that the railroad from Yaogang to the reservoir was already laying steel tracks. Li Yunhe said: "Now that we have bulldozers and rolling machines, we can build railways much faster. ”

Li Wei also said: "I have talked to Mr. Tang on the phone a few times, and their progress on the construction site is also good. Mr. Tang kept urging me to come over, and their diversion canal was going to be excavated, saying that it was a lot of earthwork. I heard Mr. Zhang say that large-scale blasting can be carried out, please go over and have a look. ”

"This time, you have to use this reservoir to practice your hands, and you must get the big bang done. In the future, we will have a lot of projects to do, and there will be a lot of things that need to be blasted. Zhang Zhimu said.

As soon as he arrived at the construction site of the reservoir, Zhang Zhimu saw that the construction site was billowing with smoke and dust, and the scorching sun made everything on the construction site hot. Workers are hand-digging and shoulder-carrying earth and rock. There are also many aerial cable cars that are also transporting earth and rock. However, the main attraction is the one or two dozen tractors. One by one, they emitted black smoke and pushed the construction site. However, they are responsible for a much larger area.

Tang Jingyao knew that Zhang Zhimu and they were coming, so he had been waiting there for a long time, and when he saw Zhang Zhimu and their carriage arrived, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Mr. Zhang has worked hard all the way!" ”

Zhang Zhimu also hurriedly said: "Mr. Tang is hard! I see that the sun is scorching on the construction site, and the workers must do a good job of preventing heatstroke and cooling down. ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. We serve not only tea, but also soft drinks and ice fruits. Many workers said that although they were tired, they didn't expect the food here to be so good. Most of them have only drunk soda and eaten ice fruit here. Tang Jingyao proudly said, "The workers have contributed a lot, and we ensure that they have meat every day and are full." The hospital also set up a clinic on the site, where some minor illnesses and injuries were treated. ”

"Good!" Zhang Zhimu said, "You should try to think as carefully as possible, and only when the workers eat well and are in good health can they do their work well." ”

"Okay, Mr. Tang, let's talk about the project." Li Wei didn't want to listen to too many polite words.

Zhang Zhimu glared at Li Wei and said, "You bastard, let Mr. Tang finish speaking." ”

Tang Jingyao was not annoyed, and said, "Okay! Listening to General Lee, let's talk about the construction site. After speaking, Tang Jingyao invited everyone to their headquarters. Zhang Zhimu saw that there were various maps and drawings hanging on the walls around the headquarters.

When he came to the map, Tang Jingyao picked up a stick, pointed to the map and said, "A while ago, Mr. Lu Qi came to the construction site and put forward a few suggestions, which we think are very good after studying them. The original design was improved. For example, the dam we originally designed was going to be fully built into a cement dam. Now, Mr. Lu proposes to build earth-rock dams on both sides of the dam and cement dams in the middle. This has two advantages, one is that a large amount of cement can be left, and the other is that the earth and rock from the mountains on both sides and the excavation can be directly transported here to build the dam body. ”

"Earth-rock dams have a seepage prevention problem, you have to take it into account." Zhang Zhimu said.

"This matter has been considered, and now the ditch is being excavated for the construction of the anti-seepage dam." "We dug a trench 30 meters deep and three meters wide under the bedrock and prepared to build a seepage dam with cement. Then a trapezoidal earth-rock dam is piled up outside. ”

"When we came in, we saw that there are mountains at both ends of the dam, and when your anti-seepage dam is built, we can use directional blasting to lift the soil and rocks on the top of the mountain directly and pile them here to form a part of the dam body. In this way, the amount of earth and rock can be reduced by a lot. Zhang Zhimu said.

"It would be nice if that were the case." Tang Jingyao said, "Our project progress can be improved a lot. This can be done at both ends of this dam. ”

Li Wei looked at the picture on the wall and said: "There is no problem with the blasting at both ends of the dam body, but I am afraid that the blasting vibration will be too big and your anti-seepage dam will be damaged." ”

"There is no big problem," said Tang Jingyao, "and after the dam is completed, we can first bury the dam with earth and stone to reduce vibration." Even some of the problems are not big. Its role is to prevent water seepage. A little water seepage won't affect too much. The bottom of the dam is a few hundred meters wide. ”

"Tell me about your spillway." Li Wei said.

"That flood channel is also the diversion channel used by us when the Hutuo River is intercepted." Tang Jingyao said, "We want to build a dam there, and in the future, when the flood is too big, it can also be used as a flood channel." That location is a hill pack. If we could blow it up with an explosion, we would have a lot less work. ”

Li Yunhe said: "I think we should go there and have a look." Looking at the picture here, I can't see anything. ”

"Good! I've already arranged the boat, let's go and have a look. Tang Jingyao said.

In order to facilitate the construction of the reservoir site, it is equipped with two diesel-powered speedboats.

Zhang Zhimu and his party came to the river, boarded the speedboat, and came to the foot of the mountain where the diversion canal was to be built. When they got to the shore, they abandoned the boat and went ashore and climbed together on this small hill, which was between two larger hills. After this mountain bag, there is a ravine behind it, and the ravine can lead directly to the river channel of the Hutuo River when it turns a corner. It is a good place to build a diversion canal from here. It seems that Lu Bingyi and Tang Jingyao have spent a lot of effort here.

Li Wei looked at this mountain bag and said: "There should be no problem with blowing up the mountain bag with **." But what you need is to blow up a channel below the river level, so that it can be used to divert the river, which is troublesome. ”

"Why?" Tang Jingyao didn't understand.

"Because you need to drill a hole in the water and blow it up. That kind of cave is not easy to fight, it is too close to the river, and it is easy to enter the water when it is hit, and it is impossible to place ** in the cave. Li Wei said.

Zhang Zhimu looked at the mountain bag and suddenly asked, "Yunhe, what is the maximum hole that your drilling rig can drill now?" ”

"150mm is fine, I'm working on a 200mm one, but I'll have to wait a little longer." Li Yunhe replied.

"That's good, you arrange a few drilling rigs, and drill a few rows of deep holes in the direction of the river channel to be opened on this mountain bag, and the depth of the holes should be a few meters deeper than the required river channel. After drilling, the waterproof ** will be put into the borehole, and the hole will be sealed with cement. Detonate at the same time with electricity. In this way, after the explosion, this mountain bag can be lifted to both sides along these rows of explosion holes to form a river channel. Zhang Zhimu said.

Li Wei clapped his hands and said, "Good idea, it's no problem to blow up such a river and install more **, let's start here first." ”

Tang Jingyao said excitedly: "When you blow up here, we will intercept the Hutuo River." ”

"Okay, I'll go back and see how many rigs I can send?" Li Yunhe said.

Tang Jingyao said: "As long as you blow up this diversion canal, and then lift the two hills to the dam for me." We can do the rest ourselves. Like the one who punched holes and blasted with a pickaxe, we followed General Li Wei for a while, and we will do it ourselves. But this is a large-scale explosion, and none of us dare to do it. ”

"Li Wei hasn't done anything like this, so let's explore it." Zhang Zhimu said, "Li Wei, you still have a task, your sappers must set up a special team to dig tunnels from the mountain. Specializing in tunneling techniques requires experience and skill. If you enter a section of tunnel, you must cover a section with cement, otherwise it will collapse, and it will be very dangerous for people to fail to break through the tunnel. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange for an engineer regiment to study this matter when I go back." Li Wei said, "It seems that Mr. Zhang has a lot to do!" ”

"Huh! You're right," Zhang Zhimu said, "and our large-scale construction hasn't started yet." For example, if we were to build a railway from Datong to Zhangjiakou, we would have to build a lot of tunnels in the mountains. Without tunnel construction technology, we would not have been able to build this section of the railway. ”

Zhang Zhimu and the others followed Tang Jingyao to visit around the reservoir construction site, and felt that Tang Jingyao was really a good worker, so many people, the arrangement was in an orderly manner, it was really not easy.

After the visit, Zhang Zhimu asked: "Director Tang, when will your barrage dam be closed?" ”

"It depends on when the diversion canal can be done," Tang Jingyao said, "If it is really as everyone said, that mountain bag can be blown up, then the diversion canal will be made from there." That way it will be fast. As you can see, our barrage dam is pushing from both banks to the center of the river, and now it can't be filled anymore. If there is no diversion, the flow to the center of the river is too fast. When we have a diversion to divert the flow, we can use a tractor to push the large stones into the river and close the dam. ”

"Okay, you're moving a little faster than planned." Zhang Zhimu said, "When your dam is closed, I will congratulate you." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang." Tang Jingyao was very moved.

Li Yunhe said: "There will be 20 tractors in the next two days, and we will transport them to you as soon as they are built." The railway will be opened to traffic soon, and it will be much easier to transport whatever you are using at the construction site. ”

"The most convenient thing is that the cement can be transported directly from the cement factory to the construction site by tanker. In the future, when pouring on a large scale, cement can ensure supply. Tang Jingyao said.

On the way back, Zhang Zhimu said to Li Yunhe: "When I was in Hequ last time, I studied with Lu Qi, we really need to build a cement mixer, and in the future, large-scale continuous pouring of cement will require a large amount of cement to be mixed at the same time, and the need cannot be met by hand." Not to mention the dam, even pouring the piers is not enough. There should also be cement high-pressure transmission equipment. ”

"Cement mixer, I know as soon as you say it." Li Yunhe asked again, "What is cement high-pressure transmission equipment?" ”

"We finished mixing the cement and it was usually transported by horse-drawn carts. But a lot of cement is not enough. Also, the delivery location is too high, and we can't deliver it, right? Zhang Zhimu reminded Li Yunhe.

"Hmmm! Yes. Li Yunhe nodded.

"Can we use a steel pipe to pump the cement up through a high-pressure pump?" Zhang Zhimu said, "In this way, we can easily complete the delivery of cement?" ”

"Oops! It's a good idea. Li Yunhe said, "Don't wait for Lu Qi, I'll arrange for someone to do this when I go back." ”

"Don't wait for Lu Qi, do you remember what you said about another thing that doesn't have to wait for Lu Qi?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"I know, you're talking about acetate," Li Yunhe said, "Don't worry, I've arranged for someone to do this." However, there are a lot of troubles, and the small holes exposed by that thing are not easy to do, so we can use two larger holes to superimpose them to leave smaller holes. However, only when the flow rate is matched with the speed of the outer winding stick can the tension pull the fiber into the required silk thread. This thing needs to be explored for a while longer to ensure that it is tuned the same every time. Otherwise, the fiber that comes out is different every time, and the thickness of that thing will not work. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that this thing was not a simple matter, but it had to be solved, "You have to remember that if this matter is solved, it will be of great significance." In the future, we will come up with a lot of chemical fiber products. What you are doing now is a technological breakthrough, and it is also laying the foundation for the future. ”

"Huh!" Li Yunhe smiled and said, "There are too many things we have to lay the foundation. Let's just talk about Qingfengzi's monocrystalline silicon, and there are too many equipment we have specially built for them. What electric furnaces, air filters, cutting equipment, grinding equipment, and all kinds of special tools. Too much effort and manpower is expended. I wonder what the use of that foundational thing will be? ”

"Did you spend so much energy on synthetic ammonia at the beginning?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"Of course, the main thing is that at that time, we were not good at manpower, and there were many novices. The veterans are only just getting started, and they can't be compared with now. What is being done now is not as large as the scale of synthetic ammonia. But the technical complexity is no less so. Even Yang Chang and Li Di have spent a lot of manpower. This thing should be said to concentrate all the technical strength of our kiln people. Li Yunhe said.

"Would you have thought that ammonia would be so beneficial?" Zhang Zhimu asked again.

"Nope." Li Yunhe replied honestly.

"I'm telling you, if this thing is made, you can't imagine it now." Zhang Zhimu said, "Let's give a small example. Now you have a radio at home, but you have to keep it at home, you can't get it. I took it out and I couldn't hear it. But once that thing is made, we can make a radio that's bigger than a matchbox. Our elderly and children can walk out into the street with a radio and listen as they go. ”

"So can the radio station be small?" Li Wei immediately thought of military applications.

"Of course, in the future, everyone can have a radio station in their hands, and they can talk to whoever they want at that time." Zhang Zhimu said, "This thing has brought us changes, and you can't imagine how big it will be." They will do what the tube can do. If the tube can't do it, they will do it too. You have to hurry up and support Qingfengzi and let them get things out as soon as possible. ”

"Soon, I guess they'll have some results by the end of the year." Li Yunhe said, "The last time I heard Master Qingfengzi say that there is still a problem with purity. There are also problems when cutting and grinding. But they came up with a new fixing glue, and I heard that it was much better. ”

"When your father and they come back from Baotou, if they can make molybdenum wire, it will be better to cut it with molybdenum wire." Zhang Zhimu said, "By the way, after the molybdenum wire is made, you can also use the molybdenum wire for wire cutting." ”

Li Yunhe smiled and said, "Haven't heard of wire cutting?" You can make something weird. ”

"You know the wire saw for woodworking, right? It's pretty much the same as that. Zhang Zhimu said.

"I know, I arranged for them to make that thing, and now the wire saw can sell for a lot of silver. But you say it's enough to cut steel with a wire saw. Li Yunhe said.

"That's right, you see that when we weld, we use the principle of discharge between electrodes to melt the metal, right?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"yes."

"If we use molybdenum wire as one pole and the part to be processed as one pole, there will be an electric discharge between the two when they come into contact. The contact between the steel and the molybdenum wire to be processed will melt away, which means that it will be cut off, right? Zhang Zhimu continued to explain.

"Yes," Li Yunhe asked, "will the molybdenum wire also be broken?" ”

"The temperature of the molybdenum wire is very high, and we can constantly move the molybdenum wire, and the molybdenum wire that is heated a little bit will leave the contact with the machined parts. This is like a constantly wound molybdenum wire cutting the part. Zhang Zhimu said, "If we control the complex movement of the molybdenum wire when cutting, can we process complex shapes?" ”

"Oops!" Li Yunhe exclaimed and said, "If the molybdenum wire is really as high temperature resistant as you said, we can really think about this thing, some things that need to be cut are really difficult to get, if the molybdenum wire can be used for wire cutting, it will solve a big problem." ”

"Huh! When your father and they come back, you urge them to do something about molybdenum wire. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Okay, but now there are a lot of talents in the smelter," Li Yunhe said, "It turns out that there are a lot of technicians in the smelter, and they are hired from the Ming Dynasty." Now their main task in assigning students there is to teach them. Teachers from our college also don't come to teach them less. They have a lot more to do, and they are more exercised. So they have more talent there. When my father came back, I asked them to arrange for someone to do the molybdenum wire as soon as possible. ”

Just as Zhang Zhimu's carriage arrived at the post of the kiln gang, a staff officer from the command center stopped the carriage. Zhang Zhimu saw that it was someone from the command center who stopped the carriage, and it was very strange. This staff officer came over to salute Zhang Zhimu and said, "Mr. Zhang, please follow me to the command center, Mr. Chen is waiting for you there." ”

As soon as Zhang Zhimu heard it, he knew that there must be something urgent, otherwise Chen Yufeng would not let people stop him here.

Li Yunhe left in the car, and Li Wei got out of the car and followed Zhang Zhimu to the command center.

As soon as Zhang Zhimu entered the command center, he saw Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He here, and asked, "Uncle Chen, Mr. Ouyang, what's the urgency?" ”

"Huh!" Ouyang He smiled and said, "There is a big thing. I called the reservoir just now, and they said you had returned, so I sent someone to pick you up. ”

Seeing Zhang Zhimu and Li Wei sitting down, Ouyang He said again: "That's the case, we just received the information sent by Li Zhi. said that the Manchu Emperor Taiji was dead, and he had already made Fu Lin the king. Dorgon and Zilharan were auxiliaries. ”

At this time, Chen Yufeng took over and said: "We have studied the leaders of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and this Dolgon is a difficult master. We are worried that with him as an assistant, he will be restless and may attack Shanhaiguan in advance. ”

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".