Whether the energy problem can be successfully solved depends to a large extent on whether the heather can find an oil field, and finding the oil field is equivalent to solving half of the problem. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

So everyone pinned half of their hopes on the heather and the exploration team, but at the same time, the restoration work of the steam engine did not stop, after all, the steam engine will definitely play a greater role in the future development of industry than these modern equipment.

Lin Wendong's main research is the development and restoration of a 60-horsepower steam engine, a 60-horsepower steam engine can drive a ship of about 100 tons, which is the result of his preliminary calculations, but the specific situation still needs to be proved after experiments.

Although the steam engine is relatively complex and large, compared with modern internal combustion engines and electrical equipment, it is definitely a backward product, but in the 17th century, this is definitely a technological existence beyond the current era.

Don't look at the steam engine in this thing in the 21st century looks simple in structure, many look at the model is just a water tank, the sealing device heating point, and then generate power to drive the runner to work, but it is not so simple to really do.

It is also necessary to consider how long it can be used, and the maximum working time needs to be maintained, so the steam engine is not so easy to build.

The research team took two months, mobilized the personnel and material resources of the entire Chang'an base, and finally only built a steam engine that was not yet mature, but even so made everyone happy for a few days without sleeping.

It is much easier to improve and experiment on this basis than in the case of a complete absence of physical objects, so the current situation is still very optimistic.

It's just that the current coal storage capacity of the Chang'an base does not seem to be large, and with the application of mining, the small coal storage point will not last long before it will fall into mining depletion, and in addition to this, the coal resources must also be solved.

Coal resources in Australia are actually quite rich, the main production area is concentrated in the northeast of Australia, that is, the later Queensland Gallier, there are nearly 20 billion tons of coal reserves, but the problem is timely This distance is far away, not suitable for transportation at all.

In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of the iron and steel plant, Lin Wendong and Hong Gang proposed that the Chang'an base is not suitable for the development of the steel industry, although there are water resources of the Swan River as a development need, but after all, the most important part of smelting steel is coal, and the absence of large-scale coal storage is an important factor restricting development.

Considering the cost and future development, they all suggested that it would be advantageous to build a steel smelter in the southeast region than in Chang'an.

It's just that the primary purpose of crossing the public at that time was to solve the problem of food and clothing, and steel smelting was not the first problem to be considered.

In this case, this is what we are doing.

To solve the energy problem, we first need to develop the southeast coast, relying on ship transportation to link the communication between the two cities, of course, land communication is also important, but at present, the possibility of building a railway around Australia is not high, so it is most convenient to take the waterway.

Since someone has put forward a proposal to develop the southeast here, it means that the domestic shipbuilding industry must keep up with the pace, at least the domestic steam ships must be taken out, this is for sure.

Only a strong maritime transport force can ensure unimpeded material and cultural exchanges between the two cities.

In the meeting room of the executive committee, several committee members and relevant persons in charge of land and resources sat together to conduct research on scientific research and development along the southeast coast.

An Wenli, the vice minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources, is Shi Nan's deputy, although his memory of the geographical location and environment is not as strong as his, but after all, he is also a geological worker, and he still has some advantages compared to others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a map of the southeast, this area is the coal storage site, we need to build a port and a town settlement center here to develop the coal here, and if the facilities here are built, we can consider relocating the steel mill here."

An Wenli stood in front of the small blackboard in the conference room, holding a short slender stick in her hand, and pointed to a few areas on the map to introduce to everyone, these areas were confirmed and copied by the people of their land and resources department, there will definitely be some if there is a difference, but it will not be too big.

After all, Australia has not yet been fully developed during this period, and there must be some discrepancies in many places just based on the memory of the brain, and it is uncertain whether there is any danger, let alone others.

At present, there are about 7,000 permanent residents in the entire Chang'an base, and more than 1,600 people, including the traversers, have obtained real free status, and the remaining 6,000 people have not obtained free native labor.

Although these laborers have not been freed, they are also regarded as the permanent population of the Chang'an base, and the personnel in the base currently have a division of labor, and it is somewhat unrealistic to divide a group of people from here to go to the southeast, so they can only wait until the Ming immigrants come, and assign a group of people from here to go out.

"My suggestion is whether the Ming immigrants can directly move here to settle down, so that we can save the time and manpower we need to move here from Chang'an."

"Manpower and material resources are secondary, if we need new immigrants to have a sense of belonging to Australia, then we must let them live in the Chang'an base for a few months, and accept the living habits and culture here, which plays a very important role in cultivating their sense of belonging."

A group of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, if they do not have any sense of belonging, but directly put them in a strange place to live and produce according to the way formulated by the traversals, then in the future, they will only regard themselves as an employed person rather than the owner of this land.

In one area, if the Ming immigrants are too concentrated in one area, it is also more worrying, in case any of them feel that they can climb to the top, although it may not cause much harm to the crossers, but it will definitely have an impact on the Australian economy.

Therefore, it is reasonable for new immigrants to mix with old immigrants to arrange for residence.

Before Wu Zhengdao and the others set off, the executive committee had reached a conclusion on the development of the southeast, that is, the new immigrants would postpone the settlement of the new immigrants who would directly move there, but stay in Chang'an for three months to six months and then relocate.

After the meeting, Wu Zhengdao then attended the second internal meeting of the trade group, the main content of which was to find out how well the preparations were being made and whether there was anything missing.