When Zhang Wei arrived in Cebu, the capital of Sulu province, the experts and local military and political leaders were already waiting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After a short rest, he first listened to the report of the local military and political leaders, and the results made Zhang Wei very satisfied.

After several years of governance, the local indigenous population has been reduced to less than 20% of the total population; The local use of indigenous people to develop coal mines, iron mines, gold and silver mines, etc., has achieved good economic benefits, and at the same time, with the hard work of the indigenous people, the initial infrastructure has been established; There is also a large indigenous labor force currently employed in the local cement factories and mines; The Reformation was a complete victory, all religious assets were confiscated, estates and land were allocated to Chinese immigrants for management, and grain and other agricultural products were self-sufficient.

The next report of the experts made Zhang Wei a little disappointed, but their subsequent suggestions made Zhang Wei very happy.

Most of the several inland seas in Sulu Province have ocean basins, some up to 2,000 meters deep, and there is no need for reclamation, which is too inefficient; Moreover, the sea traffic here is developed, if the sea lane is blocked, the gains outweigh the losses, and more importantly, the marine fishing industry here is developed, and the ecological environment here cannot be damaged.

The Group's recommendation was to reclaim the Ariake Sea, Yatsushiro Sea and Omura Bay in Shinsu Province, and recommended the reclamation of Omura Bay first.

The sea area of Omura Bay is large, the narrow waterway is connected to the outside, the water depth is less than 20 meters, the average depth is only more than 5 meters, the use of the same sandy soil, can fill a large area of land, in Sulu Province can fill in 2 square kilometers, in Xinzhou Province can fill in hundreds of square kilometers of land area, and Xinzhou is mountainous, in urgent need of such a plain area; After the successful reclamation, it can not only create millions of acres of fertile land, but also improve the local transportation environment; If the results are good after the investigation, tens of millions of acres of fertile land can be filled in just in Xinzhou Province, and it will have reference significance for land reclamation in the south and west of the Lelang Peninsula.

Zhang Wei is very supportive of their idea, and it is necessary to take into account economic benefits, and if he can add hundreds of square kilometers of plains at a time, it will be worth his busyness.

So Zhang Wei ordered the group of experts to go to Xinzhou Province for inspection, and he stopped in Manila and Taiwan respectively, and then rushed to meet them.

The expert group was pleased that Zhang Wei had been so receptive to their suggestion.

When Zhang Wei arrived at Sasebo Air Base, the group of experts had already rushed to Omura Bay on a destroyer; Zhang Wei accepted the advice left by the expert group and took an airship to Omura Bay.

In the shortest possible time, the expert group conducted a systematic investigation of Omura Bay and wrote an outline for the transformation.

Omura Bay has an area of more than 800 square kilometers, and if it were all filled, it would be a very good agricultural planting area.

According to the advice of the expert group, Zhang Wei's first reclamation was mainly to drain the seawater first, and slowly fill the sea with sand and gravel, squeezing the seawater out of Dacun Bay to form tidal flats. After the seawater is discharged, a sluice gate is established at the narrow inlet to prevent the backflow of seawater; Then through a natural river, the salt is slowly washed, a process that takes several years; Finally, continue to fill in the high-quality fertile soil to form fertile fields.

Although the method of the expert group is complicated, Zhang Wei feels that it is also a more practical method, otherwise the filled plain area is also a saline-alkali flat, the salt content is too high, and the transformation is quite difficult.

The expert group asked the local garrison to cooperate and drive all the boats in Omura Bay away, and the people along the coast must be evacuated, otherwise the reclamation will cause huge waves and endanger the lives and property of the people along the coast.

After all arrangements were in place, the expert group was divided into several groups, some of whom went to the sea outlet to measure and observe, and some of whom observed and recorded on the north and south shores of Omura Bay.

Zhang Wei and some of the expert groups took an airship to start reclamation from east to west, gradually squeezing out the seawater from the western seaway, filling the middle part first, and filling the height of the filling is flat or slightly lower than the water level, so as to ensure the smooth flow of seawater, and take the principle of not accumulating seawater; In the southern and northern parts of Omura Bay, the location of the waterway was set aside, and the location of two freshwater rivers was planned for the future to facilitate irrigation in the plain area and take into account matters such as land flood discharge; The team also planned the location of several artificial freshwater lakes to facilitate future salt washing, flood control and irrigation.

The expert group's opinion is that this is an inland sea, and the impact on the environment after reclamation is very small, if it is an open harbor, it is necessary to set aside a certain amount of tidal flats, and plant a large number of mangroves along the newly cultivated coast to ensure that the sea water has the ability to purify itself, provide habitats and breeding grounds for coastal marine life and birds, and serve as an ecological protection barrier on land to minimize the impact and damage to the ocean.

Zhang Weiwei was satisfied with the fact that the expert group had planned so thoroughly in such a short period of time, and he was also willing to cooperate with the work of the expert group, regard this land reclamation as a scientific research activity, and collect scientific research data and materials for the future land reclamation.

The expert group was affirmed by Zhang Wei, and Zhang Wei cooperated with their work so much, which made them feel very good, and said to Zhang Wei modestly: "Thank you for your appreciation, we can follow Your Majesty to act together and witness this great moment, we are also very excited in our hearts, so we should do a good job, try to consider all kinds of factors, and minimize the harm." ”

"Haha, Your Majesty, this is simply a huge project that has never been seen before or since, it can create a land area of several hundred square kilometers at one time, and after the inhabitants of the coastal areas return to their homeland, they will definitely think that it is a gift from the gods, and the Xia Empire has been favored by the heavens, and it will definitely attract the attention of the world press; It is our honor to be part of such a great project, so how can we not plan it well? ”

As Zhang Wei continued to throw sand and gravel into the sea, a about 10 kilometers wide was formed in the sea, the height of the dike was below sea level, and the sea water had just overflowed the top of the dike. The sea water was squeezed and rushed violently in all directions, forming a monstrous wave on the shore, but fortunately the local residents were evacuated in advance, otherwise the damage would have been very serious; The huge wave was blocked by the embankment, quickly returned, and hit the embankment in the middle of the sea, and even the sand and gravel were thrown dozens of meters high; This is also the reason why the expert group recommended taking an airship for reclamation, otherwise, it would be difficult for even destroyers to withstand such large waves.

Due to the huge amount of sand and gravel released in a short period of time, the sea level is rising, and the mouth of the sea is relatively narrow, resulting in a very fast flow of water at the mouth and spreading to the land on both sides of the sea channel.

It took 3 days to take the airship in Omura Bay, from east to west, and it took 3 days to complete the discharge of sand and gravel in the system.

Except for the southern and northern parts of Omura Bay, which are located in the river and freshwater lakes, all other areas are filled with sand and gravel, forming tidal flats that are level with sea level, covering an area of more than 600 square kilometers.

Zhang Wei is very satisfied with the successful completion of this reclamation.

The team remained in Xinzhou Province to continue to study the subsequent impacts and the best options for converting fertile land into fertile land.

Zhang Wei returned to Sasebo by airship.