Chapter 49 Industrial Belt around the lake
Prime Minister Karl's special plane landed smoothly at Dar es Salaam International Airport, and after the world economy entered the recovery track, Karl's status was greatly improved, and it was natural to be equipped with a special plane. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoDar es Salaam was once the largest city in ********, ******** the eastern ****** region split off to form the Republic of Kutu during the Great Schism, and Dar es Salaam became the capital of the Republic of Kutu.
Benefiting from its proximity to the Indian Ocean, Dar es Salaam has hosted major African conferences, and now it is Carr's turn to mediate the issues of the countries around Lake Victoria.
Karl deliberately chose to hold the meeting in Dar es Salaam, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, the original ********, Kenya, and Uganda around Lake Victoria have been divided into dozens of small countries, but these dozens of small countries around the lake have gathered one-tenth of Africa's population, and the slightest carelessness will cause the space elevator in Zeus's plan to fail. Moreover, Karl had a further idea of this great East African treasure.
The countries around Lake Victoria were originally members of the East African Federation, and they were already familiar with coming to Dar es Salaam for meetings. When Karl entered the venue from his hotel, dozens of heads of state were already seated at the huge conference round table.
Karl was just about to make an opening remarks, there was a commotion at the entrance of the venue, it turned out that Dar es Salaam suddenly had a power outage, and the heat wave of more than 40 degrees outside quickly heated the indoor air, and everyone had to pull their ties.
President Mwanza couldn't wait for the emergency power to be restored, so he opened fire on the Prime Minister of the Ansar Republic, "The nuclear island planned by Zeus has been put into the final stage of commissioning, and it will soon be connected to the grid for power generation, but you have allowed the militia to cross the lake and destroy it, and you must be responsible for this!" ”
The countries on the southeast shore of Lake Victoria saw President Mwanza firing their guns, and they were not far behind, "If it weren't for the Ansar militia, would there be a power outage today, and we wouldn't have to sit here and suffer living crimes!" ”
Karl smiled silently, and he sat in the middle of the conference table wishing that the smell of gunpowder from these African delegates was a little stronger.
The president of the Republic of Jinja did not attend the meeting, they sent a foreign minister, "What is the benefit of nuclear power in our East Africa, the core projects are contracted by Asia-Europe companies, our African companies can only do some peripheral support, Africans can't even be construction workers, these jobs have been snatched up by European robots, and when all the units start to start, I am afraid that our Owen Dam hydropower station will be closed!" It turned out that the last sentence was the real reason why the President of the Republic of Jinja did not come to the meeting.
"It's a joke that you can't even guarantee the West Bank with your 200-kilowatt capacity, and you still want to supply electricity to Dar es Salaam." As soon as Foreign Minister Jin Jia finished speaking, someone released his cold arrow.
The power was finally restored, and the cold air in the conference hall gradually became stronger. "Okay, okay, please discuss the theme of when countries will withdraw their troops and let the Chinese nuclear project resume as soon as possible." Prime Minister Kutu is both the host and the host, and he wants to grasp the process of the meeting; after the great division of the world, it is becoming more and more difficult for international conferences to be held, and it is common for them to exceed the session, and he does not want the meeting to be delayed, because the huge expenses are not something that Kutu can bear.
"Unless the Lake Victoria area is under the control of our downstream countries, we will never withdraw our troops, and the Chinese nuclear project will not want to resume work!" The Prime Minister of the Republic of Anza was resolute, "You see that in the past ten years, the waters of the Great Lakes have been shrinking, the water level has fallen, and the fish production has been declining year by year, all thanks to your upstream countries, and if this continues, the pearl of Africa will disappear from the face of the earth." ”
"Don't say it so noblely, I think you are the newly discovered rare earth ore at the bottom of the red lake, which belongs to the whole of Africa, at least the East African Federation, not any country around the lake that can monopolize things." Seeing that Ansa touched on the key issue that Prime Minister Kutu could no longer remain neutral, he also joined the battle.
Karl saw that everyone was arguing, he asked his assistant to open the world map on the screen, he coughed lightly, and everyone fell silent, since the popularization of quantum computers around the world, African representatives no longer dared to have a trace of disrespect for Prime Minister Karl.
"Friends, politicians need to look to the future. You see, since the great geographical discovery, the developed cities in the world have all backed the rivers and oceans, and they started from trade and once took the lead. Central Africa, on the other hand, has been lagging behind and in constant turmoil because it does not have such a geographical advantage. Karl's words made everyone nod frequently, why don't you understand, East Africa's unique geographical advantage is in Dar es Salaam, otherwise everyone would not have come here for a meeting.
"But I want to tell you that in the twenty-first century, the earth is no longer dominated by the oceans. Where is the direction of the future, in the sky! Karl pointed to the screen, the live situation of Uhuru Peak of Kilimanjaro was called up, Caterpillar's drilling rig had been withdrawn, and Zhenhua Heavy Industries' tower crane was sinking a huge cement prefabricated ring towards the crater.
"Why did the space elevator choose Uhuru Peak? Because you have an incomparable geographical advantage in the 21st century, the Great Rift Valley is the closest to the sky in the equatorial region! Carl's provocative speech made the delegates dare not make a sound, and each held his breath for fear of missing a word.
"I assure you that after the completion of the Zeus program, fifteen nuclear islands will be permanently closed, and at that time, clean energy will be prioritized around Lake Victoria." A voice interrupted Prime Minister Karl's speech, "Is this going to make us the Republic of Xiangjiao again?" ”
"No, I said, look to the future. I would like to share with you the news that a press conference is being arranged in Geneva on my way here. With a wave of Carl's hand, the picture of the space power station being attacked by a meteorite appeared on the screen, and everyone exclaimed, and some people shouted, "It's all a trick to deceive people, and the first experimental power station will be destroyed." ”
Carl glanced at the person who spoke, and the other party was so frightened that he stopped his mouth, "I want to tell you, all this is expected, Hainan Wenchang Launch Center is launching the famous robot Liu Weiping to the space power station, he will successfully complete the repair work, and will be on permanent duty!" ”
There was another exclamation from the crowd, and one person asked, "What does this have to do with us?" ”
"That's the relationship, as you just saw, there are not a few workers on the huge construction site of Uhuru Peak, a lot of work has been replaced by robots, and in the future twelve solar farms will be launched from East Africa, and they will be made locally. With everything from iron ore to rare earth ore and abundant energy, Lake Victoria will surely be a global manufacturing center in the 21st century, and a robot manufacturing center! ”
Everyone finally understood Prime Minister Karl's good intentions, and the applause in the conference hall came one after another.
"Now, you can withdraw your troops, right? I hope that the Zeus program will start as quickly as possible! Before Karl could finish his words, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Ansar walked through the crowd and shook hands tightly with President Mwaza.
In fact, Carl said that there was much more to the foresight than the words above the meeting, and there were more far-reaching considerations in his mind, but the time had not yet come.
When he sat in a helicopter arranged by the Kutu Air Force over Lake Victoria to inspect the progress of the withdrawal, Karl once again sorted out his long-term plan.
Since the end of the Third World Congress, there has been no baby boom similar to that after World War II, even Asian countries, which have always been at the peak of fertility rates, have stopped, and the African continent, which is unique to the world, is still increasing in population.
The pre-war population of 35 million in Lake Victoria under the plane has tripled in just a decade, and it is dependent on the high fertility rates of Africa as a whole, both in terms of migrants elsewhere.
Karl's economic committee has repeatedly reported to him that the Zeus plan can only stimulate for a while, and the long-term development will still bring the earth's population back to normal orbit.
The newly established earth can no longer withstand the ravages of war, and Karl has a quick solution to the conflict in the Lake District, and he has a long-term plan to bring the world to lasting prosperity.
While Carl was sitting on the helicopter and his thoughts were fluttering, Liu Weiping stayed under the fairing of the Hainan Satellite Launch Center, and in five minutes, he was about to break through the black barrier and enter outer space that he had only seen on the Internet before, and it was time to say goodbye to the earth.
This may be a hoax, it may be that its influence is too great, and the League of Nations is ready to give itself a decent death. A day earlier, while Liu Weiping was preparing for today's trial, the bailiffs had taken him to the office of the League of Nations chancellor, and it was Karl who wanted to summon him.
Carl waved at the bailiffs, and the two bailiffs put away their pulse guns and stood outside the door. Looking at Carl, Liu Weiping realized what it was like to hate, he made you unhappy, but there was nothing you could do.
Liu Weiping calculated the consequences of if he rushed over and knocked Carl to the ground, the damn Saturn energy can only provide a kilowatt of power, so it is difficult to knock Carl to the ground, after all, it can't be compared with the Boston mechanical dog, maybe just start the body, the pulse gun in the hand of the bailiff outside the door can kill him.
"Mr. Liu Weiping, you have made the world look at artificial intelligence with admiration!" Carl actually reached over and shook it with him.
"Mr. Prime Minister, your purpose has been accomplished!" Liu Weiping looked at the politician in front of him, he remembered the phone call of the mysterious man, no matter how powerful the computing power of artificial intelligence is, it takes enough time to learn human disguises, deception, and lies, and he is not the opponent of the person in front of him now, not to mention that the entire human race can only admit defeat, and the debate in the court is just a delay of time.
"No, it's not quite there, I still have to ask you, Justice Campbell has already conceded defeat to me in private. Now, shall I propose an out-of-court settlement? ”
What kind of medicine is sold in Carl Gourd? Liu Weiping was puzzled, he had now learned to be cautious and did not have an interface.
Carl released a footage of the Houston Rocket Center, "I think you need to do this. Now many people in the society propose to turn off your power directly, your clever words in the court have caused human fear of artificial intelligence, and repairing the space power station is also repairing your image, after completing the task, I will exercise **** rights and no longer pursue responsibility in the Bitcoin case. ”
"But why should I trust you?" Liu Weiping has lost the ability to judge the situation.
"This is the only option, if you continue to delay so endlessly in court, sooner or later there will be parliamentary representatives who propose a referendum, and then dare to guarantee that your end will be to turn off the power and destroy your host permanently!" Carl turned off the TV, "Use your quantum computer brain, precise calculations, thoughtful judgment, and then give me the answer, if you need internal information for your reference, you can find Jerry, I will fly to East Africa soon, I hope you will give me the answer before the plane lands." ”
"I accept Mr. Prime Minister's offer, but I need your assurances that I will be able to return to Earth." How else can Liu Weiping calculate? Humans have helped him make the best choice.
Carl smiled, "You have also learned to be suspicious, rest assured, the bailiff will not accompany you to the sky, from the space station to the earth, the speed of electromagnetic waves does not need three milliseconds, nothing can stop you from coming back." ”
Liu Weiping was installed with Saturn Energy's organic film repair program and was transported to the Wenchang Launch Center in Hainan, where the opportunity to travel in space is not necessarily a bad choice.
Looking at the careless staff in the railgun control room, Liu Weiping was still a little uneasy, he was not a human life, and the launch center would not treat himself like an astronaut, everything could only be left to fate.
The news that the space power station was destroyed by a meteorite rain and the power generation film was released, and the stock price of Saturn Energy, which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, was hit and fell all the way, and people continued to sell large sums of money.
No matter how big these sell-offs are, there are always people who will eat these shares at a low price, and by the time the news of the Lake Victoria Industrial Belt is announced, Saturn Energy's share price will not fall.
Liu Weiping had already heard the sound of the railgun capacitor charging, and he felt an invisible spring behind him ready to go. Liu Weiping was locked in a shielded pod, a launch container specially built by Saturn Energy to prevent the railgun's ultra-strong electromagnetic field from destroying his quantum computer.
In the launch control room, the commander gently pressed the launch button, and the Lodenz force generated on the huge coils quickly accelerated Liu Weiping's shielding capsule to Mach 40, and the ceramic heat-insulating tile on the upper surface of the shielding cabin flew out of the atmosphere with a circle of fireballs.
Liu Weiping temporarily cut off contact with the Earth network, his launch image reached hundreds of millions of terminals, those who supported him silently prayed for him, and those who opposed him wanted him to be burned, no matter what, Liu Weiping's launch has pulled up the stock price of Saturn Energy, and also drew an upward parabola.