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Boss Zhang was very busy, and just after finishing the new emperor's accession to the throne, he was invited by Li Yuzhang to visit a new technology again. Of course, it's not photonic technology, it's not quark energy technology - it's still being studied;www.biquge.info Rather, it is a new technology for energy harvesting and storage, and production, and this technology is also relatively old, that is, nuclear energy! It can only be said that the combination of old and new technology, the perfect combination -- well, this is the statement of the great scientist Li Yuzhang himself.

Nuclear energy, an ancient, but still glowing form of energy! Don't look at what kind of energy blocks are used by the Huaxia Empire now, but the most fundamental source is still stars, and the energy source of stars is nuclear fusion!

As for antimatter (energy), which the empire has achieved good results now, it can only be regarded as an alternative ** - in fact, antimatter sounds loud, but it really doesn't have that many practical applications.

First of all, antimatter itself is a kind of secondary energy, which is a kind of "matter" produced after consuming a large amount of energy! The transformation of matter itself has a problem of efficiency; So, from this point of view alone, antimatter does not have a basis for extensive use. Secondly, antimatter is not a good baby, difficult to reserve, etc., so that antimatter, which seems to be a powerful existence, can only exist in the laboratory; Unless the world of antimatter can be discovered one day, relying on man-made antimatter will not be able to bear the burden of scientific and technological development.

On the other hand, in the universe, nuclear fusion is still the main vitality, so the ultimate source of energy for China is still nuclear fusion! It doesn't matter if the technology is old or not, as long as it can provide enough energy. That's enough! In the development of science and technology, there is a very interesting phenomenon, that is, in the process of research, it is often the pursuit of excellence, but in the process of production and use. However, it pursues "mass production"; And this creates a phenomenon that when using it, it will not be too advanced, and it is good to be suitable.

Antimatter technology is not bad, but it cannot cross the threshold of "mass production", which is a technology that cannot be mass-produced and popularized in a technological society. It does not have "practical" value, and a technology that has no practical value cannot be popularized in the age of science and technology -- it is not that it cannot be funded for research.

In a word, the ultimate source of energy for the Chinese Empire is still nuclear energy. Even the stellar collar technology still uses the nuclear energy of the star. So now Li Yuzhang, the father of energy in the Chinese Empire, is ready to go crazy again for the upcoming interstellar migration and nuclear energy!

"Your Majesty, this is the energy budget report." After Li Yuzhang saw Zhang Jingyuan, he directly handed over a report, which was very simple, only a few lines. But after seeing these lines, Boss Zhang could only sigh.

Li Yuzhang saw that there were other people around Zhang Jingyuan, so he opened his mouth and explained simply: "According to the recent calculations of the energy department. To reach the Andromeda Galaxy safely, each kilogram of object requires up to 80 to 100 standard blocks of energy; Taking into account the problem of dealing with some unexpected things, we believe that each kilogram of object needs an energy reserve of 120 energy blocks.

Each citizen is calculated according to 60 kilograms, which is 7,200 energy blocks!

Plus the consumption along the way, etc., it's not a small number either. If various substances are recycled, it is water, oxygen, etc. Just counting the energy consumed in it, then a person would need to consume a standard block of energy for 5,000 years to maintain life. This is the minimum consumption. If there are some strong mental powers, they can even increase to 10 energy blocks.

In addition to these. And the mass of the ship itself, combat equipment, etc., are not small numbers.

And now, we only have one-tenth of our energy reserves!

In other words, our material reserves in the past 1,000 years are only enough for one-tenth of the energy consumption of the Great Interstellar Migration.

In order to solve this problem as soon as possible, we thought about it for a long time and decided to adopt such a plan, which is the artificial star project. Of course, the name of this plan is a bit exaggerated, but the idea is relatively simple.

First of all, there is a very important premise, that is, our current stellar collar technology is almost built, and any more will waste additional energy. After all, building a stellar collar consumes almost a day's energy reserves of the Empire; The Empire's annual energy reserves can only build less than 400 stellar collars.

Although it is said that the more stellar collars you build, the more energy you generate, the construction of star collars itself also consumes a lot of energy. Calculated according to the parabolic rule, now the number of our stellar collars is enough!

But that doesn't mean we have enough energy! In fact, even at the current energy production rate of the stellar collar, our final energy reserves can only meet 70% of the highest standard calculation; 110% of the minimum standard is met. This looks good, but it's dangerous! Moreover, we will inevitably consume more energy in the future; For example, we need to build enough ships and so on.

Therefore, the best way is to directly double the current energy reserves!

And how to reserve energy on the basis of not building more transverse collars? The idea is that artificial star technology is actually an ancient nuclear fusion technology. A large number of man-made nuclear fusion reactors, to be exact!

And the material for nuclear fusion is mainly hydrogen, followed by helium! And this is very abundant in space, whether it is the star itself, or a large gas planet, or even a nebula, etc., it is a huge aggregate of hydrogen and helium.

With our current technology, as long as it is hydrogen, we can use it for nuclear fusion. Even the helium element is OK, the technology is a little cumbersome, and the relative investment is a little higher, but it is not bad.

Moreover, after nuclear fusion, in addition to energy, it can even produce some elements we need, such as carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, which are necessary for life. ”

"Wait," Zhang Jingyuan interrupted Li Yuzhang, who was getting more and more excited and outrageous the more he talked, "Senior brother, you better just talk about your plan." Technology or something, you just have ideas. I'm here to find out what you're doing, and then get Congress to support you.

Also, it seems that this artificial star is not necessary. There is no shortage of stars in space! ”

"Okay, okay, I'll make a long story short, really, I want to introduce it well!" Li Yuzhang also has a common problem as a researcher, so he wants to find someone to show off his achievements (a lot of scientific research, etc.). That's how the leak was made, the spy is definitely the best person to confide in, the kind that is very patient, including Einstein), and now he is interrupted by Zhang Jingyuan, who is very dissatisfied. But I still skipped the ones that I was going to go into detail. "This so-called artificial star project is not really building artificial stars, but building a large number of small nuclear fusion reactor clusters; It's like a beehive!

Our plan is to build a large fusion reactor inside every spacecraft that is more than 30 kilometers away. This is used to meet the needs of daily status. Instead of using nuclear energy directly, we are now burning nuclear energy and converting it into energy blocks for storage. In the process of the Great Interstellar Migration, we don't have time to store enough energy blocks, but we can store enough nuclear fuel; Then fly all the way and make energy blocks all the way. Nuclear fuel can even produce some of the elements we need.

As for the raw materials for the reactor, of course, hydrogen and helium, although these two materials are very common in galaxies, and there are large gaseous planets, which are very easy to collect.

As scheduled. We use small space technology to store a large amount of hydrogen and helium, and these two are sufficient. These things only take a hundred years. We will be able to get enough energy. During the Great Migration, this will be our most important energy replenishment.

To invite Your Majesty here today is to watch our first hydrogen and helium harvesting program.

In half an hour, Your Majesty will see our new spacecraft, a concept ship that has joined a nuclear fusion reactor. ”

"Oh?" At this moment, Zhang Jingyuan was finally moved. This period of time in the demand for energy. The empire can be described as racking its brains, and a large number of stellar collar construction projects. A large number of horses began to be launched 100 years ago, and they are still under construction frantically! So much so that some people say. The brightness of the Pearl Star Field has been reduced by half! This is of course an exaggeration, but in the past hundred years, at least one-tenth of the planets in the Pearl Star Field have been "banned", which is an indisputable fact!

For the sake of energy, the Chinese Empire is crazy! In the age of science and technology, nothing can be without energy.

But even so, it still can't meet the energy needs of the Great Interstellar Migration, and new energy research has been in full swing. But today, someone actually said: we should look back!

Yes, nuclear energy is still a widespread source of energy and energy in the universe, so why not give it a try? And Li Yuzhang's analysis is also in place! Yes, even if technology is always looking forward, it's good to look back once in a while!

Soon I saw the so-called concept ship, which was a bit weird, like a gourd! Yes, it's the standard gourd look, with a pointed handle, a smaller belly on the top and a larger belly on the bottom; But in space, the ship is horizontal.

"Your Majesty, this is a concept spacecraft jointly developed and researched by us and Fengchen Group, the spacecraft is divided into two parts, the second half is all nuclear reaction area and nuclear fuel storage area, this area can already be unmanned operation. The front part of the spacecraft is the same as the current spacecraft technology, and the front half of the spacecraft can be completely separated from the rear nuclear reactor if there is a malignant change.

According to the design, the length of the spacecraft is 1200 kilometers, and the front half, that is, the habited area, is a normal spacecraft with a diameter of 400 kilometers; The second half is a nuclear reactor with a diameter of 700 km.

Within these 700 kilometers, half of the space is a nuclear reactor area, in which we have built more than 12,000 nuclear reactor factory complexes, and each large nuclear reactor can produce one energy block per hour; The rest of the place, part of which is a storage area, is mainly a small space warehouse. There is also a large part of the hydrogen and helium collection plants. Theoretically, such a spaceship flies within the galaxy without stopping for maintenance at all, and it can fly in space until the spacecraft materials age, disintegrate, etc.

Today, we're going to try to launch the ship, so let's see how powerful the old and new technologies come together! (To be continued)

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