Chapter 199 Water Conservancy Projects, Paper Mills and Bamboo Forests
On June 19, the fifth year of China, there was light rain.
After eight days of heavy rain, God finally cleared his bladder and entered the final period of shaking.
Because of years of preparation and proper response by officials at all levels, this time it was only a false alarm and did not cause a major disaster, but there were still small-scale disasters, with a few wooden houses and a few acres of fields flooded.
After the rain, it was the drainage and aftermath work, and Li Kang even sent Fang Yizhi out to inspect the disaster situation in various places on his behalf."
This rainstorm also reminded Li Kang that everything should be foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, and he must make arrangements one by one for the threats facing Huaxia.
The so-called threat is nothing more than natural and man-made disasters, and at present, for China, man-made disasters refer exclusively to wars and invasions by foreign enemies, and the way to deal with them is to strengthen military construction.
With a population of nearly 130,000 and two brigades of the regular army of 8,000 people, the ratio is 15 to 1, and it is enough to deal with small-scale battles.
In addition, Li Kang also has the big killer weapon of the system, which forced him to explode his army of 180,000 directly, consuming all the energy to kill the enemy.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about man-made disasters for the time being, at most build some more fortresses!
Natural disasters, the most common and the most destructive are drought and flood, the so-called fire and water are ruthless, once drought and flood break out, it cannot be confined to a corner, it will inevitably involve a vast area.
And to deal with droughts and floods, water conservancy projects are the key, which is also one of the projects that all dynasties and generations have persevered in, no ruler dares to joke about this, and if one is not good, it must be finished, such as Meng Yuan.
Water conservancy engineering is a project built for the purpose of controlling and allocating surface water and groundwater in nature to achieve the purpose of eliminating harm and rejuvenating profits.
To eliminate harm, the main thing is to prevent floods and droughts and water shortages; to promote profits, store water to irrigate fields, facilitate drinking water for residents, dredge water transportation, build ports, hydro processing, aquaculture, and of course, hydroelectric power generation, which are not used at present, in a word, regulate and distribute water resources.
Water conservancy projects require the construction of dams, river embankments, spillways (drainage ditches), sluices, water intakes, channels, aqueducts, rafts, fish passages, etc. – some of which are not yet needed in China today.
According to different functions, water conservancy projects are divided into flood control projects, irrigation and drainage projects, waterway and port projects, urban water supply and drainage projects, water and soil environment projects, fishery water conservancy projects, tidal flat reclamation projects, etc., as well as comprehensive water conservancy projects covering many fields.
These water conservancy projects will inevitably be built in the future, but the most urgent ones are the first two, one for flood control and the other for drought control, and these must be expanded in a short period of time and spread throughout the territory.
Natural disasters are not only floods and droughts, but also earthquakes, locust plagues, landslides and mudslides, plagues (which can also be regarded as man-made disasters), tsunamis, etc., all of which must be dealt with one by one.
On 26 June, the aftermath was on track and began to proceed in an orderly manner, not as chaotic as it had been at the beginning.
At this time, Li Kang finally had time to rest, you must know that he has also personally participated in the work in the past few days.
Fuxi Paper Mill, located in the east of Fuxi Town, is the only paper mill in China, designed to manufacture all kinds of paper, soft paper and hard paper, as long as the technology can be achieved, can be made here, and its task is to provide the entire China 120,000 people paper needs, so the scale is very large, the employment of thousands of people, it can be said that the paper industry is the second pillar industry of Fuxi County after the gold panning industry, from the potential point of view, even more than the gold panning industry.
At the beginning, Li Kang was in a hurry to get the paper mill out, and the white paper provided by the system was too expensive on the one hand, he was fed up with the days without toilet paper on the other hand, well, the latter reason played a decisive role, and the whole dynasty was unanimously praised!
However, papermaking has a very big drawback, environmental pollution, for this, Li Kang has no good way, can only strictly separate the pulp and paper water from the residents' drinking water.
Social progress, the improvement of the quality of life, environmental pollution is the price, and it is the price that has to be paid, Li Kang also plans to promote the industrial revolution in the future, when the time comes, the damage to the environment will only get bigger and bigger, but if you don't pay, where will you get the return? If you want anything, you won't get anything!
A large amount of bamboo is used in the raw materials of papermaking, and there is a natural bamboo forest not far from the paper mill, which is of course now an artificial bamboo forest, of which the bamboo with a very short growth cycle accounts for most of it.
In addition to firearms and long-range heavy weapons, such as bed crossbows, eight bull crossbows, other swords, guns, swords and sticks are placed in the supply and marketing cooperatives to buy and sell, scholars are used to wearing swords on the waist when they go out, and most of the warriors are used to matching knives, and although no one usually likes to carry the bow and arrow on their backs, Huaxia followed the example of the Northern Song Dynasty to get the bow and arrow club, and each town has set up.
And will be held every year the official archery competition, so that archery becomes the fourth officially recognized official competitive event after the martial arts competition, football match, rugby match, earlier than the dragon boat race and swimming competition, the archery association is located in Fuxi Town, also earlier than the dragon boat association and swimming association set up in Shennong Town, which greatly promotes the people's attention and love for archery, especially the people of Fuxi.
In addition, the shogunate has been sparing no effort to promote the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties and guide the folk martial arts, so now the atmosphere of practicing martial arts and archery has spread throughout the territory at once, and no one dares to say anything like "vulgar martial arts" in public, because as long as you dare to say it, it is guaranteed to be beaten into a pig's head.
The people's enthusiasm for archery has prompted the demand for bows and arrows to increase sharply every day, and Fuxi County has made a small fortune just by selling materials by relying on this bamboo forest.
In addition, this bamboo forest is verdant and picturesque, beautiful, is a scenic leisure resort, often has self-proclaimed as a merry and talented "literati" to come for sightseeing, by the way, and courtship, later Fuxi County fortunately built several pavilions in the bamboo forest, a few pairs of stone tables and chairs, in order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.
Li Kang, who had just finished visiting the paper mill, sat in a gazebo, enjoying the scenery of the green bamboo forest after the rain. [.]