PS: The gas turbine power in the previous chapter is wrong, it should be 20 megawatts, I misremembered the data and data, and the layman can't afford to hurt it......

In addition, the book friend "Silent Lion Head" has made a new map for this book (after May 1920), and interested book friends can go to the post bar to see it. The title of the post is "The Great Reversal of 1906 - A Map of the World Situation".

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On August 9, 2762 (1921), the Candle Dragon Islands, North Stygian County.

The Northern Immortal County is the northernmost territory of China, and the Candle Dragon Islands (formerly known as the Novosibirsk Islands) is the northernmost part of the Northern Immortal Prefecture, which is located in the Arctic Ocean waters north of Eastern Siberia, with a latitude of about 73 degrees in the south and 77 degrees in the north, which already belongs to the Arctic Circle.

Well, here is a little introduction, the predecessor of the "county" is the "Central Special District", which is mainly used for those sparsely populated and remote new territories, such as the "Pacific Central Special District" of the former German Pacific colonies, the "Gulf Central Special District" south of the Persian Gulf, and so on.

Later, everyone felt that the name "Special Region Directly under the Central Government" was too lengthy and inconvenient to write or call, so many people suggested that the government change the name to be concise and beautiful. In response to public opinion, the government revived the name of the ancient administrative unit "county" after extensive public consultation, and officially replaced the former "central government-directly administered special region" with "county" on January 1 this year. and formally defines the nature of a "county", which is a sub-provincial administrative unit for territories where the jurisdiction is large or remote, and the jurisdiction is sparsely populated, or other territory larger than the city, but not suitable for the establishment of a province.

There are now a total of six mainland counties and five island counties that are now set to "counties". There are four of the five island counties in the Pacific Ocean: Nanhai County, the capital of Wansheng (Natuna), the Central Pacific County, the capital of Guam, the South Pacific County, the capital of Yunshan (Truk), and the Eastern Pacific County, the capital of Honghua (Suva). One of the Indian Ocean regions, with the capital of Sidi (Diego Garcia Island).

In addition to the Gulf County in the Middle East and the Red Sea County on both sides of the Red Sea, the other four are in Eastern Siberia, which are the Far East (Chukotka and Kamchatka, Kuril Islands), Shingbei (northern part of the Khabarovsk Krai and Magadan), North Hells (the part east of the Lena River in the Republic of Yakutia), and Anbei (the part east of the Kotui River to the west of the Lena River in the Republic of Yakutia).

The northernmost territory of the Candle Dragon Islands in China, the climate here is very cold, the average temperature in January is between -28 degrees and -31 degrees, even in July, the highest temperature is only 8 degrees to 11 degrees, and the lowest temperature is even -3 degrees.

Because the environment is so harsh, the inhabitants are extremely sparse. When China regained this area, the census was conducted in this area of 3. On the 860,000 square kilometres of the archipelago, fewer than 100 indigenous people have been found. They are all Inuit (Eskimos) who make a living from hunting and fishing.

According to the plan of "merging villages into villages", such areas were "closed and transferred", and these indigenous Inuit were transferred to the mainland, scattered in small families and distributed to several new villages. Not only the Candle Dragon Islands, but the entire Siberian region to which China belongs, and even the indigenous people of all new territories of China, are resettled in this way, and they are treated the same as the mainland. Many of their original settlements were extremely unscientific, too remote, too scattered, and neither easy to manage nor easy to build, so they had to be combined with villages.

The Socialist Party government has always been like this, and all policies are based on the principles of fairness and justice, modernization, science, and standardization. There has never been the feeling of the Virgin who deliberately "respects the traditional customs of ethnic minorities" and "treats ethnic minorities preferentially", nor does it have the petty bourgeois sentiment of "appreciating primitive customs" and "preserving customs and tastes". Therefore, in China, there is no such natural village, except in some specific folk museums, the so-called "original foreign ethnic customs" cannot be seen in normal settlements.

Because in Mr. Wen's view, the idea of letting others live outside the civilized world in order to satisfy his shallow curiosity is very immoral and extremely disrespectful. Of course, if they like to be primitive people and use the most primitive methods to fish and hunt, that is their freedom, but please do not hinder others from entering the civilized world. As for the development of "folk tourism", Wen is always not interested in it at all, in his opinion, the kind of behavior similar to the behavior of treating humans as birds and beasts is the real disrespect for people. Of course, if someone voluntarily is watched as an animal, it is also his freedom, but the government will never support and encourage it.

The Candle Dragon Islands are now devoid of indigenous people, but not without them. The archipelago is an important area of the Arctic Ocean, of great importance for the development of the Northern Sea Route, and of great military and scientific value. After China got here, it began to build military bases, airports, ports, lighthouses, radar stations and other facilities on the Candle Dragon Islands, as well as Arctic hydrological stations, meteorological stations, Arctic observation stations and other scientific research institutions.

Another important role is to provide resources to the mainland, and there are currently about 1,000 people on the islands, most of whom are staff of the China Mining Group and the Beiming Ocean Fishing Company.

On the largest island, Candle Dragon, a group of employees from a Chinese mining company is busy at a mine. Formerly known as Koteline Island, Candle Dragon Island is the largest island in the archipelago with an area of 11,665 square kilometers. They drive an excavator to dig out the rocks directly from the ground, put them into ore trucks, and send them to the adjacent concentrator for beneficiation. However, now it is different from the mechanical beneficiation that has been popularized in China, and they are still mainly manual now.

Of course, it is not the kind of artificial beneficiation, I saw the beneficiators sitting on a conveyor belt, they wore a strange shape of the hood that covered both eyes, the eyes were partially light blue glass covers, there were many small dots in them, what looked like compound eyes of insects, on the forehead was a headlamp-like device, and a line dragged up to the waist, connected to a metal box.

Another batch of preliminarily crushed ore was brought from the conveyor belt to the concentrators, and then they pressed the button of the metal box on their waists, and the indicator light on the hood began to flash, and the "headlamp" emitted a purple light, and then the workers began to skillfully select. Based on the reaction in the eyepiece, they sort out the ore that meets the requirements and throw it into the bucket at their feet. Finally, they pick the remaining ore and send it to the ore crusher through a conveyor belt, and then it is the actual mechanized beneficiation.

The final concentrate they obtained was a silvery-white or dark gray stone with a metallic color, mostly an irregular granular or scaly aggregate, and a few assembled into an irregular large ore block. The big one is the size of an egg, and the small one is about the same as a melon seed.

An inspector picked up a finger-sized piece of ore from the bucket, looked at it with a magnifying glass, and weighed it on a nearby hydrometer. Satisfied, he said: "This piece has at least 70% content, which can be regarded as a natural platinum nugget, this kind of high-purity natural platinum ore is quite rare, I can't imagine that there are so many on this island." ”

Yes, they are mining platinum, and it is a very precious natural platinum ore, not the kind of platinum that exists as a compound, but a rare mine that forms directly in a metallic state.

Of course, it's not that they can't afford to use the machine or don't have the machine, and China Mining Group is not short of this thing. However, this natural platinum ore itself is very pure, and it can be directly sent to the factory for smelting, so there is no need to go through those processes. In addition, it has a high collection value and research value, if it is crushed and then beneficiated like an ordinary mining field, it will be somewhat unmarkable, and the value of a complete piece of natural platinum is much higher than that of crushing.

In addition, although they seem to be artificial beneficiation, the "spectral reflectance beneficiation mirror" they use is a real high-tech product, which is unique in the world. This is an instrument that uses the principle of spectroscopy to beneficiate, violet light is irradiated on the ore, and the reflectance spectrum of different metals is different, and the result is directly reflected on the eyepiece of the hood. They have set the display of the reflected light of platinum group metals in the eyepiece to red in advance, which is very convenient at a glance when beneficiating.

They artificially selected the large natural platinum blocks with a metal platinum content of more than 40%, which include palladium, iridium, rhodium and other platinum group metals in addition to metal platinum, and the other main component is iron. The amount of platinum ore is so impressive that even if they pick the rest of the ore and send it to crush, the platinum content is about 20%.

The on-site manager also picked up a piece of natural platinum with extremely high purity and looked at it, and said with emotion: "It's incredible! There are still such minerals in the world, I think this mine is only platinum, at least three or five thousand tons......

"It's not all, we're only mining the ground now. There must be veins underneath a natural platinum mine like this ......," said an engineer with a smile. "Fortunately, this place is deserted, if it weren't for this kind of treasure land, which would have been gone a long time ago, where would it be our turn. We are most short of platinum ore in China, and this kind of thing is a rare metal, the world's reserves are not high, even if you want to import, you can't import much, now with this big mine, you can finally breathe a sigh of relief......"

"But the conditions in this place are so bad that the underground veins are not easy to mine. The site manager thought for a moment and said, "I estimate that when we finish mining these mines on the surface, the underground part will be suspended." ”

The engineer nodded: "That's right, anyway, so many mines on the surface are enough for us for a long time, and the underground part will wait for the Arctic Railway to be repaired later, and the mining cost is too high now......"

The inspector next to him also said: "Yes, there are so many good things in this place, but the environment is too annoying." There are half a year of darkness and nights, what can a black light blind do?"

"That's right, except for the polar day and night, plus the ice and snow, this place can work for a maximum of half a year a year. "The on-site manager was also very unwilling. "We'll be working until October at most, and we'll go back, and there's still more than a month to go, so let's do it well. "After the autumn equinox, the long polar night will begin, and the temperature will drop below -10 degrees Celsius, so it will be difficult to work at that time.

Before the polar night, the staff of various enterprises here will be withdrawn to the mainland and will come back after April next year.

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In a valley not far from the platinum mine of China Mine, there is also a group of people squatting on the ground and busy. Most of them were young people who looked like college students, and there were a few soldiers with guns nearby, watching warily.

"Angkor, we're just going to take some samples, you don't need to be so nervous, are you? Now the world war has stopped......" A young man who looked like a student spoke to a soldier.

The soldier rolled his eyes and said, "You're right, now the world war has indeed stopped. You know, I know, but the polar bears don't know......"

"Wow, there's a polar bear here......" The college student was startled. soldier

"Of course, we killed one the day before you came. Or do you think that our commander asked us to do something, it's not that you are afraid that you will meet a bear......" The soldier looked at the student and smiled evilly: "Like you, if you meet a white bear, you will be useless with a slap ......"

"That's right, there are not only white bears here, but also wolves and walruses, all dangerous creatures......" Another soldier also leaned over, scaring people with his comrades. Within a few words, the college students were so frightened that they fled.

"It's hard to imagine that there is such a high-quality coal ...... in such a place," a middle-aged man looked at the specimen in his hand with a happy face. "Like highly volatile bituminous coal, it is rare all over the world. ”

Another colleague came over and said to him excitedly: "Professor Wang, we tested the sample just now, and its average calorific value exceeded 12,000 joules per kilogram. Sulfur 0. With less than 1%, less than 8% ash and less than 5% water, it is almost the cleanest coal in the world, with extremely high steam and coking quality, and can be directly used as energy and industrial raw materials. It's hard to imagine that there are 20 billion tons of this high-quality coal on this island. ”

Professor Wang nodded again and again: "Yes, this is a polar treasure that has been hidden by ice and snow for hundreds of millions of years. The resources of Candle Dragon Island are just the tip of the iceberg, and the people of Tsinghua went to the extreme east to investigate and found a super large coal mine, extending from the Chukotka coast to the east to 480 kilometers inland, which is the world's most concentrated and contiguous coal field, and the coal reserves are almost equivalent to the total coal resources of 30 provinces in Chinese mainland! And there is also a super large iron ore mine there, with reserves of 3 billion tons. ”

"I heard that the people of Nanda also found a large oil field in Beiming, estimated at 9 billion tons......" The colleague thought about it and said regretfully: "It is that these places are too difficult to develop, and now it is worth mining high-value rare minerals such as platinum ore, and the amount of iron ore used in coal mines is large, and it is probably difficult to be used at present, and the cost is too high." ”

"It would be nice to wait until the Arctic railway is repaired......"

"But now there are so many places that the country needs to build, and the Arctic is a very low priority. ”

The two were chatting when a student ran over: "Professor Wang, doesn't the textbook say that oil and coal are produced by the accumulation of trees and animal carcasses? So where does the oil and coal resources in the Arctic come from? There are not many animals and plants here......

Professor Wang said: "Oh, this is about to talk about continental drift, hundreds of millions of years ago, it was not so cold here......"

At this time, a non-commissioned officer came over and reminded them: "Professor Wang, Professor Li, it's not too early, it's time to go back......

Professor Wang looked at his watch: "Oh, it's almost 7 o'clock, it's really hard to grasp the time in this polar season......

After a while, the expedition team collected their things and returned to the camp in a few military vehicles.

The teachers and students are from Huazhong University, where they conduct field trips. This kind of field investigation activities are organized by science and engineering universities all over the country, and all majors related to the natural world must be fielded. Even those majoring in liberal arts and social sciences have a large number of social practice assignments. Wen Deji doesn't want to cultivate a group of otaku and otaku who don't distinguish between grains and grains.

Chinese college students in this period are not as fun as their counterparts in the original time and space Tu Dynasty, they have a large number of off-campus tasks every winter and summer vacation, various internships, investigations and practical tasks, and the schedule is full to ensure that they will not get bored.

This is also because China's foundation is still too thin, even with all kinds of golden fingers brought by Wen Desi, there are still too many things that need to be made up. Although cyborgs are easy to use, such a large country can't support cyborgs alone, and how can China's great rejuvenation be achieved without desperately cultivating indigenous talents in this time and space?

After more than 20 minutes, they returned to the camp. Because there are no towns or villages, the local military camps have become a base for temporary visitors. The local garrison also set aside a barracks to accommodate these temporary outsiders.

There was a strong smell of food wafting in the cafeteria, and the college students who had been busy in the field all day were hungry at this time, and their saliva was about to flow out when they smelled it. A college student couldn't help but ask the soldier next to him, "What's delicious today?"

The soldier said with a smile: "The fishing company sent a lot of Arctic salmon, Arctic cuttlefish, butterfly fish and capelin this morning, as well as chickens and rabbits raised by our base farm, as well as vegetables and mushrooms grown in greenhouses......

"Wow, that's great! There are greenhouses and farms, aren't you in the army?" asked the college student curiously.

The soldier said disapprovingly: "Of course we are the army, but our army also needs to eat." Almost every camp we have greenhouses and farms, which is traditional. Not to mention our army, even the warships of the navy grow vegetables. Our political commissar said that this is called reducing the pressure on logistics and supplies, and it can also improve the living ......"

Of course, according to someone's exact words, the army of my big foodie empire should be like this. There was a strong smell of food, and the college students who had been busy in the field all day were hungry at this time, and when they smelled it, their saliva was about to flow out. A college student couldn't help but ask the soldier next to him, "What's delicious today?"

The soldier said with a smile: "The fishing company sent a lot of Arctic salmon, Arctic cuttlefish, butterfly fish and capelin this morning, as well as chickens and rabbits raised by our base farm, as well as vegetables and mushrooms grown in greenhouses......

"Wow, that's great! There are greenhouses and farms, aren't you in the army?" asked the college student curiously.

The soldier said disapprovingly: "Of course we are the army, but our army also needs to eat." Almost every camp we have greenhouses and farms, which is traditional. Not to mention our army, even the warships of the navy grow vegetables. Our political commissar said that this is called reducing the pressure on logistics and supplies, and it can also improve the living ......"

Of course, according to someone's exact words, the army of my big foodie empire should be like this.