It was almost dark before Somo stepped out of the underground part of Pingtan Shelter.
Discussing with Yehu to rebuild the western suburbs was unsuccessful.
This bald man looks silly, but he is actually much smarter than ordinary people.
Being able to become a manager and remain in this position for more than ten years without wavering means that he will not sacrifice everything for any plan or prospect.
As for the reason for the failure, it is quite simple.
Still the same sentence.
If you want to build infrastructure, you either have people or money.
The former flat beach shelter is affordable, but the latter is like a bottomless pit.
No one is willing to take out the reserve materials and throw them into this hole until a new resource trading point is found.
Even after Sumo calmed down and thought about it, he realized that rebuilding the western suburbs was not a plan that should be done at this stage.
Damn it, they were all led astray by this idiot Xie Hu.
"At least until the end of this winter, it is unnecessary to worry about these things."
Riding the airship over the warning wall, looking at the sparks on the ground below, Sumo said thoughtfully Think about it in your heart.
Aside from the failure of the reconstruction plan, today's other gains are extremely rich.
Not only did they successfully borrow two thousand ready combat forces from Pingtan, they also negotiated the supply of materials for the next three months, as well as some fragmentary cooperation issues.
The specific amount of money you can earn is not important. What is important is that it promotes economic circulation in the territory.
Once money circulates, its growth rate will be unimaginable.
It is enough to predict that after this winter passes, the first generation residents in the territory will quickly become rich.
As for the news from Yehu that nuclear generators require fuel rods to start.
The airship was parked in front of the research institute. Before Sumo could enter, he saw Lu Kuan coming out.
"Hey, when I went there, the guard said that you had gone to Pingtan. I didn't expect to come back so soon."
"It's not too early."
Looked at Huanghuang The sky was bright and Sumo nodded slightly.
“How is the research on that nuclear power plant going? Can it be manufactured?”
“Yes.”
Lu Kuan gave an affirmative answer.
“But I have to tell you some bad news. The capability of this nuclear generator may not be as powerful as you think.”
“It needs fuel rods, right?”
“ Ah? You know?”
While Lu Kuan was puzzled, he couldn’t help but feel relieved.
It is not difficult to build a nuclear power plant with a dedicated industrial core, and most of the required materials can be found.
The only rare materials, because they require less materials, can also be obtained through the decomposition machine previously traded from the Red Spider Caravan, which decomposes the unique garbage in the city.
But regarding the fuel rods needed to start the nuclear power plant, this is not a problem that can be solved by garbage in the city.
The instruction document does not contain the source of the fuel rods, nor even the specific composition and ratio.
If Soma insists on using it, let them research fuel rods from scratch.
That was such a headache.
Even scholars like Lu Kuan, who is almost at the top of human physics, are a little unable to start.
"Let's build a nuclear motor first. I will find a way to solve the fuel rod problem."
"Oh?"
Choose to ignore Lu Kuan's question, Su Mo smiled and changed the topic.
Finding fuel rods is easier said than done. Even Hunter Tiger is worried about the upcoming energy crisis, let alone other gopher guys in the city.
Unless you build their shelter, there is absolutely no way to 'borrow' fuel rods.
At present, the only one who knows the news and is sure to have it.
There is also only business in the city of Hu Lai.
But there are thousands of kilometers away from Tianyuan territory.
Just as winter is coming again, Sumo doesn't want to take advantage of such bad weather to lead people through thousands of miles of mountains to explore unknown areas.
We need to find a closer place, or a place where even if we initiate a battle, the situation will not be affected.
Think of this.
Suddenly, Sumo's eyes lit up.
“Ha, I remembered something, let’s talk later.”
After bidding farewell to Lu Kuan in a hurry and boarding the airship again, Sumo quickly remembered a place where a large number of fuel rods were likely to exist.
That institute’s research institute!
According to Catalina, the affiliated research institutes of these colleges are all built in remote areas. It is absolutely impossible to have complete infrastructure there to ensure energy supply, or even if there is, it will be destroyed in the war. .
So a nuclear generator that can continuously bring a large amount of energy is obviously a good choice.
The airship arrived about five kilometers west of Hope Village.
In the darkness, several unfinished red brick buildings appeared in view.
This is currently the only breeding farm in the territory.
When influenza viruses broke out frequently before, this place was built as a temporary isolation point and temporarily housed many residents suffering from fever symptoms.
But with the construction of Kaixuan Hospital, it was gradually abandoned.
The sharp-eyed Su Chan saw it and took this opportunity to take it over and use it as a breeding farm.
Like those coolie lizards that pull carts, they usually move around in the fenced off area near the red brick house.
However, with the addition of Catalina, the current breeding farm has undergone some changes.
Before landing, Sumo saw an eye-catching sign hanging on the crooked neck tree at the door.
Institute of Special Biology.
Oh.
Is this to go against Lu Kuan's research institute?
Knowing the disagreement between the two, Sumo smiled, pushed open the door and walked into the fence.
Because it is open breeding, there is very little odor in the air, which is not as exaggerated as imagined.
A few lizards that were not rented out to pull the cart were walking leisurely on the grass.
When I saw someone coming over, I no longer had the fear I had at first, and instead I approached him affectionately.
‘Feed carrots, one iron coin once. ’
There is a vending machine next to the fence, with the feeding price and amount clearly written on it.
Sumo took out an iron coin from his pocket and threw it in with great interest.
A grunting sound sounded.
At the exit, two carrots with obvious bruises rolled out.
"This is a good way to deal with vegetables that cannot be sold or stored for a long time."
"I just don't know if anyone is free to consume them."
Throw away the carrots casually Give it to the two lizards at the front and watch them eat it for a while.
Su Mo shook his neck, pushed open the separation fence door and walked into the small courtyard of the red brick house.
At a glance.
The two-story building has more than a dozen windows, and six windows are currently lit with light, and figures are flickering inside.
Besides Katarina, there should be others living in it.
Dong-dong.
“Please come in.”
Katrina’s voice came from inside.
Hearing this broken Chinese language, Su Mo couldn't help but feel surprised on his face, opened the door and walked in.
The spacious room originally used for isolation is now filled with various research equipment of Catalina. Although it is a bit messy, it still looks like a place that a scientific researcher should have.
“Hey, why are you here?”
Adjusting the glasses on the bridge of her nose, Catalina, who was wearing a gray-yellow robe, raised her head. Revealing a hint of surprise.
"Thank you for helping me find this place. I don't have to endure the nagging of those old men. It's really peaceful."
"As long as you are satisfied."
Sumo nodded with a smile. By the way, he glanced at the two people sitting inside.
To his surprise, these two people turned out to be.
“Lord, you are here!”
"Hello, Lord!"
A total of eight people who escaped from the academy base took the initiative to work as hard labor.
Sumo didn't know exactly how these people arranged it, so he only asked Chen Shen to make arrangements.
I didn’t expect that it would be arranged in this breeding farm now.
“Why are you here?”
"The village chief arranged for us to come here to help the director of the breeding farm, and by the way, to help Researcher Carter."
A hint of understanding appeared on Sumo's face.
As for why this little girl has stopped talking about her recently, it turns out that it was Chen Shen who sent the free laborers here.
I always heard that Su Chan wanted some people to go to the breeding farm to help her expand the scale.
But because the infrastructure in the territory was being rolled out at that time, there was no way to spare manpower.
Later, after the wage system was implemented, the farms could no longer generate profits and naturally had no money to hire.
Now there are these hard workers who are very high-level and can work quickly.
It does not require a salary and only needs to take care of the food, which is a perfect match for farms that cannot make any money.
"It's okay if you are here. I'm here to ask something. Let's call everyone down first."
Instructing one person to find other hard workers who were still resting, Sumo pulled him at will. sat down on a stool.
"Do you know about nuclear power plants?"
"Of course you do." Catalina rolled her eyes: "I'm just sleeping in a dormant chamber, and I'm not an antique dug up from ancient times. Nuclear power plants Well. Isn’t this the energy supply equipment used in every gathering place? This is what is used in my bunker?”
“What, the energy supply in your bunker is not solar energy?”
< br>Sumo was a little confused.
In the bunker news I received before, the energy item was marked as solar energy.
He was not surprised at the time and thought it was because of the use of clean energy to reduce costs.
But now that I think about it, there is indeed something fishy about this.
The foggy weather lasted for a long time. If the bunker had only solar energy, the energy supply would have been cut off long ago.
Where will it be like now, looking completely unaffected.
"Solar energy?" Catalina dragged her chin and thought for a moment: "That should be the fake news they put out. How can they use such a backward energy device as solar energy? And solar energy is more powerful than nuclear power. It’s more expensive. If you want to buy a decent solar installation in the Holy City, you have to pay at least five times the price of a nuclear power plant.”
Sumo coughed lightly.
“Is it because of the compulsory purchase of fuel rods?”
“Yes.”
It’s like a bottle of mineral water, the value is not what’s in the bottle water, but the bottle itself and shipping costs.
Although nuclear power plants are high-end products, due to mature industrial production line manufacturing, the cost has been compressed to the extreme.
If it is sold at a very expensive price, it is destined to be unable to replace other energy sources to generate benefits.
So set a very low subsidy price on the price of nuclear power plants to gain more users.
At the same time, we provide a price for the consumable fuel rods that most people can accept, and continue to earn profits.
After sharing the cost, it is actually cheaper and more convenient than other energy facilities.
The only disadvantage is probably the constant need for fuel rods.
Once used up, the motor becomes waste.
"Do you need a lot of energy? I don't think your territory is tense. That kind of strange stone can continuously accumulate energy, which is more convenient than a nuclear power plant."
"That can only be used for daily use. I need a lot of energy to do other things."
"How much is needed?"
"At least several million kilowatt-hours of electricity, and it must be The kind that keeps coming.”
After listening to Somo's needs, Catalina nodded thoughtfully.
She is not surprised that there are many projects that require a lot of energy in Blue Star.
Especially the large collider in the academy, the consumption of one use is several times or even more than ten times this number.
However, the college will definitely not use outdated nuclear power plants to be harvested by the Foundation. Mature large-scale energy towers can provide almost inexhaustible energy.
"I still have four fuel rods there. If you need them urgently, go get them. One rod can provide 500,000 kWh of electricity."
"When the time comes, just use that strange stone to replace the energy in the bunker."
"Four?"
One is five hundred thousand, four is two million. , just enough to meet the needs of two launches.
Su Mo raised his eyebrows and was suddenly surprised.
There is definitely no shortage of energy for daily use in the territory now, even if the number of people increases to one hundred thousand, there will be no problem.
This is the unique characteristic of energy stone.
Every day, radiation energy is continuously absorbed and converted into quantitative energy.
As long as the daily usage limit does not exceed the maximum value, it is equivalent to unlimited energy.
But at the same time, this characteristic also limits the upper limit of energy stones.
The converted energy cannot be stored in large quantities, nor can the conversion upper limit be increased in a short period of time.
"It's a pity that there is no news about the Holy City yet. If I can go back, even if I give you fifty fuel rods. No, it's okay to give you a hundred fuel rods. Each researcher of that thing has a ration of ten fuel rods a year. I can’t even use it all.”
Katrina said with some regret.
But at the same time, she also provided a very important message.
Remembering the purpose of this trip, Sumo quickly asked: "Will nuclear power be used in the institute's research institute?"
"Yes, but not everyone will use general large-scale evacuation equipment." All cities will build independent energy towers, which can greatly reduce energy usage costs. Only some small and medium-sized shelters will use nuclear power plants to replace energy supply for the sake of convenience. ”
"Where is the Great Rift Valley Base in Kyushu?"
The eight peons nearby have gathered and are listening to the conversation with their ears raised.
It is a pity that Somo and Katarina communicated in Blue Star language. For the peons, they could only understand a few words and could not organize effective information at all.
Now they suddenly heard a familiar Chinese language, and everyone suddenly became energetic.
“Did you see their energy devices when you were at the academy base?”
"I think I've seen energy devices before."
A person standing at the back of the team said hesitantly.
"It seems to be several square boxes the size of vans, placed on the third underground floor of the base."
Square boxes.
It seems that the nuclear power plant is indeed gone.
"If nuclear power is used, how many fuel rods will there usually be in the college's base?"
"About five hundred, maybe more. It depends on the specific research direction of the Great Rift Valley base. What, only research institutes with extremely large energy needs will store a large number of fuel rods!”
Five hundred!
Good guys, based on the calculation of 500,000 kilowatt-hours, it is a total of 250 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Even if you use drop, you can use it two hundred and fifty times!
This must be clarified.
No, this base must be destroyed in some way.
In just a moment, Sumo made a decision in his heart.
(End of this chapter)