Rebirth of a technological power - Chapter 303 Subtle changes

In just a few years, the world has changed.

Especially in the aerospace field, the transition of royal power has been completed silently.

The former aerospace hegemon has not launched another launch vehicle for two consecutive years. The once ambitious “return to the moon plan” has always remained at this level without any implementation. As for the manned landing on Mars, there is not even a shadow of it, and it is not even reported.

The GPS global navigation system has now degraded from a global navigation system to a North American regional navigation system as satellites continue to retire.

As for military satellites such as reconnaissance satellites, they may have to face the dilemma of renting satellites in a few years.

The landlord’s family also had no surplus food.

However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The former overlord still maintains the residual power of the tiger and still has a very strong influence.

Now China is experiencing an inverse siphon effect, attracting talents from all over the world.

Many people who previously studied abroad and settled overseas have continued to return to China in recent years, with hundreds of thousands returning every year.

The entire country, whether it is its economy, military strength, or other aspects of strength, is undergoing earth-shaking changes.

This change has even exceeded the previous thirty years.

In the fields of new materials, biology, etc., a group of super rich people have been born, leading new trends.

Cai Jin also feels the trend of the times. The whole society is advancing subtly and fiercely. It seems that there is a pair of invisible hands behind it, driving the development of society.

As one of the promoters of these invisible hands, Cai Jin is very satisfied with this change. This is the butterfly effect he brings and what proves his value.

It is precisely with this change that there is the possibility of dealing with future disasters.

The power of technology is far beyond people’s imagination.

The power of the Fourth Industrial Revolution has improved social productivity far beyond the sum of the previous three industrial revolutions.

The impact on the world structure is also very far-reaching.

In just a few decades, China has experienced the first industrial revolution, the second industrial revolution, the third industrial revolution, and now it is even experiencing the fourth industrial revolution.

Cai Jin pondered for a moment. Originally, he thought it would take ten years for people to adapt.

But now facts have proven how adaptable the Chinese people are.

It is precisely because of this that he increased the construction and expansion of production bases, increased the production of bionic robots, and accelerated their investment in society.

Even in the future, the price of bionic robots will be lowered, making bionic robots enter the homes of ordinary people.

Just like a smartphone!

Rather than being almost exclusive to wealthy families like now.

To be honest, he has made a lot of money over the years, so much that it is really just a bunch of numbers.

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this day.

Cai Jin came to the west. Now that the water diversion project is almost completed, the passage across the plateau has been opened. One obvious thing is that the precipitation in the region has increased.

The warm current from the Indian Ocean has now increased the rainfall in the entire region a lot. The annual rainfall in the region has increased by a full 20mm!

20mm of rainfall may not be a big deal in the south, but for this area, it means that the rainfall has increased by one-tenth.

And this increase in rainfall will continue to increase as the ecosystem is transformed.

What he came to now was a large-scale hub project. This reservoir has a storage capacity of more than 1.5 billion cubic meters and has functions such as irrigation, domestic water, and power generation.

As for large hubs like this, a full ten have been built upstream, and more than ten downstream.

As for several basins, it will take almost ten years for the basins to become full of lakes.

If one looks at satellite photos, one can see that over a few years, the area of ​​water in the entire region has greatly increased.

This time Cai Jin came here to attend a meeting, a stage summary meeting.

This can also be regarded as a characteristic of China, which attaches great importance to summary.

Although summaries are always annoying, they are an important magic weapon to continuously push China forward.

This stage summary meeting involves all aspects.

Engineering is just one aspect!

There are also aspects such as regional master planning, road and bridge reconstruction progress, immigration progress, etc.

Another important point is the observation of hydrology and meteorology!

In recent years, many flow stations, hydrological stations, and meteorological stations have been built throughout the region to monitor hydrometeorology in the entire region.

Although more than five hundred years later, the earth will have to face the disaster of the sun rapidly aging and expanding into a red giant, it has still not stopped the western desert transformation project, nor has it suspended the development of the central and western regions.

A large amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources are still invested in this vast land to build it into a place suitable for human survival and to build a Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall.

That kind of determination and courage is not something ordinary people can imagine.

Of course, he also received criticism.

Many people believe that money should be used to improve social welfare, such as improving medical benefits, pension benefits, and reducing working hours.

For example, the eight-hour working day per day was shortened to seven hours, and the seven-hour working day per day was implemented.

Cai Jin complained about this kind of thing because he knew that in fact, Chinese people don’t care about working an extra hour or two every day, but the problem is that they have to pay enough for overtime.

In recent years, efforts have been made to strengthen this aspect, but the effect can only be said to be barely satisfactory.

Instead of implementing a seven-hour work system, it is better to raise the minimum wage level, implement five insurances and one housing fund system, and implement overtime pay. These are real things.

It must be said that in the past, the country focused too much on development and neglected to protect workers’ legal rights.

We are currently making up for the work in this area.

The stage summary meeting lasted for three days in total.

Cai Jin had a better understanding of the situation in the entire area.

In the stage summary meeting, there are naturally rewards and punishments.

If you do well, you will receive rewards, both material and spiritual rewards, or you will be promoted.

Those who did poorly were also punished. Some were beaten to the end, or even sent to jail to eat free meals.

Some of them spoke righteously during meetings and were then taken away in full public view, shocking many people.

Although there are many complaints about this issue, it has to be said that tens of thousands of people are punished every year, which is not a manifestation of self-purification ability.

After Cai Jin finished the meeting, he made a special trip to the Tarim Basin.

There is already water at the lowest point here. This will be the largest lake in the entire XJ in the future, and also the largest lake in the entire China, far exceeding the original five major lakes in China.

This will be an extremely important water source and the lungs of the entire China in the future.

At the Tarim Basin project headquarters, the chief engineer “Zhao Peng” was introducing the entire Tarim Basin to Cai Jin.

“Academician Cai, all ten hub projects in the Tarim Basin are currently under construction. They are expected to be completed in two years, and 380 seepage points have been treated.”

The lake formed in the Tarim Basin will not only require one dam, but ten dams to ensure that the entire water surface can reach the planned water level.

There are 380 seepage points, which are to prevent water from flowing away through seepage channels.

This kind of completely sandy terrain is prone to seepage, after all, the permeability coefficient of sand is too high.

Of course, not all places must be treated, because it is related to the length of the seepage path.

“How are the oil and gas exploration platforms being renovated?” Cai Jin asked.

There is abundant natural gas here. In the past, large amounts of natural gas were extracted here every year and transported to the east.

Now this place will be turned into a lake, and the natural gas extraction sites will have to be transformed.

“We are seizing the time to renovate it now, but it will not be completed until next year at the earliest. Mainly the pipelines will have to be rebuilt.” Zhao Peng shook his head.

The amount of this project is not small.

“There was originally a plan to seal up the natural gas, which would save a lot of money in terms of cost, but from a safety perspective, it was not good, so that plan was rejected,” Zhao Peng said.

Cai Jin can also understand that after all, energy security is an issue that must be considered.

Of course, the current West-East Gas Pipeline project is different from the past. There is a gas pipeline from Damao, an oil pipeline, and one from Central Asia.

Damao exports 150 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 130 million tons of oil to China through gas pipelines every year, earning a large amount of RMB from China every year.

As for Central Asia, it is rich in natural resources, with proven oil reserves of up to 200 billion barrels and proven natural gas reserves of up to 7.9 trillion cubic meters.

As the cooperation between the two parties entered the deep water area, oil and gas pipelines were naturally established to import oil and natural gas from Central Asia.

Thanks to natural gas, Central Asia’s economy is developing rapidly, its GDP growth is as fast as a rocket, and life is much better than before.

There are now astronauts from Central Asia entering China’s “Tiangong Space Station”.

A comprehensive strategic partnership is not just talk.

Cai Jin knew that an oil pipeline would be built next, going directly from the Middle East to the east and then into XJ.

Just when Cai Jin was about to leave the Tarim Basin, a leader came here to inspect.

“Director Qin!” Cai Jin was a little surprised. He didn’t expect this person to come to the Tarim Basin.

Qin Feng is the leader of the entire project. He is the deputy leader of the leadership team and is actually responsible for the entire project.

Compared with a few years ago, Director Qin is much darker and looks much better.

“Boss Cai, you are here too!” Director Qin was obviously a little surprised.

He originally thought that Cai Jin would leave after attending the meeting.

After all, Cai Jin is famous for being low-key and spends most of his time in his hometown.

Cai Jin would not attend many meetings if they were invited.

For example, at economic forums and economic symposiums, even if invited in person, Cai Jin may not be there.

“Director Qin, this is not here to take a look. This is the most important node, which is related to the natural conditions of the entire area and determines the success or failure of the entire project.” Cai Jin smiled.

The entire project actually has only two important nodes, one node is water diversion, and the other node is the Tarim Basin and other places as water storage areas.

As for other hub projects, they are all just to make better use of water resources and improve water resource utilization.

It is not a node that determines success or failure.

“Boss Cai, there is a lot of controversy in society right now. They think that if we invest so much in construction, the earth only has more than 500 years left. It is better to use the money for welfare construction and enter the stage of distribution according to needs. What do you think?” Qin Qin The director and Cai Jin were walking and suddenly asked.

Cai Jin knows that this kind of voice is very loud and has a huge market.

With China’s current productivity, distribution on demand is indeed no longer a problem.

The production of abundant materials can fully meet the needs of the entire society.

But there are several problems involved. The first is distribution according to needs. It is easy to cultivate a lot of lazy people. Anyway, it is like this. Just lie down and enjoy life. Then who will fight?

Furthermore, this on-demand distribution only exists in theory and has not been truly practiced so far.

How to allocate according to needs is a huge topic, not just four words.

“In the short term, rebuilding Jiangnan here so that Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall no longer only exists in records can greatly enhance our national strength. What will be improved is the natural conditions in the entire west and north, and our strength will achieve a qualitative leap.” Cai Jin pondered for a moment and said: “If we have to wander away from the solar system with the earth in a few hundred years, the water resources here will be our huge confidence.”

At that time, the temperature of the entire earth will be very low and the sea water will freeze.

The water resources at that time will be very precious, and the ice will be dissolved into water.

With this project, these water resources alone can meet the water needs of a population of this size across the country for thousands of years.

“Boss Cai, do you think we can really make the earth leave the solar system?” Director Qin asked.

The earth is a large planet. Although it is much smaller than Jupiter, if you want to drive the earth out of orbit, it must reach at least the third cosmic speed, so that the earth can have the ability to leave the solar system.

This thrust is extremely terrifying.

This is unimaginable given the current level of technology on Earth.

“Absolutely. From a technical point of view, there is no problem.” Cai Jin nodded and said, “The problem now is that we need to unite the whole world so that the whole world can work together, otherwise it will only be a hindrance.”

In terms of energy, there is controllable nuclear fusion, which can provide a steady stream of energy and can support planetary engines.

“Is it really possible?” Director Qin was still unsure.

“Absolutely!” Cai Jin said, “Technically there is no problem!”

“In a few days, our detector will arrive in the neighboring star system, and the detection results will be shared with the country.” Cai Jin said, “We will know what plan we will adopt at that time.”

The entire Future Technology Group has three thousand people dedicated to demonstrating the plan, and this is only the early stage.

To be more specific, we have to wait until the detection results come out.

At that time, the state must take the lead in formulating and demonstrating the entire plan, including its adoption, which also requires national strength.

The power of a group is always relatively limited, but the power of the entire country is unlimited.