The lunar rover ran smoothly on the lunar surface of the crater. After passing through a tunnel on the slope, it entered the interior of the crater. The front view suddenly became clear, and a silver-white city silhouette emerged in front of Jiang Chen.
“The front is the center of the lunar colony. Of course, it has now been renamed the city center of Guanghan. All the municipal buildings are radiating around the downtown square. The surface is only a small part. I believe that you will be underground after a while. I will be even more surprised.” Sitting on the window of the lunar rover, Tang Weijie pointed to the silver-white outline outside the window, laughing and talking with Jiang Chen. “We have prepared a welcoming ceremony for you and Xia.”
"I hope it won't be too much trouble." Jiang Chen smiled and said with a look at the entrance to the city of Guanghan.
"Haha, believe me, definitely not."
Jiang Chen has always been dissatisfied with the red tape. Compared with those beautiful flattering and golden jade, he hopes to see the following people to produce tangible results. The experience of living in China in the early years made him well aware of the low energy of the official.
It is not the high-tech products that the future people group has developed so much. What is most gratifying is that the big group still maintains the vitality of the emerging enterprises, and it does not corrode the management's thinking because of the bloated volume.
It’s also a good thing, and it’s going to be awkward.
Tang Hanjie, the mayor of Guanghan City, knew the style of the boss, so he was as grand and not too long as he prepared the welcoming ceremony for him.
After the welcoming ceremony on the colonial square, Ying Jiangchen visited the request of Guanghan City. He personally served as a tour guide for the two and took the two to the elevator next to the colonial square.
Standing on the elevator, it fell about 500 meters.
When the elevator stops, the side of the movable door moves away, and a fresh and dry air comes to the surface.
Outside the elevator is a circular hall with more than 30 identical elevators in the hall. Here, the meaning of the elevator is similar to that of a subway station on the earth, connecting the underground living space with the surface of the mining station and factory.
In the rotunda, people come and go, including staff wearing star-ring trade uniforms and passengers wearing all kinds of coats. Tang Weijie took Jiang Chen and Xia Shiyu to the special passage next to them, and directly crossed the crowd and entered the underground city.
“It used to be an underground ice cover. Later, after the ice layer was mined, we found a lava tunnel formed by the ancient magma geological activity below the ice. The surrounding rock is a glassy black volcanic rock, which is stronger than concrete, so we Simply seal the space with aluminum and transform it into a colonial living space."
“The temperature difference on the surface of the moon is large, but the underground temperature can be stabilized at 25 degrees, and it can also resist the impact of harmful rays and meteorites. A total of more than 27,000 people live here, and the elevator has become the main traffic of the city of Guanghan. tool."
While walking, Tang Weijie smiled and introduced Jiang Chen to the situation in the city.
Although the city was built under his inspiration, when he stood there, he couldn't help but express his heartfelt feelings.
No one had thought that the small colony of the number of 200 in the original area had developed to this extent in just over a year.
“The city is only halfway open, and half of the space is being rebuilt. Later, we will use the lava tunnel of the extinct volcano to double the area of the dungeon, and our lunar colony will be there. It’s just stuffed into 100,000 people, I’m afraid there’s nothing wrong with it.” Looking at the boss’s expression on his face, Tang Weijie proudly raised his mouth.
Walking and walking, Xia Shiyu looked around and gently pulled the sleeves of Jiang Chen and whispered.
“Is there water? I am a little thirsty.”
Upon seeing it, the assistant lady behind Tang Weijie immediately stepped forward and took out two new stainless steel cups from the bag and smiled and handed them to the two.
"This is one of the special products of the moon, Moonland brand functional drinks." Tang Weijie took the opportunity to smile and introduce to Jiang Chen.
"There should be no rain on the moon." Xia Shiyu laughed.
"You are laughing at Xia." The assistant lady grinned.
"What is this? Not quite like plastic." Jiang Chen took the bottle and said thoughtfully.
“The new pvc material is a special anti-rust lightweight steel with a weight of only 1.2 times that of the same volume of plastic. Its surface material has a germicidal effect similar to that of activated carbon. The most important thing is that steel on the moon is much cheaper than plastic. Speaking of it, this is still a masterpiece of the Institute of Materials Science." Tang Weijie smiled and explained to Jiang Chen.
"Yes? I didn't expect this small cup to have such a large amount of knowledge." Jiang Chen smiled, unscrewed the lid, and pulled out the straw to **** it.
The taste is a bit strange, like herbal tea, but much sweeter than herbal tea. After drinking, I feel that the whole person is a lot of spirit. The effect of refreshing is better than that of coffee. It is stronger than Red Bull and I don’t know where to go.
Walking to the scene of the corridor, Tang Weijie took two people through an arch, and the group passed through the air shower and entered a factory.
A row of long bookshelves seems to be a training frame, which is vertically distributed on the factory floor. Dozens of group culture tanks are placed on each culture rack, and ultraviolet lamps are mounted on the top. Through the glass wall, you can see that the young seedlings are growing vigorously.
“Is this a farm?” Jiang Chen looked at the nearest culture tank and asked casually.
“Yes, but here it mainly produces cash crops, or the raw materials of such drinks. Foods such as potatoes, radishes, and pumpkins are only a small part of it.” Going to Jiang Chen’s side, Tang Weijie said, “Ninety percent of the food in Guanghan City is imported from the city of Stars. It is not too difficult to farm on the moon, but it is too difficult.”
The farms of the first lunar colonies were built on the lunar surface, but they were affected by cosmic rays. Even if the roof was loaded with lead plates, the genetic mutation rate of crop seeds during the germination stage remained high.
Later, it was discovered that the lunar soil can effectively absorb harmful cosmic rays and solar wind particles, and simply moved the farm directly to the ground. On the moon, only one small plantation was selected for breeding, and most of the rest were mines and factories.
"What is the daily average traffic volume in Guanghan City?" He reached out and touched the sprouts of the potato seedlings in the cultivation tank. Jiang Chen asked casually.
“The average daily passenger throughput was 3,417 people last month.” Tang Weijie immediately replied.
"What about cargo throughput?"
“The cargo throughput last month exceeded 900,000 tons!”
In August, 900,000 tons, considering the continuous expansion of rare earth production, the economic aggregate of Guanghan City has been growing. This 19-year cargo throughput exceeded 10 million tons should be no problem.
Jiang Chen silently counted the accounts in his heart, and after a moment of contemplation, he smiled and looked at Tang Weijie.
"I plan to build a 200-kilometer lunar elevator in Guanghan City. I want to hear your opinion."