Chapter 1214 Hydroelectric Power Plant

On the street outside Linzhou Mansion, Mo Xiaotian had prepared his carriage and horses, and planned to take Ye Xun to the barren open space outside to see where the factory would be produced.

"Well, it's also troublesome. Currently, there are no large-scale steel factories in Linzhou, let alone high-quality steel forging capabilities. It's really troublesome."

Before he even got on the road, Ye Xun was already complaining. Then regardless of what Mo Xiaotian was doing, he waved his hand and a Fairy Fire Medal fell to the ground. With a boom, an off-road jeep appeared on the ground. .

"Is this an off-road vehicle?"

"Yes, Lord Governor, Lord Mihe, Lord Qinglongshi, get in the car and I will take you for a ride."

It’s not that there are no cars in Wonton Country, but there are still fewer cars. The first reason is that Wonton Country has no oil exploration technology, let alone mining technology. Having cars is just a waste. The most important thing is that there is no trade with the outside world. You have to How to buy and sell oil?

If we don’t have oil, and we don’t exploit oil ourselves, that’s nonsense.

"I heard that crops could be grown here before, but why didn't they do so later?"

"Because there used to be a factory here, but it was later abandoned." Mo Xiaotian said helplessly, "The pollution of the water source has caused many people downstream to get sick, thus creating this dilemma." ’

"What kind of factory is it?"

"Nitrogen fertilizer factories, locals strongly protested and demanded that all these factories be shut down."

Mi He nodded and said: "Yes, it must be handled this way, otherwise, it will cause irreparable consequences."

Ye Xun was startled and nodded. If he remembered correctly, there were several well-known examples of people suffering due to factory pollution.

“I still don’t know what this disease is, but since the factory started construction and production, more and more people have become sick.”

"I think I know it, it's mercury poisoning."

In Ye Xun's memory, there was once a world-famous mercury poisoning incident. Around 1952, a strange disease was discovered near Minamata Bay in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. This disease first appeared in cats and was called " Feline chorea”. Cats suffering from this disease may exhibit convulsions, paralysis, or even jump into the sea and die.

At the beginning, no one paid much attention to it, but soon afterwards, people suffering from this disease were discovered one after another here.

Symptoms include slurred speech, staggering gait, facial dementia, paralysis of the hands and feet, sensory impairment, visual loss, tremors, deformation of the hands and feet. In severe cases, neurological disorder, deep sleep, or excitement, the body bends and screams, until death.

This symptom only occurs in residents in and around Minamata Town, so at first, people called this disease "Minamata disease".

At first, doctors and scientists were unable to detect the cause of the disease, nor did they know how to treat it. They were helpless, which made people panic and then uneasy. However, the nightmare of local residents had just begun.

Over the next twelve years, Minamata disease continued to spread locally. This directly caused the number of victims in Minamata Town to reach 10,000, and the death toll exceeded 1,000. Animals and people suffering from this disease have one thing in common, they are all poisoned by eating fish.

After many years of investigation and research in Japan, it was believed that Minamata disease was related to heavy metal poisoning, especially mercury. Later, after detailed investigation, toxic metals were found in the deceased patients, fish bodies and near the outlet of the sewage pipe of the Japanese nitrogen fertilizer plant. Methylmercury revealed the secret of Minamata disease.

According to the data above, the mercury content produced by the polluted bay during Japan's "Minamata Disease Incident" was enough to poison the entire Japanese population more than twice.

This matter left a deep impression on Ye Xun. It seemed that even the medical technology on Earth where he was originally could not cure the neurological damage caused by mercury poisoning.

"Mercury poisoning?"

"It's just mercury poisoning." Mi He is a teacher after all, so he knows more about these things.

Ye Xun nodded and explained: "Mercury is originally a toxic chemical substance that has been seriously polluted due to long-term industrial wastewater discharge. The fish and shrimp in the river bay have also been polluted. These polluted fish and shrimp passed through The food chain then enters the body of animals and humans, damaging the brain and other parts of the body. Methylmercury entering the brain will shrink the brain, damage nerve cells, and destroy the cerebellum and sensory systems that control body balance. "

Hearing this explanation, Mo Xiaotian and Mi He looked shocked. They did not expect that Ye Xun would directly explain the truth to such a helpless condition.

“Is this disease hereditary?”

"Yes, this disease will be passed on to the next generation. After animals eat food contaminated with mercury, it will not be degraded or excreted in the body. Instead, it will accumulate in the body and be passed to the upper level of the food chain. Humans will eat food containing mercury. After being exposed to mercury contaminants, severe cases will be disabled for life. In mild cases, although there are no obvious symptoms, they will still recessively inherit the potential poisoning symptoms to their offspring, and many congenital children will have motor and language disorders, and even deformity!"

The two outsiders and three others took a deep breath. They didn't expect it to be so terrifying. Mo Xiaotian said: "It's true. No one knows the cause of this disease, but it must be related to the factory that appeared later, so it's all right. ”

"This is the right approach. Although one-size-fits-all measures may affect the production of many factories, it is much better than causing widespread harm."

In fact, after the mercury spill happened in Japan, Ye Xun once read relevant reports, saying that Japan had already investigated and found out from the beginning that the disease was related to the sewage discharge from the local nitrogen fertilizer factory, but did nothing, so that The company continued to discharge pollutants unscrupulously for 12 years, until the victims later appealed to the United Nations, which ruled that the Japanese government was guilty. The court ruled that the Japanese government should bear administrative responsibility for failing to make timely decisions, which led to the expansion of the damage caused by Minamata Disease.

Japanese industry developed rapidly after World War II, but due to the lack of environmental protection measures, industrial pollution and various public nuisance diseases were rampant. Although the economy has developed, environmental damage and endless pollution diseases have caused the Japanese government and enterprises to pay an extremely expensive price. The litigation over Minamata disease has been protracted and continues to this day.

Speaking of this, Ye Xun has complained about Japan more than once. Although Japanese comics and games seem to make Japan look like "White Moonlight", in fact, there are too many bad places in this country, especially environmental pollution. It is simply a textbook-level polluting country, and the most terrifying thing is that it also has nuclear pollution.

Japan is probably the country that is best at "self-marketing" in the world. The idols in the entertainment industry market "personality", while Japan markets "national design". It seems very beautiful, but in fact, Japan is a veritable golden jade. Among them, there is simply no way to withstand further assessment and scrutiny. Reading Building

For example, the most classic thing is that everyone thinks that Japan is very fast, very hygienic, and is simply a model of a modern country. It is a model of human civilization in terms of garbage disposal and recycling technology. However, after China announced a ban on foreign garbage, people were embarrassed to find that Japan does not Many communities and even city streets are filled with garbage.

When asked later, the Japanese awkwardly said that in the past, more than 75% of their garbage was exported to China for processing, but now China no longer accepts garbage and no longer serves as Japan’s garbage dump. The beautiful image established on environmental protection was shattered in an instant.

At the same time, Japan is not the only one whose image has been shattered. The same is true for almost most European countries, including South Korea. Their own garbage disposal technology and sustainable environmental protection technology are basically in a state of decline. It is entirely because they export most of them to China that they can maintain their image. What's even more disgusting is that after they erected a "clean and advanced" arch for themselves, they still accuse China of polluting the environment. What a bunch of bastards.

There are too many things to complain about Japan. In Ye Xun's eyes, those who can regard Japan as the "Ideal Land of Pure and Immaculate White Moonlight" have something wrong with their brains.

We can only blame Japan for being too good at self-packaging. From the official to the private sector, they have tacitly and deliberately promoted the concept of an "absolute superior country", which has brainwashed many people, including the Japanese themselves.

Bringing the topic back, Ye Xun said to Mo Xiaotian: "No matter what I do, as long as it is a factory, it will inevitably cause environmental pollution. Linzhou is a relatively awkward place in the geographical environment, so I think we should build hydropower generation first. factory."

"Power plant?!"

"Oh my God, Mr. Yan, please think about it. The power plant is not an ordinary factory. The manpower and material resources it requires are really terrible." Qinglong Envoy has grown up in the capital since he was a child, so he naturally understands the behind-the-scenes of this series of projects. The huge cost required.

"So we need to discuss with the governor how we should build this factory?"

Mo Xiaotian was stunned and suddenly realized, "If you want to build a power plant, then the corresponding infrastructure will naturally be involved."

"I am not a person who likes to create monopolies. I can tell you clearly that whether it is a factory or supporting infrastructure, I can build it, and I can build it as quickly as possible, faster than you can imagine."

When Ye Xun said this, they naturally had no objection. After all, he was really capable.

"But I'm not a hypocritical person. I know that even if I do this, I still need some wisdom and wisdom to develop on this land. Therefore... I think this power plant has something to do with Linzhou Prefecture officials. Carry out sixty-four accounts.”

Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that Ye Xun would take the initiative to give up some benefits? !

"The entire power plant actually only serves the supporting factories in the surrounding areas. Those industries that need to be developed naturally require electricity. This goes without saying, but I hope that this industry can become an industry that Linzhou Prefecture officials can cherish and contribute to it. Heart."

Governor Mo Xiaotian suddenly realized that Yan Shendu was not just a businessman or a master. He should have extremely strong Zheng Zhi qualities, or at least a high level of consciousness.

Others don't know, doesn't he know what the Yuntun Kingdom's court is doing?

If a person wants to develop industries within the Wonton Kingdom, he will inevitably be restrained or even killed by the court, unless the court gets a lot of benefits from it.

Yan Shendu has the ability to shape the entire construction system on his own, so people can naturally sanction you at any time. The court of Yunton Kingdom will not accept this, but after thinking about it, if Yunton Kingdom can actively participate in it and contribute the least, Are you willing to share almost half of the profits?

What you're doing is granting land to others. You can't sell that barren land even if you keep it for the New Year.

"There is no problem in opening June 4th. I will formulate relevant regulations immediately to give you the greatest convenience in land granting."

"Thank you."

Then Ye Xun added: "In terms of people's livelihood infrastructure, I will cooperate with the Yuntun Dynasty. After all, if you want to do business, you have to pay, but... I can't cooperate with the country on every project, such as my pharmaceutical industry. This involves the foundation of our sect. Please forgive me."

"I understand." Mo Xiaotian certainly understood that Yan Shen was able to provide corresponding cooperation in power plants, which was actually a kind of goodwill concession. If not, they could do nothing. If you have the ability, go build the factory yourself, don't come to me for help.

"Well, we're here so soon."

"Huh?"

Everyone was shocked. This place didn't seem to be the same land as before. Ye Xun said to the three of them, "You all know how to dance in the air, right? Follow me."

Ye Xun flew up, and the three of them followed. After a while, they reached the top of the mountain and said, "Linzhou is very interesting. The plains are scattered and cannot be used for large-scale agriculture. At the same time, the terrain is obviously high in the west and low in the east. There are abundant water sources. It's only more than 300 miles to the west and you will enter the mountains of southern Xinjiang. The water there is not only abundant, but also overflowing. I want to build a hydroelectric power station directly at Longgu Waterfall, and at the same time build a large-scale reservoir to complete the water conservancy project and the power project at one go."

The three were stunned and didn't react for a while. What was this guy going to do?

"Hiss~ Lord Yan, are you serious?"

"Of course I am serious. As long as the Longgu Dam is completed, the water storage capacity in summer will be enough to meet the water needs during the winter drought. At the same time, it can also prevent excessive summer rain and excessive upstream water sources from causing downstream flood disasters. The water has been intercepted by me and the flow has been controlled, so there is naturally no problem."

"As for the problem of power generation, it is even simpler. Hydropower generation is to use water power to drive hydraulic machinery to rotate and convert water energy into mechanical energy. If another machine is connected to the turbine, it can generate electricity as the turbine rotates. Mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy. In a sense, hydroelectric power generation is the process of converting the potential energy of water into mechanical energy and then into electrical energy. "

"I know you are confused, don't look at me, blame your Jixia Academy and Qingyun Academy for not teaching these, our Shendu Academy is different, we only teach these."

In fact, what they don't know is that this is Ye Xun's plan, a plan specifically used to change Yuntun Country. Mo Xiaotian only saw the money and Zheng Zhi's wisdom, but did not see Ye Xun's big chess game, which also has the future use of the graduates of Shendu Academy!

The task of transforming Yuntun Country triggered by the system is very large, and there are too many small and medium-sized tasks in between, so Ye Xun can only do this.