I had to admit that what Minglan said made sense. Lin Yan was reflecting on whether he was too eager.
To be honest, she didn't understand the financial situation of the alliance that well, nor did she stand on Minglan's level. She didn't pay attention to many things, and she only wanted to do things that she thought were feasible.
Despite this, she will not give up building roads.
There is no road, so we can only stay in this world, and waste three months in the entire cold season.
Waterways and land routes must run in parallel and the transportation network must be well established, so that the alliance will have a better future.
In the annual report, due to Lin Yan's persistence, the Arbitration Court finally agreed to start the road construction plan. Starting from Sun City, a road planned to the west is expected to lead to Tianduan Mountain and is named Xitian Road. This year's goal is to build it for 500 miles.
At the beginning of the new year, the 17th year of the Solar Era has arrived.
The ice and snow melted, the pause button returned to normal, and everyone started moving.
Lin Yan did not rush to organize manpower to build the road. He and everyone else were busy plowing the ground and sowing seeds. They must plant the first season's crops well.
What is worth celebrating is that Yunmeng lived up to his expectations and finally succeeded in growing rice. Although the yield was still low, Lin Yan firmly believed that the Ministry of Agriculture would grow high-yielding rice.
She has copied many books on agricultural cultivation, hundreds of them, on seed cultivation, soil improvement, water conservancy construction, etc. She has not let go of anything useful.
These books have been sorted out and printed in batches. They are available in bookstores and libraries in the city and can be seen by anyone who needs them.
At the end of January, the road construction project started, and Lin Yan, as the general person in charge, personally supervised the project.
Road construction is a hard job, and all it takes is hard work. Lin Yan watched everyone laboriously cutting down trees, digging soil, and smoothing the road. He couldn't help but think of the open room on the third floor of the Science and Technology Museum. There were some large equipment and repair equipment in it. It is useful for digging roads and mountains.
While she was practicing, she asked Shi Zhi and Ye Cong to help with research.
This research has lasted for more than half a year. The excavator has not made much progress. It requires too many precision parts and the existing manufacturing level is limited. We still need to work hard.
The estimated five hundred miles of road have been built, all the way to the west, which makes it easier for many people in the city to open up wasteland and hunt there.
At the Research Institute, Lin Yan rubbed his hair irritably, "No, we still have to speed up the research on electrical energy. It is too difficult to make these large instruments without the support of electrical energy."
Shi Zhi agrees, "Steam as power consumes too much, and it is too difficult to manufacture these precision instruments. We might as well change our thinking and study electric energy first. When the power station is built and the electronic foundation is laid, it will be easy to control these precision equipment."
Ye Cong: "I have been studying electromagnetism since the establishment of the Innovation Research Institute. It has been almost ten years, and progress has been slow. I don't know how long it will take to make breakthrough progress."
Having said this, she looked at Lin Yan and said, "Don't you have any relevant books? With theoretical guidance, we will avoid many detours."
The words woke up the dreamer, and Lin Yan slapped her forehead. How could she forget this?
There is a plug-in called the Science and Technology Museum, which is absolutely indispensable if you want to study electrical energy. According to her speculation about the science and technology museum, the third floor is the age of steam industry, and the fourth floor should be the age of electricity.
She checked the contribution value and found that there was still more after opening all three levels. It was enough to open the fourth level directly.
Lin Yan was spinning in circles excitedly, "Ye Cong, you are so right. I forgot an important thing. There is a shortcut to making breakthrough progress, and it is much faster than working hard here. .Wait a minute, I’ll copy the book behind closed doors.”
"Just left like this?" Ye Cong was confused. What they were talking about just now was electric energy.
Since she came back, she used the Science and Technology Museum and spent a lot of contribution points for testing, and she was not in a hurry to open the fourth floor.
Back in the office, Lin Yan spent a huge amount of contribution points to light up the third floor of the Science and Technology Museum, with less than 100,000 contribution points left.
Another 40,000 contribution points were spent to open the fourth level.
Then she heard Pang Bao's prompt: "Congratulations on successfully opening the fourth floor of the Time Science and Technology Museum. It has entered the basic power period. It requires 2,000 contribution points to open each room."
Lin Yan yelled in his heart: "Why has it gone up again? Opening a house on the third floor requires 1,500 contribution points. Fat baby, what should I do? You also know that contribution points are getting harder and harder to earn."
Fat Bao: "This is the decision of the mastermind of the Time Science and Technology Museum, and Fat Bao cannot change it."
After looking at the remaining 53,200 contribution points, Lin Yan gritted his teeth and spent another 50,000, lighting up twenty-five rooms.
The knowledge system included in the basics of electricity is too complex, and the knowledge in twenty-five rooms covers a myriad of things. But if you want to apply the system, you need more knowledge support.
Looking at the remaining contribution points, she was eager to earn them.
After selecting ten books and taking ten days to copy them, Lin Yan decided to go out for a walk.
With a decision in her mind, she went directly to the Arbitration Court.
At the beginning of this year, Minglan and Fenghua were in poor health and gradually took a back seat, leaving Heitu, Shui Sheng, Ye Meng, Xia Li and Hong Ling to take over as directors.
It stands to reason that Lin Yan is one of them and should bear more responsibilities. But she was preoccupied with road construction and research, and did not deal with much matters at the Arbitration Court.
"I wanted to go out for a walk and go south along the Sun River. We haven't gone further south in all these years."
Shui Sheng was startled, "Why so sudden?"
At the beginning of this year, someone else was leading the group on the waterway to Ancheng, but Lin Yan didn't follow. After only half a year of peace, she was going out to wander again.
"I suddenly decided that I had a reason to go out. I happened to have never been to the south, so I took people there to have a look."
At this point, she paused and said, "I want to apply to sail a new ship for a long trip."
Last year's new ship demonstration attracted many people, but they were unable to secure the right to use it.
There were too many people secretly attacking this ship. Lin Yan didn't know it, but she still wanted to fight for it. With the new ship, the speed is more than five times that of the old ship.
This year is already halfway through, and if you want to go out, you won’t be able to go very far on an old boat.
It's different with a new ship. It's more powerful and can go further.
Having already visited the west and east sides, Lin Yan chose to go to the south and north sides first, then go down the river, and finally go to the north.
First, find out the surroundings of Sun City, find as many people as possible, and strengthen the alliance's team.
Hong Ling was the first to say: "If we really want to travel a long distance, it would be best to use a new ship. I support Lin Yan."
Ye Meng and Xia Li looked at each other, neither expressing their opinions.
Heitu thought for a while and said: "Lin Yan, how many people are you going to take? There is a new ship with limited carrying capacity. Even if you bring a shipload of coal, I'm afraid it won't be able to support the long journey. The new ship is good, but it needs fuel. The demand is huge.”
Like a bucket of cold water poured down, Lin Yan immediately calmed down, "You're right, I just forgot about this. I just thought that the new ship is fast and you have to bring your own fuel. It really can't go very far."
Thinking of this, Lin Yan felt even more urgent. He still needed to improve. It would be easier to change the steam power to fuel.
"Then I'd better travel with two old ships and transfer people from the military headquarters. Twenty people will be enough."
Kurotsuchi smiled and said, "That's no problem. I'll make arrangements for you right away. When will you leave?"
"In three days, I still have to arrange some things."
After saying that, Lin Yan looked at them and said, "Please worry about the alliance. I'm going out this time. I don't know when I can come back."
Several people knew that Lin Yan's return date was uncertain every time she went out, so it was difficult for her to stay.
