All ten members of the first generation could understand Zhao Changxing's somewhat urgent and compact arrangement. Although they do not think that some unknown signals are such a big threat.
Yes, the frequency of those signals received in recent years has been much higher than in the past - in the past year, six unknown signals were received in a row, and a total of hundreds have been received in the past few decades, but so what?
"Dad is a little too worried."
This is what everyone is thinking. Zhao Changxing looked at the slightly disapproving children and sighed silently in his heart.
"You are just flowers in a greenhouse, how can you know how cruel the wind and rain are in the outside world..."
The final result of the discussion was to build an entire industrial zone around the Huangtie No. 1 Mine.
The iron reserves of Huangtie No. 1 Mine are not large, only about 2 million tons. However, based on the current mining level, even with the improvement of mining capacity in the later period, it is enough to sustain the industry for 20 years. This made people finally make up their minds to still focus on the Yellow Iron No. 1 Mine at the current stage.
The most important thing is that its location, ore quality, and mining difficulty are very suitable for current needs. It doesn't matter even if it is exhausted in 20 years, because by that time, people's engineering capabilities will be fully capable of transporting ore from other places.
In this industrial zone, there is a mining plant, which requires crawler conveyor equipment, crushing equipment, excavators, drilling machines, mineral processing and washing equipment, etc.
There is a steel plant, which must have a large electric furnace with a daily output of at least 100 tons of various types of steel. Compared with the electric furnace in the industrial zone, the output has been increased dozens of times. Surrounding this electric furnace, there must be Related power distribution equipment, cooling pools, transportation, feeding and discharging, and many other equipment.
A chemical plant must have a sulfuric acid production line with a daily output of at least 100 kilograms of sulfuric acid, as well as production lines for more than a dozen chemical raw materials such as ethylene production lines and synthetic rubber production lines.
There is also a metal processing factory that can produce various parts and has certain fine processing capabilities.
In addition, facilities such as storage areas, rest areas for personnel, and material transfer centers must be built.
The planned industrial zone has a total area of up to 1 million square meters, including dozens of various factories. Cotton spinning factories, quilt factories, shoe factories, plastic factories, food factories, etc. that will be built in the future will also be here. But obviously, those are future plans.
The four factories to be built at this stage, plus some logistical facilities, cover a total area of just over 10,000 square meters. The construction time left for people is four years.
Compared to the Earth Age, these factories are undoubtedly small or even micro factories. You must know that some giant factories in the Earth Age have an area measured in square kilometers, with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of employees inside. There is even a city rising around a factory. At this moment, the micro factories built by Zhao Changxing on Sedna are still "semi-manual and semi-industrial" in a strict sense. The industrial division of labor is not clear enough and the production goals are quite vague. There are even washbasins and building trusses. Something produced from a production line.
When people need wash basins, they adjust the parameters of the production line and use them to produce basins. When they need building trusses, they adjust them again. This will undoubtedly seriously reduce efficiency.
But there is no doubt that if these four factories can be built, it will still be a leap in industrial power for human civilization at this moment.
After recuperating for a few days, one morning, excluding the two people who stayed behind on the Spark spaceship and the six people at Base No. 1 - they were not only responsible for maintaining the normal operation of Comprehensive Base No. 1 and Planting Base No. 2. , who are also responsible for the production tasks of various materials in the industrial zone - in addition to the remaining 33 people, they put on spacesuits and set off in a mighty manner.
Zhao Changxing drove the Hongqi space vehicle, pulling a bucket behind it, loaded with various tools and building materials. Zhao Ye drove the Red Star space vehicle, also pulling a bucket. The remaining 31 people were like supermen, jumping several meters high on the ground, leaping tens of meters away, and striding towards the target location.
On a low-gravity planet like Sedna, jumping forward is more efficient.
Finally arriving at the pitted Yellow Iron No. 1 vein that had been dug, people immediately started working according to the planning drawings drawn up by Xiao Xi without saying a word.
People have determined that the first thing that needs to be built in the industrial zone is a steel plant, but now, people need to build a "small house" first.
The internal area of this small house is only about ten square meters. There is only a dining table, a few stools, and a toilet, but nothing else.
Although the industrial area is not far from Base No. 1, there is still some distance. Breakfast and dinner can be taken care of at Base No. 1, but you can't go back for lunch. Besides, if you get thirsty in the middle of work and need to go to the toilet, you also need a space where you can take off your spacesuit.
This small room is where people eat, drink, and go to the toilet.
With the existing industrial power, it is not difficult at all to build this small house. In just two days it was built. After that, the construction work of the steel plant officially began.
The first thing to be done is the civil work.
The steel plant was not built underground like the No. 2 Planting Base, but directly on the ground. This is mainly due to considerations of improving industrial efficiency.
On the busy construction site, someone was using a "semi-manual and semi-industrial" punch and crusher to break the rock formations on the surface of Sedna. Someone was driving a Red Flag and a Red Star that were converted into excavators. , load the broken rock formations into the truck bucket one by one. When the truck bucket is full, they will pull them and unload them to other places. Some people are doing land leveling operations behind the excavator, while others are doing foundation reinforcement operations.
Everyone at the construction site is wearing a space suit that embodies the highest technology of the earth's era, but they use this space suit to do things that manual labor workers are unwilling to do. If this kind of scene is seen by scientists on earth, When I arrived, I didn’t know how I would feel.
In this process, Zhao Changxing once again realized the benefits of having more people. Building four factories was such a huge project that he had never dared to think about before. But now, the progress of the project can be clearly noticed almost every day.
After a day's work, people dragged their tired bodies back to Base No. 1. Entering Base No. 1 through the isolation door, taking off their space suits, people slumped down in their seats in the entertainment area and restaurants, not even wanting to say a word.
Especially the second generation humans who have just grown up are even more tired and have no strength at this moment. Zhao Changxing didn't have anything to ask for, because he was already used to this kind of intensity of work.
Looking at the extremely tired people, he felt a little distressed.
After all, these are children raised by myself.
"It's not a problem to continue like this. The construction of industrial zones is a long-term job. If you can persist for a day or two, you won't be able to persist for a month or two. No matter how anxious you are, you have to pay attention to the balance between work and rest. You still have to adjust. Let’s take a look at the project schedule.”
Having made up his mind, Zhao Changxing announced his plan when the kitchen robot prepared the meal and everyone started eating.
"The daily workload should be reduced from now on."
People looked at each other, and finally the eldest brother Zhao Ye spoke.
"Dad, it's okay, don't worry about us. You did this every day for decades when we were kids, and we can do it too."
"It's okay. Eat more and get some sleep. You'll still be a good man when you wake up tomorrow."
"Don't worry, we can do it!"
Everyone expressed their determination to Zhao Changxing, and even the weakest-looking girls looked full of confidence. Zhao Changxing felt a little moved and verbally agreed to continue with the current workload, but he had already made up his mind to reduce the workload no matter what.
After a hearty meal, everyone washed themselves up and fell asleep earlier than ever before.
There is a lot of water ice on Sedna, so water supply is not a problem here at the base.
The next day, a group of people gathered again and set off towards the construction site.
On this day, Zhao Changxing deliberately controlled the pace of work, announcing the end of work an hour earlier than the time he went home yesterday, and led everyone back to the base.
After working for six consecutive days, on the seventh day, Zhao Changxing announced that he would have a rest today and that he could move freely throughout the day. After cheering, Zhao Changxing saw some people rushing into the leisure and entertainment area, playing ball, reading, or playing games. Some people were stuck in their rooms catching up on their sleep. Some people put on spacesuits and stayed together in pairs. I left the base saying I wanted to see the scenery.
Among the groups that left the base to see the scenery, there were mostly one man and one woman. Zhao Changxing saw this and thought to himself: "I'm afraid that in a short while, there will be another naturally conceived child in the base."
Regarding this kind of thing, Zhao Changxing never interfered except that he stipulated that "crossing the line" was not allowed before marriage. Even this rule is not because Zhao Changxing has any moral obsession, but because of the overall stability of the base.
He didn't want to have just a few people in the base, and then there would be things like chaos and abandonment, infatuated men and women.
During the busy days of more than 30 people, the civil construction work of the steel plant was quickly completed, and the next step was to build the factory frame.
Over this period of time, the radiation protection properties of the building materials produced in the No. 1 Base Industrial Zone have improved. Although they are still far behind those originally produced on Earth, they are still barely usable. Besides, surviving in such a radiation environment for a short period of time would not cause any serious problems. Machinery and equipment, unlike plants, are not afraid of radiation.
After the framework is built, it is time to install and debug the internal equipment. Finally, one and a half years after construction started, the first factory in the industrial zone reached completion.
