After Chu Ting joined, Wu Xin quickly established a company called Jishi Mining, which was responsible for the exploration and development of minerals in the mountainous area in northern Lingchuan.

However, after the Lingchuan officials learned about it, they did not react too positively.

Because of the mineral resources in the northern mountainous area, the Lingchuan government has also approached people to attract investment. However, because it is located in the upper reaches of the Lingchuan River, it is related to the water quality protection of the Lingchuan River and the main river. The state has very strict environmental protection requirements for these minerals. To open a mine, you must build a building.

Good supporting environmental protection facilities.

Not only that, the mineral resources here in Lingchuan are not precious minerals, they are mainly pyrite and coal mines. Although the taste of the ores is not bad compared to domestic ones, it is not as good as the ores imported from abroad.

Coupled with the fact that the industrial distribution makes it cheaper and more convenient to transport ore from abroad by sea, investing in mining in Lingchuan has become a loss-making business.

But for Wu Xin, who does not aim to make money, this is not a problem at all. Isn't it just environmental protection facilities? It is not a bad thing, because these environmental protection equipments are basically used to control harmful substances and recycle slag waste.

Environmental protection facilities allow people working in mines to produce more safely. This is exactly the problem that needs to be solved for Wu Xin. What is most lacking after the apocalypse? People!

In the apocalypse, every living person is precious (except scum). Someone is productive. Only a better production environment can minimize the losses caused by casualties.

As for slag waste, that is relative to the present. A lot of slag waste is indeed of little use value now that resources are abundant, but in the end of the world, slag waste is also a valuable resource that can be used.

For example, coal gangue in coal mine waste residue is a kind of black-gray rock with lower carbon content and harder than coal that is associated with coal seams during the coal formation process. It can be used to produce gangue cement, lightweight aggregate for concrete,

Refractory bricks and other building materials can also be used to recover coal, and coal and gangue are mixed to generate electricity, which is fully worthy of recycling.

Not to mention pyrite. The waste slag used to make sulfuric acid can be used to make iron and steel after processing. Moreover, some rare heavy metals contained in these slags will also be scarce resources in the end of the world. It just depends on whether they want it or not.

Be willing to spend the time and cost to take advantage of it.

Even if some environmental protection equipment fails to process certain hazardous industrial waste after the end of the world, the collected hazardous industrial waste is not useless. It can be made into various weapons to allow those mutant creatures to taste the power of industrial waste.

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Since there are so many benefits to increasing environmental protection facilities, Wu Xin will of course increase investment in them. Moreover, considering the post-apocalyptic demand for the mines he develops, the overall cost will not be too high after adding these facilities.

As long as he can be allowed to open a mine, everything will be no problem. There is only one problem that makes Wu Xin embarrassed: how to transport these minerals after the end of the world?

Due to the lack of fuel after the end of the world, the use of cars has been greatly restricted. Wu Xin originally planned to build a railway to connect the mining area, and then directly build steam trains to transport minerals, but this idea was soon rejected by Wu Xin himself

No.

Because the amount of work required to build a railway out of the mountainous area is no joke. As for building a light rail railway on the foundation of a mountainous road, this idea is definitely not feasible with the government.

If you occupy the highway, where will the car go?

This idea can only be done after the apocalypse. It will not work before the apocalypse. But where will there be so much time and resources to build railways after the apocalypse? So we must find alternative means of transportation!

Wu Xin had to go through a thousand attempts again, and finally found three alternative options.

The first option is the charcoal car, which was used during the Anti-Japanese War and the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and is still used in North Korea today.

The principle is to install a gas generator in the car and use the carbon monoxide gas produced by the incomplete combustion of charcoal to drive the internal combustion engine. The disadvantages are obvious, it is slow and troublesome to start, but the advantage is that it is extremely convenient to obtain fuel.

The second option is natural gas vehicles, which are now used by taxis and buses in many cities. After simple modification of the engine, they can use natural gas as fuel.

It has the advantages of all current cars, such as quick start and easy operation, but the disadvantage is that the horsepower is smaller than that of fuel vehicles. However, natural gas can be obtained through biogas purification, making it easier to obtain than fuel.

The third option is the ancient steam truck, the typical representative of which is the British Sentinel steam truck.

The advantage of a steam truck is that it has high torque, can be loaded heavily, the speed is not too slow, and the fuel is easy to obtain. The disadvantage is that it is troublesome to start, requires frequent refilling of water, and must be equipped with a deputy to look after the coal stove.

But after comparing the three options, Wu Xin chose the steam truck.

First, it is easier to manufacture steam engines than internal combustion engines. Second, steam trucks are very convenient for transporting minerals in mining areas to replenish coal. Third, Wu Xin intends to develop steam engine-related machinery manufacturing.

Because after the end of the world, power supply is a big problem. Although there is a hydropower dam here in Lingchuan to provide power, what about outside Lingchuan?

As the base establishes its foothold and expands outwards in the future, the power supply cannot be extended. In places where electricity cannot be covered, steam engines have great uses. After all, this is a machine that can provide power for production and life.

However, even if Wu Xin chose a steam truck because of these advantages, it does not mean that the other two vehicles have no uses.

Charcoal cars can be used as commuter cars in the base to transport personnel connecting various production nodes in the base, or as transport vehicles in the mountain forest lumber factory to facilitate the acquisition of fuel.

Natural gas vehicles can be used for combat vehicles, such as transportation and communication with outposts outside the base, and battlefield maneuvers around the base. The methane produced by the population and livestock after the base is enough to support such operations.

As for fuel vehicles, they will basically not be used. Diesel will be used in marine engines, and gasoline will be provided for propeller aircraft.

That's right, propeller planes! Even the wooden planes from World War I are still airplanes. They are most suitable for long-range reconnaissance, and can even serve as transport planes and bombers.

As for the source of fuel, Wu Xin is considering planting some plants similar to petroleum grass to produce gasoline and diesel. Yu Chengdong is also starting to cultivate seeds in the cave over there. Not only petroleum grass, but also some plants that produce rubber must be prepared in advance.

These two substances will basically not be available from the outside world after the end of the world, and they will have to find ways to be self-sufficient.

"In this way, after the end of the world, there will basically be no major problems with the production and supply of the base." After looking at his plan, Wu Xin nodded with satisfaction.

The rest is the manufacturing of equipment. Wu Xin is going to let Zhao Tie's machinery factory take over the task. This will not only allow the machinery factory to take the opportunity to expand its scale and accumulate relevant technical experience, but also reserve some transportation tools in advance for the end of the world.

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Chapter completed!