The sharp-eyed Zhou Shuqing noticed something was wrong and quickly shouted.
The children just woke up from a dream, and then they all let go of their father and ran to Ding Qiunan's side.
Ding Qiunan was happy in her heart, but on the surface she was still arrogant, unwilling to accept their belated intimate hug because she was ignored.
However, she soon fell.
Xiaoxian and the others are very powerful. They won't let go when they pester her, and they keep saying nice things.
At this point, Ding Qiunan can't stop him at all.
"Mom smiled, yeah!"
When Two Bowls of Porridge saw the corners of his mother's mouth rising slightly, he immediately started shouting.
As a result, Ding Qiunan could no longer suppress her inner joy.
Especially Xiaoxian and the others wanted to tickle her, so they couldn't continue to be angry.
For a time, there was a cheerful atmosphere in the ranch.
The lambs and calves not far away didn't know what was going on, and they started jumping for joy.
After staying at the ranch for two days and enjoying the weekend to the fullest, Zhou Jimin took everyone back to the capital on Sunday night.
Xiaoxian and the others were also brought back to the capital.
There are no children at home, so it’s still too quiet.
Ding Qiunan was not used to it, so she strongly requested to take the children home.
Of course they are not happy, but even the Demon King can't resist the suppression of Ding Qiunan's Wuzhishan.
Therefore, one by one, they were all detained and returned to the capital.
Well, the third child is the same.
When I got home, the children had fun and ran around the yard.
Ah Fu almost broke his tail. Seeing how excited he was, he probably missed his little masters too much.
At two o'clock in the morning, it was another antique acquisition.
However, the harvest this time was very average.
Not to mention missing something like last time.
There weren’t that many mistakes. I can only say that I was just unlucky last time.
Since you can't pick up the leaks, and you haven't earned too much space energy, then go to other cities to have a look.
I spent two days visiting two big cities in the south, but it was a complete waste of time.
Why?
Because the antique market there is even more sluggish, and there are no good products at all.
Therefore, after much deliberation, I can only look abroad.
Because there are big landowners abroad who have collected precious antiques, and he only needs to bring them back.
For example, those castles must have many treasures.
On this day, in space, Zhou Jimin nervously controlled the fuel rods made of uranium 235 and put them into the set reactor.
Close the lid and complete the last inspection.
Then follow the established procedure, pull the switch and start generating electricity.
As the collisions between atoms begin, the reactor finally begins to work.
The test light next to it lit up instantly, indicating that power generation had started.
Success!
Zhou Jimin smiled happily.
In order to ensure that all subsequent work proceeds smoothly, he did not cut off the test, but continued to wait.
As long as the various experimental effects of the reactor are verified, it will be put into use soon.
Two days later, the northwest desert.
Lop Nur no man's land, Loulan historic sites.
The underground has been simply transformed by Zhou Jimin, and the nuclear power plant is located here.
At the same time, two thick wires and cables started from the power plant and headed in the north and south directions to Liuer Town and Liusi Town.
On the outskirts of Liuer Town in the north, after Zhou Jimin brought the wires and cables over, he set up a high-voltage transformer here.
He is an electrician himself and is very familiar with wires and transformers.
After tinkering, he went to Liuer Town and found Jiang Shengbo.
"Lao Jiang, I've sent you a call."
"What? Where is the electricity?"
Jiang Shengbo was suddenly filled with surprise and looked behind Zhou Jimin.
But I didn't see anything, so I couldn't help but feel disappointed.
"Director Zhou, you're not here to entertain me, are you? Let me tell you, I don't have that much time to spend with you..."
"Ha, Lao Jiang, I'm not kidding, I've already built the transformers..."
"Really? You didn't lie to me?" Jiang Shengbo looked suspicious.
At this time, An Zesheng came in from the outside.
"Hey, Jimin, you're here. I was just about to call you. Let me tell you..."
Lao An is here to report the good news. The cable has been connected to the capital and will be ready for testing in half a month.
Zhou Jimin was surprised, is it so efficient?
You know, the distance from the capital to Liuer Town is about more than 3,000 kilometers. Even if we go there directly, it will take a long time.
According to the original plan, he thought it would take three months to complete.
Now it only takes less than two months, which is so efficient!
However, considering that the army is taking the lead in doing the work, it is normal for the efficiency to be high.
Wu Zhiheng also came to the office at this time. When he saw Zhou Jimin, he asked in surprise:
"Boss, are you here to deliver electricity?"
The half-month period has also arrived. According to his boss's unerring character, it is really possible that he is here to deliver electricity.
It just so happened that he came here because of insufficient supply at the solar power plant, which forced the experiment to end prematurely again.
The switch tripped frequently, which made him, the person in charge of the research institute, very worried.
"Yes, as your boss, I must do what I say."
After a pause, Zhou Jimin continued:
"Lao An, do me a favor and pull the wire. I built a high-voltage transformer thirty kilometers away from the town..."
It was only then that Jiang Shengbo began to believe what Zhou Jimin said.
So, a group of people hurriedly made arrangements.
The wires and cables in the warehouse were pulled away by soldiers.
From the main switchboard in the town to the high-voltage transformer thirty kilometers away, the construction work was completed in less than half a day.
Jiang Shengbo and others gathered around the high-voltage transformer, looking at the wires and cables buried underground at one end, and fell into deep thought.
They were curious, where did these wires come from?
Looking at the direction, it is obviously southwest.
However, the southwest is a vast desert. What kind of power plant can there be?
Even if there were, it wouldn't be possible to build it in the heart of the desert, right?
When asked about Zhou Jimin, he smiled and said nothing.
No matter how people ask, they just keep it confidential.
And he also emphasized not to study this matter in detail.
Everyone was wondering: Is it so mysterious?
But everyone has no choice. Who made this matter beneficial to the town? Zhou Jimin has contributed to the town. What if he disobeys and gets cut off?
It is buried about fifty meters deep underground, and some places are even in desert mountains, even buried two to three hundred meters below.
With such depth, Zhou Jimin doesn’t believe that Lao An and the others can do something about it?
After all, it is too difficult to dig in such a deep place.
What's more, if you encounter quicksand, it will be an absolute nightmare for the excavators.
The wires and cables have been connected to the June 2 town, but the connection to the June 4 town is not yet complete.
However, it’s not that complicated here in the small town.
He did it all independently, saving a lot of work.
The transformers are placed directly in the original closed power plant and can be used after connecting the wires.
Therefore, he does not need to waste time explaining to Xu Lei and the others.
Anyway, it was barely enough to supply the electricity in the city before, but now there is no need to worry about no electricity in the city.
After everything was ready, he returned to the nuclear power plant in Loulan Ancient Ruins.
As the fuel rod is inserted, the switch is turned on and power supply officially starts.
In the small town of Liuer, hundreds of kilometers away, Wu Zhiheng received a message from his boss on his chat window.
"The power supply has started and you can turn on the switch."
This is super good news.
"Boss, is it really unlimited supply?"
"Well, as far as your town is concerned, it can consume 5,000 kWh of electricity every day, which is more than enough."
He did not say how many kilowatt-hours of electricity the nuclear power plant can supply, but it is definitely enough to supply the small town of Liuer.
"Boss, is it true that there is no difference between day and night?"
"Nonsense, don't believe me?"
"I believe, boss, you are really awesome, awesome!"
The two chatted online for a while, and then Wu Zhiheng suddenly asked: Boss, where are you? Are you in a small town?
The development of technologies such as cables and wireless LANs has greatly facilitated communication, but only within short distances.
It's like being in a small town or like being in the capital city.
However, he did not receive news that his boss had returned to the town.
"I'm still out of town. Don't ask me where I am specifically. You'll know after a while."
Zhou Jimin still didn’t disclose any news. Anyway, after the test is completed soon, communication with the capital will be very convenient.
"From now on, the solar power plant will serve as backup power generation for the town..."
"If you have any questions about electricity usage in the future, you can leave me a message at any time. I will contact you immediately after seeing it."
Wu Zhiheng quickly said there was no problem, and cheers from researchers could be heard outside his office.
Sufficient power supply is very stable, which is very different from the flickering or disconnection of power from solar power plants.
The problem of electricity consumption has finally been solved, but the problem of nuclear fuel rods has now become the problem that Zhou Jimin needs to solve most.
Time was tight before, and the nuclear fuel rods he made could only be used for two years.
As we all know, different nuclear reactors have different replacement times for nuclear fuel rods.
Zhou Jimin is not very clear about the situation on the polar bear side, but the nuclear fuel rods on the bald eagle side are usually replaced every fifteen or twenty years.
The nuclear reactor he designed is smaller, more efficient, and can accommodate more nuclear fuel rods.
At the same time, he can completely purify more uranium-235 and compress it to make better fuel rods.
However, what he is short of now is uranium ore.
So he set his sights on the vast land of Tuao in Oceania.
As the place with the largest uranium reserves in the world, Tu'ao's uranium reserves account for 27% of the world's uranium reserves, making it a real superpower.
"The land there is vast. According to the information we have seen, the Blue Jet uranium mine is located 230 kilometers east of Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, covering an area of 7,860 hectares. The uranium mine here will not be discovered until five years later...
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His eyes flickered. After Zhou Jimin checked the information clearly, he couldn't help it anymore.
The Lanjie uranium mine is such a huge open-pit mine. If he doesn't go there and pick up the energy, it will be a waste.
I wonder how many nuclear fuel rods can be produced from such a large open-pit uranium mine.
Immediately, he couldn't hold back and drove the supersonic plane directly to the Lanjie uranium mine.
The plane slowly landed about two hundred kilometers east of Darwin.
It is so desolate here that others would say there are not even many animals here except for humans.
Mainly near the Lanjie uranium mine, there are open-pit mines.
Uranium ore is a radioactive and dangerous mineral. Animals are not stupid, so they will not come to these desolate places to survive.
Zhou Jimin, wearing radiation-proof clothing, stepped off the plane and began to explore the area.
After walking for a long time, he found the specific location of the Lanjie uranium mine.
However, when he was about to start mining uranium ore and take away all the energy, he suddenly discovered the sound of propellers in the distance.
That's a helicopter.
There are many farms in Tu'ao, and those large farmers like to buy helicopters to inspect their farms.
However, this place is obviously a desolate and unowned place. How come there is a plane coming here?
Before he could hide, he had already discovered him and flew straight towards his location.
Fortunately, he was well disguised and wore radiation-proof clothing, so he wasn't afraid of the other party discovering anything.
Soon, the helicopter stopped not far from him.
The sound of the huge propeller made his ears hurt, and the wind and waves it stirred up were also very loud. If it weren't for the distance, Zhou Jimin felt that someone else would have been blown over.
The opponent's helicopter is quite powerful, and I don't know if it was directly purchased from the military's helicopter and then modified.
"Hey, are you an alien? Why are you here? How did you get here?"
Two white men in their thirties got off the helicopter, one of them with a beard asked warily.
"I'm not an alien, I'm just an explorer. Is this your farm?"
"Oh, then why are you wearing such clothes? Can we see you?"
"I'm sorry, I have an infectious disease. If you don't mind being infected by me, I can open it and show it to you..."
Whoa!
The two white men took a few steps back, their faces turning even paler.
They didn't know what the infectious disease was, but hearing Zhou Jimin's weak tone made them feel cold in their hearts.
You damn explorer, I’m afraid you didn’t come here to seek a short life, right?
After all, this place is deserted and it is normal to die here.
So, the two white men looked at each other, then turned around and boarded the helicopter to escape without saying a word.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Jimin suddenly burst into laughter.
Are you too timid?
However, for just a moment, these two people will inevitably be harmed by radiation after they return.
Because his location itself is the place with the richest uranium deposits.
Then the radioactive contamination is absolutely explosive.
The two white men didn't take any protection at all, so they were definitely hurt.
Radiation is completely invisible, and the effects can only be seen over time.
However, he was not too worried about the two white men. Instead, it was an unexpected surprise.
With this brief encounter, he believed that fewer people would notice this place in the future.
It may even be designated as a place of death.
Then he started mining.
According to data, the Lanjie uranium mine began open-pit mining in 1980. In 1981, the output of uranium oxide was 3,300 tons.
Since then, output has increased year by year.
After the turn of the millennium, the annual output soared to about 6,000 tons, and it continued until 2020, and the digging was not completed yet.
One can imagine how rich the reserves are in the Lanjie uranium mine.
Zhou Jimin, who was not disturbed by anyone, turned the Lanjie uranium mine upside down and even put a refining furnace on site for refining.
The refined uranium 235 and other materials are put back into space for storage, and the waste residue is buried on site.
This place is also a radioactive danger zone anyway, and the uranium mine waste only increases this radiation dozens of times.
In addition to uranium-235, there are also rare metal elements such as radium, which are all harvested by Zhou Jimin.
In just one week, many rare elements were placed in the space. Among them, uranium-235, the raw material for nuclear fuel rods, was purified a lot by him, enough to last the nuclear power plant at Loulan Ancient Ruins for thousands of years.
After returning to the capital from Tu'ao, Zhou Qingxian and the others saw him and started talking about going to Enston Ranch.
"Dad, we are so bored at home. We want to go back to the ranch to play..."
The little kids gathered around and made a lot of noise.
There was nothing they could do, they had been holding it in the capital for almost ten days, and they were almost exhausted.
Although here in the capital, I can play with little friends like Baifenzai and the others every day, but it’s so boring.
We just throw handkerchiefs, play chess, catch chickens and other games back and forth, nothing new.
But it's different at the ranch. Not only can you ride horses and hold lambs, you can also go into the sea to catch turtles and abalones. There are fun and interesting things to see every day. It's always interesting.
"Okay, okay, stop acting like a baby. Ask your mother tonight. If she lets you go, dad will take you there."
Zhou Jimin was helpless, but he pushed the problem to Ding Qiunan.
The latter probably don’t want them to go. First, they are too noisy and they are still so young. What if something happens if the adults are not around?
Second, if they are not at home and the house is too quiet, Ding Qiunan will definitely not be able to bear it.
Especially now that her belly is getting bigger and her temper is getting louder, she needs companionship even more.
Sure enough, when Ding Qiunan came back from get off work in the evening and heard about this, he refused directly.
The little guys are naturally unhappy, but they can't resist, and it's useless to act coquettishly.
In the end, it was Zhou Jimin who saw how pitiful they were and said that he would take them to stay at the ranch for two days during the weekend, thus quelling the dissatisfaction of the little ones.
At this time, the time has already entered August.
There are only about ten days left until August 15th.