"Send Miss Starry directly to Colo Village?" Lucy suggested.
The second hydropower station is currently located in the Koro tribe west of Ibo...
The location of the second hydropower station was, of course, considered from the perspective of ease of construction and lower investment. It is located on another tributary of the Lukaku River, which is not inferior in scale and water level difference to the tributary of the Iboko River, called the Gray Crow River.
After completion, the hydropower station will be able to generate 20 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, and the project construction investment is expected to require US$2.7 million.
The upper reaches of this tributary are very close to Ibogu. It currently belongs to the Felician family's prospecting area, and the land contract agreement with the Koro tribe has also been signed.
At present, Cao Mo mainly attracts and trains mature workers in Yibogu's factories, farms, mining areas and infrastructure teams from this tribe. As a condition for contracting the construction of hydropower stations and mining area land, Cao Mo even promised to build a larger-scale building there.
Small demonstration farm.
However, this tributary, which is translated into Chinese as the Gray Crow River, has a section of the river in its upper reaches that is very close to the Ibogu River, separated by a low mountain. However, its mouth where it joins the main trunk of the Lukaku River is west of the Ibogu tribe.
Seven kilometers away.
The Gray Crow River merges into the mouth of the Lukaku River, which is only six or seven kilometers away from the coastline.
The flow of the Gray Crow River is not small, but it is too close to the mouth of the sea, so its water conservancy resources have not been well utilized.
Currently, Cao Mo has opened a new access road from the mining area to Keluo Village from Yibogu Village, directly over a mountain ridge and walking less than two kilometers to get there. There is also another road that goes west along the Lujiaochuan River and goes around to Huihe Village.
From the mouth of Crow River, drive deep into the shallow valley to the north. After driving along a muddy dirt road for about 11 or 2 kilometers, you can reach the forest in the north of Keluo Village.
Because it was determined that the second hydropower station would be built there, Cao Mo had arranged for people to build work sheds there, and the engineering team was stationed there to do hydrogeological survey work.
Placing Stari there directly can minimize the risk of exposure.
Cao Mo also thought Lucy's idea was a good one.
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There were suspicious vehicles parked on the roadside along the way to monitor the passing traffic. Ade, Orlu and others drove a Mitsubishi Cross Country in front and were even stopped twice.
However, Ibogu bought a truck specifically for transporting vegetables, and he didn't know which way to transport it to Kanem's old Jiefang. It was really inconspicuous. It drove out of Draculamo without any obstruction and saw no one.
She first slept on Cao Mo's shoulder, because she was so tired, and then she simply lay half of her body in Cao Mo's arms, hugging Cao Mo's waist tightly in her sleep.
Intuition told Cao Mo that Stari, who was proud at heart, was actually an extremely insecure person.
The morning sun rose and when Cao Mo woke up, the car had already passed by Longta Town and was heading to Yibo Ancient Village from east to west. The morning sun shone into the car.
Lucy fell asleep deeply in the corner of the carriage, and Starlie lay on his lap, her face so beautiful and charming.
Cao Mo couldn't help but take his fingers and gently rub them on Stari's pretty face, feeling the addictive softness and smoothness.
Stari opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes stared at Cao Mo for two seconds, then she changed into a comfortable position and lay in Cao Mo's arms to sleep.
In order to avoid crowds of people, at nine o'clock in the morning, the car arrived at the fork into the Yibogu tribe. Cao Mo took Stali, Lucy and Ade, and Oru drove the Mitsubishi off-road vehicle directly to the mouth of the Gray Crow River. , and from there go around to the village of Kolo.
At that time, just arrange two reliable people from Ibogu to take care of her...
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The mouth of the Gray Crow River is still six or seven kilometers away from the Atlantic Ocean on the west side of Longta, which is the real mouth of the Lukaku River. However, less than two kilometers east of the mouth of the Gray Crow River is a lagoon that the locals call Lake Cornero.
Lake Cornero is relatively narrow from east to west, with a length of 11 or 12 kilometers from north to south. It is only separated from the Atlantic Ocean to the west by a long beach - it can even be said that Lake Cornero is a part of the Atlantic Ocean invading the land. .
There is no complete road from the Ibogu tribe to the real mouth of the Shikakugawa River, and the so-called fishing ports at the mouth of Lonta are actually some simple docks scattered on the north side of Lake Conero.
Cao Mo parked the car at the mouth of Raven River and could see a few scattered fishing boats floating on the surface of Cornero Lake.
Before coming to Kanem, it was really hard to imagine that Kanem, which has thousands of kilometers of coastline, would have more than 80% of the sea fish eaten every year imported from other countries. However, it has been almost three years since I came to Kanem, and Cao Mo now knows that due to the influence of ocean currents in the Gulf of Guinea, there is no particularly large and excellent fishing ground in the offshore waters of Kanem, and the fishing industry in Kanem is too backward, and there is no ability to fish far away from the offshore waters and to fishing grounds further out in the ocean.
The industrial park Abacha hopes to build is the area south of the mouth of the Gray Crow River and east of Lake Conero.
Lake Cornero is connected to the Atlantic Ocean, and the amount of water injected by the Shikakugawa River is limited, so the lake water is no different from the sea water of the Atlantic Ocean. The soil along the coast is soaked by salt water and is not suitable for planting oil palm trees or other plants. It is covered with weeds.
Apart from a fairly flat terrain, a dirt road, and a few so-called fishing ports, this piece of land had no supporting facilities. Cao Mo could not imagine that it would be difficult to build a modern industrial park here. With Longta's existing finances, it would be difficult. How big is it.
Of course, if you really want to build a modern large and medium-sized cement factory with an annual production capacity of more than 500,000 tons, there is no better location than the shores of Lake Conero.
The shores of Lake Cornero are close to hydroelectric power generation facilities.
The investment in building berths for large ships along the shores of Lake Conero is too high. Even before specific surveys, it is not known whether the corresponding channel conditions are available. However, the investment in berths of three to five thousand tons is still limited, and navigation The conditions should also be met.
By building a factory on the shores of Lake Conero, we can transport the cement produced by the Ogun River along the coastline to Deculamo, Catero and other Canem coastal cities, and even to neighboring countries such as Benin. .
This saves a lot of costs compared to road transportation.
What's more, although the distance between Lonta and Draculamo is long, it is impossible to build a high-grade highway in just three to five years.
Of course, he doesn't want to attract the attention of the Stanning and Atsa families now. The new cement plant construction plan can only exist silently on paper, and he dare not actually implement it.
"What are you thinking about?" The off-road vehicle passed the river mouth and drove towards the Koluo tribe deep in the valley. Stari saw Cao Mo still staring in the direction of the river mouth behind him through the rearview mirror, and couldn't help but curiously asked him in Chinese.
"The night before yesterday, you kicked Baha to pieces, but Abacha pulled me in the hotel and asked if it was possible to learn from China and build an industrial park there. I told him that it would be too difficult..." Cao Mo said.
Stali studied language in China for a year and studied for an undergraduate degree for another year. Now she can be said to be half a China expert. She is familiar with the development zones and industrial park models since China's reform and opening up. At the same time, she is familiar with Kanai
Learn more about the industrial development of Mu.
At present, in addition to Draculamo, which concentrates more than 50% of Kanem's manufacturing industry, a considerable part is also concentrated in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in the southeast at the mouth of the Niger River.
With the exception of Draculamore and Port Harcourt, there is no decent manufacturing industry in the entire Kanem and even the new capital Isedan.
Among sub-Saharan African countries, with the exception of South Africa, which has a very strong manufacturing base, the situation in other countries is not slightly better than that of Kanem.
Although Kanem still has the fifth-largest crude oil in the world, natural gas can be exported, and the overall economic scale is slightly smaller than that of South Africa, the quality of life of ordinary people in the country is far lower than that of South Africa.
Thinking of this, Starlie also felt a little sad, and lost the joy of escaping Draculamore and temporarily escaping danger.
In order to build the second hydropower station and possess larger rock gold mining reserves, the Felician Family Mining and Power Company signed a land contract and mineral development agreement with the Anem family of the Kolo tribe, agreeing to pay annual payments to the Anem family.
Provide a total cost of no less than 100,000 U.S. dollars plus a 5% profit dividend, and help the Anem family build a 300-acre staple grain planting demonstration farm free of charge, and provide corresponding technical support.
For the Koluo tribe, which is even poorer than the Ibogu tribe, this can be said to be a sudden windfall.
As the operations manager of the Felician family mining and power company, Cao Mo had several contacts with Anem, the chief of the Koro tribe.
Most of the villagers in the Koluo tribe also believe in the ancient snake god Ibo. When Chief Anem saw Cao Mo entering the tribe in a car, he welcomed him with joy.
Naturally, Cao Mo was not in the mood to stay in Keluo Village as a guest. He lied that he was taking people to inspect the leveling of the site for the hydropower station. He went straight into the mountains without stopping at Keluo Village.
The mountain road was not rugged, but it was extremely bumpy. Fortunately, they were driving an off-road vehicle and could withstand such a rough ride.
The new hydropower station is located in a canyon. Currently, only two wooden sheds have been built. However, a two-kilometer-long mountain road has been opened to the mining area for personnel to enter and exit. The infrastructure team is currently organizing manpower to further widen it so that subsequent engineering equipment can be directly accessed from
Transported from the mining area.
There were workers on duty at the work shed before the site was selected, but they were all transferred away by Lucy in advance. Starlie will live here next, and two reliable people will be arranged to take care of her and avoid contact with the outside world as much as possible. It should be done in a short time
no problem.
"..." Stari felt relieved for the time being, and she felt a little more relaxed as she watched the Gray Crow River meandering through the mountain forest.
Cao Mo tried his best to avoid anything unusual that might be suspected in Draculamore, and he didn't prepare a long skirt or women's jeans for Starlie to change into. Starlie was still bare-legged and wearing Cao Mo's loose T-shirt.
Standing on the rocks on the river bank, her slender back looks like a deer that has wandered into the crowd...
Seeing this scene, even Lucy had to say jealously: "What a charming little elf!"