mage in the late qing dynasty

Chapter 658: Construction Madness

Northeast of Suzhou, in the desert sixty or seventy miles away from Wangzizhuang.

There is a spring less than [-] kilometers away from Weishui.

Zhao Chuanxin took a handful of water and tasted it. It was not bitter or salty and it was drinkable.

Nikola Tesla was shocked: "Zhao, you want to build a laboratory here?"

The cold wind whistled by Zhao Chuanxin's ears, making his scarf flutter. He couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this: "How wonderful, one wind blows every year, from spring to winter."

Nikola Tesla clenched his fists.

In New York, his Wardenclyffe Tower was built on Long Island, an area where the wealthy lived.

The place where we are now is deserted, with no birds pooping, yellow sand everywhere, and strong winds howling. This is simply not a place for people to live.

He gritted his teeth and asked, "How do you want to build a laboratory?"

Zhao Chuanxin first walked around the well and put on his mud trowel gloves.

Zhao Chuanxin once had doubts: Sand is needed for construction. There is plenty of sand in the desert and it is inexhaustible. Using it to build houses can also delay the erosion of the desert. Why not?
No one in his family has studied this, and he himself has never seen a desert, so no one can answer it.

Until his former classmates went their separate ways and went to college. A classmate who studied architecture later told him that the sand in the desert is weathered and contains mica minerals, organic matter, sulfides, chlorides, etc.These are harmful substances to concrete.In addition, the sand in the desert is too fine, has a high soil content, has been exposed to wind and sun for a long time, and is too rounded. The fineness modulus is basically less than 1.5, and some desert sand is even less than 0.7, which does not meet the standards for building houses.

Not to mention mining and transportation costs.

Currently, only river sand is the most suitable sand for construction.

But Zhao Chuanxin has already tried it. For mud trowel gloves, no matter river sand, sea sand or desert sand, as long as it is sand, it can accumulate into a tower.

As Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand, the sand flowed, gathered, rose, and solidified into rock, taking the lead in surrounding the well.

Nikola Tesla was shocked, apparently not expecting that he had such a hand.

He didn't speak, he just stared wide-eyed, trying to discover the mystery.

Zhao Chuanxin not only surrounded the well, but also sealed the top.

Nikola Tesla was immediately confused: "If you seal the well, how will we drink water in the future?"

"You see, people are very adaptable. You are already prepared to live here." Zhao Chuanxin said with a smile: "Don't panic, surround it first to avoid falling into sand and dust during construction."

When using mud trowel gloves, not all the sand will be formed, and some components will be filtered out and fall to the ground.

Nikola Tesla was scratching his head and wanted to know how Zhao Chuanxian did it.

Zhao Chuanxin took out a drawing.

He pointed to the drawing: "Build a total of six bedrooms, one bathroom, three laboratories, a living room, a recreation room, a kitchen, a dining room, and build a pool around the courtyard, which can be used as a swimming pool. .and finally a gym.”

After seeing Zhao Chuanxin's ability to gather sand into a tower, Nikola Tesla finally gained some confidence.

But he still has many doubts: "Where's the electricity?"

His laboratory cannot survive without electricity.

Not to mention in this desert, when he entered Suzhou, he couldn't even see a single telephone pole even in the residential area.

At this time, power generation mainly relies on hydropower, steam power and coal-fired power.

Steam and coal just don't work here.

Hydropower generation cannot move the weak water [-] kilometers away at all.

Zhao Chuanxin: "..."

I blanched...he ignored the most important thing - electricity.

When Nikola Tesla saw this expression, his nostrils flared, and the small universe in his heart was on the verge of exploding.

After traveling thousands of miles, suffering so much, suffering so much cold, and coming here to this desolate desert, you tell me now that there is no electricity?

Seeing that he was about to explode, Zhao Chuanxin quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, we still have to discuss this matter..." "How to discuss it?"

"Haha, you are too upright." Zhao Chuanxin sneered: "Aren't you studying ether? Aren't you able to extract electrical energy from the atmosphere? Even if that doesn't work, there is still wind. Let's make a rotor and let the wind rotate and drive the turbine. Generate electricity. Aren’t you also studying solar energy? See if you can make solar panels. I have some experience in this..."

Nikola Tesla sat down on the sand and spit out another mouthful of sand. Hearing this, he was suddenly startled: "Wind power?"

Other methods are still in the nonsense stage at this time.

Wind power generation was first used in the Netherlands and Denmark in the late 20s.

This trend has not been mentioned by anyone, but Zhao Chuanxin has won the first place, and it is completely feasible in theory.

Nikola Tesla had all kinds of knowledge about electricity at his fingertips, and immediately said to himself: "We have brought several sets of batteries. It is not difficult to convert, store, and control. We just want uninterrupted power supply 24 hours a day. I’m afraid it can’t be done…”

Zhao Chuanxin nodded like a chicken: "That's right, that's right. It's better to outsmart the enemy. There are always more solutions than difficulties. I'll build you a place to shelter from the wind and sand first."

After saying that, he started building a stone house next to the well.

At first, he only thought about choosing to build a laboratory here to save money because there was sand everywhere.

Secondly, this place is desolate and there is no need to worry about making a huge noise.

Finally, after a few years, the Central Plains was in turmoil and war broke out. The treasure was hidden here without fear of being remembered.

When Japan invaded China, the little devils carried out large-scale and systematic plunder of industries outside the customs, and all the good things were used as wedding dresses for the Japanese.Even if Zhao Chuanxin tried his best to resist and hold on, he would still be heartbroken if he was blown up by the Japs' bombers.

Before that, there were warlords fighting each other, which also caused little harm.

He just forgot that the industrial base in the northwest region was so weak that it was almost zero at this time.

Nikola Tesla was stunned for a while, sighed, stood up and looked around, seeming to accept his fate.

Looking at Zhao Chuanxin again, he found that the stone house had been built and Zhao Chuanxin was solidifying the foundation.

He solidified the sand outside the walls of the stone house into rock so that there was no need to dig deep for the foundation.

Zhao Chuanxin entered the room and solidified the sand in the room into a flat and solid ground: "You rest first, and I will build you a high tower first. Then we will install wind turbines and fan blades on it."

As he spoke, he unloaded Nikola Tesla's experimental equipment and the two people's daily necessities into the newly built stone house.

After he left, Nikola Tesla lit the lantern with a match, and the windowless stone house suddenly became bright.

Zhao Chuanxin cleared the secret realm to contain the sand.

When he built his stone house, he had used up all the sand from the surrounding dunes.

Seeing a sand dune not far away, he flashed over.

Now there are two old sacred altars, and the fanaticism of Hankou believers has not faded, so it is not a problem for him to spread out for a period of time.

He started at the base and stretched upwards like the Eiffel Tower.

If the height exceeds the control height of the mud trowel glove, you need to use the secret space to fill the sand and climb up the tower to continue construction.

At this time, the sun was setting in the west and the wind was slightly lighter.

Zhao Chuanxin stood on the high tower and looked out. The sunset in the desert was very spectacular.

But he also felt that building a laboratory here was a bit unreliable, and he was not willing to just take Nikola Tesla back in despair.

Thinking of this, he continued to build, building like crazy.

When the setting sun brought its final sparkle, Zhao Chuanxin suddenly saw the stream of light reflected on the stone tower.

He looked carefully and saw that some of the rocks were translucent.

Zhao Chuanxin's heart moved...

(End of this chapter)