Chapter 1,142 Specialties of the Moon

The lunar rover drove smoothly on the bumpy moon surface. After passing through a tunnel on the slope, it entered the interior of the crater. The scenery ahead suddenly became clear, and the outline of a silver-white city appeared in front of Jiang Chen's eyes.

"Ahead is the Lunar Colony Center. Of course, it has now been renamed Guanghan City City Center. All municipal buildings radiate outward around this city center square. It is only a small part on the surface. I believe you will get there underground later. You will be even more surprised." Sitting by the window of the lunar rover, Tang Weijie pointed to the silver-white outline outside the window, smiled and said to Jiang Chen, "We have prepared a welcome ceremony for you and Mr. Xia."

"I hope it won't be too much trouble." Jiang Chen looked at the entrance of Guanghan City outside the window and said with a smile.

"Haha, believe me, absolutely not."

Jiang Chen has always disliked those red tapes. Compared with those beautiful flattery and superficial skills other than gold and jade, he would rather see the people below produce real results. His early experience of living in China made him deeply aware of the incompetence of bureaucracy.

What makes him most gratified that Future Man Group has grown so big is not the high-tech products, but that this large group still maintains the vitality that only emerging companies can have, and its bloated size has not corroded the thinking of the management.

As the saying goes, if something is good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom.

Tang Weijie, the mayor of Guanghan City, was well aware of the boss's style, so when preparing the welcome ceremony for him, he tried to make it as grand and not lengthy as possible.

After the welcome ceremony in Colonial Square, at Jiang Chen's request to visit Guanghan City, he personally acted as their tour guide and took them to the elevator next to Colonial Square.

I got on the elevator and descended about five hundred meters.

When the elevator comes to a stop, the movable door moves away, and a blast of fresh and dry air blows in.

Outside the elevator is a circular hall, in which there are more than thirty identical elevators. Here, the significance of the elevator is similar to that of a subway station on Earth, connecting the underground living space with the mining stations and factories on the surface.

There were people coming and going in the rotunda, including staff wearing Star Ring trading uniforms and tourists wearing all kinds of coats. Tang Weijie led Jiang Chen and Xia Shiyu to the special passage next to them, directly crossing the huge crowd and entering the underground city.

"This was once an underground ice cap. After mining the ice, we discovered lava tunnels formed by ancient magma geological activities under the ice. The surrounding rock is glassy black volcanic rock, which is stronger than concrete.

So we simply sealed and reinforced this space with aluminum and converted it into a colonial living space. "

"The surface temperature difference is large on the moon, but the underground temperature can be stable at 25 degrees, and it can also resist harmful rays and meteorite impacts. A total of more than 27,000 people live here, and elevators have become the main transportation in Guanghan City tool."

While walking, Tang Weijie smiled and introduced the situation of this Guanghan City to Jiang Chen.

Although this city was built under his instruction, when he stood here in person, he couldn't help but express his heartfelt emotion.

No one expected that the small colony with a mere two hundred people at the beginning would develop to this extent in just over a year.

"This city is only half developed, and half of the space is still being renovated. In the future, we will also use the lava tunnels of the extinct volcano to double the area of ​​this underground city. By then, our lunar colony will be , even if one hundred thousand people are crammed in, there will be no problem." Looking at the emotional expression on the boss's face, Tang Weijie raised his lips proudly.

As she walked, Xia Shiyu looked around, gently tugged on Jiang Chen's sleeve, and whispered.

"Is there any water? I'm a little thirsty."

Upon seeing this, the assistant who was following Tang Weijie immediately stepped forward, took out two brand-new stainless steel cups from her bag, and handed them to the two of them with a smile.

"This is one of the moon's specialties, Yuesang brand functional drink." Tang Weijie lost no time in introducing Jiang Chen with a smile.

"Is there lunar soil sprinkled inside?" Xia Shiyu said with a smile.

"Mr. Xia, you are joking." The assistant lady pursed her lips and smiled.

"What is this? It doesn't look like plastic." Jiang Chen played with the bottle and said thoughtfully.

"The new PVC material is a special rust-proof lightweight steel that weighs only 1.2 times that of plastic of the same volume. Its surface material has a sterilizing effect similar to activated carbon. The most important thing is that steel is much cheaper than plastic on the moon. . Speaking of which, this is a masterpiece of the Group’s Materials Research Institute." Tang Weijie explained to Jiang Chen with a smile.

"Really? I didn't expect this little cup to have such great knowledge." Jiang Chen smiled, unscrewed the lid, took out the straw and took a sip.

The taste is a bit strange, like herbal tea, but much sweeter than herbal tea. After drinking it, I feel a lot more energetic. The refreshing effect is more effective than coffee, and it is better than Red Bull or something. I don’t know where it is.

Walking to the corridor, Tang Weijie led the two of them through an arch, and the group passed the air shower and entered a factory building.

Rows of long bookshelves, like culture racks, are distributed vertically in the open space of the factory building. Dozens of group culture tanks are placed on each culture rack, with ultraviolet lamps embedded above. Through the glass wall, you can see the young seedlings growing vigorously.

"Is this a farm?" Jiang Chen looked at the nearest cultivation tank and asked casually.

"Yes, but here we mainly produce cash crops, or the raw materials for this drink. Foods such as potatoes, radishes, and pumpkins only account for a small part here." Walking next to Jiang Chen, Tang Weijie said, "Ninety percent of the food in Guanghan City is imported from Star Ring City. It's not impossible to farm on the moon, it's just that it's too difficult."

At first, the farms in the lunar colony were all built on the moon. However, due to the influence of cosmic rays, even if lead plates were installed on the roof, the genetic mutation rate of crop seeds during the germination stage remained high.

Later, it was discovered that the lunar soil can effectively absorb harmful cosmic rays and solar wind particles, so we simply moved the farm underground. On the moon, there is only a small plantation used for breeding and selection, and most of the rest are mines and factories.

"What is the average daily flow of people in Guanghan City now?" Jiang Chen asked casually, reaching out to touch the potato seedlings in the culture tank.

"The average daily passenger throughput last month was 3,417." Tang Weijie replied immediately.

“What about cargo throughput?”

“Last month’s cargo throughput exceeded 900,000 tons!”

900,000 tons in August. Considering that rare earth production continues to expand and Guanghan City's economic aggregate has been in a growth trend, it should be no problem for the annual cargo throughput to exceed 10 million tons in the past 19 years.

Jiang Chen silently calculated the score in his mind. After pondering for a moment, he looked at Tang Weijie with a smile.

"I plan to build a 200-kilometer-long lunar elevator in Guanghan City. I want to hear your opinion." (To be continued.)