Chapter 164 Super Project, South-to-North Water Diversion!
[How to make water flow upwards! ]

Tianmu’s first question.

This made the ancients shake their heads.

Even Zhuge Liang, who was good at water conservancy engineering, could only say after thinking for a moment:

"Water flows to low places, people go to high places."

"It is natural for water to flow to lower places. Why is Tianmu asking this?"

"But if there is a way to make the water flow upward, it can really solve a lot of big problems."

Amid the ancient people's doubts, Tianmu officially began to tell the story.

[A super project where water flows upwards! ]

【The largest water conservancy project in the world! 】

[Let’s see how a super project affects the fate of a country? ]

[This project is the South-to-North Water Diversion Project! ]

[It is the largest super water conservancy project in my country and even in the world. ]

【First, we need to look at the background of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. 】

[The overall distribution pattern of water resources in my country is more in the south and less in the north. ]

[Among the major rivers in the north, the average runoff of the Yellow River is 574 billion cubic meters, the average runoff of the Haihe River is 264 billion cubic meters, and the average runoff of the Huaihe River is 453 billion cubic meters.]

[The average runoff of the Yangtze River in the south is 9600 billion cubic meters! ]

[The Yangtze River alone is several times greater than the combined total of the three major river basins in the north: the Yellow River, the Haihe River, and the Huaihe River! ]

[Water resources in the north are relatively scarce.]

[The Yellow River Basin in northern my country has a long history of development and is one of the largest and most developed arable land areas in the world.]

[With a dense population and developed industry and agriculture, the amount of water resources consumed is extremely huge.]

[The Yellow River’s water flow is not very large to begin with, and it is already difficult to support the water consumption of the entire Yellow River basin.]

[In the most densely populated Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, even groundwater resources are close to being exhausted.]

[And formed the world's largest funnel area with an area of ​​70,000 square kilometers! ]

[The ground of the entire capital is sinking at a rate of 11 centimeters per year! ]

[It can be said that with the rapid development of my country's economy and industry, the consumption of water resources is also increasing. ]

[Water resources have become one of the most significant environmental issues in many northern provinces, especially in North China.]

【There is more water in the south of my country and less water in the north. 】

[This issue was specifically raised by a great man as early as 1952, who wanted to build a plan to transfer the abundant water resources in the south to the north.]

【The whole country is like a chessboard, through the rational use of resources across the country. 】

【Solve the water shortage problem in the north. 】

At the same time, a topographic map of our country appeared on the sky screen.

The distribution of water resources in various terrain areas can be clearly seen above.

And the mountains and hills in the middle
……

Outside the sky.

The ancients heard of this plan.

They were all collectively dumbfounded.

At first, the ancient people listened to Tianmu and talked about what kind of super project and water conservancy project it was.

I thought it would be a dam like Dujiangyan.

A canal like the Zhengguo Canal.

Like the Lingqu Canal of the Qin Dynasty.

The ancient people of a slightly later dynasty thought of the Grand Canal.

But no matter who it is, even the most imaginative ancients.

I have never thought of transporting water resources from the south to the north on a large scale!

Because the terrain in the north is generally higher than that in the south.

The water from the south simply can’t flow through!

We can't let water flow upwards and go against the will of heaven, right?
This goes against common sense.

No one will remember it at all!

So when the ancient people saw what was said on the sky curtain, the Chinese of later generations were actually preparing to transport water resources from the south to the north.

And it is transported to the north on a super large scale.

Everyone was stunned.

The problem of water shortage in the Yellow River Basin in the north has a long history.

This problem is not just a modern one.

It has always existed in ancient times.

Especially in the Kanto region after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, excessive development led to severe soil erosion and a serious shortage of water resources.

The emperors of the Tang Dynasty all understood this point deeply.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Li Longji, looked at what was displayed on the sky curtain.

I couldn't help but feel excited and yearning.

In order to maintain Chang'an, an international metropolis with a population of one million.

There were hundreds of water conservancy projects built around Chang'an!
There is a saying that eight rivers surround Chang'an!
After years of efforts by several generations, the water problem in Chang'an City has basically become a minor issue.

But the entire Guanzhong region?
But I can’t care about that anymore!
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang knew that the era he lived in was a good era with a warm and humid climate.

But even so, agricultural water shortages often occur in the Guanzhong region.

If only there were a way to bring water from the south to the Guanzhong region.

That would naturally greatly alleviate the water shortage problem in the north.

It can also further improve Datang's productivity and ensure Datang's food security!

"Water transfer from South to North? That's great."

But Li Longji also had doubts:
"It's a nice idea, but in the future China, can he really speed up the water from the south to the north?"

"You're not just going to build a small canal and transport the water here manually, just to make it look good, right?"

Overall, Li Longji's thoughts and doubts were also the thoughts of most ancient people.

Those ancient people who lived in the Yellow River basin in the north!
They naturally all knew about the water shortage in the Yellow River Basin, especially in the Guanzhong region.

Hope there is a way to solve it.

But everyone feels that it is too difficult to solve the problem!

It is even more impossible to transport a large amount of water resources from the south to the north.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the miraculous project of South-to-North Water Diversion Project on the sky.

He also thought about the severe drought in the north, which led to refugees everywhere.

Now it has threatened the survival of the Ming Dynasty!
I couldn't help but envy future generations.

“Will China in the future really be able to carry out the South-to-North Water Diversion Project?”

“Is it really possible to make water flow upward?”

"But since it's a project Tianmu specifically proposed, it must be possible to succeed."

"Alas, this heaven is so unfair!"

"Let me be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in such a difficult time!"

"If I were allowed to be the emperor of China in the future, I would definitely be able to create a prosperous era, instead of worrying about the mess of the Ming Dynasty now."

……

And the sky curtain continues to tell the story.

【The idea of ​​the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was proposed in 1952. 】

[But it was not until 2002 years later, in , that all the preliminary preparations were completed and construction officially began.]

[This project mainly involves the construction of a large number of interconnected water diversion tunnels, water diversion channels and reservoirs.]

[Thereby achieving the goal of gradually transporting the abundant water resources in the south to the water-scarce north. ]

[The entire project is divided into three main lines: the East Line, the Middle Line and the West Line. ]

【Let’s talk about the Eastern Front first.】

[The eastern route starts from the Jiangdu Water Conservancy Project in Yangzhou, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.]

【The Yangtze River flows northward through Hongze Lake, Luoma Lake, Weishan Lake, and Dongping Lake. 】

[At Dongping Lake, the east line will fork. ]

[One goes directly eastward, through Jinan to Yantai and Weihai on the coast, and flows into the Mishan Reservoir.]

[The other line will continue north.]

【Through the water transfer tunnel, cross the Yellow River and reach Tianjin Beidagang Reservoir. 】

[The East Line project is more than 1100 kilometers long, with stations and water pumps along the way.]

[It is mainly supplied to the North China region in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. ]

【The amount of water pumped reached 14.8 billion cubic meters. 】

[The biggest difficulty was that they had to pass through many high-lying areas along the way and cross the Yellow River.]

……

【Next, it is the middle line project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. 】

[The middle line project is also the project with the largest water delivery volume.]

[The difficulty lies in the fact that, unlike the Eastern Front itself, it has multiple waterways.]

[There are no existing waterways to use for the central line project, so everything needs to start from scratch.]

[The middle line project, first of all, is to divert the Yangtze River to the Han River! ]

[It means to transfer water from the main stream of the Yangtze River into the Han River.]

【The next step is to divert water from the Han River to the north. 】

[First, raise the water level of the Danjiangkou Dam on the Han River by more than 15 meters to create a natural drop.]

[The water resources start from Danjiangkou, pass through Nanyang, Pingdingshan, and Xingyang, and then dig two tunnels with a diameter of about seven meters from a depth of 23 meters below the Yellow River. ]

[The length of a single tunnel reaches 4250 meters! ]

[The underground river crossing waterway requires a super shield machine, and the function of the underground waterway is to allow water resources to pass through the Yellow River unimpeded. ]

[Then it passes through Xinxiang and Shijiazhuang, and finally goes north to the capital and Tianjin. ]

[The South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the middle route, spans four provinces and municipalities, with a total length of more than 1,200 kilometers! ]

[The average annual water delivery volume exceeds 1.7 billion cubic meters, benefiting large and medium-sized cities in the north along the route, with a direct population of nearly million people.]

[Of the 100 glasses of water consumed by people in our capital, more than 70 glasses come from the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.]

[Almost all of Tianjin’s current water supply is provided by the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.]

【This is just the first phase of the project! 】

[After the completion of the second phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the annual average water transfer volume will reach 10 billion cubic meters! ]

……

《Awesome! I was shocked after watching it!》

《Invite friends from the north to drink the water from the Yangtze River! 》

"It's not difficult to come up with an idea, but it's really amazing to actually do it!"

"Half a century of planning and design, and an extremely long construction period of more than a hundred years!"

"The eastern route basically follows the Grand Canal."

"The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is also part of the Yellow River and River Management Project."

"From leaders to workers, decades ago, they have been working hard to accomplish something that will be passed down through the ages. It's so great!"

"The water quality of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is very good, located in Zhengzhou."

"Yes, in the past, the water from the Yellow River was full of scale, but now the water from Danjiangkou is almost free of scale."

"I hope people who use water along the route will save water and remember how much this project cost."

"This will damage the ecological environment!"

"You will destroy the environment as long as you live!"

"It's a pity that the project was not carried out in our village, but in the neighboring village."

"UP host, you are done. You dare to brag about a project that cannot be done abroad. Electronic Life will come to team up with you soon!"

"Don't worry, the more the enemy opposes us, the more correct we are."

"The more electronic life is against the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the more it proves the correctness of this national project."

……

And the ancient people outside the sky.

Now there is only full shock and infinite shock!

I saw the schematic diagrams of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project that kept appearing on the sky screen, as well as the real-life shots after the construction was completed.

I saw large tracts of farmland along the way, and people were happily using southern water for farming.

The ancients could only say that they were deeply shocked.

And envy, jealousy and hatred!
(End of this chapter)