For this ten-year plan, Li Qingsong first changed the current power supply model. The current power supply model is that wherever electricity is needed, if there is not enough electricity, a generator will be specially built to provide power. However, this model is inefficient, difficult to coordinate, and wasteful. So Li Qingsong reformed it from the bottom up. He produced some wires and connected all the power consumption and power supply ends. In this way, an initial simple version of the "power grid" was formed. From this moment on, generators only need to supply power to the power grid, and blast furnaces, factories, and planting bases only need to draw electricity from the power grid. Li Qingsong only needs to monitor the grid voltage and adjust the generator output up or down at any time according to its changes. Another advantage of doing this is that it can be expanded very easily. New generators and new electrical equipment can be connected at any time, leaving room for subsequent expansion. He concentrated all three existing generators in the energy industrial zone. From then on, the tractor only needed to transport oxygen ore and torin ore here, and no longer had to run back and forth.
The blast furnace was moved to the metallurgical industrial zone. In the future, more blast furnaces will be built here to smelt more minerals. Minerals no longer need to be transported separately, they only need to be transported to the metallurgical industrial zone. The same is true for the metal processing industry. All the machines are concentrated together, and the metals produced in the metallurgical industrial zone can also be transported here. In addition, there is a chemical industrial area. Of course, there is nothing here at the moment. And the glass products industrial zone which is just taking shape, etc. It took Li Qingsong more than a month to build this framework. At this moment, looking at these industrial facilities which were still simple and still only had two or three cats and kittens, Li Qingsong had a completely different feeling in his heart. Because he knew that all he needed to do next was to continue to fill in this "skeleton". As long as he continued to fill it, it would eventually become fuller, and then the quantitative change would lead to qualitative change. Over the next year, Li Qingsong built a second and third tractor, created a larger generator, and for the first time extended his reach beyond the canyon. At the nearest open-pit iron mine, Li Qingsong arranged for the first time a permanent staff member to stay there to collect minerals and load them into the truck bed. When the tractor arrives, just lower the empty bucket and tow the fully loaded bucket away. This year, the number of people under his command increased to 47. In the second year, the number of metal processing plants under Li Qingsong increased to 16, which could produce more types of parts with higher precision. At the same time, the first chemical plant was born. Here, Li Qingsong began to prepare some simple chemical raw materials, such as three acids and two alkalis. Of course, in the beginning, the equipment was crude, the output was low, and most of it relied on manual labor. But it doesn’t matter, we can just iterate slowly later. The third year, the fourth year, the fifth year... By the beginning of the sixth year, the population under Li Qingsong's command had increased to 87 people, and the No. 2 planting base had the ability to operate at full power for the first time. But of course he won't do that at this stage.
Why produce so much food? We can’t eat it all. It would be better to invest the population in industrial development. In the seventh year, the first death occurred. One clone was stricken with radiation sickness and was destroyed by Li Qingsong after treatment failed. As a result, the population under his command dropped for the first time, from 97 to 96. In the same year, another clone died due to a metallurgical furnace failure, and the population was reduced by one again. Later, the first fully enclosed factory building with steel structure appeared. This factory is used to produce certain chemicals. With these chemicals, Li Qingsong can finally produce some special types of steel. Time slowly passed as the clones continued to be busy. Gradually, more and more steel structures appeared in this canyon, and the cables became longer and longer. Moreover, these cables are no longer exposed to the open air, but have undergone necessary insulation treatment, which greatly reduces the probability of accidents. The metallurgical industrial zone has also increased from the original one blast furnace to more than 20 now. In addition to smelting steel, it also has the ability to smelt other commonly used metals. The number of tractors has increased to 16, with more reasonable structure, more precise assembly and stronger performance. The original generators were all retired and replaced with a total of 20 more efficient thermal power generating units with a total installed capacity of 40,000 kilowatts. Even the feeding method has been mechanized, which is much more convenient than before. These 20 generators only need 5 people to look after them. Time passes quietly. On this day, inside the Deep Space spacecraft, Li Qingsong stood in front of the porthole, gazing in the direction of the shining star in the distance, in silence for a long time. That's the sun. The Earth is also in that direction. Today, the ten-year period I had originally planned has passed, and about fourteen years have passed since I lost contact with Earth. In fourteen years, I never received the second message from Earth. Due to the limitations of observation capabilities, I have never been able to know what exactly happened on that distant planet. “Maybe they are really gone.” Li Qingsong thought silently, feeling a little sad. But soon, he put this emotion behind him. He turned his head and looked at the huge dark red planet under his feet. On the surface of the planet there was a shining spot of light that was completely different from other places, as if stars had appeared on the ground. His heart was once again filled with passion and anticipation. Because he knew that the light spot was created by himself and 135 clones working day and night for the past ten years. With a thought in his mind, the vision from the clone on the surface appeared in his mind.
He saw tractor after tractor roaring across the land, truckload after truckload of oxygen ore, tolin ore, iron ore, copper ore, and aluminum ore being transported in, blast furnace after blast furnace spewing out black smoke, and generator after generator running all night long. The overall scale of its own industry is still very small. Even if all of it is added together, it is not as large as a small factory in the past Earth era. When it comes to technological level, it is even worse. Until now, I have not been able to achieve even a little automation. But it doesn’t matter, the overall framework has been built and various industrial foundations are already in place. At least for the current level of technology, the industrial foundation is complete. All that needs to be done in the future is continuous upgrading, transformation and improvement. The achievements of the past ten years have made Li Qingsong feel sincerely happy. But what made him even happier was something else. Now I finally have the ability to produce nutrient solution for clones!