◎Happy 151st Day: Going Home for Chinese New Year (Part 1)◎
Before leaving, Jiang Muyun had promised Qin Shiwen that she would go home for the New Year this year.
However, the temperature outside is at least minus 70 or 80 degrees Celsius now. Going on a long trip at this time will make you look like you don't want to live anymore.
Jiang Muyun was a little worried.
Reason told her that they should stay in the shelter in the capital for a few months and then go home after the winter is over.
After all, the cold wave will reach Nanshi in a few days. Qin Shiwen and others will naturally guess that they were unable to return home within the agreed time because they were trapped by the winter.
But put yourself in their shoes. If it was her who was waiting for someone at home, she would definitely not be able to convince herself not to have such random thoughts.
Jiang Muyun and others were worried about this matter for several days, and even until Tang An and others were taken to the central shelter, they still couldn't come up with any good solution.
Tang An has a boyfriend, and the others are not lone rangers either. They felt uneasy when they thought that they might be trapped in the capital for several months or even a year or two.
Everyone gathered together and discussed it. After much thought, they decided to bring this matter up directly to the higher-ups.
Jiang Muyun and his companions had previously heard from Mr. Feng that the capital had opened up roads leading to several nearby oil fields. Jiang Muyun and his companions spread out a map and marked the locations of several well-known oil fields in China. They noticed that there was a Haipo oil field located right on the seashore, not far from the capital.
If Jiang Muyun and his companions had not chosen to land in the suburbs of Gyeonggi Province in advance, they could have run more than a hundred kilometers north and landed near the Haipo Oilfield.
"If the capital has also cleared a road to the Haipo Oilfield, we can ask for some equipment from the capital, modify our own transportation, and then slide back across the sea." Jiang Muyun turned the pen in his hand a few times and came up with this idea.
Chu Buwen thought for a moment and asked, "Is this the same kind we saw in Zhongshi before?"
Zhongshi was a rainy place before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, it was said that there were several times when winter came before the floods receded, and then the entire Zhongshi was directly frozen in ice. When the survivors opened their homes, there was a natural ice rink hundreds of kilometers away.
The survivors near the central city adapted to local conditions and created something similar to a sled, except that the bracket under the sled was replaced with several large ice blades, and they also modified it with a steering wheel and engine. It can haul goods and carry people, and it runs at an alarming speed on the ice.
If there is any disadvantage, it is that it is difficult to climb uphill and difficult to brake.
However, for those who are planning to travel by sea, these two issues are not a big problem.
It's impossible that they could collide with others on the sea, right?
Chu Buwen happened to encounter this situation when he was near the central city in his previous life.
He and Jiang Muyun had just been separated not long ago. As long as Jiang Muyun was not lost, she should have been near the central city at that time.
It is not difficult to understand why Jiang Muyun came up with the idea of modifying transportation.
Jiang Muyun naturally knew what Chu Buwen was talking about. She nodded and said, "That's the kind."
Jiang Muyun had the opportunity to observe up close the ice sleds that the survivors had modified themselves.
The modification is not particularly difficult, and the principle of modification is also very simple. The prerequisite is to get the materials, and they must be materials that can be used in weather of dozens of degrees below zero.
But this is not a problem for Jiang Muyun and others.
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen said they wanted to get a few pounds of beans back. How could the capital really only give them a few pounds of beans?
Mr. Feng has already written the blank check.
In addition to promising to give them priority rights to improve the soil and crops, as well as the drugs and their derivatives developed from the mutant fish, and directly putting it on paper with a red stamp, they were also given the right to use supplies from the Central Shelter Logistics Department free of charge.
With these two things in hand, it is not an exaggeration for Jiang Muyun and others to say that they will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives and that getting rich is just around the corner.
Finding all the materials to modify the ice sled would be extremely difficult for ordinary survivors, but it was easy for them.
Jiang Muyun briefly introduced the ice sled to a few people, and her proposal was passed unanimously by everyone.
Unlike when they came here, this time Professor Chen and Chen Cheng will definitely stay in the capital directly, which means that only these few hardy young men will go back.
At the speed of the ice sled, if you rush and travel smoothly, one day is enough to get from Haipo Oil Field to Hai City.
As long as everyone wears cold-proof clothing and wraps themselves up well, it's only a day and we can get through it.
Once we get to Hai City, we can decide how to get back to Nan City based on the situation.
At worst, they could still travel during the day and stay overnight at a large caravan station with permanent shops nearby.
As soon as they said it, they started to work. Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen immediately listed the materials needed to modify the ice sled, and everyone split into two groups.
Jiang Muyun and a few others went to the logistics department to collect the materials and tools needed to modify the ice sled, as well as several sets of polar cold-weather gear. Captain Yu and Tang An went to apply for a modification site, and also inquired about whether there were any routes to the Haipo Oilfield in the capital, and what procedures they would need to leave the shelter during the winter.
The Central Shelter staff replied that there was a safe route, not only one they had created, but also a route directly from the Haipo Oil Field to the sea.
This line is used exclusively for the extraction of water, salt, and oil from the capital, and the entire line has been cleaned to the hilt. Not only is it difficult for people to pass through, but it's also easy for traffic to pass through.
If conditions allowed, the capital would have wanted to build a railway line directly there.
If they wanted to leave, they could just follow this road and go through the sand on the side, which would be quite safe, as ice sleds could also run on sand.
As for leaving the shelter, there is no need for any procedures. You just need to apply one to seven days in advance, explain what you are going to do, what supplies you are taking with you, and then wait at the exit.
It's easier to go out than to come back. When the staff saw them preparing to leave, they kindly tried to persuade them.
Now that we have figured out the route, the next thing to do is to solve the problem of getting a car.
The modification principle of the ice sled is actually a pointed carriage with two rows of ice blades installed at the bottom of the carriage, totaling four to eight pieces.
The two leading ice blades must be movable and connected to the steering wheel above to facilitate control of the direction of the ice sled.
An anti-skid wheel driven by a diesel engine needs to be installed between the two ice blades at the rear to provide some assistance for the sliding of the ice sled.
At the same time, the tire must be movable.
Just put it down and let it run when you need it.
When the sled is going downhill and the speed increases and it is no longer needed, it must be retracted to avoid becoming a resistance to the sled's forward movement.
Jiang Muyun and his team didn't want to make the sled fully automatic, so everything from retracting and lowering the wheels could be operated manually. The steering wheel worked similarly to a bicycle handlebar, a simple gadget.
If there was any difficulty, it was that the ice sled carriage they needed might be a bit large.
Because after going out, the lazy one will definitely hibernate.
Not only did their car have to carry six people, three dogs and a cat, but they also had to include the big guy Xiaolan.
There are also some scarce but non-sensitive supplies, such as food and medicine, which they can also bring back.
We are not saints. We would feel embarrassed to take too much. What's wrong with taking some small things back to improve our living conditions?
Another thing is that it is difficult to modify the shape of some low-temperature resistant materials.
Especially ice skates.
The Logistics Department provides low-temperature-resistant versions of some other common hardware parts, but the large ice skates that Jiang Muyun and his team want can only be customized.
Jiang Muyun and his colleagues picked and chose among low-temperature resistant metal materials, and finally, at the suggestion of the logistics staff, they chose a special alloy and aluminum-based alloy to make the ice blades and blade tubes of the ice sled.
It is said that this combination is a common combination of ice skates used by speed skaters.
However, the material they used was hard enough, and the difficulty of making it into ice skates also increased.
Fortunately, Jiang Muyun and others had very high authority, and the logistics department directly stated that they could help change it into the shape they wanted.
The industry is now basically in ruins. It is difficult to mass-produce anything, but it is still very simple to process small amounts of some metals.
After all, there are still many research institutes and laboratories in the capital's underground city, and the high-tech equipment in the laboratories are well preserved.
It might take Jiang Muyun and his team until next year to hammer out the ice skates with their bare hands, but if they write down the data and take it to the laboratory, they will have the finished product in a few hours.
The ice blades were fixed, and the modifications to the other parts were also quick.
They chose lightweight aluminum alloy for the carriage and streamlined the front to reduce wind resistance.
Jiang Muyun laid a lot of cold-proof materials in the carriage, and specially made a small stove that could make a fire in the middle of the carriage with thermal insulation cotton and titanium alloy. He even left buckles around the carriage to fix the roof to prevent accidents that required spending the night in the car.
They also filled the gaps in the tires, steering wheels and other places where holes needed to be drilled on the car with rubber to prevent air leakage.
The tires are not equipped with ordinary anti-skid chains, but special anti-skid chains modified from crampons.
This made the tires of their car look extremely ferocious, and when they moved, they were almost like spinning maces.
Chu Buwen looked at the tire covered with thorns for a long time, and then nailed another layer of titanium alloy plate to the bottom of the car above the tire.
This thing looks really scary when it moves. It feels like it will mince people into pieces if they disagree with it. It is really hard to feel at ease without adding an extra layer of protection.
After the ice sled was ready, everyone went to say goodbye to Mr. Feng, Professor Chen and others.
In fact, Mr. Feng already knew that Jiang Muyun and others were preparing to return when they were collecting materials to apply for the venue. Otherwise, it would not have been so easy for Jiang Muyun and others to ask the logistics department for help in making ice skates.
Mr. Feng naturally wants them to stay in the capital for a while longer, at least until this winter is over, right?
Otherwise, Jiang Muyun and others risked their lives to deliver Professor Chen and the experimental materials, and also rescued Captain Wang and others during the earthquake. However, they only stayed here for a few days and went back in the cold wind, pulling a cart full of small items that were of no value to the capital's shelter, as well as several documents that no one knew when they would be redeemed.
What the hell is this?
It’s just that Jiang Muyun and others’ reasons were so convincing that Mr. Feng felt that if he stopped them from leaving, he would be really being incompetent.
In desperation, Mr. Feng could only prepare more things for them in secret.
On the morning of the day when Jiang Muyun and others decided to leave the shelter, Mr. Feng, along with several staff members, found Jiang Muyun and others at the exit of the shelter, carrying a metal box with a capacity of about one cubic meter.
"These are products developed by research institutes and laboratories in the capital using mutated plants and animals after the apocalypse," Mr. Feng said, still panting. "Although they can't be mass-produced at the moment due to limited conditions, I can guarantee they're absolutely safe."
"The specific product introduction and instructions for use are in the box." Mr. Feng waved his hand and asked someone to put the box in the car for Jiang Muyun and others.
Without giving Jiang Muyun and the others a chance to refuse, Mr. Feng continued, "We've already prepared a vehicle for you in the capital. We can take you directly to the beach."
"This will save you from wasting time on the road, right?"
The car has already been prepared, so there is no need for Jiang Muyun and others to dwell on such matters.
Jiang Muyun thanked Mr. Feng generously, and then the group went directly to the ground through the freight channel with the help of the staff.
Jiang Muyun climbed onto the truck prepared for them by the capital, sat in the warm truck bed, pulled down his scarf, and took a deep breath against the cold wind that seemed to freeze his nose off.
Getting ready to go home.
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