Chapter 368: Ambition of a swan

"Fine, as long as it's fine. I heard Teacher Duan mention before that you guys brought up the matter of the thermal power generator set?"

Zhang Su asked about the generator matter as a matter of course.

"Yes, hehe, I just said it casually at the time, Brother Zhang, don't laugh at me."

Jia Shijin didn't expect that a joke he made was taken seriously and explained repeatedly.

Zhang Su patted Jia Shijin on the shoulder and said: "How could I laugh at you? I came specifically to ask you about the generator set. I heard you had a friend who worked at a thermal power plant east of Qincheng. How much do you know about that side?"

"No, no, Brother Zhang, I was really just joking at the time, it's impractical... The scale of a thermal power generator set is too large, and it takes up nearly a thousand square meters when landed. Even if we can put it down, we can't transport it back at all. It's exaggerated, exaggerated..."

Jia Shijin explained repeatedly, only blaming himself for talking too much at the time.

"A thousand square meters?"

Zhang Su turned around and looked at the parking lot. A thousand square meters was only an area of thirty-three meters square. To say it's big, it's really not big, but as Jia Shijin said, transporting such a huge group of units back would be a daunting task!

Anyway, with the current carrying capacity, there was no possibility, unless some special vehicles were found.

"Right, and it's still the relatively small kind. Of course, the small I'm talking about is small for a city, actually it's quite big, twenty megawatts, enough for 50,000 households to use daily under normal circumstances..."

Jia Shijin explained with an awkward smile. Not to mention the current Sky Ma Yu, even if all the survivors in Qincheng were added together, it would be hard to gather 10,000 people, let alone 50,000 households...

"50,000 households..."

Zhang Su heard this answer, which he thought was inconspicuous before but looked like an astronomical figure now. He didn't feel exaggerated like Jia Shijin, but suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if the number 50,000 households had some magic, making his heart move.

Might as well develop according to this standard...

Zhang Su pondered secretly. He didn't know how he dared to think, but he suddenly felt that the standard of 50,000 households was quite good. If he could develop a camp to 50,000 households, not to mention being unique in the world, it should also be a force dominating one side.

It's just that this kind of ambition is not easy to say, lest people think he is high-minded and low-handed.

"50,000 households is indeed too many. Even if calculated at three people per household, that's 150,000 people. I heard that Qingxian had no more than 400,000 people before the disaster broke out, haha. But even if we don't aim for such a large-power generator, are there no smaller ones?"

Zhang Su asked.

"There really are!"

Guo Dachao, who finished his work while chatting, took off his welding mask and took the conversation: "Brother Su, if you are talking about use for the camp, I actually think a one-megawatt thermal power generator is more than enough!"

"One megawatt? Just now it was mega, now it has become ten thousand, directly skipping the unit of hundred million... Then how many people can one megawatt use?"

Zhang Su counted with his fingers but didn't straighten it out. In fact, his mental arithmetic ability wasn't weak. He used to run a convenience store and often needed mental arithmetic, but those were small amounts, at most the level of tens of thousands of yuan. This jump directly to mega, really couldn't convert it.

"A one-megawatt generator can generate seven or eight hundred degrees of electricity in an hour. Before the disaster broke out, that was enough for two or three hundred families to use."

Jia Shijin answered Zhang Su's question very skillfully. He dealt with electricity every day and knew these data by heart.

"Two or three hundred families? That is seven or eight hundred people, well, now we can't calculate electricity consumption according to the previous living standards, but it's definitely enough. Master Jia, think about it, see where we can get a generator at the megawatt level!"

Although Zhang Su hadn't come into contact with those high-precision experimental equipment in Fu Weijun's mouth, he heard that the power consumption of the laboratory was relatively large and couldn't be calculated according to normal families. It was always right to have plenty of electricity.

"There really are!"

The three walked toward the restaurant together, Jia Shijin said excitedly: "If you are talking about a megawatt generator, I know several places that have them. There is a Xinjing Garden residential area in the northern development zone of Qincheng. The property management purchased one at the time. There are two in a wind blade factory in the development zone, and... right, still in the development zone, a chemical plant called something Ou also has megawatt-level power generation equipment. The Beihe Playground also has one. Right, that one in the playground is very new, it should have been purchased at the beginning of the year."

"Ha, worthy of being a senior insider, even such niche news can be known. Old Jia, impressive, ah!"

Zhang Su patted Jia Shijin on the shoulder and didn't spare praise.

Jia Shijin touched his head and smiled: "Hehe... these are all things I knew from chatting with people when I had no work. It doesn't count as anything. But Brother Zhang, the disaster has broken out for so long, maybe some have already been taken by others."

"No!" Zhang Su shook his head confidently: "If I'm not mistaken, a megawatt generator is probably not small, right?"

"That's indeed not small, occupying several square meters, at least ten tons!" Jia Shijin gestured with an exaggerated expression.

"That's right! Small generators might be taken away by others to use. Enterprise-level generators aren't things that can be moved away as soon as you want. To put it bluntly, there aren't many camps that need and have the ability to carry that kind of generator. Even if they need it, they can't take them all away. There will always be some left."

Zhang Su didn't panic at all. Such a big iron lump wasn't easy to move away, just like the Type 99 tank without an engine placed in the barracks. It would be a big effort to drag it away!

He pondered the plan for the generator and experimental equipment. If he could really produce medicine that blocks the self-replication of zombie robots, he

Several people walked into the dining hall. Some were already eating; steaming rice porridge, freshly stir-fried vegetables, and some canned food made for a decent dinner, even by pre-apocalypse standards.

"How is the house coming along?"

After finishing his meal, Zhang Su saw Tachibana Mai-Sakura and Yi Xiaoling sitting in a corner, so he moved a chair over to their table and sat down.

Both of them had already changed out of those ill-fitting, filthy clothes. Brand-new down jackets were folded to the side, and they were wearing well-fitting base layers—it was clear at a glance that these were supplies issued from the storage area.

"Brother Su."

"Don't get up, keep eating, you two go ahead..."

Seeing Yi Xiaoling put down her chopsticks and prepare to stand, Zhang Su waved his hand to stop her. Although Tachibana Mai-Sakura didn't stand, she also stopped eating.

"The room is very good, everything is complete. We didn't even have to tidy up much; it's very convenient and completely exceeds our expectations."

The color had returned to Yi Xiaoling's face, and her eyes held a look of excitement. She hadn't even dared to dream that she would one day be able to live in a house with heating and a balcony, not to mention hot water and a television!

Although the television had no channels, even just looking at the glowing screen made one feel as if they were still living in modern society. It was much better than just finding any random courtyard in the village outside; at least there was no need to live in fear!

Zhang Su smiled and nodded, saying, "How do you feel about the camp's atmosphere?"

"Very good." Yi Xiaoling looked at the people dining around them and said in a low voice, "It's just like life at school used to be. There are warm-hearted big sisters who helped us find our room, and eating is just like being in a cafeteria, with everyone chatting and laughing. This is a scene I never dared to dream of."

Hearing Yi Xiaoling's words, Tachibana Mai-Sakura looked at her with a soft gaze, then continued eating.

"It's best if you don't feel like outsiders. Since you've come to Tianmayu, as I said before, you must also take on a share of the work."

"Mm-hmm, that goes without saying, Brother Zhang, tell us."

Yi Xiaoling nodded repeatedly. The living environment at Tianmayu felt like a paradise to her; she felt energized just working here. If she could keep living like this, even if Zhang Su didn't ask, she would have to find something to do!

"Xiaoling, you studied agriculture in college and have relevant practical experience, so do work that matches your skills. Work on the things inside the greenhouses. Go report to that uncle, his name is Ma Changshou; he is our camp's technical consultant."

Zhang Su raised his hand and pointed at Ma Changshou, who was eating in the corner.

Yi Xiaoling followed the direction of Zhang Su's finger and saw a standard-looking rural uncle. She nodded and readily agreed: "Yes, Brother Zhang, I definitely have no problem with planting!"

Having said that, she turned to look at Tachibana Mai-Sakura and asked with a smile: "Brother Zhang, what about Xiao Ju?"

"As for Xiao Ju..." Zhang Su turned his head and found Tachibana Mai-Sakura looking at him, likely waiting for him to speak, so he said: "Your combat prowess is not bad; you can temporarily serve as an instructor for our elite team and teach combat techniques."

(End of chapter)