In another time and space, several large warships flying the five-star red flag were galloping on the sea.

This is one of the troops that went to take over the sea city.

After two weeks of intense construction, the two new maritime cities have been completed and passed expert acceptance.

These two maritime cities—or artificial islands—were able to be completed so quickly partly because they are small in size, with each artificial island only covering a dozen square kilometers.

On the other hand, there are relatively few buildings on the island, at least not a 2-kilometer-high pyramid like Lotus City.

A large airport occupies nearly one-third of the island, and there are not many high-rise buildings in the rest of the island because there are still buildings underwater.

In fact, the construction area of ​​the underwater part is far greater than that of the above water part, because the sea water here is more than one hundred meters deep, and coupled with the foundations that go deep into the seabed, this is enough to lay down forty or fifty stories.

Under the influence of the environmental control system, the rooms under the sea do not look dark and damp at all, and the living experience is no different from that of a super building on the ground.

There are ample water resources here, and seawater desalination technology can meet the need for regular water replenishment.

“It’s incredible!”

On the warship at the front, there were some naval officers and soldiers standing in the bridge. The captain held a telescope and saw this artificial island rising from the ground from a distance, and couldn't help but sigh.

"When we came here last time, there was still a vast ocean. In just two weeks, such a large artificial island was built. This... is incredible."

Next to the captain is the first mate, who also holds a pair of binoculars and is also carefully observing the artificial island in the distance.

"Yes, this Ming Dynasty architecture is really amazing. As long as they are here, sooner or later, artificial islands will be built in the Atlantic Ocean."

The captain laughed, "Built it into the Atlantic Ocean? Do you think you are playing a game of building a bunker to block the door of someone's house?"

"Haha, just kidding. The Americans are much more honest now. Not only do they not dare to send warships to our place anymore, they also don't dare to go as far as before in many international affairs."

"By the way, speaking of the South China Sea, I heard rumors that the higher authorities are very satisfied with these two artificial islands and want Ming Dynasty Construction to build another big one on the South China Sea."

"Big? How big? Bigger than this?"

The first mate put down the telescope in his hand and looked at the artificial island in front of him with his naked eyes. He felt that it was already quite big.

"Of course it is bigger than this. It is said that the entire archipelago will be connected into one." The captain also put down the telescope and said with a smile.

"What?"

The first mate was surprised.

You must know that the entire archipelago is 800 kilometers long and 360 kilometers wide, which is nearly 300,000 square kilometers!

Even if it is not made into a regular rectangle, the area will not be small.

This is enough to cover the area of ​​a province. Even a company as powerful as Daming Construction cannot fill out a province in water hundreds of meters deep, right?

"Haha, I know what you are thinking." The captain was in a good mood and said with a smile, "I didn't say that this big project was completed in a short time. For such a big place, it will definitely take a long time, and the project will be divided into

I'll do it several times.

But I heard that Daming Construction uses robots for all offshore construction. It works 24 hours a day and does not require oxygen at the bottom of the sea. The efficiency is frighteningly high."

The first mate shook his head, "Even if the robot is very efficient, what about the materials? Even if so many materials are shipped by sea and air, it will take... I don't know how long it will take."

"Well, it is indeed a big problem. But we don't need to worry about it. I believe Daming Construction will create miracles again, just like they have been doing for the past few months."

What they said was right, Zhao Ming was also considering the same issue.

The most convenient way is for Zhao Ming to take action himself and use the system space and teleportation gate to transport no matter how much building materials are there.

However, in this way, a discerning person can immediately tell that something is wrong with Daming's architecture, and it is easy to connect Zhao Ming with previous cases of missing arms.

Although many people may already think so, they are still at the stage of speculation without substantial evidence to support it.

So Zhao Ming doesn't plan to do this for the time being. Otherwise, without exposing his identity, how will he transport materials when he ventures to other worlds in the future?

Continue to rely on sea freight?

This archipelago is more than a thousand kilometers away from the mainland, which is much farther than the previous two maritime cities, and the material requirements are also several orders of magnitude lower.

The cargo ships currently on hand must be given priority to transporting supplies to the ancient world, so we cannot invest too much transportation capacity in this matter.

Why not... try assembly mode?

The waterproof performance of biological building materials is very good, so can we follow the segmented construction method of ships and divide the sea city into many small pieces?

As long as special designs are adopted, these small pieces can float on the water.

Then you only need to install propellers behind these modules, and use tugboats to guide the direction. You can build the modules on the shore and then transport them directly for assembly.

Even at a turtle speed of five knots, it only takes less than a week to get to the center of the archipelago from here, which is completely acceptable.

These modules can be made from local materials in mountainous areas along the coast. Digging the mountains into plains can also increase the value of the land.

This model is also suitable for building more maritime cities in the Pacific in the future and is worth a try.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ming picked up the phone and called his secretary Wen Ya over.

"You should study what we need to do to expand the shipyard. I need to manufacture a large number of offshore tugboats that can sail across the ocean."

"OK."

"Wait a minute." Zhao Ming stopped Wen Ya who turned to leave, "Call He Li over again. I have something to discuss with her."

If you want to go fast, you must make full use of road and rail transportation and build maritime city modules simultaneously in multiple coastal locations with convenient transportation.

This requires He Li to come forward to communicate with the local government and approve a piece of wasteland in a suitable place to build a factory.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

He Li quickly came to Zhao Ming from the office downstairs.

"Yes, there is a task that needs to be given to you." Zhao Ming motioned for her to sit on the sofa over there.

He Li frowned when she heard what Zhao Ming said. Usually this meant that a complicated matter was about to be thrown at her.

"That's it. Regarding our next big offshore project, I plan to use modular construction to do it..."

Zhao Ming described his ideas and plans in detail to his assistant.

"In other words, this place can be a barren mountain or have no roads, but it must be located by the sea?"

"Yes." Zhao Ming nodded, "If there is no road, we can build it ourselves. The surrounding barren mountains make it easier for us to collect materials.
Chapter completed!