Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 721 Five Metropolitan Areas

  Li Fushou planned for a long time in his heart. After the plan stopped, he wandered out of the pavilion and came to the rooftop, looking down at the magnificent metropolis of the Red River Valley, and admired it from the bottom of his heart; it was so beautiful!

  Under the clear blue sky

The countless towering buildings of the metropolis spread far to the end of the sky, and the elevation line is much higher than that of a few years ago, especially the dozens of high-rise buildings on the Riverside Avenue on the north bank of the Brisbane River, each with its own uniqueness Charm.

  As a result, a beautiful riverside landscape has been formed, which has greatly increased the appearance of the entire Red River Valley metropolitan area and has become a new growth hotspot.

Compared with the old city on the south bank, the north bank has a wider hinterland where you can write blueprints for the construction plan, the oval-shaped 100,000 Royal Stadium in the distance, the magnificent Empire State Building, the Royal Library, the Royal Theater, and the Royal Academy of Sciences. The Royal Museum, the Royal Museum of Natural History, and the imperial university campus under construction are all located in the North Shore District.

  After the completion of the above-mentioned key construction projects, it will greatly enhance the historical and cultural deposits of the metropolitan area, enrich the capital's heritage, and enhance the functions of the metropolitan area, in line with the positioning of the imperial capital.

After London, England, the Red River Valley Metropolitan Area is the second city in the world to start construction of subways. The current planning and construction of Line 1 and Line 2 in the shape of "Hui" will form a closed-loop and radial express subway. line.

The small circle inside is the "Metro Line 1" under construction, with a total length of 32.4 kilometers, with 13 subway platforms set up along the way, and two crossings across the Brisbane River. For this reason, two crossings across the Brisbane River need to be constructed. The tunnel under the river is quite large in scale, with an estimated investment of up to 1.42 million pounds.

The project is divided into 6 construction planes to be constructed at the same time. Two of the construction planes are the bottom tunnel crossing the Brisbane River. The mature shield method is used to construct at a depth of 79 meters from the ground. The estimated construction period is Two years and three months.

  At present, Honghe Valley City has built three riverbed tunnels, and has considerable experience in digging riverbed tunnels. The shield construction technology is very mature and there is no difficulty in all aspects of technology.

  Two construction sites in the old city of South Bank, with a total length of 13.7 kilometers, using shield tunneling method for excavation. The construction period is estimated to be two years and nine months.

  Two construction sites in the North Bank New City, with a total length of 18.7 kilometers, using shield tunneling method for excavation, the construction period is expected to be three years and four months.

The Metropolis of Red River Valley has a grand subway construction plan. After the completion of Metro Line 1, the construction of Metro Line 2 will start immediately. This is a large loop line with a total length of 57.2 kilometers, which will bear the busy flow of metropolis in the future. The daily transportation work is of great significance.

  Long-term planning, the Red River Valley Metropolitan Area will form a spider-web-structured subway operation system, linking the various urban areas of the Red River Valley Metropolitan Area through circular lines and radiation, with an amazing capacity of transporting 2 to 2.5 million passengers per day.

After 20 years of rapid development during prime time, Red River Valley has become a super city with a population of 1.39 million, ranking among the top 5 in the world, second only to London, New York, Guangzhou, and Beiping Metropolis. The permanent population has already Beyond Paris, it is not an extravagant hope that the total population will exceed 2 million in the foreseeable ten years in the future.

The high density of population has brought heavy transportation pressure to the metropolitan area. Today, the Red River Valley, Brisbane and the surrounding four animal cities have implemented a strict management system for riding horses, and riding horses for personal use are banned. , Only the Royal Mounted Police and the Janissaries can use horses.

  Urban transportation mainly relies on cars, trams, public carriages, private carriages and human tricycles. Private horse riding is strictly prohibited, and nobles are not allowed.

  The opening of the subway line in the future will greatly alleviate the pressure on population transportation in urban areas and become one of the main ways for residents to travel.

  From a perspective

The metro line of the Red River Valley Metropolitan Area will extend to Brisbane 37 kilometers away, and eventually link the two big cities together, and extend to the cities of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, Xuanwu, etc., connecting all the above cities together. , So as to realize the integration of the entire metropolitan area, form a huge subway network line, and benefit more people.

As the Red River Valley Metropolitan Area belongs to the royal territory, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has set up the Royal Metro Company to be responsible for the investment, construction, operation and subsequent maintenance of the subway network. Initiated and established, with an initial investment of 1 million pounds and occupying 2/3 of the equity.

  Subsequently, it will absorb social funds to participate in rolling construction and development, use market means to solve the huge construction funding gap, form a virtuous circle, rolling development and construction mode, and take 20 years or more to form a beautiful vision of a spider web structure subway system.

  As of the end of June 1896

The metropolitan area centered on Red River Valley City has a population of 4.17 million, which is one-fifth of the population of Australia. The siphon effect of the metropolitan area is quite strong, attracting countless funds, population and resources. It also promotes the strong development of metropolitan areas.

  Overview of Australia

   has formed the Red River Valley-Brisbane Metropolitan Circle, which is the core of Australia's local politics, economy, military, business, culture, education and medical care, and the most important part of the Ocean Empire.

  Formed an industrial city cluster with Songjiang City as the core. The region has a developed industrial economy, highly intensive livestock production, and a high output rate of advanced facilities. It is a world-class wool husbandry and wool textile industry center.

  Formed a light industry cluster with Beilun-Sydney as the core. The region has developed culture and education, a strong business atmosphere, and prosperous foreign port trade. It is one of the important local light industrial product export bases.

  Formed a gold mining industry cluster with Melbourne-Ballarat as the core. This is a world-class gold mining area and a world-class animal husbandry center. The scenery is beautiful and beautiful.

After the migration of millions of people of Chinese descent, Victoria has become a prosperous and comfortable life, a vast world of peaceful years, and tens of thousands of private ranches and plantations. A major feature here, more than 30% of the state's land is Privately owned, the martial arts style is very strong, and its representative symbol is the cowboy riding a gun, which is incomparable in other places.

  In northern Queensland, a mineral resource city circle with Qingdao as the core is gradually forming. Linyi has the richest coal in the world, and Qingdao has world-class carbonate deposits with high grade and abundant reserves.

According to exploration discoveries, the area has more than half of the known zinc storage in the world. At the same time, Tai'an is also the largest producer of cane sugar in Australia. Townsville has more than half of Australia’s domestic beef and dairy cattle production. The related leather and milk powder processing industries are equivalent. developed.

The five central areas above    gather 77% of the Australian population and over 90% of the economic output. They have basically realized industrial industrialization, scale and intensification. They are the huge economic engines of the Ocean Empire and promote the rapid development of the entire society.

  Compared with the doomed European region, the immigrant-led Oceanic Kingdom and the United States are economically vigorous and develop with each passing day. They have become two major economies independent of Europe and are attracting more and more attention from the world.

  The development of Australian society to the present level does not require Li Fushou's deliberate promotion. The society has developed steadily by virtue of its own huge inertia and corrective power, and has continuously achieved gratifying results.

  The crawler tractor, which originated from the demand for tanks, has now returned to its roots. It is conquering the world's agricultural machinery market, and its strong development momentum has been unstoppable.

  It is said that crawler tractors have opened up more markets around the world through two rounds of large-scale price reductions, especially in the Citi Country Farm application, and the cumulative orders for this year and the next are more than 10,000 units.

  Nowadays, agricultural machinery, represented by wheeled tractors and crawler tractors, has become the main force in plantation production in farms in Australia and overseas states, and has been widely used and promoted.

  Whenever he thinks of this, Li Fushou has a feeling of joy in his heart, which is a great sense of accomplishment that has affected history.

   Suddenly, his eyes sharpened while looking down at the distance, and he turned and walked back into the house.

   Soon, Li Fushou came out of the house, holding a brass monocular in his hand, holding it in front of his eyes to observe carefully.

  One, two, and three black spots appear on the horizon. This is... a hot air balloon.

  It can be observed through a telescope. In the distance, there are hot air balloons depicting bright colors, separated from each other by a long distance, floating towards the direction of the Brisbane River.

  The balloon is about 1,000 meters high in the air. The people on it are very small and can't see clearly. You can only see the approximate direction of the hot air balloon, which should be towards Xuanwu City.

  Li Fushou put down the telescope in his hand, thoughtful in his heart;

  Balloons are not a new thing. They have appeared very early in Europe. There are also many hot-air balloon clubs in Ocean Kingdom, mainly those rich and leisurely rich children who are keen to do this.

  The latest trend should be the glider club. I don’t know if there is Li Fushou in Australia. For details, I have to ask the relevant staff of the Royal Secretariat to know the specific situation.

  He is now considering the first test flight of the Wright brothers. It seems that there are still 5 years to go. Then can he pass the civil aviation design competition and use the high prize money as a temptation to promote the aircraft's early appearance.

The importance of the aviation industry Li Fushou could not be clearer. As a part of the South Pacific, the Australian mainland, the territory of the Ocean Kingdom is too far away from the mainland. This is both an inherent advantage and a disadvantage, and the aviation industry will greatly shorten it. This distance.

  Li Fushou himself is not proficient in airplanes and does not know the principles of flight, but he knows the importance of occupying the commanding heights of science and technology, because the military application of airplanes is extremely important, and this is an advanced technology that can change the face of the world.

  Professional people must be invited to do professional things. From this he thought, it seems that more attention should be paid to the research of basic physics, which is related to the incubation of super killers.

anyway

  Where are the Curies now?

  (End of this chapter)