The Xipanjiang Hydropower Station that the two mentioned is scientifically called "the first-level hydropower station in the upper reaches of the Xipanjiang River". It is located at the uppermost reaches of the Xipanjiang River, a secondary tributary of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River basin. It is almost one of the most remote hydropower stations in the southwest China.

According to the property rights relationship, Xipanjiang Hydropower Station should be considered a typical township enterprise, with extremely irregular internal management and belonging to the kind of small hydropower that the country has vigorously cleared out in recent years.

Although the incoming water volume of this type of small upstream hydropower station is not too large, due to the dangerous terrain, the height difference between upstream and downstream can often be greatly increased, and the overall power generation capacity is quite good.

The entire Xipan River is surrounded by steep canyons on both sides. Lu Yang and his two must go up the river from the downstream to reach the location of the hydropower station.

The winding and circling roads are built along the river and backing the mountains, so it is naturally extremely rugged and difficult to walk.

Mao Xiaofei was driving a newly rented SUV. He had just galloped at 100 yards on the highway for a short time, and then he had to transfer to the national highway. After a while, only the county highway could barely pass.

Finally, the navigation showed that there were 10 kilometers left from the destination. In front of the two, even the county road was opened to the end, and there was only a winding mountain dirt road that was not displayed on the map.

It took nearly 7 hours for two people to travel around for more than 300 kilometers.

After approaching the hydropower station, the large dam, which seemed to be small in scale but had an extremely steep terrain, emerged from the mountains and canyons in front of Lu Yang. Mao Xiaofei was familiar with the road, and he hit the steering wheel and drove directly to the yard of a dilapidated two-story building next to the dam.

As soon as the car stopped, a middle-aged man dressed in an engineer came out of the building when he heard the sound.

Seeing the visitor, Mao Xiaofei immediately introduced to the two: "Brother Yang, let me introduce you to you. This is the responsible engineer of Xipanjiang Hydropower Station. Just call him Mr. Liu! Mr. Liu, this is the boss who wants to take over my mine, Lu Yang!"

This Liu Gong is about 50 years old, with short hair and a very back hairline. He has a shiny big forehead and a wrinkled work clothes hanging down on his body. His square Chinese face is full of boredom when he just woke up, and there are only four words engraved between his eyebrows - "swine".

Xipanjiang Hydropower Station is close to the subtropical region and has a low altitude. This unique geographical environment makes the climate in the region warm as spring almost all year round.

However, for the Liu Gong in front of him, the only benefit of the spring climate for him seems to be that he can manage all year round with a work uniform.

Along the way, Lu Yang could smell the smell of sweat from his dirty uniform.

"Tempering shifts on time, patrolling the lines regularly, performing shut-off operations as required, monitor and stare at several instrument panels in the control room to check the parameters, clean the equipment before getting off work, clean the site, and complete other tasks assigned by the leader. If you call this engineer, I have no objection."

This Liu Gong was full of negative energy when he opened his mouth. With his unruly temperament, he was completely natural.

"Mr. Liu is the mainstay of our Xipanjiang Hydropower Station! Leaving Mr. Liu, the entire power station, including us, will drink the northwest wind." Mao Xiaofei seemed to have become accustomed to the smell of Mr. Liu. While introducing, he patted Mr. Liu's shoulder intimately.

"Young man, don't listen to this man running the train, and he doesn't know if he's sold it. The main reason is that I've been working in a hydropower station for a lifetime, and I can't find a job in other places. Nowadays, such as the assistants I sent to me over the years, have not been able to work in this mountain valley for two years! It takes more than an hour to drive to the nearest county town. Ordinary young people can't hold on in such a mountain valley!"

Mao Xiaofei seemed to have not heard Liu Gong’s complaints and continued to introduce to Lu Yang: “Mr. Liu Gong is the largest leader of this hydropower station. He usually takes ten or six days off. When it’s his turn to rest, his apprentice will come to take the shift for him. However, Mr. Liu lives in a nearby county town. If there is something that cannot be solved, he will come to help you deal with it.”

"I'll ask Mr. Liu to take care of him in the future!" Lu Yang was very polite and handed over a pack of soft furnishings prepared in advance.

Liu Gong took Lu Yang's cigarette and weighed it, and smiled, "Hey, the guy is a good guy, I'll tell you straight. This hydropower station was built in the 1960s. I have been here for more than 20 years. The biggest thing that happened during this period was the time when this guy named Mao came to install those machines two years ago. To put it bluntly, small hydropower is just a water wheel with a generator set. What big problems can there be?"

After saying that, Liu Gong pointed to Mao Xiaofei, and pointed to a broken factory five or six hundred meters away from the other side of the river and said, "The factory on the other side is where this guy puts the machine before. The cables have been laid. You may have to find a way to do it yourself. I just ask that you should not rush the electricity load here, try to be as stable as possible, and don't cause big ups and downs for me. I still have my own things to do, but I don't have time to give you 24 hours a day to stare at you!"

"Old Liu, you are quite busy lately! Are you still busy writing your science fiction novel?" Mao Xiaofei teased.

As soon as he heard the four words of science fiction novels, Liu Gong's listless aura suddenly disappeared, and a strange light shone on his face, as if he had suddenly become more than a teenager.

"Of course, I recently came up with a good idea. You said that if a planet revolves around three stars at the same time, what would the civilization above look like? I was a little excited to think about it. No, you finally came here, and you must help me conceive the plot..."

If God can give Mao Xiaofei another chance, he vows to never mention the words of science fiction.

Mr. Liu usually stays alone in this small water and electricity. Even if his talent gushs like the Niagara Falls, he can't find anyone to talk to.

Now he finally caught Mao Xiaofei, a graduate of science and engineering at Shuimu University, where could he let him go easily?

Seeing that Mao Xiaofei could not get out for the time being, Lu Yang was secretly happy and just said hello to the two of them, "You guys are busy first, I'll visit this power station first!"

Without waiting for the two of them to respond, he pulled his suitcase and slipped away as if he was flying.

Mao Xiaofei has just graduated from undergraduate studies recently, and he has made up his mind to enjoy his life after washing his hands in Jinban, so his current state can be said to be idle. If Lu Yang hadn't kept urging him, according to his plan, they should have eaten hot pot in the capital of Xichuan Province now!
Chapter completed!