Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 116 Water Purification Project, Part
Originally, Chen Xi planned to let Mai Mai sell his share of the consecrated wine.

After all, given the original situation in Rostov, it was impossible to sell this wine only in its place of origin, as no one would come if it were sold that way.

However, now, whether it is the Ecclesiarchy or the Inquisition, they just drive their warships to bring the money to the door to pick up the goods, and Chen Xi does not need to worry about logistics and how to sell them.

Although the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition have invested a lot of resources and money in this matter, both parties still have to pay for the wine from Chen Xi.

Twenty thousand Throne Coins per bottle, price clearly marked, no credit.

Yes, the price of this thing has increased, and it was the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition who took the initiative to request the price increase.

And this is the price for the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition to purchase in bulk. If it is sold in small quantities to others, the current price on the black market has been driven up to 50,000 Throne Coins per bottle, but it is still unsalable.

Chen Xi has a large amount of inventory on hand, but at the suggestion of Guterres, the wine distributor, Chen Xi auctioned the inventory on a small scale on the Rostov II in quantities ranging from one hundred to two hundred bottles per month.

This brought Rostov a huge amount of liquidity.

After all, the Rostov Governor's Office now earns as much in one month as it did in the past year.

This also greatly accelerated the development and construction of Rostov.

The protein factory planned by the previous generation of governors had long been completed, and even the city of Rostov was transformed into a garden city under the leadership of Ovelia.

A giant dome was built over the city to protect it from the drought and harsh climate of Rostov II.

After the icy asteroids from the galaxy's asteroid belt are towed back by cargo barges to extract their main useful components such as ammonia, methane, ozone, etc., the remaining pure water will be added to the city's water supply system, providing clean drinking water for hundreds of millions of people in the entire city.

Even Chen Xi found it difficult to ensure that everyone in the city could enjoy clean drinking water, although he ordered the construction of water supply facilities and a large number of reservoirs.

However, water supply for a city with hundreds of millions of people is a huge problem, especially since the empire has always had an inhumane habit. The city's water supply system only supplies the nobles and the upper class, while the middle class in the city can still enjoy relatively clean water.

The lower class residents and prisoners of even lower status could not expect to have clean water.

The sewage flowing out from the residential areas of the nobility and the upper class, after sedimentation and purification, is the drinking water for these people.

This is actually not bad. Fortunately, Rostov is not a hive city, otherwise they would not get purified domestic sewage, but industrial wastewater.

Chen Xi didn't have a good solution for this situation.

Although he is the governor of the planet, the city's structure has already been formed. If he wants to change it, he needs to invest a lot of money and energy. These are not unacceptable, and it is not unacceptable to carry out large-scale transformation of the city.

But the key issue is that this had an impact on the social class structure of the empire.

After all, the empire was a feudal monarchy. Although it was abstract, the aristocracy and privileges still existed.

Although it is often said that the Imperial Governor only needs to pay taxes and believe in the Emperor, and no one will care even if he practices communism on his own planet, some things cannot be done just by talking about it.

One must always consider the impact of certain actions. Another crucial factor is that the Rostov II lacks sufficient water resources to meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people.

Although the planet itself has groundwater, with the recent development of Rostov II and the gradual increase in population, the extraction of groundwater has begun to have adverse effects.

Olivia reported to Chen Xi that the extraction of groundwater had caused cavities in the underground layer. If the extraction continued, it would cause instability in the stratum and would affect the cultivation of Saint-Blessing grapes.

After learning the news, the state religion was the first to react.

They purchased a large number of professional water purification equipment from the Mechanicus, and then built a large-scale water purification pool in their own city (large enough to operate warships in it). Then they got a dozen ordinary cargo tugboats without subspace jump capabilities, which were specifically responsible for towing icy asteroids from the asteroid belt and replenishing the water purification pool after thawing.

In this way, the cities of the state religion were the first to solve their dependence on the planet's groundwater. Even the priests of the state religion were using pure water melted from icy asteroids to pour into the ground to replenish the loss of groundwater.

The bishop of the Rostov State Church even made a special trip to the Governor-General's Office and asked the Governor-General's Office to order a ban on Rostov II from continuing to extract groundwater. To this end, the State Church could sponsor water purification equipment for the city of Rostov.

This matter is somewhat abstract, but Chen Xi is happy to see it happen.

In the Warhammer world, the Governor may not be able to deal with the nobles, but if the State Church is willing to step in, then everything will be fine.

After all, faith can really kill people.

It was through this method that the water supply situation in Rostov was greatly improved.

After all, the water purification technology of the 40k era can actually purify sewage in a recycling process to meet the standards for domestic water use. Only severely polluted industrial wastewater cannot be purified.

After Chen Xi ordered the gradual relocation of industrial and mining facilities on the planet's surface to space, industrial pollution on the planet's surface was greatly reduced and alleviated. The only thing still in operation might be the Mechanicus's mining of black stone and alien technology on the planet.

These do not cause serious environmental pollution, at least not in the 40k era.

After these problems were solved, the state religion also began to sponsor Olivia's research, supporting her in transforming the environment of the planet and turning this desert planet into a paradise world.

Naturally, Olivia did not refuse. She quickly put in a lot of effort to transform the planet's environment, striving to make this planet a model project for her research.

Chen Xi did not stop this matter. After all, a paradise world is much more comfortable to live in and looks better than a desert world.

Even after the dome was built, Rostov was already a garden city.

The cities of the state religion did not have domes built. It was not because Chen Xi did not want to build them for them, nor was it because the state religion could not afford it. Instead, the state religion planned to build a cathedral, and building a dome would hinder the construction of the church.

At that time, Chen Xi was very surprised why the construction of a church would be hindered by a city-level dome.

But when he saw that the state religion planned to build the emperor statue on top of the church to the Karman Line, Chen Xi felt that he had underestimated the fanaticism of these religious lunatics.

(End of this chapter)