Technological Hegemony

The general's secretary, Lu Junlin, came to Luo Jia and brought the authorities' ardent hopes for the development of the western region. However, what Lu Junlin never expected was that the Yarlung Zangbo River plan that Luo Jia mentioned at the press conference was actually just the B plan of Xingchen Technology. Their plan A is to use controlled nuclear fusion to distill seawater and irrigate the west.

Some people may say that distilled water cannot feed plants. This is a typical false proposition. Purified water is definitely more difficult than restored water. Besides, after creating a large number of surface water systems, the water evaporates and rebuilds a complete ecosystem. This is the plan. The core lies.

Even if you plant a dense forest in the desert, it cannot be maintained without the support of precipitation and ecology. As we all know, Lop Nur was not a desert in the past, and it used to be rich in water and grass. , Turned into thousands of miles of yellow sand.

"He wants to turn the 400,000-square-kilometer Tarim Basin into an inner lake!?"

"Our entire country is only 9.6 million square kilometers!"

"Lake Baikal, the largest lake in the world, is only 31,500 square kilometers!"

"Crazy, Luo Jia must be crazy!"

In an unspeakable conference room, after Secretary Lu finished his report, the group of old men were dumbfounded, as if they had heard something extremely incredible.

I have known for a long time that Xingchen Technology has the slogan that if you are not crazy, you will not survive, but you never imagined that they have gone crazy to this extent, completely transforming the west, and rebuilding a Jiangnan water town of several million square kilometers. This proposal is far beyond the most optimistic of the authorities. expectations.

"That's right." Lu Junlin stood on the stage with a valiant look, and gave an affirmative answer, "Luo Jia told me that this will be a great attempt of great significance to change the climate of the entire west by man-made giant lakes. , With millions of square kilometers of land, it is very difficult to rely on afforestation, but if the climate changes, it will be the most wonderful thing to let forests and grasslands grow naturally in the west."

Seems to make some sense...

After hearing Lu Junlin's words, all the bosses couldn't help but nodded, thinking that Luo Jia was crazy and bold.

However, they didn't know that the reason why Luo Jia dared to do this was the great plant civilization as the backing. His friend Lan Yu among the stars made a mistake and mistakenly thought that Luo Jia was the legendary top professional and the leader , so I admire Luo Jia's five bodies, and the resources of Lan Yu and the plant family are Luo Jia's confidence to carry out this huge plan.

At this moment, the general was sitting in the back row. How much he wanted to stand up and vouch for Luo Jia's plan, but his life experience told him that

Can't do that.

The more Luo Jia was in the limelight, the less chance he had to meet the general, and even the phone calls became less. Most of the time, the secretary Lu Junlin communicated back and forth, all to avoid suspicion.

There is a kind of friendship, which is not to show off to others, but to become more and more true when it comes to critical moments. This is the case with the general and Luo Jia.

"Environmental experts once warned us that if we modify the environment recklessly, it may bring unexpected results. What does Luo Jia think about this matter?" An old man asked with a frown.

Lu Junlin raised his chin with a smile, "Luo Jia said, fuck the experts."

Puff~

Several bigwigs at the scene couldn't hold back for a while, and laughed out loud. Such a foul language was indeed like Luo Jia's style.

While recalling what Luo Jia said to himself, Lu Junlin said seriously: "Since 1990, due to the crazy afforestation in our country, the forest coverage rate has increased rapidly. As of 2018, the newly added forest area in our country is equivalent to four One-tenth of the Amazon rainforest! We even almost wiped out one of the eight major deserts, the Mu Us Desert with a total area of ​​42,200 square kilometers!"

"Netizens are very enthusiastic about planting trees in Ali's Ant Forest, but most people don't know that the Ant Forest project actually only accounts for one-thousandth of my country's plan to return farmland to forests! The national team's ongoing projects are so powerful, It’s something ordinary people can’t even imagine.”

"After we have paid so much, what do those so-called experts say? On September 5, 2019, the headline on the front page of the official website of Nature magazine questioned my country's greening achievements, claiming that excessive afforestation may lead to deep environmental disasters, such as groundwater circulation Dry up and wait."

"This world is really magical. In the past, desertification was so serious that nothing happened. When we turned the desert into a forest, all kinds of worries and doubts came one after another. Therefore, Luo Jia's suggestion is not to worry about any experts. The earth will not be turned upside down just because we planted a few trees. In the history of the earth, there have been times when the concentration of carbon dioxide was dozens of times higher than it is now, not to mention the glacial period and the extreme heat period."

"This is not a question of whether we want to transform the earth, but that human beings have to transform the earth in order to survive. Otherwise, there will be another ice age, or the carbon dioxide will rise ten times, and we will be extinct by nature like dinosaurs!"

Huh~

After listening to Lu Junlin conveying Luo Jia's opinion, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Compared with the so-called experts, Luo Jia finally got to the point. Transforming the earth is not an option, but a necessity, because if the earth is not transformed, Humans will become extinct sooner or later like dinosaurs.

Do you think that nature must be romantic, spring blossoms and autumn fruits?

Be less naive!

Don't forget that nature also has a violent and crazy side!

In this world, there are some things that you have no choice at all, such as the stars and the sea. If human beings want to develop, they must go to space. For example, genetic engineering. If life sciences want to develop, they must intervene in genetic modification.

Don’t think that the world is so big and there will be many choices. It’s nothing like that at all. If you don’t study hard, you still want to get ahead in the future? how is this possible!

Standing on the stage, Lu Junlin looked around this important meeting room, and saw that the eyes of the bosses gradually became firmer. It seemed that Luo Jia's future must be said, which made the bosses feel a sense of urgency.

"Although we have done a lot of work in afforestation, as of 2018, my country's forest coverage rate is only 21.66%, which is obviously not enough."

After Lu Junlin organized his language, he continued to say in a deep voice: "Canada is 44%, Sweden is 54%, Norway is 60%, and our neighbor Neon has an even higher forest coverage rate. Sixty-seven percent, in comparison, we are still far behind."

"In addition, Luo Jia also mentioned agricultural security. The 1.4 billion people not only need to eat enough, but also eat well and eat nutritiously. This requires more arable land. If the pattern of hegemony struggle does not change, we will never They naively pin their hopes on the West for agricultural safety, after all, people will die if they don’t have enough to eat, Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Japan, as long as they are big powers, there is no one that is not a strong agricultural country.”

Lu Junlin talked a lot more. He felt that the higher-ups had already been convinced by him. This was actually the credit of Luo Jia. He just recounted what Luo Jia had said to him in this conference room.

"So, when can Xingchen Technology start the western development plan?" an old man with gray temples asked seriously.

"Soon, after the controllable fusion technology goes on the market, all the technical reserves needed for the development of the western region will be ready." Lu Junlin replied.

...

Chengdu, a well-known and time-honored hotpot restaurant.

"From a health point of view, I don't recommend hot pot, especially the spicy hot pot with a layer of butter floating on it. The fat intake is definitely beyond the standard." An Ran patted her full stomach, and said with unfinished thoughts: "But I can't help it. I'm from Sichuan, and the hot pot is so delicious. Lao Xie, it's rare for you to invite us to eat hot pot. It seems that the nuclear fusion project is progressing more smoothly than expected."

Dr. Xie Tian laughed heartily and nodded vigorously. As the famous workaholics of Xingchen Technology, Luo Jia and An Ran were dragged to eat hot pot by Dr. Xie Tian as soon as they got off the bus. Tian's mental state at the moment is very relaxed.

"Fortunately, the mission was fulfilled." Dr. Xie Tian said with a long sigh: "It was originally expected to be at the end of November, but now it is only mid-September, and we have already completed most of the technical tests. We can hand over to the company around the National Day .”

Luo Jia was overjoyed, "It's really you, the brothers in charge of the No. 2 plan, if you know this, you will be crazy! And I just discussed with the national team that I am going to start the western reconstruction project, and I also need fusion reactors as support Well, you finished the work ahead of schedule, and you have pushed the progress of several major projects of the company forward by a large margin."

Hey~

Xie Tian was not good at words, and drank half a glass of cold beer with a smile. Behind the words of "fortunately fulfilling the mission", only they themselves know how much sweat the nuclear fusion project team has put in.

Why is the road of technology called climbing the technology tree?

Because different technologies are intertwined and intertwined with each other, once the key technologies are missing, it will lead to the difficulty in the production of large projects that the company has planned for a long time.

Take the No. 2 project as an example. In Xingchen Technology, any project with a number, needless to say, must be of great significance and unprecedented.

Project No. 1 is a space elevator built on Weigu Island, Project No. 0 is a giant synchronous orbital space station, and Project No. 2 is a starship.

Unlike previous space shuttles or lunar landing vehicles, starships are real large-scale transportation tools between galaxies. Although space elevators and synchronous orbit stations can easily transport earth materials into space, they want to cross the interstellar and transport base modules. Going to Mars and transporting the helium three mined on the moon back to Earth will use starships

So far, there are still three unsolved problems in the No. 2 project, namely controllable fusion, ion propulsion, and three titanium alloys.

Now, controllable fusion is about to be born, and it will greatly promote the No. 2 plan. The brothers in Inner Mongolia who are holding back the big move will definitely be ecstatic about it.

Without a fusion reactor, there is not enough energy, and the propulsion efficiency of relying on liquid fuel is too low. A ten-ton starship can only hold seven tons of fuel, otherwise it will not be able to return after leaving the earth.

Although ion propulsion and tri-titanium alloy are also important, they can be temporarily replaced by existing technologies, such as electric propulsion with relatively poor efficiency. Although the speed is slower, the torque is lower, and the energy consumption is higher, it is still usable.

"Come on, have a drink!" An Ran suggested.

He raised his glass and drank it down, his throat throbbing and his expression excited. Luo Jia and Dr. Xie Tian then emptied the glass.

"Don't eat, let's go to the base to have a look first." After An Ran put down her wine glass, she said impatiently: "It's not too late, find a place to stop the commercial vehicle, let's take the bus, the bus is fast, it will take ten minutes arrive."

Luo Jia smashed her mouth, why did this sound so awkward, but it was the truth of Huaxia.

The air bus system is too awesome, and it has had a huge impact on the civilian car market. Now, for a little distance, everyone takes the bus, and driving by yourself has become a sign of slowness and backwardness.

In China, private cars are nothing special, buses are the real kingly way, even the army likes to travel around in buses.