CHAPTER XXIII
Youyun: The country is people-oriented, and the people are food-oriented. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
There are also clouds: no agriculture is unstable, no work is not strong, no business is not rich, no soldiers are uneasy, no soldiers are unwise.
Among them, the food issue, that is, the agricultural issue, has always been given top priority.
After all, everything else can be delayed and waited, but only people's stomachs can't afford to drag or wait for a day.
The world has a total population of 7 billion, of which Asia has the largest population, 4.1643 billion (including 2 billion Han Chinese), and for the stomach problems of nearly 4.2 billion people, the central government of the Chinese Federation has never relaxed its burden.
Agricultural technology from another world is beginning to shine.
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In the Tiberium world, because the earth of that world has been polluted, the earth, the ocean, and even the atmosphere are all being lost, and the foothold of human beings is getting smaller and smaller, which also means that the land available for cultivation is drastically reduced, and it also means that the food output of the land is getting smaller and smaller to feed the world's population......
Under the pressure of this kind of pressure, both GDI and NOD have to and must make unremitting efforts to develop various agricultural technologies - of course, to reduce the excessive population and relieve the pressure through war, I am afraid that it is also in the tacit understanding between the top leaders of the two sides, right?
Three-dimensional agriculture, test-tube agriculture, soilless agriculture, edible microbial cultivation technology, artificial (animal/plant) protein technology, high-efficiency water purification technology, high-efficiency water cycle technology, genetically modified food technology, artificial growth technology, space agriculture, robot agriculture......
The most important and outstanding aspect of the industrial age over the agricultural age is that for the first time, human beings were able to channel energy from other fields into agriculture to increase food production. In other words, it realizes the energy conversion of food.
Before the advent of the industrial age, there was the age of agriculture, the classical period. At this time, the driving force of the world is manpower; So the energy at this time is the food. Agriculture is a growth industry, and it requires a relatively stable environment and conditions to take land as the basic means of production. Thus, with the rise of agriculture and animal husbandry, humans gradually shifted from a volatile hunter-gatherer life to a sedentary life, and villages and cities followed.
In this period, land is the only source of energy! Whoever masters the land will master the energy! Then you have mastered the manpower!
In the industrial age, it was a different story.
The material needs of humans are very much an energy need. In an agrarian society, in order to obtain the energy for survival, people on the one hand use solar energy through crops, and on the other hand, they create the animal and plant energy that people need by producing and converting other energy, and begin to use mechanical energy such as animals, wind power, and water power. The Industrial Revolution triggered the most important technological changes in human history, and the Industrial Revolution broadened the scope of human transformation and use of energy, and human beings made a leap from the use of bioenergy to the use of fossil energy.
The essential characteristics of the industrial revolution are simple and clear, in short, the industrial revolution is the search for and utilization of new energy.
And in this, industry has realized that agriculture is fed!
The advent of chemical fertilizers means that fossil energy can be converted into bioenergy, or in other words, non-food energy can be converted into food energy. The advent of chemical fertilizers has broken down barriers, allowed industry to penetrate into agriculture, and realized the energy conversion between different fields, so that the stronger the industry, the stronger the agricultural potential. It also means that human agriculture has gradually begun to meet the limitations of the natural environment and no longer look at the sky to eat. This, in turn, led to an explosive growth in the population.
In the polluted world of Tiberia, the people there have taken the industrialization of agriculture to the extreme, so that agriculture is completely dependent on the industrial system of production, and can no longer and cannot exist alone.
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The Federation of China, Shennong Engineering, mainly inherited from the 9400 project team of the Tianji series of projects, is responsible for the civilian use of biochemical technology. And a big part of it is high-tech agricultural technology.
The 22nd Institute of Marine Agriculture, North East Java, Java Province, of the Chinese Federation, is based on the naval military base.
In the distance, there are endless blue waves. And above this blue and blue sea, stands a huge offshore platform, with its even more extensive attached floating cultivation tank, between these big guys the size of a football field, a few small boats come and go.
These huge planktonic chambers are divided into different types of algae, fungi, and plankton...... and other microorganisms, the only thing they have in common is that they are all edible.
Since the official establishment of the project, after four years of ups and downs, this sub-project of the Shennong Project has achieved a bumper harvest.
Artificially cultivated edible algae and fungi have reached the level of one harvest a day, and a standard culture cabin can harvest nearly 1 ton of protein.
Amazing efficiency, isn't it?
Pleasantly watching the huge floating cultivation pods passing by, the speedboat left them behind, cleaving the waves and speeding forward, opening up a white flower passage among the blue colors.
Soon, Shangguan Yanxing arrived at his destination, the No. 73 floating cultivation module. The speedboat docked and connected to the pontoon, Shangguan Yanxing walked along the plank road to the gate, stood still, covered the touch panel on the side with his hand, and said: "Open up the territory and expand the Ministry of Agriculture." ”
"Tick! The password is correct. The handprint is correct. The voiceprint is correct. Hot streak is correct. The rainbow is correct. Identity Determination: Shangguan's Words and Deeds...... It was also determined that there was no abnormality in the physiological and psychological indicators of Shangguan's words and deeds, and there were no signs of coercion...... Welcome back, Mr. Shangguan Yanxing! ”
In fact, every time I hear this electronic voice that has no tone to speak of, Shangguan has an urge to complain to the developer: Can't you choose a better voice when you are developing?!
The first safety door opened, Shangguan Yanxing walked into the isolation room, and then the outer door closed, and the inner door opened......
Walking into the floor paved with metallized engineering plastics, even if there is a carpet, the hard touch will still touch the soles of the feet, and people will have a strange discomfort.
Walked through the corridor, around the corner, and entered the observation corridor. One side of this observation corridor is made entirely of reinforced transparent engineering plastic, so transparent that it seems to be non-existent, so much so that some patterns have to be drawn at the bottom and top. However, although it is more transparent than glass, this reinforced transparent engineering plastic is resistant to armor-piercing bullets at close range - thanks to the single-layer sheet structure carbon atom coating technology (graphene coating).
"Yo, be careful!"
Hearing the sound of footsteps, one of the white coats inside raised his head, saw the official's words and deeds, and said hello.
Shangguan Shenzhi nodded and asked, "What is the status of Ningen No. 3?" ”
In the face of Shangguan Shenzhi's directness, Bai Da Coat was not surprised, and replied directly: "The physiological data are very stable, and the genome is also very stable...... For now, there should be no more genetic collapse. ”
Shangguan Shenzhi turned his head, his gloomy gaze through the observation wall, staring at the big guy inside...... That synthetic monster.
The Ningen Project, which is a continuation of the 9410 Project of the Tianji Project, is the descendant of the giant squid. This giant white monster was created by synthesizing the genes of gorillas and cetaceans.
The body length is 35.2 meters, the net weight is about 160 tons, the whole body is white, the skin is smooth and hairless, flexible and elastic, with limbs, long arms and short legs, the nostrils are long on the top of the head, the mouth is shaped like a bowhead whale, the body is similar to a blue whale, the neck is connected to the head and body like a gorilla, and the muscle tissue is extremely developed. You can walk upright on the shore or dive to a depth of 2,200 meters and hold your breath for up to 2 hours.
It was lying quietly in the cultivation pool at the moment, its chest slowly rising and falling, its eyelids tightly closed, and countless pipes connecting its body. Some spider-like robots were busy crawling on its body.
Shangguan Shenzhi stretched out his hand and pointed at the observation wall, and a series of charts, indices, and text files appeared on the transparent surface, and the bright green data was jumping, reflecting on Shangguan Shenzhi's face.
After carefully reviewing the physiological data of Ningen No. 3, Shangguan Shenzhi nodded and said with confidence: "The observation period is about to end, so in this case, you can try to weaponize...... Are you all set? ”
"We have prepared a plan for the transformation of weapons." The white coat clicked on his data board, and a proposal appeared on the observation wall, "A brain controller and a brain quantum wave signal receiving transmitter will be implanted in the reserved cavity of the brain to ensure that it is obedient; Compressed air storage devices are installed in the lungs, which are expected to increase the dive time to 4 hours; A pair of ultrasonic disintegration cannons are installed on the arm, and the default natural frequency is the natural frequency of the steel alloy commonly used in the EU...... The weapon positioning of this biological weapon is: intelligent anti-submarine warfare ......" Speaking of this, the white coat scratched the back of his head, "but we haven't decided whether to add additional protective armor yet......"
Shangguan Shenzhi quietly stared at the giant beast on the other side of the wall, and since he opened his mouth to ask, "It's going to be cold, right?" ”
"Huh?"
"More than 2,000 meters below the sea...... It's going to be cold, right? ”
“…… It has a fat layer of aquatic mammals, which can keep warm, insulate, and reduce the specific gravity...... "White Coat explained incomprehensibly.
"More than 2,000 meters below the sea, that quiet and cold environment...... It's going to be cold, right? Shangguan Shenzhi interrupted him again.
The white coat was stunned, and then suddenly said, "Don't worry, be cautious." It is possible to develop an insulated armor suit, which can also solve the problem of underwater heat leakage in Ningen......"
Shangguan Shenzhi nodded with satisfaction and said no more.
So the white coat left very interestingly.
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Flipping through the schedule, looking at the project plans......
The first three, one is a dolphin, one is a giant squid, and one is Ning.
And as for the latter --
Catalyzed by muscle tissue induction technology, the biochemical megalodon with a body length of more than 40 meters is equipped with a special armored arsenal......
Barrier reef-like giant sea turtles with turrets built into their shells......
Huge discharged moray eel with a diameter of up to one meter......
A swordfish with a metalized gun-shaped snout formed by the anterior extension of the premaxilla and nasal bone, and a high explosive charge was installed in the body......
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These whimsical ideas are ranked according to technical feasibility, tactical value, and cost performance.
Fingers lightly covered the wall, stroking the materials with the cool and smooth touch, Shangguan Shenzhi felt a kind of pleasure of conquering nature-although he knew that it was just an illusion, Shangguan Shenzhi still couldn't bear the heat in his heart.
"We create all things......" he muttered softly, as if praying, solemn and sacred, but also hidden a hint of fanaticism.