129.Coral Reef Warfare (Regular 1/5)
Qin Shiou used a paid consultation method, and the experts there were very conscientious and quickly sent the information he needed.
The materials are all in English, and there are a lot of professional words on them, Qin Shiou took a hard time to look at it, so he called Shaq, Nelson and the sea monster over, and the group studied together, and the results were studied and studied, and no fart was studied.
In the next few days, Qin Shiou took a group of guys with muscles far more developed than their brains to study this information.
After a few days of research, I finally got some understanding.
Speaking of which, the MARS system is to fix multiple modules like Lego bricks to create an artificial coral reef habitat.
We know that coral reefs are usually built on calcareous polyp skeletons, and it usually takes hundreds of years to go from the remains of the polyps to the ideal habitat.
However, climate change, pollution and overfishing of fish threaten these reefs.
In addition, large storms and destructive fishing methods, such as blast fishing, can destroy coral reefs in a short period of time, leaving the remaining structures unsuitable for coral-forming animals such as polyps and sponges.
The new MARS system significantly reduces the time it takes for coral reefs to form, as one of the functions of the design is to quickly repair damaged coral reefs and speed up the restoration process: the hollow ceramics are transported to the desired place to be installed, and then filled with sand and reinforced concrete.
It is important to know that the MARS module can form a very complex network. This network alters the flow of water, allowing food particles to stay around it and providing a protective haven for small aquariums on the ocean floor.
The polyps attach to the MARS modules and reproduce one layer to turn them into coral reefs, which attract more aquatic animals. A virtuous circle is formed.
After understanding this research, Qin Shiou felt that this idea had merit, the main body of building materials required for the MARS system was reinforced concrete, which was hated by polyps, but the surface of these concrete was covered with ceramic plates with unique lines, and the surface of the ceramic plates had complex textures that could intercept food particles in the water.
Most importantly. These ceramic plates are specifically made from coral reef fragments to increase the perception of polyps!
According to the number of tests on the adhesion of the material, this new material is very attractive to polyps, and the identity of polyps is 55 times higher than that of simple reinforced concrete of the same shape, 28 times more than the same shape of rough stone, 22 times more than the same shape of steel, and 15 times more than the same shape of wood!
Qin Shiou deliberately found the phone number of the external director of the School of Life Science and Engineering at the University of Sydney. I inquired about the idea, and learned that it was still immature, and it was just a graduation thesis project done by a team.
This made him a little frustrated, and what made him even more frustrated was that the person in charge regretfully informed him that this idea was very unrealistic, and no national government would spend a lot of money and energy. Such a combination of reinforced concrete and ceramic slabs is made.
But this is the most suitable reef expansion plan that Qin Shiou can find, and it is more suitable than using shipwreck timber.
"Anyway, you'll have to give it a try." Qin Shiou made up his mind. One can't just listen to the words of the so-called experts, it is better to believe in books than to have no books, and what the ancestors said must be reasonable.
Before I knew it, it was Friday, and the four children ran back at noon.
Qin Shiou saw them enter the house and asked a little excitedly, "Hi." You guys skipped school? β
When he was a child, Qin Shiou skipped school, but was tossed by Lao Tzu. He still remembers the taste of belt stew, and now it was finally his turn to exert his power. How can you not be excited?
"No, we have an event next Monday, and school is early today." Shirley's little face was a little sad, and so did the other three.
Qin Shiou asked: "What are the activities, let's hear about it, why don't you seem to be happy?" β
Boris, who has always been strong, also became depressed and said: "Our school, next Monday, we are going to have a parody activity, students from grades 1 to 6 will participate, and we will hold a parody bazaar, we will all be merchants, but what are we selling?" β
Next Monday is June 1st, International Children's Day, and Grant Elementary School holds an event on this day every year, and this year it's a bazaar parody.
This kind of imitation activity is common in primary schools in Canada, similar to Model United Nations (MUN) activities, and aims to hone children's communication skills and survival skills while increasing children's communication with each other.
In this kind of simulated market activity, children will sell toys they don't like, old clothes, or things they don't use at home in exchange for each other's money.
There is a rule in this game, that is, every child is a businessman, they have no funds at the beginning, the source of funds is outside income, and then the parents of the children will be invited to participate in the event, and the parents will pay for things, and the money will be injected into the market and become liquidity.
Boris is different, unlike other children, they have grown up with a lot of toys or clothes, so they lack goods.
Qin Shiou said with a smile: "It's not simple, let's go to St. John's on the weekend to buy, and then you go to the school to sell, there are such merchants in our Huaxia, called Erdao dealers." β
Shaq shook his head and reminded: "Don't be like this, boss, this activity is to exercise the children's abilities, and if you do this, it will only make them unable to raise their heads in front of their classmates." β
In this way, Qin Shiou was a little out of line, he asked Shaq and the sea monster about the activity, it turned out that this activity is very important to elementary school students, every time the winner of this simulation activity will become the school's man of the hour, and the athlete will be as high-profile as the athlete.
According to past experience, the winners of the event sell not ready-made goods, but often small DIY things, small crafts that can attract adults to make their first investment, etc.
Qin Shiou thought for a while and said with a smile: "Then I have an idea, children, aren't you imitating the bazaar?" There's always food in the market, right? Come, I'll teach you how to make zuΓ² Chinese specialty food on the weekend, and then go sweep the whole school! β
The way he thought of it was to teach the children to make dumplings, which was relatively simple, the dumpling wrappers and dumpling fillings were done in advance, and then the four children were responsible for sticking the dumpling wrappers and boiling the dumplings.
As for the dumpling filling, he plans to prepare two kinds of meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes and four kinds of dumplings, the meat dishes are beef dumplings and fish dumplings, and the vegetarian dishes are water spinach dumplings and lettuce egg dumplings.
Early on Saturday morning, he mixed the noodles with egg whites and put them in a steamer, then steamed the carp, grass carp and bighead carp in the refrigerator, and when the fish was cooked, he picked out the fish bones, leaving the fish meat with green onions, ginger, garlic and coriander to chop and rot.
The beef is easy to do, the supermarket sells beef to help with the mincing, the leftover vegetarian dumplings are also simple fillings, and Shaq and the sea monster are responsible for chopping the water spinach and lettuce.
In fact, Qin Shiou wants to make leek egg dumplings, paired with dried shrimp from Newfoundland Fishery, the taste must be great.
It's a pity that the leeks are not ripe, and he thinks that Canadians don't necessarily eat the taste of leeks, so he uses lettuce, which Europeans and Americans prefer instead.
Qin Shiou took out the good dough, cut off a piece and quickly blended it into a cylindrical shape, the kitchen knife rose and fell quickly, cut it into small pieces, and then used the rolling pin made last night to roll out the skin, and taught the four children while working:
"Look, first rub it flat with your hands, doesn't it look like a flying saucer? Haha, then use this round stick to turn it around and flatten it, pay attention to the shape of this dough, if it is round. β
"In addition, you should be careful, the dumpling skin should be thick in the middle and thin in the edge, thick in the middle to prevent the dumpling filling from leaking, and the edge is thin and tastes good."
The four children watched intently, the focused Cheng DΓΉ, Qin Shiou only had it when he watched a Japanese love action movie for the first time.