Chapter 047: Future Food

Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is the material of life. -- Franklin

He Qun made a good plan, knowing that Li Baoqiang was good, but it was precisely because of this taboo that Professor Zhao's life was used to suppress Li Baoqiang, so that Li Baoqiang did not dare to act rashly. Li Baoqiang is caught in the biggest crisis since the end of the world.

"Calm down, you must be calm!" Li Baoqiang walked out of the Tibetan Soldier Cave and came to the hillside in front of the cave that was crazy with green plants. The refugees are identifying and digging wild vegetables under the guidance of the team members, and although they know that there is no food, the refugees are in good spirits, after all, there is no sense of crisis in the refugee camp.

Li Baoqiang slipped to an inlet and saw the half-crazy, half-stupid man fishing for something.

"What a fool." Li Baoqiang stepped forward to take a look. "What are you doing?"

"Food, I'm working on a solution to the problem of food for all mankind." Li Baoqiang smiled bitterly, seeing that he was idle, and in order to pass the depression in his heart, he did it to the ground.

"Alright then, tell me how you solve the food problem for all mankind." Li Baoqiang joked helplessly.

When the man heard that someone was finally interested in his words, he suddenly came to his senses. "I, I'm a food expert."

Li Baoqiang laughed "fluttering". "Expert, oh, expert, you're still a professor, aren't you?" Li Baoqiang remembered the joke that the brick family called the beast in the past, and made a joke.

"I'm not a professor yet, I'm just a lecturer." The man squirmed, as if the lecturer was inferior.

"How to solve the food of the future?" Li Baoqiang cut straight to the point, too lazy to continue talking to the madman.

"There's it in there." The man pointed to the pond.

Li Baoqiang rubbed his nose helplessly, stood up and was about to leave.

The man saw that Li Baoqiang didn't want to listen to him, and finally hurried: "The algae and microorganisms in the pond are rich in protein, starch, and fat, as long as the conditions are right, they can grow rapidly, and the yield is very high!" This is the food of the people of the future! ”

After saying it in one breath, the man gasped and looked at Li Baoqiang with a blank look, his eyes full of begging.

Hearing that the output was extremely high, Li Baoqiang was finally interested.

Li Baoqiang asked the man to sit down and told him in detail, and finally Li Baoqiang's eyes shot an excited expression. "Woe and blessing are relied upon, and blessing and misfortune are lurking! It's really a long thing to say. ”

It turned out that the man's name was Huayang, and he was a lecturer at a university who specialized in food substitutes. The appearance of his madness that everyone saw was actually just the image of him as a nerd. According to his research, seaweed, algae, and especially a microalgae will be the future food for mankind.

Li Baoqiang listened attentively, and the word "grain" was too attractive to him now.

Huayang saw that Li Baoqiang was interested, and he spoke normally, explaining in more detail.

"In the future, the saying that people eat whole grains may have to change, in addition to rice, millet, millet, wheat, beans, but also add microalgae.

What are microalgae? Microalgae is a kind of autotrophic plants that are widely distributed on land and in the sea and have a high degree of photosynthetic utilization, which can replace food because of its rich nutrients such as protein and lipids, and is known as the magic food of the future.

At the moment, my research focuses on chlorella and spirulina. Spirulina, for example, has a protein content of up to 60 to 70 percent, which is 6 times that of wheat and 4 times that of pork. Since microalgae is a single-celled plant, the human body digests and absorbs it at a rate of more than 95%.

It can be said that microalgae is the best natural protein food source discovered by mankind so far.

According to the optimal cultivation conditions of microalgae, the 300-square-meter greenhouse can produce 1 ton of dried microalgae powder per year, and the products made of these microalgae dry powder can reach the medicinal grade and can be eaten without cleaning and disinfection.

"Will microalgae be able to be used as a staple food like wheat and rice in the future?" Li Baoqiang is most concerned about this.

"Will microalgae be able to be used as a staple food like wheat and rice in the future?" Li Baoqiang is most concerned about this.

Huayang continued: "This is first and foremost a problem of people's eating habits, because microalgae itself has a certain fishy smell, and if it is directly used as a staple food, it may be difficult for many people to accept it for a while.

At present, many countries in Asia have begun to make microalgae into dry powder, processed into soups, pulps, pastes and other auxiliary foods, mainly added to flour and other foods, together with them processed into instant noodles, nutritional cubes, beverages, biscuits, cheese, yogurt and tofu.

But even then, if food is scarce, microalgae can play a very big role. Originally, a person would need 400 grams of flour a day, but with the addition of microalgae as a supplement, only 250 grams of flour may be needed. ”

"Great, can it be produced now?" Li Baoqiang continued to ask.

"Now, the conditions are not there, but it can still be produced, but the output is not high."

"Conditions can be improved slowly. Start now, now! Li Baoqiang became serious.

Hua Yang's expression also became serious, "Okay, but I need helpers, tools, and space." ”

"How is this cave?" Li Baoqiang proposed.

"This cave is not bad, suitable for the growth of certain microalgae, and also for growing mushrooms." Huayang suggested.

"Okay, do it right away." Li Baoqiang pulled Huayang and walked towards the Tibetan Soldier Cave.

"Wait a minute, I'm not done yet." Huayang did not move. Li Baoqiang looked at Huayang suspiciously.

"The current conditions can only be outdoors, and the sunlight in the Tibetan Cave is insufficient, and it can only be used as a production base when the conditions are met in the future." Huayang explained.

"It's me who is in a hurry." Li Baoqiang rubbed his nose in embarrassment.

Li Baoqiang found Fat Man and others and began to build a production base according to Huayang's arrangement.

The fat man looked at Li Baoqiang suspiciously, as well as this half-crazy and half-stupid man, and now the fat man knows that the man's name is Huayang, and it is said that he can produce food. Even if he was suspicious, the fat man Wang Zhiming still obeyed Li Baoqiang's arrangement and led the people to do it.

Three days later, eight houses made of wood were erected by the pond, seven for algae production and one for drying and grinding. The roof is open, and the straw curtains can keep you warm and keep out the cold, and the grass curtains can let in the sunlight, and the house is lined with three rows of shelves from high to low.

On the shelves are thick bamboos, which are cut in half, and the bamboo joints are opened up and connected to each other to form pipes that circl around the house. Because it is spring, the sun is shining, the temperature inside the house is very high, and the bamboo is filled with water from the pond, and the water slowly circulates and flows, glowing green in the sun.

"This will produce food?" The fat man has been tired for the past two days, and he is depressed, and there is a resentment in his voice.