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The time soon came to the end of 2016, and at this time, Star Group summarized the achievements of 2016 according to the usual practice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the results announced by the Star Group, in 2016, the Star Group achieved a total sales revenue of 1.5 trillion US dollars, which has far exceeded the GDP of Huaxia, which was originally ranked second in the world, and has become the real second place in the world. Huaxia's GDP has dropped to the third place in the world, which makes some good-looking Chinese feel disgraced. Even compared with the 15 trillion dollar GDP output value of the United States, the gap between Star Group and the United States is gradually narrowing, and it may catch up with the United States at any time and become the world's first.

In 2016, the subsidiaries of Star Group have been given rapid development opportunities, they have generated a lot of revenue for the company, and there is still a lot of room for growth in the future. Of course, the reason why Star Group's total revenue in 2016 reached more than 11.5 trillion US dollars is mainly due to the income from oil futures, which brought a total of 6 trillion US dollars to Star Group.

It is precisely because of this huge additional $6 trillion in revenue that the "Star City" is able to wave dollars around the world to make big purchases. Because of the rapid arrival of a large number of equipment and materials, the construction progress of the entire "Star City" has also been greatly accelerated, far exceeding the expectations of the plan. By the end of 2016, the total area of the entire "Star City" had reached 600 square kilometers, and the area that had been opened up for use had reached 450 square kilometers.

Thanks to the abundant supply of soil from Africa and the large number of tall trees transplanted from Africa, patches of turf and large forests can now be seen everywhere in the "Starry Sky City". The large-scale water element formation arranged on the "Starry Sky City" also continued to play a wonderful role, absorbing the water element aura within a radius of 2,000 kilometers to the "Starry Sky City", under the nourishment of these water element aura, not only the plants on the "Starry Sky City" grew exceptionally lush, but even the people who lived on it also benefited a lot, and they felt that their bodies were getting better and better.

The "Starry Sky City" also has a large number of retro Chinese buildings, which, together with lush vegetation and occasional fog flows, make the "Starry Sky City" look like a fairyland on earth, and has initially taken on the style of an international metropolis and tourist resort.

After such a great achievement last year, the entire "Star City" has not forgotten its employees and citizens. The total number of employees of Star Group, which has reached 2.5 million, shared the huge year-end bonus of 100 billion US dollars issued by Liu Hui. Even those ordinary citizens of the starry sky, each of them also received a big red envelope of 15,000 US dollars.

Liu Hui suddenly sent out a generous sum of $145 billion in prize money, which made everyone in the "City of Stars" smile and be beaming with joy. They have enjoyed the fruits of the development of the "Starry Sky City", so their sense of belonging to the "Starry Sky City" has become stronger.

After the Spring Festival, Angel sent back a message to Liu Hui from the lunar base, saying that the surface movement of Mars had bid farewell to the most violent period, and now they were able to observe the results of the impact on Mars on the spot.

After collecting the relevant data and data from the impact through the instruments launched to Mars, the data and data were entered into the supercomputer, the solar system simulator, for comparison. Angel found that although the impact on Mars was very successful, the impact effect was only 80% of the planned effect. The main reason is that the previous data collection on Mars was not perfect, and even there were some errors in these data, which made some mistakes in the supercomputer when simulating this impact.

However, Angel immediately told Liu Hui that after this impact on Mars, she had found the cause of the error and had collected enough real data on Mars. Then the supercomputer will perform a second simulation, and this time the accuracy of the results should be more than 99%.

The current Mars, because of the continuous eruption of hot magma from the center of the earth, has caused the temperature of the core of Mars to begin to cool, and there are already signs of condensation into the core. As long as the core of Mars is generated, a magnetic field can be generated soon, and as long as there is a magnetic field, it can bind the atmosphere and produce ozone to filter the sun's strong ultraviolet rays, and the environment on Mars can be completely changed. Although the earth-building movement on the surface of Mars has not completely subsided, the kind of landform that the "Starry Sky City" most hopes to appear on the surface of Mars has appeared.

The temperature on the surface of Mars has begun to rise and has now reached more than 10 degrees Celsius. Moreover, there is a primitive atmosphere, but the composition of the atmosphere is all carbon dioxide and some toxic gases ejected from the center of the earth, which is not suitable for human habitation. There is also a huge amount of Martian dust in the atmosphere, which will take two years to all fall back to the surface of Mars.

After listening to An Qi's introduction, Liu Hui was a little confused, and he asked: "Anqi, tell me, with the current situation of Mars, is our impact a success or a failure?" ”

Angel said: "The impact effect cannot be said to be a complete success, but it is not much closer to success, because the result basically met our expectations. After the supercomputer re-simulated calculations, as long as we correct the previous mistakes in the second phase of the Mars transformation program, then we can still achieve our goal. ”

Liu Hui said in surprise: "Anqi, can we now start the second step of transforming Mars?" ”

Angel smiled, "Yes, we can now proceed to the second step of transforming Mars. This second step is actually to use the asteroids, which are mainly ice, to hit Mars again, and use the re-impact of these asteroids to correct the previous calculation error. This will not only make up for the after-effects of the last impact, but also bring abundant water to Mars. With these water resources, Mars will have a real chance to develop. ”

Liu Hui asked, "Are you also looking for an asteroid with a lot of water in that asteroid belt?" ”

Angel said, "Yes, we have screened out a hundred asteroids from that asteroid belt, and these asteroids are all made of ice. The largest of them is 100,000 cubic kilometers, and the smallest is 5,000 cubic kilometers. These asteroids contain more than 8 million cubic kilometers of water combined, and even if some water vapor escapes into space during the impact on Mars, they will leave more than 6 million cubic kilometers of water on Mars. ”

Liu Hui asked: "There are 13 trillion cubic kilometers of water on the earth, but there are only 6 million cubic kilometers of water on Mars. ”

Angel smiled: "After our exploration, we found that there is a large amount of water on Mars, but all of this water is located two thousand meters below the surface of Mars, and it exists in the form of ice. Although some of the water is now thawed and turned into liquid and gas due to the movement of the surface, there is still a huge amount of ice hidden under the surface. Once they make Mars begin to return to normal spring, summer, autumn and winter, then a large amount of water resources underground will be thawed, and they will form rivers, lakes and seas, becoming the source of life on Mars. ”

Liu Hui exclaimed: "It turns out that there is so much water on Mars!" ”

"In the supercomputer simulation, the future Mars will have very abundant water resources, and more than 80% of the surface will be oceans, while less than 20% of the land area will be located," Angel said. ”

Liu Hui said with a smile: "Based on the population base of our "Starry Sky City", 20% of the land area of Mars is enough for us. Once we have a population explosion on Mars, it will be many years later, and I believe that by that time we have found a new planet in space suitable for human migration. ”

Angel said: "Yes, as long as we can step out of the earth, human beings will hardly have to worry about having nowhere to go. ”

Liu Hui sighed: "I really want to see this day come soon." Angel said, "Even if you want to, you can't be fast." It will take us more than half a year just to find a way to get these watery asteroids into orbit around Mars, and with the angle and speed of impact, it will take even more time. By the time the second step is completed, it will be at least two years away. But by that time, all the dust in the Martian atmosphere should have fallen, and you should be able to see a blue Mars! ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ at the beginning of 2017, Star Agriculture, which has been operating quietly and stably for several years, began to have problems.

When Star Group established Star Agriculture, it leased a large amount of land around the world for the cultivation of crops. At that time, the term of land lease cooperation with those countries was five years. Now that the five-year contract is coming to an end, the countries that lease the land are reluctant to continue leasing the land to the Star Group.

Among them, the countries that lease the most land to Star Group are several countries such as the United States, Australia and Brazil. These countries have either had a holiday with the "Starry Sky City", or because they are jealous of the wealth of the "Starry Sky City", they want to sit on the land and raise the price of land to obtain huge profits by raising the land lease price.

After Liu Hui knew all this, he was also a little helpless in his heart. After thinking carefully for a morning, he called Chen Changsheng from the Academy of Science.

"Dean Chen, how is our "vertical farming technology" researched? Liu Hui asked.

Chen Changsheng said: "Boss, we have been studying this "vertical farming technology" for several years. Now our technology is very perfect, even if it is immediately applied to practice, there is no problem. ”

Liu Hui asked: "I just listened to Anqi's brief introduction to this "vertical farming technology", and I don't know the specific content yet, so you can introduce it to me now." ”

Chen Changsheng said: "Boss, okay. After speaking, he called up some pictures and data from the computer he carried with him to explain Liu Hui in detail.

The so-called "vertical farming technology" is actually an upgraded version of the current greenhouse technology. It's just that it has a higher technology content, more money invested, and better results. Our "vertical farming technology" is a closed farming technique that takes place inside a skyscraper with more than 50 floors. ”

"In our technology, the planting area of each floor is not less than 10,000 square meters, and the height must reach more than three meters. What kind of crops will be grown using "hydroponics" in these completely enclosed buildings. The so-called "hydroponics" means that the plants we grow do not need any soil, and their roots will be soaked in a constantly circulating nutrient solution. These nutrient solutions contain a variety of nutrients that are urgently needed for the growth of this plant. Our monitoring computer checks the nutrients in the entire nutrient solution circulation system at any time, and if we find a decrease in the nutrient content, we will add enough nutrients to the nutrient solution at any time for the normal growth of the plant. ”

"In addition, in our plantation building, we will not only use the sunlight generated by nature, but also use artificial sunlight to continue to promote the growth of plants. Therefore, we can make plants grow for 16 hours a day, and this growth rate will be 5-6 times the growth time of plants in natural sunlight. We can also adjust the temperature range in the room so that the temperature inside is always suitable for the temperature range of the crop. In other words, from the time the crop was planted, it has been in an extremely advantageous environment. This environment allows it to grow quickly and has plenty of time to grow. No longer worry about the impact of the harsh climate environment on plant growth, such as drought, floods, and epidemics. We have simulated the optimal environment for plant growth, so that our plants can grow at any time, that is, there is no seasonal difference, and people can eat whatever vegetables they want. ”

Liu Hui listened with great emotion, and he asked one of the most critical questions: "What is the yield of the crops we grow using "vertical farming technology"? ”

Chen Changsheng said: "Based on the same planting area, our "vertical farming technology" will increase the yield of plants in one season of growth by 2-3 times compared with the yield of ordinary planting methods. If you take into account the time when crops grow rapidly and there are no seasons, our technology can increase crop yields by more than ten times. ”

Liu Hui said in shock: "Can you actually increase the yield of crops by ten times? ”

Chen Changsheng said: "Naturally, it is possible, but in our technology, it needs to consume a lot of energy and water, and we have to build skyscrapers, so the cost is not too cheap." ”

Liu Hui immediately calculated in his heart that it is very simple to build a skyscraper in the "Starry Sky City", and the cost is not very high. And the energy in his hands can be said to be almost endless, and he is not afraid of consumption at all. Even if he needs a large amount of fresh water resources, it will not be difficult for him, he can extract unlimited from the sea, so the cost problem that Chen Changsheng just said can almost be said to have nothing to do with Liu Hui.

If a 300-metre building is built, each floor has 10,000 square meters of plantable area, and each floor is 3 metres high, then 100 floors can be used to grow crops. 10,000 cubic meters is 15 acres, so that the planting area of a high-rise building will reach 1,500 acres, if you add a tenfold increase in yield, just the output of this building covering an area of 10,000 cubic meters is equal to the total output of 15,000 acres of ordinary cultivated land.

With an average yield of 500 kilograms per acre, the skyscraper could harvest 7.5 million tonnes of wheat in a year. If each person consumes 500 kilograms of wheat a year, then this building alone can feed 15,000 people. The "City of Stars" now has more than 5 million people, so wouldn't it be that only 500 such high-rise buildings can meet the needs of everyone's life.

According to the construction area of a building of 15 acres (10,000 square meters), these 500 buildings cover an area of only 7,500 acres, even if there is vacant land in the middle, a full 100,000 acres of land can meet the construction of these buildings. The 100,000 acres of land is only 67 square kilometers, which is insignificant in terms of the scale of 10,000 square kilometers after the completion of the "Starry Sky City".

As soon as Liu Hui thought of this, his heart began to fluctuate violently. Although his "Starry Sky City" has always been very powerful, the food on it has never been self-sufficient and needs to be imported from outside, which has always worried him. Now, with this "vertical farming technology", the "starry sky" will completely solve the shortcoming of food demand.

Chen Changsheng continued: "Boss, what I just said is the situation of planting crops on the surface. In fact, our "Starry Sky City" is located under the sea and there are still many unused spaces, and it is impossible to use all these spaces as factories and warehouses. In fact, we can also consider making the free space under the sea surface into vertical farming, which can not only save our above-ground space, but also make use of the idle space underground. It's just that vertical farming underground, where there is no sunlight at all, consumes more energy. ”

Liu Hui received Chen Changsheng's reminder and was immediately in good spirits. Oh, yes! The "Starry Sky City" can be used not only for the area on the ground, but also for the underground space! As for what Chen Changsheng just said will consume more energy, is energy still a problem for the current "Starry Sky City"?

Liu Hui said with some excitement: "Dean Chen, you will immediately get a demonstration building of "vertical farming technology" out. The land we leased overseas in those countries is about to be taken back by them, and I plan to call all the people from these agricultural companies back to the "starry sky" and grow crops in the vertical farming building. This not only solves their employment problem, but also completely solves our food problem. ”

Chen Changsheng thought for a moment and said, "Boss, please rest assured, we will prepare immediately, and in ten days, please come to the site to observe how our system is established." ”

(To be continued)