Hong Xiaotian explained with a smile: "Grandpa Ouyang, drip irrigation technology is to pass water plus nutrients that plants like in the water pipe, but every time a plant passes, there is a small hole in the water pipe, and water with nutrients flows out...... And according to the time period, the water flow can be adjusted by opening and closing the valve!"

"Well, that's a good idea!" Ouyang Feng said with a smile.

Lan Yuanzheng was also fascinated by this time, and that beautiful picture had already appeared in his mind, but he didn't know if he could see the day when it was realized.

"Xiaotian, hurry up and tell me about the situation in the settlement!" Lan Yuanzheng urged.

"Good!"

After Hong Xiaotian responded, he began to talk about the construction of Anxi settlements that he thought was feasible, and he said with a smile: "There are large, medium, and small settlements, and the large ones can accommodate up to 10,000 people, and they can be distributed near large underground ditches and pipelines, but it is best to be on the edge of the desert under the mountains, but there should also be several large settlements in the hinterland of the desert as county seats." Large settlements should have at least bus stops and small airports that can provide helicopters, and hospitals, primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, parks, squares, gymnasiums, water, electricity, communications, and other supporting facilities should be ......."

Hong Xiaotian also learned to take a sip of tea, and continued: "Medium-sized settlements can accommodate up to 3,000 people and can be used as town stations, while small settlements can accommodate up to 500 people and can be distributed in the hinterland of the desert...... These settlements should have bus stops, and in addition, all kinds of supporting facilities should be complete, which is equivalent to enjoying the same environmental treatment as the people in the county, but the scale is a little smaller!"

"Very good! Very good idea!" Shangguan Qingyun nodded: "Those settlements on the edge of the desert can herd sheep and grow food to survive, but it is not a big problem. But what do those who settle in the desert eat, and what do they survive and thrive?"

Hong Xiaotian listened, shook his head and smiled: "All settlements do not grow food, nor do they raise livestock, so as to avoid wasting water and destroying vegetation. As for the settlements in the desert, when the medicinal herbs and fruit trees are not growing, they can only live on the food and materials distributed by the empire, in addition to the wages of the work...... Once the medicinal herbs and fruit trees have grown, they can be used for the production and sale of medicinal herbs, the processing and sales of fruits, and tourism and other industries...... In this way, the problem of their survival and development will be solved naturally!"

"Xiaotian, it's probably very difficult to rely on the state to raise tens of millions of people to eat and drink for nothing for a few years, right?" Shangguan Qingyun asked with a smile.

Hong Xiaotian said with a smile: "There can't be tens of millions of people in the desert, and millions are estimated to be about the same...... As for eating and drinking for nothing, it is impossible, but they have to participate in all kinds of construction work. It is unlikely that many people will want to live in the settlement at the beginning, but the settlement must be repaired, and it is the kind of settlement that protects from the sun and sand!"

Seeing that the six people were interested again, Hong Xiaotian continued: "The electricity used in the settlement is all solar and wind power, as for how the house is protected from the sun and sand, there are experts in this area in Daxia, and I won't explain much...... The Anxi Great Desert, in fact, is not nothing, there is oil, natural gas, shallow water, and many minerals under the sand pile, in fact, as long as this great desert is well managed, it can become a cornucopia of our Great Xia!"

As soon as Ouyang Feng heard Hong Xiaotian talk about oil and gas, his eyes widened, if there were really those mines, this Anxi Province could really become the second Heavenly Empire.

The region where the Celestial Empire in West Asia is located is also full of deserts, vast and sparsely populated, short of water and food, but because of oil, everyone is now rich.

"Really?" all six asked at the same time.

"Really, and the oil reserves are of very high quality, and there is a lot of natural gas, and there is a lot of water...... All kinds of minerals are buried under the desert, and the reserves are also amazing!" Hong Xiaotian said quite solemnly.

Shangguan Qingyun thought for a while and said, "It seems that the Anxi water network, the construction of settlements, and the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas must be acted on as soon as possible...... Nowadays, our country is very short of oil, and we import a large amount of oil from Tianfang and Persia every year...... But the navy can't, so it is often encountered that cargo ships are robbed by pirates, and the crew is killed and insulted. Most of the pirates were actually robbed by the navies of South Vietnam and Dongying, and even the navies of Tianzhu, Malaysia, Java and other countries!"

"Oh, I didn't expect these countries to be so arrogant?" Hong Xiaotian was a little angry when he heard this.

Dongfang Xiong also roared: "Yes, but these miscellaneous pieces are at sea, our navy can't do it, and we can't do it!"

"Well, it seems that there must be a few aircraft carrier formations escorting the ship on the route!" Hong Xiaotian said with emotion.

Dongfang Xiong nodded: "I decided to discuss with Ukraine as soon as possible, buy their aircraft carrier design drawings, and then let them help us build another aircraft carrier!"

Hong Xiaotian listened and shook his head: "No! Grandpa Dongfang, the main task of the military now is to build submarines and develop nuclear weapons, as for aircraft carriers, let me do it!"

"Well, that's good, Xiaotian, you have to be careful...... Your value is much more valuable than those aircraft carriers!" Dongfang Xiong admonished in a softer tone to his two granddaughters.

"Hehe, don't worry! Even a bomb can't kill me, don't worry!" Hong Xiaotian said with a smile.

Ximen Cheng said slowly: "Well, Xiaotian, you have to remember that no matter what you do, as long as there is danger, remember to flee back, don't be afraid of losing face or feeling guilty or something!"

Hong Xiaotian said with a smile: "Uncle Simon, don't worry, I used to be just a rag-picker, and you gave me everything now...... I'm a thick-skinned person, and I'm not afraid of being embarrassed!"

The six of them nodded and smiled in unison, Hong Xiaotian looked at the clock in the conference room, it was already eleven o'clock at night, he wanted to end it as soon as possible, so that he could go to the bath and practice in his mind, he continued: "Regarding the construction of Anxi Province, I also have a proposal, that is, to recruit more locals and people who are ready to settle down to participate, so that they can earn more wages at the same time, they can also establish a relationship foundation, and even intermarriage...... In addition, the sand in the desert is very abundant, so don't use river sand anymore for the construction of various projects in Anxi Province, just use the sand in the desert!"

"Yes!" Shangguan Qingyun nodded.

After talking about Anxi, Hong Xiaotian told the story of becoming the Buddha King of Tantra, and at the same time hoped to send 10,000 or 20,000 college students to the major temples of Tantra to teach those monks to learn Chinese and Bactria culture.

Although Hong Xiaotian still has a plan for the entire western plateau region of Daxia, the development and construction of Anxi will take at least a few years, and the country's financial resources are limited, so let's wait for later!

The meeting had to continue, and the six of them had to discuss a lot of issues, but Hong Xiaotian was leaving, and all six of them got up to see each other off.

"Hehe, grandpa, uncle, you have a meeting, I'll just go to the state guesthouse and stay by myself!" Hong Xiaotian said with a smile.

"Xiaotian, why don't you go to my small villa for one night?" said Ximen Cheng with a smile.

Hong Xiaotian shook his head: "Deborah is alone in the hotel, I'm worried, so I'd better go back first!"

"Well, then, let's go back!" Ximen Cheng nodded, thinking about one thing in his heart.

What he didn't expect was that Shangguan Qingyun had the same thoughts as him, but neither of them showed it now.

Because the development of Anxi needs to be very fast and efficient, and a lot of money needs to be invested in order to see a lot of benefits, so when the six people discussed, they decided to let many families in Daxia join the ranks of the development of Anxi......

After Hong Xiaotian went to the hotel, he found that Deborah next door had already slept, and after he washed up quickly, he also lay down and fell asleep, and his consciousness went to the large bath in the Water Curtain Cave to take a bath, until he was woken up by the alarm of his mobile phone at four o'clock.

While dressing, he sent a ghost palace maid to wake up Deborah, and then the two went out of the hotel door together.

What moved Hong Xiaotian extremely was that the six of Shangguan Qingyun were guarding in front of the special car of the Ministry of Security, and everyone was carrying something in their hands.

Seeing that the six people were all red-eyed and didn't seem to be sleeping, Hong Xiaotian said goodbye to them with a smile.

"Xiaotian, this is Tianjin roast duck!"

"Xiaotian, this is a dog ignoring the buns, let's eat them while they're hot!"

"Xiaotian, this is pork and green onion buns!"

"Xiaotian, this is fried liver and mustard greens, I specially asked the talent to send it!"

"Xiaotian, this is a special sauce elbow, it's very good!"

"Xiaotian, this is Poria Sandwich and Donkey Rolling, you and Deborah have a good meal on the plane!"

Hong Xiaotian took the food handed by the six people one by one, and became more and more moved, and he took out six peaches by tricks: "Grandfathers, uncles, you can eat these six peaches, you can prolong your life...... Also, you don't have to stay up late to work anymore...... Before twelve o'clock, you must rest!"

"Hehe, Xiaotian, thank you!" Shangguan Qingyun took the lead in taking a peach, then looked at Deborah and said, "Deborah, I am Shangguan's grandfather, I don't have a granddaughter yet, can you recognize me as a grandfather?"

Deborah didn't know whether to agree or not, and looked at Hong Xiaotian.

Seeing Hong Xiaotian nodded, Deborah smiled and called Shangguan Qingyun Grandpa.

"Okay!good!good!" Shangguan Qingyun laughed and said, "Deborah, you will be called Shangguan Deborah in the future, I will immediately call the family and ask the family to list your and Xiaotian's names on our family's family tree!"

"Uh...... Brother Shangguan, I originally wanted to accept Deborah as a righteous daughter, but you are so preemptive, it makes me very embarrassed!"

Ximen Cheng was quite sad now, but then he thought of Wang Manman, Lin Yun'er and other civilian girls among Hong Xiaotian's girlfriends.

Shangguan Qingyun said with a smile: "Brother Ximen, if you don't, you will accept Deborah as a righteous daughter, right? I don't know if my granddaughter is willing?" hahahaha!"

"No! no!" Ximen Cheng smiled bitterly: "Then I'm not a generation lower than you!"

"Hahahaha!" When the other five people heard this, they all laughed out loud when they thought of what Hong Xiaotian called the five of them and Ximen Cheng.

Ximen Cheng was stunned, and now he thinks back that he is really a generation lower than them! Alas, what a failure!

"Grandpa, uncle, I really have to go, otherwise I won't be able to catch the plane!" Hong Xiaotian looked at his phone again and said anxiously.

"Let's go, Xiaotian, these are a few documents, it's easier to do things in Daxia!"

After Lan Yuanzheng handed a few documents to Hong Xiaotian, Hong Xiaotian got into the car, and Deborah also nodded goodbye to the six of them, and then went to the airport.

On the plane back to Jianghai, Hong Xiaotian and Deborah chatted while eating donkey rolling and poria sandwich cakes.

Deborah asked, "Xiaotian, why is Grandpa Shangguan so enthusiastic about me and accepts me as his granddaughter?"

Hong Xiaotian said with a smile: "That's because you are well-behaved, so Grandpa Shangguan likes you very much!"

"No, I don't want him to like it, I just want you to like it!" Deborah finished speaking, rolling the last donkey and feeding it to Hong Xiaotian's mouth.