Chapter 1121 - Strategic Materials
The last stop in Asia is the First Sovereignty.
The withdrawal and relocation of the local joint venture factory did not encounter any obstacles. Even when Chen Fei arrived, all personnel had already evacuated the factory area. All the buildings had been cut and could be collected directly. The whole process was extremely smooth and there was no problem at all. Nasty things like the one at the Bordeaux factory happened.
If it were someone from another sovereign state who did this, I'm afraid they would still be faced with all kinds of difficulties.
During the process of contacting local factories, Chen Fei unexpectedly received news from the local municipal government. Due to joint pressure from many sovereign states, material support from the first sovereign will be significantly reduced, especially strategic raw materials and even some projects. The supply will be cut off.
Chen Fei sighed, good things never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone. When the first bad news appears, more bad news will soon appear.
The more you worry about something, the more it will come to you. This law is very Murphy's.
The greatest lesson of mankind is that lessons are never learned!
Along with this bad news came a box full of plant seeds.
It's not a natural treasure, but it is a very important strategic crop, short-staple cotton.
This special kind of cotton specializes in producing second-class short lint with a length of 3 to 12 mm. It is the main raw material for nitrocellulose and rocket solid fuel. It can also be used in textiles, chemical fibers, papermaking, light industry and chemical industry. It belongs to the first sovereignty important strategic specialty, other sovereignties are completely dependent on imports from the first sovereign, especially the Federation, which increased its import quota after falling into civil strife.
Although there are a few substitutes for short-staple cotton, both output and cost are outperformed by this short-staple cotton, so it is difficult to completely replace it.
Chen Fei understood this box of strategic seeds that could trigger a war outside.
Self-reliance and hard work are what he wants.
When you can't count on others, you have to figure it out yourself, and this box of seeds helps a lot.
Entering the life space, Chen Fei came under the canopy of the "Tree of Life" and took out a wooden box filled with short-staple cotton seeds.
A rattan as thick as an adult's wrist hangs down from the canopy. The top quickly expands to the size of a basketball. It splits into twelve petals like a flower bud. It swallows the wooden box directly, then closes it and shrinks at a speed visible to the naked eye. , and then plunged into the ground, the rattan became thicker and thicker, the tender green surface turned dark brown, and began to become lignified, just like a banyan tree, becoming one of the aerial roots.
There are many ways to obtain genetic information in the "Tree of Life", and Chen Fei just chose the one that was most convenient at the moment.
After closing his eyes for a while, Chen Fei found a way to mass-produce this second-class short velvet.
A fruit that is almost the same size and even shape as a real rugby ball. The inside is filled with short-staple cotton batting. The length of the cotton silk meets the second-class standard. The tough peel is also rich in fiber. It has many uses. Don’t mind. It can be used directly as a rugby ball. The lifespan is not as good as that of natural leather or artificial leather rugby balls, but it can last for more than ten games without any problem.
Each short-staple cotton fruit contains about one kilogram of velvet. It is a seedless fruit and does not need to be seeded. It can be used directly as lint raw material. Naturally, it cannot be used for reproduction, but it can be used to produce fruit through special hybrid strains of perennial trees. , the yield per mu in a single season is at least ten times that of cotton fields, and it can produce three crops a year. The total can reach a starting point of thirty times, and it can also directly bear fruit through the "Tree of Life". The huge crown of the tree is crackling and falling like rain. The output is only limited by the consumed materials, as much as you want, regardless of Due to the influence of the growing season, the civilization crystallization of "Sachari" is so overbearing.
This kind of short-staple cotton has no significance to the "Sagali" civilization and has no use at all. It is not an exaggeration to be regarded as a junk gene. However, for Chen Fei who relies heavily on firearms, it can be regarded as a decisive factor in combat effectiveness. One of the important factors.
After handling the important cotton seeds, Chen Fei returned to the high-rise of the Central Building in the core area of "Atlan" with several tons of short-staple cotton seeds temporarily produced by the "Tree of Life".
Louis Langdon, the big boss who has transferred most of his assets to this city, is busy paying attention to the recent news.
Although "Atlan" is physically isolated from the world, it can still maintain smooth communication with the help of miniature stargate communication devices, and cloud technology can also be used as usual.
"Has the migration been completed? Thank you for your hard work!"
Hearing footsteps, Louis Langdon followed the sound and saw Chen Fei walking into his new office.
Who would have thought that the original investment would have such a huge return today.
If Chen Fei hadn't helped in this disaster, Lewis Industrial Company would have been severely damaged even if it wasn't eaten alive.
Once a huge empire falls into internal and external troubles, it will also inevitably fall apart overnight.
"There are still some people who have not arrived at Socotra. The next step is to resettle the factory. I recently received a big gift, a large box of short-staple cotton seeds."
Chen Fei's work list contains many projects, all of which need to be completed by him personally.
The relocation of Lewis Industries is just one of them, not the most important, but the most urgent.
"Short-staple cottonseed?"
Louis Langdon was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
His super power in his previous life was "super memory". There is no time limit, no limit to quantity, no limit to the form of what he can write down. Even if it is a lot of binary codes that seem to have no meaning, he can still remember them easily. Therefore, it was regarded as the fire of human civilization and protected the Blue Star civilization until the end.
Although he did not awaken this power again in this life, he still clearly remembers what he memorized last time. Relying on these memories, Louis Langdon successfully established the powerful and large-scale Louis Industries.
The boss asked in confusion: "Do you have a place to plant it?"
Short-staple cotton is one of the very important strategic materials of the First Sovereignty. For things like cottonseed, other sovereignties simply don’t even think about it. Even if they get it, they will be subject to various conditions. In some places Either the land is not enough, and just growing grains to meet the needs of the belly is not enough. There is a lot of pressure, either the soil, light and climate are wrong, it is too dry, too cold, the light is too short, and there are pests and diseases and other factors that are not conducive to the growth of cotton. Even if the previous conditions are met, the local area is in chaos, let alone growing cotton. , even growing cereals and other food crops is difficult enough.
So in another place, it is difficult to guarantee the quality and yield of cotton.
There are enough growing areas in the Federation, but are the black uncles still willing to pick cotton? Free watermelon and fried chicken.
I want to be a ghost!
Most of the old gangsters were ready to burst into violence and kill on the spot.
The three-piece suit of cotton, watermelon and fried chicken is the black history of black uncles. They will not do it even if they are beaten to death. Black people will never be slaves, even if they have food and housing, which shows how deep the resentment in this aspect is.
"To be precise, there should be a place for mass production!"
Chen Fei took out a "rugby ball". To be precise, it should be a rugby-shaped short-staple cotton fruit with an accurate weight of 1.13 kilograms. The finished fruit after natural drying is filled with short-staple cotton batting.
This fruit is just one of the samples in this batch.
“The First Sovereignty’s short-staple cotton should not look like this, right?”
Louis Langdon fell into the hands of Chen Fei. This football looked like it could be sold in a sporting goods store with a trademark.
First Sovereignty's short-staple cotton bolls are only the size of a baby's fist at most. If the annual output is not enough, they have to collect long-staple cotton leftovers to make up the amount.
Chen Fei said lightly: "After modifying the genes, we will mass-produce this fruit in a unified manner to obtain short-staple cotton. We need to customize a batch of equipment to process this fruit directly on the assembly line."
Holding the fruit with both hands and peeling it hard, the tough peel split open, revealing the fluffy snow-white cotton inside, which is the best strategic raw material.
The ability of the "Tree of Life" to easily manipulate genetic information made the biologists whose families immigrated to "Atlan" jump. This thing is simply cheating. It is much more convenient than using instruments and equipment to carefully perform gene editing. The difficulty is no different from putting together blocks.
One can imagine how difficult it is to use biotechnology to develop industry and to use industrial technology to develop biology.
"This is simple. This is what Lewis Industries is best at. Are there many samples? Reserve a batch for testing equipment."
The processing of mere short-staple cotton nuts was a piece of cake for Louis Langdon. Experienced mechanical engineers could handle it in two days at most, and even the preliminary assembly line finished product could be produced in a week.
“There are so many!”
Chen Fei waved his hand, and several tons of short-staple cotton rolled all over the floor of the office.
Louis Langdon said nonchalantly: "I contacted some old friends. They will help purchase raw materials. I will need to trouble you then."
The entire floor is the president's office, and a few tons of "football" won't take up much space at all. Just find someone to clean it up later.
"Send it to Socotra Island, or pick it up at your door. Send me a text message in advance and I'll ask 'Adam' to remind you."
Chen Fei waved his hand and started walking towards the elevator, preparing to find a place to relocate the factory buildings and production lines that had been put into the "Space Brand", and there were still a lot of pipelines that needed to be connected.
Although due to the closed nature of the space, "Atlan" ensures safety and avoids being disturbed by the outside world, the exchange of materials with the outside world is very inconvenient, especially the entry and exit of bulk materials, which must rely on Chen Fei's own operation. Although special entrances and exits can also be established through the "Star Gate", the current only coordinate positioning is limited to the camp on Socotra Island, and there is no way to drive to any place on Blue Star. By imposing sanctions on XJ cotton, the United States inadvertently cut off its own military-industrial artery, and the artillery shells to support Ermao were gone.