Chapter 190 Ladder
Naiman County to the west of Jiayuan County.
The Gubaotu Desert, which has just been revoked as a national 4A scenic spot, is 35 kilometers long from east to west and about 30 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of about 1,000 square kilometers (1.5 million acres). It is the largest mobile desert in Northeast China.
Just north of the Eastern Film and Television City in the northern part of Naiman County, a group of pickup trucks passed the rural road here and drove about two kilometers northwest before arriving at a large construction site for container houses.
The sand transformation team that was originally sent to the Hunshandake Sand Land to take over the joint mining transformation task returned to Jelim City last month. However, it did not return to the main base in Jiayuan County, but came to Naiman County. This way.
These container houses were brought from the Taminchagan base.
At present, the size of the sand reconstruction engineering team has nearly doubled. The Monan Branch ordered a large number of engineering equipment from Sany Heavy Industry in August, allowing the engineering team to increase the sand reconstruction area to 15∽ per month. 200,000 acres.
Jiang Miao got out of the car and saw a large green area.
After receiving the approval in August, the Monan Branch concentrated its idle manpower and material resources, using the flat sandy land and degraded grassland here to sow 400,000 acres of soybeans one after another.
Although these soybean fields will definitely not have a bean harvest this year, they can grow for at least two months. Among them, the soybean fields sown at the end of August, the one in front of you, have been growing for almost two months.
Jiang Miao got off the car and looked at the endless soybean grassland with a telescope: "How is the situation here?"
Liu Zhiben explained: "The area we are currently developing is not actually the core area of the Gubaotu Desert, but the peripheral degraded grassland or semi-desert sandy land."
Walking to the office area named Mulan Base, Jiang Miao saw a huge terrain sand table, on which plastic lawns were used to simulate transformed soybean fields.
On the sand table, the area surrounded by iron nails and red lines is the entire Mulan Paddock contracted by Hailufeng Company.
A brief introduction to the contracting area is also posted on the notice board on one side of the sand table.
Jiang Miao took a look and found that the entire Mulan Paddock was very large, occupying almost 3 million acres, which was one-tenth of the Horqin Sandy Land contract area.
"The Mulan Paddock contracting area is actually not too big. To the west of Mulan Paddock, across the river from the Laoha River in Hongshan City, there is a continuous stretch of desert sand, covering an area of 9 million acres. Most of them are within our contract area”
The entire Horqin Sandy Land Contracting Area can actually be divided into two large units, namely the desert sand area in the southwest and the grassland degradation area in the northeast.
The desert sand region of the southwest can be further subdivided into:
The Taminchagan Desert and its affiliated sandy lands cover an area of 500,000 acres.
The Gubaotu Desert and its affiliated sandy lands and degraded grasslands cover an area of 3 million acres.
The desert sandy land south of the Xilamulun River covers an area of 9 million acres.
The desert sandy land in the north of Xilamulun River covers an area of 3 million acres.
These areas are also priority areas for development by Hailufeng Company, because these sandy deserts are connected together and are not as scattered as the northeastern part of the Horqin Sandy Land.
"These soybeans are almost ready to be harvested for forage."
Liu Zhiben nodded: "Yes, among the 400,000 acres of soybean fields currently planted in Mulan Paddock, the earliest sown batch will be harvested in about ten days, but it is estimated that only half of it can be harvested. Once it starts When it snows, those soybean vines that have only grown for a month can only be left to wither in the fields.”
Picking up the telescope again, you can see that some soybean vines in the distance are only 40 to 60 centimeters tall. Obviously, these soybean vines are the ones with insufficient growth cycles.
Jiang Miao thought for a while: "Let's do this! For those soybean vines that are not suitable for large-scale mechanical harvesting, you sell them to nearby farmers and let them come and harvest them themselves. Don't waste it. You can harvest 500 yuan per acre. ”
"Is that so? That's okay." Liu Zhiben nodded.
After all, in about ten days, the batch of soybeans planted later will probably grow to about 50∽60 centimeters. Although there are no pods, the protein content of the branches and leaves is not low. One acre can harvest 1.5 to 1.8 tons of fresh forage. No big problem.
Soybean vine is similar to alfalfa. Even if the price of alfalfa hay on the market has plummeted, the wholesale price of alfalfa hay is still about 2,000 yuan per ton, and the price of high-quality alfalfa fresh forage is still 600 yuan per ton.
Jiang Miao asked nearby farmers to cut the crops themselves in order to save labor, oil and transportation costs.
This price is about half cheaper than purchasing silage and hay, but growers need to hire harvesters and vehicles to transport it.
Of the 400,000 acres of soybean fields in Mulan Weichang, about 200,000 acres will not meet the standards for large-scale mechanized harvesting. One acre costs 500 yuan, which is about 100 million yuan.
In the nearby cities of Zhelimu and Hongshan, there are almost 50 million cattle and sheep in the two places. The amount of forage they need to consume in one winter is staggering. There is no problem that they cannot eat 200,000 acres of soybean forage.
Especially for large farmers, their own autumn stubble hay and silage are definitely not enough and they need to purchase them from outside.
As long as the Monan Branch makes an announcement, nearby farmers will definitely flock to it.
Jiang Miao inspected the Mulan base.
The supporting facilities here are also under construction, but as winter is approaching, the semi-permanent buildings on the ground are definitely not suitable for continued construction.
The ongoing construction work is mainly the laying of foundations, drinking water pipes, and cables. At the same time, a large number of underground ponds for silage fermentation have also been dug.
Of course, the employees who were left to guard the Mulan base during the winter had no choice but to feel aggrieved because they had to live in container houses during the winter.
"How many people do you plan to stay at Mulan Base to spend the winter?"
Liu Zhiben answered truthfully: "About half, in addition to the guards, there are also a large number of engineering team members who will stay in the winter to bulldoze nearby sand dunes. There are also a group of employees who need to load and unload silage."
Jiang Miao casually ordered: "Winter winter, logistics support must be done well."
"I have made arrangements, including customizing a large number of special insulation layers, upgrading and renovating the container houses here to ensure the insulation of these container houses, and purchasing a batch of heating equipment." Liu Zhiben explained the branch's arrangements. Come together.
"Very good."
The group of people drove the pickup truck again and continued to drive towards the Gubaotu Desert.
After opening the area where soybeans have been planted, the scenery that comes into view is endless yellow sand.
A gust of autumn wind stirred up a cloud of dust and blew it towards the convoy.
Suddenly, the pickup truck driving ahead stopped. At the end of the dirt road not far away, two pickup trucks were also parked.
On the intercom, the security personnel reported the situation ahead to Ke Yong.
"Boss, in front of us is the research team of the Naiman County Desertification Research Station."
Jiang Miao recalled for a moment and found the relevant information about the research station from his memory.
The so-called Naiman County Desertification Research Station is not a local postgraduate entrance examination institution. It was founded in 1985 and is now affiliated with the Northwest Institute of Ecological Environment and Resources of the Salis Institute of Science. Its research station is located in Naiman County.
This research station mainly conducts research on the evolution of sandy farmland ecosystems and land desertification in the agro-pastoral ecotone and its control.
Including the research and monitoring of the evolution process of sandy farmland ecosystem, the recovery mechanism and sustainable utilization of desertified land, regional water resources dynamics and farmland water and fertilizer migration rules, research and demonstration of high-efficiency agricultural development technologies and models in sandy land, etc.
"Drive over."
"Yes."
Six or seven minutes later.
When Jiang Miao got off the car, he met Zhao Xueyong, the director of the research station, and the deputy director Pan Chengcheng, Zhang Tonghui, Luo Yongqing and others.
When Zhao Xueyong heard that Jiang Miao was coming, he immediately ran over excitedly: "Mr. Jiang, I have heard of you for a long time. I am Zhao Xueyong, the director of the Desertification Research Station in Naiman County."
"Hello!" Jiang Miao stretched out his hand and shook each other's hands.
The two parties chatted for a while, and Jiang Miao learned that Zhao Xueyong and others were here to collect data from the Ancient Baotu Desert to prepare preliminary data for the subsequent study of local climate change.
Although the Gubaotu Desert will be turned into a farm at the Mulan Base in the future, this does not mean that everything will be fine, because this large-scale restoration of the desert into grassland and cultivated land will definitely bring about changes in the local microclimate.
Therefore, the historical mission of the Naiman County Desertification Research Station is not over yet, but the research direction needs to be changed.
In fact, this is also a problem that many desert-related scientific research institutions in Monan have faced recently. The emergence of Hailufeng Company's Xiandou soybean suddenly made the previous research projects on desert sand and saline-alkali land seem like useless.
The Naiman County Desertification Research Station was directly stolen. If the desert is gone, then their research station will be drained from the bottom of the cauldron.
Fortunately, Zhao Xueyong and others were relatively well-established scientific researchers and did not resent Jiang Miao and Hailufeng Company because of this.
In fact, we know from the location of the Naiman County Desertification Research Station that the researchers at this research station, who are front-line researchers stationed at the edge of the desert for a long time, would not be willing to eat sand here for decades if they were not able to endure hardships.
In this kind of environment, scientific researchers who can persevere often have perseverance in character, and they are also true researchers who can endure loneliness.
Jiang Miao is full of respect and admiration for the spirit of researchers such as Zhao Xueyong.
One of the researchers, Luo Yongqing, raised his glasses and asked: "Mr. Jiang, I have studied your company's fairy beans. The leaves of these soybeans can condense moisture in the air at night, and then absorb it into the roots and store it. This is fairy beans. Soybeans are the key to survival in desert areas, so I am more concerned about the fact that soybeans absorb moisture from the air. Will this lead to a decrease in air humidity in local areas? ”
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Jiang Miao did not hide this: "It is indeed possible, especially in areas with large-scale planting, the air humidity in the center will definitely drop."
"Is this so?" Luo Yongqing fell into deep thought.
Obviously there are considerable risks associated with this change.
If the air humidity in a local area is too low, it may aggravate respiratory diseases, cause skin and eye discomfort, inhibit plant growth, inhibit animal survival, increase static electricity, and increase the probability of fire.
As for why farm workers in the Xiandou soybean growing area did not respond to this question, Jiang Miao has indeed guessed the reason.
That is, the Horqin Sandy Land is relatively dry to begin with, and the precipitation season is concentrated in July to September.
In short, the three seasons of autumn, winter and spring are very dry in nature. People who are accustomed to the northern weather generally don't find it a problem. In summer, precipitation soars. There is no way for soybeans to absorb all the moisture in the rainy season. Dry.
As for inhibiting the growth of animals and plants.
In fact, it is not as serious as imagined, because the leaf protective umbrella formed by the soybean can protect other plants growing at its base.
The transpiration of desert sand is already very strong, and it will not increase much if it is increased, because there is not much surface water and plants to squeeze out water in desert sand.
On the contrary, the last problem is to increase the probability of fire and require the establishment of fire isolation zones.
Especially for mature soybeans waiting to be harvested, the soybean leaves are already withered and yellow at this time, and the beans are rich in vegetable oil. Once they burn, they will definitely get out of control.
Jiang Miao told Zhao Xueyong, Luo Yongqing and others about these situations. After listening, they also frowned.
Zhao Xueyong pondered for a moment: "According to Mr. Jiang's description, there should be no major problems with the soybeans during the growth period. The only thing that needs attention is the period after maturity, when fire prevention needs to be carried out."
"That's right." Jiang Miao nodded slightly.
Suddenly another researcher, Zhang Tonghui, had a glint in his eyes, and he proposed an idea: "Mr. Jiang, Station Zhao, theoretically speaking, areas with lower air humidity will automatically absorb moisture from surrounding areas with higher air humidity. ”
Jiang Miao was stunned for a moment. He looked at Zhang Tonghui and said in his heart that the other person was really imaginative.
"Humidity ladder? This may indeed happen, but it requires very precise control..." Zhao Xueyong said, suddenly stopped and fell into deep thought.
Zhang Tonghui asked: "Mr. Jiang, the leaves of Xiandou soybean can absorb water. Can the absorption function be maintained for a period of time after the leaves wither?"
Jiang Miao already understood the other party's thoughts, but he really hadn't thought about this yet: "I have not done any relevant experiments. If you are interested, you can start related research."
After sorting through the myriad of threads in his mind, Zhao Xueyong expressed his opinion: "This project has certain value, such as long-distance water transportation."
Zhang Tonghui squatted down and drew the outline of the western Liao River in the sand with his fingers. He finally pointed directly at the mouth of the Liao River:
"A large number of soybeans must be planted at the mouth of the Liaohe River, and then laid out along both sides of the Liaohe River towards the source of the Liaohe River in the west. In this way, a humidity ladder can be formed, and the water vapor from the Bohai Sea can be continuously input into Zhelimu through this humidity ladder. City, Hongshan City, or even all the way to the west, through the Hunshandake Sandy Land, and then along the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, inputting this water into the northwest arid areas such as the Ulan Buh Desert.”
The plan seemed far-fetched.
However, after careful analysis and calculation, we found that the plan is very feasible.
The reason is that the Liaohe River estuary, Liaohe Plain, Horqin Sandy Land, Hunshandake Sandy Land, northern foothills of Yinshan Mountain, and Ulan Buh Desert have obvious decreasing changes in humidity.
If Senzu soybeans are used for reasonable layout, a complete humidity ladder can be formed. Especially in the summer when the southeast monsoon dominates, the warm water vapor in the Pacific Ocean will advance from east to west and from south to north.
The humidity ladder formed by Sendou soybeans can just be used to further guide water vapor to move westward.
Zhao Xueyong reminded: "This layout may interfere with the climate of the entire Northeast Asia, and we need to consider it carefully."
"It will indeed have an impact that is hard to estimate." Jiang Miao also nodded.
Everyone had a heated discussion for more than half an hour. Although they felt that this plan could indeed bring a lot of water vapor to the Midwest, the risk of climate change contained in it cannot be ignored.
Therefore, they feel that they should do theoretical research first, then apply for the use of supercomputers for simulation calculations, and then conduct experiments on a small scale. This is the safest arrangement.
However, Jiang Miao also knows that with the large-scale promotion of Xiandou soybeans, an invisible humidity ladder will be formed unknowingly.
The local microclimate will definitely change by then.
Whether this change is good or bad is still unknown.
However, the promotion of fairy beans and soybeans has become an unstoppable trend. What will happen in the future can only be blocked by soldiers and soil, and we must take one step at a time.
Regarding this unintentional discovery, Zhao Xueyong and others from the Naiman County Desertification Research Station naturally did not dare to hide it. They quickly explained the situation to Jiang Miao, and then prepared to go back and write a report to let the superiors pay attention to this impact.
Seeing Zhao Xueyong and others leaving in a hurry, Jiang Miao did not object, but gave some opinions.
After only the company's own people were left, Liu Zhiben said with some concern: "Boss, if Xiandou soybeans really affect the climate, will it be detrimental to our next layout?"
The calm Jiang Miao shook his head: "Xiandou Soybean is on the line and has to be launched. Even if there are certain side effects, the official will not give up Xiandou Soybean."
In fact, there are many things that affect climate.
For example, building a large reservoir will invisibly change the microclimate of a region.
This is also an important reason why many geologists want to name the modern era the "Anthropocene", that is, various human activities have profoundly affected the overall ecological environment of the earth, and the geological signs belonging to humans left in the strata things.
Judging from the current situation, Sendu soybeans are related to domestic food security. As long as the climate impact of Sendu soybeans is not obvious or the negative impact is not significant, no one can stop the promotion of Sendu soybeans in the country.
Jiang Miao didn't pay much attention to this matter.
After inspecting the Mulan base, he returned to the Taminchagan base to rest. Tomorrow he would go to the joint mining experimental project in the north of Jelim City.
(End of chapter)