"Does it have any impact on food crops?" After listening to this, Liu Ye went straight to the topic. Whether wild animals freeze to death or not has nothing to do with Liu Ye. Whether food crops will reduce production does have something to do with Liu Ye, and this It is related to the stability of the country.
"Hanmou has already developed food that is more suitable for the current climate, and we have stored enough food. Even if the weather is disastrous, it will not have a big impact on us. If not, we can transport food from Southeast Asia." Chen Xi has already determined this aspect.
After all, the primary industry is the core of all industries. Only by solving the problem of food can other problems be of value.
Therefore, after the Gan and Shi families spent four months sorting through thousands of years of hydrological and astronomical records and gave a long report on climate patterns to Chen Xi, Chen Xi immediately determined the output of his primary industry. .
Other problems can be left aside for now. The problem of food must be solved. Fortunately, even if the Han Dynasty is hit by a disaster, it will at best collapse a certain area. As for the national integration, this area will collapse. No, the worst case is transfer.
Food is really not expensive these days. The food in Southeast Asia is a bit unpalatable at best. To put it bluntly, it’s just a matter of indica and japonica rice. There won’t be any climate problems there. Even if the climate is disastrous, it will only last from three crops a year. It becomes two crops a year.
However, the Sun family's territory in Southeast Asia was enough to support the food consumption of the Han Dynasty anyway, so the Han Dynasty could afford the reduction in agricultural production. Besides, climate change did not happen overnight, and the time buffer was enough for the Han Dynasty to develop new adaptation methods. Climatic conditions of rice planting.
As for the only bad thing, it was just last year that people insisted on defining the three-crop rice in Southeast Asia as feed grain, and now they have to take it back. But it doesn't matter. Food processing plants can be built in Southeast Asia to rough-process the grain and send it to the Han Dynasty. .
At most, when these food processing plants arrive in Southeast Asia, they will definitely be used by Zhou Yu for free. But it is free for free. To be honest, it is not a big deal. Anyway, it is an inevitable event to assist Southeast Asia. After all, It’s about building a country.
"Transporting grain from Southeast Asia?" Liu Ye frowned slightly when he heard this. He understood this situation. After all, since last year, low-priced white rice from Southeast Asia has impacted the Han Dynasty grain market. Cai Hao used a fleet of large merchant ships to transport it. Food prices are ridiculous.
"Actually, is our place not suitable for farming?" Li You asked with a complicated attitude, "Why do I feel that farming is better than our place here?"
"Well, you can't say that. In fact, our place is pretty good. But if you look at comparisons, the Central Plains can still be ranked in the top ten in terms of farming." Chen Xi thought for a while and said, and then Li You's expression changed. A layer of darkness.
"If the cultivated land is too good, we won't work hard to develop farming technology." Chen Xi said immediately, "Whether it is the two-river plain of the Ganges-Indus River, or places in Southeast Asia with a hot and humid climate suitable for grain cultivation, or some African regions , all have these problems.”
Because it is so good, there is no need to study it, just mix it up. Hundreds of millions of wild beasts in Africa can survive hunting. Why farm? If you sow seeds in the Indus-Ganges River Basin, you can get three crops a year, and even harvest them. After one crop, the roots will grow again.
Although most of the rice grown in this way are empty ears, it is still productive in that environment. By the way, this kind of regenerated rice was cultivated in China in the later period. It was screened and cultivated roughly from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and finally gradually successful.
But for some countries in Southeast Asia, such as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and India, some of the rice seeds they plant will turn into regenerated rice, and unlike China, they can harvest two crops at a time.
The climate and environment of these places, as well as the relatively more fertile soil, allow one crop of rice to be planted without losing its roots, and one crop, another crop, and even a third crop can be harvested.
As for the future, it can still grow, but the empty shell rate is too high, but even so, the yield rate is much higher than the normal rice varieties of the Han Dynasty.
It is precisely because of this simple and crude cultivation method that the locals do not need to consider technology research and development at all. To say it too much, India’s current rice yield per mu, just talking about a single season, is actually only at the level of the Song Dynasty, but it is still very high. abnormal.
"Although you comforted us like this, I'm not happy at all." Li You said to Chen Xi coldly, but he also admitted that this was reasonable.
Although Li You also found it strange, in fact the only countries that really studied farming and smelting were the Han Dynasty and Rome. Other countries were really wasting resources.
Of course, the research on Rome's side is a bit skewed, plus its own class issues. Even if it makes correct research, whether it can be promoted is still a problem. As for steel smelting and so on, Rome's technology is really excellent. After all, it can be imported from Egypt. The technology to smelt iron from the 20% iron ore in the area is indeed excellent.
By the way, both of these were because they were trapped by the Mediterranean. Europe had very high-grade iron ore, but because the land route required crossing the Alps, Rome transported iron ore from Egypt to save trouble, and finally successfully curbed the development of Rome's smelting industry.
To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a manifestation of being trapped by one's own strengths.
"What I said is true. In short, this is the situation. What is the situation in Southeast Asia recently?" Chen Xi looked at Guo Jia and asked.
"It's okay. Zhou Gongjin and Taishi Ziyi's Wudang Engineering Corps are working hard on water conservancy construction. According to the current efficiency, it is estimated that the results will be achieved early next year." Guo Jia replied casually, "But Sun Boxu went to Africa , General Gan also followed us and has lost contact now."
"Oh, let Zhou Gongjin do the fruit, what's next?" Chen Xi didn't care at all that Sun Ce and Gan Ning lost contact. There have been no war missions in Southeast Asia recently. They can do whatever they want. This is one of the basic rights of a prince.
"A new cold chain ship has been built. If you want to install large-scale cold chain equipment, you still need to be big enough." Mi Zhu knows this aspect very well. Because of Zhou Yu's appearance, all the aristocratic families in Jiangnan began to switch to buying fruits. .
"Does that mean that the current refrigerated etching can only be moved to large ships?" Chen Xi frowned, "No wonder there was a report from Panyu that they were going to build a glass processing plant and a canning processing plant, and they could only be sent to the coast. , and others who can’t bear it can’t be sent to the supply and marketing cooperative?”
"Yes, in fact, many people are currently thinking of ways to preserve refrigerated etching, which not only involves the preservation of fruits, but also meat, fresh milk, and some eggs." Mi Zhu is at least equivalent to the Ministry of Commerce. In a complex with the Ministry of Natural Resources, it is still clear that he has something of real value.
Therefore, refrigeration etching must be done, and as long as it can be as big as a vehicle frame, it will be considered a complete success. Unfortunately, this kind of etching can only be used in large buildings such as palaces, quasi-seventh-generation ships, or on the device.
Mi Zhu also spent a lot of research and development expenses in this aspect, but it didn't work. The big guys were the ones who contributed, but the big guys couldn't handle it, so it was difficult to shrink. Especially after the changes in the sky, the technical difficulty further increased. Now, at most, warehouse level.
"There are two directions now. One is to continue to shrink, but it is difficult. According to the estimates of Master Nan Douxian, Master Tong, and other professionals, under optimistic circumstances, it will take seven to eight years to reach the point. If not, I'm afraid it will take fifty years." Mi Zhu said with a sigh.
Chen Xi raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't feel slow. To be honest, in fifty years, he could transition from an era where there were no electrical appliances and could only use fans in summer to one where information could be interconnected, and he could have refrigerated water to drink while lying at home. To be honest, Chen Xi thinks that the level of watching TV is already very good.
As for why refrigeration technology came out fifty years ago, information interconnection also came out? Because these all use the etching technology of the essence of heaven and earth, which can lead to the emergence of refrigerators, it is estimated that the secret mirror used now, which is equivalent to a movie player, has also been made.
So Chen Xi is really not in a hurry. To be honest, being able to do this in fifty years is already very impressive, so take your time.
"As for the other one, it's Lianhe Xianhe's side." Mi Zhu looked solemn. He had given up hope for the first one. He was going to join forces with Jian Yong and let Jian Yong do the logistics transfer, and then he would pay part of the money. Although it costs a lot to lay tracks and then build a dedicated cold storage at Jian Yong's logistics point, it can at least solve the problem.
As soon as Mi Zhu opened his mouth, Chen Xi knew what the other party wanted to do. This could indeed solve the problem. In fact, Chen Xi had done this before to prepare for this. But if Mi Zhu did it this way, the cost would be too high.
"We will provide part of the funds to build the three northern states first." Mi Zhu directly raised his hand and explained, "I have been pouring milk from cows and goats every day. I have had enough, especially as summer is coming. There are so many cows and sheep The milk went bad before it could even be recycled. I didn’t take over it before, so I had no idea that this kind of waste was going on.”
"There is no other way but to eliminate it on the spot." Chen Xi nodded, "If you allocate part of the money to Xianhe, I will allocate another part from the transportation side, another part from the logistics side, and another part from the local tax revenue. , if I contribute another part, it should be barely enough.”
"I can bring in some funds." Mi Zhu thought for a while and said.
Chen Xi laughed and refused. Chen Xi could get all the funds Mi Zhu could get, but what about the manpower?
