Chapter 466 Power of Science and Technology
Suez Branch.
Gaitala Lake Agricultural Area.
Li Qingye was at this time in the lakeside city of Gaitara Lake - Sirat Port.
Since Homo sapiens dug up the northern canal between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gaitara Depression, two huge canals with a width of 550 meters and a depth of 35 meters, the huge Mediterranean seawater was input into the Gaitara Depression.
After nearly two years of continuous injection, the entire Gaitala depression was completely submerged, forming a saltwater lake with an area of up to 18,000 square kilometers, namely the Gaitala Lake in front of Li Qingye.
This huge lake with an area of 18,000 square kilometers and an average depth of 62 meters has 1 trillion cubic meters of sea water. Due to its direct connection with the Mediterranean Sea, Lake Gaitala will basically not dry up.
Li Qingye stood on the Tilat Radio Tower at a height of 500 meters, looking down at the surroundings. The scenery that came into view was in addition to the blue sea and blue sky, and the endless emerald green fields.
"Mr. Chairman, the Numidian Desert will become a granary for North Africa with our efforts." As the general manager of the Numidian Branch, Hu Mingliang was next to Li Qingye at this time.
"The terrain here is very flat, and there should be a lot of agricultural availability, right?"
"Yes, the Matrul province of Suez, and the northeast of Numidia, is a plain-type desert area with an area of 600,000 square kilometers, with an altitude of less than 200 meters, and all of them can be transformed into a seawater farm."
It was at this moment.
This large-scale construction is a huge promotion for the entire Northeast region of the Sahara Desert.
After all, Homo sapiens now has 2.6 billion employees, and this number is still rising year by year. Based on the average per capita annual grain, it requires at least 1.3 billion tons of grain.
If you want to continue to dig the canal westward, you will encounter the Nafusai Mountain and the Hamra Stone Desert with an average altitude of more than 500 meters. And continue to go westward, which is the Abdwad Republic. Therefore, the northern line of the northern canal does not need to continue to dig westward at this stage.
The southern line of the northern canal is southward at Tazilb Oasis, passing through the Raibyana Desert and Kufra Oasis in turn, entering the business area of Chad branch, passing through the Unionga Lake ruins area, the Bodelay depression, the Gazalgan River area, and finally arrived at the city of Njamena.
Judging from the canal progress map provided by Hu Mingliang, it is also seen that Numidia Branch did not intend to continue to go west, but was digging the central and southern lines of the northern canal.
Why is the development speed of Chad Branch and Meloe Branch the slowest among all branches?
The reason is that transportation and infrastructure are extremely backward.
"How is the yield?" Li Qingye picked up the telescope and looked at the lush wheat fields in the distance.
It is precisely because of this large transport airship that the Chad branch's economy has barely improved, and there is no need for a long-term blood transfusion of the head office.
“Where was the northern canal built between Numidia and Suez?”
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Li Qingye is quite satisfied with this production capacity.
Hu Mingliang nodded quickly: "I will strengthen cooperation with them."
The reason why Li Qingye gave this order was because he planned to arrange some important industrial and scientific research bases in the hinterland of the Sahara region.
Therefore, the current agricultural development direction of Homo sapiens Company is mainly focused on genetically modified seawater crops, and on the other hand, it is also an indoor light-free farm.
"Yes, but not all, probably only about 300,000 square kilometers of planting."
When seawater can replace freshwater as agricultural water, the agricultural potential of North Africa has been increased dozens of times at once.
"Bright, over the Chad branch, your Numidia branch needs to support it."
Hu Mingliang shook his head: "No, the climate here is suitable for wheat. We use genetically modified technology to insert the root genes of sea rice into the wheat genes, and there are perennial genes."
The Sahara Desert in North Africa is a large agricultural area that Homo sapiens focuses on developing. After all, the low-altitude desert here is very suitable for large-scale mechanized production.
Hu Mingliang quickly replied: "It's two harvests a year. Chairman, because of the perennial genetic reasons, genetically modified wheat can be seamlessly connected, so one season of winter wheat and one season of spring wheat can be achieved."
Li Qingye nodded slightly: "More than three million is indeed less, and ten million is more reasonable."
Genetically modified technology gives crops the ability to withstand salt and alkali, and can be directly planted in seawater, which also solves the congenital shortcomings of North Africa's lack of freshwater resources.
"That's not a lot, after all, it's 450 million mu. By the way, can this genetically modified wheat be harvested every year?"
Fortunately, Ceylon Transportation Group, a subsidiary of Homo sapiens, has recently served hundreds of large-scale transport airships, and 50% of these transport airships have basically been invested in the Chad branch and the Meloe branch.
Li Qingye looked at the road map and found that the northern line of the northern canal had almost been completed.
“Is there a lack of manpower here in the Matrul province?”
"The northern plains of Numidia have been opened, and the westernmost point is Hassanchi Port."
"Yes, there are only 3.52 million employees at the Matru's second-level branch. We are working with the Human Resources Department to draw personnel from the Nile Delta and Cairo."
Li Qingye turned the direction of the telescope and found a cruise ship approaching the port.
"That is to say, you plan to grow genetically modified wheat in these 600,000 square kilometers of plains?"
A rapid whistle sound came from the port.
Hu Mingliang took out the flat panel and projected a construction progress map.
A special project he had always wanted to carry out before, but there was no suitable place. This time, there was finally a vast enough experimental area.
"The staff here is pretty good, but the Numidia branch is even short of people." Hu Mingliang was a little helpless.
"Do you all grow rice?" Li Qingye has not learned much about the agricultural industries of each branch recently.
The agricultural potential of Southeast Asia Branch and South Asia Branch has been almost squeezed out. If the cultivation continues, it will be necessary to build terraces and deforestate a large number of forests.
Therefore, the southern line of the northern canal is a crucial lifeline for the Chad branch.
This place is surrounded by deserts and is a plateau. The local area is sparsely populated, which is very suitable for laying out secret bases and conducting some more dangerous special experiments.
"The annual yield per mu is about 850 kilograms. If all desert transformation is completed, 300,000 square kilometers are expected to achieve an annual wheat output of 382.5 million tons."
The central line of the northern canal is from Lake Gaitala to the west, passing through the southern part of the Numidian Desert, Tazilb Oasis, Sebha Oasis, Obari Desert, and finally arrives at the border city of Atshan Town.
The location he chose was the northern part of the Darfur Plateau in the middle of Suez, Meloe, Chad and Numidia.
Especially the Chad branch, it was really poor, with no railways, no canals, and there were few decent roads. It was also located inland, and it was either a big desert or a place that was equally poor.
Therefore, he had to develop several surrounding branches to support the material consumption of that project.
He traveled thousands of miles to North Africa, not just to inspect the industry, but to have more important things.
After more than a week of inspection around Gaitalahu, Li Qingye, under the escort of the Aerospace Fleet, entered the operating area of the Numidia Branch to the west.
At the same time, the project that Li Qingye secretly prepared on the Darfur Plateau is also underway for the initial preparations.
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