Chapter 191: Stairs (Ch 822753989)

Naiman County to the west of Jiayuan County.
The Gubaotu Desert, which has just been delisted 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 mu). 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 team of pickup trucks passed the local rural road and drove northwest for about two kilometers before arriving at a construction site for a large number of container houses.
The desert transformation team that was originally sent to the Hunshandake Desert to take on the joint mining transformation task returned to Zhelimu City last month. However, they did not return to the main base in Jiayuan County, but came to Naiman County.
These container houses were pulled over from the Taminchagan base.
At present, the scale of the sand land transformation engineering team has nearly doubled compared with before. In August, the Mo’nan Branch ordered a large number of engineering equipment from Sany Heavy Industry, which increased the monthly sand land transformation area of ​​the engineering team to 150,000 to 200,000 mu.
When Jiang Miao got out of the car, he saw a vast expanse of greenery.
After obtaining approval in August, the Mo’nan Branch concentrated its idle manpower and material resources and utilized the flat sandy land and degraded grassland to plant 400,000 acres of soybeans.
Although these soybean fields will definitely not produce any beans this year, they can at least grow for two months. Among them, the soybean fields that were planted at the end of August, which is the one in front of us, have been growing for almost two months.
Jiang Miao got off the car and looked at the endless soybean grassland with a telescope: “What’s the situation here?”
Liu Zhiben explained: “The area we are currently developing is not actually the core area of ​​the Gubaotu Desert, but rather a degraded grassland or semi-desert sandy land on the periphery.”
Walking to the office area named Mulan Base, Jiang Miao saw a huge terrain sand table with plastic turf used to simulate the transformed soybean field.
The area surrounded by iron nails and red lines on the sand table is the entire Mulan Paddock contracted by Hailufeng Company.
There is also an introduction to the contracted area 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 an area of ​​almost 3 million mu, which was one-tenth of the contracted area of ​​the Korqin Desert.
“The contracted area of ​​Mulan Paddock is not that big. To the west of Mulan Paddock, across the Laoha River from Hongshan City, there is a stretch of desert sand covering an area of ​​9 million mu, most of which is within our contracted area.”
The entire Horqin Desert contracted area can actually be divided into two large units, namely the southwestern desert sand area and the northeastern grassland degradation area.
The southwestern desert sand area can be further divided into:
The Taminchagan Desert and its affiliated sandy areas cover an area of ​​500,000 mu.
The Gubaotu Desert and its affiliated sandy land and degraded grassland cover an area of ​​3 million mu.
The desert land south of the Xilamulun River covers an area of ​​9 million mu.
The desert land in the north of Xilamulun River covers an area of ​​3 million mu.
These areas are also the priority development areas of Hailufeng Company because these sandy deserts are all connected, unlike the scattered areas in the northeastern part of Horqin Desert.
“These soybeans are almost ready to be harvested for forage.”
Liu Zhiben nodded and said, “Yes, of the 400,000 mu of soybean fields that have been planted in Mulan Paddock, the earliest sown crops can be harvested in about ten days, but it is estimated that only half can be harvested. Once the snow starts to fall, the soybean vines that have only grown for a month will have to be left to wither in the fields.”
Picking up the telescope again, we 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 cycle.
Jiang Miao thought for a while and said, “How about this! Sell the soybean vines that are not suitable for large-scale mechanical harvesting to nearby farmers and let them harvest them themselves. Don’t waste them. You can get 500 yuan per acre.”
“Is that so? That’s fine too.” Liu Zhiben nodded.
After all, in about ten days, the batch of soybeans planted later will probably grow to about 50-60 centimeters. Although they have no pods, the protein content of the branches and leaves is not low. It will not be a big problem to harvest 1.5-1.8 tons of fresh fodder per acre.
Soybean vines are similar to alfalfa. Even though the price of alfalfa hay in the market has plummeted, the wholesale price of alfalfa hay is still around 2,000 yuan per ton, and the price of high-quality fresh alfalfa forage is 600 yuan per ton.
Jiang Miao asked nearby farmers to come and harvest the fish themselves in order to save labor, fuel and transportation costs.
This price is about half cheaper than purchasing silage and hay from outside, but farmers need to hire harvesters and vehicles for transportation themselves.
Of the 400,000 mu of soybean fields in Mulan Weichang, approximately 200,000 mu will not meet the standards for large-scale mechanized harvesting. If sold at 500 yuan per mu, that would be around 100 million yuan.
The nearby Zherimu City and Hongshan City have a cattle and sheep inventory of nearly 50 million heads. The amount of fodder needed for one winter is staggering, so there is no problem of not being able to eat 200,000 acres of soybean fodder.
Especially for those large-scale breeders, the autumn hay and silage they produce themselves are definitely not enough and they need to purchase them from outside.
As long as the Mo’nan Branch issues an announcement, nearby breeders 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 construction work currently underway mainly involves laying foundations, drinking water pipelines, and cables. At the same time, a large number of ground pools have been dug for silage fermentation.
Of course, the employees who stay to guard the Mulan Base in winter can only endure the grievance and live in container houses in winter.
“How many people do you plan to leave behind at Mulan Base for 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 continue to stay in the winter to flatten the nearby sand dunes. Another group of employees need to load and unload silage.”
Jiang Miao casually ordered: “We need to do a good job of logistics support during the winter.”
“I have already made arrangements, including customizing a large number of special insulation layers to upgrade the container houses here to ensure the insulation of these container houses. I have also purchased a batch of heating equipment.” Liu Zhiben explained the arrangements of the branch one by one.
“very good.”
The group drove the pickup truck again and continued to drive towards the ancient treasure map desert.
When you leave the area where soybeans have been planted, the view that comes into view is endless yellow sand.
An autumn wind blew up a cloud of dust and blew towards the convoy.
Suddenly, the pickup truck leading the way in front stopped. At the end of the dirt road not far away, there were also two pickup trucks parked.
On the intercom, the security personnel reported the situation ahead to Ke Yong.
“Boss, the people in front are 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 research institution, but was founded in 1985 and is now affiliated to the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its research station is located in Naiman County.
The research station mainly conducts research on the evolution of sandy farmland ecosystems in the agro-pastoral transition zone, land desertification and its control.
It includes research and monitoring of the evolution process of sandy farmland ecosystems, restoration mechanisms and sustainable utilization of desertified land, regional water resource dynamics and the laws of water and fertilizer migration in farmland, research and demonstration of efficient agricultural development technologies and models in sandy land, etc.
“Drive through.”
“yes.”
Six or seven minutes later.
Jiang Miao got off the car and met the station director Zhao Xueyong and deputy station directors Pan Chengcheng, Zhang Tonghui, Luo Yongqing and others.
When Zhao Xueyong heard that it was Jiang Miao who came, he immediately ran over excitedly: “Mr. Jiang, I have heard of your name for a long time. I am Zhao Xueyong, the director of the Naiman County Desertification Research Station.”
“Hello!”
Jiang Miao stretched out his hand and shook hands with each of them.
After the two sides chatted for a while, Jiang Miao learned that Zhao Xueyong and others were here to collect data on the ancient treasure map desert, and to keep preliminary data archives for the subsequent local climate change research.
Although the Ancient Treasure Map Desert will become a farm in the Mulan Base in the future, this does not mean that everything will be fine, because the large-scale restoration of the desert into grassland and farmland will inevitably bring about changes in the local microclimate.
Therefore, the historical mission of the Naiman County Desertification Research Station has not yet ended, but the research direction needs to be changed.
In fact, this is also a problem that many desert scientific research institutions in the southern part of the desert have been facing recently. Due to the sudden emergence of the Senzu soybeans produced by Hailufeng Company, the previous research projects on desert sandy and saline-alkali land have suddenly become useless.
The Naiman County Desertification Research Station was directly robbed. Now that there is no desert left, their research station has been deprived of its financial resources.
Fortunately, Zhao Xueyong and others are relatively broad-minded scientific researchers and do not hate Jiang Miao and Hailufeng Company because of this.
In fact, from the location of the Naiman County Desertification Research Station, we can know that the researchers of this research station are front-line researchers who have been stationed on the edge of the desert for a long time. If they are not people who can endure hardships, they will not be willing to eat sand here for decades.
In this environment, scientific researchers who can persevere are often tenacious and 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 for storage. This is the key to the survival of fairy beans in desert areas. Then I am more concerned about a question, that is, fairy beans absorb moisture in the air. Will this cause the air humidity in some areas to drop?”
Jiang Miao did not hide this: “It is indeed possible, especially in areas with large-scale plantings, the air humidity in the central area will definitely drop.”
“Is that so?” Luo Yongqing fell into deep thought.
Obviously, this change involves considerable risks.
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 the farm workers in the Senzu soybean growing area did not respond, Jiang Miao had indeed guessed the reason.
That is because the Korqin Desert is relatively dry, and the rainfall season is concentrated from July to September.
In short, autumn, winter and spring are already very dry, so people who are used to the northern weather generally don’t find it a problem. However, precipitation soars in summer, and the Senzu soybeans certainly cannot absorb all the moisture from the rainy season.
As for inhibiting the growth of animals and plants.
In fact, it is not as serious as imagined, because the leaf umbrella formed by the Senzu soybean can protect other plants growing at its bottom.
The transpiration of desert sand is already very strong, and any increase will not increase much, because there is not much surface water and plants in the desert sand that can squeeze out moisture.
On the contrary, the last problem, that is, increasing the probability of fire, requires the establishment of fire isolation zones.
Especially for mature soybeans ready to be harvested, the leaves of the soybeans are already yellow and dry, and the beans are rich in vegetable oils. Once they start burning, it will be absolutely out of control.
Jiang Miao told Zhao Xueyong, Luo Yongqing and others about the situation. After listening to him, they also frowned.
Zhao Xueyong pondered for a moment and said, “According to Mr. Jiang’s description, there shouldn’t be any problems with the Senzu soybeans during their growth period. The only thing we need to pay attention to is the period after they mature, when we need to focus on fire prevention.”
“That’s right.” Jiang Miao nodded slightly.
Suddenly, another researcher, Zhang Tonghui, had a gleam in his eyes, and he proposed a hypothesis: “General Manager 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 thought in his heart that the other party was really creative.
“Humidity ladder? This is indeed possible, but it requires very precise control…” Zhao Xueyong was talking, and suddenly stopped, falling into deep thought.
Zhang Tonghui asked, “Boss Jiang, the leaves of the Senzu soybean can absorb water. After the leaves wither, can they still maintain the absorption function for a period of time?”
Jiang Miao already understood the other party’s idea, but he had never really thought about this: “I haven’t done any relevant experiments. If you are interested, you can conduct relevant research.”
After sorting out the myriad of thoughts in his mind, Zhao Xueyong expressed his opinion: “This project has certain value, for example, in long-distance water transportation.”
Zhang Tonghui squatted down and drew the outline of the Xiliao River in the sand with his fingers. He finally pointed directly at the mouth of the Liao River:
“We must plant a large number of fairy bean soybeans at the mouth of the Liaohe River, and then arrange them westward along both banks of the Liaohe River to the source of the Liaohe River. In this way, we can form a humidity ladder, through which the water vapor from the Bohai Sea can be continuously input into Zhelimu City and Hongshan City, and even all the way west, through the Hunshandake Sandy Land, and then along the northern foothills of the Yinshan Mountains, the moisture can be input into the arid areas of the northwest such as the Ulan Buh Desert.”
This plan seems like a fantasy.
However, after careful analysis and calculation, it was found that the plan was very feasible.
The reason is that there is an obvious decreasing humidity in the Liaohe River estuary, Liaohe Plain, Horqin Desert, Hunshandake Desert, northern foothills of Yinshan Mountain, and Ulan Buh Desert.
If the Senzu soybeans are used in a reasonable layout, a complete humidity ladder can be formed, especially in the summer dominated by the southeast monsoon, when the warm water vapor from the Pacific Ocean will advance from east to west and from south to north.
The humidity ladder formed by the Senzu soybeans can further guide the water vapor westward.
Zhao Xueyong warned: “This layout may affect the climate of the entire Northeast Asia, so we need to consider it carefully.”
“It will indeed have an impact that is difficult to estimate.” Jiang Miao also nodded.
The discussion lasted for more than half an hour. Although they felt that this plan could indeed bring a lot of moisture to the Midwest, the risk of climate change it contained could not be ignored.
Therefore, they think that they should conduct 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 knew that with the large-scale promotion of Senzu soybeans, an invisible humidity ladder would be formed unknowingly.
By then, the local microclimate will definitely change.
Whether this change is good or bad is still unknown.
However, the promotion of Senzu soybeans is already an unstoppable trend. As for what will happen in the future, we can only deal with it one step at a time.
Zhao Xueyong and others from the Naiman County Desertification Research Station naturally did not dare to hide this accidental discovery. They quickly explained the situation to Jiang Miao, and then prepared to go back and write a report to ask their superiors to pay attention to the impact in this regard.
Looking at Zhao Xueyong and others who left in a hurry, Jiang Miao did not object, but gave some suggestions.
After only the company’s own people were left, Liu Zhiben said with some concern: “Boss, if Senzu soybeans really affect the climate, will it be detrimental to our subsequent layout?”
Jiang Miao shook his head calmly: “The Senzu Bean Soybean has already been launched. Even if there are certain side effects, the government will not give up on the Senzu Bean Soybean.”
In fact, there are many things that affect the climate.
For example, the construction of a large reservoir will invisibly change the microclimate of an area.
This is also the important reason why many geologists named the modern era the “Anthropocene”. That is, various human activities have profoundly affected the overall ecological environment of the earth, leaving behind geological markers belonging to humans in the strata.
Judging from the current situation, Senzu soybeans are related to domestic food security. As long as the climate impact of Senzu soybeans is not obvious or the negative impact is not large, no one can stop the promotion of Senzu soybeans in China.
Jiang Miao didn’t care too much about this matter.
After inspecting the Mulan Base, he returned to the Taminchagan Base to rest. He would go to the United Mining’s experimental project in the north of Zhelimu City tomorrow.

Người mua: Newking, 09/01/2025 10:15