The Three-Body Problem: The Most Competent Wallfacer of All Time

Chapter 126 Starch

The chief person in charge of the "Green Field Project" project team is Qi Guanglu, who took Jiang Yu directly to the laboratory.

While walking towards the laboratory, Qi Guanglu said with a red face: "The day I went to visit you, if I didn't see that you were too weak, I would have told you the good news at that time."

Qi Guanglu's excitement also moved Jiang Yu, he asked with a smile: "Which group has made a breakthrough?"

"You may not have imagined it," said Qi Guanglu, "it's the fourth group!

"They successfully produced artificial starch with carbon dioxide! This is definitely a pioneering work that can rewrite human history!"

Jiang Yu naturally knew what it meant. Starch for people's food or industrial use is obtained through the periodic growth of crops.

Artificial starch will be an alternative to traditional agriculture!
Moreover, carbon dioxide is still used to make starch. I dare not say anything else. This can definitely help mankind's struggling space career!
Just imagine, the carbon dioxide waste gas that needs to be filtered in space can be made into edible starch!
What an awesome eco-recyclable system this will be!

Jiang Yu excitedly held Qi Guanglu's hand: "Tell me in detail!"

Qi Guanglu introduced: "This project started in Tianjin before, but the 'frustrated two years' stopped this project, and then started to vigorously develop the aerospace industry, and this project was discontinued.

"After our investigation, we felt that the feasibility of this project was very high, so we were drawn into the fourth group.

"Sure enough, it lived up to expectations. It finally made a technological breakthrough last year. After a year of continuous optimization, it has completely reached the stage where it can be mass-produced."

Jiang Yu sighed: "Developing the aerospace industry with a dull head is like crossing a single-plank bridge. Look at a breakthrough in agriculture, which saves a lot of things about the life support system of the spacecraft.

"No one knows how much convenience the next humble technological breakthrough will bring to the aerospace industry!"

Amid Jiang Yu's emotions, a group of people came to the laboratory, and the researchers gave Jiang Yu a detailed introduction.

The chemical formula of starch is six carbons, ten hydrogens, and five oxygens. From the chemical structure point of view, water and carbon dioxide can form starch.

So starch is also called high-molecular carbohydrates, which are the main energy that humans get from food.

The truth is this, but I have never seen that water and carbon dioxide can become starch when stirred together.

Even after simplification, the process of turning carbon dioxide and water into starch requires eleven steps, using microorganisms and chemical combinations to complete.

After the visit, Jiang Yu delivered a simple speech, thanking everyone for finding a new way out for human agriculture. He bluntly said that this technology is no less than the skills of farming that humans mastered back then.

It is likely that this will be the starting point for a whole new era of agriculture!

Anyone can see that Jiang Yu was very happy with this result, and he chatted with the researchers until noon.

When having lunch with everyone, Jiang Yu asked how far has the mass production of artificial starch progressed?

Qi Guanglu sighed and said, "The biggest market for artificial starch in the future may come from industry!"

Jiang Yu was taken aback: "How do you say that?"

Qi Guanglu said: "After our results were released, some people immediately questioned whether artificial starch would harm the human body?

"There are even individual masters of Chinese studies who scold us as against the law of heaven!
"We conducted a questionnaire survey, and the respondents all expressed concerns about eating artificial starch!

"Even the cooperation between the space station and us has been terminated because of the opposition of the astronauts!"

Jiang Yu slapped the table: "Idiot! An idiot in the cloak of Chinese studies!"

Di Fengyi was taken aback. In his impression, Jiang Yu admired Chinese studies very much!

Jiang Yu said again: "If you don't learn so many good things about Chinese studies, you will know the dross of learning Chinese studies!
"Are they also saying that they can see the growth of plants, but they can't see the synthesis of artificial starch, so they think artificial starch is harmful to humans?"

Qi Guanglu nodded: "Someone did say something similar."

Jiang Yu sneered and said, "I used to hear a self-proclaimed master of Chinese studies say that he doesn't believe in evolution! Because he has never seen a monkey in a park turn into a human!"
"This kind of person is indeed a master! He is a master of the outdated parts of Chinese learning!"

When Jiang Yu was angry, everyone at the table was as quiet as a cicada. Before he knew it, Jiang Yu's aura had already been developed.

Jiang Yu took two deep breaths, and finally suppressed his temper: "The scolding is the scolding, since people like to listen and believe, we will treat them in the same way as others, and find someone to package our artificial starch.

"Bragging, who wouldn't!"

He thought about it for a while and said: "I'll find another opportunity to see if I can use artificial starch for those who can't eat in the name of humanitarian donations.

"This thing must be mass-produced as soon as possible. Even if it is not used as a staple food, it can be used in emergencies if you have accumulated experience in mass production."

The researcher also said: "We will also develop artificial starches with different flavors such as wheat, corn, and rice as soon as possible, and strive to let everyone accept artificial starch as soon as possible."

Jiang Yu nodded: "If you have any difficulties, just come to me."

In the afternoon, Qi Guanglu took Jiang Yu to the third group again.

The third group has not made much progress in the past five years. The adhesives entangled in the sand have been studied for many years before, and no better formula can be found for the time being.

In addition, no matter how good this material is, it cannot solve the fundamental problem of water shortage.

However, in an experiment, the group accidentally formulated an adhesive that is resistant to low and high temperatures.

This unexpectedly solved the problem of emergency building materials in the "Moon City Project" project team. For example, some parts of the Moon City need to use the moon's soil foundation.

Building a city on the moon is not like digging a foundation on the earth, just dig a trench and lay bricks, and then bury it back in the soil.

Because the lunar soil can't hold water, it's useless to dig well and backfill.

It is convenient to have this kind of adhesive. Where there is a need to use the lunar soil foundation, you only need to fill this kind of adhesive between the outer wall of the Moon City and the lunar soil foundation to play the role of the soil foundation.

However, this formula is still being improved, and there should be a long way to go in practice.

Jiang Yu said with a smile: "Then just transfer the third team to the project team of the "Moon City Project". If their results are used in the future, call them back."

Then it's time to go to the second group, which is responsible for finding ways to transport water efficiently.

This is basically a purely theoretical group. In a small conference room, they reported to Jiang Yu the progress made in the past five years.

Before hibernation, Jiang Yu said that the bubbles were used to fetch water, and they really tried it.

But the effect is not very good.

　That, a new chapter will be added tonight.

　　In addition, thank you [a magenta fake flour] for the 100-point reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)