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Chapter 265 0264 Digging Qanat in the Desert!

The Taklamakan Desert Lock-Edge Convergence Project in YT County is an epic undertaking comparable to the 'South-to-North Water Diversion' and 'West-East Electricity Transmission' projects.

It was planned as part of the large-scale desertification control project in the 'Three-North' region starting in 1978.

Over a period of 46 years, spanning two or three generations, nearly 3,046 kilometers of vegetation green belts were created, with a green area exceeding 70 million mu.

The purpose of such a large-scale transformation is to contain the outward spread of the Taklamakan Desert within the planned area.

What kind of place is the Taklamakan Desert?

It is China's largest desert! It is also the world's second-largest shifting sand desert, covering an area of 330,000 square kilometers. It is described in China's oldest geographical works, 'Yu Gong' and 'Shan Hai Jing'.

What is a shifting sand desert?

It means that under the action of directional winds, the sand in the desert will slowly move in the direction of the wind, and the entire desert will migrate slowly like seawater.

Although the speed of movement is very slow every year, over time, such a large area of desert will engulf the entire Xinjiang region and Gansu province!

The ancient Loulan Kingdom is a typical example of being buried by the shifting sands of the Taklamakan Desert.

Therefore, this lock-edge project can be said to be a miracle of engineering that benefits the present and future generations.

Looking down from remote sensing satellites, the edge of the entire Taklamakan Desert has transformed from a desertified landscape to a striking green expanse.

The arrival of the Mojue Group has undoubtedly added a stroke of perfection to the lock-edge convergence in YT County!

Because the 'Super Sand No. 1' desert soybean, cultivated by MC breeding experts, is now being sown on a large scale throughout YT County.

The sowing location is precisely in the direction towards the center of the Taklamakan Desert, near the lock-edge project.

After a period of desert reclamation, the 'Super Sand No. 1' is growing very well.

While the convergence project is still being completed, the soybean fields sown some time ago have already sprouted lush green seedlings.

This miraculous scene stunned the leaders of YT County and the forest rangers busy filling grass stacks.

In such a harsh desert environment, it is possible for an economic crop that relies on water sources to grow normally.

This in itself is very BUG!

Even more exaggerated is that this 'Super Sand No. 1' soybean basically does not need much management after sowing.

Its ultra-long root system itself will extend to the water-bearing soil under the desert.

Not only does it grow fast and is drought-resistant, but it can also play a role in large-scale sand fixation and prevention of soil erosion.

Therefore, whenever the lock-edge project work is finished for the day, the forest rangers nearby like to walk around the soybean fields.

The joy of watching the soybeans grow healthily, with an aunt-like smile on their faces, is the farming gene engraved in the bones of every Chinese son and daughter at work.

Because these forest rangers who are rooted on the edge of the desert have been doing farm work all their lives and have never seen such amazing soybeans!

If the entire Taklamakan Desert were planted with this soybean, it is estimated that before long, the world's largest soybean production area would shift from the United States and Brazil to China.

Turning the entire desert into an oasis can create 330,000 square kilometers of new arable land for the country.

After several generations of efforts, it is estimated that several majestic western cities may emerge in this largest desert in China!

This was unimaginable in the past!

"Director Jue, look how well these soybean seedlings are growing!"

"Our agricultural technology station people didn't believe it before when they heard about this 'Super Sand No. 1'. It wasn't until Director Shang brought the soybean seeds and spent money to take over this experimental field for trial planting that we saw it with our own eyes!"

Yu Chengfeng led a group of Mojue Group's inspection team to observe the soybean fields up close.

This mature-looking agricultural technology station director, like an old farmer, gently stroked the neat rows of green soybean seedlings, only a dozen centimeters high, with his rough, chapped hands.

Under his description and the agreement of the accompanying leaders, the tragic situation of YT County decades ago was described.

In the past, whenever a strong wind blew in YT County, the sky-filled loess dust and sand could shroud an entire county town.

Every household had its doors and windows tightly closed, and even going out became a luxury.

When the wind stopped, the entire county town would be draped in a layer of yellow sand and soil.

Cleaning up the sand was simply impossible!

Because it could not be swept away at all!

The next wave of sand and dust would soon strike.

There are actually many remote small counties in China that are invaded by deserts like this.

In the past, Minqin County in Gansu Province was about to be swallowed by the Badain Jaran Desert and the Tengger Desert. In 2004, desertification reached 94% of the county's 16,000 square kilometers of land!

The American magazine 'National Geographic' predicted in 2012 that the entire Minqin would disappear from the map soon!

However, tens of thousands of herdsmen and ordinary people in the city gritted their teeth and persevered. Under the guidance of green waters and green mountains, they refused to relocate even if they were killed.

They spent the youth of an entire generation to fight to the death, relying on large-scale tree planting to increase the forest and grassland coverage of the county from 3% to 18%, creating a brand new Minqin oasis.

The current Minqin has become a well-known tourist scenic spot in the local area, and the agricultural products produced in Minqin, such as Yellow River cantaloupe, Bailan melon, tulips, and black melon seeds, are famous throughout the country.

This is another miracle of Chinese sons and daughters fighting against nature and creating a victory for mankind.

Of course, in the past, the forest rangers on the edge of the desert relied on traditional sand-fixing plants such as sea buckthorn, sand willow, Haloxylon ammodendron, and Populus euphratica to prevent and control desertification.

The electronic plants on Ali's 'Ant Forest' applet are mainly based on several prototypes.

However, with the arrival of Mojue Group, these most beloved people rooted in the desert have a brand new choice.

Compared with slow-growing Haloxylon ammodendron and others, Super Sand No. 1 soybean has inherent advantages.

In addition, large areas of land in the desert area have little economic value. Instead of wasting it, it is better to plant soybeans for income.

So after seeing the planting results of the experimental field, the leaders of YT County quickly agreed to the decision to plant Super Sand No. 1 on a large area.

They even signed a desert contracting agreement with Chen Jue, who had come from afar, which can be described as being recorded in future history books.

The content of the contracting agreement is very simple, that is, Mojue Group will plan 10,000 square kilometers of desert arable land in YT County for large-scale mechanized operations.

The location of this arable land is in the direction towards the center of the Taklamakan Desert, near the lock-edge project, accounting for almost a quarter of the county's land.

In the past, these desert areas not only often caused trouble, but even tourists were unwilling to come, and they could not generate any money.

Now, it is good to directly contract it to Mojue Group in one go, which can not only obtain 1 billion yuan in rent every year.

In the future, 30% of the income from any economic crops in this plot will be distributed to YT County as dividends.

You should know that the current GDP of YT County is less than 5.5 billion yuan!

With the signing of this contracting agreement by Mojue Group, regardless of the subsequent output, the GDP has skyrocketed by 15% at once.

So on the day the agreement was signed, Chen Jue was invited to a characteristic restaurant in the county to feast on a whole roasted lamb.

At the same time, deep underground in the desert area contracted by Mojue Group.

A small team of Iron Golems, in their original forms, are holding [Iron Pickaxes] in one hand and carrying [Buckets] in the other, thumping and quickly digging forward.

Whenever there is quicksand falling from the top of their heads, they will also take out a [Cobblestone] block and pad it back in.

If an MC player saw this scene, they would definitely exclaim 'Awesome!'

Isn't this just a Qanat in the MC version?

It's just that this Qanat is buried deep enough and has no vertical shaft. Relying on MC's infinite water method, if this MC Qanat is successfully manufactured, then it will directly and forcibly increase the evaporation of the entire desert.

A hardcore transformation of the groundwater source in the Taklamakan Desert has begun silently!