Chapter 17 The Great Construction Era (2)

Yu Yifeng suddenly felt a little sour in his nose. In the base, these miners can be said to have the lowest status except for death row prisoners.

In order to save money, the previous coalition government usually selected miners in Africa, Southeast Asia and other places, and the salary they offered was also very low, usually only 20,000 to 30,000 US dollars to let them work for a year.

Therefore, these miners can't afford to buy vegetables produced in the lunar base. Vegetables that cost one hundred US dollars a head are reluctant... There is another possibility, even if you want to buy them, you can't buy them.

Nowadays, the entire base implements a rationing system, and the original economic system has been completely abandoned. Everyone's meals are uniformly supplied and eaten in a big pot. In order to encourage people's hearts, yesterday's meals added a little vegetables in addition to the fixed high-energy compressed food. It was because of this that these miners hurried to thank themselves.

People, only in times of crisis can you witness a person's character. Some people are usually so noble, but once they encounter difficulties, they become listless and self-destructive; some people are usually not very eye-catching, but they are still optimistic when they encounter difficulties, and their vitality is as vigorous as weeds and as tenacious as cockroaches.

These miners are such people. When the base was in the most chaos, they still kept their heads down and worked honestly to provide power for the base. They are the most simple people.

"Don't worry, three months later, we will not only have vegetables to eat, but also fragrant rice and bread!" Yu Yifeng was a little moved, "But this requires the efforts of all of us!"

Hearing this, all the miners cheered. Rice and bread are luxury goods on the moon. They are not available with money. Only people with status and position can eat them. But who doesn't want to eat a bowl of rice and a piece of bread? These things that are common on the earth are what they think about day and night.

The young black guy suddenly stood at attention, saluted solemnly, and shouted loudly, "Guarantee to complete the task!"

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This is just a detail in production and construction. It has to be said that the quality of the people in the lunar base is very high. Most people are positive and optimistic. No one wants to die. It's too aggrieved to starve to death instead of dying from the explosion of the earth.

Behind you is death, you can't hesitate, you can't delay, only by moving forward can you fight for a bloody road. This situation is most likely to inspire people's desperate fighting spirit.

Many people have turned their grief and indignation into motivation for work. There have been several accidents of fainting due to long working hours, but fortunately no major disasters have occurred. Therefore, Yu Yifeng held an emergency meeting again, stipulating that the working time should not exceed 14 hours a day, and two people must work in a group.

However, there are good and bad people. There are always some people who are decadent in thought, don't want to work, and don't want to make progress. For these people, first let their relatives and friends criticize and educate them, and then let them do some simpler work.

But some really don't listen to advice, then I can only apologize, reduce the food share, the base is poor, and can't support idle people...

The ancients said: It's not the lack of food that is worrying, but the inequality. If you can eat without working, the motivation of others will be reduced, which is absolutely not allowed. So, there is no need to be polite to these people!

What Yu Yifeng is most worried about now is the "Moon Club" founded by Calvin. Since Calvin accurately predicted the "earth explosion", more and more people have chosen to join the Moon Club.

This can be said to be a strange belief. In Calvin's "prophecy", the Son of God is Yu Yifeng, and he has the dual identities of "superhuman" and base leader, so more and more people begin to believe.

This belief is different from the illusory religion, but it is a bit like chasing stars. Yu Yifeng didn't know what to do. Calvin had been arrested. Everything was spontaneous. Perhaps, people actually need a kind of spiritual sustenance.

In short, it's not a big deal. The "Moon Club" is always a relatively loose organization. There are almost no anti-human regulations. It even only requires people to believe that "the Son of God will lead mankind out of the predicament".

So the official did not take any special measures and could only let it go.

Perhaps, when humans get out of the predicament, people will regain their sanity and this phenomenon will slowly disappear.

After appeasing these miners, Yu Yifeng hurried to the food production base again. You know, all production reforms are for food. These foods are the top priority!

The space on the top of the base has been basically emptied. Instead, there are culture dishes of different sizes, one or two meters long and wide, and generally about 20 to 30 centimeters high. You can see sporadic green quietly appearing in the culture dishes.

These culture dishes are stacked up layer by layer in the iron rack, saving a lot of space. Each iron rack is equipped with a solar lamp and a temperature control system to ensure that the plants can grow normally.

"Captain Yu, this is the seed of ordinary early rice. The germination rate in 48 hours is above 96%. The hybrid seeds used are still provided by Huaxia."

The person who spoke was the person in charge of the food transformation plan, chief biologist Dr. Roman. He seemed to be satisfied with the progress of the experiment. "This batch of rice has a growth cycle of three months, and it is expected to produce 10,000 tons of millet, which is enough for our 50,000 people to eat for a year!"

The two strolled and talked while Roman kept introducing the current progress.

"These are wheat seedlings, with a growth period of about 100 days."

"These culture dishes are planted with vegetables, including green vegetables, shepherd's purse, Chinese cabbage, celery, etc. Rice and wheat are not enough to provide all the nutrients needed by the human body, so we have also expanded the production of vegetables."

"For example, the growth cycle of Chinese cabbage is only 30 days. You see, it has already taken shape."

Yu Yifeng was happy when he heard it, "So, in a month, we can eat Chinese cabbage?"

"Yes! That's right." Roman said with a smile, "This is the power of science and technology, and the efforts of all of us."

More than a dozen uniformed staff members are busy. They are constantly measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide, the concentration of culture fluid, and recording the growth of seedlings, etc.

People often stop outside the glass door to watch, watching these seedlings grow up little by little, and they feel a little touched in their hearts. The hope in human hearts is a bit like the seedlings in the petri dish, which grows up little by little with the efforts of everyone.

These people have good self-control. After watching for a while, they will devote themselves to their work with enthusiasm.

"Dr. Roman, let's do this." Yu Yifeng said, "You arrange it. Everyone who works hard can adopt a seedling, but only one, as a commemoration of this agricultural transformation."

Although Roman was not born a politician, he guessed Yu Yifeng's intention and said with a smile, "This is simple. Take a note and ask them to sign their names and stick it on the petri dish."

The two observed the production situation nearby, and a large number of facilities were in production. If all projects can be completed, at least enough food for three years can be produced!

Yu Yifeng made a simple estimate. The current agricultural transformation plan is based on the stagnation of most experiments. According to the previous calculation method, the economic losses caused are countless.

What's more, this transformation has mobilized a lot of resources that were previously reserved. Most people are working overtime. According to the previous economic system, it will cost at least two trillion US dollars in three months!

Two trillion US dollars to produce 50,000 tons of food, this cost... Haha, the key is that it is only a one-time thing. People have not established a complete ecosystem. All carbon dioxide is obtained from industry. No wonder people in the past would rather transport food from the earth.

"According to the plan, after the agricultural plan is completed, we still have to raise animals such as pigs and sheep, so that humans will have meat to eat, but this cycle is relatively long... It is best to establish an ecosystem." Roman said.

Yu Yifeng nodded, "Are those animals in the laboratory well fed?"

"That's for sure! They eat more nourishing food than humans." Roman said. There is no way, these animals have now become rare species, and people have to protect them well if they want to eat meat.

Yu Yifeng continued walking forward and saw ten plants that looked like small trees. Each plant had its own culture dish that was two meters square. As he approached, he felt the temperature dropped by several degrees.

"This is the super rice transformed by Perfection!" Dr. Roman said proudly, "They will continue to grow until they are seven or eight meters tall, and each plant can produce two thousand kilograms of food."

"This is the infinite power of Perfection. When can we humans achieve this?"