Chapter 265 0264 Digging karez in the desert!

The Taklimakan Desert edge locking and closure project in YT County is an epic project comparable to the “South-to-North Water Diversion” and “West-to-East Power Transmission”.

Since 1978, it has been included in the large-scale desertification control project in the “Three Norths” region.

It took a full 46 years and two or three generations of youth to transform a nearly 3046-kilometer-long vegetation green belt with a green area of ​​more than 7000 million mu.

The reason for such a large-scale transformation is to block the outward spread of the Taklamakan Desert within the planned area.

Where is the Taklamakan Desert?
This is the largest desert in China! It is also the second largest mobile desert in the world, with an area of ​​33 square kilometers. It is described in the oldest geographical works in China, “Yu Gong” and “Shan Hai Jing”.

What is a shifting desert?

Under the influence of directional wind, the sand in the desert will move slowly in the direction of the wind, and the entire desert will migrate slowly like the sea.

Although the speed of movement is very slow every year, over time, such a large area of ​​desert will swallow up the entire Xinjiang region and Gansu province!
The ancient Kingdom of Loulan is a typical example of an ancient country that was buried by the quicksand of the Taklamakan Desert.

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

Now, from a bird’s eye view from remote sensing satellites, the edge of the entire Taklamakan Desert has changed from its past desertification to a sudden green color.

The arrival of Magic Cube Group will undoubtedly add icing on the cake for the edge-locking work in YT County!
Because the ‘Super Sand No. 1’ desert soybean cultivated by MC breeding experts has now been planted on a large scale throughout YT County.

The sowing location is just where the border project is heading towards the center of the Taklimakan Desert.

After a period of desert reclamation, the growth of ‘Super Sand No. 1’ is very gratifying.

The closure project here is still in the final stages, but the soybean fields that were planted some time ago have already sprouted green bean sprouts.

This miraculous scene stunned the YT County leaders and forest rangers who were busy filling the haystacks.

In such a harsh desert environment, economic crops that rely on water can grow normally.

This is a huge BUG in itself!

What’s even more exaggerated is that this ‘Super Sand No. 1’ soybean basically requires no care after sowing.

Its extremely long root system will extend into the water-containing soil under the desert.

Not only does it grow fast and is drought-resistant, it can also play a role in fixing sand and preventing soil erosion over a large area.

So every time the day’s edging work is completed, the forest rangers nearby like to take a walk around the soybean fields.

The joy of watching the soybeans grow healthily and being unable to help but smile is the result of the farming gene engraved in the bones of every Chinese son and daughter.

Because these forest rangers who are rooted on the edge of the desert have been doing farm work all their lives, but they have never seen such great soybeans!
If the entire Taklamakan Desert were planted with this kind of soybeans, it would not be long before the world’s largest soybean producing area would shift from the United States and Brazil to China.

Turning the entire desert into an oasis can create 33 square kilometers of new arable land for the country.

After several more generations of hard work, perhaps a few majestic western cities will emerge in this largest desert in China!

This was something we would never have dared to think of in the past!
“Boss Jue, look how well these soybean seedlings are growing!”

“We in the agricultural technology station didn’t believe the ‘Super Sand No. 1’ when we heard about it before. It wasn’t until the seed dealer brought the soybean seeds here and bought the test field for trial planting that we saw it with our own eyes!” Yu Chengfeng led a delegation from the Magic Cube Group and approached the soybean field for a close observation.

The head of the agricultural technology station, who looks mature and like an old farmer, gently strokes the neat rows of green bean sprouts, which are only more than 10 centimeters high, with his rough and cracked hands.

Through his description and the echoes of the accompanying leaders, the miserable conditions of YT County decades ago were described.

In the past, whenever a strong wind blew in YT County, the yellow earth, sand and dust in the sky were enough to cover the entire county.

The doors and windows of every household were closed, and even going out became a luxury.

When the wind died down, the whole county was covered with a yellow coat of sand. It was impossible to clean up the sand!

Because you can never finish sweeping it!

The next wave of sandstorms will arrive soon.

There are actually many remote small towns like this one that are invaded by deserts in the country.

In the past, the entire Minqin County in Gansu Province was about to be swallowed up by the Badain Jaran Desert and the Tengger Desert. In 1.6, 2004% of the county’s 94 square kilometers of land had been desertified!

The American magazine National Geographic predicted in 2012 that the entire Minqin would disappear from the map in the near future!
However, tens of thousands of herdsmen and ordinary people in the city gritted their teeth and persisted, and under the guidance of Green Water and Green Mountains, they would not move even if they were killed.

An entire generation of youth worked hard to achieve this goal, and through large-scale afforestation, the county’s forest and grassland coverage rate was increased from 3% to 18%, creating a brand new Minqin oasis.

Minqin has now become a well-known local tourist attraction, and the crops produced in Minqin, such as Yellow River honeydew melon, honeydew melon, tulip and black melon seeds, are famous throughout the country.

This is another miracle of man conquering nature by the Chinese people.

Of course, in the past, forest rangers on the edge of the desert relied on traditional sand-fixing plants such as sea buckthorn, tamarisk, saxaul, and poplar to prevent and control desertification.

For example, the electronic plants on Alibaba’s “Ant Forest” mini program are mainly based on several prototypes.

But with the arrival of the Rubik’s Cube Group, these most lovely people rooted in the desert have new choices.

Compared with slow-growing Haloxylon ammodendron trees, Super Sand No. 1 soybeans have inherent advantages.

In addition, large areas of land in the desert have little economic value. Instead of leaving it to waste, it is better to plant soybeans to generate income.

After seeing the planting results of the experimental fields, the leaders of YT County quickly agreed to the decision to plant “Super Sand No. 1” on a large scale.

He even signed a desert contracting agreement with Chen Jue, who came from afar, which will be recorded in future history.

The content of the contract is very simple, that is, Magic Cube Group will plan 1 square kilometers of desert arable land in YT County for large-scale mechanized operations.

This piece of arable land is located in the border project towards the center of the Taklimakan Desert and occupies almost one-quarter of the county’s land.

In the past, these desert areas were not only often troubled by storms, but even tourists were unwilling to come and could not make any money.

Now, it has been directly contracted to Magic Cube Group, which can not only get 10 billion yuan in rental fees every year.

In the future, 30% of the profits from any cash crops produced on this land will be distributed as dividends to YT County.

You should know that the current GDP of YT County is less than 55 billion yuan per year!
As soon as the Magic Cube Group signed the contract, GDP alone soared by 15%, not to mention the subsequent output.

So on the day the agreement was signed, Chen Jue was invited to a specialty restaurant in the county, where he feasted on a whole roasted lamb.

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

A small team of iron golems appeared in their original form, holding an iron pickaxe in one hand and a bucket in the other, digging quickly forward.

Whenever quicksand falls from their heads, they will take out a cobblestone block and put it back in place.

If an MC player saw this scene, he would definitely shout “Awesome!”

Isn’t this the MC version of the karez?

However, this karez is buried deep enough and has no vertical shaft. Relying on the MC infinite water method, if this MC karez is successfully built, it will directly increase the evaporation rate of the entire desert.

A hardcore transformation of the Taklamak Desert’s groundwater sources has begun quietly!

(End of this chapter)