"I just said Xiaoping doesn't like this..."

The farm manager Wang Lin was quite good at observing his expressions. When he saw Xiaoping sighing, he immediately changed his attitude. ▲∴ Holding Xiaoping and taking her to check the situation on the farm.

Xiaoping is very familiar with Gaoquan Farm. The farm is still an empty large cabin. Before Wang Lin volunteered to take over this stall, she came here. This time she came to discuss with Wang Lin how to display the farm and let the film crew of Xinglian Media show the world what kind of image.

Gaoquan Farm occupies three largest cabins, namely the main grain area, the vegetable area and the meat area. Each cabin has a smooth workshop structure. Wang Lin, Xiaoping and others walk on the middle work floor, where they are responsible for the harvesting and packaging of crops. Because the intelligent operating system has not yet covered this link, a lot of work has to be completed with manpower.

The planting areas of the staple food and vegetable areas are divided into more than ten layers, with an area of ​​nearly 10,000 square meters each. In fact, it is only about ten acres of land. If it were the traditional planting method on the earth, it would be impossible to feed hundreds of people. It relies on advanced technologies such as landless artificial planting.

When Star Alliance was first established, considering the logistics support for long-term space operations, Xia Ming took space agriculture as an important development direction and carried out in-depth cooperation with agricultural research institutions and enterprises in various countries.

Xinglian and Huaxia New Hope Company have the closest cooperation. Huaxia's soil-free rice, wheat, vegetables and other planting technologies are quite mature, but to achieve agricultural factoryization and solve the grain problem with only a small area, the original technology still cannot be done.

Xinglian first solved the problem of space planting of rice and wheat. The space farm in the Siyuan space station was able to supply Xinglian and Yunas personnel's staple food.

In this project, New Hope scientists won the Star Gate Award, and they achieved a yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu, and it was... every month.

The yield per mu is second. Rice ripens every 25 days and wheat ripens every 40 days. The first reaction of Chinese people who heard this was to look at the calendar and be sure that it is 2024 instead of 196x.

New Hope has really done so, which is also thanks to technological progress in other fields.

The first is the selection of seeds. "Space Rice/Wheat" is an artificial hybrid (natural genetically modified) crop, and does not use gene editing technology (artificial genetically modified). After all, the problem of preservation of genetic characteristics of artificial genetically modified has not been solved and cannot be bred.

With the support of a huge rice and wheat gene bank, scientists quickly hybridized seeds with the strongest photoreaction characteristics, which gave them the potential for rapid growth.

Then the silicon carbide semiconductor technology is launched. Through excellent full spectrum photoelectric reaction characteristics, as well as the advantages of low power consumption and low thermal radiation, the artificial sunlight system composed of a brand new semiconductor has also reduced the space demand for soilless planting by a huge margin.

One trick to shorten the growth period is the intelligent adjustment of artificial sunlight, which stimulates the biological circulation of crops at all times. Another trick is the intelligent adjustment of fog cultivation technology, which can just keep enough nutrients in a fast-paced state of absorption and throughput.

Coupled with ultrasonic ripening technology, New Hope's "Xingdao 3" and "Xingmai 5" achieved shocking yield and growth cycles, and did not use artificial genetically modified technology or used growth agents.

This achievement does not mean that it also solves the human food crisis. Such high yields and such short cycles, from the perspective of earth agriculture, are all money-stacked. Artificial sunlight, fog cultivation technology, and ultrasonic systems are all power-consuming users.

However, in space or immigrant planets, the least lacking is electricity. On the earth, we can only wait until the future when controlled nuclear fusion is widely used, and the idea of ​​food production will turn to this direction.

However, New Hope's "Star Rice" and "Star Mai" have a bad reputation among Star Alliance, Yunas and Amstar Immigration. Xiaoping's attitude is a clear example. She briefly scanned the situation in the main food area and asked Wang Lin to take her to the vegetable area. She also specifically explained: "Let's just take the filming crew here." Wang Lin nodded naturally, feeling that she didn't pay attention to this place at all.

It is impossible not to pay attention to it. The rice and bread of immigrants, like the Siyuan Space Station and the Amm Space Station, all come from this space food.

But how to say it, although this kind of staple food is far less terrifying than the unspeakable aerospace foods in science fiction novels, one result after rapid ripening is that the taste is particularly poor...

Perhaps in the future, New Hope or other companies can produce staple foods with both large and good taste, but Gaoquan City is expanding, and the scale of immigration will continue to expand. All the technical forces of New Hope are placed on continuing to increase production and shorten cycles, and there is no time to do research in this area. Just thinking about how far away it is from that time is enough to make people desperate.

So to now, people from Star Alliance or Yunas, including Takasuki citizens, have begun to get used to making rice balls with contents, otherwise it will be difficult to swallow.

When I entered the vegetable area, Xiaoping's expression became much clearer.

In addition to the usual soybeans, cabbage, radish, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., there are also various seasonal vegetables such as leeks. Of course, it is not considered seasonal here. It also uses intelligent sunlight and fog cultivation technology, plus ultrasonic ripening, the cycle and output are enough to supply thousands of people.

Seeing something, Xiaoping said happily: "Is there any water spinach?"

"All the seeds brought by the last flight were used to cultivate seedlings, and they almost failed."

Wang Lin said proudly, but the tone afterwards calmed down: "There are also pea tips and rapeseed flowers, which were sent by the family. They spent tens of thousands of yuan and spread a pound of thousands of yuan. They are really..."

Wang Lin is from Xichuan and was originally a vegetable farmer. She was the only one in her family who had Star Gate Syndrome, so she left her husband and son Tianren forever. Although she could still receive family messages through the Internet, and the "Star Gate Express" occasionally opened by Star Gate can also deliver something, this kind of life is obviously not a happy one.

Xiaoping was about to say something comforting, but Wang Lin smiled and hugged Xiaoping: "Little political commissar, don't care about my ideological work, everyone is worried about you."

Xiaoping smiled and said, "I'm very good. I'm so busy all day long, but I don't have time to think about anything."

"That's not OK. Don't waste your youth on us." Wang Lin blinked: "It's time to talk about a boyfriend."

Xiaoping blushed: "I can't even be busy with everyone's material life. Aunt Wang, do you still want to solve everyone's spiritual life?"

"That's right," Wang Lin sighed: "On weekdays, we live a clean soup and poor water. The seasonings transported by the spacecraft are so expensive. Everyone is urging us to get seasonings as soon as possible. How can we be busy with the things like pepper and pepper? New Hope has not produced seeds and craftsmanship. We can't solve the problem by planting them in just a few of them."

After talking a lot, Wang Lin realized something and said quickly: "Ah, I'm not complaining. To be honest, life is better now than on earth, but people just keep thinking about better."

Xiaoping waved her hand: "Aunt Wang, don't care, I'm the same. There are too few people now, so I can only stop. When there are too many people, I will definitely get better."

"I heard that there are thousands of people in the next batch. What a big cover, and how big the farm must be, so that the food is enough to eat."

Aunt Wang also yearned for it. The biggest problem in Gaoquan City is that there are too few people. Her Gaoquan farm has only a dozen people, which is already the largest unit except the municipal government and school.

"Let's do this, the crops of New Hope are not the focus. Aunt Wang, you should focus on introducing the vegetables you made yourself to the film crew..."

Xiaoping was discussing with Aunt Wang, when a man in his forties and fifties appeared and greeted: "Xiaoping, Sister Wang, are you busy?"

"Director Wei, what wind blows you?"

"Uncle Wei, is there anything wrong?"

Wei Jiangshan, director of the "Citizen Committee" of Gaoquan City, is equivalent to the Speaker of the Municipal Council. For Gaoquan City citizens, they are not used to treating artificial intelligence as mayors, so the director of the Municipal Committee is regarded as a parent official.

"Isn't the crew coming tomorrow? I have to take the reception work personally to rest assured. I'm here to discuss the ingredients with Sister Wang."

Wei Jiangshan was a small leader in a city before, and he still spoke and acted with an official spirit. In fact, he was not suitable for the position of speaker. However, he usually regarded himself as the director of the neighborhood committee or property management committee, and he worked hard to help everyone with his work, and everyone still trusted him very much.

Xiaoping smiled and said, "Uncle Wei, the bureaucratic disease has been ill again. Sister Xiaohuan and the others don't care about this."

"If others don't care, it doesn't mean we can't worry about it," Wei Jiangshan said seriously: "This is our home. When distinguished guests come to the door, nothing is a trivial matter! Xiaoping, think about it, if Chairman Xia came to your house, would you still be so casual?"

"Uh...this is different," Xiaoping said with a blushing face, "He is my **oss, how to do it is another set of rules."

"Actually, it's almost the same," Wang Lin also said: "We have always owe Xinglian people all our lives. Live here and are considered as Xinglian tenants. If we live our lives, we will pay off our debts to Xinglian. By this calculation, Chairman Xia is also our boss."

"That's the reason!" Wei Jiangshan raised other topics: "Look, the mayor of Gaoquan City is Mazu. We are all tenants, but there are still people who are not in a good mood and want to establish a party branch. Here, isn't Mazu the party and the government?"

He magically turned the topic back: "Doing a good reception work will also allow those people to clearly place their positions so that they will not go further and worse, and they will not be able to get out of Taiwan in the end."

"People eat in the bowl and think in the pot, but they have to look at the occasion and reason." Wang Lin shook her head. She also saw signs of what Wei Jiangshan said. Like Wei Jiangshan, she had no good feelings for those who were full of thinking about climbing high branches by relying on politics.

"Uncle Wei should not be too sensitive either. Our Star Alliance will not interfere with how everyone lives. Just make decisions according to procedures and let Mazu handle the execution. If there are any conflicts, don't intensify them and let everyone make decisions."

Of course, Xiaoping also knew about the recent undercurrents in Gaoquan City, but she didn't take it much. She blinked at Wei Jiangshan and said mischievously: "Believe in the masses and mobilize the masses, that's enough."

Wei Jiangshan patted his forehead and said, "Yes! I don't understand this one as well as Xiao Pingshen. It's really in vain for half of my life!"

This matter is not a matter of life or death. After saying it, it was put aside and the three of them inspected together.

When Wei Jiangshan came, he not only selected the ingredients, but also asked Wang Lin to help finalize the menu for tomorrow's welcome banquet. Xiaoping also actively participated in the discussion and ordered several dishes for public welfare.

After inspecting the vegetable area, the three of them came to the meat area again. This was not Wang Lin's home court. The person in charge Qu Shengjun once worked as a dairy farmer, knew a little animal husbandry knowledge, and with the help of pei, he barely carried the "animal husbandry" in Gaoquan City.

The root of Gaoquan City's "animal husbandry" is a group of "space pigs/cattle/sheep". They set off from the earth, passed the harsh test of high force and zero gravity, traveled 600 million to 700 million kilometers long, and with a survival rate of one tenth, they brought carnivorous seeds to Star Alliance, Yunas and Amstar immigrants.

In terms of the scale of Gaoquan City, pigs, cattle and sheep farmed in the meat area are far from enough, so there are not only restrictions on the supply of meat, but also rely on fish to supplement it. As for dairy cows, it is not even more important to think about it. Xiaoping noticed this and took the "Starmen Express" ride and brought a batch of milk powder from the earth to meet the needs of children.

Qu Shengjun helped Wei Jiangshan choose the pig and prepared for slaughtering. In this regard, artificial intelligence and robots can't help much. Fortunately, there are butchers among the immigrants, so he also knows a little.

While preparing, he also muttered: "New Hope is promoting their artificial meat and cloned meat. Aren't we growing beans? I'm going to try artificial meat, but cloned meat is a little scared."

"Clone meat..."

Wei Jiangshan and Wang Lin both showed a terrifying expression, but Xiaoping didn't care much. She had already eaten this thing.

More than ten years ago, artificial meat research promoted by Google founder Sergei Brynn had developed mature technology. The stem cells of beef cattle or pigs are used to proliferate, and then "weave" fat and muscle fibers with 3D printers. The meat produced in this way is much more convenient and quicker than cultivating a whole animal with cloning technology and then consuming it.

At that time, cloning meat was just a technology in the laboratory, with too high cost and no demand.

Now, the benefits of cloning meat have been highlighted, with high yields and few raw materials (stem cells). Interstellar immigrants only need to raise a small number of animals, and they provide stem cells for cloning and production, and they continue to obtain fresh meat.

However, for today's humans, eating the whole cloned animal's meat still has a great psychological barrier, not to mention eating the cloned meat directly. Just think about it, it is enough to clone human meat with this technology, which is disgusting. Who knows what will be eaten into the stomach?

Considering that the animal husbandry of interstellar immigration is one of the most headache-inducing problems, and for the zero-gravity space station, animal husbandry is a worse research topic, cloning meat has become one of the best directions for meat food, and members of Star Alliance have also become the warriors who first ate crabs.

To be honest, Xiaoping thinks cloned meat is quite delicious. The stem cells used for cloning are carefully selected, and 3D printing can also accurately control the tightness of the meat. But if it weren't for the cloned meat produced by Xinglian, Xiaoping decided that unless her pei can accurately detect the ingredients of the cloned meat, she would not eat it.

So, Xiaoping didn't comment on cloned meat.

As for artificial meat, Wei Jiangshan smiled and said, "I remember that in the 1900s, I also wanted to eat artificial meat made of dried tofu for a while. If it was still the same thing, it would be fine."

"That's right, it's no different from Suzhai," Qu Shengjun also smiled.

It seems that for a long time, eating meat will still be a difficult problem for Amstar immigrants.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no meat at tomorrow's reception. In order to receive the film crew, Wei Jiangshan specially launched a city-wide voting for the reception budget, and the budget obtained is enough to buy half of the pig, cattle and sheep in the meat area.

"I always feel that this is a snail shell making place. There is no need to do it. Just allocate it directly. What money is spent? It's all Star Alliance stuff. Even the air we breathe is not made by ourselves..."

Wei Jiangshan paid the meat with pei, and Qu Shengjun looked at the jumping numbers on pei and complained with some amusement.

"Experience, this is an experiment," Xiaoping said guiltily.

The "legal currency" in Gaoquan City is still a soft girl currency. Xinglian has not had time to manage the economy of the immigration area and has been thrown to the Social Research Department of the Star Alliance Academy of Sciences as a social experiment, and is tormented by economists who rely on their peers to learn from ancient and modern times, China and abroad.

Now Gaoquan City is implementing a transition plan, and the foundation is also based on soft girl coins. Xinglian provides soft girl coins to support the economic operation of the entire city.

The reason why Xiaoping is guilty is that she is also one of the developers of this plan. On the surface, the plan is indeed a bit ridiculous.

The entire city was built by Xinglian, and the work of immigrants was also arranged. The operation and management of the city were also supported by Mazu. From a certain perspective, immigrants are more like parasites in Gaoquan City.

But under this premise, Xinglian still calculates wages for immigrants and collects taxes. All living supplies, even air, are counted as money. The city's infrastructure is also considered as debts for immigrants, and is borne by immigrants in installments.

So there was a very funny situation in Gaoquan City. For example, Wei Jiangshan, whose monthly salary is 40,000 or 50,000 yuan, but he actually got only one-tenth of the money. Fortunately, most of the things that need to be bought with money are very cheap, especially food that guarantees basic living, that is, the service industry that immigrants make themselves, as well as shortage materials such as meat and condiments, are terrible.

Even so, most people know that their debts will not be paid back in ten lives, not to mention the past ten lives.

It's just that this is a bit weird. Star Alliance has directly turned it into a planned economy, and not many people will say no.

"When there are too many immigrants, there will be changes," Xiaoping can only say that, after all, Star Alliance has not yet straightened out its internal economic system.

"Will the chef be busy tomorrow?" After getting the meat, Qu Shengjun volunteered: "Why should I come and help too?"

"I'm about to tell you this..."

Wei Jiangshan chatted with Qu Shengjun, and Xiaoping quietly called Xiaohuan's pei.

"Sister Xiaohuan, everyone is very enthusiastic. Even the menu has been discussed seriously several times. Don't break the appointment for tomorrow's reception."

"It's so troublesome. Can I send a robot?"

“There are braised beef brisket, steamed sturgeon, and diced custard meat…”
Chapter completed!