Jack suddenly felt his nose a little sore. In the base, these miners can be said to have the lowest status except for the death row.
In order to save money, the former coalition government usually selected miners in Africa, Southeast Asia and other places, and paid very low salaries, usually only 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. dollars for them to work for a year.
Therefore, these miners simply cannot afford the vegetables produced on the moon base. One hundred dollars a vegetable, I can't bear it... There is another possibility, I can't buy it even if I want to.
Today, the entire base implements a rationing system, the original economic system has been completely abandoned, and everyone's food is provided uniformly, eating from one big pot. In order to encourage people's hearts, yesterday's meal added a little vegetable in addition to the fixed high-energy compressed food. Because of this, these absenteeists hurried to thank themselves.
People, only when they are in crisis can they witness a person's character. Some people are usually so noble, but when they encounter difficulties, they become depressed and give up on themselves; Grass is generally vigorous, as tenacious as cockroaches.
These miners are such people. When the base was at its most chaotic, they still kept their feet and worked honestly, providing power guarantee for the base. They are the most simple people.
"Don't worry everyone, after three months, we will not only have vegetables to eat, but also delicious rice and bread!" Jack was a little moved, "But this requires the efforts of all of us!"
Hearing this, all the miners cheered. Rice and bread are all luxuries on the moon. They cannot be bought with money, but only those with status and status can eat them. But, who doesn't want to eat a bowl of rice and a piece of bread? These are commonplace things on earth, but they think about them day and night.
The young black boy suddenly stood at attention, gave a solemn military salute, and at the same time shouted loudly, "I promise to complete the task!"
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This is just a detail in the production build. It has to be said that the quality of the people in the moon base is very high. Most of them are positive and uplifting. Everyone does not want to die. It is too embarrassing to starve to death without dying from the earth explosion.
Behind is death, there is no hesitation, no hesitation, only by going forward, can we fight a bloody road. This kind of situation is the easiest to inspire people's fighting spirit like breaking the boat.
Many people have turned their grief and indignation into motivation for work. There have been several accidents where they fainted due to excessive working hours, but fortunately no major disasters have been caused. Therefore, Jack held an emergency meeting again, stipulating that the working time should not exceed 14 hours a day, and that only two people could work together .
However, there are good and bad, and there are always some people who are decadent in their thinking, don't want to work, and don't want to make progress. For these people, let relatives and friends criticize and educate them first, and then let them do some simpler tasks.
But some people really don't listen to persuasion, so they can only feel sorry, reduce the share of food, the base is poor, and they can't afford to support idlers...
The ancients said: Don't worry about scarcity but inequality. If you can eat enough without working, the motivation of others will be reduced. This is absolutely not allowed. So, nothing to be polite to these people!
The most troublesome thing for Jack now is the "Moon Society" founded by Calvin. Since Calvin accurately predicted the "Earth Explosion", more and more people choose to join the Moon Society.
This can be said to be a strange belief. In Calvin's "prophecy", the Son of God is Jack, and he has the dual identity of "superhuman" and the leader of the base, so more and more people began to believe it.
This kind of belief is different from illusory religion, but a bit like chasing stars. Jack didn't know what to do. Calvin had already been arrested, and everything was done spontaneously by people. Perhaps, what people need more is a kind of spiritual sustenance.
All in all, it is not a big deal. The "Moon Society" is a relatively loose organization, and 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".
Therefore, the authorities did not take special measures and could only let it go.
Perhaps, when human beings get out of the predicament, people will regain their senses, and this phenomenon will slowly disappear.
After appeasing the miners, Jack hurried to the grain production base. You must know that all production transformation is for food, and this food is the most important thing!
The space on the top floor of the base was basically emptied, replaced by petri dishes of different sizes, one or two meters in length and width, and generally about 20 to 30 centimeters in height, and you can see sporadic greens in the petri dishes Appeared quietly.
These petri dishes are stacked layer by layer on the iron shelf, saving a lot of space on site. Each iron frame is equipped with solar lamps and a temperature control system to ensure the normal growth of plants.
"Captain Jack, these are the seeds of common early rice. The germination rate is above 96% in 48 hours. The hybrid seeds provided by Huaxia are used."
The person who spoke was the main person in charge of the Grain Transformation Program—the chief biologist Dr. Roman, who seemed to be quite satisfied with the progress of the experiment, "The growth cycle of this batch of rice is three months, and it is expected to produce 10,000 tons of millet, which is enough We 50,000 people eat it for a year!"
The two chatted while walking around, and Roman kept introducing the current progress.
"These are wheat seedlings with a growth period of about 100 days."
"The vegetables are grown in these petri dishes, including green cabbage, shepherd's purse, Chinese cabbage, celery, etc. Rice and wheat are not enough to provide all the nutrients the human body needs, so we have also expanded the production of vegetables."
"The growth cycle of cabbage is only 30 days, you see, it is already in shape."
When Jack heard it, he was happy, "So, in a month, we will be able to eat Chinese cabbage?"
"Yes! That's true." Roman said with a smile, "This is the power of technology and the efforts of all of us."
More than a dozen staff members in uniform are busy, they are constantly measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide, the concentration of the culture solution, and recording the growth of the seedlings, etc.
People often stop and watch outside the glass door, watching these seedlings grow up little by little, they will be so touched in their hearts. Hope in human hearts is a bit like a seedling in a petri dish, with the efforts of all people, it grows up bit by bit.
These people have good restraint. After watching for a while, they will devote themselves to work with enthusiasm.
"Dr. Roman, let's do this." Jack said, "You can arrange that everyone who works hard can adopt a seedling, but only one, as a commemoration of this agricultural transformation."
Although Roman was not born as a politician, he also guessed Jack's intentions, and said with a smile, "It's simple, just take a sticky note and ask them to sign it, and stick it on the petri dish."
The two observed the production situation nearby, and there are still a large number of facilities in production. If all the projects can be completed, enough food can be produced for at least three years!
Jack made a simple estimate. Today's major agricultural transformation plan is based on the stagnation of most experiments. According to the previous calculation, the economic losses caused are countless.
What's more, this transformation has used a lot of resources reserved in the past, and most people are working overtime. According to the previous economic system, it will cost at least two trillion U.S. dollars in three months!
Two trillion U.S. dollars to produce 50,000 tons of food, the price... Hehe, the key is that it is only a one-off, people have not established a complete ecosystem, and all the carbon dioxide comes from industry. No wonder people in the past preferred to bring food from the earth.
"According to the plan, after the completion of the agricultural plan, we still have to raise pigs, sheep and other animals, so that humans will have meat to eat, but this cycle will be longer... Best, we still have to build an ecosystem. ' said Roman.
Jack nodded, "The animals in the laboratory are well fed, right ?"
"This is for sure! The food is more nourishing than human beings." Roman said. There is no way around this, these animals have become rare species now, and if people want to eat meat, they have to protect them well.
Jack continued to walk forward and saw ten plants that looked like small trees, each of which had petri dish that was two meters square. As soon as he approached, he felt that the temperature dropped a few degrees.
"This is the super rice modified by Perfect Su!" Dr. Roman said proudly, "They will continue to grow until they are seven or eight meters high, and each can produce 2,000 kilograms of grain."
"This is the infinite power of perfection. When will we humans be able to do this?"