I am reborn as Sai, but the animation three-body

Chapter 40 A Three-dimensional Farm

"Okay, I'll prepare the vehicle for you now." Kanter made a phone call after finishing speaking, and in a short while dozens of bodyguards surrounded Say and led her to the convoy.

Under Kanter's arrangement, a long convoy of infantry fighting vehicles and bulletproof vehicles drove out of the PDC headquarters and approached the nearest Liyuan.

Nearly several hundred meters away, Say vaguely saw the three-dimensional farm, which was a gray warehouse-shaped building.

The professor who proposed to build a vertical farm before stepped forward to greet him. He is now one of the leaders of the Say agricultural plan and the chief engineer of the three-branch vertical farm project.

"Chairman Say, welcome to Verne Stereo Farm at No. 0175. If you hadn't stood up to the crowd, such a magnificent building would never have had the chance to be built."

After a few simple polite words, the chief engineer led Say to visit this huge three-dimensional farm.

"This is the first three-dimensional farm built after the release of your plan. It covers an area of ​​8 square kilometers and is 23 meters high. It is divided into the planting area on the first floor and the living area on the second floor."

"The planting area on one of the floors is at a height of 20 meters, and its automated hydropower system is maintained by artificial intelligence and engineers, while the living area above is at normal height, with canteens, warehouses, offices and staff dormitories."

It was only when Say came to the front that the scale of this farm was unbelievably large. It was 23 meters taller than an ordinary 7-story building. In addition to its astonishing area, the feeling of oppression was not small.

"Look inside, I want to see the planting area."

"Okay." The chief engineer said and led Say into the three-dimensional farm.

The interior of the three-dimensional farm is also spectacular, with countless rows of giant "shelves" more than ten meters high, and they emit a faint purple light, which is the light of LED lights.

And between these shelves, roads for vehicles have been set up, and many small transport vehicles and mobile lifts are parked on both sides of the road.

Of course, it was a pity that the inside of the farm was cleared in advance because Say came to inspect, which also made Say miss seeing the bustling labor of the workers with his own eyes.

"Chairman Say, it's spectacular, right? To be honest, I think this is not a farm, but a factory. It's just like the intensive labor operations in the past. There will be countless employees here to take care of these crops."

"Through the 24-hour sunlight simulated by LED lights, and the environment we have created, crops can thrive at a higher efficiency and can be harvested many times a year."

"What kind of crops can be grown in this three-dimensional countryside?"

"Most crops can be grown here, but the environment needs to be adjusted for different crops. This three-dimensional village mainly grows stem vegetables such as potatoes."

"The potatoes produced by this three-dimensional farm last year are enough to meet the food needs of 200 million people. Of course, I mean the minimum demand. If the standard is high, it will definitely be lowered."

"That's amazing. If traditional agriculture is adopted, this area can support tens of thousands of people at most." Sai praised sincerely.

The food production efficiency of the three-dimensional farm is indeed astonishing. For example, less than 3000 three-dimensional farms of this level are needed to meet the food needs of the entire Hua Kingdom, and it can also achieve a rich variety of food.

And if it is only to meet the basic needs and achieve the food level of Huaguo in the 80s, then hundreds of three-dimensional farms are enough.

In this way, a three-dimensional farm of only 10,000+ square kilometers is enough for all human beings to avoid the Great Depression and maintain the level of developed countries before the crisis era.

Moreover, the three-dimensional farm is different from the traditional farm. It does not rely on valuable arable land. Even if the three-dimensional farm is built on the Sahara Desert or even Mars, it will not affect the work efficiency.

"It's hard to imagine. This is because this three-dimensional farm has greatly improved the efficiency of land use. Perhaps people will use cubic meters instead of square meters as the area of ​​cultivated land in the future."

"I have to say that this is really an outstanding progress in agriculture. From traditional agriculture to three-dimensional agriculture, it is no less than from handicrafts to industry. This is a factory that produces food!" said the chief engineer.

"Since we are talking about a factory, how much is the treatment and salary of the workers in it?" Sai asked.

"Well, the employees of the three-dimensional farm are provided with board and lodging. There are dormitories, collective bathrooms, activity rooms and canteens. The average working hours are about ten hours a day. As for the hourly wages, it fluctuates around $3."

Seeing Say's puzzled face, the chief engineer explained: "I know this sounds miserable, but you have to consider that the first batch of three-dimensional farms were built in backward countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia and Myanmar. Even Laos and Pakistan doesn't even qualify."

This salary is indeed not high in developed countries and big cities. It is about 600 US dollars a month, which is 4200 yuan when converted into RMB.

However, Say immediately understood that the construction site of the three-dimensional farm cannot be located in a developed country, but in a poor country in Asia, Africa and Latin America where the economy has collapsed.

The reason for this setting is very simple, because most of the positions in the three-dimensional farm are not technical. As for a small number of technical occupations, they only need to be arranged by the PDC.

Therefore, anyone can do these jobs, even those poor people who have not received basic education, they only need to go through simple training, and then they can work.

In addition, the three-dimensional farm can alleviate the local famine problem and the employment rate problem, and it is politically unjustifiable to use the funds of the nine member states to build a three-dimensional farm in developed countries.

As for wages, $600 a month means $7200 a year, or nearly 5 RMB a year. For those who can’t get enough to eat, this kind of income is already a lot.

After all, the consumption in such poor countries is often low, and the three-dimensional farm includes board and lodging, and there are not many goods in the small shop inside, so there is basically no time to spend money.

In this way, all their wages can be given to their families, and the family members will definitely spend such a "huge sum" of money, so as to promote local consumption and drive the development of all walks of life in these backward countries.

As for giving these poor people more salary?
Say himself is willing to do this, but it is unnecessary, because the nine members of the Council are not philanthropists, what they need is cheap labor, not lazy uncles.

Even the respondent nine members of the Council still have basic judgment. For example, it is no problem to know how much Say’s plan cost.

If she proposes to pay salaries according to the standards of developed countries, then the number of vertical farms will definitely be greatly reduced, and it is estimated that there will be no more than one-tenth of the original.

(End of this chapter)